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• * ■ *. Interest at High PitchOne would have imagined the Indianapolis Prohibitionists were having ta a rally, to see the rousing meeting of Cl1 the Marion County Prohibition League last Monday night. Extra chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the 1)6 crowd in the large assembly room of m' the Hotel English. Old veterans and ed new recruits joined in the enthusiasm Cl of the occasion and encouraged each sd other to renewed efforts for the cause Pr we love. M. E Race was there and th brought his famous voice with him. He Pa led out in songs of victory and the an* c^( dience joined heartily in the choruses, b® The petition to have the Prohibition ticket on the official ballot was present-ed for signatures and received thirty- sa' nine names, several of whom will vote v0 the ticket this fall for the first lime. co The signers included six ministers, h® There were nine new names added to ®v the membership of the club, one woman who is a new member bringing in three others.It was young people’s night, the pro gram being a consideration of the subject of how to interest them in Prohibi tion. Thomas Sims led the discussion in an interesting way. He showed how young people are often hampered in this work and related several spicy personal experience with an M. E. pastor who attempted to curb the members of his Epworth League when they introduced prohibition in their meet ings. Other young people present, as weil as some older ones, took up the discussion which became so lively that the meeting could not be closed until after the appointed hour of ten o’clock.haitchvoeqBedeto]cripopelt;mecaiteiovtoHs
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Indianapolis Patriot Phalanx
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1898
Page 4
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