The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, October 06, 1921, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED 1804
MARION LIBRARY
HAS RARE PRIZE.
Original (irtmt for l>aml the Town Oc
tuples Presented by Miss
Kate Blue.
Marion, Sept., 27. ? The original
grant from George III of England for
the land upon which the town of
Mjyrion now stands was donated Saturday
to the Marion public library by ,
Miss Lily Blue.of this city. The i
parchment, which ha. hppn porofniii-l
framed for a number of years, is in an 1
excellent state of preservation and i
constitutes a valued acquisition to the
historical relics possessed by the li- i
brary. <
The grant was made to James God- i
bold, the first settler in this immedi- ]
ate vicinity and is dated 1769. The
"History of the Old Cheraws", by 1
Bishop Gregg, has this to say of the 1
Godbolds who early came to this sec- i
tion: i
"About the time of the Welsh im- \
migration to Pee Dee, settlements i
were made lower down the river in
what was afterward Liberty precinct, i
now Marion district. i
"John Godbold was among the first i
who came to this region. He was an 1
Sing'.'shman and had long been a sail- j
ot in the British service. Though ad- 1
vanced in years, at the time of his <
arrival, such was his enterprise and t
energy, that he accumulated 'a large ,
property. He settled in 173 5 about i
half a mile below the present site of i
Marion, being the first adventurer to
that locality. <
"He was a member of the Church <
of England and died in 1765 at the \
advanced age of more than 100 years <
in the faith of his fathers. His three j
sons, John, Jomes and Thomas, re- \
ceived grants of lands as he did from
the king of England." <
It is the grant of land to his son, i
James, which has become the proper- \
ty of the library. History says that 1
when a site for the court house was |
to be decided upon in 179 8 it was first i
intended to put it three miles below j
the present site and call it Gilesboro 1
for a Revolutionary here, Capt. Hugh i
Giles. But Thomas Godbold, the son ]
of James offered to give four acres :
of land upon which to put the county i
building and that is why the town
was built where it is.
He alBo asked that the town be ,
named for Gen. Francis Marion under i
whom members of hiB family had
fought during the War of the Revolu- 1
tion. He asked for no recognition for .
himself, but when the town was laid ]
off the*principal street running east j
and west was called Godbold in his j
honor. It is feared that not many \
of the residents here know that the i
beautiful public square was'a dona
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nun uuui une 01 trie ttrst landowners
of thiB section. .,
The old faded parchment presented
to the library by Miss Blue should be
of personal interest to many in the
town of Marion as James Godbold
has many descendants among the
most prominent families of the town
and county, among them being the
Evans, Blues, Ellerhes. Haseldens.
Miles. Mannings and others, as well
as Godbolds.
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TTNKONWX MAN
V . _ KILLED BY TRAIN
Letters in Pocket Addressed to "R.
('. Applewhite, Delcw, N. C."
The following dispatch was sent
out from Mullins Thursday:
Mullins, Sept. 29?The body of a
well dressed young man apparently
about 30 years old was found near
the Atlantic Coast Line trestle on
the west side of the Pee Dee river
at an early hour this morning. The
only identification found on the young
man was the name, Creedle, sewed in
the isside of the coat. An envelope
addressed to R. C. Applewhite, Delco,
N. C., was also found on the body.
The dead man had red hair, brown
eyes, and a fair complexion, good
teeth, weight about 135 pounds and
was dressed in bine serge suit and
overalls. The skull was crushed and
the left arm broken just below the
nnouiaer. me DOdy was carried to a||
Dillon undertaker where it has been .
embalmed and la now being held for
identification. If no one ia found
to Identify the dead man the body!r
will be turned over to the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad tomorrow for dis- *
position. ,
The verdict of the coroner's jury .
investigating the young man's death ,
was to the effect that the deceased ^
apparently came to his death by be- t
ing struck by the train.
(Local Coast Line officials have no ,
knowledge of the tragedy. The body .
was not sent to Dillon, but must have
gone to some other place. The only T
? ^Information local officials have is j
~ J. what they saw in the papers.)
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Teacher's Reception. c
* There will be a reception given at s
the residence of Mrs. E. L. Moore t
tomorrow (Friday) evening beginning e
at 8 o'clock. This reception under 1
the auspices of the Improvement Club t
is given in honor of the faculty of \
the Dillon High School. All parents i
an<j young people are cordially in- i
vited to be present, but no children, i
and it is hoped that a large attend- c
ance will gTeet and welcome the i
teachers to our midst. I
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"THE DILLON HEltAl
OPENS BKANCH IN CiHEKXVIIXK.
Moore Motors Co. Al'ter Business in
Big Piedmont City.
The following from the Greenville
News will be of interest to Dillon citizens:
Seven years ago E. L. Moore, with
his son, D. L. Moore, nnd his two
brothers, J. W. ana U. S. Moore, began
business in Columbia and Dillon,
as state distributors for the Liberty
Six automobile. The firm, known as
the Moore Automobile company, has
distributed the Liberty Six since it
made Ks first appearance in this
state, in 1915, ana few automobile
distributors in South Carolina have
made greater successes of their busi
ness than has the Moore company.
Known from one end of the state to
the other as one of the most substantial
and at the same time one of the
most progressive automobile concerns
in the state, it has enjoyed a business
that has, in many ways, been phenomenal.
In today's News the Moore Automobile
company announces the opening
of its Greenville sales and show
rooms, together with a service station
and parts department that will
idequately take care of the requirements
of Liberty Six an^ Jordan owngrs.
For, in addition to the di'jtribu
lion or the Liberty Six, the Moore
Automobile company is also now the
state distributor for the Jordan automobile.
A large number of the new models
of both the Jordan an(j the Liberty
Six will soon be on display and
the automobile fraternity of Greenville
welcomes the coming of this
progressive and successful new distributor?that
Is. new to Greenville.
Mr. S. T. Atkinson, who has been
connected with Mr. Moore as general
sales manager in the distribution of
the cars he has handled since he first
began business in 1915, has arrived
In Greenville and will have complete
charge of the business here. This
is not simply to be a branch, but will
be the distributing point for not only
this section of the state, but for that
portion of North Carolina formerly
handled from Charlotte. Mr. Atkinson
is an experienced automobile
man, knows the business, and espeially
does he know the two popular
cars he will handle, and he comes
to Greenville with the idea of making
his business one of the big factors
in the city's business life. Mr.
Atkinson has recently won seventh
place among several hundred Liberty
Six salesman through the country,
running 112 per cent, in his sales.
r>nd this is a pretty fair indication
of the manner in which he may be
expected to do business in Greenville.
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TAKE KICiHT STEPS.
Florence Daily Times.
The announcement that the delegations
of Florence and Marion counties
have brought the Pee Dee bridge
matter to a definite head will cause
rejoicing throughout the Pee Dee
section. The fate of the bridge has
been hanging in the balance so long
that many had come to fear it would
be lost and the people denied a boon
they have long dreamed of. Under
the plan adopted by the delegations in
their conference yesterday the two
counties will build a toll bridge of
their own. They will not seek nor
expect assistance from the State
Highway Commission nor the Federal
jovernment. The bridge will be
built with the proceeds of bond issues
luthority for which will be procured
through legislative enactment. There
s no question of doubt about the fact
that the tolls will pay the interest
>n the bonds and eventually retire
them. After that the tolls will prove
i Bource of revenue that will build
ind maintain good roads all over the
wo counties. The Marion and Florence
representatives have taken the
ight step. It is sincerely hoped that
10 obstacles will be thrown in their
way and that they will go about the
>usiness of getting the bridge deermlnedly
and without delav. The
>ridge will be built at the Mars Bluff
'erry site. We have no reason to beieve
the State Highway Commission
would ever have consented to this site
ind It is clear that the Federal Bu eau
of Roads does not care to cross
iwords with the engineers of the
lighway commission. The difference
>f opinion 'between the engineers of
he highway commission and the engineers
employed by Marion to survey
the projected sites and pass upon
heir merits are too rooted for agreenent
ever to be reached on th!o point.
Vs a matter of fact It Is stated that
he highway commission engineers
ind the federal bureau people had already
decided against the Mars Bluff
erry site and would offer a compromse
proposition. This being the case it
s well that the two counties hovae deeded
that it is useless to wait longer
>n them and have cut loose. As far
is we are concerned we are ready to
iccept the assurances of Col. Johnion
that the bridge can be built at
dars Bluff with county funds cheaper
han it can be built at the upper site
with government aid. We are also
cady to accept his opinion as to the
>racticabillty of the Mors Bluff fery
site. Col.'Johnson's ability as an
engineer is unquestioned. It has been
gained through wide and varied exjerlence.
His regiment of engineers'
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Y FAIR, t
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<D, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. Tl
' 1 AVOltS NATIONAL
PAY UP CAMPAIGN.'
(Advises Farmers to Sell at Least a'
Part ??f Cotton Crop?Other
Points.
(Wilmington Dispatch.
So interesting was the article by
!\V. S. Jonees, manager of the credit
jdepartment of the Virginia-Carolina'
(Chemical company, on "getting back'
i to normal conditions." as renrndneed!
'in this paper from the Jackson Pro!
gress-Argus thai request lias been
i that it again be printed so that those
! who failed to read same before may
'have another opportunity. The article
is as follows:
Of all the suggestions made to
| bring about the restoration of normal |
business conditions none is more
jtimely than that of a national payup
campaign. Such a movement, if
put into effect throughout the country,
would help business and relieve
!conditions wonderfully. It would he
I the electric spark needed to fire the
fabric of the nation's business life.
The wheels are locked. They havei
* t. ~ a_~ v
I wwii iuvivc-(i iui uiuiiuiK. ixoouuy nas 1
paid anybody else. Credit has been'
extended to the limit. The country
has done all the business on paper'
that it can afford to do. Some ready :
,cash is needed to unlock the wheels
and start the procession to moving.'
The south learned a bitter lesson I
these past 12 months. While Texas
land he states west of the Mississippi
river sold their cotton, the eastern
.belt held. The price fell from 40
cents to 10 cents. The banks loaned (
money to their capacity. They even'
strained themselves to accommodate
the farmers who wanted to hold cot-'
ton. Even now the banks are loaded,
with cotton paper. The merchants are
carrying thousands and millions of
unpaid claims on their books.
Nobody who cares anything about
(his reputation can afford to give advice
about holding or selling cotton,
i Naturally, in the face of a short crop,
the growers want all they can get
for the staple. On the other hand, remembering
the lessons of the past
season, it BeemB to be the part of common
sense to sell at least a part of
the cotton crop and pay up some of
the old debts.
Once a debt paying campaign is
started it will have a far reaching effect
on all lines of business. Like a
stone thrown in a pond, the waves
will reach the furthermost shores of
business. Buying will result. The
wheels will be starred to moving Better
business will result. Everybody
will feel the stimulating effect. The
depression will be lifted and we will
be on the road to normal conditions.
One thousand dollars turned loose
in Jackson would settle many debts.
Fiom sunrise to sunset the money
would travel, performing the useful
mission of making easy many who
are now hard pressed. A half million
dollars would settle still more debts, j
me 8,uuu or more bales of cotton
held in Butts county, together with
the 4,000 or 5,000 that will be made
this year, at 20 cents a pound are
worth more than a million dollars.
The seed will add thousands to this
total. The farmers and business men
of Butts county are to be congratulated
that they are in such fortunate
circumstances. When this cotton is
sold it will wipe out many old scores.
There is no doubt about it the two
things needed to put business on its
feet In this territory, are first, a debt
paying campaign and second, a buying
movement. Put these two forces
to work and everybody will soon be1
happy and smiling and business will'
bo well on the road to normal.
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Fork.
Mrs. Carrie Lewis is spending the
week at Latta with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McQueen and
children and Mesdames Jack McDonald
and Uuby Fort Carmichael spent
last Wednesday at Fayetteville,, N. C.
School opened Monday with the
following corps of teachers: Mr. Sam
mie Edwards, of Mullins, principal;
Misses Annie Weatherly, of Minturn;
Mollie Williams, of Ruffington and
Miss Plaiyor of Elliott, as assistants.
Mesdames L. M. Rogers, Grace
Carmlchael, Gilbert Carmichael and
Mrs. Oliver Carmichael spent Wednesday
in Mullins with Mrs. John Sinclair.
Master Boyd Port Carmichael entertained
a large number of his litttle
friends Monday afternoon with a
birthday party. After many games had
been played they marched into the
dining room. On the center of the
j table was a white birthday cake decorated
with five pink candles. After
each child made a wish to the little
host they blew out the candles and
pink and white ice cream and cake
were served. '
As the guests were making their
departure they were presented with <
cones of candy tied with pink ribbon,
and they left wishing the little
host many more happy birthdays.
under his direction wrote history in
France. The State Highway commission
is useful in many ways but
we believe the bridge proposition is
better off in its present shape; federal
aid or no federal aid. The Times is i
glad that the matter has come to n i
head and believes that the plan of
the county delegations is the best solution
of the problem,
ICTOBER I
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IURSDAY, MOH.VlMi, (MT(?lii:i! 0. 1
wooimow wilsox
111! is tollayl
Lives I?y 8-Hour l>?y un?l follows!
\V::;,s of a Itetire,) (ientleman with
a Lively Interest in the World's!
Affairs.
!
Woodrow Wilson fell a siek manji
two years ago on September 20th.L
.....v- nirii in- iius passeu under tin- j
shadow of death and out of Hi" While ;
House. An Associated Press dispateh ;
from Washington, with that bop in- j
tiing, goes on: ,
Thousands of Americans of what-if
ever political faith recalled the aunt- j
versarv of the beginning ol' the form- r
or President's illness and wondered |
what he was doing. Although he n<>!;
longer figures in the daily headlines ^
as he use,i to. Mr. Wilson still is j
"news." (
Thep fore, it seems appropriate on ;
this oc : tsion to tell the late news -*
about him. x
Mr. Wilson, besides following the ,
ways of a retired gentleman, with a f
lively interest in the world's affairs, ,
lives by the eight hour day which lie j
once told Congress was "adjudged by x
the thought anj experience of recent
years a thing upon which society is j
justified in insisting, as in the inter- B
est of health, efficiency and content- N
nient." He alms to have eight hours j
for sleep, eight hours for work, and f
eight hours for relaxation, and keeps i
t ? the schedule pretty fairly.
Slmves and Bathes Alone. n
Seven o'clock in the morning is ,
about his rising time. He once again' \
shaves and bathes alone and then'<
takes some calisthenic exercises pre-1,
scribed by his physicians as benefi-j]
viai in restoring the use of nerves and J,
muscles which were impaired during!,
his breakdown. He has breakfast in {
Mrs. Wilson's boudoir and finds thai ,
two years of illness and slow conval- ,
eseence have not affected his appetite.
The morning papers never are neglected
whatever else may demand attention.
Half a dozen of them are delivered
early and Mr. Wilson reads
them thoroughly.
Then comes the morning's work.
About that time the mall carrier six
days a week delivers quite a packet
of letters. They come from a variety
of correspondents. Old friends of the
administration days write in formal
friendly notes or discourses on the
politico of the day. Schools an,j col- (
leges ask for donations; individuals ,
who feeel the pinch of times ask for (
some personal financial assistance. ,
Others discourse on the shortcomings,
as they see them, of the Republican i
party. Autograph hunters are repro- (
sented in large numbers. Various t
gentlemen who think their ailment is <
the same as Mr. Wilson's want to }
know the names of his physicians, j
Mr. Wilson invariably goes over the f
morning's mail with her husband; (
some letters are turned over to a sec- f
rotary for reply, most of them the ^
former President answers personally t
dictatting to a stenographer wbo't
comes from his law office every morn-'f
ing for the purpose. All of them he'0
signs himself.
The morning's work is done in tb" v
library. The old desk and ehair and v.
table Mr. Wilson used in his study at it
Princeton are there. Thousands of ?
volumes which were packed away t
while he was in the White House are g
there. Through the windows may he t
seen the indigo blue strip of Virginia
hills where he used to go golfing, and s
not far away hangs a bag of golf t
sticks, a reminder of better days. t
Idkes to Take Motor Drives. 1
The former President an<j his in- i
separable companion always have i
their luncheon served in the dining
room. Then comes a nap of an hour c
and then, unless the weather is mostjl
inclement, a motor drive. Mr. Wilson ?
while in the White House became at-j{
tached to a certain automobile. It c
went back, as is the custom each year i
to the manufacturer from whom Mr. 1
Wilson bought it as a "used car," He I
had it painted .black with orange j
trimmings?Princeto colors?and in'<
this day which lie regards as an old,
friend, he goes driving into the coun- i
tryside. He dislikes exploring new t
routes hut rather enjoys driving over
the same ground at about the same g
time. Many folks the country look t
for him; one quaint old lady recent- p
ly held up the car and presented a fc
sweater which she bad knitted; a lit- \i
tie girl gave him a knitted lap rob. ?
Frequently the car atops at a farm s
and taken on a load of fresh vegeta-'t
bles. eggs and fowl. The party is always
home before dark. Ih
Dinner is an informal affair; some- s
times there are guests, always old tl
friends or associates. Mr. Wilson no h
longer dresses for the occasion as he d
always did while President; it is en ^
famille. But no meal in the Wilson it
household ever proceeds until grace n
Is said. Mr. Wilson has always said a
It himself, and months ago when he s
was so weak he could hardly stand tl
without aid, and his voice was almost g
inaudible, lie steadied himself on his y
ehair and whispered the plea for
Divine blessing. g
Friends remember him even at d
meals. Frequently a Potomac river ft
fisherman sends him a rare specimen d
from his catch. Once, another friend n
sent him ducks out of season and paid "
the game warden a handsome penalty. ]<
After dinner he goes in for reading g;
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\vi:n:i> mi kdkk stouv.
V? m'o Vv*':ii:t'c| Iill ?if I'tikiioxvii
km-m.tn I |??<11 Instigation and
Willi a I'Vii Ihinks.
For th<- .-ak. of avenginp th? d -a11 < j
i" a kinsman whom they had
u*v r : Will Hoyil, .Min- ral
*1 :iius. n- a.o, is a raving maniac
a the .South Carolina insane asylum,
md Ablahani Lincoln, Monroe ne-i'
:ro, fiti'i s a life sent? nee in the pentent
iarv. A voluntary confession
nade to Six riff Grant, of C'hesterield
county, will save his 1 if* , b?iovcs
J. C. Sik< :-, of Monroe, who'
epresents him. j,
Their uncle, old man Steven See-,
:ar.--. well to-do- Chesterfield farm- ,
r, who is charged with being the
nstigator of the murder, will face a'
"hesierfield jury along with Lincoln'1
it the n? xt term of court beginning ^
rionday. September 26. lie, too. .
vill be tried for his life but it is
bought that the state will be satisied
with a sentence of life itnpris '
mment for both him and Lincoln '
Joyd, unless he regains his sanity, '
vill never be tried for the offense.
Mean whiskey and the appeals of
lis uncle, Steven Seegtirs, for the
ivengeance of his son's death, who!'
vas shot by Gansoti Funderburk while',
ie was attacking an officer who was
utcmpting to arrest him, are assigned
>y Lincoln as the cause of his deed. I
"They just wouldn't let me alone,' i
Lincoln told Mr. Sikes, in speaking
)f the efforts made bv Seorars and hi?
joys to get him to go down to South
Carolina to kill Ganson. "He told
lie." he continued, "that if I had been
killed like hit? son that he would have
come to North Carolina to avenge
my death."
For days, said the negro, he resisted
the combined efforts of the liquor
and his uncle, but when the
widow and children of the dead man
wore brought to his house he yielded.I
Lincoln and Boyd went to the;
home of Seegar6 for the purpose of
killing Ganson but on their first attempt
their nerve failed. However,
their uncle continued to give them
liquor and at first, he stated, worked
them up to the point where they!
shot the two Funderburk brothers
while they were working in the
field.
He denies there was a money con-1
sideration involved. 'The$5.00 bill I
given me by Uncle Steven," he declared,
"was to pay my railroad fare
from Dethune, S. C., to Monroe."
Lincoln says they were carried to
the scene of the killing by one of
jld man Seegars' boys. Shortly afer
daybreak they approached Gan
>vu, livnas ami r unutTOurg
ie continued, while they were piowng
in the field. Pretending t<> be
leeing blockader.s, they explained to
Sanson that they were cold and linn- *
try. Atlanta, Georgia, they paid,
vas their destination. "You needn't
>e afraid, we won't hurt you," is
he saint ion they made when they
irst greeted the Funderburk broth-;
rs. I
Here Lincoln explained that it
. as their intention to kill Gannon!
is he started to his field, but tlia'
his plan was abandoned when they!
law that there were three in the pary,
and besides the Funderburks had
ipottted them before they could kill
hem unawares.
On hearing their story. Gannon
aid to his brother, Laney Funder>urk,
"Go and get these men sotnehing
to eat; we may be away from
tome some time and these very men
nay feed us." Laney started on his
nission. as theretofore related.
After Laney's departture Lincoln
exhibited his pistol to Ganson, who
ikewise showed bis. They fondled
ach other's guns, admiring their
;ood qualities and making various
:omments upon them Lincoln's
)istol barrels were highly polished
Ifi gf f) Uul further
-- ?u luiiiiri, lUUSIllg IIH- fUIl .
o reflect upon it is the faces of tin
^air. "I don't like a shining pun," *
Sanson is alleged to have said.
Boy(i also showed his pistol, hand- *
ng it over to Gannon for examinaiou.
Lincoln and Ganson began firing (
it a stump, causing all four of them
0 cross .a low place to view the tar- f
;et. Boyd and Lincoln, however, '
leld hack, and as Ganson and Relias
vere bending over the stump fired r
everal times. Looking around they *1
aw the Funderburk brothers pros- 11
rate upon the ground.
Leaving the men for dead, they:
astened back to the woods. By 18
low degrees, dodging all roads, I**.
hey made their way back to the!
ome of Seegars, who promptly or- 11
ered them to go into a stretch of
mods in the rear of his home, say- ?
lg that he feared that the officers '
light discover them if they stayed I1
bout the house. When told of the ^
uccess of their plan. Lincoln said
tiat Seegers shook their hands, con- 81
ratulnting them as follows: " Boys,
on have made a good job of i:." ^
They remained in the woods near n
eegars* home the remainder of the 81
ay. Food, he said, was sent them n
om the house. During the day while *!
iscussing the killing. Lincoln re- 01
larked that Will lost his nerve, but c
1 had them niggers fall right and
dt." To this gruesome oally Seears
replied: "I knew you'd do it. ir
knew your daddy."?Gastonia, (N. ft
.) Dally Gazette. tl
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VOL. 3K. NO. 3.
l hi: r\< ii Y.V;i:I> omil
Is iii l>niig?M-. I;s|k-< ialh in Automobile
ni Night.
Mrs. \V. N. Hutt, ed11 o r of the
woman's d? partim-ui of th? progressive
Farmer, writ s as follows:
One niyb' a'-out l?*v?-n o'rloek I
sat on the porch i tfio:. iag the stars
niitl the cool big l?n ? z* s All was
tlark about tin- housi and 1 noticed
tli? a i /preaching !;t.!.t "! uii automobile
on 'In- public road. As the car
reached tie front < : the plac it
slowed and a girl's sweet, refined
voice said, "Hut I don't want to get
aut and walk. W* don'' ? ven know
iv he re we are.
"Yes, w?' do", s.iid a boy's voice,
i can s> tin- lights <f A- B. I'm
tired of : i?iiv l. so l? t's walk a few
tuinutes."
"Why A?II is forty miles from
home. L? t's turn around and start
back."
Tlx* car stopped and the pl? ading
continued. Presently from the dark
;ame a sereom and ' Don't don't
Stop! Tom! Behave yourself."
I started toward the road but before
I could r*ach tin boy and girl,
the car had pom off down the road
at a furious rate. That boy and
Kill were types of young people all
over the country and the newspapers
and court records prove that
when rides in the dark ate necessary
some older person should he there.
The lonely midnight ride should
b?- considered a risky adventure and
parents should so recognize it. There
was a sensational case recently,
called the Hnllman case. For
months a vicious minded young man
of good family scheme^ and plotted,
as the trial showed, against a young
lady concerning whom there was
never a word of reproach. Being
brought up in a home of rugged
honesty where distrust and suspicion
were unknown, there- was nevei
a thought on her part that harm
could come to her at the hands of
her escort, yet so dastardlv u-as he
that the jury hestitated whether to
pive him deah or the limit of the
sentence in the penitentiary. The fault
was not in the pirl's poinp to the party
but in beinp unaccompanied by art
elder person late at nirht on a lonely
road.
The automobile has a thousand advantages
but there are possible disadvantages.
Nothinp in all the instruments
of world propress is so
fine that it cannot be used for baser
purposes. It is for us to utilize it'
for pood and u?? th< common horse
sense with which we were born to
protect our younp people from th<
nvilr: of it.
The value of the old fashioned
:haperone is illustrated hy tin fol[owinp
recent incidents. Th? re was
i dance at a small summ? r resort.
Sv.f.f *"i. I.. t
V ...uuh f-njc- \l < 41 ui'?h CitllM'
'rem all the neiphboring towns,
rhero was a long intermission about
ho middle of tho evening 1 ob
served that while mothers, fathers
>.* other older people wore part of a
rroup of young people they spenf
he time on the great veranda ot
valkinp 011 lighted paths Young
lecplo alone without xoeption, as
'ar as 1 obs< rv?*d. sat in the dark
n their ears parked in the rle? p prove.
The second incident was where*
hree or four carloads of poopb were
n the habit of attendinp church irt
own Sunday nights. They went for
i year or more without a mishap
vorse than a punctured r?o On this
particular night it happened tor tlu
'irst time that no older person was
with them. One of the hoys proposed
that since it was such a glorious
nipht. they ride awhile. AH welcomed
the sugpestion with glee. A
Irunken man no t and crashed into
ine of the cars on a narrow strip
>f road several miles from anywhere
\ ruined far. a broken lep, painful
uts. and bruises were the results..
fad there been just one older perlon
In the party the sugpestion to*o
is likely to have met with dieapirovu.1.
**
The fatherp and mothers ot tht
ountry mipht well wake up to the
iften neplected responsibilitv of nrn
octing young people from dangers
>f which, because of their lack of
xperience. and trusting natures,
hey cannot be aware. It Is the
hick that strays from its mother's
rotecting wing that is the victim
f the hawk. Young people want,
ot less pleasure but more; but
hey want that type of it which reults
in intelligent and uplifting
xhiliaration, not that from which
hey find themselves pr?>cipitatod
ato painful or humiliating mixups.
To protect their young i* a duty,
nj no father can still his conscience
v passing the responsibility to the. 1
mother nor any mother leave the
urdon of it entirely on the shooters
of her husband. In fact the
rmtir.icnt of every community should
e against the unchaperoned ride in
ic dark because it is a social moace.
And the danger is to be condered
with boys as well ns girls
nd with your children as well as
our neighbors' for neither the soial
nor financial position Is a safouard.
o
The cynical Bachelor observes that*
tost marriages are prompted by a
>ar that some other fellow may get*
?e girl. i. t !
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