Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-17

so bad as reported. hope not, yet the
accuser is abroad and be is preaching
impurity day in and day out. l think
he is lying by the wholesale. Take
your own town and community. Is it
as bad as reported2 No, not one in a
hundred, yes, two hundred, has gone
astray. True mOdesty, one of the mo-
blest traits of the female sex, is below
par, but that is no proof of immorali-
ty. The sphere to which women in
general is advancing may demand the
r. struction of their modesty. One
tnlng is certain, they are becoming
more and more factors in the industri-
al and commercial affairs of life and
you boys are making but little pro-
gress. Women can and will take care
of themselves if they try and so far as
| can see they ale doing very we'll.
They are more independent than form
erly. The fact is, the evolution and
development going on has caught them
and they are making more rapid
strides than yen boys, and I believe
our boys feel it and realize it.
We have had three days court and
40 or so more indictments have been
found. declare, l didn't think there
were that many violations since last
court, but 1 reckon there were. 1t
seems Grundy county had an epidemic
nf n hnk
Graft has hurt us no little and the
county needs the money for she has
had to borrow about two thousand dol
larsAto meet her expenses Now, don't
somebody fly up and say our criminal
court costs too much. 1t doesn't cost
the county one penny. This judicial
circuit paid last year into the treasury
of the state $27, 900 net profit. So, the
court is a paying investment. if the
attorney general told me the truth.
You hear people whining around about
crime costing the county quite lot.
1t doesn't Each criminal pays the
cost of his own conviction aud his fine
is net profit. A few were tried and
won out about three or foul, | think,
Now. boys, be careful about how
you impeach dancers lest you do more
than Holy Writ does for it certainly
does not condemn music and dancing,
If it was sin wouldn't the Lord have
said: "Thou shalt not Dance Every
person knows the devil has his follow
ers and dancers. What christian or re-
fined person would go TO such dance
as you did' Not one. Just as we'll
say there are no pure, good homes be-
cause few are lewd and vile The
devil has his crowd and we all know
them, and say girl ought not to
keep the company of libertines and
vile characters and her parents and
brothers should see that she doesn't.
There are plenty of nice people for her
to associate with but the very moment
she lowers herself to keep the company
Of rake her cake is dough with a
gentleman. !. This is another reason
why claim social recreations should
be provided by the christian world for
its young people. Rest assured the
ievil will take care of his and rob the
christians of theirs, if possible /
;hink am plain this time and very
pointed If you want to write any
more please tell me why you went to
,he kind of dance you did and, furth-
II, were yon ever at irst-class social |
7apco amNng high toned. moral, re-
lined people. and also tell me whether
vou understand the rules and usages
# a first-class social dance, and also
he etiquette of the ball ro0m2 If you
,ver were at such dance I'll venture
ny life you never saw lady act as
Tou say they did at the dances you
'isited nor gentleman, either. You
ave the advantage of me for never
vas at a demi monde redlight dance,
nd never expect to be- I've always
lad too much respect for myself to
'isit such places.
I wish / could raise the standard
+ our social recreations higher so as
o catch all of our young people. The
etter element of society has been
orced to exclusiveness on account of
he ungodly wretches that seek to
impose on them every time. Good peo-
le seek to get hold of the young peo-
lie and get them into better society,
ne devil interferes and tries to ira
uce and destroy the effort. You may
'atch him, for he is as certain to cre-
te jealousies and animosities in the
nging class as he is devil. Don't
t him do it, That's all you young
eopie have now worth anything SO
old to it. When that's gone where is
lere anything else for you You've
BEN robbed and plundered by the dev-
until you haven't much left. If
,u have, what is it? Pray tell me.
II talking about social recreations.
e has led you out of everything that
3 could and did it in the name of the
lurch aud caused you to believe what
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