The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-13
CHURCH Fights SALOON
Pastor Wilson Stirs Up His
Bayonne Congregation.
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SALOONS
And Object to the Metamorphosis Of
Anderson's Butcher Shop.


church and the saloon, and almost every
body in the vicinity of the Monroe
Memorial Church is interested in it.
Mr.. H. d. Winters owns large three
story frame fiat directly opposite, on the
corner of Avenue D and Forty-fourth
street There are two large store rooms
on the ground floor, the corner one of
which is utilized by Mr.. Winter as a
grocery. Some time in March last Mr..
Winter leased to Mr.. R. c. Anderson the
adjoining store room for one year, with
the privilege ofkeeping it five years. Mr.
Anderson, who lives in large house a
block away, set up a meat store and
named it Anderson's Bayonne Market.
The business did not pay and Mr.. An
derson closed the market on Tuesday
last.
PASTOR WILSON'S WARNING.
AT the close of the sermon on the Sun
day evening previous the Rev. A. l.. Will
son announced to his congregation that
he had heard that Proprietor Anderson,
OF the meat market opposite, was about
to close his business and was circulat-
ing petition i'll the neighborhood, with
the desire of procuring license for a
saloon. He presented a remonstrance in
the form of a petition to which were
already attached few signatures, and
called upon all the male members OF his
congregation to sign their names with a
view to protesting against Mr.. Ander-
sons application for a license.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union had already prepared petition to
present to the Common Council praying
that no more saloon licenses be issued to
anyone intending to open saloon in Bay
TErnr for
signatures at the church last Sunday
night, and since then the women espe-
cfally have actively canvassed the neigh
; borhood for signatures.
PLENTY OF SALOONS.
1t is claimed that many property own
ers in the vicinity OF the church have
also taken hand in the matter. There
are already some half dozen saloons in
the neighborhood and the majority of
the residents think these are too many
now in sparsely settled district. Mr..
Winter, the owner of the property, is
himself opposed to the opening of a
saloon on his premises and one of the
petitions of remonstrance is open for
signatures at his store.
He claims, however, that he has no
authority to prevent it. He does think
Mr.. Anderson is going to run the saloon
himself, but has bargained with some
unknown saloonist to take the rent off
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secure liquor saloon license as an extra
inducement.
The Rev. Mr.. Wilson'S petition has been
signed by more than fifty voters, and that
of the w. G. T. U. by one hundred and
fifty women, and when Mr.. Anderson's
application is presented to the Common
Council next Tuesday evening, the Rev.
A. l.. Wilson, Edwin Allaire and John w.
Brown, a committe appointed by the
official board of the Monroe Memorial
Church, will be present to hand in these
formidable petitions of remonstrance.
MIR. ANDERsoN's STORY.
Mr.. Anderson was seen at late hour
on the streets last night and asked what
he thought of the situation.
"Oh, it amounts to nothing" he said.
1--WE got all the signatures necessary to
secure license, and can get plenty more.
I've got twenty-six; end they're good
ones:
Mr.. Anderson, after pause. "I'm prac-
tically out of the matter. I've made a
deal'
"What's the nature of the dealS'' Mr..
Anderson was asked.
"Well l can't tell you that, just yet
awhile" and all the persuasive eloquence
that his questioner could command failed
to bring forth the desired answer
The w. c. L. U. is TO hold temperance
mass meeting at the Monroe Memorial
Church, Monday evening, which is to be
addressed by Mrs. Ella Borne, of New
York. and although this meeting
was called before it was as
certained that the meat market opposite
the church was to be converted into a
saloon, it is probable that the proposed
new saloon will form the main topic OF
discussion.
1t is said that Mr.. Anderson's wife is a
strong temperance advocate, and is bit
terly opposed to her husbands entering
the saloon business, especially in the face
of such strong church opposition.