The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-04-13
An Amen"
EDITOR OF THE TIMES:-

EDITOR OF THE l1MES:-
We want to say hearty "Amen
to your editorial in The TIMES of
April 9th, in regard to the bad char
acters that are permitted to five in
our town. If our ladies who are in
terested in missionary work cannot
bring about reform i'm the habits
Of these unfortunate ones, and If the.
law cannot, or will not take such an.
iron grip on them and make itself
felt so severely that they will cease
their wicked practices, / say, let the
good citizens of the place who want
such ones banisbed from among as
take hold of this matter and see
that it is done. l believe if all well
disposed citizens who have car
children's interest at heart, would
form themselves into Law and
Order League and appoint certain
ones to see that the law Is strictly
enforced there would be less of evil
among us. Let them make it their
business to do so, and it will be-
done. Parents have not been fully
awakened to the terrible evils that
are stalking" about in our little
city, or they would have taken up
this matter earlier.
We have boys and girls that are
in far greater danger than any pes
thence could bring upon them, yet
how many of our tgirls, out of our
best families too, do we see promo.
,nading our streets or driving with
young men immoral characters?
1t willinot do to plead ignorance in
regard to such young men, because
their immortality is no secret and
whether they succeed in running the
6air name of those with whom they
keep company or not, they will
leave stain on them that can only
be obliterated by their ceasing to be
foEnd in such company.
We are taught in the Bible that
we are to "Avoid all appearance of
evil" If these girls could only
hear the remarks that are made
about them on account of their hav-
ing formed such association, they
would never be guilty of being with
such company again. If our girls
would make a firm stand in this
matter how much good they might
accomplish. 1t is not the money or
the clothes that make the true man.
ly man, but the character and if
the good character is wanting all is
wanting, and he should be Danish
ed from the pure and innocent.
Now to another point in the arti-
Gle referred to. We would gather
from the article mentioned, that
the shameless people" referred t.
mean the unfortunate females of
Gus town, and we ask you to look
about you and see what causes III ,ir
unfortunate and miserable condi-
ton. | wish each one who reads
this article would stop and ponder
on this subject well, and answer the
question for themselves before read
ing farther. We unfortunately
have a few men in our midst, I
thank God there are only u few
who make it their business to seek
out pure innocent girls and make
them the victims of their "brutishn
practices. These men under the
guise of "nice citizens obtain foot.
hold in society by their affable man.
ners or their money maype, and
seek to ruin our families. / say let
them be sent along with the victims
they have made. Instead of this,
(if we are to judge by what we have
observed N the past), We will see
the best of respect shown them, and
they will be mado to feel that their
practices. are approved.
Some OF our mothers evea, who