SUNDAY MOVIES QUESTION BEFORE COUNCIL AGAIN

Though the moving picture Sunday opening ordinance cannot be passed till next regular meeting, at council last night the Rev. George Bray obtained the privilege of the floor and made what he called an appeal to the hearts of the men present not to desecrate the Sabbath. He placed Sunday movies in the same class as the red-light district or thieving, saying that the council would not hearken to a majority petition in favor of either of those.

He implored his hearers not to take men away from the churches, that it was hard enough work now for ministers to keep them. He professed the greatest respect and regard for Mr. Abbott and Mr. Tindall, of the moving picture shows, but said he would not be true to his religion if he did not enter a vigorous protest. He apologized for his talk not having been made sooner but said he had been present at three meetings for the purpose but the subject had not come up or there had been no meeting. Although the majority of his auditors were not in sympathy with him he was accorded most respectful attention.

H.V. Williams responded in a stronge diatribe, speaking, he said, for the over 700 signers of the petition for Sunday opening. He said that even among church people what keeping holy the Sabbatch means is a subject of wide difference. He argued that the Sunday movies in some instances took the places of the auto, launch or buggy of more fortunately situated people. He claimed ministers wanted people to come to church and get religion but refused to take it into the highways and by-ways as commanded by Christ.