The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-30
SUNDAY LAWS ARE
BEING ENFORCED
Bessemer Police Are After Gro
GERS and DrunkardS
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE
Varying Opinions as to Crop Outlook.
Mr.. Thornburs's Condition Re-
earded as Quite
Grave.

beSsemer, july Z9.-tSpecldl-) -FOllOWlnS
up the campaign that was begun last
Sunday against violators e the Sunday
law relating to the closing of grocery
stores. the police again made two or three
arrests of Italians today These cases will
come up on the regular call of the police
docket IN the morning, and 1t is expected
II the charges are proved against the de-
PENDANTS that they will be given stin
fines.
The police department has determined
that Bessemer shall be a closed town on
the Sabbath as ordinances provide for,
and 1t will prosecute the campaign until
all offenders have been summarily dealt
with. 1t will be remembered that on last
Monday seven descendants of the Latins
were convicted of the charge of keeping
their stores open on Sunday and were
fined by Acting Mayor I. A. Lewis. The
Italians have congregated in considerable
numbers in certain sections of the out
skirts of Bessemer and according to the
custom of their race In a strange land,
many have become merchants and pur-
veyors. Under the former --'s~ of ad-
ministration they were allowed to keep
open shop on Sunday, and the police are
having some difficulty in making them
conform to the new order of things which
has been ushered in since the lid went
on good and tight here some months ago.
1t is expected, however, that few more
weeks will have impressed the lesson de-
sired from the arrests, and will show a
Monday morning docket clean of the
charge of violating the Sunday law.
With these exceptions and one or two
small cases of drunkenness, police circles
have been quiet today.
Crop Outlook.
Men who keep In touch with rural az
fairs state that the continued wet spell
is doing great damage to the crops in
the vicinity. This applies not only to the
field products, but to the fruit and gar
den crops. Just to what extent the cot
ton has been hurt cannot be reckoned
yet, but it is apparent that 1t has been
seriously injured in some places AS to
the fruit the greatest damage has prob
ably been TO the peaches. The flavor of
the melons is said to have been also
greatly impaired.
otHeiS are luCiilleu TO take d IflOIt HOpe-
full view of the matter and to believe that
the harvests this fall may be good in
spite of the present unfavorable condi-
tions., 1t is pointed out that when a few
years ago the midsummer season was
unusually rainy, the cotton crop of the
fall following was regular bumper. Old
Sol and his genial smile have marvellous
power, and those who are accustomed to
look on the sunshiny side of things are
inclined to believe that he will get in his
good work for spell. shortly. and ex-
ert himsellfl to obliterate the traces of
the picnic of Jupiter Pluvius.
Notes and Personals.
The children in the Sunday school of
the First Methodist church are busy this
week practlcing for the chldren's day ex-
ercises that will be held in the church
next Sunday morning at II o'clock. The
ladies who have in charge the matter of
drilling the children are exerting them
selves to make the occasion a success,
and 1t is believed that the young people in
the church will truly have pleasant day
of their own on the next Sabbath.
The condition of e. l.. Thornburg, the
local manager of the Peoples Home Tele-
phone company. who was injured by
burns from live wire and fall from
a telephone pole Saturday morning. Is
said to be quite grave. Although he was
resting comparatively easy this after
noon, he is said to have been badly hurt
In the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Brannon returned
been visiting relatives for about week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Phillips left last
night for Sweetwater, Tenn.