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THE UNION COUNTY PArEH EVERYBODY READS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBOD Y NEEDS IT ie Monroe Journal VOL.26. No. 87. PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920. $2.00 PER YEAR CASH LOCAL HIGHS CONCLUDE MOST REMARKABLE SEASON TV Team i Now .Hie l'inlsiuUl I hmiipioii f WeMfin North Carolina. MF. TO MK. OIMOVS COACHING liy JAMF.3 MOKKOW The Monroe high m;liool rootba'.l team, the champions of western Not 111 Carolina, concluded Its 13M season last Saturday afternoon on Emerson Field. University of North Catolina. where they played Chapel Hill high school, champions of east tii North Carolina, in I lie Heal tamo for tin- stale honors, which Chapel 1 ill high school won by the score of 14 to o. 1' all over now but the pliom inji. ltni that's saying a mouthful, since that continues lustily. This is' only the second year I he .Monroe high school atieaupted to put out a foot ball nam. Only twenty nun it-ported for practice anil were large enough to participate in 1 tie came. However, in spite if this Monroe's high school put on t a team that concluded a most remarkable and successful season. It goes without ai'KUiuent that the past season has been Monroe high's great est. notwithslanditiK the fact that it is only her second yea: in the tame. The team of IS 19 put Monroe high school unquestionably on ihe state foot ball map; the Ham of 1!)20 maintained not only tlhat position hut carred Monroe high school a notch higher. The 1920 schedule included learns of greater strength than did the '19, and this" possibly Afforded better opportunities for the 1920 eleven to display Its real strength and abiJity, and It went through the schedule not only with credit but wifa praise. While the 1920 team lost the title for the state champi'm ship. although they played 'superb football, they lejolce over their great and successful accomplishments which have won Tor them the su premacy of western North Carolina, and rejoicing with them is every limn, w oman and child in Monroe and Union county, wMio have taken great Intel est in the team and wiho have given their loyal support. In Hie union of the seven iiipii composing the Monroe high .school line, which averaged 165 pounds, no greater strength can be found In any high school line. The accomplish ments of these players, who on almost every occasion proved to be Impregnable, nttracied state-wide at tention and received praise from ev ery football critic who had the pleas ure of seeing them in union. The ba'klleld, which averaged only 14U pounds, and possibly the lightest backtield In the state, is highly cimi lnor.di'd for their laudable achieve iin tits. Notwithstanding the fact that tiny labeled under a handicap on account i f their weight, they were fa t and foxy and pososed wonder ful ability. They handled ih.ni sh'I'.'i in great nli and during the entile season mii'ic substantial rains ngai'ist I heir h -'V ier opponents. Net a Him r bum h o! bojs can be found llia'i lliii'i1 who i onipoMil 'th. leatn of lhi.0. Kery (.lie was a per fect gi in I'tiinn and nt all times con di, .'!,! himself li" nieh. They were tain lit clean fool ball and that is what they plajeil. In nil llie games they haw pariiclpnit d, and undet the ili lcitiou of the many l i if -l n t official:, whom tiny have plu.vcd, not a l iein bol of the team has ever been IV proied lor any unspoilstiiaiiliKe act or iday, and that alone Is a record to iir proud of. l.i ery member of the team realized lh;.t I he team v as a machine work ing as a unit, and if I here w as an in dividual nil it, he didn't realize it. Kit' !; on.- was a cog of the whole and realized that as sn li he was extreme ly necessary. There was no tlisson tio: whatever among the pli'vcin. When a mistake was made il was Im liH'd. ately corrected, and an infor mation ilesirtd w;n gladly given. Coach Chillies V. Oct mi. It, ' In account for lb'" succcs.i and gene condilioll of the 192U team anil ll.e game they played, you must I u rn the mirror o! fame so Hint il re llecis much, or a lame part of i's brightness on Charles V. Orion, ex Foni'iiaiii University star and coach of the leatn and the man behind Ihe gun. I say, with no fear of contra dicitioti, that while the tram itself gets much deserved credit, that though it had many stars In its line up who wer Just praieed In the sky, thai Coach Orion is the teal and out standing star of the season. This was I'1! first expei ience and first year of coaching the Monroe high school team, and w hile it generally requires a year or two to really build a learn, he I. as turned out a team thai has proven I ho equal of the best In the State and superior to many others, and a team thai 'has won for them selves a great and enviable record and one that Monroe is Justly proud of. There may be li i tr school roaches who know more football than Coach Ortoii; (here are undoubtedly men more experienced in the came of in.oiii'ig. but if there's a lean who can tit mute football out of his men lliiiii Coach Orion, we would cer tainly like to see him. Coach Orion teaches football from the fundamental- to the nicest points of the game. Coacn Or'on posses-oil two assets that grti'.'ly assisted Iriin in produc ing a winning team; namely, a per sonality and a km w'edC'' of how to l.aniile nun. Through Lis p'tson ail'v lie inspired re---ct biitl i-ver-enre in his team wlinh Made oleoi enre. I he 'est nece-sirv ihinit 10 a football ti.Kii, come lalurally and never throuch compulsion. It was given p'i.ei f Lilly and retarded at privilege. That same personality made U- l..n:i v. ink at ha id without su;)eri -'on a !ien a coach was -.m their Is C. il. Ilio'r. "ills s.ilne i.iirr-ir of lame must nl-.-o be turned so thai il reflect t briphl ly upon .Mr. C. H. lla-.lv. assistant ciNteh. Hull'" is an . I nlversity of North Carolina star uti-l has a -'1 knowledge of the game, lie was per sonally acquainted with every man on the team and knew the chaiae teiisties of each of I hem. lie was crvdtly interested in the boys and devotid much of his time walitheni in Iheir be'iall, and a great part ol I heir success is attributed to ihe al liable coachinu rendered by him. The 19-J" schedule was composed of iiilie gai. es. The season opened wlih Charlotte University school, which uaiii" Monroe nipped by llic score of 27 to o. The .second game wuit to Charlotte hiub school by one lone touchdown. 7 to u. Next came ltairds of Charlotte, which Monre grabbed 28 to 0. Salisbury high school went down In defeat in the first game, 7 lo o. Next was a scoreless tie. The third game, wtliifh was Ihe first game of the western championship aeries, was taken by Monroe, 10 lo 0. Ashe ville h i school was eliminated in tho second game, 31 to 0. A safety defeated Greensboro high school in the final game for the western hon ors, and to ilia game for the state honors, Chapel Hill hkh school won 14 to 0. The grand total gives Mon roe high school 103 points to her op ponents 21. TWO WKLUK.VIIWX COUNTV IIOMK CHAKU II US ll..l) l.inily Aiitlerwiii, Said lo He One ol I Irs I InniuteN, anil San lord I'bil llps I'ass Away. Writing of the death of two aged inmates, Mrs. Uosser Wolfe says: 'Uncle Sanf-ord Phillips and l.iudy Anderson died recently at the county home, there being hut five daysdif erence In ihe lime In which they ex pired. Uncle Sandford was a good and faithful old man, never shirking work, and always ready and willing to help. Words cannot express how much we uilsss him, and I feel sure that he has gone to his reward. "Llndy was a shining light at t'he home and there is no one to take her place. She was enjoying good health until a week ago when she was taken sick. II Is said that she and hi r mother was the first Inmates of ihe county home, whlcdi was Uieti a littlo frame building somewhere close to Lee's Mill on Itichardson Creek." PLAN FOR RELIEVING DISTRESS SUGGESTED iwiTHm. i iioNusr SOI.MI.U I'ASSI.S AWAY Although He linen heaih Was Only a Mailer of Hays, Cmpoial Meil. 1 il Had No I ear. Corporal John V. Mcdliu, w 'lose u nt ii.ieli death was a gnat shoo, lo his hundreds of fnum!. and relatives, did not go over l is dining Ihe gtei.t world war, h it did render faith fill and iiii-itm! servici . ;is a inein h- r of the Ci"ue Jacksiia personnel dfliLCM :;e iii T''is !' L'lle led to b, t"ie i'.!nw:ng i Mi. rhs in hh riis ib. !"!.( ".-ercii' i hot-esl ;; liI faith ful." t'o ;oail Meiilin was Liniucted .. . ... . . F - -r ... j ; ' V ,r T? ')-- .'V into Ihe service May 25, 1918. and re ceived his discharge on April 30, 1919. His death, which occurred Wednes day at the home of his mot her, Mrs. J. V. Meiilin, Who lives six miles south of Monroe, was caused from earcoma, an affliction somewhat similar to cancer. He was Inken ill last June, and everything possible was done for ln recovery. He received hospital treatment and the attention of the best Charlotte, physicians for several weeks, bill his cue was pronounced hopeless. The young man knew that death was only a matter of days, but he expressed no fear. , After attending til" Wingale school for jeveral sessions. Corporal Medlin look a business course at King's business college, 'lefore his illness the diveascd in a .aged the l.iri-e farm ol his mother in Iiuford low nshlp. Mr. Medlin was a member of the Macedonia llapti-t clinch, and he was of sterlinir character; quiet, so ber, and honi.-l. Km eral services w ere coudm 'cd by I(ev. C. J. IMack nnd Uev. U. M. Haider. WouM Issue lloiols In Small IK nomination on Cotton Wups hous Kiselpis. OLD SANTA CLAUS WAS FOUND IN MARSHYILLE Woll.ll UK SAUK Al SO I'M) As a means of relieving to an ex tent the local distress brought about by the dn line in the price of cotton, the formation of a corporation to is--iie bonds in small deiioniiuati.iiis o;' $". $10, and $23. lo be secured by cotton warehouse receipts, has been Migtiesied. The bond, whica would be guilt-edge securities, could be used, it was pointed out, in the liqui dation of debts. Merchants, it is also believed, would accept rhefe bonds at their lace vanle in exchange for nierclian-di.-e. The merhants. in tutu, roultl pay fntme of I heir debts with these bonds. Farmers, to secure bonds on their cotton, would be charged 6rr inter est, while the bonds would bear 4 or i't'.'r. the ditlerence in the Inter est rates lo be ut-ed for l he corpora tion's clerical help. This plan has been worked satis factorily in Georgia towns, and in one community in Ihe Cracker slate, they prevented muoh of the harship thai the South underwent In 1914. when there was a similar drop In the price of its chief commodity. Nothing definite has been done towards realizing the project. Ihe promoters waiting to see what atti tude Ihe business men of Ihe town will take towards it. Oilier It filial Sle Suggested In the meantime. Congress and the respective slates are discussing meas ures liat will relieve the distress that is rampant all over the coun try. An effort Is being made lo re vive the old war finance corporation so as to lend millions to the' farm ers; and in Georgia, a moratorium to prevent foreclosures is under consi deration. Senator Hitchcock Is quoted as saying that he will ask Congress to pass legislation that would authorize the loan of six million dollars to the farmers. Acronliug (), l.ilde ImI M.ii.'i He Has Already Iteeu I am 'king Die KkIs Oiei. A HEAL CHIUsTMAS n To ICY The IUMle.n Sex." . The colorful love stories and lav ish sellings In Robert W. Chambers stories lend themselves well lo pre sentation on the screen. The picture versions of "The Danirer Mark." "The Firing Line." "The Dark Star." and "Ihe Fighting Chance" have al ready met with great success. Now comes the photoplay adapted from one of Mr. Chambers' most brilliant recent novels, "The Kestelss Sex." Piquant Marion liavies is the heroine and the picture will be on view at the J .-'Hand Theatre for one day, Friday ::cxt. "The liestless Sex" deals Willi fem iii .in, but noi in a poliic.il way. It poi . rays the insatiable disiie of the r.iou.'Mi you nt' v. mean lor excitement and a place ol importance in lln"i world. The Mory portrays the ro mance ( r a pre! iv girl of I his !pc. llalph Kellarii and Cirlyle Hlaik i I'll are prominent in Cie ar::e cast supporting Miss Ihivitv. Kolierl ,. I.ei Haul directed the picture, whi h is a l'aiaiu :uni. Of course, if you ate in affluent cirninistaiices and ol n generous frame of mind you 1'iic.ht drop a chunk of coal In tho Christinas stocking. Miss ,'osl l.v. Sl K I is IS M'ONsi :t I oi: UNION cl.Uli t.ii'al IP's nt Wake I oei-i (iiminie Willi A. IC. Smith, ies ll.iiiy llioMiiiiiu, Sec. Wake Forest, lec. il.- Union coun ty is lint only well represented at University and Slate college hut she lias several representatives at Wake Forest which is shown by the fact i hat a Union con my club was recently organized consisting of fifteen mem la r,. Heretofore as students of Wake Forest college we hae failed in rec ognize the fact that we not only owe it lo our college and ourselves to be come an active body rather than in dividuals but we should do so for the beiiclii of our county and the lnial alumni of rhi.s institution. As stu dents we can never hope to have Ihe best support of the alumni 10 long as we remain inactive and never let them know that we are awake and doing all we can to uphold and keep sacred ihe enviable record which former Union county men have made at Wake Forest. When we consider that among the Union othuity alumni we find such men as our present gov ernor and Dr. K. W. Sikes, president of Coker College, we realize that we have an example which we would do well to follow. As members of this club we hope to be able to serve as a connecting link between the alumni and the col lege. Plans are under way for a ban quet to be had in Monroe some time during the holidays for all alumni "ml members of the club, liy this we hould he able to develop and revive the "old college spirit" anion-- all. The following officers! of the club have been elected: A. K. Smith, pres ident; Claude F. Caddy, vice presi dent; Henry Drowning, seceitary, and Miss Joselyn Sikes Of Monroe w as unanimously chosen as sponsor. The membership of the club is 'composed of the following students: I Seniors, A. I. Smith. C. C. I'erry, ami Claude F. Gadiiy; Juniors. Z. V. Morgan; sophmores. O. Purser. Henry llnwning. and .1. C. Mcl;;s; first ear. Koy Moore, Ftaiik oui-ii. tilin Sikts. Sikes Sanders, O. M S'a ion, Fe i nailer Ieie, J. It. II IVis and F.inmett Griffin. H. D. Frown ing. Sec. & Treas. The follow who waits for lo-mor-row llvus on the crumbs of to-day. Marhville, Deceinl er 6. Late Saturday alleruoou the telephone rang. It was a timid lmle jingle, in no wav piopl.etic of the thiilling news at Ihe other end ol" the wiie. Imagine our surprise hen, in an swer lo our half bored "all right'. " there came an eviled little voice: "Oh. 11 saw I saw Santa Clans a while ag''" "No:." we responded incredulously, waking up instantly and beginning lo get excited too, "Where?" we demanded fun her. "Up-town-n ii, he's coining ChrUt mas, said hu was." "You don't sa! What's be going to bring you?" Then on and on we chatted each gelling lucre excited and incoherent every minute over the wonderful visitor who had ahead. appeared and personalis promised another visit to the Marshville chil dren. Little Ed. M. Marsh, Jr.. was the one who no kindly put us on to the fact that San la Clans had been right here In our very own town, so after our exciting telephonic conver sation we began tc inquire further into the visit of the much adored old Saint. It seems that for some rea sons .Santa Clans is showing a de cided hankering for Matshville this year. He shipped in a load of ihe most wonderful toys to be found any where, Just a week or so ago, has already set up a Christmas tree; and now appear in person. Probably the girls and boys here have behaved ex tra well this year and now their re ward Is a scant three weeks off. Per haps another reason is because the merchants have so hospitably pushed back other goods and given him room lo store a good portion of his pack on their counters until his evenlful rounds on Christmas eve. At any rate, whatever the attraction is the good old fellow really appear ed on the streets of Marshville Sat urday afternoon, and in a short time traffic was blocked, business sus pended and everyone gathered around to shake hands and hear what he htid to say. The children could not begin lo get close enough or talk fast enough. We were not on hand to greet him personally, but the re port Is that he is an exceedingly en tertaining old fellow, who can tell funny jukes that can make even a man holding low-priced cotton feel better. Hut he would not talk about low-priced cotton nt all, but seemed lo want folks lo forget It for awhile iimv, and heartily thank the Lord for what they already had, and be as happy as he is. Of course that all tils in with the general idea we all hud of him anyhow, for who would nut he happy and jolly wiili such a generous d isposll inn as his. Truly he is a cheer! u! givt-r and the Lord must love iiim a lot. Me a-sured all of flic large number of children around him that he was surely eom ing back to Marshville on the night i f l he 1 1 h and visit i aeh one of liieiu. Ifiimor has il ihat he liked his reception here o well thai he is likely to drop b again between now .mil then for a short iit. Anyway the children ate all fully ixpecting Vim and next lime they mean lo Walch (aivl:iil and see where he liiti hes his reindeer. Or do you sup pose he will co'ue in an airship? We strongly admit'.' Ihe latter tin case he nails thisi for really some of our roads aie in frightful .shape Just now. Uev. J. ,1. Fdwards was able to lill his regular appointment at Mi Methodist chirvh lo re Sunday morn ing after an illness of six v.eelti. This was his flr.-t sermon in the 1 1 - v. conference w ar as he was taki u ill while iiifen.lii.g conference and had not been out since. A large con gregation creeled him Sunday and all expressed their great pleasure that he was being restored to normal health again, and can once more take up his duties. His'sermon Sun day was u 1 1 u -'i ;i I ! y strong and made a great impression upon his hearers. When the lioner toll of the Marsh ville school was given in our letter a week or so ago we wondered as we were copying the list given to us, why (he name of Haskel Divens did not appear. Knowing flasket's past record we were rather disturbed about il. Then Piof. lliggets conies lo ihe front and owns up to an over sight or abseiit-nilndness or what ever it Is professors ire si subject to, and Informs us that it was his mistake that llaskel's name did not appear, for it really belongs there in the eight grade.. So Mr. Diggers re nuesls that Haskel he publicly given his dues in the matter, as since lie had made the honor roll he certainly deserved to see. his name among ihe elect. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Ling and lit tle daughter spent the week-end it: Charlotte. Mr. Shelion Harrell of Charlotte spent the week-end in Marshville with home folks. Mr. in,. I Mrs. Claude P. Griffin have returned from a bridal trp to W:.shinrtnn Mrs. It. C. Griffin charniitigh en tertained ihe Hook Club o, i Uri laj afternoon. TV reception hall an' pallor were thrown together for the ie -option of toe guests, and a t d-i-'tl ( htistinns scene greet" ! fi t ye upon entranc- An : Y.uda'ieO of hull;. !';, I; v. "h ii ,1 berries was ar i' ;t'., 'v . iiaiiiid. and on a lable a Guy cellar 'hristin.is lice glittered am! rpatkled and cVok its merry red bells. Red carnations and while ones in a crystal vase added to the te'auty and sweetness of the ocas sion. The hostess distributed barii cloths, crocket needles and thieed from a Chrislr las looking red basket and reu.-siel the guests to ctockel an edge to ihe cloths. This employ ed the time pleasantly and when fin ished Mrs. Gr if tin passed tissue pa- 'pei. cards and rmbon and asked that 'the cloths be tied up in a Christina. : package and each lady w ine lie. name on her caiii. Then the hostess colieclid Ihe packages and thanked the guests for so kindly doing In-: Christinas prsent lor lit r. ;a;. .i.. that she hoped Ihe ones who receH, ! .them would appre iatt their effort as miieli as she did liefreshmeui i ; ! fruit salad moulded in cherry jells, -sandwiches, wafers, coffee, nms aim t mints Were served, and w hen each lady found on her plate the lit t i package she had tied up so beauti ( fully an appreicative laugh and loan., jlhaiks greeted the sight. Miss Vir 't'iuia Griffin ihe daughter of the i hostess then gave some Christum. I readings. Lina C. Harrell. IMMORALITY AT PUBLIC DANCES IS SHOCKING NEWS & INTERVIEWS In a communication to The Jour nal, M. H. Gunther, a Memphis, Teim., business man, addresses the following remarks on cotton lo the Union county farmer: "Your existence is threatened. By a wise policy and concerted action, you may divert this calamity. You were told lo produce and then pro duce, that the world was bare of cot ton goods, and il mattered not how much you produced, the world would lake your crops at handsome prices. "This fallacy was brought about by inflated and fictitious values, ig noring the fact that outside of Amer ica ine purchasing power of the world had either been entirely de stroyed or disrupted by the great war, destroying the lives, directly and indirectly, of over thirty million people. "The finances of Kurope are at a low ebb. and It will tax the Ingenuity of the ablest financiers of the world lo'prevent national bankruptcy. The moneys of Germany, Austria. Rus sia, Italy and France are to-day at almost a minimum value. The Cen tral Powers must go into bankruptcy or scale their Jebts at virtually pres ent values, a repudiation which seems almost unavoidable. Germany has a debt of two hundred billion marks, and the printing press Is still run ning. The finances of Japan and China are In bad shape. England Is not flourishing', but is making heroic efforts to overcome her difficulties, and keep her pound sterling from falling to further discounts. The finances of nur own country are badly strained. Your cotton is no longer considered or treated as rash by Southern banks. "Consider this mat'er thoroughly and ask yourself the question: 'Who is lo buy your cotton? Who is to lake the surplus olT your hands?' now many million babv more than h;ie world wants The carry-over or previous crops was at the beginning I of the season 2."2.fi'.'" bales of American cotton. The visible supply i of America n coiioii was on Niiwiii- I her l!Mh. f,.gor...tS) bales. Add f ie surplus carrv-over to the present crop, in round figures. 1 li.i.on.niiii balef, and it is a staggering amount of cotton to contend with under pres ent trade coiid'l ions, and von can leadily see thai the consumer has the whip handle and will dictate his own prices "Your salvation lies in heavy re duction of acreage to be planted in U'-l. Diversify and make cotton our surplus crop, for unless- ibis is ' den.t, you Will Hot be C011i:iell,llrd lor your work. Your standard ol i:ing will lo reduced, and jour f i- tire gloomy indeed. "From t at experience. It is prov ed that the propaganda lo reduce the cotton acieage ha lailel. Two years ago e had a campaign t redife ihe ( cotton ncreaire. This campaign v as i ai i ifii on ny men oi standing and intelligence, but il failel, and fro-n the fact that there was an upwa'd movement in cotton values at plant ing time, and human nature asserted it ielf. and "George" ibne was left to do the reducing. Do not fall info ibis error again, for unless the acre age is reduced below twenty file mil lion acres, you will find ymn cotton again beggim? for havers and selling at prices that will not pay for your labor and brine ou further in debt. "Statistics show that Ihe income of the Southt ru farmer under his One-Crop Ssisteni to be less than llB0.no. Are you ohm to be a vas sal or a peer? It is up to you." A Yainlevllliaii A member of the Plaver's Club tells of a seedy-looking Individual who appeared at the back door in Winchester county and, in support of request for assistance, announced that he was a vaudeville performer in hard luck. Now the woman of the ouse agreed lo let this individual h iv food if he would perform the pro verbial task of sawing unme wood He retired to the barn; and soon I here came lo her cats the sounds of a man hard tit woik on the wood. Meponhile she hail laid out a r pat for him, which, in din linn, he He vi". line relish and departed. About half an hour alter the man I bti' no Hit. woman Went to the ler'l etil"' lo find every slicl; of Wood intact. Upon inquiry she discovered that she had been eu'erlalning mia- ware a stranded ventt iloquisi . IP had simply gone Into the shed and tKiveii his Imitation of sawing wood. Mis. Oriftin. of .Marshville. SeiiiU Article INtitraj iog Slmoe of .such O.Ubt'liiig. NI.U.D NOW TO t I.OSU. t;KA(.i:4 Along with the following editorial, headed "A Wave of Uuiineality," from Ibe lliiilical lieooi del , Mis. H. II. CI rit tin. of Marshx .tie. adds the loiuii.t-ni ttli.it mor .should be "said ainiig in;. line:" 'Since Ihe war there has been a p'ifect wave of imiiioralin in almost every m it ion of our country, and. possibly all over the world. Not In Ihe memory of the oldest citizens has there been an thing hke it. "Here in Halt igil the public dance have become so scandalous tual a few days age Hie major called a meeliiig of I In mot bet s of tV'ie city to confer wi s. linn and advise him what course be should pursue. He also stated thai Ihe pastors might If they felt disposed lo do so. There was a good attendance of women, and a rector of one of Ihe Episcopal churches was present. "The mayor made a statement that or plainness of speech was, perhaps, never surpassed. He showed t.h.tt there were visible evidences of sinful revelry. I!t read a letter from a father who said that he was not in cluded in the invitation, but he had a daughter who would soon be old enough to ;: into society. This father insisted that the mayor close the auditorium against public dancea, and reminded the mayor chat If he did not do so, the sin of premature motherhood would rest upon his shoulders. "We were rather surprised that when the mayor asked Ihe advice of the mothers as to what was best to be done, those v.ho spoke advocated nieasjures that would have merely temporized with Ihe evil. The only man beside the mayor who was In the building moved Ihat Ihe building be closed against public dances, and there were no voles against it. but not all wlhe were present voted. We are glad to sny thai .Mayor Eldrldge favored closing all Ihe tlme but wanted Ihe sentiment of the inotlhtJrs on the matter. "The modern dances are evil, and evil only. The drees of most young women who engage in the dance Is disgraceful, and appeals to what is basest in men. Some inonihs ago we published an editorial which contain ed extracts from a woman who wrote an article for the Atlantic Monthly, on dancing, immodest dress, and other evils of our day. In that ar ticle Mrs. Gerould said thai young men who danced objected to the wearing of corsets by young women with whom they danced, and that most young women d tossed to please the young men. The reason lot the desire tor this form of diess is too patent to need explanation. We have heard that right bete in Ualeigh this demand has been made by voting men, and complied ith by the young women. "Alter dancing until afii r ml 1 niglil oiing couples freiftoutly get into automobile a'ol .;- well, they are lie only mn-s vv no liimu. What i to be tho end of all this no one can tell. Manv a home will be wrecked, nod many a parent's 'heart made lo bleed. Oar n.nio'i maj go the way of ate ;etit li me. nnles there is a clie.-l; put ut the social indulgences that are mi re to lead to inoiiio alily. "From a rnginu i l'tioial in the llapti.!. of Chicago, we I am that 'a niagisir.it" declared leceni ly that out of two hundred t im s of d litii.uenc.v among girls which had been brought bet'oie 'hi in within tthe pat few' Months, automobile rides t m nisiied ninety-live per ieni of the moral lap.es." A ree l. I exchange s.r, I 'hat 'ii'i' clo.-.t d ibe saloon to sue tut" boys, but now we need to close Ihe garage to ave our girls." "In l he 'a 'e ul t hose a ppal iiog fact there are parents who are iiu doi ideil as to what course they should lake xx i i ii i i heir girls in regard to the mo, lein dance, and midnight a.u toiuobilc rides. A good Way ID de cide that question is to read Gal. (!:7. 8. 'He not tlectived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sowtth, that shall he nloi reap. For he (bat sowcth to the llosh shall of the llesili ieip corruption; but he t"iat soweih to Ihe Spiiil shall of the Spitil real lilt everlasting.' "If one thinks thai iher things sihould not be men Honed in the col umns of a religions paper, want M he going to say about the practice if them In so-called high society? We believe the title has come when enr pulpits ami religious papers should lay as de ; II squeamish fcp incs. and cry aloud against the evils that are threatening to blight our homes and w reck our nation. In the editoiial from w hi h we quoted from the llaptist are those sensible words: 'Hecause it is not considered nice lo talk such thine, we have ignored horrible conditions, or contented our selves v i t h wiii; poring1 ahoin theni. The time ha come for a frank rec ognition of the great evil which have grown lift In connection with (he au tomobile, and for such nction on (he part of Ihe public as 'hall r"diice this evil to the minimum.'" j I'.ig It'll gains in shoes. j Two hundrtd pair of shoes, for , t.ie.-iy pti td at fi and JT. going I at our bic sale ct J2.MX.--Ah Joseph. i Hut these. prefeot, mv ihe daj'S iwhtr. higher education means lower Ia .
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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Dec. 7, 1920, edition 1
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