Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — KEEP U. S. DRY TASK OF THE CHURCH [ARTICLE]

KEEP U. S. DRY TASK OF THE CHURCH

Indianapolis, Sept. 26. —To keep America dry is the task of the church, delegates attending the Indiana conference of Methodist churches were told by E. L. Williams, extension secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the church. He drew a vivid picture of the “terrible consequences” If liquor were sold on every corner In the steel strike areas. Troubles between the United States and Japan are being fostered by liquor interests who transferred their business to the far East when prohibition swept over the United States, declared E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Anti-Sa-loon league.