Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 2, 1911, p. 1.
SPENCER "DRY" BY REMONSTRANCE
As a result of a remonstrance filed with the county auditor yesterday, which
the liquor people were unable to render void by withdrawals last night,
Washington Township, Owen County, in which Spencer is located, will remain
"dry" for two years more. A Spencer dispatch says: The remonstrance filed
yesterday by the "dry" workers contained 536 names and last night the men
who have been leading the fight for the liquor people filed 102 withdrawal
cards. However, as twenty-eight names on the withdrawal cards were not on
the remonstrance as filed, this left only seventy-four effective
withdrawals. As only 445 names were necessary to make the remonstrance hold
good, the seventy-four withdrawals left the "drys" with a majority of
seventeen.
Washington Township was one of the first townships in Indiana to go "dry."
The first temperance fight in which the "dry" forces won took place under
the Nicholson Law of 1903, and since that time the town never has had a
licensed saloon. Practically every businessman in Spencer signed the
remonstrance.