Temperance Movements, Franklin Twp from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 1 February 2005
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part IV Township Histories Franklin Township by W. C. Reeder (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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Franklin has been prominent in all movements for the promotion of good. In 1837 and 1838, there was a Moral Reform Society to discourage gambling, and, a few years after, when the Washingtonians were having their movement Franklin had a large society, and, although but few drinking men were reformed, it had a good effect and made noble men of several who were fast becoming mere wrecks. The Sons of Temperance were strong enough, in 1848, to unite with the lodge of Masons in building one-half of the third story of the schoolhouse. The Temple of Honor and the Sons of Temperance have each had lodges at various times, and later, the crusade and the Murphy movement have carried popular opinion with them and made it hot for the sellers and the consumers of intoxicating liquors.

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