The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
THE GREAT DESTROYER
ZONE STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTEMPERANce.

|
Minors Enlisted by the Thousands
to Drive the Saloon From the Res.
fdence District.
| The children Of Chicago have been en-.
listed by thousands in fight to drive the
saloon out of the residence districts. The
boys have turned from shedding, skating
and other sports of the season and the
| girls from dolls and parties to a crusade
of reform, and a formidable army Of
| Young people, ranging in age from ten to
| twenty years, is engaged in what is de.
| clared to he the most practical temper
| ance movement ever undertaken in O.
| great city.
These useful crusaders, instead of trav.
cling far in dangerous lands to rescue To-
caites from unbelevers, as did their pro.
totypes in the middle ages. will join in
efforts to reclaim their own homes and the
homes of hundreds of thousands of others
from the influence OF liquor selling. They
plan to secure 100000 names to- a petition
to- the City Council to submit to, the vot.
ers of residence wards the question of
local option.
The Young Peoples Christian Temper.
ance Union has been engaged in reform
endeavors for years in this city, the ma
tional headquarters of the society, but it
has never before inaugurated so ambitious
a work. Thirty Of the 200 square miles
Vi CHlCdBO area are HOW prOnlUltiOn ueT-
ritory and twenty more are under local
option, all by reason of the annexation
acts, so that the crusaders have nearly
$50 square miles to redeem from the grip
of the saloon.
Miss Eva Marshall Shontz, the Presi.
dent, and Mrs. Matte Gould Squres, the
Corresponding Secretary Of the national
organization, aided by the local division of.
hcers, have mapped out plan of campaign
that is comprehensive in its sweep, and
that has already begun to show large re-
suits. They have interested all the Chris.
tian young peoples societies in the city,
and in addition many children who belong
to no organization, and have fired them
with zeal for the temperance cause.
An instance Of the enthusiasm inspired
among the younger workers is furnished
by the following letter, received from
Norwood Park boy:
Dear Miss Shontz--I am eleven years
old, so | cannot sign the ward option pc
tition. | want to do something to help
kill the saloon, so | have decided to make
a house to house canvass of the town for
names to the petition. My playmates,
Clarence Cook, will help me. Norwood
Park has only $50 voters, so we cannot
promise many names, but will get all we
can. We got thirteen this afternoon. Why
not organize boys in other parts OF the
city to make house to house canvass for
names!'
The letter is signed by Russell R. Klet-
zing. Clarence Cook also writes, and says
he "hopes he can teach the people how
bad the saloon is" and promises to come
to the Womens Temple some day and see
Miss Shontz and her assistants these
communications are similar to scores OF
others the last few weeks.
Preliminary work has been going on Tor
several months. The names and addresses
of society presidents were secured. and the
plan laid before them. Then they were IN.
vited to the monthly business meeting OF
the temperance organization in the lec-
ture room of the First Methodist Church,
at Clark and Washington streets; the
first Thursday evening of each month.
One feature of the campaign Is the
pledge by 100 young people to secure 1000
names each. These persons have been put
in charge of certain districts, with COM
mittees and subcommittee to assist them,
each leader being individually responsible
for the completion of his or her list.
1t is estimated that 5000 workers are al
ready in the field. and that if they contin.
ue for four months as they have begun,
the 100, 900 names will have been secured:
These workers represent 200 churches OF
the various Protestant denominations, and
some ~ the Catholic churches. The Good
Templars have furnished both money and
canvassers to the cause.
more prohibition territory for Chlca'
co. has been adopted as a slogan OF re-
form. After the required number, or one
fourth of the voters OF the city, have signed
the petition. it will be taken to the Coun-
ell, where the reformers will assemble IN
force to see that it is acted upon. linen
the fight will be carried into the wards,
one after another, and waged until it is
definitely settled which ones prefer tenn
perance to saloons.
The crusaders have obtained a formal
opinion from Attorney Charles r. Holden
on the feasibility OF their plan. He in
dorses it as the most practicable one ever
proposed by the temperance people of Chi
cago.