Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-16
MlckLEToN.

Miss Bessie Hoffman was home from
West Chester Normal oyer Sunday.
Rachel NJ. Haines, who has been
spending several weeks with her sis
| ter. Mrs. Thomas Kirkbride, returned
home last week.
Many Friends here are attending
their yearly meeting held this week at
Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadel-
phia.
One of our young men, Marshal Pan
coast, professor in the University at
Greedy, Colorado, is a frequent contri-
butor to the Western World, reada-
BILE publication printed at Denver, Col
orado.
Some of our farmers assisted in put
ting out Thomas Batten's tomato
|plants on Friday of last week. Mr..
HBatten, who lives near Jefferson, re-
Ecently sustained severe injuries falling
backward from a load of rails. His
Friends here hope he may soon be able
to attend to his regular duties. v"
Lit Brothers delivery wagon passed
last week. We afterward met the
team on the road and inquired of the
driver if he was in Mickleton for pleas
ure or business. He said business,
that he would deliver here three days
in the week, Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
The program at the last meeting of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was practical, helpful and in
forming. In the absence of the secre-
tary. Rachel L. Borden acted for the
day. all other officers were present.
Superintendent of literature reported
that all schools in the township had
been supplied with temperance ban
ners and water lily.
Current events brought out the fol-
lowing facts: Knoxville, Tenn, which
has had la saloons recently incorpor-
ated with a new charter containing a
Prohibition clause; 1920 votes were
cast in favor of Prohibition and 1900
for license 1t used to be said that
statesmen had to be drinkers in order
to get customers by treating, now
statesmen who are total abstainers COM
mand the highest salaries because they
need all the brains the Lord has given
them to do their work The courts OF
Indiana have just rendered another i'm
portant decision against the saloon.
1t was gained on an affidavit alleging
that a certain individual was main
tanning public nuisance in conducting
a license saloon. The judge fully sus-
tanned this contention and his position
is summed up in the following words:
Therefore, IF the Constitution of the
State of Indiana guarantees to the peo-
pie their peace, their safety, their
weIIbeing, as it does in Section 4,
Article /, Of the Bill of Rights, it i'm
pIiedIy denies the right to the 1egis-
lature to pass any law which would
injuriousfy affect the peace, safety and
well-being of the people. And If the
business of selling intoxicating liquors
at retail is dangerous to and destruc-
tive of the peace, the safety and the
well-befng of the people, it clearly fol
lows that a law creating and not re-
stricting the right to engage in such
business is unconstitutional.
An excellent paper was read by the
Superintendent of Mothers meetings,
Hannah A. Heritage She said these
were not intended to be of dictatorial
nature where advise was to be given
in home management and the care of
children, but simply as an opportunity
to help each other to have home ma
chinery move more smoothly and to
see that our own habits of thought and
disposition were such as we would
have reflected in those around us, in
fact to make us all filters not Lean
ers. Several readings were given by
other members emphasizing simplicity
in order that there may be time for
things worth while and the Importance
OF mothers being intelligent, sympathe
tic companions of their boys.