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Seven hundred saloons and no license in Memphis
Judge John B. McCall warned grand jurors that laws differ between states and counties and that Memphis faces a surge of saloons despite a state four mile rule near schools. The piece links local option failures in Pemiscot County to broader enforcement issues, arguing the people must decide June 14, 1910, amid cries of law and order versus local option rhetoric.
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United States Grand Jury
John BE. McCall
Memphis
More McCall
Tennessee
Congress of the
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Halcyon
Mephis
Demiscot County
Missouri
Caruthersville
Pemiscot County
Riles
New Madrid
B. A. McKay
C. G. Shepard
J. M. Ballard
Geo. Treece
Steele
W. C. (Billie) Brooks
Cooter
von Mayes
J. R. Brewer
Riley
Hayti Herald
Pemcot County
Sonny
Pembscot County