The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-04-18
Bridgeton.


many audiences in New Jersey.
Bridgeton.
A regular monthly meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held on Tuesday evening, April Sth. The
following applications for license regularly
came up for action (hey having applied for Ii
cense previous to election, expecting, of course.
that license men would be elected). For beer,
Mrs. Obeldobel, Gotlieb Cast, Christian Kienzle,
George Kinkle, w. A. Garlic, G. II. Gahre; to
keep wine and liquor stores, George II. Leeds.
Seven of them. With the three hotels we now
have would we not have had bad nest of them
if they had all been granted but they were all
refused by vote of five to four. Messrs. Cox,
(president), Hancock, Rogers, Bacon and Eli
Lopez voting against them while Messrs. Hamp-
ton, Campbell, Recap and George Lopez voted
in favor of all of them. According to resolution
of council these cannot be acted on again for
six months. 1t was hoped that the three hotel
licenses SO unjustly granted few weeks ago
would be revoked by city council at its first
meeting (the city charter vesting that power
in city council, and the contracting parties ac-
cepting their licenses subject to those condi-
1 do not know, but perhaps the city council
thought the temperance people of the city of
Bridgeton did not want them revoked. 1t is
well-known fact that at a meeting of the Citi-
zens' Independent Temperance Association held
few weeks ago it was resolved to circulate
petition asking council to revoke the hotel Ii
censes already granted because, first, they were
granted contrary to all precedent, it always be-
fore being customary to act upon applications
for license at the first meeting of new council
which would be in March, in this case the old
council granted licenses in February for one
year. Second the president of the old council
during the absence of one of the temperance
men from the city called special meeting of
council and license was granted. Third, the
people of our city have at the last two spring
elections spoken by a majority of about 400 and
said they did not want license in Bridgeton.
Giving the above as our reasons we started with
our petitions but we soon found out that the
temperance people themselves were not interest
ed enough to put their names to a paper saying
SO. Some were afraid the hotel keepers would
think we were showing fight and would not
think we were showing as much of the spirit of
Christ as we should. They gave other reasons
equally foolish.
The new pastors of the Commerce Street
Methodist Episcopal and Trinity Methodist
Episcopal churches are giving excellent satisfac-
tion We do not consider it worth while to ask
them how they stand upon the temperance ques-
ton for we have learned that the Methodist
preachers, taking them as a rule, are always ar
rayed against every evil.
At a meeting of the w. c. T. u, held on
April Sd, 1884, the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. M. A. Carl; vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. S. M. Apologize recording secretary,
Mrs. Rice; corresponding secretary, Miss Han
nah Milford; treasurer, Mrs. D. E. Smith.
The secretary, Mrs. Carl, gave a very interesting
report. In it she made special mention of the
encouragement given the Union by the pastors
of our city during the year that has just closed.
The w. G. 7. U. have procured a new room,
which is much more pleasant than their old one,
in which to hold public meetings, and in which
the Band of Hope meets every Saturday after
noon. During the year there have been 172
meetings held on Saturday afternoons and on
week day nights at their rooms, at cottages and
the Jail. During the summer season for two
years past, public meetings have been held every
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in Harris
Grove.
There is an association in Bridgeton known as
the Young Ladies' Christian Temperance Union
During the year just past they have been a
power for good in our city. They have main
tanned night school for boys through the en-
tire winter.
The Band of Hope closed its third year on
last Saturday afternoon. The following officers
were elected: Superintendent, Mrs. E. d. c.
Evans assistants, First Presbyterian, Mrs. E.
F. Downing Second Presbyterian, Miss Bercie
Humphreys First Baptist, Miss Hannah Null
ford; Commerce Street Methodist Episcopal,
Mrs. George Franklin; Central Methodist Epis-
copal, Miss Clara Silvers; Trinity Methodist
Episcopal, Mrs Elmer Shoemaker; secretary,
Miss Emma Mcdowell; treasurer, Miss Viola
Bassett; librarian, Miss Matte Smith assist
ant librarian, Miss Bercie Humphreys; organ
list, Miss Viola Bassett chorister, Miss r.
Whitaker.
In closing the present year, Mrs. s. NJ. Reeves,
chairman of committee on juvenile work, re-
ports that during the year lis new members
have been pledged. Their total number of
scholars on roll is 200; average attendance dur
ing the year, 81. Just at the close of last year.
the school gave an entertainment in Moore's mu-
sic hall, from which they realized about $4,000
In the fall they found that new room had been
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