Bluefield evening leader. [volume], August 07, 1909, Page 3, Image 3

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CHAMPION OF “
SUNDAY CLOSING
Mr. Echcls Would Enforce
Statutes In Regard to
Closing Business Houses
On Sunday.
Lditor Leader:
Regarding the closing of places on
Sunday, permit mo to say, as a mem
ber of the police committee apinrlnt
cd by the council, I believe that
every citizen should be intereetod in
and willing to see that the laws of
our city and 8tate are observed. To
tills end every officer is sworn to
execute and enforce the laws. The
code of West Virginia, Sec. 4 3t>7,
reads: “If a i>ea*soti on the Sabbath
day be found laboring at any trade
or calling, or employ his minor chil
dren, apprentices or servants In la
bor or other business except in
house-hold or other work of necessity
or charity he shall be lined not leas
than live dollars for each offense and
every day any such minor, child or
servant or apprentice te so employed
shall constitute a distinct offense.”
The city ordinance now roads: “It
shall be unlawful for any person to
open ids shop or store on the Sab
bath <l«y for the -purpose of selling
or disusing of merchandise. Any
poreon violating tile provisions of
this ordinance shall upon conviction
ther^nif be lined not Uv*s than two
dollars, and not more than twenty
five. 'Phis ordinance shall lie in ef
fect f. o.n its passage.'*
We have in the code, provisions
made which ♦ xemirt classes «>f labor,
such as mall carriers, railway men,
etc. Now, to be brief, I do not
think the enforcing of these laws,
with their provisions, will work a
hardship on any one who wishes to
obey the law. Sonic have expressed
an objection to enforcing the law on
account of the Hebrew being allow
ed to keep their places of business
open on Sunday. The law of W«**t
Virginia gives them the privilege of
keeping our Saturday as their Sab
bath. therefore, they are not violat
ing the law in this res|M'ct.
It seems lo me that our druggists
should lie willing to cut out the sale
of everything on the Sabbath except
drugs and drug sundry's and to con
fine the time of opening to regular
hour*. This would avoid the viola
tion of the law and give their clerks
ami employes a time to rest on flu*
Sabbat h.
There are .some places of business
in tile city which are run as restau
rants and have restaurant license
that in reality do not pretend to
furnish meals but keep open for the
sole purpose of selling fruits. Mill
drinks, tobacco. < iguret;.** < tc. These
places are in direct violation of the
statutes and the ordinances of our
cny. w nere sum parties do not
furnish meals I cannot see where
they can come under :h«> terms of
restaurant or hotel keepers and their
license should be revoked. There
»tc several other things which might
Is - mentioned ju this connection but
suffice it U) say that if the public
Bcn-timcni is In favor of the strict en
forcement of the laws it has a great
/.earing on the officers to stimulate
the actions in enforcing them.
It is the little acts of disobedience
and violations that Kieal into bln
hoys’ lives, almost unaware*, that
grow upon them until they dev-Hoj
Into great criminals. So it is with
the city, for if we allow the Sabbat I
to lx* disregarded and other laws t<
he Ignored re will surely drift inti
the tyjie of som«. of bur cities thni
have saloons, and where vice is al
lowed to go unr -strained °<> the Sab
bath.
I am no more Interested In thb
than any other citizen should be, Ini’
for the sain* of tlx churches and tin
children tihrt are coming up undei
our jurisdiction and influence, | nn
Inar’ily in favor of the Sabbatt
being strictly observed. Tor on tin
sanctity of the Sabbath depend
largely the safety of our state an
lint loti.
.1. M. KCIIOI/S.
I Sun < rlbe for ! he Kv nlng f/cader
A SERIOUS CHARGE
* -
Charles Kobluctt, want* I in Ilian
county. Va.. on a charge of n**anl
k and :obiterv u|ton a young man it
the name of Thompson was arres;*
I yeaterday by Chief of police \.*w
kirk upon a requisition from (He V'ii
gliiia authorities and will be take
back to the scene »»f his crime rttn
day.
MONITOR Pnlrerlied—the kind.
GOT HIM CHEAP.
Way a Famous Surgson Was Ones
Clevsrly Tricksd.
Blr Morel Mackenzie once received a
wire from Antwerp asking blm bis
charge* for a certain operation. He
replied £9(10 nnd was told to come nt
once. When he step|ted uj*on the dock
he was met bjr three men in mourning,
who iuforuu-d him sadly that he had
come too late, the patient had died.
‘•Bat.** said the spokesman of the
party, “we shall pay you your full fee."
And they did. "And now." said the
man. “since you are here, what do you
say to visiting the city hospital nud
giving a clinic for the benefit of our
local surgeons? It is not often they
have an opportunity of benefiting by
such science us yours.”
Blr Morel suld he would gladly com
ply. He went to the hospital nnd per
formed many operations, among which
were two of a similar nature to that
for which he hnd been called for.
When he had finished nil thntik<*d him
profusely. On the steamer going home
he met a friend, who hnd a business
house in Antwerp.
"Pretty ae-irvy trick they played on
you. Sir Morel ”
“What do you mean?” asked the sur
geon.
“Told you the patient died before
you arrived, didn't they?”
“Yea." y
“Lies. You oj»erated on Mm nnd n
friend with the same trouble at the
rllnlc. Out two operations for one
price.”
HE WAS EXCITED.
And Yet He Wat Making Only a Very
Reasonable Request.
It was a dramatic scene, pregnant
with thp most tragic possibilities
Thus thought n witness to the meeting
of three Italians near the Me express
depot nt Fifteenth and Market streets.
A man and woman who were deliver
ing a trunk Into the hands of n clerk
were suddenly confronted by another
man, who was highly excited. He ap
proached the woman. In voluble Ital
ian he raved and swore and pleaded,
while she shrilled equally excited an
swers. The other man stood back
against tlie wall. Ills arms folded defi
antly, ills head sunk oil his chest. It
certainly looked as If daggers were to
be drawn. The Interested bystander
asked of some listeners who under
stood the rapidly spluttered dialect
what the trouble was nil ubout.
‘‘Why,” was the volunteered transla
tion, “this woman has run away from
her husband with this msti,” pointing
to the sulky Individual. . ■ ,,
"Oh, and be Is begging Iter to ro
turnV” wus the uext query.
"Not on your life,” was the express
ive reply. "She has packed up nil her
husband's clothes In her trunk, as well
ns her own, nnd be Is tagging her to
give back nt least hts Sunday sult.”
Fhlludelphia Ilecord.
Baked Men.
Workers In porcelain factories are
literally baked, but by some miracle of
use anil wont they remain Huttleiontli
underdone to live. At least If they are
not quite baked they endure a stronger
hent than that which browns the Run
day sirloin. The furnaces wherein
porcelain is finished are kept at the
fiercest heat used In any Industry. A
chain of workmen, their heads and
bodies swathed in fireproof garments,
take the finished i»leci*s from the lire
one lit n time and pass them to the
cooling room. The man nt the head
of this cha'a—he who stands nearest
the furnace— can work In only five
minute shifts. In his Interims of rest
he lies on a mattress drinking glnss
after glnss of ice water from the hand*’
of a small boy. At lunchtime till nlwai.
the chain of men steaks grill.—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
- Just Tolerable.
Concerning a certain time serving
Washington clergyman of whom n vis.
Itor was one day expressing a harsh
estimate President Lincoln said:
I think you arc rattier hard on Mr. -.
He reminds me of a man tn Illinois who
was arrested for passing a counterfeit
bill. He admitted that he had taken It
to a hank cashier to know If It wnn a
good bill. "Welt, what was the reply of
ttye cashier?" asked his lawyer. "Why,”
evasively onswered the prisoner, "he said
It was a pretty tolerable, respectable sort
of a bill."
Mr. Lincoln thought the clergyman
”u pretty tolerable, respectable sort of
a clergyman.”
At Close Range.
"Who is that neglected looking little
boy with dirt over his face?”
"Ho Is the child of the noted astron
omer who lives over the way.”
"Oh, is he? Come here, sonny. Itun
1 home nnd tell your father he doesn't
need his telescope if he wants to sec
spots on the son.”— HaltIrnore Ameri
can.
Hi* Trouble.
Friend—Don’t worry because your
sweetheart has turned you down since
you lost your money. There are ns
I good fish In the sen ns ever were
raught. Jilted One tint I've lost
my bait—Harper's Hazar.
Ripe Old Age.
Little Willie 8ny, pn, what. Is n ripe
old age? Pa- It's the age, my son, at
' which a man Is willing to admit that
' he's not the only dried apple In the
t panfry. Chicago Nows.
“ >IA »; T V N K IIKIlK.
, .Maj. A, I. Tyne, of Tazewell, was
f In fh» city his morning eu route to
I P> arlsborg to attend the iinv llinc
. of the Confederate monument.
From Pearlshurg Major Tyne w1 I
n go to ChUlottesvIlle and aCcol :'o
State Farm iT In.'tltut ■ of w!i>'i
. body ho ja vicc*prerlde.i>t.
| Try a Leader Want Ad.
- BASEBALL j
—
Huns Wagner, premier batter of
the National League and a member
of the Pittsburg team, whom physi
cians say may have to unit the dia
mond owing to a7i injury to his heart
muscle*. Wagner's heavj fctb'k work
MoiVl than eviyAWng else bus lieljHMl
place Pittsburg in a comfortable l -.nl
in the rate for the pennant.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
RKSl’I/TH YIWTKltltAY.
At Lynchburg: Roaaoke 2; Lynch
burg 0.
At Richmond: Richmond 3; Ports
mouth 3 tin Innings. >
At Norfolk: Norfolk lb; Danville,
STANDING OF Till: <T I PS.
Won. Lvt P.C!
Roanoke. I 3<» .aMi
No folk. Ilb .333
Danville. If* 12 .317
Richmond .44 I 1 .300
Lynchburg .41 is. 401
Portsmouth. 36 32 .102
St'lIKDI LI'. l ine 'I'tHtAV.
Roanoke at Lynchburg.
J’orts noutli at Richmond.
Danville at Norfolk.
NATIONAL LI, \ it I',.
Pittsburg 3; Rrookl.vii 2.
f'kielnnaj 1: New York b
Chicago 2. Poston I.
St. Louis 2; Philadelphia 0.
ST.WItINt. OF 'III I: < 1.1 US.
Won. i /os*, ;*.c
Pittsburg ..66 27 .70!»
Chicago.6 1 3 •> ,6 k 1
1 New York ... . * . . .72 87 .7x1
Cincinnati.Ik 16 .711
St. I ami Is. 4 0 7 1 .140
Philadelphia . 11 73 .136
Brooklyn.3 7 .70 .3 7 0
Boston . 26 6.0 .2 71
AMKItlC.W kl’UJl i:.
Wnshlrm'on I; St. IamiIk 2
I’hilnd. Ionia 1: Ix trolt 3.
N>w York k; Cleveland 0.
Boston ; Chicago 1.
ST.lNIHXd or TIIK CM LS.
Won Bod PC
l>< troit.B2 37 .626
Philadelphia.60 |0 ..7 06
Boston . ... 7 s II .760
Cleveland .7 2 Ik .7 20
C hie,i go . I x 7 0 .ton
New York . 16 7 2 .160
m. I on In. 13 7 1 .113
Washington. 20 72 ..2k7
VIOMITOH Floor alt Winter
wheat.
HMT 'I I: \>1 I'l.tVM IIKIlK.
The Key'stone bnaebnll leant which
plays HI tiff 1*1*1 on the Tower grotm 1
here this afternoon Is a fast ag*cr<
gallon a* * irdfng to all report1. That
they have h< on playing fast ball Is
evidenced hy the faet tha they have
Jtisd made a clean sweep of a -i rlesj
t»f ram.** played with Portsmwith,
Ohio, lermt, wln.ti g the hi • g:in*
Thursday w’th a wore of x to <5,
WANTKIt—Fifty boys to rll Kveti
mg land* r on stre. tsof HlaefleM
Apply at office on Higginbotham
avenue • ft«■ r t o'clo* k
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