The Spread of Temperance

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 29, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 18.

The Spread of Temperance.

THE first prohibitory law was that of Maine, 1851. In 1870 persons living under prohibition numbered about 4,000,000. In 1908 persons living under absolute prohibition of state, city, town, or county, foot up 33,000,000. There are six "dry" states—Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. Kentucky has 97 "dry" counties out of 119; North Carolina has "dried" 99 per cent of her territory; South Carolina, 50 per cent; Tennessee has but three places where drink can be legally sold. Massachusetts is about 50 per cent "dry," while 62 per cent of the people of New Hampshire are under prohibition. In Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, and Delaware the fight for prohibition is being made in earnest.—Springfield Republican.