Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-10
WOMAN FIRES FIRST
GUN in ANTI : BOOZE
SERVICE AT CHESTER
Mrs. PARCELS, Temperanco
Orator, Stirs Audiencs
ence by Putting Respou.
sibility for Political Cor.
ruption on Liquor RING
LFnoM A srArr connEsponnrrr

NF
CHESTER, Pa, April 1O.-Tbo -
gun OF the Nicholson-Hemminger rev,r1,
demonstration against the "boozo s.s,,'
In this city were fired by Mrs. Ad.
| PARCELS, national organizer OF tbo n,
7. u, this afternoon, when she do,,,.. Y
several blows OF the "knoekout,, ,,.-,''
to the liquor interests, in an addr.s, !.
the tabernacle.
Il charge the liquor traffic in psr,..,
vania," she cried, of being the sopro. !.
the quagmire in which the no,I,io.
this State is today. the source of the v,..
greed and corruption that has ,n.s'
Pennsylvania world famous for ,ho ~.
tenness of its lawmakers and n.,,,
clans" F"u'
ut Is time to cali a halt" sho -.
tinued' after the applause which rras,,.
this statement had subsidized. "Wo r,a..
and shall give the people of this s,.i'
an opportunity TO say whether or y.
their county shall be respectable or ~,
"Do YOU know that Pennsvlv,,t.
the blacklist of all the States ,r a.,
ruption? If you don't know II nv, Sel w;
to tell you that 1t Is so, and TO call ,,Uss ~sss
you TO submit no longer to the t,rans,
OF the booze gang. Why should Penns,s
Vania, the Keystone State OF the Int.
stand highest in the number or t,,,,rd".. vu
desertions and every other form NJ WI,
Why should our insane asylums he car,s.
LOT more lmoeciles per capita than anv
other state? 1t is Intoxicating lIouor,
and you know II. and It is lin 10 ns,,
TO get out and hustle for the aboIIiios
of this great evil"
Mrs PARCELS then outlined the hls,o,v
OF the liquor traffic in this countrv ~,
sertinR that the United States Govsrrl
ment had changed the question from os,
OF morals to a political issue by the mass.
age OF the license law for reyen,,s a,
1852 From time to time the speaker v,s, 4
interrupted by bursts Of applause fror
the large audience that filled the tabsr.
nacle, but it was invariably of shor,
duration, for her hearers did not wish %
miss single word that she uttered.
The 400 children composing the "sub.
shine Choir" organized especially for a.
temperance services today and tomorrow
by Choir Director j. Raymond Hemmln.
ger, showed great enthusiasm at the ssr.
vice.
Among the songs that made a decldsd
MT this afternoon was a parody on III
Your Heart Keeps Right" which ran as
follows:
tGt,I Let US vote out rum. let us vote out rum.
Victory Is not far distant, Satans on the run
Il we vote out rum, il We vote out rum, fri' ~
Many homes will be like heaven. II we vuta
One of the yells which rang through
the tabernacle and litreally "brough,
down the house" was as follows:
Tabernacle. tabernacle,
Oh rah, rah sawdust trail.
To straghten up old Chester town, y
To raise the fellow that is down,
To help the children all around 20
And put the boozeshops underground ;.e-.
VIII fill the dinner pail. NJ
On rah. ran. rah, rah, rah. rah, rah
On ran. rah, sawdust trail" t
WILL BURY JOHN BARLEYcoRN.,'
At 6:45 o'clock this evening all church
members and temperance sympathizers
will assemble in the various churches Of
the city and proceed to Sth and New
Market streets, where monster parads
VIII be organized to celebrate John Bar.
leycorn's funeral" His coffin will be car.
red in the parade and a unique burial
service will be held before the tabernaels
is reached. Captain Frank Kelso Hyatt
of the Pennsylvania Military College, Will
be chief marshal of the parade.
The liquor interests in this city are not
pleased over the prospects of the dem
and today continued the dis
tribution of bulletins denouncing revvals 2
in general and the Nicholson Hemminger
revival In particular. Disinterested wit.
nesses of the preparations for the actiyl.
ties of the day hint that there is going
to be trouble tonight, but are unable TO
say just what form of difficulty they ex.
peet will meet the temperance marchers
The service tonight will be opened
shortly after 1880 o'clock, when Choir nl-
rector j. Raymond Hemminger will lead
he sunshine Chorus In singing anti
booze" songs. The Rev. Doctor Nlchol-
son Will deliver one of his sermons on
''rhe Saloon, the Human Slaughter
House" az