. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. CO ^ W oo g> < J £ 5= _2. o m > o g c/. _^« re r -- ? . o ^x THE SOUTHLANDS WINNING FIGHT. 237 was begun for a local option law. Some one suggested a state prohibitionlaw, but it did not pass, many Anti-Saloon League leaders opposing feared the time was not yet ripe for state prohibition ; they thoughtit better to capture county by county, building up strength and weakeningthe opposition. On February 26, Governor Comer signed the local option bill. Aneven greater victory
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. CO ^ W oo g> < J £ 5= _2. o m > o g c/. _^« re r -- ? . o ^x THE SOUTHLANDS WINNING FIGHT. 237 was begun for a local option law. Some one suggested a state prohibitionlaw, but it did not pass, many Anti-Saloon League leaders opposing feared the time was not yet ripe for state prohibition ; they thoughtit better to capture county by county, building up strength and weakeningthe opposition. On February 26, Governor Comer signed the local option bill. Aneven greater victory was yet to come, the Sherrod Anti-Shipping drastic measure makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporationto accept any liquors for shipment, transportation or delivery into a prohi-bition district.* As the law now stands, a dealer in Mobile or Birminghamcannot ship a thimbleful of whisky to a dry town in the state, but thedealer at Pensacola, Florida, Chattanooga, Tennessee, or Louisville, Ken-tucky, may dump it into Alabama by the car load. That is interstate com-merce, which the state of Alabama is powerless to re
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