The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-19

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Montreal, Aug. 16.-One learns
something new almost every day.
After some ten years of hanging
around court houses, and hearing
lawyers crate and judges charge,
and often having read the constitu-
tion of the United States casually, l
had an idea, gained somewhere in
this experience, that one could not
be restrained of his liberty without
due process of law, or some such
words to that general efect-in fact,
in order to keep one from going
about his lawful business, there
must be some kind Of warrant
served by some officer of the law,
under which he could be held. Even
then, l had an idea that the dear
old right of habeas corpus could be
invoked.
But up here, in this resort, it is
all different, l am told, on Sunday.
In order to gain access to the sacred
precincts of Montreal, one must pass
through a gate and pay the toll,
which is all right. But on Sunday,
if one is here, he can't pass out
through this gate, for love or money.
There is one exception. If one tells
the keeper he is going to church he
can get through shortly before the
church hour, going either way, and
pass in or out, going the other way,
shortly after the church hour. But
if one unduly protract his stay, he
finds himself on the wrong side of a
closed gate. And neither can one
sneak around and come or go by
some other road-for there isn't any
other road. On either side the
! mountains keep faithful guard, and
up at the other end the road finally
runs into mountain trail.
It had been my intention to leave
here tomorrow homeward bound for
Columbia. But I have some bag
gage, and if I approach the gate,
grip in hand or car, and avow that
am going to church, 1 have no
doubt that self-same grip would
create some doubt in the faithful
gate-keeper's mind. There seems to
be only one of two things to do:
either to leave my grip in Black
Mountain over night, and 60 by
church on my way to the depot, or
stay here until Monday.
This is a Presbyterian community
and the Montreal association has
/ matters strictly in charge. Neither
cigarette nor coca-cola is allow
ed to be sold within the sacred pre-
cincts. I went up to the drug store
here yesterday and meekly request
ed to be allowed to purchase a
package of cigarettes. The store
keeper looked at me n amaze. mt !:
eve don't keep cigarettes; ii is
! Montreat," he said, in tore OF
| voice which seemed to wtSaar ION
what heather land I might hail. A
reply which I felt might be suitable,
came to my lips, but before it was
| uttered I looked around and saw
the unmistakable horror written up
on the countenances Of those gath
cred there, and, concluding that dis
| cretion was the better part of valor,
murmured, "Thank you, didn't
| know" and went over to Black
Mountain and bought my cigarettes.
But. it is lovely summer resort,
with the cottages nesting among the
mountains, and it would be hard to
conceive of a more delightful pace
| to spend few days, even !; :our
liberty is restrained On SUNDAYS and
you can't buy cigarettes. One or
! two nights this week it has rcally
been little too cool, AMI ore day,
when it was raining, it was really
cold. The mountains rising towa cds,
and oftirnes beyond, the clouds,
| with the valleys between threaded
| by the beautiful streams, are Won
derful works of nature, and one can
not be among them without reallz-
ing how very small, after all, are
the works of men, and how pitiful is
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