The Princeton union., 1904-12-01
PRINCETON SALOONS.
They Were Discussed by Rev. Swinnerton
Last Sunday Evening.

Last Sunday Evening.
"An evening in Princeton Saloons. -
The subject was certainly of a nature
to attract large number of people to
hear Rev. Swinnerton of the M. E..
church talk on this very practical
topic last Sunday evening. Rev.
Swinnerton wanted to get at the root
and core of the question and in com
pany with the village marshal and
another citizen of Princeton he vis-
tied every saloon in town on Monday
evening of last week, where he person
ally met the bartenders and many of
the saloon-keepers themselves to whom
ne extended hearty greeting and
gave them personal invitation to at
tend services at his church on last
Sunday evening, stating to them that
he would talk on the temperance ques-
tion. Some of them did attend.
Rev. Swinnerton chose for his text
Prov. XXIII-31. 80: 'sLook not thou
upon the wine when it is red, when it
glveth its color in the cup, when it
moveth itself Alright. At the last it
biteth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder" His companion text was
from Matt. TX, 13: 81 am not come
to call the righteous but the sinners
to repentance
Rev. Swinnerton spoke of the
worlds temperance Sunday and of the
antiquity of the liquor habit. He said
that the history of antiquity was re-
plete with proofs that the chief de-
stroyer Of the individual and nations
was drink. After reviewing the mighty
conquest of rum power from the earli-
est ages to, the present time he dwelt
on the great factors and movements
throughout the world that are com
batting the evils of the rum traffic.
and then he came to the practical ap-
plication and treatment of his subject.
He did not forget to refer to the whole
sale consumption of alcohol by the
habitual users of patent medicines
and analyzed a few of the leading
bracers that are on sale at all the
drug stores throughout the land. The
we'll known stomach bitters with twelve
ounces OF alcohol and four of water
and other alcoholic mixtures were
placed side by side with the clear stuff.
Rev. Swinnerton devoted a large
part OF his sermon in reciting his ex-
perlences in the seven saloons that
he visited in Princeton. By way of
introduction he remarked: "Someone
said only the other day that he saw
the Methodist preacher coming out Of
a saloon Monday evening. Well if he
had watched more closely he would
nave seen me come out of seven sa-
looms walking straighter and more
sober when l came out of the seventh
than when entered the first. This is
intended for the gossiper.''
He stated that all received him
courteously and not one of them asked
MIN 10 take drink. He told of the
personal talks that he had with many
OF the bartenders and saloon-kepeers.
After showing the dark side of the
traffic he referred to the bright side of
the saloon wherein it attracts the
young and the old. The saloons of
Princeton from Rev. Swinnerton s
standpoint are not repulsive places to
spend an evening, as they are we'll
lighted, warm and clean, ssa good
deal more inviting than some homes I
have seen," said the speaker.
AS to the remedy he laid particular
stress on individual prohibition and
stated that persons should prohibit
themselvs and the way to do this was
to get converted and start new life.