Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-16
'DRYS' WIN POINT IN
PENNSGROVE FIGHT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SALEM. n J.. Oct. 16.-The "drys
drew first blood in their fight to keep
Pennsgrove "diy." when the contested
liguor license applications were heard
before Judge Washington in Salem
County Court of Common Pleas here
this morning. Mr. Ware, counsel lot
the "wets." at the opening of court
moved that the license cases be post
noned for one week, explaining that
former Judge Robert S. Hudsteth OF
Jersey CITY. senior counsel for the APP
nlicants. was unable to be present 10,
dav. The court, however, over-ruleu
this motion and said the cases mus
be heard as arranged. ,,.,. II
II developed early that Harry II,
Green proprietor of the new Colonial
Hotel Pennsgrove. who applied Tor an
inn or tavern license for that hotel,
had filed two applications, one on
September IS and another one on sep
tember 10. The court ruled that the lat
ter application was filed after the time
Axed bv court for fling such licenses
and that. therefore, the applicant
would have to stand on his first appl
cation filed on the 18th. 10 was not
explained why two applications were
filed hut il was thought that TINS was
probably due to some technical error
in the first one The ruling OF the court
as to the last application, 1t was stat
ed will knock out the applications OF
william Hogan, who is applying lot
an inn or tavern license and Charles
Wasman for a bottler's license as Doth
are claimed to not have been hled
until September 10.
S, Rushing Leap and former County
Prosecutor J. Foreman Sinnickson'
counsel for the "drys," contended that
the filing of the second application
by Green automatically withdrew his
first application and consequently the
court after throwing out the second
application did not have the apphca-
ton of Green to consider The court
however. did not take this viewpoint,
claiming that permission of the court
has to be obtained to withdraw
license application and no such per-
mission had been asked for or granted !
in the case of Green.
The court room was crowded When !
the contested cases were called up
and il was evident that the PENIS !
grove "drys" intend to put up a
hard fight to keep the powder town
dry. Officials of Carney Point, it IS
said are at least giving the "drys !
their moral support in the fight |
against licensed hotels or wholesale |
places for Pennsgrove.
A large delegation from Penns-
grove was present representing !
many ORGANIZATIONS, ready to present |
County W. c. r. L. is one or the |
leaders in the fight against the grant
ing of licenses and the Mothers club |
OF Carney Point and the PennsgroVe |
Campmeeting Association are also re-
monstrating, in addition to hundreus
Of individuals. There are many sig
natures to the remonstrances that |
will be filed while the cases are be
ing heard and those who are oppos-
ing the "wets" say, the order OF the |
town has been much better since |
there have been no licensed places |
in PennsgrOve.
The "wets" contend that the Penns-
grove campmeeting assoc1ton' an
organization that is putting up a bit
fer fight against them. was not incor'
porated for religious purposes Dut
solely to drive the liquor men out OF
business in Pennsgrove.
THE Green case was the first one
taken up this morning and the ehtire
1norning session was devoted TO tes-
timonv relative to the purposes, ETC.
of the campmeeting association. Inc
Rav + A. Demarris. a minister, VINO
had preached in the tabernacle Ihat Is
conducted by the association IN Fehns
GROVE. w. ID. Snyder, secretary OF the
association; Mr.. Crumbell OF Fehhs-
grove and Joseph Moreland' civil
engineer. were the witnesses eXamn-
cd this morning. The substance OF
their testimony was that the camp
meeting association was organized Tor
exactly what the name would imply
and that it conducts meetings at the
in Pennsgrove
Mr. Demarris testified that he and
other ministers preached at the taber-
nacle without compensation 10 assist
in the work OF the association. The
point OF deciding the status OF the
campmeeting association was again
taken ND when court reconvened AT
I 80 o'clock after a recess for lunch.
In addition to Mr.. Green and Hogan
and Wasman. whose applications. II
is claimed. fail because they we're not
filed in time; Joseph Giordano and
Alpine Lucas are applying for whole
sale licenses at Pennsgrove and re
monstrances have been filed against
them. The remonstrance presented
by the campmeeting association
against the granting Of a license to
Green contained the signatures OF
many prominent persons in Penns-
grove.