The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-05-07
GAMBLERS MUST SKIDDOO

most liberal patron. The saloonists |
are interested in another source as |
the same patrons will not be here al
ways to patronize them and others
must take their place. Others must
be educated in that direction and the
most prolific source to draw from are
those under "a years OF age. The
tutleage is not very difficult, because
of reasons attributable to the frail-
ties OF human nature. Young people
think they must buy drinks and be-
lieve 1t to be necessary to their
growth into manhood. They have
assistance from a source little sus-
pected, from those whose Intentions
are not to make them patrons OIL
saloons, but who are unconscientouly|
doing 80. that is. the use of it byl
parents at home and in the presence
of children. and in many cases dis
tributing 1t among the children.
Some say we are descendants OF the
ape and the monkey. but Judge
Lynch says he does not believe it.
Yet the ape is often shown in the lit
tie fellows actions. We are dispos-
ed to initiate. A child sees his
father come home intoxicated and he
does not believe his father can do
wrong and soon he drinks too. II
the father smokes, the child will say.
80 can l." All this grows out OF
the disposition to initiate. We are
more or less creatures of imitation.
Sunday Selling.
Another element Is Sunday selling.
The Sabbath is the day of rest. 1t
is intended to be one of physical rest
and social quietude, and with no dis
lturbance. That was the original in
tention, when the human race was
told to remember the Sabbath day
to keep 1t holy" And yet 1t is one
OF the noisiest, most turbulent days
of the week, and more violence is
done on the Sabbath than on any
other day. You would be surprised
at the number of crimes committed
on Sunday. The first term OF Judge
Lynch's tenure two were tried for
crime on Sunday committed within
three or four hundred yards of each
other and within an hours time, Two
were colored and two Italian, engag-
ed in the struggle. One Is now serv-
ing life sentence. And there are
a graf many crimes committed now
on Sunday. Most of them are due
to Sunday selling.
II one travels Pike street from
Third to Fourth on Sunday, one can
see men swarming around saloons
like bees where liquor is sold on
Sunday as much so as any day in
the week. Why should this state of
affairs exist or why should 1t have
existed, is strange to say? Judge
Lynch said the grand jury ought not
to adjourn until every one of these
violators was presented to the court.
He insisted that the jury do its part.
Unwilling, Witnesses.
Witnesses freely testify about
every thing else, hut on liquor ylo-
lations 1t is hard to get any thing
out of them. The Judge told them
to pump it out. He said some vol
unfairly tell every thing else but it
is as hard to get information from
them regarding liquor violations as
it is to pump oil out of dry hole.
Another feature of Sunday viola
ton is that where oil we'll supplies
are handled, where there Is no re-
gard for the Sunday law one day,
and where the noise was an annoy
ance to all who were disposed to at
tend church or otherwise observe the
quietude of the day. Judge Lynch
said he regarded it to the best inter-
est Of physical and moral manhood
to observe one day in seven. A
benefit to be derived from this Is the
teaching 1t gives others, besides, If
we violate the Sunday law, 1t leads
us to violations of other laws.
Gamblers Must Leave.
Associated with the saloons, some
of them at least, are gamblers and
perhaps places where innocent but
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them willingly, hut others not so
willingly, but who fall victims. We
find gambling houses at these places.
Addressing the jury he told each
one that his wife, his daughter, his
son, all came to the city and he
should he interested in the sort of
government the city has as matter
of protection TO him and them. Many
saloons are connected directly or in
directly with gambling houses and
one would be surprised at the amount
of it going on and that has been go
ing on for some time. He said It'll
would be no trouble TO locate them
as some of them operated Sunday on
ly 900 or 400 Sect from the court
house. There are not only the pro-
fessional gamblers but the unprofes-
sional here in large numbers. not on
ly 81 years and over but under 81,
boys attending the gambling training
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