The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-03-16

BY = lanr1Dk M kolsi think
= soz< of @rounder himi<lf: e I'll
you, gentle1nen, Il the yonng feI1ow
comes % GreenviIle and don't 60
astray. he's bird7s Is Greenville
worse tahan other towns its size?
That is not the question at issue.
1t is the best town in this wide. wide
world in many respects. CONNER
cially it ougt to be one of the richest
and most prosperous Within her
borders live some of the best men
and women of Gods creation, and
some of the finest and most upright
young men to be found anywhere.
But her law1essness is proveTbial, hen
morals in certain circles are very
corrupt, her wide open door to vice
and sham seems to give our city
fathers little concern or uneasiness.
Our mayor is passive. to say the
least. Our city marshal is winking
at it; and his police say, Eve are
waiting for orders Now how shall
law enforcement be attained? / woulo
say first, Greenville needs law and
order league, organized to look after
the moral condition of our city. It's
membership need not be large, but
it does need to be made up of men
who demand the enforcement Of all
the laws without fear or favor. 10
do less, than this is to compromise
with evil, and merit the contempt OF
any right-thinking man. The spirit
| OF this movement IS not to condemn
the poor and friendless and protect
the rich and influential. No self-re-
specting man can subscribe to such
a scheme when he sees it IN its true
| light. There can be no virllIty III a
movement towards moral reform that
seeks to break TIP certain kinds o.
lawlessness, and demand that other
! laws that affect the goddess lives o.
others be unenforced. This will not
this can not command the hearty sup
j port OF those who are honestly con
/ sidering the best moral interests o.
our city.
TN tile second place, every police
official who has been responsible fol
] the present state Of 4awlessness anc
has thus proven his unworthiness o.
incapacity ought to be promoted <
a job with smaller responsibilities
and, if necessary to please his friend:
larger salary. Anything to make (
place for him, and to get police
force that will feel little RESPONSE
| bility and pride in rendering the city
/ conscientious service for his monthly
pay, Better police protection thar
about $4,000 a year, could be gotte1
by hiring one good man and two sor
ry boys ''In the third place | woult
say, the moral redemption of our cit,
has got to come through the womeI
of Greenville. Their fearful appeals
their gentle, but potent influence owe
the sterner sex, their earnest and de
termined crusade against vice will
bring things to pass devoutly to be
wished When they rise up they cal
close the saloons; they can drive thu
female lepers of our city not merel,
into secluded districts of the commui
ity, but entirely beyond its borders
they can ask for an enforcement o
law against every from of gambling
with such a pathetic and earnest pie;
that no manly heart can deny thei
appeal.
"These mothers and wives ant
daughters must get to work for temp
erance, for purity of life among thu
men, for straight forward honesty ii
business dealings with every gamb
| ling device eliminated, and every
kind Of gambling resort closed BY
enforcement of law. Noble women
| of Greenville, unfurl your banner fol
! moral reform; take the lead and every
| mothers son of us will gather tc
your call, and fight to the last
breath, and the honor and the victory
shall be yours