North Carolina Counties With and Without Saloons, 1906

“The North Carolina Saloon Situation,” from The Progressive Farmer, Winton, N.C., Tuesday, January 6, 1903

North Carolina Baptist: From the best information we have, the following is the liquor situation in North Carolina by counties:

Counties Without Saloons—Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Bladen, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Gaston, Gates, Harnett, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Lincoln, Mitchell, Mongtomery, Moore, Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans, Polk, Randolph, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Stanley, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey.

Counties With Saloons—Anson, 5; Beaufort, 9; Bertie, 11; Brunswick, 2; Buncombe, 16; Camden, 3; Carteret, 2; Caswell, 2; Catawba, 3; Chowan, 8; Craven, 14; Dare, 1; Durham, 21; Edgecombe, 15; Forsyth, 9; Graham, 1; Granville, 4; Greene, 3; Guilford, 10; Halifax, 25; Johnson, 6; Lenoir, 13; McDowell, 2; Madison, 1; Martin, 24; Mecklenburg, 16; Nash, 13; New Hanover, 68; Onslow, 7; Orange, 3; Pasquotank, 10; Person, 3, Pitt, 25; Richmond, 9; Rockingham, 11; Rowan, 10; Stokes, 1; Vance, 7; Wake, 27; Washington, 11; Wayne, 17; Wilson, 24; Iredell, 3.

Counties with Dispensaries—Edgecombe, 1; Franklin, 1; Haywood, 1; Hertford, 1; Johnston, 4; Macon 1; Northampton, 1; Rutherford, 1; Union, 1; Warren, 1.

It will be observed that according to the above list there are 483 saloons in the State and 13 dispensaries. More than 300 of these saloons are found in 21 counties, whose sum total of negro population exceeds the white population.