Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-06-16
\ Shameful Recital of Sabbath
Dissertation and Disrc-
gard of Law.
Back-Slidden Church-Mcmbers,
Derelict Officials and "a
Recreant Press.
And This il Not u Prohibition,
but II High-License City.
4 TRUMPET CALL TO DUTY!

/ VICKsBURG. Miss, June IL, 1892.
Editor Mississippi Leader:
Enclosed send you copy of resOlu-
tiOns adopted by the South vicksburg
VI. +. Church South, which you will
please publish, and in connection /
would add something that am sure
you would publish, as the LEADER,
am glad to know, does not fear To
stand up for the right.
As it indicated in the resolutions,
there is bad state of things obtaining
in this city morally speaking, as also is
the case regarding the law, or,
might more properly say, disregard of
the law. We have the Sunday base
ball craze. Every Sunday afternoon
they regularly play base ball at the
fair grounds charging az admission
fee of 80 cents. They play for money
and am reliably informed there is no
little betting done by the lockers on.
Church members and all go. BE it said
to their shame the ladies are admitted
| free for ornamentatiOn, and to give it
more respectability, and they go. 1t
is a positive violation of law tn play
for money and charge admission fees,
| but the representatives of the law say
that no encouragement would be given
to them in an effort to enforce the law,
and that the district attorney would
quash anv endictment before the cir
cult court. So it goes. A great
number of stores sell right along on
Sunday, and especially the whisky
dens, aud it is stated on good author
| ity that the negro who WAS run over
and killed ut the A. &. V. depot last
Sunday bought his Ticker" in two sa-
looms, both kept by women, selling OH
Sunday.
The club rooms run on Sunday full
blast, and it is said to be high day for
all classes of gambling. We have
Sunday horse races, when some fellow
comes along with a race horse. They
run for stakes of course, from 800 mp,
and the people turn out en- mdsse. We
have shooting tournaments on Sun
day, and anything else that suggests
itself to the fun mOngers.
Such We are, Mr.. Editor, and our
Christian people are afraid to open
their mouths on the subject, those who
have conscientious scruples concern
ing such things. We are just now be-
tween the Devil and the deep blue
sea, being much nearer the confines of
the former, and We have no paper III
the city to defend the sacred welfare
of our commonwealth. They are at
least subsidized by this element, and
they have never raised their voices
against these shocking and outrageous
Innovations, but give positive encour-
agement to them.
A base ball club seeking financial
aid in Natchez was assured that such
would not be given unless promise
was made not to play on Sunday.
The promise was made. they saying
that they would play there on week
days and at Vieksburg on Sunday,
and so with your Jackson people.
Some fellow way up in Nebraska
was threatened with exile 10 Vicks-
burg for some bad conduct which had
the effect of curing him and impress
ing others with the majesty of their
law.
Our allegiance to God and our
country demand that we rise up and
protect these sacred institutions, and
bring our people to a proper recogni-
tion of the Importance of keeping up
our civilization, and aspiring to bet
ter things. Much success crown your
manly efforts for reform.
A. C. BURT.