The morning news., 1892-02-22
COCKTAILS HARD TO GET.
DRINKERS AND SMOKERS HAVE A
DRY SUNDAY.

servance Law Puts a Quietus on
Sunday Business Saloons. Barber
Shops. Cigar Stands end Soda
Water Fountains Closed-Only Two
Violations Of the Law Reported.
| Some Amusing Incidents.
Yesterday was certainly model Sunday
in Savannah, from the mayors standpoint.
The reporting Of the violators Of the states
Sabbath law 20 the solicitor general and the
heavy penalties imposed upon those who
pleaded guilty to the offense had deterriug
effect.
Not fruit store was open, the barber
shops were closed. and only one green
grocer had the temerity 20 open his place to
serve bis customers, and he was docketed.
1t was an imposnbility 10 obtain soda
water cigars. candies, perfumeries or any
toirg else except medicines from the drug
stores. In every one was hung big signs:
mo Soda To-day" Nothing But Medi
cines Sold To-day" The hotel cigar stands
were open only to guests.
Even the bootblacks came in for atten-
tion. They were chased from their work
several times by officers, much TO the dis
comfort, In some instances, of the parties
whose shoes were being polished and who
nao 70 either go OF with one shoe shining or
wait until the officer moved away, so
the bootblack could finish his contract
me youngsters however, managed TO pick
| their time and did a fairly good business.
| despite the enforcement OF the blue laws.
THE BARRIERS LIKE IT.
J IL was holiday for the BARRIERS. During
the afternoon many Greeks were seen wan
dering about the streets as If they didn't
know what to do with themselves. Il was
| their first day OF enforced idleness, and the
newness OF the thing seemed to CRATE upon
them, judging from the warm CONVERSE
tions, accompanied by gesticulations, which
took place wherever two OF more were
standing or walking.
The day was a hard one on smokers who
nadn't bargained on the drug stores being
smut out from selling. Numerous calls were
made Tor the weed, and when the druggists
told the purchasers that they couldn't be
accommodated frequent cuss words against
tae new arrangement were INDUCED in. In
many cases druggists presented their regu-
lar customers with cigars. but others con-
strusd the law that a proprietor could
neither sell, offer or give anything but
medicine in their places OF business In
the latter instances even regular customers
were refused their smoking luxury.
GETTING AROUND THE LAW.
Some quite amusing incidents occurred at
the drug stores. A gentleman visited drug
store IN the southern part of the city to get
medicine aud a cake Of shaving soap. The
| druggist sold him the medicine, but de-
| clined to let him have the soap. The gentle
man wanted to know if soap was not a most
| desirable necessity within the meaning OF
the law, but the druggist said he didn't
intend to take any chances ON the question
or whether or not it was a nacessitY But
! as the customer was about to leave the store
the druggist called him back, and
pointing TO the soap case said: ''There's
the soap. You can take cake If you want
to, but wont either sell or give it to you.n
The gentleman took cake and jokingiy
| told the druggist that in view Of his liberal
nature he guessed he would postpone all bis
trading hereafter until Sunday. Ia the
drug stores customers would go to the cigar
case and under the subterfuge that the
proprietor owed them cigars, help them
selves. These articles will Of course be
paid for some day.
Some Of those affected by the enforcement
OF the law are threatening to docket livery
| stables and bus proprietors hereafter for
carrying on business on Sundays, claiming
that a horse and buggy is no more Of a me-
cessity to man on Sundays than a smoke
The new order OF things was the subject of
considerable joking among the people, some
threatening TO have others reported for
reading newspapers and taking rides.
TWO VIOLATIONS REPORTED.
There were only two violations reported at
the barracks all day, that of the green grocer
referred to above and Estill's news depot.
Connor's news store did not open at all, and
those at the hotels only sold to guests. Al
together the day was regular blue law
| Sunday.
| After Judge MacDoneIl imposed the fines
| on the vlolators Thursday some lawyer dis.
covered an old law which provided that all
moneys donated from fines imposed upon
violators Of the states Sabbath laws should
be turned over to the ordinary, to be dis
triouted by him among the various Sunday
schools. The matter created considerable
discussion among the legal fraternity and
| set Judge MacDonell and the solicitor gen
| eral to investigating. They found suprem-
court decisions overturning the act and
declaring that all such fines should 90 into
the court registry the same as all other
| funds. This settled things and rather dis
appointed some of the lawyers who were
counting on big things for their Sunday
schools as result of Sabbath day viola
| tions.
| The loungers on the De Soto balcony
about IL o'clock had a sight of policeman
chasing newsboy whom he had just seen
sell a ne wspaper. The newsboy was little
and sassy" and also black, and easily kept
out Of the policeman's way. The ''cop" was
SO determined to catch the boy that he made
the detour Of the block and came in behind
him. The boy was not caught mapping
however, and easily kept his distance from
the policeman until a heartless passerby
nabbed him and turned over to the officer.
who started with him to the barracks.
As case was not made against the boy
at the barracks the policeman probably
turned him loose before reaching there.
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