Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-08-06
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST q, 1910.
AS TO SABBATH BREAKING.

The Courier is III receipt or the |
following communication, which |
makes Il very pertinent inquiry, and |
which, therefore, we publish gladly. |
We wish that more or our citizens |
would take an interest in such things |
as these, drawing public attention |
to them which certainty would tend |
to better regulate the all TOO COM
mon practice Of breaking the Sab
bath in the most ilagrant manner.
The letter Of "SubSCriber' follows:
Dear MIR. Editor:
Some Of your readers woud like
to know If ii Is lawful for Il person
to open his or her place Of business
ON sundays and sell soft drinks,
cigarettes, cigars. etc, etc.
"Of course, we understand that
cities and towns have municipal laws
to regulate the privileges of places
or business. and our question refers
to unincorporatcd towns, crossroads
precincts, etc.
'Th,S practice referred to opens
resort for our young men on the
Sabbath day, the influence Of which.
in some cases, will ovcrrulc the in
Nucncc OF the most pi0us parent and
is very detrimental to the worship
OF God in Ills appointed way.
W i'pt luOSe tnSiStN Ill TINS
kind OF Sabbath Dissertation will see
their mistake and turn their in;lu-
Cnco hcuvcnward. Subscriber"
unQucSlionably the acts Of which
SubScribCr' complains. to which he
calls attention, constitute a violation
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very oHua tuS III lie -....un .t,y IN
which "SubScriber" resides no less
than in numerous other localities OF
which we have heard. We give the
law as we find it in Chapter XIV
OF the Criminal Code:
Sec. 500. (pcnalty for selling
Goods on Sunday. No person or
persons whatsoever snail publicly
cry. show forth, or expose to sale,
any wares, merchandise, fruit, herbs.
goods, or chattels whatsoever, upon
the Lords day, or any part thereof
upon pain that every person so OF
fendng shall forfeit the same goods
so cried, or showed forth, or ex-
posed to sale"
The penalties for ofIense against
this section, and several other Gee
ttons OF similar nature bearing upon
other modes OF Sabbath violation,
are not only very clear, but can he
made amply harsh to break down
continued offenses. We quote the
penalty:
See. 102 For the better execu-
tion OF all and every the foregoing
provisions, every magistrate. with
in his county, shall have power and
authority to summon before him any
person or persons whomsoever who
shall offend in any Of the particulars
before mentioned. and upon his own
view, or confession Of the party, or
proof of any one or more witnesses,
upon oath, the said magistrate shall
give warrant, under his seal, to
seize the said goods cried, showed
forth, or put on sale as aforesaid,
and to sell the same; and as to other
penalties and forfeiturcS. TO impose
the fine and penalty for same, and
to levy the said forfeitures and
penalties by way OF distress and sale
OF the goods OF every such offender
returning the ovcrplus. if any be,
after charges allowed for the dis
tress and sale. All forfetures and
penalties recovered under this chap
ter to be pIid over to the county
treasurer for the use Of the county"
1t is an unfortunate circumstance
that there are so many Of our people
who cannot--or who seem to think
that they cannOt-makc Il living in
six days business each week. The
truth or the matter is. though that
these places are kept open on the
sabbath, or continually being opened
and closed during the Sabbath day,
Tor no other purpose than adding
to the gains Of the weeks business.
Personal greed for illegal gain is
the tap-root Of the practice. which
Injuries any community. and most o,
all, in the immediate present, the
one committing the Offcuse, next
those who frequent the places Of
business, then those who are forced
to see. every Sabbath. Il very objec-
tiOnable and pcrnicious practice
carried on. The greatest evil. how
ever. as we see it. IS the indirect
bearing 'pon the future the influ-
cncG the young boys who are
growin, y, and who see these things
carried on by Representatives men Of
their communities, and soon come
to regard actual violation Of law as
right and proper. And as our Sub
scriber' very correctly observes. one
man thus engaged on the Sabbath
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