The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-08


: field and incur some other expense.
: proposed that if we would let hin
come into the town and show he woul
pay the license fee to the town, an
pay to the Greeneville Public Librar
the sum of $500, and furnish a ban
free to the Greene County FAN
Thereupon, we had a meeting of tn
Board. However, before attendinI
the meeting, some of the Aldermen
inquired of some of the best citizen
of the town, one a minister of tn
highest standing, what the Boar,
should do under the circumstances
and each one, of whom the inquir,
was made, stated that it was better t,
let it show on the inside. At tn,
meeting of the Board it was unani
mously voted, the Mayor protesting
that the Carnival be allowed to show
on the inside, because: a. W,
would have no police protection ovel
it if it showed in the Rush field, Just
outside of the corporate limits, anC
the sheriff had stated to us that he
could not give it any, or very little
OF his or his deputies time; (2.) The
Library was to get $500, which il
needed; 49, We would get the Ii
eenhe fee for the town; a. 1t was
to furnish band free to the Greene
County Fair; (5,) We would get
all of the evil results and more if it
showed on the outside, and none of
the ACQUIRING benefits.
Not only all the Aldermen voted in
favor of it showing on the inside, but
the recorder and policeman favored it.
The Mayor, for what purpose we
do not know, unless in justification
OF his conduct, has stated in his ar
ticle that the town of Greeneville has
jurisdiction of offenses committed
one mile beyond the corporate limits.
The Mayor knew better than this at
the time he wrote his article, and
this statement is purposely mislead-
ing, and made, no doubt, for the pur-
pose of leaving the impression that
the Carnival would not have showed
at all if it had had to 60 another mile
from town. The town has no jurisdic-
ton whatever over offenses commit
ted outside IT'S limits. One could as
well say that the State of Tennessee
could try offenses committed in Vir-
ginia. No law authorizing such would
be valid. We have statute author
izing the officers of the town to ar
rest criminal one mile from the
corporate limits, but this is for of
lenses committed within the limits
and not outside. The Mayor should
have looked up his law with more
care.
The Carnival opened Monday night.
1t did not unload nine of it's worst
shows, which the manager admitted
were illegal, and would not have been
permitted. In all probability, if the
Carnival had remained on the out
side, these shows would have been I'M
loaded. The Mayor attended Monday
night, and, we understand, went most
Of the other nights. He closed on the
first night eight or nine of what he
5ermed gambling devices, and left |
open the entire week all of the most
and obscene part of the |
show, such as the "49 Camp" and |
the name of which we do |
lot know, too dirty for either man or
to enter. Mr.. Freedman.
lfter the Carnival was over, admit
ed that this was the only place that
UGH shows had been allowed to open
n perform. We had told Mr.. Laugh
ers, policeman, to look for such
hows, and not to allow them to show
they were immoral, but our Mayor
hi mas censor and police
nan, and permitted them to remain
pen. Why such obscene and immor-
i shows were allowed to remain open.
We do not know. 1t may be the May
r, possessing complimentary passes,
i'd not want to be too severe. We
ave had no explanation from him.
he shows which the Mayor objected
0 and which were closed, were of this
haracter: A man, or some one,
rould sell fifteen or twenty articles
or five or ten cents each to as many
eople, and each purchaser would
ct number, and at the end of a
ale a wheel would be turned, or some
evice operated, 'and the holder of
lie lucky number would get some
ling else, Technically, this is
but many people do not
link so, and some do not know it.
very newspaper contest put on,
here an automobile, pony, or some
ling else is given to the winner, in
olives the same thing, and is gam
H.. l., Z. IL