Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-12-20
Deacon Eyerett'S Fall
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
iGIF GOOD old Deacon Everett could


F GOOD old Deacon Everett coulo
have restrained his enthusiasm
for the national game" said the e&'
member of the Moral Reform club
sadly. 1--WE would have compelled the
violators of the law to cease from desc
Grating the Sabbath, and our town
might still retain the championship
of the country.
but, after being the prime mover
for holiness and discomfort on the
first day of the week, the deacon lei
himself be led astray by his desire
to see Bill Medford make a home run
And now the deacon has both scandal
lied the religious element and lost pop
ularity with the baseball fans.
"About two weeks ago the deacon
came to me with the air of a mar
who is about to inaugurate a mora.
movement that will make sinners
think they have bumped up against
a spiritual cyclone.
"T'm told said the deacon, in his
solemn. earnest way, that men II
whom all sense of moral obligation Il
dead are banding together to LAGER
ate the ears and hottest feelings OF the
truly good
"'The Boxers certainly are making
it warm for the missionaries re
piled sort of puzzled, for l thought
he was talking of the Chinese out
RACES, but I hadn't heard they were
slicing off ears yet
cts not those poor, benighted
heathens on the other side of the
plobe that I'm referring to- said the
good man, sort of impatiently. It's
that gang of highbinders that they
call the Williamson baseball team
They're coming over here Sunday witr
their own umpire and ringer pitcher
to break the holy calm of the SAB
bath and try to take the championship
from our town. But when they strike
the religious sentiment of this burg
they will find they are against the
real thing. The unsanctified eXhibi
ton won't be allowed to last more
than one inning. Unless our boys
happen to have them on the run, h'
added. in a meditative sort of man
ner.
"'There's going to be more bumps
than glory for the mar who tries tt
stop that game warned the deacon
You're a good man and pious one
There amt man in town who would
look better in a martyrs crown. Blu
there's no use of hurrying it up
"But the deacon was obstinate ant
insisted that it was his duty to stil
I'D the authorities and have all viola
tors of the law arrested. The sherif
wasn't any too pleased at the job th'
deacon had marked out for him.
"T'm here to uphold the majesty o
the law said the sheriff. And I'll Dc
it if I have to hire a derrick. To pre-
serve the sanctity of Sunday I'd bt
willing to fill the Jail with nonvotin}
criminals. But there's a time ant
place for everything, and this Office
is having troubles of its own trying
to capture criminals who have failet
to pay their fines. l don't believe
can attend to the question at present
Call around in a few days, say in NO
vember or December
"The deacon, feoirg that he WASH
going to get much assistance\ from
the sheriff, determined to act himself
So he called in the minister and tn
Sunday school superintendent and eX
planned to them his plans.
oven 90 to the game Sunday salt
the deacon, representing in our per
sons the majesty of the law, the sane
titv of the Sabbath and the Moral Re
form club. You can distribute TIT
first two to suit yourselves. but l wan
it understood that if this infamou
dissertation is stopped it is through
my efforts. and the presidency of tn
club is coming to me at the mex
election
"The minister and the Sunday schoo
srnerintendent agreed to this. so tn
deacon went on with the details OF HI
scheme.
EVEN the noble men who conduc
reforms should sometimes display com
mon sense continued the deacon
Now. 1 understand the sinful game
Sunday baseball better than either o
YOU do. so 1 will take the leadership
We can't very we'll stop anything unit
It has begun, so we might as well lie
them play an inning or two. When
give the signal, you can both step fol-
ward and order the unholy exhibition
to cease. The crowd will have rev
erence for your character and office
which they might, through some over
sight. fail to display toward the humbl
man who is at the back of this move
ment for good