The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-29
Chief Collins Has Instructions as 10
What to Close Sunday.
The Temperance People Have Not
Made Progress Enough to JUS
tify Report.
PRESENT STATUS OF THE CASE


are. Chairman Toof stated this morn
ing that he was not at liberty to talk,
and has made no appointments that
are ready for publication.
He declined to make q statement
abort the plans OF whether there wss,
as reported, = prospect Of resembling
the action Of the mass meeting Sun
day aud declaring of the prepara-
I IONS for local option fight. Mr..
Tooi said that probably there would
be something to give out in day or
two, but that nothing will be given
out until everything is ready.
There was a meeting Of the retail
liquor dealers yesterday afternoon, but
action was post oned until Friday and
nothing was done.
The general public is becoming
thoroughly aroused. and oonserva-
tive element is hard at work TO stop
proceedings where they are.
a member OF the building commit
tee of the fraternity building stated
this morning THAT meeting Of the
committee is to be held Thursday at
which the advisability OF suspending
everything until this question is set
tied, will be discussed. There seems
TO be sentiment among some not to
begin building, or take any further
steps to build, until the confusion and
uncertainty are cleared away.
Chief of Police Collins will send out
notices to the vsrious persons who will
have to close Up Sunday, and just
now a great many toes are being
tramped on in away little anticipated a
week ago. This question of closed town
seems now TO be engrossing the at
tenion o. the public more thao that Of
local option.
City Attorney Jesse Gilbert, whose
duty il is TO prosecute all cases in the
police court, has furnished to Chief
OF Police James Collins the following,
which will govern Chief Collins In en-
forcing the law next Sunday, and
which shows what must close on the
Sabbath.
This is the first time it has been
made public and doubtless it will
prove Of great interest to Paducah-
ans
Paduoah, KY, Oct. 2s. 1909.
MIR. James Collins,
Chief of Police,
Paduoah, Ky.
Dear Sir: In compliance with your
request for list of occupations pro-
hibited by Section 1921, Kentucky
Statutes, which is a. follows: mo
work or business shall be done on the
Sabbath day, except the ordinary
household offices, or other work re-
quired in the maintenance or opera
ton of = ferry, skiff, or steamboat,
or steam or street railroads. II any
person on the Sabbath shall himself
be found at his own, or any other
trade OF calling, or shall employ his
apprentices, or other person, in labor
or other business, whether the same
be for profit or amusement, unless such
as is permitted above, shall be fined
not less than two nor more than ffty
dollars for each offense. Every per-
son or apprentice so employed shall be
deemed separate offense. Persons
who are members Of religious socie-
~, who observe as q Sabbath any 9TH
or day in the week than Sunday, shall
not be liable to the penalty prescrib-
ed in this section, IL they observe as q
Sabbath one day in each seven,as here
IN provided. The above Is known
as "the Sunday law" and will say
that what is necessary is a question
which has been differently construed
by courts Of last resort In the case
OF The Commonwealth of Kentucky W.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company, decided by Judge Pryor and
reported in the Third Kentucky Law
Reporter Judge Pryor says; that no
better definition can be given of the
word necessity than the following, to