The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-18
Judge Harwood Had Been
Much Sought Out by Min
listers Interested.
NO INQUISITORIAL
POWER FOR JURY
Relieves Doubt in Minds Of
People Here Who Suffer-
ed Sunday Closing.

Monday when the circuit court con-
vened in this city, Judge Thomas E.
Harwood, stating that he had receiv-
ed numerous letters relative to the
selling of merchandise, etc, on Sun
day, and had read much about it in
the newspapers, specifically instruct
ed the grand jury as to its procedure.
Judge Harwood said to the jurymen:
much complaint, both oral and by
letter has been made to me in refer
ence to the genral disregard of the
Sabbath from various parts of the
county and from other points in my
circuit. The history of the fall of ma
tions both ancient and modern, dis
close the fact that the disregard of
the Sabbath constitutes one of the
prime facors in their downfall. The
human family needs one day in 7
as a day of rest, and this applies to
all active human intelligence ir-
respective of the religious or eccles-
tical phase of the question.
"The religious views of any and all
persons out of the way, the man who
labors and r Is should be especially
interested ~ deserving the day
fronlAll ary secular activi-
ties. We AIN that love of money
is so insidid ID deceptive in its
growth and demands that by slow
and sure process it exacts the toll of
the man who works, not six days
merely, but seven. The demands of
greed and avarice along this line
have brought about national and
state legislation to protect and shield
the toiler against such exactions.
With the religious phase of the ques-
tion you are not called upon for ,c-
tion. The national and state govern
ment makes no demands or require
ments that any individual shall wor-
ship on the Sabbath or Sunday but it
does make demands that he shall rest
from his ordinary labors on that day,
works of charity or necessity alone
excepted.
"a few years ago when / had the
honor to represent my county in the
State Senate, | was getting shave
in a barbershop, when the barber,
who claimed no church connection
and who had found out that was a
member of the legislature asked me
to vote for the barber act then pend
ing in that body. | asked him why he
wanted this, and he said that he was
the proprietor of the shop and that
he had child, then about three or
four years old, whom he had never
seen awake excepting on the day of
its birth; that the little fellow was al
ways asleep when he left early in
morning and when he went home at
10 or IL o'clock at night; that to
keep his trade and to hold his Gus
toners he had to keep open shop or
Sunday to compete with others of his
calling. That law was passed and to.
day every barber in the state can &C
|. to church, visiting with his family, OF
to the parks and other places Of en-
ioyment, if he wills.
"By statute in this state is is pro
vided that ''if any merchant, artificer
tradesman, farmer, or other persor
shall be guilty of doing or exercising
any Of the common avocations o.
life; or causing or permitting th'
same to be done by his children o.
servants, acts of real necessity o.
charity excepted, on Sunday, h
shall on due conviction thereof, be
fore any justice Of the peace Of tn
s county Forfeit and pay three dollars
one-hs.fs ta.kbe. person who will su
for the sa. he other half for tn
use of the s,hty.'
"For a single violation of the abov
statute, the punishment and remed
are as herein provided, but sueces
sion or repetition of such acts be
comes "a nuisance and renders th
offender liable to indictment in thi
court, if done so as to attract publ
observation. In Parker VS.. State
Lea, the opinion in a case from Her
derson county, in it said:
THE statute makes it unlawful fo