The Forrest City times., 1904-10-07
WARN THF PISTOL TOTER.

Te teifeFe there have been DO
shooting scrapes or arrests for car
wing pislos TIL. week n this com.
nuuiiy. bal the pistol ioter Is ever
present. In spite OF the law and
he off cer., The press and the pui.
a.t. and the numerous awful trag.
edies. and the many fines imposed,
lisa fac, that the pistol toterstill
aoarlshes, ard ii seems they are
becoming more aud more rum en-
-.
About ore half Of the negro pop
sisuon and oue-foath Of the white
are addicted 10 this neiarious hat.
l. The praesice Of pistol carrying
= tee6mi q passion. especially
smsre negro, and the tough ele.
mert Of ear Young men Young
bucks VINO &C a. buliies aid Biz
Les. And /, i really alarm NJ L
note The readiness with wh3cH ihe>e
p = rs draw AID u>e der scadlx
guns ap8s - -ightest pravoca.
ten
Ttr T'mes believes ri,to. carry
ing should L I'll pei. I = I'm.
Of $50 usually imposed, i 90 III
:. snificant. al has 10 tertars for
the coward Nho runs about with
big pistol in h clothes Some ex.
traofdinary methods must be adoP-
led y break UP the practiee Or
3ioaty method. of prevention and
punishment bciug inadeqna 4, @e
~ouid recommend u the neEtleg,
,sIatare that pistol carry be
made felony With al The usual
disgraces, sub b loss Of citizeh,
slip, hard work Ia the peniteutia-
=, etc and III the meantime, tina,
: - say, before the sitting & the
leg stature, let III magistrates,
MAYORS and Judges impose the limit
of tie fines provided by law upon
those WHO are found guilty. And
keep on fning them. When a man
las couple or three fines Of $500
to pay, he vill begin to look round
> II 10 sc "where he is Al, ami
lie will probably leave and 90 to Il
more coeg5Hial community. he
c.ty can well afford to lose class
bieh Is constant menace 10 IL
reace am quiet The mar who
habtually carries pistol is a COW
ard al heat, and 10 community j.
ieltered III any way by his pres.
ence or citizenship. The CONNER.
,iaI-AppeaI SAID recently among
Cher things:
In tie early days the fathers
carried their mnskets or smooth
bore RITES to church, or meeting
house, to protect themselves from
the lurking forest savages. We
have decimated and driven the In
diam out, bat his place has been
taken by worse character.
The tough who goes about with
pistol IN his pocket and sluug
shot around his wrist is infinitely
more dangerous 10 society than was
the red man He miDgles freely
among his fellows and cannot be
distinguished from them until he
draws his deadly weapon and pro-
ceeds TO Stay his victim.
The public is to blame. There
is scarcely man carrying a pistol
or dirk or other deadly weapon.
that some one does not know about
IT; and, II that some one would on
y do his duty and turn the offend.
or over to the officers Of the law,
the practice would soon be broken
up. Any one who has knowledge
OF n deadly weapon being carried
In violation Of law fails sadly in his
duty TO society, II he does not actu-
ally become particeps criminis,
when he tails 70 report the matter
and bring the guilty party to JUS
tice. Good citizenship demands
that this be done, yet how few tul,
ill the demands Of citizenship in
this respect
It were a thousand times better
10 repeal all laws against carrying
concealed and deadly weapons and
permit everyone who cared to do
so to go openly armed than to have
cur present laws constantly viola.
ted as is beidg done al the present
time. Something surely must be
done to put an end TO the pistol
.oter."
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