The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-17
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= =. J.. THE, FICTION OF MODERN TIMES
Interesting andOseu Paper Read Monday Before Ministerial
Union of Anderson-Pooss Made to Sell

feet in order To he treated for his aw-
ful malady
Instead OF crying out for the doctor
and the necessary remedies he even
resents the very suggestion that he is
afflicted(at all If as In rare. cc.ses
sometimes happens, relative happens
to become alarmed and secure treat
ment, The remedy is most difficult TO
apply. | had rather treat an elephant
for the toothache than try to relieve
the distfess OF such loved ones They
themselvoS neye get uneasy, for one
of these fiction fed young bucks, nor
does either as for that matter.
Then If the disease Is so subtle and
the case Is so difficult to treat as we'll
rs so awful. Ia its results, often mean
ing etsrnal death from effects Of sin,
what must we do?
c'y quarantine Yes a thousand
times do say quarantine against de-
cayed or r'putrid brain fooG. We ought
TO have &. law that would dump every
putrid book into the fire.
There are always some folks In ey-
cry town who are fond OF limburger
chee,c Il mean both varieties. 1t
is an acknowledged fact. that we are
or Will soon become OF the same warp
and Toof as our associates. There are
few exceptions to this rule. Few people
are sufficiently strong to Withstand the
effect for good or Ill OF their compan-
ions. II your boy continually keeps
bad company with drunkard you
need t:ct bc surprised and send for the
pasto-, rector or priest when he too
staggcrs into your home with curses
on his lips. Most folks succum soen-
or or latcr
ALLOW. your daughter to make chums
of the women OF the street and you
can only expect her to wound your
pride. She Is sure 10 break your
heart IL you have such an apparatus
wTaPped up III that careless hide cf
Sai5.:
WeSraise the yellow flag Of quaran-
tine against measles, niamps and
whocpihg cough as well as the seyerer
troubles of this body of ours.
/ win paraplirase the holy word OF
cur Lord and say "The people OF this
wcrld are wiser in things that con-
Germ their bodies than they are con-
cerning the things that effect the
minds and very souls OF themselves
ard their offsprings. ffa
< o6y W yOu ludl tuH pdTGnb SupGE-
Vices, 1t may be poor grade OF sup
eryision, the associations of the small
boys and girls. Mothers watchful
eye is ever on Mary and her chum.
Mothers ear is open to the slightest
word that is improper for her dauEh-
ter to hear or even to speak, One tie
slightest inttmatfoR or wicked or de-
fectiye associates Mary lis nut To work
every time the ondes irabtS ones come.
asouhd 1t is the same with the boya
With all This care sill the ssd story
OF o 'gTeat many blighte lives reYeaisl
the sad fact thai evft Il companions gee
In thef deadfy inf!denge right under.
mothes's aya a.ad s.ststeh the bright
jewel as Ii were from between her fifzs
gers and wreck fife. Yet, ] see
these same intelligent, exclusive and
devoted parents allow their children,
OF tender years, to pore over q dime
novel tih tE.s Esee small hot4Te cf The
Inornfag, without d single tFemor.
They fail to realize that there is not
IN many cases q, ragamuffiE in all the
own or community, that would SO in-I
Ehaence their child for wrong. This
danger is made greater becausef of
parental negligence along this line.
Even the dread python, boa con-
stfictor rorrattleshake or have Aearned Of
their habits and the haunts they fire.
!qient. We go on the watch when In
the Vicinity of these places and are
never tempted to make forward step
TIL we are sure the dreaded enemy Is
not In reach.
The fndtilartwhose daughter IL read.
Ing on dangerous ground in the mat
ter OF choosing improper associates Is
over vigilant, She stands ready to,
sound the alaf7 at the appfoabh of
real danger. !,
Not so with the mother whose child
rs being led as a lRIiiti TO the slahgh-
ter by the modern Wild Weston what
10 perhaps worse. aQufet east love.
sstof. Too many parents fail TO reai-'
ize that we really associate with ev-
cry character IL Tho STD Eies We read.
Wsiy IS that mot her so silly as to
trip OF several days With C hian whose
lreptitati6h is even 81 fiadyy!'s Yet sl1h
Il; tnd iSer son s6f 1 s. siitnnfes IS on on al
goes SO far as to place in his HANDS, u
book Ntthoiit SHOWING It's coatefitS.
was given s6nie 6aUlage dsie
thiB usisa6ysn plan al ifttie lat ~
foiitd, lnueil 10 my SlIBc0fnl lsttfe, that
Thar eabbdge, bacon an dahottlS Mind
rof fneitt This meat was fattehsd 1Otl
s;;s.iisse ssas TS
tain mo. All 1 say to such parents
M fall to examine the books their chill
dren read IS Beware OF the worm in
the cabhag <; & y &,
II sstOuf lEte to ,cft and 9fIiii yHsis
hands after your anh iIds lttsn sitl6..::s. I;
.cd With d elisin not ifiIf,le of goie ana
braceie ct worn on the ahisle iilafead
of tho wrist on might as well soiisI
your hoy INTO & heine y lieFa AsiiltsE
clieIefa IS laaei ieaf and IoYingiy q
! Sou. q ma doass catch me.