LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS

There were 43 local option elections reported to the Texas Liquor Com Board in 1941, of which 20 vere county-wide o Results were as follows.

3 against prohibiting alcoholic beverages: Llano, McLennanp Shackelf'

1 against prohibiting beer: Somervell.

7 against legalizing beer: Anderson, Brown, Navarro, Ochlltree, San Augustine, Smith, Wheeler.

4 for prohibiting beer: Callahan, Jeff Davis, LiJDestone, Willacy" (In Limestone County election, official canvass of returns has been enjo:lned.

2 against legaliz inB 14~ beverages: Freestone, San Aueustine.

1 against legalizing all alcoholic beverages: Midland.

2 for prohibiting all alcoholic beverages: Crosby, "Whee1ero (The Croabl County election was a formality, legalizing the dry status which had ex1 for yearso)

There were 23 elections in precincts and incorporated towns, but two of t precinct elections vere declared voido

The voting in 1941:

(Note: In the following tabulations the first figure denotes the the second figure the "drY" total,,)

Anderson County: Anderson County voted (590-2540) against legaliZing beer Novo 1 0

Brown County: Brown County voted (1003~2471) against le, izing beer May 170

Call.al:!a.n County: Precinct 6 (Cross Plains, Dressy, Caddo Pe, voted (153-317) for prohibiting beer May ,.

Callahan County voted (873-974) for prohibit beer July ,31"

Crosby County: Crosby County voted (207-661) for prohiblt1nS. all alcoholic beverages March 1 0

Freestone County: Freestone County voted (1179-1436) against legalizing 14~ beverages May 31st"

Frio County: Precinct 3 (?-bore, Frio Town) voted (37-69) t, prohibiting beer ~ 30

Precinct 1 (Pearsall, Melon, Darby, Crelia, Shallov Wells) voted (239-265) for prohibit1D8 beer Augo 300 This election was held invalid.

Precinct 1 (Pearsall, ~lon, Darby, Crelia, Shallow Wells) voted (286-265) against prohi­biting beer Novo 290

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~ voting in 1941:

Gray County:

Gregg County:

Jeff Da.v~a County:

Jeff'erson County:

Limestone County:

Llano County:

Ie:tagorda County:

McLennan County:

Medina County:

Midland County:

Navarro County:

(Continued)

Precinct 5 (McLean) voted (78-209) against legalizing all alcoholic beverages *1' 15.

Precinct 5 (E1derv1l1e) voted (1-46) tor pro­hibiting all alcoholic beverages loBrch 22.

Precinct 4 (Liberty) voted (270-140) against prohibiting all alcoholic beverages Sept. 27.

Jeff Davis County voted (110-163) f'or pro­hibiting beer Nov. 22.

Town of' Lakeview in Prec1nct 2 voted (9-23) f'or prohibiting all alcoholic beverages April 19.

L1lIIestone County voted (1388.1407) f'or pro­hibitin8 beer Nov. 29. Off'1cia1 canvass of this election enjoined.

Llano County voted (831-508) against pro­hibiting alcoholic beverages Nov. 1.

Precinct 3 (Palacios) voted (;85-4306) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages June 28.

McLennan County voted (5648-4306) against pro­hibitiDB alcoholic beverages Nov. 29.

Precinct 5 (Devine, Natalia, Black Creek) voted (296-192) against prohibiting beer Sept. 27,

Midland County voted (385-551) asainst legal­iZing all alcoholic beverages July 25.

Precinct 1 (Midland) voted (316-497) against legalizing all alcoholic beverages July 25.

Precinct 2 (Ger:man1a) voted (5-20) against legaliZing all alcoholic beverages July 25.

Precinct; (Stephenson) voted (0-12) against legalizing all alcoholic beverages July 25.

Precinct 4 (Warfield) voted (3-20) against legaliZing all alcoholic beverages July 25.

Navarro County voted (1699-2260) against legaliZing beer Aug. 21.

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The Voting in 1941: (Continued)

Ochiltree County:

Pecos County:

San Augustine County:

Shackelford County:

Snith County:

Somervell County:

Tarrant County:

Ward County:

Wheeler County:

Wichita County:

Willaey County:

Ochiltree County voted (357-658) against legalizing beer Jan. 15.

Precinct 1 (Fort Stockton) voted (277-302) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages ~

20. This election was held invalid.

Precinct 1 (Fort Stockton) voted (324-252) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages Nov. 2'2.

San Augustine County voted (626-703) against legalizing beer March 29.

San Auaust1ne County voted (379-832) against legalizing 14~ beverages Dec. 31­

Shackelford County voted (414-394) against p: hibiting alcoholic beverages Deco 23.

Smith County voted (1956-3564) against legal ing beer Oct. 24.

Samervel1 County voted (373-302) against pro­hibiting beer M3.rch 1.

Precinct 2 (Oden, Cottonwood) voted (7-30) tor prohibiting beer May 3.

Precinct 3 (Grapevine, ~lesa, Brar..sford, Dove Bed.:ford) voted (198-416) for prohibiting beer Oct.. 16.

Tmrn of White Settlement voted (4-23) for pro­hibiting all alcoholic beverages Nov. 4.

Town of Westworth voted (1-23) 'for proh1bit1JJg all alcoholic beverages Dec. 16.

Precinct 1 (Barstow) voted (37-79) for pro­hibiting beer Novo 290

Precinct 3 (Pyote, Wickett) voted (40-24) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages Dec.

Wheeler County voted (571-600) for prohibiting all alcoho~1c beverages May 3.

Wheeler County voted (608-977) against legal­izing beer July 31.

Precinct 3 (Iowa Park) voted (131-328) for pro hibiting all alcoholic beverages Aug. 25.

Wi116cy voted (408-465) for prohibiting beer Nov. 22.

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Concho Frio *Gaines Grayson *Hemph1l1 *Kimble *Kleberg Lamar

in which l4~ Beverages are

Counties wholly Dry: 127

,..DRY STATUS OF TEXAS COUNl'IES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1941 . i8k indicates counties Wholly wet; all others dry in part,)

Fayette Fort Bend Ge.lveeton Gillespie Goliad Gonzales Gray Gregg Guadalupe Hardin Harris *Hartley *Hidalgo *Howard *Hudspeth Hutchinson Jackson Jefferson *Jim Bogg Jim. Wells Karnes *Kend.all *Kenedy Kerr

in which 0 is Le

Anderson Andrews .Angeline. Armstrong Bailey Iallor Iorden Josque Briscoe !rown

Burnet Callahan

. Camp Case Ca.stro Cherokee Childress Cochran Coke Coleman

Limestone Lipscomb Midland M:>ntgomery Nolan Robertson Somervell stephens

Legal: 2 (Clay and Palo Pinto)

Collin Coll1n8sworth Comanche Cooke Coryell Cottle Crockett Crosby Dawson Dear ~lth

*Kill8 ilKinney *La salle Lavaca Lee Liberty Live Oak Llano *Lovlng Marion Vatagord.a J.E.verlck McLennan McMullen ~d1na

*Menard Milam *M:>ore Nueces Orange Pecos *Potter *Presidio *Reagan

*Reevee Refugio San Patricio Shackelford *Starr *Sutton Tarrant '*Terrell Tom Green Travis -wrrlnlty *Upton Uvalde *Val Verde Victoria Waller Ward 'lIWashington *Webb *Wharton Wichita Williamson Wilson *Winkler *Zapata

*Sterl1Dg Wilbarser *Zavala

Delta Denton Dickens D1Jmnit Donley Eastland Ellis Erath Farmin Floyd

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Counties wholly dry (continued)

Fisher Foard Franklin Freestone Ge.rza Glasscock Grimes Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Harrison Haskell Hays Henderson Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Bunt

Irion Jack Jasper Jeff Davis Johnson Jones Kaufman Kent Knox Lamb Lampasas Leon Lubbock Lynn Madison Mlrtin Mason McCulloch Mills Mitchell Montague l-brris

M::>tley Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Ochiltree Oldham Panola Parker Parmer Polk Rains Randall Real Red River Roberta Rockwall RUIUlela Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Saba

Schleicher Scurry Shelby Sherman Smith Stonewall Swisher Taylor Terry Throckmorton Titus Tyler Upshur Van zandt Walker Wheeler Wlllacy 'Wise Wood Yoakum Young

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S IN "PARTLY WID'" TEXAS COU1'l'TIES WHICH HAVE LEGALIZED DISTILLED SPIRITS

December 31, 1941)

Christine.

Only beer legal in High Gorge, Cedar Creek, Kenton, l-fcDade, Watterson, Red Rock, East Elgin, ¥JCDuff.

East Blanco, Herwig, Sandy, Post Oak, Cypress ~tlll, Wilson.

Chriesman, Fraimville.

Cross Bay.

Santa Rosa.

White Deer, Conway,

Cedar Ba;;"ou, Ccve.

Rock Island L~dependent School District.

Conlen, Kerrick.

Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Richardson, Sachse, Garland, Rose Rill, New Hope, r~squite, Seagoville, Lawson, Kleburg, Hutchins, Wilmer, Lancaster, Duncanville, Cedar Hill, 1Vheatland, De Seto, Dalworth Park, University Park, Prestor.. Hollow. Only beer legal in Oak Cliff, Grand Prairie, Arcad-ia, Florence, Hill, :!:rving.

Concrete, Thomastonv

Barksdale.

Chilton, Blevins, Cego, Satin, MOoresville, Dott, Eddy.

West Point, Muldoon.

Only beer legal in Needville, Beasley, Gay, Kendleton, Missouri City, stafford, Hobby, Deivalk, Fresno, P.rcola, JulifT, Howden,

Part of Texas City Independent School District outside limits of Texas City.

Gillespie County: Willow City Independent School District.

Goliad County: Charco

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Gonzales County:

Gray COWlty:

Gregg COU-.'r1.ty:

Guadalupe County:

Hardin County:

Harris County:

Hut~hinson County:

Jackson County:

Jefferson County:

Jim We 116 County:

Karnes County:

Kerr County:

Lavaca County:

Lee County:

Liberty County:

Live Oak County:

Llano County:

Marion COUo.'P}ty:

Matagorda County:

Belmont, Oak Forest, St. James, Leesv11 Mnnthalia, Dewville j Bebe, Nb:on, DelJet Smiley, Sedan, Teas, School Land, Sempl ltlrightsboro, Hamon, Pilgrim, Cheapside, Five ~tileJ Waelder~ 14% beverages legal in Cedar S:9rings, Saturn, Thomsonville

Alanreed, McLea."'l, Groom, Jericbo"

Judson~ Elderville,

Staples j Bear liollow, East Redwood.

Village !'-lills" Honey Island, Votaw"

Houston Heishts, Smset Heights ,. Hui'rma.n, Katy, Pasadena"

Holt, Plemons,

Red Bluff. !.aWard, Carancahua, Lolita Rich Square.

Pear R1 dge l Lakeview 0 14% bevera.ges lega in Voth, Rosedale, Only beer legal in HamBhire, La Belle j Cheek? Fannett,

Sandia,

Helena, Brieger School>

Only beer legal in Center Point~ Ingram.• Hunt.9 Sunset., Divide, Live Camp Verde, ~.ountaln Home,

Koerth, Hope, Ezzello

Tanglewoo<L

Only beer legal in Clark, Rye, Romayor, tUlvid. Fuqua, Cleveland, Dolen] Rayburn, Tarkington, Hightower,

La Garto.

D~n School, Sandy Mountain, Click, Sand Creek, Gainesville, Six Mile, Kings

Jei'ferson, Prospect, Lass iter i Liberty.i Ke lleyville, Only beer legal in l-tims Smithhead 1 Grays.

Clemville. Buckeye, r~rkhamo

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llen County:

:e County:

Patricio County:

Victoria County:

Quemado, Normandy.

Moody, Craw:ford. Only beer legal in McGregor.

Only beer legal in Tilden.

Only beer legal in Devine,

Lilac, Tracy, San Gabriel, Crush, Friendship.

Calallen, Driscoll. Only beer legal in Bishop, Robstown, Petronila, Augue Dulce, Banquete.

West Ora!l8e, Bancroft.

Buenavista, Imperial.

Bayside.

Odem, Gregory, Portland, ~th1s, Taft,

Berryhill, Hastings, Leuders. Only beer is 1e8111 liloran, Sedwick.

Grapevine, White Settlement,Westworth, Watuga, Saginaw, Rendon, Crowley, Oak Grove" Everman. Only beer legal in Arlington, Littles, Johnson station, Haltom City, Birdwell, Smithfield, Keller.

Wall, Glenmore, Veribest, Fairview, Knickerbocker, Christoval. Only beer legal in San Angelo.

Sprin....de, New Sweden, Decker, Lund, Kimbro, Carlson, Govalle, F1skville, Pecan Springs, Ridgetop, Creedmoore,Carl, Colton, Garfield, Del Valle, Blu:ff Springs, East St. Elmo; El Roy, Webberville, Hornsby Bend. Only beer legal in Manor.

Sabinal, utopia, Con Can, Bear Creek; Montell, Reagan Wells, Aldine, Leguna. Only beer legal in Knippa.

Anaqua, Nursery, Bloomingtono,.­

Waller.

Barstow.

Burkburnett, Iowa Park.

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Williamson County:

'Wilson County:

DRY AREAS IN II pARTLY ~lET"

Bandera County:

Be11 County:

Bowie County:

Brazos County:

Caldwell COlt."1.ty:

Concho County:

Frio County:

Grayson County:

Lamar County:

Limestone County:

Beaukiss, Rock House, Ropevell, Gena, ~ager. Woodrow, Berry1s Creek, Jonah, Gabriel Mills, Georgetown, Leander, Liberty Hill, A~dice, Florence, Weir. O~ly beer legal in H~tto, Bound Rock, Cedar Park, Pond Springs, Laneport, Pleasant Hill, Hare,

Sutherland Springs: Pandora, Stockdale,

COm..'TIES WHICH HAVE LEG..J\LIZED BEER

~Edina} Lima, Tuff, Blackett, Vanderpool, Taylor School.,

011S, Salado, Summers ~lills, Troy, Prairie Dell~ Wilkerson V~lley, Moffatt, Bland, Stampede, Killeen, Nolanville, Sparta, B~ookhaven, Your~sportj Cedar Valley, Maxdale, Okay,

New Boston". De Kalb, Dalby Springs., Maud, "lards Creek, College Hill" Sand Hill, Old Union. Bassetts, Simms,

Kurten.

~~Neal~ Oakland~ Fentress. ~artindale,

Lytto::1 Sllrir.gs, Dale, Rock Water Role, McNinn,

Paint Rock, Millersview.

t-1oore, Friotown.

Van Alstyne, Howe, Elmont; Farmington, Jameso::1, Whitewright, South Bells, Tom Bean. Pilot Grove, CollinSVille, Gunter, Tiogs, Whitesboro, Satler, South Maid, GordonVille, Pottsboroc

Deport. Hopewell y Hinkley, Amherst, Marvin, ~ansf~clQ, Petty, Roxton, High, Brookston, Harmon, Milford., Ambia, BroadwayJ Howland, Atlas, Glory, Bairdstown, Sylvan, Reno, Faught, 1>1ed.i11, Faulimer, Emerson, Caviness, Garrets, Bluff, Chicota, Direct, Sumner, Minter, Cunningham, ~lton, Pattonville, POWderly, Arthur City, Blossom.

~>.)olid£;e, lv'runder, Hancock, Datura.

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Lipscomb COW1ty:

olan COW1ty:

Robertson County:

&msrvell County:

Stephens County:

Wllbarger County:

DRY AREAS IN "PARTLY "''ET''

Clay County:

Palo Pinto County:

Booker, Darrouzett,

Germania, Stephensono

Montgomery, Dobbin, Dacus, Brantley, Arnold, l~olia, Pinehurst, Fost~rla,

Splendora,

Roscoe, Champion, Wastella, Divide, Hylton, Blackwell~

Wheelock,

Rainbow, Buck Creek, Georges Creek, Oden, Cottonwoodc

Caddo, Harpersville,

Oklaunion, Harrold, Elliot, Guyer, Odell, Lockett, Five-in-One.

TEXAS COUNTIES WHICH HAVE LEGALIZED 14% BEVERAGES

Newport, Shannon, Vashti, Joy,

Graford, Salesville, Oran, Gordon, Brazos Santo, Brad.

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