The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-23
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MODERN WAYS :. !.
ANR|H|LATE
THE REAL MAN
OKLAHOMA PREACHER DE-
FLORES TENDENCIES" OF
THE TIMES

) Norfolk, va, Tuly 23-That the hao-
its and tendencies of modern society
along practically all lines of action
and thought are toward the eradica-
tion of the real man" and the sub
st tuition in his place of an unthinking,
Ill seeing and unmoulded body amend
able to every sort of influence, Dut
void of the faculty OF original thought
was the gloomy picture which Rev.
Carter Helm Jones, OF Oklahoma,
drew last night in an eloquent lecture
rtfore the State Baptist Encampment
al Virginia Beach.
He objected to the democratic
principle of rule by majorities, to the
equal suffrage movement, to this ann
that, deploring the general state or
man of the present day. He leaned
apparently to the ways OF centuries
past.
He spoke OF many contributing fac
tors in the production of the modern
man referring especially 10 mechan-
ical invention and development and
the part it has had in the drama OF
changes from ye olden days.
Evils OF The Sewing Machine
One of the evils Of mechanical
progress. he thought, has been its di-
rect effect upon domestic life through
the invention of such devices as he
sewing machine to do much of wom-
ans work and allow her time for
other things.
What other things he aske'
Then answering himself, reol'ed
Chiefly, time to attend to the a:it rs
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clubs and to tell other women how
their families should be raised"
When he mentioned the name OF
Woodrow Wilson the house was
brought down in applause. He explain
ed that his lecture was in no way
meant to be political talk, but that
he could not refrain from expressi ig
his pride that Virginia was again ex-
pected to send a president to the
White House. Every Republican he
had talked to in the Wset with re-
gard to the political outlook had told
nm that he would vote for the New
Jersey governor
Virenia's Presidents
1T has been a long time since Vir
ginia had president" he laughinglY |
remarked. "Virgnians have been
careful how they went into the Whl'e |
Iouse-and | am glad they have-'t |
has been no place for them
In explaining the distinction he ha |
drawn between uniformity and unity, |
DR.. Jones decried the fact that the |
ajority rules in the present day. lt |
not only rules in political matters, he
said, but shows its effect in the intel
le ctual trend of the nation. Such |
Lave become conditions, he thinks, |
that the American people are degen
Grating into a race of social, intel |
lectual and moral chameleons, They |
are having their beliefs and opinions.
handed down TO them and losias the
power to think for themselves, he
believes
Individuality, he declared, is Killed /
by the present modernity. He took /
special occasion in speaking of that
matter to hold up to ridicule lie
styles of the present day, ever chang
ng and the cause of more real trou-
Gle than probably any other profile n
,f the modern world. All forces OF
modern society. he believes, tend TO
a adicate the real man, substitutins
n his place an unthinking, unseeing
lHu uiIHOuiutu DOuy receptive 10 cN
srything from others but void of the
aculty of original thought or exc ~
ion.
DR.. Jones will again address the
-ncampment this evening. His ad
lress will be the concluding event
II the ten-day program He wiz
reach a sermon in the afternoon, TAX.
ng as his text, The Chorus of Char
-cter." His evening address will be
The other Man" His subject last
l.ght was ~The One Man. That man.
vas self. "l r'iN -
Diplomas viii be awarded today 10
hose who have completed their nor
nal classes, QUALIFYING them to ac
ept higher positions in the Baptist
chool and Sunday school work
After a heavy meal, take couple