El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
'LbHLE55IE55
DOES NOT
ATTRACT
Good People Will Not Come
To a Town Where the Law
Is Openly Defied.
TO EXPOSE IT is
TO BE BENEFACToR


The real danger that Ell Paso faces
was cited BY Rev. r. T. Hanks in his
sermon at Calvary Baptist church sun
day. He said:
i can tell You where our real dan
ger lies II is, that good citizens viii
not move to p town where IaWiessness
IL rampants where IL is not safe 10
walk the streets in the dark, because
If you do, you viii be held Up and
robbed, where homes are burglariZed
every night where If your home Is
robbed. there seems no earthly pros
pect Of recovering your valuables, where
boys are encouraged in gambling. and
girls are led TO ruin. Who wants to
90 business, or even live in a place like
that2 The man who would help to make
our city a good safe place to live, and
TO 20 and come, is the real friend of
the city"
Conditions Here.
Speaking of conditions in FL Paso he
said;
Some time before the last Sunday
IN the old year the chief or police Tor
this city came to me and told me Of
the private booths in two Of the res
taurants into which bad men were
leading young women and girls ring
ing electric bells and thereby procur-
ing intOXicants. and thus leading these
young women 20 destruction. And he
added, some Of those girls are not
more than j years old He said he was
anxious to stop this vice and had taken
counsel OF the mayor. who said he
would get proper legal advice, and
proceed accordingly. This was not the
first time I had heard that such prac-
tice was going on but coming as the
Information did from an officer. led me
10 look further into il. and the follow
ing sunday denounced the matter from
the pulpit
The next morning an editorial ap-
peared in the FL PasO Morning Times
commenting upon IT
That afternoon The Fl PasO Herald
gave a report OF my sermon, quoting
some of the most caustic sentences
las no further steps were taken. last
Sunday I discussed the matter again,
and during the past week The Herald
turned loose its magnificent brOadside
against the entire round Of Illegal vices
I'm our fair city Then I proceeded TO
feel good. especially as the mayor had
sent his automobile TO the Y n c. a
building where the pastors were in ses-
sion. and asked that Rev Kenneth
Brown come to his office. Nj Brown
told me that the mayor had said that
he intended to have the laws enforced.
and that he had given instructions 10
the chief Of police TO that effect
Ridieule-gtE Impression.
However, reports OF court pro-
cedJtreE and the write ups Of those
proceedings in q vein Of ridicule by the
couraEing, more especially IS remem-
bered similar court procedures about
the time Of the prohibition election,
when 1ir. oliver, Mr. Freeman. Mr.. Ray
evidence of the violation OF the law in
the matters Of Illegal sale Of poll tax
receipts. Sunday law, and the law
against selling whisky TO minors. and
nothing further has been done about
Il so far as j can ascertain.
But now we have q revival Of the
Citizens League Of Fl Paso-' and I be-
lieVe the fight Tor law enforcement IS
practically won. All hail to the league-
7 shall give Il my hand and heart, and
I bid everyone OF you do likewise.
Let me say a WORD apout PERSONA
testimony before e court When man
IS before p court he has TO testify to
what he personally knows, and cannot
give what others have told him. no
matter how good and reliable they are
And Of course no good man has any
personal knowledge Of these violations
OF the law, but he may know that such
things are going on just the same 80
do not be discouraged when the editor
Of The Herald, or any other law abid-
ing man. fails to swear to personal
kroWl edge OF these matters The league
VIII doubtless find way to find the
facts
a wsrd also about good people leav-
fnay town because we insist on the SUD
preston Of lawlessness- There IS notn-
II do not feel that there is any need
that I should continue to preach upon
our need OF law and order, but here
after 7 hope to give all the aid posi-
bic to the Citizens League.
BRICK MISSION CHURCH TO
BE BUILT IN ALTURA PARK
Altura Park Presbyterian mission
church viii be built by the Mems
Brotherhood Of the First Presby terian
church. before spring. Rev kennetn
Brown, pastor Of the East FL Paso
Presbyterian church and supply pastor
OF the Altura Park church, viii leave
next week for Kansas City. TO attend
q conference Of mission " 0rkers.
He viii ask for the assignment OF a
mission pastor by the board relieving
him from his duties as supply pastor
Of the Altura church. when that con-
gregation will pass into the hands OF
the First Presbyterian church Under
the leadership Of the Mems Brother
hood Of the First church. the first unit
OF a brick mission church building viii
be erected as soon as possible for the
rrre Of he --e-r- r-fc-s1-