Newark post., 1914-01-14
SUNDAY VIOLATIONS
AND SLOT MACHINES
Review Of Facts In The Dis.
CuSslOn

on SUNDAY VIOLATION and Slot ma
chimes are presented
The first public mention of this
was made at a meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society at the
Presbyterian church ON December
18th. On December 18th, the fol-
lowing letter was addressed to
Council:
"Whereas, it is a well.known
fact that certain stores in our town /.
are open either all day or a part Of
the Lord s Day, dispensing their
wares in violation Of the laws Of
the commonwealth, we therefore
respectfully petition you, in the in
terest of civic righteousness, that
YOU compel them to keep closed on
the Lord s day" One of these let
ters from the Christian Endeavor
Society of the Presbyterian church
was signed by the pastor, Rev, VIM.
j. Rowan and the officers Of the
society as follows: Alfred P. Scott,
president; II. N. Reed, vice-presi-
dent, and Laura I. Fader, secre-
tary. The other letter was from
the Young Peoples Society Of
Christian Endeavor of the NJ. +.
Church and was signed by Rev. L.
E. Poole, the pastor, and these off
GERS: Howard Leak, president;
Earl F. Dawson, vice-president;
and Esther P. FERGUSON, secretary.
On December 20, Joseph Hossin-
ger, President of Council, address,
ed the following reply:
con account of previous COM
plant as to certain stores in the
Town of Newark being open for
business during the Sabbath, the
matter was taken up with the
States Attorney and the Office of
the Clerk Of the Peace through
whom they receive their license, and
we were informed that the Coutt
had ruled that any person, firm or
corporation who held an Eating
house license were entitled to keep
open on Sundays.
They also gave a very broad in
depreciation Of the word eatable,
including ice cream and soda water
SO it would seem rather hard to
know just where to draw the line.
eve do not have any town ordi-
nances covering the ground, and I
presume we could not if it conflict
ed with the state laws.
81 would therefore advise that
the proper authority to take the
matter up would be the State S At
torney.
"The writer is a member Of the
Grand Jury for the coming year,
and if your society has any COM
munication or evidence to submit
to the States Attorney I will place
it before him.
Respectfully,
Joseph II. Hossinger,
+Presjdent of The Council of NeaO-
0rk."
On Sunday, January 2Sth, DR..
Rowan in a sermon called attention
to these Sunday violations, stating
that communication had been for
warded to Council In the course
Of his sermon he criticised the local
papers for their inactivity in this
line of news, saying they devoted
columns to sanitary conditions but
from observation, he said they did
practically nothing toward the
moral development of the commun-
ity.
He criticised the Town Council
for winking at these violations and
stated clearly his position in the
determination of stopping the evil
On Monday evening, January 5,
a business meeting Of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society was held at
the home of Mr.. Scott, president OF
the Society. The letter of Mr.. Hos
singer was presented at that meet
ing but it's reading was objected to
on the ground that-it was purely
personal communication express
ing personal view and not IN any
wise official.
This action, while purely technic-
al, has been criticised as untactful.
Any communication from Presi-
dent of Council is official until re-
versed by vote Of that body.
In this case it proved official as
Council held it's first regular meet
ing on this same evening. Mr. Hos
singer read the communication and
his reply which was sanctioned by
vote Of Council.
The publication of these letters
was on the advice Of members Of
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