Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-12
THE BARBER BUSINESS.
The Moline sunday Test Case Fails--
A Little Law ON the Subject,

The Moline sunday Test Case Fails---
A Little Law on the subject,
The barber case in Moline was decided
by the jury in favor of the defendant late
Saturday afternoon. Leopold, the bar
Der, proved that he had box in his shop
Sunday, into which the money for shaw
ing was dropped. which the barber gave
to a poor family, thereby bringing him
under the charity clause of the stat-
ute, which says whoever disturbs the
peace and good order of society by labor
(work of necessity and charity except
ed) or by amusement or diversion on Sum
day, shall be fined" etc. This is Sec. 81.
Starr & Curtis statutes, Page S24. and
not the section as quoted by the Union of
yesterday in reference to disturbing
peace of family" on which are two Who'll
ly different sections of the statutes. The
latter was not referred to or thought of
VS. Moore, 107, H.. deciding the case. the
question of labor or keeping open shops
on the Sabbath was not in issue. but the
enforcement contract made on Sunday.
The leading and only case in this state on
the subject of labor on the Sabbath is
Mcpherson VS. Village of Chebanse,
tried in Iro4uois county. affirmed in the
second district of appellate court, by
Judges Lacy and Peasants and upon APP.
peal to the supreme court. was affirmed
in the following language:
Vol. ia. Page 51-We do not admit
that the keeping open of stores in viii
lsge on Sunday is allowable under the
statute; that it would not disturb the
peace and good order of society. Sum-
day, as it is observed by common usage,
is not only set apart as day of rest from
labor but it is devoted to religious rest.
The conservation of the day to its wonted
manner of observance is a blessing to
mankind. Besides the recuperative eff
fects referred to it has its other beneficent
use. 1t affords opportunity for moral,
intellectual and social culture. 1t is
promotive of good habits, and tends to
improve the manners of men. 1t is civ
ilizing and refining in all its influences
Whatever detracts from the observance of
the day as it is customsrily observed is
not to be countenanced. The keep
ing open by persons of their
places of business in community
on Sunday for the exercise of the
business of their ordinary calling is a
public and serious interference with the
observance of the day in its accustomed
mode of observance. 1t is obstructive
of the purpose for which the day is set
apart; it is offensive to the moral sense
of the community; it disturbs the peace
of society In its open interference with
the peace and quiet of day devoted as a
day of rest, and for religious worship.
1t disturbs the good order of society
publicly and f1auntingly and in defiance
of public sentiment Decorating day and
inviting others to its dissertation. set apart
for purposes of the highest well being of
human society, etc.
III the 10th Illinois settled the case
why did not either of those courts refer
to the case in their opinions2 1t was
simply because the former case was not
in point on the principle of labor, but
was as to mere business, which no one
claims the Illinois statutes prohibits at
this day.