Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-03-05
lEfEMLoCK GROVE ITEMS.

Services at the church next Sun
day as follows: Sunday School at 9
O'Clock preaching services at 10
O'Clock. ALI are invited to attend.
! Miss Muriel Phillips has returned
to her home at this place, from
! Williamsport where she was treated
for appendicitis. She is improv-
ling nicely and will in short time
be able to continue her work as a
Teacher.
7 Mrs, Alfred Mantenace and son
fGlen, of Fairview are spending some
time as the guest of the formers mo-
ther Mrs. Sarah Masteller.
Gibson Rider of Beaver Lake call
ed at the home Of his sister Mrs
George Phillips Saturday.
| The following young people were
pleasantly entertained at the home
Of M. ]. Phillips, on Friday evening:
Bessie Fulmer, Maize Phillips.
IStewart Steinruck, and Muriel and
Helen Phillips. The evening was
spent in playing pit and various
games. Music was furnished by Miss
Maize Phillips, some beautiful selet
tions were played,
Harry Arms, William Bay and
Earnest Fulmerattended the month
| ~ settlement Of supervisors and path
masters at Sonestown Saturday.
Delbert Allen and A. NJ. Jordon of
North Mountain called at this place
for short time last week
There will be a Social held at the
Methodist church, on Saturday even
ing Rev.S b. Bidlack will be present
with Stereopticon, and will illus
trate some beautiful scenes. The adj
mission will be twenty five cents,
which includes the lecture and en-
titles each person to ice cream and
cake. The proceeds are for the bene-
At Of the pastor.
Charles Swank and family of Raj
ston, have returned home after
spending some time as the guests of
friends at this place and North Mt.
J. +. Mullen from Campbellsville,
candidate for commissioner called on
the voters at this place last week.
Miss Edna Bay who IS employed
by James Myers as hook kee per at
Strawbridge spent Saturday and Sun.
day as the guest of her father Will
liam Bay.
Alfred Phillips made business
trip tO-Benton last week.
DIR. J. l.. Derr Of Lairdsville was
business caller at this place last
week.
The Tamaqua Courier, in seath-
ing article in Saturdays issue,
reviews the license situation in that
,,unty. 1t charges that "this rum
oesotted condition. is in a great
measure due to the apathy of the
i,!e themselves, who permit the
,loon element to dominate the poll
icS of the country and elect its offic-
css from the Judges who grant
licenses, down. They have watched
The farce of license court grant 1902
licenses, all necessary for the sac
commodation Of strangers and travel
ers;" they have seen Judges, learned
in the law, whose duty it is to
strengthen rather than destroy the
moral structure, built up license
olieaschy whose power is supreme
and permeates every branch of the
public service. Continuing the
Courier says: "The commentaries
says the country is rum soaked.
Gods a pity so it's soaked through
to the core, manacled TO debalchery,
to indecency, to viciousness and to
all the kindred forms Of vice that
He'll can conceive OF. It's criminal
record tells story OF murder, of IL
bertineism, Of rape, of adultery and
Of fornicatiOn, Some towns have
one saloon for every voter and one
town has one saloon to six qualified
citizens. Are our children to be
learned among such environments ::
1t is time To sound the tocsins in
Schuylkill county and load the guns
to the muZz. for a fight for common
decency."
Declaring that God is being driv-
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