Evening journal., 1920-05-07

He fired on the boy. II was late in |
April before the news reached ;he |
outside world.
The only appreciation his act re-
ceived seems to have come from the
town council, which passed the un-
EFT Is a preacher.
"I.'s necessary to be 1rm with the |
bad ones who don't go 10 church,
said Mayor Carey Crockett. Right
smart yOhng people are coming 20
church since we passed the law"
The Sunday OF the near-tragedy was
the first religious service here for the
Rev. w r. Goodwin, the new pastor
10 seems that this had augmented the
fervOr OF the town constable In herd
ing every resident into the fold Al
though the Rev. Goodwin doesn't thor
oughly condemn Constable ConnOrt0n
for his zeal he says he VIII intro,
duce reforms on the island that Will
make such drastic methods unnecos-
sary.
"Olir church must be made attract
i've 10 the young people" he declared.
we must have a community center
for them so they will not seek diver
sion In breaking the lights out OF
church members houses while they
are at church"
The REV. Goodwin has Just arrived
/ from Fairfield, Pa. He viii be con-
sidered a dangerous radical by the
very religious II he undertakes 10
introduce amusement on this island.
| 10 Is against the law 10 play musi-
cal Instruments in the homes when
/ church services are on. and there arc
no picture shows, ball parks, tennis
courts or dance halls.
! There never was a saloon on the
island, even in the wettest days OF
| America, and once Sid Wallace, mer-
l chant, known as a liberal. was ar
rested by Constable Connorton under
The Virginia law for Transporting
more than one quart OF whisky to
fhe State. The excess whisky not
entitled TO enter was a drink Wal
lace had taken out Of another bot
| tie Just before his boat landed He
had kept one quart unopened and
| had thrown the empty bottle over
board
While Rev. Goodwin seeks 10 pacify
this island by Advocating more
amusement, the liberals, who consti-
tute more than half OF the 2OOO popu-
lation since the shooting. say.
That they will oust Mayor Crockett
at the June election.
Thoi they are going to have music,
baseball.
T6at the preacher viii no longer be
king.
That the right TO sit on porches re-
gardless Of church services must be
recognized
That all blue laws must be repealed.
Presidential candidates will not get
the ear OF these voters TIL this QueS-
tiOn Of religious liberty Is settled
. Furthermore, inhabitants say that
their right TO use such words as "hell''
and dam" on the streets, which Is
forbidden now by law, must no longer
: be restricted.
Another law they say must 90, Ia the
anti-grave-mOving act. All graves arc
10 the front yards Persons who
move 10 a new home find a graveyard,
Il but they dare not disturb those at
rest. Persons moving must leave
their dead behind.
3 Some OF the liberals have even gone
] so far as to want TO abolish tomb
2 stones in the yards. forget the dead
: and give more attention TO the living
The very reactionary inhabitants
say all residents should be required
z 90 go TO church, and that C0nn0rtOn
was right in trying 90 kill Parks, II
, by destroying one mortal body, he
I, could save many souls by getting
! them into the church. They "allOw'
4 II Connorton Is convicted he will be
, martyr.
l Every resident here is a native. Tan.
eier was the home OF the famou,
! prophet Joshua Thomas, once th'
"patron OF the island" and now re-
{ vered as the patron saint.
j To settle a dispute among fishermen
the islanders say. he once prayed tina
y fsh would quit going TO a certain
: hole at Deals Island. and nary a ilsi
has been caught there since.
u This island is a mile wide and thre
8 miles long. II has no automobiles
2, only one horse. three cows and 200
u inhabitants. The largest family ha
az children, families average 10 per
l. sons against 4 i-2 in the United States
! the only industry Is fishing. many ma
e tives are well-to-do. the only street /
a Main street, eight feet wide.