inspector; ROTC, 1934.

infree, Joseph E., Jr., inspectorj ROTC, 1928-30.

or1ey, E. L., auditorj Texas National Guard, 1910-1914.

AL OPTIONS ELECTIONS

uring 1939 there were 53 local option elections reported to the Li~uor Control of these were county-wide, 25 were precinct elections and

e county-wide elections were on seven different issues.

e COQ~ty (Gaines) voted for legalizing beer.

~n counties (Baylor, Burnet, Childress, Cooke, Hays, Houston, Lamb, Ochiltree, kuru and Young) voted against legaliZing beer.

1x cow1ties (Eastland, Leon, Rusk, San Augustine) Smith and Tyler) voted for ohibiting beer.

(Brazos, Freestone, Grayson and Titus) voted against prohibiting

counties (Angelina, Cottle and Wood) voted against legaliZing 14~ beverages.

county (Newton) voted for prohibiting all alcoholic beverages.

counties (Milam and Trinity) voted against prohibiting alcoholic bevera~es.

25 precinct elections was held VOid, and in another precinct election iSSues were voted on .

.e voting in elections reports during 1939: (Note: In the following tabulations first figure denotes the "wet" total) the second figure the "dry" total.

elina County: Angelina County voted (1356-174"0 against legaliZing 14% beverages May 6.

Baylor County voted (397-718) against legal­izing beer Sept. 2.

e County: Precinct 4 (College Hill, Sand Hill, Old Union, Bassetts) voted (151-150) against prohibiting beer Aug. 26.

Precinct 7 (Dalby Springs, Wards Creek) voted (58-104) for prohibiting beer Aug. 26.

zos County: Brazos COWlty 70ted (1747-1117) against prohibiting beer Dec. 22.

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rnet County:

Childress County:

Concho County:

Cooke County:

Cottle Count.)r:

Dallas County:

Eastland County:

Freestone County:

Gair:es County:

Gonzales County:

Grayson County:

Hays C')unty:

Houston County:

Hutchinson County:

Jeff Davie CC'lmty:

Burnet County voted (790-936) a8Qinat legalizing beer March 13.

ChiU!'BSS County voted (467 -lOC''') legalizing beer Aug. 30.

Precinct 2 (Eola) voted (81-57) iz1ng beer Nov. 27.

Cooke County voted (1438-2000) legalizing beer Aug. 19.

Cottle County voted (362-719) izing 14~ beverages Oct. 28.

Town of Grand Pre.irie voted (109-92) against prohibiting beer ~ov. 4.

Eestland County voted (1295-1566) for p hibitjng beer Oct. 7. This election -.res contested but upheld.

Freestone County voted (1346-1232) prohibiting beer April 29.

Gaines County voted (418-394) fOT legal­izing beer March 3.

Preoinct 3 (Cedar Sprip~s, Saturn, Thorns ville) voted (398-193) against prohibit1 14~ beverageG May 27.

Grayson County voted (3623-3357) again~t prchibiting beer July 1.

Hays County voted (802-1516) against legalizing beer Feb. 11.

Houston County voted (469-1937) against legalizing beer Sept. 2.

Precinct 4 (Holt: Plemons) voted (14-45) for prohibiting all alcoholic be.verages ~ay 27.

recinct 3 (Gewhitt, Stir~ett, Pringle) voted (119-109) against ~rohibitinR alco­holic beverages June 24.

Precinct 2 (Ne.~on, Iimpia) voted (48-25) for legaJizing beer .1I.1ay 27.

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ry County:

Precinct 4 (Blossom) voted (151-245) for prohibiting beer Sept. 30.

l?-mo County voted (526-1216) against legal­izing beer June 26.

Leon County voted (515-984) for prohibiting beer April 8.

Precinct 4 (Grange Hall, Hasty, Lodi) voted (69-41) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages.

Precinct 8 (Markh~~, Clemville, Buckeye) voted (94-61) ag3inst prohibiting alcoholic beverages March 4. This election was held void.

Precinct 8 (Ma:t'kham, Clemville) Buckeye) voted (43-68) for prohibiting all alcoholic beverages May 20.

Milam County voted (2537-1113 against pro­hibiting alcoholic beverages April 10.

Precinct 2 (New Caney, Porters) voted (72-57) against prohibiting beer JI)~Y 29.

Ne,n·on County voted (672-974) for prohibitip~ all alcoholic beverages MaJ 27.

Precinct 6 (Ca1allen, Riverside, Violet Gin) voted (63-87) against legalizing beer April 1.

Ochiltree County voted (24{-380) agaip~t legalizing beer May 27·

Precinct 2 (West Orange, Bancroft) voted (39-128) for prchibiting bt}er July 20.

Precinct 3 (Ore.ngefie1d, Duncan Woods) voted (107-52) against prohibitins alcoholic beverages Nov. 18.

Precinct 4 (Buenavista, Imperial) voted (33-54) against leg31izing l4i beverages Jl,me 17.

Precinct 6 (fuyaide) voted (15-67) against leaslizi.l1g beer June 17.

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Rusk County:

San Augustine County:

8m:!. th Cmulty:

Somervell County

Titus County:

Travis County:

Trinity C6unty:

Tyler County:

Wheeler C01.mty:

Willacy Count.)':

Wood County:

Yoakum County:

Young ('oiJrjty:

Rusk County voted (1711-1801) for pro­hibiting beer Sept. 2.

San Augustine County voted prohibiting beer Nov. 25.

Precinct 5 (Lindale, Garden Valley, S Jamestown, Providence, l'-lount Sylvan) " (101-659) against legalizing beer June

Smith County voted (2139-2537) for prob ting bee~ Nov. 25.

Precinct 3 (Rainbow) voted (1-43) for prohibiting beer ~my 27.

Precinct 4 (Buck Creek, George Creek) voted (27-63) for prohibiting beer Aug.

Titus County voted (1261-1186) against prohibiting beer Oct. 28.

Precinct 5 (Manchaca, Cedar Valley, ~

Hill, Eanes) voted (780-396) against pr, hibiting all alcoholic beverages; and (~ 595) agains t, prohibitil18 bevel~ages tha contain alcohol in excess of ~~ by weI March 25.

Trinity County voted (998-944) against prohibiting alcoholic beverages Sept. 2.

Tyler County voted (304-573) for prohi­biting beer Dec. 30.

Precinct 1 (wneeler, Allison, Briscoe) voted (106-233) for prohibiting all a1 holie beverages Sept. 30.

Precinct 2 (Fast RaJ~ondville) voted (104-143) against legaliz:icng beer Aug.

Precinct 3 (LJrford) voted (125-112) against prohibiting beer April 22.

'.{ood County voted (1016-1557) against legalizing 14% be,erages Aug. IS.

Yoakum County voted (151-228) age.inst legalizi~18 beer April 25.

Young County voted (663-1364) against legalizing beer Sept. 2.

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County: Precinct 3 (Crystal City) voted (348-1}8) against prohibiting beer July 1.

COUNTIES IN WEICH DISTILLED SPIRITS ARE LEGAL: 98

sk indicates counties wholly wet: all others dry in part.) ion as of Dec. 31, 1939)

Aransas *KirJIey Atascosa *La Salle *Austin Lavaca B;l,fltrc,p Lee *Bee Liberty

Live Oak*Bexar Blanco Llano *Brewster *Loving Burleson Marion Calhoun Matagorda C8Jlleron Maverick

l'4cLennanCarson Chambers McMullen *Cochran Medina Colorado *Nerlard

Milam*Coo31 -lEMoore*Crane

*Cul"';)erson NuecBs Dallam Ora~'ge

Dallas Peces De \olit t *PctV::

*.Pre.3idio*Duval ,ea3a.n*Ector

Edwards *Reeves *El Paso Refugio

Sat: PatricioFalls ShackelfordFayette

Fort Bend *Starr Galveston *Sl'tton Gillespie Tarrant

-l('TerrcllGoliad Tom GreenGonzales

Gray Travis *Trinit...rGregg

Guadalupe *upton UvalceHardin

ll-Val VerdeBarris *Bidalgo Victoria *Ho..,;e.rd WallGr *Hudspeth Ward

*W,.12 hin..;rtonHu:'chinson *'~lebbJackson

Jefferson *'viha1"ton -J('Jim Eogg \o!iGni T.a

Jim Hells \<[ilLa:m30n Karnes \~HSOI1

*Kendall *Winkler -45­

TEXAS COUNTIES IN WEICH DISTILLED SPIRITS AI~E LEGAL: 98 (Continued)

*Kenedy Kerr *King

'I'EXA.S COUNTIES I1J "'HICH ONLY 4% BEER IS LEGi\L:

*Zapata

36 plus 3 which permit sale of 14% beverages

(Asterisk indicates counties wholly wet; all others dry in part.) (Tabulati of Dec. 31] 1939)

-K-Archer Bandera Bell Bowie ~:arazoria

Bre-zas *Brooks Cald"rell Callahan Concho *Freestone *Frio *Gaines Grayson *Hartley *Hemphill Jeff Davis *Kimble *Kleoerg Lamar Limestone Lipscomb Midland Montgomery Navarro Nolan Robertson San Jacinto SCIlleicher Somervell Ste);-hens -X-Ster liTJ8 *Titus wilba:cger \hllac.y *ZaIJaJa

Clay] Palo Pinto and wneeler counties permit sale of 14% beverages.

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COUNTIES TOO'ALLY DRY: 117 (Tabulat10n,.M ot. Dee,: 31. 1939)

,deraon rews e1:Lta strong

Hey 110r den que scoe

Rays Henderson Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Hunt Irion Jack Jasper Johnson Jones Kauftnan Kent Knox Lamb Lampasas Leon LUbbock Lyr.n. MadiSon !1artin Mason McCulloch MilIa Mitohell Montag~e

Morris Motley Nacogdoches Newton Ochiltree Oldham Panola Parker Parmer Polk Rains Randall Real Red River Roberts Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine Sa.n Augustine San Saba Scurry Shelby

Sherman Smith Stonewall Swisher Taylor Terry Throclnnorton '1'yle.r:' U"'''ba::.: ~ t '\oJ -' '3Ci•.T: d·L

t,.:'J..'.L~:r'

Wice i-lo.:'d Yoakum Young

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DRY AREAS IN "PARTLY WET" TEXAS COUNTIES \\'HICR EAVE LEGALIZED DISTILLED

(Tabulation as of Dec. 31, 1939)

AI'ansas County: .

Atascosa County:

Bastrop County:

Blanco County:

BU1'leson Count~,r:

Calhoun County:

Cameron County:

Carson County:

Chambers County:

Colorado County:

Dallas County:

Dallas County:

Dei'litt County:

Ed~,Tards County:

F3.lls County:

FsJ'ette County:

Fort Bend County:

Galveston County:

.-Fulton

Scmerset, San Branch, Ditto, Rossville, Lytle, Poteet.

Only beer legal in High Gor3e, C Creek, Kenton, McDa~e, Watterson Rock, East Elgin, McDuff.

~:ast Blanco, Herwig, Sandy,Post ROUTld Mountain, Cypress Mill, W:

Chriesman, Framiville.

Cross Bay.

Santa Rosa.

~~ite Deer, Conway.

Wallisville, Cedar Bayou, Cove.

Rock Island Independent

Conlan, Kerrick.

Richardson, Carrollton, Garland, Mesquite, Seagoville, Lancaster, Rowlett, University Park, Dalwo

-Park. Only beer legal in Oak Cl Grand Prairie, Arcadia, Florence Irvi~~.

Concrete, Thomaston.

Barksdale.

Chilton, BleVins, Cego, Satin, Mooresville, Datt.

West Point, Muldoon.

Only beer legal in NeedVille, Beas' Gay, Kendleton, Missouri City, S Hobby DeW3it, Fresno, Arcola, Jul Howden.

Part of Texas City Independent Seh District outaide ~1m1ts of Texas

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Willow City Independent School District.

ty: Charco, Fannin, Rylander S~~ool.

Belmont, Oak Forest, St. James, Leesville, Monthalia, Dewville, Bebe, Nixon, DeWet, Smiley, Sedan, Teas, School Land, Sample, Wrightsboro, Hamon, Pilgrim, Cheapside, Five Mile, Waelder, 14% beverages legal in Cedar Springs, Saturn, Thcmsonville.

Alanreed, McLean, Groom, Jericho.

Judson.

Staples, Bear Hollow, East Redwood.

Village Mills, Honey Island, Votaw, "'!hi te Oak.

Houston Heights, Sunset Heights, Huffman, Katy, Pasadena.

Holt, Plemons.

Red Bluff, LaWard, Carancahua, Lolita, Rich Square, South Edna.

Pear Ridge. 14~ beverages legal in Voth. Only beer legal in Hamshire, La Belle, Chee}t ..

Sandia

Helena, Brieger School.

Only beer legal in Center Point, Ingram, Hunt, Sunset, Divide, Live Oak, neserva­tion.

Koerth, Hope, Ezzell.

Tanglewood.

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

La Carto.

Dimen School, Sandy Mountain, Click~

Sand Creek, GaineSVille, Six Mile, Kingsland.

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Marion County:

Matagorda County:

.14averick County:

McLennan County:

AcMullen County:

Medina" County:

Milam County:

Nueces County:

Orange County:

Pecos County:

Refugio County:

San Patricio County:

Shackelford Co~~ty:

Tarrant COW1ty:

Tom Green County:

Travis County:

Uvalde County:

Victoria_County:

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Jefferson, Prospect, Lassiter, Liberty, Kellej~11le. Only beer legal in Mirns, Smithhead, Grays.

Clemville, Buckeye) Markham.

Quemad~, Normandy .

Moody,Cra~~ord. Only beer legal in McGregor.

Only beer legal in Tilden.

Only beer legal in Devine.

Lilac, Tracy, San Gabriel, Crush,

Calallan, Driscoll. Only beer legal in Bishop, RobstO~l, Petronil, Agua Dulce, Banquete.

West Orange, Bancroft.

Buenavista, Imperial.

Only beer legal in Bayside.

Odem, Gregory, Portland, Mathis.

Berryhill, Hastings. Only beer legal in Moran, Sedwichk.

Watuga, Saginaw, Renden, Crowley, Oak Gro Everman, and area on Highway No. 2 between Fort Worth and Burleson. Only beer legal Arlington, Lit~les, Jor~son Station, Halt City, Birdville, Grapevine, Smithfield, Keller, Webb City.

'{all, Glenmore, Veribest, Fairvie~·',

K."'1ickerbocker, ChristovaL Only beer in San Angelo.

Sprink..le} Nelli Sweden, Dec ker , Carlson, Govalle, Fisk"/ille, Pecan Ridgetop, Creedmoor} Carl, Colton, Del Valle, Bluff Spr~p~c, East St. Elroy, i·!ebberville, norns·oy Bend.

Sabinal, Utopia, Con C3n, Bear Creek, Reagan Wells, Aldine, 18g~~a:

Anaqua, Nursery, Bloomington.

Waller.

Barstow.

Only beer legal in Iowa Park.

Beaukiss, Rock House, Hopewell, Gano. Mager, Woodrow, Johan, Berry's Creek, Gabriel Mills, Georgetown, Leander, Liberty Hill, Andice, Florence, Weir. Only beer legal in Hutto, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pond Springs, Laneport, Pleasant Hill, Hare.

Sutherland Spr~nss,Pandora, Stockdale.

AREAS IN "PARTLY \-lET" COUNTIES WHICH HAVE LEGALIZED BEER. (Tabulation as of • 31, 1939:

.an County:

on County:

Medina, Lima, TUff, Blackett, Vanderpool.

Kills, Salado, Summers Hill, Troy, Prairie Dell, Wilkerson Valley, Moffatt, Bland, Stampede, Killeen, NolanVille, Sparta, Brookhaven, Youngsport, Cedar Valley, Maxdale, Okay.

New Boston, De Kalb, Maud, Dalby Springs, 'N1},rds Creek.

Kurten

McNeal, Oakland, Fentress, Martindale, Lytton Springs, Dale, Rock Water Hole, McMinn .

Clyde, Eule..

Paint Rock, Millersview.

Van Alstyne, Howe, Elmont, Farmir~ton,

Jameson, wbitewright, South Bells, Tom Bean) Pilot Grove, Collinsville, Gunter, Tioga, Whitesboro, Satler, South Main, GordonVille, Pottsboro.

F'ort Davis.'

Deport, Hopewell, Hinkley, Amherst, Marvin, Mansfield, Petty, Roxton, High, Brookston) HarcnoD} Milford} Ambia, Broadway, Howland, Atlas, Glory, BairdstoWll, Sylvan} Reno, F~ught, Medill, Faulbler, Emerson, CaViness, Cerrets Bluff, Chicota, Direct, Sumner, Maxey, Mintner, Cunr~ngham, Milton, Patton­Ville, Powderly, Arthur City, Blossom.

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Midland County:

Lipsccmb County:

Montgcmery County:

Limestone County:

Navarro County:

Nolan County;

San Jacinto County:

Schleicher County:

Stephens County:

Robertson County:

Wilbarger County:

Somervell County:

DRY lillEAS IN "PARTLY "'lET"

Clay County:

Palo Pinto County:

Tabulation as of Dec. 31,

l,,'illacy County:

TEXAS 1939:

Wheeler C t.Y :

Coolidge, Munger, Hancock, Datura.

Booker, Darrouzett.

Cermania.

Montgomery, Dobbin, Dacus, Brantley, Arnold

Kerens, Bazette, Powell, Bloomi:lg Grov Frost.

Roscoe, ChamptioD, Wastella, Divide, Hylton, Blackwell.

vlheelock.

Shepherd.

Eldorado, Bulldale.

Rainbow, Buck Creek, Georges Creek.

Caddo, Harpersville.

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

East Raymondville: Lyford

Ne.~ort, Shannon, Vashti, Joy.

PRlo Pinto, Pesedion) Lone Camp, Gray! Salwaville, Oran: Gorrlon, Brazos, Brad.

-1C'beetie~ l,lheeler, Allison, -Briscoe.

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