Newspapers / The Monroe Journal (Monroe, … / Dec. 17, 1920, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEfi? i ir he Monroe JournaiI PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.26. No. 90. MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. 52.00 PER YEAR CASH EX-MARINE IS HEIR 10 SULTAN'S HAREM MasNtrlniMMt Soldier (Jet XYoril Thnt He Is Heir to Throne f IJhiiK UiK 1ImiiI. HIS C ASK PUZZLES WASHINGTON Robert A. McClain. of Doston. ex sorgeant of marines and Iuiik time soldier of fortune, may be llie next Sultan of Liang Liang, a tropical Island kingdom at the southern-most tip of tlie Philippine Archipelago. The story of MeClain's possible succession to I lie throne, the wealth a Hi! the royal harem of Liang Liang reads liko a story from the jen of Robert Louis Stevenson or Jack Lon don. lu 1909. McClain enlisted in Joplin. Mo., in the Sixth Field Artillery and sailed from San Francisco to the Philippines. There he was transfer red to the Marine Corps and in the conrso of his duty was sent to the extreme southern ent of the archi pelago, where the Moros were in in sunection. McClean remained on the island until March, 1910. During that lime he had been promoted to Sergeant of Marines, had paved the life of the old ruler of Liang Liang and had sailed away to the United Slates with the everlasting gratitude of the old sultan. Before he left with his regiment McClain was publicly adopted by the Sultan at ceremonies before the head men of the tribe, and was made- the Sultan's successor. One night while on duty, McClean had heard cries and on investigation found a party of marines maltreat ing a wizened old man about eighty years old. McClean rescued him, cir ri' il him to his hut, and then dis covered that the man he had rescued was the native ruler of the island. In a low rambling palare covering two acres the marine bound up the old man's wounds and made him comfortable. After that he. was a frequent visitor at lie palace at the invitation if the Sultan until he was formally adopted according to native custom as the Sultan's son. Alter he had sailed for home. Mc Clain forgot the incident. Then came the World War, and McClain enlisted again in the service of his country, being gent to Camp Devens for training for overseas service. The armistice Intervened and Mc Clain was again discharged, return ing to Wrei'tham, near Huston, w here he met and married Miss Edith Miller. A few days ago McClain lc-.irned that the former Sulian of Liang Liang had died and that the War Department was looking for a former limine named Robert McClain who had been on the island in 1910. He communicated with Washington, and learned that the old Sultan hud In deed made htm heir to his kingdom, and all the pearl fisheries of the island, which are reputed to bo rich. The United States ha been trying for somo time to purchase the pearl fishing lights, but the deal has never been consummated. A tramp steamer calls ut the island twice a month for the natives' pearls. The mntter has been taken up with the Bureau of Insular Affairs, and McClain. It is said, will in all likeli hood, become the next Sultan of the Kingdom of Liang Liang. lie will Inherit all of the property of the old Sultan, including the Royal Ilarc-m. Mi '. McClain Is willing to accept the kingdom and any quantity of the pearls, but wants none of the harem for her hiubtttid. "I can't understand quite why the old Sultan should have left his pos sessions to inc." said McClai'i with a smile, In talking over his luhe-tit-Bnce. "Tho only thing I ever did for hin. was to rescue him frotn some marines, who were bealin? aim tip one nlr.ht. I toolt ,ik.: to bis era is j.ala.e. That's all -.her? was to it. After thai, though, -u seemel very fond of and use.'. t ask me up to the palace almost every day. "The fellows In my outfit used to kid me along about it a whole lot. They called me 'King.' The day tho old man called his head men to gether and adopted nie I thought it was a lot more nonsense." McClain said that he had never seen the Sultan's harem, hut he guessed the old man "kept It well under cover." MARSH VII.I.K HANK IS ItOHHED UK UIU STII.I. RoI.Im'i- Make No Effort to 0ien Vault Containing Thoiisan-h or IMlur. After picking a lock in the rear door, robbers entered the Hank of Marshville Monday night, and stole a forty-galloo still that had been placed in an empty room the day previous by Chief of Police llarnes Griffin. No effort was made to open the vault, which contained thou sands of dollars in currency of the realm a. id negotiable paper. The still was found on the place of Cephas Mullis, near Marshville. ami not caring to come on to Monroe with the con fiscated liquor making out lit. Mr. Grittin had placed It in the Rank of Mnrshville for sale keeping. It is believed that entrance in to the bank was effected by picking the lock on the rear door with a piece of wire. The key, which was in the lock on the Inside of the door, had been pushed out. Scores of burned matches, which littered the lloor. were the only signs of disorder to be found the next morning when tho bank ofiicials opened up for business. SCHOOL BOARD IS HIGHLY PLEASED OVER ELECTION 4liirtiiun Ive Assure Tax-Payers That Pitv-KleetUm Promises Will lie Carried Out. CARRIED HY sEYENTEEN YOTES AH (iAKHISON KAN FIRST ENGINE ON i. DIVISION The Greater Part of His Sixty Year of Life (liven to the Railroad Ser vice. Tho late Ab Garrison, who died at his home lu Abbeville on Monday, Dec. 6, ran the engine which placed the rails from Monroe to Chester on the Georgia division of the Seaboard, according to the Abbeville Press and Uanmr, which gave the following ac count of his denth: "Death called Absolom Lennidas Garrison this morning while he slept. He passed away quietly and evidently without pain and suffering. Mr. Garrison has not been In the best of health since about a year ago, but tho past few weeks he has seemed to be in better health, and he was feel ing better until about a week ago when he suffered an attack of acute indigestion. He seemed to rally from this attack and while he had not been out his physician and friends were not anxious about him, as there wag nothing in his conditio to causa alarm. Hii death which came early this morning was therefore not ex pected and It caused profound sor row in the city where Mr. Garrison had so many friends. "Mr. Garrison was born at Burl ington, N. C, slMy years ago. He was a roi of Joseph nnd Rnrhael Gar rison. As a young man ho turned to the erHHng of a locomotive engineer. Serving first as fireman and then as engineer on the Carolina Central, Mr. Garrison about 1882 was assign id to duties on the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Rr.ilwr-.y, .iow the Sea board Air I. inc. H ;an tho engine which pi iced Tie luil t i.oin Monro1, N. C, to Cost.'r. and vis the fir.;f tnglnccr to bring a train into Abbe ville. All his Tfe since C;.! time hu has given 10 this railroad. And a coti'cii-ntious at d faithful rkcr for those whom !:, served 1..: always pti.vtd himself to be. "In lSr Mr. Garrison was ; rrled to Miss Henrietta Gray, or North Carolina. For the last Iwe.iiy-flve years and Mrs. G u rlson ha'e made their homo l.i Abbeville, and here they have niai'e many fronds. Mrs. Garrison survives her husband. They have no children. The deceas ed is Hlso survived by his brother, Mr. John P. Garrison, of thi3 city. "Funeral services will be conduct ed at the residence of Mrs. Mlushall this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. A. J. Derbyshire of the Episcopal church of which Mr. Garrison had been a member (pr a great number of years. Tonight tho body will be taken over the Seaboard to Peachland, N. C, where it will be laid to rest In the cemetery with Mrs. Garrison's people. A number of friends will accompany the body to Its last resting place. "And thus passes a quiet unassum ing gentleman." ESO. WILLIAM MrWHlltTF.lt REMEMBERS HIS COMRADKS The school bonds, after one. of the most Sliirited contests ever known in ! Monroe, carried Tuesday by seventeen i votes. The final count stood 31! tor. mu ti usuiuM, uui me. registra tion was 603. it was necessary that at least 3l2 votes hn east for the I bonds to carry. l-reilit tor the passage of the bonds is given to the women, who did great work during the registration period and on the day of the election. Cars, driven by some of the most promi nent womr-ii of the town, carried voters to the polls all during Die day, and the women proved to be the equal of the men in political skill. Assurance that the pre-election promise, of the school oard not to sell the. bonds below- par, nor to let ti.e contract for the erection of the build ing until the price of building mate rials and labor is further reduced, will be kept . is given In the fol lowing statement from Mr. W. U. Love, chairman of the board: "We are more than glad that the bonds carried and we especially ap preciate the splendid spirit shown in the matter by the people of Monroe. "Those who opposed ua in the fight for the bonds may rest assurred that we will keep our promises in the matter. No bonds will be sold below par; in fact, we will not offer them for sale until the market Im proves. Prices are coming down at a very rapid rate and w;e will there fore postpone the building until we feel that we can build with the least exnehRO YA'a uhnli i.,r.i .1... i ' ..,.. i.vn iiiiu me matter thoroughly, and will act ac cruing 10 our best Judgment when (he proper time comes to build. "Kvery member of the board feels the the vote was one more or less of confidence, and the responsibility, therefore, is great. So far as we can we will see that the money is no wasted, and that every tax paver gets full value for what he puts Into the building. "The people of Monroe are to be congratulated on the fact that we are to have a real hlch srhnnl i.nil.i. I tug just as soon as conditions will AJOf uui. "It certainly was an Inopportune time to vote, hut if wa hurt itelnvfwt the election we might have missed a very opportune, time to build. "In conclusion, the taxpayers and children of the town may rest assurred that we will do nil ire pun ' to give them the best building pos- MDie at tlie lowest possible cost." UNION" COUNTY "POSSUMS FEEDING AT I.IOIOR STILLS DEATH OK ANOTHER VETERAN Mr. IK C. Trull, a ative of This County, Passe Away In ("harlotta. In the classical language of the Jate Governor Glenn, another Con federate veteran "Joined Lee and Jackson on that other shore" when Mr. D. C. Trull, a native of this county, passed away Monday at his home in Charlotte. He was seventy three years of age. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday by Rev. A. C. Sherwood and Rev. R. M. Halg ler at the Williams. cemetery, near Wingate, where the remains of the deceased were Interned. Mr. Trull is survived by the fol lowing eight children: Mr. W. It. Trull, of Wingate; Mr. C. B. Trull, of Matthews; Mr. J. B. Trull, of Char lotte; Mr. J. F. Trull, ofCharlotte; Mr. Urady Trull, of Charlotte; Mrs. J. W. Griffin, of Charlotte; Mrs. Au brey, of Charlotte; and Mrs. Frank Va.idU, of Goose Creek. Deceased, who was a member of the Baptist church, was a good citl xen; quiet, and attentive to his own affairs. He fought bravely during the war, and was the father of a fine family. Monday Wus the Fifty-Elghth AmiU versHry of the Rattle of Freder icksburg. To the Editor of The Journal: Monday was the fifty-eighth anniver sary of that notable battlo of Frcd erlcksbutg, where many a good man gave up his life for the Lost Cause. 'Among those from my company, Co. F, 48th N. C. regiment, who were killed at this battle were Ervln Slmp- json, Daniel Harkey, James Vickery, and Charles McGlutils. David God frey and A. M. Nlsbet were wounded. I was not In this battle, at the time I being in the hospital. I was also , barefooted, and had no blankets. .Can you young vets beat this? Win. McWhirter, Waxhaw, R. F. D. No. 5. Important Announcement of Great I Interest! Lend It! j The people of 'Monroe and Union county are to have the privilege of hearing one of the world's greatest evangelists In the person of Mr. Ko- ! notnari of Japan on Monday night. Dec. 20. He will speak In the Meth odist church at 7:30 p. m. and you are advised to come early In order to secure a seat. Fnvangelist Konomarl is known as tho Billy Sunday of Ja pan, and the Monroe ministerial as sociation Is very fortunate In securing him even for one address. Do not miss hearing him. H. E. Gumey, jSec. Monroe Ministerial Association. M.,:.h and Swill 11 iv Making the Mem l ers of "Hilly Talt" Trilie Frlskey us Kittens. (From the Charlotte News.) Tho 'possums of Union county are nightly prancing in kittenish frolic vomone: up uud down the bows of the oaks and hickories of the forests primeval. A Union county cili.en brought three robtiSi and smiling 'possums to Charl'Jtte for sale. They were much falter and sleeker than the marsup ials of Union county usually are and their appearance drew quite a crowd to the sidewalk on the West Trade street, where the citizen of Union had parked his wagon. He said in all soberness, In answer to inquiries as to why the 'possums being offered for sale from the forests of Union county are fatter than usual, that it was be cause they got much mash and swill frotn the stills thnt are being opera ted In that county. The man from Union painted a flue word picture of the prolixity of stills nml ol t 1ia riisnnHlt inn nf the hitherto purely "dry" citizens to try their Ihiitid at making home brew of some .kind or other. He said the remote fastnesses of the woods of the county are likely places for operating stills 'unbeknownst'' to tho officers of the law and that the opportunity has been embraced to make nil kinds of home brew. The 'possums steal forth at night frotn their lairs In a hollow tree, a hollow log, a clay bank or elsewhere and seek tho places where mash has been thrown out of the stills after a "run" of liquor has been made, it Is declared. The man alleges that all over Un ion county 'possums are unwontedly slick and fat this fall and that they are as playful and frisky as a cat with a ball of yarn about the hearth stone on a winter evening. Whether they ever attain stages of real intox ication, the man from Union did not undertake to say authoratively. He strongly suspects they ao. Judging from the un-'possum-liko behavior of some of those captured. lYesbyteriMii Church. This church will gladly welcome you to the following services: ' 10 a. m. Sunday school, W. A. Henderson, superintendent. 11a .m, Worship and sermon. 7 p. m. Praise service and third termon on the parables of Jesus "Pearl" and "Treasure." The Roys' HIMe class. Mr. Walton teacher, will meet you, greet' you, and sent you. Be sure- lo bring your pledges for (he Ministerial Relief Eudonnient Fund on Sunday morning Repor'er. The greatest opportunity for im provement is self-lmprovenienl. WOLFE'S RECORDS SHOW STARTLING CONDITIONS The Wave r Immorality, An Out t.rtmth of the War, Hits Struck This Country. MISTREATMENT OF CHILDREN The old idea that a man Is tlie master of his house and family hold.' good until he begins to neglect the education of his children, or in is treats them. TIiimi the law, in the person of Mr. F. II. Wolfe, county commissioner of public welfare, in tercedes, and the It calcitrant parent Is forced to make amends. Mr. Wolfe not only guards the physical and moral welfare of Union county children, but sees that the cinnpulsory school law is enforced. Every teacher in tlie county is re quired to report absences to him; and if. on investigation, it is found that the parent is keeping the child at home, to work in the field, an indict ment is certain to result. Only re ee:,;ly a score of Marshville citizens weie made to pay the costs in the Recordor's court for violating the school law. A second offense will re ceive more drastic treat nient. A superficial glance over Monroe and its environs will show no evi dence, of immorality, but on Mr. Wolfe's records there are many in stances of where young girls have gone astray. On one page there is noted a report from the Charlotte traveller's aid association, showing that (wo young Monroe girls are In the habit of meeting men in Char lotte; on another pace one finds that a Union county young woman is an inmate of Samarcand, the state home for fallen young women; and there are also records of applications made for the admission of two others, one a young widow whose husband fell a victim to Influenza during the terrible epidemic of 1 9 1 S , the other a young er girl who was reported to be the compalon of the widow In her de bauchery., A Monroe man Is seen in the com pany of a woman lu the late hours of the night. Some self-appointed guardian of the community's morals reports the occurrence to Mr. Wolfe-. An investigation follows, and unless the young woman voluntarily reforms other methods to stop her immoral practices Is resorted to. Keep After Stills. Mr. Wolfe's records make Interest ing reading. Among some of t lit cases that have recently come unto his observations, as shown by his books are: "Ernest Lowery, col., has been boarding with Flounie Iloggan, rol., and refuses to pay. Threatens Flou nie whon she complains. When I be gan making enquiries Ernest had left town. "Belle Houston, col., charged with finding and keeping a pocket book be longing tn a negro by the name o Header. She urknow ledges rinding tho pockelbook .under Reader's pil low when she went to cleun up his room, but denied keeping it, claim ing thnt she left it lying on tho table. "Information concerning Illicit whiskey stills, as given me by citi zens, passed on to revenue officers. "Pinckney Stevens, 8 years old, re ports that he has been mistreated by other boys. His sister tok up the quarrel and had a racket with teach er when she tried to straighten out the matter. Investigation showed that the boy was as much to blame as the other in the first quarrel. Stegall hi the Navy. "Roy Stegall ran away from school, where he had been plced In crordance with order in Governor's pardon. Principal of school reported to me that he had gone to Raleigh to enlist In the navy. Went after him immediately, but found that he ban already been sent to some point in Virginia. Reported matter to Gov ernor Blckett. who decided that It would be as well to let hi.ni stay In the navy. "While 011 this trip for Stegall went to Kinston to try to get the Smith girl Into the school for the feeble-minded, but there was no availa ble room "Planned to raise funds to secure treatment lor Lexie Medlin at Johns Hopkin hospital. Lexie went, but doctors said they wore unable to do anything for him. "Windshield of Knox Carrawa.Vs car broken by four boys who were throwing rocks in the streets. "Earl Little In trouble again. Went Into Iceman's store and stole some money. Mr. Iceman says that other things were tnkwi. Earl says that the key was given him a month ago by Brady Helms, son of Joe Helms, and that he shared with Tom Helms in all that he took. Tom Is a son of Bud Helms. Earl says that Roscoe McManus had nothing to do with en tering Iceman's store, but was impli cated In the Yandle- store robbery. "A. Clark, colored, aged about 60 years, died at home of Floience To ney, colored. Had $ 126.25 in the bank, but withdrew it Oct. 5. Has moving picture outfit, w hich has been used about a year, at his boarding house." The names in the following domes tic cases. In order to save relatives unpleasant notoriety, are omitted: " , a boy, aged 1 1 years. Mother is careless, dirty and lazy. Will not make boy work. Nev er goes to school. Now living wilh another family. " ' , a boy, nr 1 3 vears. Is living away fr.itu his latner. Mother died nhou: a je.ir nun. Fn- ;ther inarrUd a woman whom he Is ,sald to be "keeping ip" for the p.it .'six or seven years. N"':-i!ors slate that home of father is no deceit ' place for the children. "' , 14-year-old girl. 1 registers complaint about her treat ment. Parents dead and she is Ly ing with her grandmother, who will not allow her to go to school. She has about Ili.CUO. which was intient ej from her lather. Her grandfa ther promises to nu ve 10 Wingate so as to enable her to attend school." line of the worst ci.ses that has bi-en handled by Mr. Wolfe was 1'int of three white sisters, who virtually ke. p a brothel They have been seen with men at ell hours -jf the nkhi. Even the best families have their trials, and under Mr. Wolfe's can ait two white lad' who have been leading the lives of young vagabonds, having o,nij entered upon 4 1 fe l crime and plunder. Among some of the other cases are: Fourteen-year-old girl charges mistreatment against father; wife wilh several children 1-aves her home on account of husband's cruelty; charge of criminal assault against 16-yea.-old youth; and various and sun dry other charges. The need fur additional appropri ations for the state's welfare Institu tions is graphically told by Mr. Wolfe's reports. Because there is no room for more patients at the feeble minded school, one mentally defect ive girl has narriej; and as the ca pacity of Sacratuand Manor is over taxed, several young girls, who ought lu be there, are walking the highways of the county. REFORMERS TO MAKE WAR ON KISS OF MOYIE YAMP Far Woim- Than Drinking, Forbidden Home, or 1 let ting on the Horse- Kates. FOUR REFORMS FOR THIS YEAH FRANK LIMEHIt k MAY HE IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR Mr. J. H. I.ee is Alxt Being Mention, eil for Honor May Have a Woman Cniidiilnle. An effort, it was learned yester day, is being made to Induce Repre sent at ive-elect Frank Limerick to en ter the race for Mayor of Monroe next May. Mr. Limerick has come to no decision, so friends of his told The Journal, but he has the matter under consideration, and they confi dently expect favorable action. A strong sentiment for Mayor Sikes' re-election, especially among the recently enfranchised women voters, who are pleased with his pro gressive administrations, is discern ible. Mr. Slkes, however, has time and lime a'-'iiin reiterated his desire 10 quit (he post; and it is very doubt ful that sufficient pressure could be brought to bear 6 serure a change of mind, especially since the school bonds pnssed. It has been his desire all along to remain no longe. in of fice until a new high school building was assured and with this Incentive now happily removed he Is said to no longer care about holding the munic ipal reins. Mr. J. If. Lee, president of the First National Rank, is frequently mentioned in connection with the Mayoralty race, but It Is doubtful If he, 011 account of Ms huge and va ried busine-s Interest, has even so much as given the matter a thought. Rut the extensiveiiess of his business interests bus not deterred scores of of his enthusiastic friends and ad mirers from urcing him for Mayor. There is much speculation over I he probable entry of a woman candidate for Mayor. One prominent Monroe woman is known to have expressed her determination to run, but she may have done so In Jest. In many quarters there is a good deal of sent iment for Mr. G. S. Lee. Jr., for Major. Mr. Lee rendered great ser vice to the party as chairman of Un democratic executive committee, and 011 top of this he Is an ex-service man. SOUTH WILL REDUCE ITS ACREAGE FIFTY PER 4 'ENT Col. Thompson Piwllcts a Cotton Crop of Only Six Million HalcM tor Next Year. A reduction of at least fifty per cent in the cotton acreage of 1921 and a crop of not more than six million bales, was predicted by W. B. Thompson, former president m the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, in an address before the cotton con ference called at Memphis last Wed nes to Inaugurate a campaign for a material cotton acreage reduction and crop diversification during the coming planting season. "The South is determined to reduce the cotton acreage in 1921 to at least oiie-hali of that of last voir," Col. Thompson raid. "This will mean thnt the com ing crop will be reduced to six mil lion bales or less. The convention here is called for the, purpose of solidifying this determination and serving notice on the world that the cotton producing South will no longer permit Its chief agricultural asset to jbe slaughtered and Its producers im poverished by any combination of clr cumstances or Interests whatsoever." Colonel Thompson declared the re duction movement was made lieces jsary by the "appalling decline In I prices, due, we are told by apologists I for the ruthless deflation campaign, I to over-production. In spite of the I fact, that in the spring the farmers .were urged and wicouraged by its fi nancial authorities at Washington to produce all the cotton possible," Col onel Thompson continued, "we are, after the price has declined to fig ures which represent less than one half actual cost of production, told that we have produced too much and must stand the consequences of si c' overproduction. The answer to this I; (hat we will hold tight to every ha!" of (he so-called surplus and th.it io will reduce thv next crop to proportion which will stagger those who wojld reduce the cotton pro ducer to a conditon of destitution. Let the world prepare Itself for a Ave or six million bale crop In 1921." The Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, siliierinl.iii!nt ol iIim I ...rim t u.m aI jlu-luiiu Hiireau, Inc., is going forto to reform that iiir-inii.-d portion of American youth which is tempted after seeing a movie to go out and shoot up a town or rob a dank; those persons in the United Slates, Canada and Mexico who persist in long distance betting on Hie laces; those wiio are thirsty enough to drink liquor that is taken out of bonded ware-houses and tho.-e in China who take morphia if they are able to get it, ravs a Washington dis patch to the New York Heiald. Dr. Craft said so to-day at the headquarters of the International Re form Bureau, Inc.. a building set comfortably near the Capitol, away from the liittuences of vice. Anybody who has any other idea about what the Intel national Reform Bureau, Inc. is trying to do has it entirely wrong. There Is no movement on foot, the Rev. Dr. Crafia averred to close up movies 011 Sunday or any other day, except so far as the Dis trict of Colui bia is concerned. There the "blue luvv" Sunday dosing is to -stop, at lea.;t for the present. The hands of the International Reform Bureau. Inc., are full with its effort to put through during the present year the specific corrections as they apply to tho United Slates, Canada, Mexico, and China. The blue laws of the District of Columbia is a side line entirely. Four Reforms This Year. The lour reforms that constitute the year's program are: 1. Federal censorship for the movies, 2. The prevention of the smug gling of morphine from America to China. 3. Tho Inter-state and Inter national transmission of bets between Canada and Mexico and the several Slates as applied to the races. 4. The removal of the whiskey stock of the country from something like four hundred bonded ware houses and its deposit In about sis bonded warehouses, where it is lest likely to be stolen. Soaring above all the other great Issue Is that of the movies In Amer ica, in the mind or the Rev. Dr. Crafts. The worst feature of the silver screen Is the kissing, kissing by vampires, unholy, unwholesome kissing thai can be traced to much or the laxity in the morals of those who go to the movies. To those who sit In the dark and watch a vamp kiss somebody Important out of a million or so there is the g run est peril. The time was when tin evil wa. not so great, but now the thing is different. The rough element that used (o hang out in the bar-tooni Is gtdug lo the movie; and there, in spired by the wily vamps, makes prey of unsuspecting women of ten der age. Statistics of everything bad that has happened as a diiecl result are lu the course of preparation. Two Kinds nf Kisses. There ar.- two kliul. of kisses, the Rev. Dr. Crafts has decided after considerable study. First, there is the sacred kiss, which is far too sin-red to be portrayed on the srree-n. Then there Is the Infamous kiss, which is far too infamous to be pic tured. Those are the kisses or the vamp. Those are the sort that should be ruled out of (lie reel. "Our idea Is to have the mot ion pictures reguliiiHd Jus! like the banks and the railroads," the reformer ex plained. "We want to have a board of censorship that will correspond to the UnitMl States Supreme Court. I believe there should he a membership of at least seven men of the highest character, men who could command a salary of four thousand dollars a year. I would then have boards of deputies iii various cities and make il possible for appeals to be taken to (he higher authority. State censor ship of the movies has proved Inade quate. "Most motion pictures are Im proper. The evils are twofold. Thry depict crlm a thing responsible for many robberies and murders, and they play up their sex appeal, which has its evils among those of more mature age. Must Exclude Vamp. "The vampires should be excluded. A great war should be waged against their Infamous kissing. I refer to the sort of kissing that typifies the complete surrender one soul to another." Do you ever gi to the movies?" Dr. Crafts was asked. " Yes." he replied. "Quite a lot." "How much?" "Enough." he replied, "to know how bud they are." In the opinion of Dr. Crafts, the people of the United States are not yet ready for (he applications of the blue laws or Sunday closing. The International Reform Bureau is not making any campaign of this sort at this time, he said, except to give- Its Indoisetneiii 10 a bill in Congress looking tn the Sunday closing nf the aters in the District of Columbia. The International Reform Bureau, Dr. Crnfls ixplained, Is twenty-six years old and has a long list of re form measures accomplished to its cridit. The organization Is suppoited by public contributions. It spent j6,00) last year. As a man thinks, he grows.
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 17, 1920, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75