The citizen., 1905-12-22
AGAINST LIQUOR TRAFFIC

Anti Saloon League, so De =
clares at Annual Meeting
Officers Elected.
The Anti-SaloOn League of
Frederick county held its annual
meeting last week, which was call
ed to order by President II. Rush
Lewis.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: George
q. Best, president; j. Ii. Michael.
secretary; j. Welty Fahrney,
treasurer. The following com
mittees were appointed: Agitating
committee, S. Elmer Brown, DR..
j. ID. Nicodemus and Henry Hahn;
legislative committee, Emory l..
Coblentz, Hon. Milton G. Urner
and Rev. Isaac NJ. Motter: law
enforcement, Maj. Il. Y. Colds
borough, Charles c. Waters and
Rev. +. Benz. Plummer; finance,
r. Rush Lewis, VIM. ID. Hales and
Cyrus Flock.
District vice presidents were
named as follows: Frederick, DR..
j. M. Radcliff; Buckeystown, j.
II. Smith; Point of Rocks, A. j.
Colbert; Middletown, Rev. S. A.
Hedges; Petersville, G. e. Radley;
Brunswick, Eugene L. Harrison;
Jefferson, Riley Etchison; Lewis
town, Jacob Rice; Tuscarora; A.
w. Burkhart; Ballenger, G. Edwin
Derr; townsville, w. Edgar Bur
rail-, Braddock, w. Fl. Summers:
Jackson, w. S. Wachtel; Walkers
vile, G. A. Nicodemus; Mt. Pleas.
ant, Jacob p. Hesson; Urbana,
Chas. Dudrear; New Market, j.
NJ. Burial; Emmitsburg, Rev.
Chas. Rinewald; Mechanicstown,
j. p. T. Matthias.
Rev. g. A. Grise, the State
Superintendent, was present and
made a strong address. The fol
lowing resolutions were adopted:
"ResOlved, l, That we hail with
delight the continued growth of
the Anti-SaloOn League movement
and rejoice especially in the sue
cess which has attended it's ac-
tivities of the past year.
"II. That we reafiirm our un.
utterable opposition to the saloon,
and find our ideal in the entire
elimination of the liquor traffic.
Meanwhile we hold ourselves
bound to support every legitimate
effort to forward the work of TEN.
perance and to suppress the in
iquitOus business wherever posi-.
BILE.
'III. That since the Anti
Saloon League holds the vantage
ground of nOn-partisanship and
non-sectarianism, we call upon the
friends of temperance, in every
party, of every church, or of no
church, to cooperate with the
League in the great work which
it has been called into existence
to do, that thus the consumma.
tion for which all foes of the
saloon so devoutly whish may be
the more speedily achieved.
NV. That we recommend all
the churches and temperance
organizations of the county to co
operate with the State Superin.
tendent in thoroughly organizing
the State with local league in
each community auxiliary to the
county league which is a branch
of the State League.
"V. That we invite friends of
the temperance cause who believe
the enforcement of the present
temperance laws and securing
Jetter ones, to send a contribution
to our treasurer.
"VI. That we gladly welcome
to the presidency of the State
I League, the Rev. j. f. Heissey,
who has recently been elected to
thar office.
"VII. That our thanks be ten.
dered the trustees of the Lutheran
church for the privilege of meet.
ing here, and to all the churches
of the county which have opened
or shall open, their doors for this
work.
"VIII. That we express our
high appreciation of the work of
the retiring officers for the zeal
with which they have performed
their duties"
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