By November 1909 seventy of Indiana's ninety-two counties were dry; however, in 1911 a Democratic legislative majority replaced the county option with the Proctor law, a less-geographically restrictive local option that reduced the number of dry counties to twenty-six.
Seventy of Indiana's ninety-two counties were dry. This was by November 1909. A Democratic legislative majority replaced the county option with the Proctor law. This was in 1911. This was however. The Proctor law was a less-geographically restrictive local option that reduced the number of dry counties to twenty-six.