The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-30
w. c. T. U. COLUMN
Devoted to the Interest of Christian and Temper
ance Work, Under the Supervision of Francis
WillardW. C. T. U. and Directed by Mrs.
DR.. Dugan, to Whom all Communications
II. ) for this Colnmn Should be Sent


ING that their work has not been in
VAIN.
The statement quoted above from
recent issue of the Boston Tran
script. is the chronicle of the re-
suits of determined crusade
against these offensive advertise
, ments in street cars undertaken by
the Boston VIC. T.. L. Mr.. Rob
ert NJ. Burnett Of the Eastern Adj
vertising company, says:
81 have given orders From this
time Oh that no solicitation be made
and no advertising taken for liq-
ors. beer. or any other article com.
ing in the line of intoxicants. We
have one contract running now III
the surface cars and a small one
in the elevated that we shall be
obliged to carry until the contract
terminates or suffer heavy dam.
ages, but after these expire you
may oe assured that there will be
no more advertising of this kind in
our ears. (" Other unions in Other
cities take notice : The Union Sig
nal of March Z. 1907.
The Muskogce Phoenix of FebrIi
larry u. says:
| "William A. Johnson. srccla
,oorc officer. may write book OF
N'How It Feels to be Sued fol
| $751; or Incidents of Boo;c
busters Business.
The dranmtis personae or thi'
little drama were Mr.. johnson .:nt
one Harry G. Cohn. general agent
of the Dallas Brewery. ,Ir. John
son made three raids upon Mr.
COINS establishment, >niaslrr.
several thousand bottles If bee
each time. Each lime. tr), Mr.
Cohn was arrested for the iilcga
sale of liquor, gave bonl and file,
suit for damages agains, the OFF
ccr. the several amounts asked TO
aggrcgating Sl5l,0OO. When lin
eases were called Mr.. cola can
cellcd his appeals fer damages an,
| the suits were quashed, while Tn
eases against MIR. Cohn were con
tinucd, that gentleman en,arns up
on contract to stay oct Of th
business The Union ';igloi.
That the supporters OF resItn!is
] sion, the repeal of the Sturgis las
and the free rule OF rum III tn
state of Maine are losing, or hav
lost. entirely. all heart in the mat
ters and have practically given ID
what has undoubtedly been TIN
hardest fought battle of recen
years for the debauclling of home
of the state. was shown by the ut
4 tendance in the house of represent
aiives when the bill for the label
| ling of drugs and patent medicine
with the amount of liquor therein
came up for hearing, as did th
| bill allowing druggists to sell.
There was q very small attend
ance of the opponents of theS
two measures and there is not mucl
doubt that the one relating to TN
labelling Of medicines will be re
'ported favorably from the commit
tee and the bill for the sale of run
by druggists will be rcportc,
against unanimously. Many mem
bers of the w. c. Z. L. wer
present this afternoon headed b,
Mrs. I'm. Stevens. and the oppos
ticn to the sale Of liquor in any wa
was hearty ana unqualified. II i
reported that there are over Is,
600 names of citizens of the stat
of Maine IN the petitions whicI
have been presented against resub
mission on the floor of the hous
and senate and there are NOR
coming today. The hearing toda
continued late into the afternoon
and the forces Of rum were route
at every turn Portland EXPIRES.
February 81.