the events surrounding his manslaughter charge and acquittal very much in memory. Following Spracklin's resignation, the nature of his pastoral work underwent changes. Development of itinerant ministry and emigration The ministerial vocation of Spracklin thus evidenced significant development in its emphasis into itinerant activities in place of localized, parish ministry. Spracklin later emigrated to the United States, and there he continued with his personal mission of campaigning for the anti-liquor cause. Promotion of Anti-Saloon League in the US In the US, Spracklin's ministry involved significant travel. His efforts were considerably directed towards the promotion of the Anti-Saloon League. Spracklin thus itinerated as a visiting speaker to local churches on the League's behalf. Legacy By general consent, the conjunction of events around the Canadian period of Spracklin's ministry related to the particularly excessive zeal of the Prohibition era in Ontario, when the ideas and aims of the soon to be eclipsed United Farmers of Ontario were prominent. Spracklin's vigorously vocal ministry at least superficially resembles that of J. Frank Norris, of Fort Worth, Tx, who also maintained an itinerant pastoral charge in Detroit, Michigan. Like Spracklin, Norris also widely employed his considerable, rhetorical gifts in anti-liquor campaigning in opposition to local civic leaders and was himself acquitted of murdering an associate of the local mayor in 1926 on grounds of self-defence, which were later widely challenged. Norris, whose vigorous political views exercised a deep influence upon his seminary student John Birch and others, later undertook a wide, public ministry; however, the reputation of Spracklin never eclipsed the events of 1920. See also Ernest Charles Drury Neighbourhoods of Windsor, Ontario#Sandwich William Raney References 1886 births Alcohol law in Canada Alcohol in Canada Canadian Methodist ministers Prohibition in Canada Date of death unknown Alcohol in Ontario