| Wet & Dry Vote April 2, 1909 Jennings County also voted dry: All across the state many counties in Indiana were voting to go dry and close up saloons for 2 years. The vote in Jennings County was not as large as the Temperance workers predicted, but it showed that the people here did not desire saloons to stay open. The Temperance people used different methods of influencing the voters beginning with a parade of the school children after school hours Monday evening. The "wets" were not idle, the saloons had been closed since Saturday night and not a drop of liquor was to be found any place. This stopped the "drys" from having any walking examples of law violations and added fuel to the "wets" stand on the issue. Montgomery Twp was the first to report their results, the "wets" 34, "drys" 134, Marion Twp was next with the "wets" at 39 and the "drys" at 127. Other township votes were as follows: Bigger 75 D, 20 W; Campbell 141 D, 31 W; Columbia 151 D and 31 W; Center 163 D and 90 W; Geneva 61 D and 46 W; Sandcreek 50 D and 41 W; Spencer 79 D and 28 W and in Vernon Twp 114 D and 59 W. The Saloons closed at the expiration of their licenses, except Wm. Stein and Henry Loscent who both closed in 90 days for by Jul 1. Van Arman shut down his saloon in the week following the vote. Prather and Simon closed their businesses in May while Eder, Reichel and Romine quit in July. Frank Loscent and McKinsey quit in August and Gus Verbarg in September of this year. |
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