The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-26
VINO IS TO BLAME7


II sometimes requires very serious occurrences to
.,,akon reope to an existing status of affairs and to
a,ouse them to their full sense Of duty. With their
hnowledge of existing evils the laws may not De en-
frced as they should be without anything occurring q
n serious nature to the serene Tranquility OF out
wrd oBut the crash with all It's attending
se.nss of violent crimnaty inevitable and IS GER
ts "a come sooner or later The crap game and the
cRd table Of the gambling hell may unlawtuy commune
nder the very ewes of unbndfoded Justice for years
before the game is broken up by the drawing OF pstos
and the fatal shooting of one or more participants III
tho game and lockers on The wages OF sin is deatn
ann. anv city that will allow unawulness to pursue us
vn c,v,rse will be brought face to face with this ter
ride result as was our own city last Tuesday night
when two men were shot in these gambling dens, IN
.t o,,5 ~ tho c,tv one killed on the spot and the
other now dying in the Kings Daughters Home 1t is
~ yasuIt Of the looseness in which the laws OF the
city are administered
Whether this state of affairs is the fault OF the
marshal and his police force the mayor and the city
council we cannot say But there Is one thing that is
true the council has it in their power to compel inc lo
mar 10 do their duty get men who WILL One OF Tue
worst fetures of the killing il that it was done oy one OF
TIM members Of the force who off OF duty, Who
chi he did it to save his friends life, another po-
l;eemau who was also off duty, but both in gambling
roma where men holding such positions should not ire
ousust only in the performance OF duty These Killings
hva aroused the mayor and council to aetioD, and las
"Wednesday they preferred charges against every saloon
btt enc for running gambling rooms in connection Win
iy T,usfness and instructed the attorney and mayor
name the day and time for each to appear and~show
canse why they should not revoke their license Inc
Indictment was sweeping Many OF the saloons IN tne
c have no such adiuncts but, to be sure as one OF
tina members expressed it, they all forced to ap
near The result of all of this can be made benenc &c
the ty if the citizens will rally to the support OF the
mavor and council and show their approval OF what has
b done and their stand against future lawessness
the city Demand that the standard OF the police force
ba raised and any officer found while on duty oungnf
,ound IN saloons or when off, frequentng places tina
gentlemen should not go, remove their stars and pu
others IN his place Such men, it is claimed cannot
oud at the present salary if this is true it will pay Tn
citv to raise the salary if it will prevent repetition
Tuesday nights happenings The protection OF lie an
urouerty depends on the law and its officers, and 10
anc,, brave and true men only should be employed
When the law breaker finds out that in the polio
force Of the city he has friends he will not be long
hanging around and will move to more congenia K
;tv The matter of reform is up to the citizens an
;fhev don't take hold and give the mayor and counc
their support they have no one to blame for conoiol
but themselves.