Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-10-11
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Mr., and Mrs Beale Lockwood, of Ston-
ington, Connecticut, are visiting their neice,
Mrs, Joseph Sickler.
Mrs. Clara Craven has been visiting
friends at Ardmore.
Mrs. Rebecca Green spent Friday and
Saturday with relatives in Camden.
Mr.. and Mrs Azael Nichols were the
guests Of their daughter, Mrs. Edward
Huff, Philadelphia, several days last week
A telephone has been placed in w. H.
Bunning's store at Mt Royal
Cooper & Bradshaw have lately erected a
new ware house.
The members of the NJ. church will hold
an oyster supper the first Of next month,
Proceeds for the new parsonage fund
1t is reported that Mr. Thomas Reeves
had his pocket picked Of a considerable sum
at the Mt Holly Fair last Thursday
Mrs. EmeIine Wright is visiting friends
at Mickleton.
Mrs. Jennie Shaw, Of Burlington, has
been visiting her son, Rev. J. f. Shaw
Philip Brunett has decided to continue
the barber business here, and will remain
in the same house.
The W. c. T. T. met on Friday afternoon
with Vice President, Lizzie Shute, in the
chair. A card was read asking that names
of delegates to State Convention at New
Brunswick, October % to rs, be forwarded
The appointment was left TO the Executive
Committee A program had been prepared
on the canteen, in order that workers might
be educated and keep facts before the peo-
pie. Almost every day can be seen false
statements about the army canteen which
are believed by good people because taken
from those high in authority A private
letter from an officer in the regular army
to his mother which condemned the canteen
as demoralizing establishment, was read.
As loyal soldier cannot publicly criticize
the orders of his superiors, names were
omitted. The letter from Adj. General
Corbin, U. S. A. to Senator SeWell Of New
Jersey, was read responsively section by
section, and replies were given from official
and other reliable sources proving that
spirtuons Liquors are sold iii the canteen.
so notorious is the fact that reference was
made to it in his report of the Secretary Of
War for 1899. Under present regulations
men are not allowed to re-enlist whose
services have proved them to be unreliable
soldiers and recruiting officers are held
responsible for the men whom they bring
in the service. The letter stated that 1919
commissioned officers have made special
report in favor of the canteen as a temper
ance measure but his number does not
represent one-tIird of his officers, nor does
the letter state that Shafter and Miles and
scores Of other well known officers condemn
the canteen system It is the universal
who were with the army during the Span
ish war, that the drinking of beer in the
army camps was the chief cause of sickness
and disease among the troops The most
startling misrepresentation INDUCED in by
Gen. Corbin is the small amount spent for
drink in the canteen by the soldiers in
which he does not regard the fact that
hundreds Of army saloons are operated
under the guise of oanteens, and under the
sanction OF the canteen regulation, and yet
are not strictly speaking, regimental can
teen, and their receipts are not reported to
the war department, nor does he give init
nation OF the fact that the eanteens at Camp
Meade, Chickamaugua, Mobile, Jackson
vile and Tampa were established by
brewers who were in league with the COM
manding officers, and never rendered any
report to Washington of their sales. The
closing statement was read from pham-
phlet published by the National Temper
ance Society on expansion of the govern
ment saloon or the rum traffic, on the
new possessions, which said the question
of the.hOur is that Of allegiance TO law, aud
honestly and fidelity in it's enforcement
Congress has already settled whether the
canteen is helpful or harmful to the soldier.