The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-20
RIGHT FROM SHOULDER
Struck tho Speaker During
Course of His Remarks.
George R. Stuart Delivers xasterly
and Convincing Discourse on the
Temperance Problem.

perance lecture at tne 0Tdnu OPoi"
House Sunday afternoon. 1t was
undoubtedly the largest body OF men
that has ever assembled in Marion
upon an occasion of the kind. The
lecture was given under the aus
pices of the Y. M. 9. A. and
program of an extraordinary ma
ture had been arranged.
The Tennessee lecturer made 1t
point to thoroughly cover all
/ phases of the liquor problem. sam
Jones' like, he spoke In no mild
terms and didn't hesitate one bit,
lin giving vent to his feelings In any
style which he chose. Ills illustra-
tions were very striking and he sue
ceeded in bringing ont his points
in the most impressive way. 1t was
real Prohibition style temperance
lecture and one of the best ever
delivered before a Marion audi
ence.
The program opened at 2:30
O'Clock with a number of special
selections by the Y. M. G. A.
orchestra The Steam Shovel Med
ley chorus was present and rendered
several pleasing numbers.
| Rev. G. M. Rourke, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, introduce
ed the speaker. my Stump Digger
was the subject from which the Ten
nessee warrior cleaned many fine
thoughts and many hot shots.
| In the course of his remarks,
DR.. Stuart pump-handled the saloon
keeper, he accused the voter,
slammed the mayor and his polics
force, ridieuled society, cursed
gambling, spoke emphatically
against mobism. anarchy, Sabbath
breaking and all other features OF
worldly amusements. He laid all of
the above evils at the door Of the
saloon or the liquor shop.
In his opening remarks, DIR.
Stuart introduced his subject ex-
planning It's meaning. He declared
that he had learned that the soil
under an old stump was the most
fertile of all soils and would yield
a large crop of most anything.
They are a nuisance to the farmer
as long as he allows them tc be
enrooted in his fields but II he is
any kind of farmer, he will dig
them up.
rhe lecturer remarked that he
had been pulling stumps, In the
temperance field for the past several
years. II have helped In clearing
tine intemperance stumps out OF
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina and now l am war;
ring for the north" he remarked.
u There are some big black clouds
hanging over this country and every
one of them can be traced down to
a beer or whiskey keg. The scrip
lures contain the ten commandments
, which only compose "a ten rail- fence
| around deep cess pool to keep
! poor fools from jumping In. and
then they often break through the
, fence and go down." said the speak
Ter.
/ The lecturer named the first black
l cloud as that of Anarchy. III is q
slowly pushing its borders over the
I nation within the past few cen
3 turtles. The heads of the leaders
1 of six large nations have come of
9 by its power, within the last dec
8 ade. Anarchy is fostered and take
K its root from the saloon. The maj
1 who murdered our beloved McKin
0 ley was associating and roomini
: with one of the blackest hearted
: saloon keepers in Buffalo. Russia Il
!. lsuffering from anarchy today NOR
than any other nation In the worl'
land In Russia, there are two bottle
! of liquor sold to where there
one In this country" said the speak
1ler
I'll DR.. Stuart pronounced the So
! loon keeper the greatest robber o.
earth and with, the assistance o
Ia number of gentlemen who wer
seated on the-.stage, proceeded 3
prove the assertion He asked tn
( men which thaCf seuld rather fin
P I'm etbetr rSoAiiAt pocket. q ,bpttle, q
Ftwhiskey Sr' Nothing. They embh&ll
+ cally remarked nothing"
It That is why the saloon. keepe
d is the biggest of all robbers. H
d takes the dollar and leaves a bottl
]. of whiskey in its place which
d worse than nothing. The highwa
!. robber takes the dollar and leave
nothing In its place, which Ia ia
I BETTER" concluded DR.. Stuart.
I. The speaker referred to mobisr
{ as the cecond cloud threatenin
the country. He declared that ut n
i time is mobism necessary and h
q pronounced the greater part Of mob
! ism as due to the saloon.
Sabbath Breaking'' was tho thir'
shadow named BY Tie speaker
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