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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
2
A partisan call urges voters to back Pinney and Prohibition to uphold Christian morals and temperance. It condemns Nash, Killbourne, and existing parties for license systems and saloon influence, urging a patriotic vote next Tuesday to honor God and fellow citizens.
A religious appeal argues that men who vote Prohibition act as forsaking the saloon and honoring God at the ballot box. It claims the Prohibition vote marks a man as moral and patriotic, contrasting it with other party ballots and urging Ohio Christians to rally for a moral stand.
Prohibition talks by Dr. F. M. Hickok in Smithville and Sterling follow with musical support from the University Prohibition Quartette. Six Milton men, Chris tain Musser, Peter Musser, Ramon Swaggler, Joel Fisher, Elmer Rumner, and two others were arrested on warrants from Crown Hill Mennonite church disturbances. All pleaded guilty. one leader Swaggler got 10 days jail plus a $10 fine. Edward Eline was fined five dollars for corn theft from Franda Messner.
AppleuVeer Dr and Mrs G S Hackett and many attended a gathering at Mr Merriman s near Smithville last Thursday. Mr Jones of Cleveland father of Miss M Jones teacher of the primary room was visiting his daughter in Applecreek. Dr and Mrs Jameson are bleat with an heir. The first lecture of the courses will be given next Friday evening. Quite a number attended the County Sunday School convention at Orrville last week. Dr G S Hackett the Misses Daisy Waters Heater A Wisner.
Nannie Sharp Maud Blosser Dora Waters Barchie and Henry Jacot of the Presbyterian church attended with Mr Barchie and the Misses Eliza Numbers Anna Bott and Lizzie Laudenslager of the Reform no one from the Methodist attended. Dr Hackett urged delegates to report impressions a full meeting shared powerful insights and hospitality from Orrville sparked thoughts of a heavenly fellowship and renewed commitment to better work and learned methods.
A religious tract condemns legal liquor sales as a great evil and accuses voters and churches of hypocrisy. It cites Jeremiah and Protestant denominations, denouncing tax and license laws as enabling the saloon and hindering Christianity and education. The piece urges unconditional surrender of the liquor trade.
The author denounces Dow tax law allowing unlimited saloons and criticizes Christian voters who back parties that legalize evil by tax or license. He cites Prohibition principles, church opposition, and calls for ballot-box protest to end legalized saloons and related social ills.
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