Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-11
ARISE, PETER
The Eyes Of the People Turned to Our
Worthy Mayor for Relief from
Too hrch Rightly.
A Joshua Has Arisen in the Camp and
by the Sign Of the Banana aud
Caramel will Conquer.
An Officer Who Has Never Flinched Re-
fuses TO Assault the Bulwsrk Of
American Liberty.

When the yeomen OF Fort Worth
awoke from virtuous slumbers yester-
day morning and did not find their
GAzErrEs In the front yard, they
were astounded. They said at once
that the jealous and conscientious
officers Of the city had stopped the
paper by arresting editors and printers
for working on Sunday. While la
menting the loss OF their mental
psOulum, they remarked, "can such
things be and o'ercome us like |
summer cloud without our
special wonder?," and then
hunted up an almanac for
'S4 and sought comfort. Although !
the paper had hung the banner OF re-
liable information on the outer wall,
the dealers in fruits, candies, Ice cream,
nuts, etc, were afraid; they are not
capitalists, and could not afford, they
said, to be mulcted in the sum of SIS 25
or more. Men who did not believe
any extreme measure would prevail
In this city, tried TO buy q lemon or an
orange, cigar or piece Of tobacco
and failed, until they learned
that in whole city full
there was one man who. although
quiet, modest and unassuming, had
| placed his reliance on the words OF
| County Attorney Bowlin and other
| lawyers and became hero in spite OF
| himself That man was John Capers
and even he refused to sell cigars. Ga
every street corner were c0ngregRted
men discussing the situation, and not
one approved OF the "make-it-obnox-
ious move,n unless interested in the
measure. Little girls and boys who
had been in the habit Of
spending a nickel for candy or pop.
| corn on Sunday, found their supply
cut of. The drummer who came
here from distant cities to enjoy Sun
| day in our city, sat at the hotel desks
| writing TO the loved ones at home, were
deprived of the soothing effect
of the fragrant Havana. The
sad-eyed Frenchman WHO sells the
toothsome jslly-tsrt. wandered about
the streets as II he trod ''some banquet
hall deserted The poor mechanic or
day laborer, who had been in the
habit of bringing homo some little
luxury to his wife and babies on
Sunday found the supply cut of and
had To describe the workings Of the
law to the disappointed ones. Sunday
had been made for the "make.It-ob-
noxiousn men and the innocent,
harmless things OF life must be denied
to 20, 900 people because they could not
use it. Peter Smith won't stand
this" said one, and at once the hopet
OF the people were placed In our level
headed, conservative mayor, Wnt
WAS known to be brave and honest
These people were not lawbreakers
were not bad citizens, were not inf
dels. They loved law, their coun
try and their God. They could dis
criminate and separate the evil iron
the good.
Mr.. Uapera sold ice-cream, cake
: candy, soda water, bananas and othel
fruit He would not sell cigars. h
believed the spirit of the Sunday laV
not opposed to the sale OF such articles
ex County Attorney Pendleton, Hyd
Jennings Judge BOykin, James w
Swsyne, County Attorney BJwltn an
other attorneys had said 30. He wa
willing to be- the man To test the mat
ter, 80 he sold.
No one who knows Officer w. l.
Rushing will doubt his honest
or his efficiency. He will 81
!. ways do his duty He had had posi
tive Instructions, and passing aion
Houston street saw man buy
banana from Capera. He waited an
took the mans name to summon hir
as o witness against Capera. IN
man had eaten the banana in IN
r store. He had paid o nickel for !
He saw little girl buy five cent
Il worth Of candy II took her nan
also. He was acting in the line OF b.
Instructions
TIE GAZETTE made narrow escaT
SDnd V morning. In tho presence
lake Johnson aud another gentlema
ON Main street near the White I'll
81 pngpt, Mr.. e, lid had instructed M
d Ruehing to take six policemen an
is after Il o'clock Sunday morning 10
"a rect each and every person working
y THE GAZETTE. Rushing refused az
II when he laid the matter before Actit
% Marginal Scott, that Off; told aim
al do nothing of the kind, so no srrss
4. were msde and The GAZETTE W
"A printed as usual.
!, The clttZ- ne now expect Col Sill
a. and the council 10 say plainly 10 u
:, officers that ii Ia not the spirit OF al
~ Sunday law 10 deprive people OF lit
az luxuiies and harmless beyefsg,
They believe the gentlemen viii DOL
NOTES
There will BE- an interested crowd
the CITY Hal this morning % see 9
90 result Of the uials, II any are bad
~ The Mexican pecan candy was 60
at on the streets Yesterday.
I'd Seyerhl thousand cigars were CIV
~ away 10 customers by cigar deai'
ms yes erday. -.
in Padlocks we're 10 have been plac
IA ON the beaks Of ROSTERS to keep tht
IL from Growing but the stock failed.
Me- ii is probab that a complaint vi
70 be m 4de to-day against the proprle'
ri OF the artesian bsih-house for ietti
W. people ba he yesterday and furnlehi
iiy them wafer. soap, etc
Ne The cDnfectinners say they WIZ
I'd. organized by Eext Sunday, II need