The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-13
CLOSE UP.
And Go to Church, You Wick.
ed sinners.
On and After Next Sunday. Bust
ness Houses OF This City
TO be Closed, by Order
of the mayor.

TO be Closed, by Order
Of the mayor.
y Yesterday the city marshal notified, b.
himself ar some other policeman, all ths
business houses of Seiaiia. except hOfels
boarding house~, restaurants, drug stores
livery stables and printing Offices that on
and after mex, Sunday they would not he
allowed to keep open their houses on Sun
dav.. rha, the shove hou~es we're notified
A. b-forr mentioned. % cIosr upon Sunday,
q BAzoo reporter learned from the city
marshal. the Reporter ssked 70 he Al
lowed to
READ the CITY ORDINANCE.
He found j, in the revised ordinances Oi
1875. page -. acc. Is, Of ordinance NJ. 70.
EMIT ed Ordinance concerning Lice nses. T"
1t reads a. iollows:
mo license shall he 20 construed ~ to per-
NIT any person to exercise any trsde or
carry on or engage in any business on
the FIRST day Of the week, COMMONLY called
Sunday, but the same shall be unlawful,
and every person Who shall carry on any
business in the city Of Sedalis on the day
commonly called Sunday, shall upon con-
viction thereof he deemed guilty Of . mis-
dene amor, and shall BE- punished BY tine
Of no, les than one dollar and not more
than one hundred dollars.
PfOrided, however, that grocervs and drug
stores may be opened to sell provisions or
medicines for immediate Necessity and lie.
mand, end livery stable. mav he kept open
for the hensfl Of the publie."
The ordinance bears no date, indicating
when il Was adopted, hut the reporter
learned from city attorney Felix that il
had been adopted prior 10 1875, alsD that
it had never b. en- enforced. but had been .
dead letter from the time Of its passage 10
date. The reporter then a-certained the
CITY MARsHAI.s ORDERS
from that gentleman. who said: IA l
under-ia nd the construction of that ordi-
nance, and my orie-s from the mayor,
am author;z d and I shall consider il nv
duty, to close up oil places Of bn-i-
mes next Sunday except grocerys.
iiv~rier, aud drug stores. tirorerya and
irug stores, will be closed also. but 'may
he opened 10 ae!l provirions or medicines
for immediate necessity and demands
Under the ordinsn and ny orders shalt
close cigar -,"res. barber shop, atop the
selling Of Sunday papers on the streets. and
the selling Of cigars, soda water or Irm"-
ade 10y restaurants, hotels aud boarding
hou-e-. IN short stop the tran.ac,ion oil bus-
liners of everv kind, excep: what's specially
excepted in that ordinance, and the pre-
pairing and selling Of meAls by hotels and
boarding houses"
Rrporter.-Are you instructed to stop
the church choirs from singing in the
churches for salaries. and the preachers
from passing the hstto their congregations.
CITY Marehs'-No.
The reporter hen searching for Mayor
Evans, fou.i him or Oar. sfrest, surrolnd-
ed by 4. ILer. a te-,aIranteur, a cigar
seller and several others. all inIuIring
abont thu n+~ I.~ he irslIy sncce~aird
in getting the m ,yo: away from that crowd,
and started with the g-niiesn ,n towards his
Office. on Main street They had proceed
ed but -hor, distance, when the reporter
obtained
SENATOR VESTS OPINION
Of the ordinance That gentleman stopped
the mayor AMI said Ia him, "mayor. can IL
he possible you are trying 20 revive the old
blue Laws of New ing land in . state where
the people are "a enlightened az they are
here, by 4 new Sunday las, closing mp all
branches ai business cn Sandav2 The dsy
ia past for that kind Of Legislation. Pub
lie sentiment is away ahead 81 that
Though oae man mas An undoubied right
to 90 e. church, aud read the bIble on sun
day, vet xnoli,e- man has the right to buy
q cigar and smoke il il ne desires, and
doesn't modest his neighhors by al doing.
1 think. mayor, Won are wrong in this new
law"
To which me msror replied, Il simply
want to 10 nv duty To those who have
elected me to Off e. A great deal of com
plant has been made to me By the moral
and religious elements in the city, about
business houses ceiling goods IN open viO'
iation Of the Law. There are two sides "a
the question, aud want 10 do nothing but
the square thing between ell parties. The.
sell goods in violation Of the moral, city
and state laws. All I expect to do il to
enforce the laws"
To which senator Vest replied. "thers
are laws on all our statue book,
which are dead letters. Public opinion
has wiped them out. I consider this or
ainance of that kind You might enforce
such On ordinance in some dried up town
bu, in /. cosmopolitan city like Sedaiia,
don't believe Won can do il. The spirit O
the age i. ahead of ihst sort of business.
The mayor replied that he expected Il
do no,hing in cloaing mp the business houae'
Except Whist the Lac would usti
" him in doing. a. soon a. Fen
ator Vest had quit talking to Mayor Evan
five business men surrounded him and
talked him away from the reporter, al
talking on the Sunday law. A they al
tessn on him NJ once he remarked 10 ih
reporter. 'rhey have me corr.iled. I h.s'
paid nav insurance policy and made an.