The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-11
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san Lass Cur ufH tulr When
the sun rose yesterday mofalnR ihe ~.
llonil fis buua % hili.mast on tho Clv
Hail, County Court house, pfssre N1oi
ufncc, Mormon tabernacle, church
ulhlng once. iohn Iaylofs residence,
NafmUn church Gnlcea and SAT- iakn
Thoaief That ON the laat named hulld
lng was Kept At foil mast, ~ soon ~ w.
Hosaltcf, present manager, saw Il, bat
those on The other buildings hung limp
one could be found 10 explain tho
reason. About noonh committee CON.
posed Of tnItod States Marshal
Ireland. G. l.. llalnos, Major wilkes
and Captain Evans, the last two
named .Conindcraics, won't 10 tho
city Hall TO nnd out ihe reason. City
Marshall Phillips said II was tho result Of
personal whim The committee de.
mandod that the fag he raised TO full
mast, which demand was mot with dc.
NAL, whercupon Captain Evans Jumped
up aud started out 10 raise II himself.
Tho door was shut aud locked by a po.
lccman before he reached II, All pres.
cnt, Including some dozen police officers,
made rush for Evans. Constable Char.
lie Crow raised his club 10 strike and
drew his pistol, Quiet was restored by
the United States Marshal and the con.
ference went on.
The city officials said the Fourth OF
July was day Of mourning 10 them aud
this people whose best mon were In tho
rcnlton,iary by virtue OF federal Official
acts peryersyc OF all principles OF law
and liberty; that the flag over the City
Hall did not belong to any ring OF So
called loyal Americans, aud intImatcd
that any man who undertook to disturb
the flag at haimast would be
shot. The officers and committee OF
citizens then went into the street, where
a small crowd had gathered, numbers of
whom wanted to raise the flag at all
hazards, but were warned by the police
not 10 attempt II on pain OF being "drop.
| ped" In private consultation with
United States Marshal Ireland, the City
Marshal consented TO either raise 1t full
mast or take II down within thirty min
utcs, while In the meantime Constable
Crow had mustered up small squad "a
'cean the mob outn The City Marshal
consulted with Mayor Sharp, who was
attending a Mormon priesthood meeting
In less than thirty minutes the flag was
run down amid cheers and sneers OF the
city officers
The Grand Army Republic Post, cele
brating near the city, were Informed o
the difficulty, and came In, after passing
resolutions TO run the fiags Il
their proper places. They met I
crowd of angry citizens at the Wake
House. The crowd wanted TO 90, ant
by force put the 1ags where they be
longed, but the counsel OF Goyerno
Murray prevailed Finally COMMITTEES
Of five was sent TO demand Of the Mayo
that II should be done, and a.few min
utes later the nag at the City Hal wa
run up 10 the mast head, The citl
zcns' committee made the demand ol
Sheriff Groesbreck, and he holsted th'
flag at the County Courthouse from hal
10 full mast without demurrlng. Th'
flag on the Cooperative store was als'
run from half TO full mast at about vi
o'clock this evening But the othcr
hung out In defiance, All who arc I'm
medately responsible for this treason
able business discalm knowing anything
about II, but II has leaked out that tn
order to thus insult the Nation at larg
and government Of Utah came dlrcc
from the head Of the Church.