Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

ness and good government are so SOL
idIN behind the no-licensc campaign
| IN thlS city that next Tuesday they
| WI win a sweeping victory against
! INC liduor interests. II Is the first
,lne IN history that Camden voters
nnve had an opportunity TO register
lhelr VIII against the saloons. aud
next Tuesday they will carry the
Guy Tor no-liconsc by a vote of more
Inah donO, our majority may even
,JiaCh 2ooo. for every day we are win
hlfls new recruits
That statement, which epltomizes the
feelings of no-liccnse workers in .the
city across the Dclaware River. was
mage today by Arthur Il. Armitage, sec
retary of the Central Y. NJ. c. A. in
Camden and a prominent figure in the
ro-llcense fight
! Inc contest conducted by the Anti
Saloon League ovc,shadows every other
issue in the field of Camden politics. and
( Is giving the city Il lvc-wire brand of
campaigning that is unique for New
! Jersey
| BUSINESS men, ministers, manufacture
'rs and professional men are waging an
/ active fight against the saloon, and until
next Monday night they will flood the
"o''i'S or voters with anti-booze litera-
'ure ana appeal for Il dry city at scores
or onen-air rallies.
II s II light to make Camden n clean
city said Charles NJ Lovister. manager
OF tho. campaign. "and not thing will
He left undone that will in any way aid
our cause. We are conducting n cam
a!En on the lines OF General Foch's drive
IN FRANCE ana giving the lio,ior men no
tlh2 to rest and organize their fJrrrs
They are against The wall and making
u last stand, but the odds are against
them.
Can Trust Citizens q.
anlden citizens are awake and can
be trusted TO remove the saloon cvll"
for TWO weeks the ''drys' and 'wets''
have been fighting, but in the last dave
OF the campaign the dry element has
delivered some telling smashes against
the line of the saloonmen. There are
more than 200 Of the latter and band
ed together in the Camden Liuuor Deal
cfS Association, they have been con-
Quoting spirited fight. Their leader.
NlIliam Bartman, hit upon the idea of
organizing the "Citiz MS League" This
organHatiou has placardrd the saloons
WIN hauor literature. and to clinch
,ts arguments Gor license. has dragged
in the names of George Washington.
General Grant. .Caesar. Dante. Charles
NJ. Schwab. Daniel Webster and many
eth rs who, according ~ the "Citi2, ms
'oH&u". were or are fond of liuuor
ana opposed TO any measure that would
cIrtail its use
aINui'c"H l"r clean city
=" "r' ''cNiSt'r' Sounh IKE the cries
- ."I''''u ",,lN Al we h2Nh TO
~ 10 p"'h' 10 'N' orgies OF I'ft Fiji
5 az" a t''1p" i'I," oi 'aS' sun
h"I''phH ~ 'hlS city on Frl-
Ven W" S"ipohS nnened N,rcnr
'e' ~ 'p''oh' ,."I '.'nNp F'', lS ia riot
~ 'e na.ne ol camden a9d :" erase
~ 'n' L" mus, turn IN blg majority
TO- nn icHhse
'a' W" p'lHc l'i' ~ M cenS" has
'Hfrn de D root N 'and ~ Is em0hn
fiTed by the ch'rH''"" Of '7Hn who are
"n"HEtd in me "drN' comnr'Gn. They
nave nEol'dated th"ir foHc's u0dcr
~" Ant'-Saloon League hannar and in
this organization can be fou"d repro
sentative mon OF the city. Harry C.
Arch"" drug manufac' urc". g. its
n"c ii mt: Charlcs *. raddo". vice pres
iAcut Of the Victor Ta'Ei7g NJ chine
Company. is II v!ch president, and VII
Fam !. Cooper of the Cooper Lumber
Gomuanv. Is t"eGru"e" on tha fiancn
cDmot ttnn are. CITY s l'c'tnr T.. G G
B'cakley: +. w. Aver. of y. w. Aver
Advertising Company: f. r. Wallen,
president Of the Board of Trade; County
Prosecutor Charles A. WolVertOn, a6l
many who are prominent in business
circles.
In indns'rihi Piants
SHOP meetings are heid every noon IN
the pants OF the victor " KING Ma
ch'fe 'o'npah|' Neosur Machtne ON
pahN' Ca'hueh IRON N"ihs' keystone
LoatieF Company 'pil'H '''pprali'h
an. utntr '"Ikr nlaiiui uf'"e p'ah,s
~ 'A''r'E VI Sl'e"Nc's "'e r,'E"s'" il
VIE .,I VOTE az" ~ u'u'liophes mr..
wnli' ,,l M!lp 'o"lH o. Ile si,op.; At n.sps
tneS huiIeFS sa'htil'ES u, tht S1u"Ies
a"u s'i'ali Pi'hs ana on 'N"turuay anu
MoiluaE hlSht VII n'iis the 'aihph -sh
10 ct'Fe ny conducting more lh'h
tWchlE-lNe plS ralles
me thufches h'Ne entered the cam
p"'sn WIN genuine |est ana bcs u's me
n'rc,llSH t,e'u ~ the cnu'ches we
oIelsS '"eh nave J"'lea hahos WIN the
,crN ota'"rs Nv lne shop ihee/hss'
.fihVhS 'He ''IEsH'.h wHo are par
tcuiarly "ctiNe ale iioii+f u bosoursh'
- r. swans 'eorte II hemingway,
'il'oh a'ti|oi| -''cA'l'"er ''rSoh hiio
I,oil'ieS r, VI, Nnt'' ne. repIeseh' tie
ptl)tiSl, lAuNiltihil, anu