The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-02-16
MT. HOLLY SECOND.
Greeted by Large Audiences.

Some of the hardest blows ever sus-
tanned by the liquor traffic were delivered
by Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, president
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, of Georgia, who is touring this
county in crusade being made against
the dwell bill, measure introduced in
the Legislature to permit the selling of
liquor on Sunday, base ball, etc.
On Sunday this talented lady delivered
two addresses on Temperance in Mount
Holly, at the Opera House in the after
noon and in the evening in the Methodist
Church. Her utterances brought forth
rounds of applause.
At both meetings Mrs. Armour was in
troduced by Mrs. Ella Thatcher, of Flor
ence, president of the county w. G. T. o.,
and 1t was through her influence that the
people of this section were again permit
ted to listen to this interesting speaker.
Inspiration like magic sprang up among
her hearers in the Opera House from the
instant the speaker entered upon her sub
ject. Her lips seemed to speak forth d.
vine fire, and her words came from the
very depths of her soul. She said she
dared to brave the lion in its den because
she was with God and God was with her.
81 want to stir your hearts against the
liquor traffic as being one of the greatest
criminals of the age" said the speaker,
who declared that it was doing more to
iujure mankind than all the wars since
the creation of the world.
Fifty years ago we did not know the
nature of the stuff. Many persons then
engaged in the business not knowing OF
/ its harm any more than in the case of q
person eating too much. We drank it and
liked it as it made US feel good. But cold
blooded time has caused us to look upon
the ruin it has wrought. We are not out
In war against wine, liquor. beer, ETC.,
but alcohol in all its FORMS Alcohol has
no power to build up the human system,
as many believe, but its tendency is death
and those who use it are being fed by the
devil The shock sustained as the result
of taking alcohol as stimulant has killed
thousands of persons. Alcohol is a mar.
cotic and paralyzer. Medical science
shows that alcohol acts on the corpusclei
of the blood and produces consumption
Many persons take alcohol as stimulani
to quicken the action of the heart, bu
such stimulant needs stimulation will
strychnine or some other powerful agent
A matter that startled Mrs. Armour wa.
the fact that in the small state of New
Jersey there are more saloons than in al
the southern states combined. "Thos,
who deal in liquor" she said, ''are b,
some looked upon as monstrous murder
ers.'
AS Mrs. Armour referred to the legiti
macy of making paper from rags ant
using trees to keep the saw mills going
a hush fell over the audience and Their
were many tear stained eyes when sh
drew a parallel to show that young mel
and women were the raw product use'
to keep the saloons going, where money
purity, honor, intellect and reputation
were all lost. els there anything legiti
mate In that ?" she asked.
Mrs. Armour showed that it was up t.
the people as to whether or not the liqus
traffic should flourish to its present ez
tent. Upon the head of the person VIII
signed for a license did she lay the re
sponsibility for the murders, suicides
woe and disgrace it brings to commu
nifty, and also disgrace to the signer him
self before the bar of public opinion
The speaker declared that man VIII
signed for license was responsible fc
many broken hearts and ruined souls, an
was just as guilty as the man who sol
the liquor.
II am a friend of the saloon men," d.
, ciared Mrs. Armour, lust as true as l al
of the hearts they have blasted. 1t is nc
, the men themselves am after. but th
business in which they are engaged. Th