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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
1
A Glasgow business community urges Glasgow and Barren County to adopt a local option plan as a path to prosperity. They contrast Glasgow’s sober, orderly homecomings with Springfield and Washington County, arguing three years will show if the plan works and promising to revert if it fails.
County officials in Ktangom Kentucky cite Glasgow’s growth under local option. They note banking expansion from two to four banks and deposits rising from about 100000 to over 600000, with a fifth bank under construction. They claim local option brings money, better churches, new houses, healthier farms, and happier families.
Glasgow Kentucky July 12 1906 editor Sun notes jail emptied police judge farming city attorney unemployed marshal collecting taxes as there is little to do streets are
A local druggist asserts that the dry town and absence of saloons have lifted business across all lines. He notes seven or eight years in the trade without selling whisky and says no Retail Liquor Dealers License is required unless spirits or malt liquors are sold. Orr & Warder.
Glasgow editor notes local option in Glasgow since 1876 and in Barren county since the town’s and county’s adoption. He claims the criminal docket has grown quieter after thirty years of local option in the town and thirteen years in the county, with saloons and distilleries now absent in several counties.
W L Porter of Trigg National Bank notes a drop in criminal dockets as local option and prohibition take effect. He recalls a June homecoming with 10 000 to 15 000 people and reports no drunkenness, disturbances, or arrests, attributing the calm to liquor prohibitions.
Glasgow Kentucky reports thirty thousand residents at a Home Coming with no misconduct or intoxication. The writer credits the county and city’s prosperity to local option law and the absence of saloons and blind tigers.
Glasgow Kentucky officials declare city in era of prosperity with rising property values and focused on maintaining order. They support the local option law over open saloons and argue limited police force sustains good governance and growth. Signed by Mayor R. W. Comer and city officers.
Glasgow Kentucky argues local option works after thirty years of prohibition. Editor cites fewer crimes, clean streets, and rising property values since saloons closed. Ten thousand gathered June sixteenth for a peaceful event as residents move seeking a dry town and more business. T. M. Shader credits local option for prosperity.
Davinson Bros Wholesale Grocers and Produce credit the Botts local option law for their rise as a leading Southern Kentucky mercantile institution. They attribute success to a saloon-free city and vigorous prosecutions of illicit liquor, which they say foster sobriety and industry benefiting their business and employees.
Glasgow Kentucky July 12 1906 editor Sun Glasgow notes thirty years of local option and ten years without a licensed saloon. The town had occasional blind tigers but now reports no liquor activity as liquor selling declines in proportion.
The report notes decreased vice and improved happiness and prosperity. It states Glasgow has no vacant business houses or dwellings and the town and county are markedly better morally and financially than when whisky was sold.
Glasgow notes real estate values rising 25 to 50 percent over the past fifteen years under local option law. The editor states satisfaction with the prevailing situation and declines support for open saloons. Huff & Huff, Insurance Agents.
Letter from J A Murray of Barren County praises Glasgow Kentucky's local option record since 1876, noting no liquor revenue yet rapd growth. He describes improved streets, water works, electric lights, a thriving business district, Liberty Female College expansion, and a large public school, all without liquor funding.
Glasgow readers declare no local option for saloons, noting thirty years without them has kept business strong and arguing the town would suffer if saloons returned. Karl E. Rapp of Hughes Comer Co. signs the letter.
Glasgow Kentucky July 8 1908 Senator E P Gillenwaters argues against saloons in this town election piece. He credits dry laws with reducing crime and blind tigers and asserts peace officers and prosecutors uphold morality, urging voters to vote out saloons for a prosperous quiet town with moral families.
Glasgow Kentucky reports a dry status yet recalls a wet period with distilleries in Barren County. Finance committee funds for Home Coming Day boosted business but Police Judge Allan found no arrests or drunkenness despite 10 000 to 12 000 attendees.
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