Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-20
SUNDAY CLOSING
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shown- and the Lack es Cs-Op~r.sioa 90
the Religions world B~Inx --rssa.iy
fHe-fhe Last Open Sunday. Receipt.
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1911
feis-rhe last Open Sunday. Receipts
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CHICAGO. July tS-After tomorrow,
July 10 Sunday opening Of the Worlds
fsir will he . thing Of the past Al
yesterdays meeting ~ the Local dir-c-
tors by a vote Of - tn a resolution
was adopted ordering the gates Of the
exposition closed on the Hr<, dav Of
the week. after tomorrow. The entire
receipts Of Tomorrow. "Hero'> nav."
are to he donated "a the families 20 the
nremcn who Lost their lives in the Cold
storage warehouse fire. The directors
were rc~lucian, 10 admit tina, SUNDAY
opening bad proved a failure. hut
the dwindlinE attendance and
the opposition OF many of the
exhibitors who were unwilling n NEE,
the extra expense cntsiied by n seven
day fair. has forced the conclusion upon
the local managers Of the exposition
that nothing was ~ ~ gained BIZ a
Sunday fair. The working People
who are unable To attend on week dsv.
have not taken kindly tn a sunday
fair with m~otiouleSs machinery aud
covered exhibits While the Art pal
ace and the plaiSanc- have been we'll
p~atronized on sunday the other fea-
lures OF the exposition have offered
but slight attraction To visitors
The persistent opposition of the re-
hgicuS element throughout the eoun-
try has without doub, bad a powerful
influence in bringing about the action
of Iii Nsr~rm-
have been received from religious bod
les and prominent preachers praying
the fair b closed Sundays. and PROM
ising all the all in their power 20 make
the exposition a financial success II
such action were taken.
Yesterday a letter was Rad 20 the d.
ree'or~ signed by a large numhcr 81
'hicagos h~~st-known preachers IN
cirdin- Surh names a. thn>- 20 Bishop
Merrill 81 the Methods; Episcopal
church. Dean Hulbsrt. - thu Divinity
school % Chicago, Arthur Eduard%
editor of the Christian Advocate Rev.
DIR. karrpx~. chairman - the general
committee ~ sh~ Religions congress.
simon Gilhcrt editor of the Advance.
III ~tscuAuiuss DR. McPher~sn and
others equally well known.
The address declared that a fair trial
had proved that there was M general
demand for an open >undav. and the
highest Success ~ the exposition was
imF~riied by the alienation of mil
hons % people who verc opposed TO
Sunday opening II APPEALED To- the
directors n eio~~ the fair On sundays
- that tho religious element could b.
free 20 60. Scras- with them in max
ing the exp~itian a. remarkable for
IT, attendance As II was for is mate
rial grandeur
This app<al = sample - hundreds
With which the directors have been
fopssed for the past six months and
the conclusion wsS forced upon them
that much vas - - gained and little
To h~ ho~t BY a prup-r respect for sun
day
f~eS;~-says action u the directors
viii deal a s~vers hle- % the interests
- the eone~~siensIrv& many 81 whom
count upeu sunday ~ their most prof
itshle dav. bat the majority of the ex-
hibitor-. - far a. could ~ learned last
evening. ara satisfied with the change