Bannister - Anable - Valley Salloons
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 20 July 1900
The owners of the notorious valley saloons, Jack Bannister and Charley Anable, have thrown up their hands and have agreed to a surrender. The prosecutor collected enough evidence against them to drive them out of business and probably land them in jail for a season and as a result the men both agreed that in case the cases against them were dropped that they would close their places on August first and retire from business. There were a number of excellent reasons for accepting this proposition, chief of which was the fact that they would in this way be soonest closed. The license of each man runs until June 1, 1901 and by fighting in the courts and by appealing it is very doubtful whether the authorities could close them much before that time. Of course, it would take money for the saloon keepers to fight but it would also cost the county money and all things considered the course adopted was the best one. When these saloons close it is safe to say that they will be closed for good and all. The commissioners will not again grant license for the liquor traffic in the valley. That neighborhood will improve as Morningside has improved since saloons were drive out of that section and it in time will be a thoroughly respectable neighborhood.