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^Talks on the Hurtful Features of Movies1 Sunday School Worker at Lake j Thinks Majority of Films Have Hurtful Features Lake Janalusks. July 11?Declar ing that mont of the fllma have tea tares. that are hurtful In their ef fect upon children. Mlas Minnie Kennedy. Nashville. Tenn.. Superin tendent of elementary Sunday work, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, in an addreiw before the Social Service Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south. In session here. sugxeated that some organization of parents and other Interested cltisenn should be created for the specific purpose of caring for the local moving pic ture situation. ?Mtss? Kennedy, "member of the" committee on education of the In ternational Council of Religious Ed ucation. has made so extensive study of the motion picture subject. She aald there was a great need for a concerted campaign to educate par ents as the "danger" of moving pic tares upon young life. "It doe* not seem to be generally known that the moving picture Is organised Into tremendoua corpora tions that have penetrated every city. town, and large village In the land," said Miss Kennedy, "and through the medium of the automo bile . the rural places as well. This orgsnlsation haa laid hold of the children and yonth, ss well sa of the men snd women, until, sccordlng to the statement of one of the cor porstlons, twelve million people sre attending moving picture shows every day. "When parents and teachers really comprehend the fact, that the most powerful agency for Impress lon-maklng known is conduct, either that of actual persons or that por-1 trayed In realistic life, the first ' long stride toward 'reforming the 'movies' will hare been made. "Are moving pictures helpful or hurtful In their efTort upon young life? Rome are distinctively help ful because of their artistic and lit erary merit, untainted by evil sug gestion. or because of some out atandlng message that is effectively presented. On the other hand, the deliberate statement is here made that the most of the Alms |?re-l aented have features that are dis- ! tinctly hurtful. "The nature of the child Is* an ' exceedingly delicate thing. For him i to look at one time at some act com mitted Is to risk an impression that persists and which will express it- \ ?elf later in conduct, A little girl;, of four, when a picture closed with j Its usual 'clutch' asked: 'Mother,! Isn't he going to kiss her?' A five 1 year old boy, watching a struggle cried: *1 want to kill hhn. Why -doeqp't he kill him?' The minute portrayal of crime, scenes of horror or of bloodshed, 'thrillers* "where | one thrill succeeds another, deeds of malicious mischief, of deceit, of cheating, of petty theft?these nil work havoc In the natures of child-' ren. "Censorship has proven Inade quate and hence unsatl: fnrtory. Thin growK chiefly out of two reasons: "It works by prohibition, which Is not based on education.. To cut arbitrarily objectionable features from films without at the same time , educating the people to know why J they are objectionable Is to do a superficial work, whtch eventually, falls. "Then there Is no agreed-upon basis for judgment, so hoards df- i fer with boards, and Individuals' with individuals. "While it Is evident that there Are many beginnings of reform, all that has yet been accomplished is only a pin prick compared with the reform that Is needed. Each city, town and community In the land should do certain things. ".Some orgs nl/.at Ion of parents and other interested citizens should be created for the specific purpose of caring for the local moving pic ture situation. This organisation should be completed with all moving picture committees of other organl yitlons so as to present a unified pro rain." Widow Of Booker T. At Lake Junalusko Anionic H|*ftkcrM lit Social Service Conffivnre of MettuxflntM in Western \ortli <arollna Lnk?< Junalunka, July 11.?Among speakc/r at the Snrlnl Service Con f?ronce of the Mrthodlut KplRCopal Church, South, in Reunion here, wan THE HOME OF GOOD FOOD We know our groceries and canned good* irp (food. Our customers know It. Hut there are msny people who have never glvon un a trial. They are the on*1* who don't know our food Is no good We merely auk for a single opportunity to nerve you who bare never been In to see us. G. W. Twiddy the widow of the Ute Booker T. Washington, former head of the! Tuskegee Institute. She spoke, she said, from the standpoint of a Sooth-, erner who lores the South and at the Invitation of Rlshop Jatn**9 Cannon of the M. K. Church. South. The speaker nave Illustrations from her experiences gained during a recent study of conditions In the families of negroes In rural districts, gained while she represented the Al abama State Federation for Colored Women. She expressed theroplnlon that such surveys or Inspection tours were good things for when people became interested in helping the ? black race they would become more ? alert to help the needy and under privileged among the whites. No one with a human understanding, she said, run view these conditions without wanting to help. Significant among the conditions which the speaker portrayed there was for the most no man among the .poor houses, large families, and un sanitfry, unlovely conditions. Prop erly married men and women. prop_ eriy born children 4nd proper homes are the things the negro race wants above everything else, she declared. "There are two things." asserted the speaker "the negro will never have until his family life Is im proved; they are health and charac ter. He must have houses large enough to separate his boys and girls, better food, and better sur roundings. If not there can be no health and without health there is no character and when the negro has no character he will be a burden. The negro has been called the South's burden, but If he Is a bur-, den. he Is becoming everybody's bur den for 35 per cent of the negro pop ulation of the far South has moved away." . In The SociaA Circles In Honor of Goewts Mr. and Mn. Harold Foreman en tertained with a sail on the Wlccocon Monday evening from 7:30 to 10:00 in honor of their house guests, Miss Ida Warrington and .Miss Laura Rod ney of laurel. Del. Those enjoying I heir hospitality besides the guest3 of honor were: Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Small, Mr .and Mrs. Frank Selig, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Woodley, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. Wf. J. Foreman. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bennett, 'Mr. and Mrs. T. 8. MoMullan. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. George Beverldge, .Misses Margaret Foreman, Nell Wood. Maud Palmer, Messers. Guirkin Cooke. Rvaus Blades, John Pinner and Dr. J. W. Sellg. Person*!* Guirkin Cooke of Eaat Fearing 'tr- et spot*t Sunday -t Nags Hea?l. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Woodley spent Sunday at Virginia BMCh. | Miss Nellie Hastings ?pent Sunday I ;n Portsmouth, the guest of her sis- ; ter< Mrs. I. W. Morgan. Sh" wai ac companied heme by her Utile niece. [ Myrtle Geneva Morgan wl-o is goi(i3 t^ spend tome time the g'l-.H* of h-r Maud pa routs Mr. and ? M'? S. W. Hasi Ings. Miss Odell Long spent Sunday in Norfolk the guest of friends. Mr. and Mrs. -Hertrold Forbes have returned .from "theii^llorfeymoon to northern cities. Miss Lula White and Kiss Sallie Perry spent Sunday at Virginia Beach. Leroy Sellg of Norfolk ia the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Selig on West j Main street. Misses Hernice Leah man and Hah- | nah Bottlghelmer, Mts. J. K. Live right. Miss Emma Llverlght and Em it Bott^hMmer of Suffolk and I)r. F. Liu wood Leahman of the Univer sity of Virginia were the guests Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Selig on West Main street. uMrs Sallie Cobb, formerly of this city but now of Sunbury with two children has returned home after vH Iting relative* here John Doth of Portsmouth who has I *>een visitlng-C:-*:?ULafd on North . Road stree{yW? MondayTO visit his brother. A. TSBush of Edenton. Miss Cllnnle ifayes left Tuesday for Nags Head w jye ?he will spend several days as Aat guest of Mrs. J. D. Hathaw? SOUTH CAROLINIANS BENEFIT BY HIGHWAY Hendersonrllle, July 11? Among i projects which have been awarded ifor construction by the State High way Commission is a stretch of road I which extends from here to Tuxedo station on the Henderaonvllle to Greenville. S. C. highway, the dis tance of the proposed project being 5.83 miles. This construction work, it Is ex pected by State Highway Commission officials, will be of Interest generally to South Carolinians and Georgians because of the fact that so many of them use this road when entering .the Blue Ridge section from the low er country. With the exception of the Caesar's Head route from Green ville. 8. C. and the Spartanburg. S. C. to Hendersonrllle road by way of Try on. this Is practically the only entry Into the "Land of the 8ky" from the 8outh and by many it is be lieved to be the route most nsed. For many years this road, which passes through Flat Rock. Inhabited largely la the summer months by South Carolinians, has been more or less of a problem. During fair wea ther it generally has been main tained In excellent condition but summer floods and rains have on many occaaions made it anything but a good atretch of roadway. Indeed, during one summer not many years ago. It became, by reason of creeka swollen out of their banks and exces sive rainfall, well nigh Impassable and remained In that condition fort many weeka. although efforts were made to keep it la shape for the In flux of summer Visitor* from the states further South. In recent years It has become quite a popular pastime during the sum mer months for South Carolinians from Greenville and adjoining coun ties to motor up to Hendersonvllle and nearby points for the week-ends and a bus line between Henderson rllle and Greenville has been main tained. The Improvement of this road In the near future. It Is expect ed. will add greatly to the pleasure of the trip for motorists. If You Say It With Flotcert Say ll With Our*. THIS ^ APOTHECARY SHOP PHONE 400 For PICNICS and PARTIES When planning for picnics, parties and other outings, re member that we are ready to supply yon with? Pftcklea, dives. Sandwich Fill tags. Rolled Haas, Vienna Baas ago. Boned ("bkken. Peanut Batter, Cakes, Fruit, Jellies. M.P.Gallop Co PHONES 8 AND 57 Comer Main A Water St*. Keep the air'round theHomc Why not jnalce homo the coolest place in town with live, fresh air from a G-E Fan ? You can run a G-E Fan all day long for the trifling cost of a fair cigar or a soda* Got a O'E fan CENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCT G"E Fans -use no more current dun a single lamp SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE 3ZB-121 ELECTRIC SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY DISTltlllUTOIIM CtlAKLOTTK, N. 4\ Palm and olivt ?ih ? milking else ?gift nature't green color to Palmolivt Soap. Volume and efficiency produce 2 S-cent quality for 10c 69 B. C 1923 A. D. Cleopatra may seem a far-off, misty figure in looking backward nearly 2000 years. But she kept her youthful ? complexion in the same simple, easy way women do today. She used the same rare oils, that are blended in Pstloi olive today. The Palm and Olive oils which give this famous facial soap its lotion-like, cosmetic qualities. A Special Selling! FOOTWEAR We have included in this great sale ev ery type and desire of shoe or oxford women wear. Sizes and lasts are varied, bnt these exceptional prices and the high grade quality make an early selec tion imperative. 200 Pairs, all styles and colors ? A big clean-up; values to $9.00? $4.85 pair (None Charged) MITCHELL'S O. F. GILBERT, Prop. r(M Standard of Companion Four Buick Roadsters to Select From ? This dfstinctive Buick Sport Roadster is an ? excellent example of the skill that Buick hai displayed in developing roadster types for all motoring tastes and requirements. Both in the four and six cylinder models the Buick line of roadsters provides a wide range of selection for those who desire the intimacy of this particular design. Whether for business, professional use or for pleasure driving there is a Buick roadster suitable and perfectly adapted to the need. Tidewater Buick Company Inc Wbea - r* fwllt, PuicV. vfll build them Comfort In Hot Weather This depends largely on whether the pores ef the skin arc kept open. The best way to keep them open is to take a bath daily in warm water. The best way to get hot water is by means of a gaa water heater. Southern Gas Imp't Co. J. T. ST A LUNGS, Mgr. "They ?ay that Gas Can Do It Better" Try The Advance Shop For Job Printing
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