The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-20
The Temperance Crusade.

The war against the cohorts of King
| Alcohol is still being vigorously y prosecu-
ted, and is spreading all over the coun'
| try. In the towns of Ohio, where the
movement was first started, the women s
singing and praying bands show nc
signs of tagging, and express a deter
mination not to abandon the field till
the last rum-hole has been closed.
The battle is raging at the very gates
of Cincinnati, and the saloon-keepers of
| that city are in a state of tremor, not
knowing at what moment the great
| temperance tidal wave may burst upon
and overwhelm them. At Milford and
other suburban towns the sounds of
prayer and song are heard in the air,
| and saloon after saloon is surrendering
At Dayton, the war is raging at fever
heat, and there is much enthusiasm and
excitement. A dispatch states that
"the whole moral sentiment of the
city is arrayed on the side of the
ladies, and they are overladen with
words of praise and encouragement"
At Xenia, the work is being pushed
with vigor, and the determination to
conquer is more deep-set than ever
among the ladies. They have organ
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who visit the saloons as singing band,
sometimes alone, sometimes as the
choir of praying women themselves
The most popular song of the little
folks is said to be that commencing,
"Say, Mr.. Barkeeper, has father been here7"
At Osborne the excitement is at
white heat. Both parties appear to be
determined, but the saloonists declare
that they will never throw up the
sponge. The black flag floats from the
cupola of the First Presbyterian church
and the ladies declare it shall never
come down until the lion is Gagged.
The campaign is being prosecuted III
the towns all around Cleveland, and it
is expected that the city itself will be
invaded before many days.
In Indiana the temperance war is
spreading. The ladies of Indianapolis
are seriously discussing the propriety
of setting the ball in motion i'll that
city. The movement has been inaugu
rated in Goshen and several other
towns. In Jacksonville and Rich
mond praying and singing bands are
constantly plying the rum-dealers to
abandon their wicked business. They
are meeting with poor success, the en-
emy evidently being a stubborn and
hard lot.
In Michigan The temperance advo-
Gates are moving. At Sturgis every
saloon has been closed, and the good
work is being pushed in other towns.
Illinois is becoming seriously in
fected. At Galesburg the friends of
the cause are moving. Lexington is
waxing up. Jacksonville is getting the
kindling reacv for blaze. At Oswego
the prayer cure has been adopted.
Danville, Joliet and Bloomington are
preparing for move.
In New York and New rsey. the ad-
vance columns of crusaders have ap-
peared, aud in some of the, interior
towns in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Pittsburg are the
only large cities, except Indianapolis, |
where the crusade has been Inaugural
ted. The result in these cities will be
watched with interest.
John Litchtenfel, Richmond, Ind, |
emptied his liquors in
the street, signed the pledge, gave the |
KEY of the saloon to the woman, and in |
a few days started butcher-shop.
Branderberg, the stubborn liquor
dealer of Oxford, Ohio, who tried to
get an injunction against the praying |
women, has surrendered, poured out |
his liquors, and signed the pledge.
The bells were rung, and great re-
joicing ensued.
Two Springfield, Ohio, hotels have
been declared nuisances, and ordered |
to close till the proprietors give bonds
not to sell spirituous liquors.
The women of San Francisco have |
opened praying crusade against the