The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-05
PRESENT DAY EVILS RAPED
BY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

NEE COMMITTEE
neither decent nor pretty and make
the wearers appear as if deformed is
marvellous to US. Oh, that womer
could realize that Christ in the heart
and life and modesty of appearance
will do more to make women beauti'
/ full and attractive than all the fancy
dressing of all the cities of the world
Women's Dress Discussed.
/ Rev. J. T. Ryder, pastor of the
| Vineville Methodist church of Macon
! objected to the feature which had to
do with the Partisan style and the
modern dress of women. He asked
that all suggestions of women's dress
be stricken from the report before it
was accepted by the conference. This
suggestion brought on a discussion,
in which Rev. w. c. Glenn said; 1T
is time that the church was taking
stand in this matter. The styles
of today are not only a menace to
womankind, but to man as well.
Rev j. b. McGehee of Oglethorpe
walked to the front of the pulpit and
said: Let the ladies alone. Let
them 'ook after their own wardrobe
IF they are good women they Will not
select anything that is indecent. They
don't want the conference to tell
them what to wear" When put to
vote the conference refused to elimi-
nate the subject of dress.
Temperance.
While we are far from the millen-
ium on the subject OF temperance
and prohibition, yet there are many
things to encourage us. Many of the
great leaders in statecarft are read
ing the signs of the times and are
coming our way. The recent conyen-
ton of all the anti-saloon forces at
Columbus, Ohio, with nine governors
and eX-governors, United States SEN
ators, congressman, judges, educa-
tors, journalists, lawyers, doctors, fl
nanciers, social leaders, Catholic
priests, Methodist bishops, presiding
elders and pastors all galore, Baptist
preachers, in fact about 5000 choice
men and women from every state in
the union and every walk of life, to
inaugurate a movement for nation
wide prohibition of the liquor traffic
and total abstinence from the use, is
ominous, and promises much for the
early overthrow of this hydra-headed
monster that has so far met hell's
most sanguine desires.
The most encouraging thing about
the Columbus convention was the
fact that almost every speaker on the
platform stressed the fact that Christ
is our leader and without Him we
can't succeed. .i.r1
Railroads and other corporations
are shutting out drinkers from en-
ployment on the ground that they
are inefficient and ofttimes danger
Gus employees; the best and sanest
doctors are teaching that alcohol is
not only not a medicine but a rank
poison that affects injuriously both
mind and body. The rising genera
tions are being taught all over the
nation that every man who sells it
is a bad man and an undesirable citi-
zen from any rational standpoint;
and that one who drinks it is guilty
of that which is little less than imbe-
cility and will lead to the asylum or
the changing.
These things encourage US, stimu-
late our efforts, inspire greater
hopes and nerve US for the most de-
termined grapple with this greatest
evil that the world has ever seen.
1t is fast coming to the point when
no one defends the sale of the vile
poison except the subsidized press,
the groggery keepers, the Cheap
John" politician of the ward heel
er" variety and the candidates for the
insane asylum. We must, however,
never forget the fact that God is in
His heaven and must be our leader.
We must keep at His feet and listen
for His voice in command.
1t gives us great pleasure to note
that wine and other intoxicating
drinks are already barred from the
big state dinners at Washington and
grape juice substituted therefor. In
this connection we point with great
pleasure to the manly and sane posi-
ton taken by our own Georgian,
Hon. w. ]. Harris, supervisor of the
census, who so recently issued an
order that every employe in his de-