The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-21
LAW BREAKING
AT THUNDERBOLT
VIOLATIONS ARE FLAGRANT.
SAYS MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO
GATHERING OF MINISTER'S.

Committee Instructed to Take What
steps II Deems Necessary to shut
Down Alleged Desecrations-Ob-
ject to Selling of Intoxicants ana
to Amusements, Though Not to
Sacred Concert by Band-Win
First Ask Mana cement to Close OF
Its own Accord.
An effort is to be made by the Minis
tenial Association to stop the alleged
Sunday dissertations at Thunderbolt.
In case an effort is made to introduce
Sunday baseball into Savannah the
Association will at once act against
that also. This action was determined
Association yesterday.
When the meeting was called to or
der by President w. A. Nisbet, an
nouncement was made that the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
conditions at Thunderbolt was ready
to report. The report was then pre-
sented and accepted. The committee
was continued and instructed to take
what steps it could to shut down the
dissertations.
After the meeting Rev. w. A. Nisbet,
in speaking of the committee and its
work, said, among other things;
The committee reported on the con-
ditions as they had found them to
exist at Thunderbolt. There is no ques-
tion that the law regarding the observ-
ance of the Sabbath is openly and flag
rantly desecrated. In speaking 1 refer
not only to the selling of intoxicants
but also to the amusements.
LAS for the music, we shall take no
action against that. 1 understand the
band renders a sacred concert every
Sunday and I can see no reason why
this should be objected to. 1t is only to
the real dissertations of the Sabbath
that we shall object, and which we
will ATTEMPT to shut down.
Committee Is Continued.
THE committee which made the
first investigations was instructed to
continue as a committee and take
whatever steps it deemed necessary to
shut down on the dissertations. The
committee will begin its work as soon
as it possibly can.
Our first step will be to go to the
| managers and ask them, of their own
accord, to shut down on Sundays, save
! for the sacred concert. In case they
refuse we shall then resort to whatever
means may be found necessary to
stop the Sabbath dissertations. We
shall ask them to stop, however. be-
| fore any further step is taken, as we
hope that the matter can be settled
without resorting to the law.
There is no feeling against any of
the managers. There is no personal
motive on the part of any of the min
| listers. We are simply working for
purer Sabbath and seeking to shut
| down on the dissertations.
IF an effort is to be made to start
Sunday baseball here, as we have
| heard it said there would be, the pres
ent committee will take action against
it at once. We are not singing out
| Thunderbolt, but aim to shut down all
| Sabbath violations
Will Not Sell Tabernacle.
The committee which was instructed
| to look into the question of selling the
tabernacle to meet a note due on it,
| reported The report stated that the
| committee was against selling the tent
| and advised that the money to meet
| the note be raised in some other way
| After some discussion, it was de-
cided to apportion the amount due
| among the ministers of the churches
| that had united for the union services.
| The entire note is small Steps have
already been taken to secure the tent
| against injury.