Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-28
FIGHT ON TODR|vE
RUM FROM COUNTY
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ganization and ]. Gilbert Aldinger,
temperance superintendent of the
Sabbath School Association OF the
county. was made secretary.
Two men who have been active in
other counties lighting the saloon told
the Dauphin county people of their
experiences The Rev. w. G. Nyce. of
the Chester County No-License
League, and Nj. p. Kline, president of
the Berks county organization, against
the liquor interests, were the speak
ers.
Public Interest Aroused
These men told of the aroused pub
lie interest in the campaign against
booze" in other sections of the State
telling the results of hard fights
against the liquor men and gave ad-
vice as to methods that could be used
here.
1t is the plan of those at the meet
ing yesterday to organize every cor
ner of the county into a subdivision
| of the No-License League. At the
meeting next Tuesday when the for
NAL organization is effected a COM
mittee will be appointed which will
represent all sections of the county
and all societies back of the move
ment
AT the meeting yesterday women
representing the w. c. 7. u, min
listers, representatives of the Anti
Saloon League and of the Christian
Endeavor societies of the city aided
in the formation of the No-License
League.
Prayer Starts Fight
The meeting was opened with a
| ~ l~,-N l. ~ ~ ~
of the Maclay Street Church of God.
James A. Stranahan was made tenn
porary chairman on motion of Mr..
Barker. Mr.. Stranahan in opening
the meeting outlined its purpose and
the aim of the organization.
The Rev. Mr.. Nyce who spoke first
called the meeting historic land
mark for Dauphin county.
You are. on the threshold of the
extinction OF the liquor traffic." he
said. The liquor men in their jour
nails admit the end of the business is
in sight within six years, and 1t Is
our belief that within three years the
Federal Constitution will be so
amended as to prohibit the traffic"
Dauphin County Should Lead
He said that because of this coun-
tvs central location it should be
| leader in the movement in the State.
He remarked that thirty counties are
organized against the saloon and
thirty are dry or drying.
Get into the movement in earn
est" he advised. "All that is needed
is to present real facts to the people.
Make the facts local. In Dauphin
county you are spending S1,000,000 a
year for liquor What does it mean?
Drunkenness, the uniting of men for
work and crime"
Mr.. Stranahan said in the discus
sion which followed the talk by the
Rev. Mr.. Nyce that more liquor Is
sold in social clubs than in barrooms
1t was pointed out that general re-
| monstrances amount to little as the
| remonstrance must come from the
district where the saloon is located.
Publish Liquor Henchmen's Names
Members of the W. C. T. U. said
they were circulating a four-page pa
per in which were printed the names
of the applicants, bondsmen and sign
ers of licenses.
NJ. P. Kline told of the progress Of
the work in Berks county where it
| has been unusually hard to get pub
lie interest aroused. Aid from a news
paper there and publication of the
effect of the elimination of liquor I'M
other counties has brought good re-
suits, he said.
Among those at the meeting yester-
| day were: From the w. c. T. IT,,
Mrs. w. B. Sloan. Mrs. John Feeman,
Mrs. E. A. Riegle. Mrs. E. j. NJ. Goho,
Mrs. NJ. J. Sites, Miss NJ. n. Sites,
Mrs. William H. Cooper, Mrs. John
F. Kob, Mrs. Edgar X. Smith, Mrs.
Charles Miller Spahr, Mrs. Albert s.
Loomis, Halifax; Mrs. NJ. Marjorie
| Steese, Steelton.
The following ministers and lay
men were also present: The Rev. DR..
j. Ritchie Smith. the Rev. William
n. Yates, the Rev. J. C. Forncrook,
the Rev. A. Maxwell Stamets. Prof.
J. ]. Brehm, c. A. Mountz, Benjamin
Whitman, H. A. Lefevre, Wilmer
Crow, Albert Tschop, James W. Bar
ker, c. A. Ellenberger, Enos S. Wen
rich, j. G. Aldinger.