Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1919 — PRESBYTERIANS TO FIGHT TO ABOLISH CIGARETTE. [ARTICLE]

PRESBYTERIANS TO FIGHT TO ABOLISH CIGARETTE.

New York, Dec. 27.'— The Presbyterian church today entered thq^ fight to bring world-wide prohibition ana abolish the cigarette. annual program of reform, made public through the board of temperance and moral welfare here -today, the church announced that it would work for the following: Elimination of the brewer and distiller in foreign fields. Abolition of the cigarette. Regulation of theatres and danc- * of marriage and divorce P1 * Christianization and- humanization of penal institutions. Closer supervision over motionP *Elimination of social diseases, narcotic drugs and the use of alcohol in The church has set $50,000 to start its fight against brewers and distillers in foreign fields, it was I announced, and sent «ev John Steele, secretary of the board, to aid in the prohibition fight. » “An especial target for attack will be the cigarette, which beca f?® so firmly entrenched during the war,” the board announced. Prof J. H. Dickson, formerly of Wooster college, has been selected to lead this crusade, and already has started a series of lectures against the “fag.” . . Winfield S. HaH, formerly of Northwestern university medical college, will have charge of social hyI eiene and sex relation reforms. The board’s headquarters are in Pittsburgh, with Dr. Charles Scanlon as general secretary.