The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-05
DEMAND ENACTMENT OF MORE
STRINGENT MARRIAGE AND
DIVORCE LAWS.
CHILD LABOR is CONDEMNED


Some Debutantes DO Not Know Mod
ern Fads Are silly and Should Bt
Told. Says Committee. Eucour
aged by Fight on Nhiskey.
In the report of the committee OF
temperance, moral and social reforn
submitted to the South Georgia Con
ference at its closing session in Ma.
con Monday several of the so-callec
evils of the present day came in fol-
rather severe scoring.
The report of the committee as il
was submitted to the conference fol
lows:
Your committee has considered
the subjects submitted to it and re-
ports as follows;
Child Labor.
We condemn the organized system
of child labor slavery throughout
the country, and note with shame
the low rank our state takes in its
statutory protection of little children
and in its effort to abolish the inqui-
tous traffic in infant labor at time
when the child should be in school.
We commend heartily the work OF
the National Child Labor Committee
and its auxiliary organizations for
the protection of the youth OF our
land who are the victims of a cruel
commercialism. We are glad that
our government has recently created
a chiIdrens bureau for the study of
infant preservation and appropriated
100000 for its maintenance. This is
a small beginning, but it is begin
ming that promises much for the flu
ture.
Marriage and Divorce.
We regard as one of the great dan
gers of our civilization the fact that
our marriage and divorce laws are
not in line with the scripture, and
we view with considerable alarm the
direful consequence therefrom upon
our home life
The times demand the enactment
of such laws as will put a check to
the marriage of under-age couples,
and a divorce only on scriptural
ground. We need also the enact
ment OF some law protecting US
against the marriage of people who
are utterly unfit to marry.
Sabbath Dissertation.
We very much fear that Sabbath
dissertation is on the increase in our
land and needs the prayerful consid-
Grafton of our people. 1t was bad
enough before, but it is fast growing
worse since the last legislature let
down the gap lower by allowing
trains to carry rperishable goods on
freight trains on Sundays; and now
all freight is perishable. The rail-
roads are carrying coal, corn, wheat,
lumber and iron as perishable. The
next legislature should repeal the
law.
In our large cities dancing, card
playing, baseball, golf and such like
are being INDUCED in by many, and
even some who call themselves
christians, and even ministers, are
engaging in these things on the Sab
bath. Gods law cannot be ignored
or violated without mourning the
penalty, and disaster is sure to come
on us if these things are not checked.
1t behooves every good man to frown
down on these things in every way
possible.
Some Fads Hurtful.
Your committee feels that this con-
ference should express itself on some
of the modern fads that are hurtful
to our people. Some fads are only
silly and some debutantes haven t
sense enough to know it and should
be told.
The shameful and indecent, if not
immoral, dances in vogue but justify
the position our church has always
taken on the subject of dancing
These shameful orgies are but the
normal and natural consequences OF
this sin.
Dancing was never so very decent
and Cicero was not far from wrong
when he said, Memo sobrious sal
tat" or mo man being sober will
dance"
Another fad causing shame and
leading to sin is the importation o.
and adoption of Partisan shame II
the way of feminine costume. WI!
our good women should bow doWr
and worship some styles that arr