The Lexington advertiser., 1915-07-16
A Statement and an Apology.


to show any disrespect to those t
whom dancing is obnoxious, neither t.
T any of our fellow townspeople nor I,
the Rev. Mr.. Kelly.
+ The truth is, our first intention wa
to have this dance on the night of Jul,
=, B. but we postponed it on account O.
the revival, and never gave a though
to the fact that dance as late as tn,
18th would meet with objections from
anyone. However after sober seconC
t thought on the subject, we have come
to the conclusion that this date was
too soon after the revival and so have
decided to postpone the affair indetin
itely. And in conclusion, wish to apo.
lOgiZe fully and freely to any of the
Christian people of the town who might
have thought we were showing either
them or the church any disrespect.
. We sincerely hope the aforesaid ladies
and gentlemen connected with the
different churches willNee our point of
view and take this statement and apo
logy in the spirit in which it is intend
ed.
Tuesday night Tchula was the scene
of quite distinctive gathering of can
di6atess for county offices. The fol-
lowing gentlemen addressed the voters
in the interest of their candidacy, each
speaker being limited in time to three
minutes: P. H. Murphy, j. H. Fuqua,
Geo. Beall, Jr., c. g. Swinney, W. G.
BOyett, W. w. Cameron, W. M. Alex
ander, G. H. McMorrough, J. M. Kim
! brough and H. H. johnson. Hons. H.
H. Casteel and j. D. Guyton were each
granted longer time in which to pre-
sent their views and platforms for the
consideration of the electorate. The
speakers were all given close attention
by the audience and when a telling
point was made the applause was libe-
raj and long continued. Supt. Love, |
of Goodman Agricultural High School, |
also addressed the audience, his talk |
being along educational lines alone, as |
he is not candidate for office.
1t is very rare occurrence these
davs to hear an oath on our streets. |
Rev. Dan Kelly deserves the thanks of |
all of us for this fact alone 1t is a sad |
but true statement, that previous to
the late revival, boys of not more than
ten years of age were so very free in
their use of prOfane language, that |
it was to say the least disgusting.
Some of older boys were about as bad,
but for the past few weeks an oath or
profane language of any kind is con-
splcuOus by its scarcity. This is GER
tanly an improvement of which we
are all proud.
The dancing set of the younger ele-
ment of OurtOwn have statement to
the public in this issue. This state
ment shows desire on the part of
these young boys to do the right thing
according to their lights. May our
youthful citizens always have the same
feeling of respect for and desire to
abide by the opinions of their elders
and Christian people generally. The
young boy who will defer to the opinion
of his elders is in the right road to
make valuable man and citizen.
Now that a great religious and moral
move has struck our already good town,
the health tone of the greatest bless !
jngs) can be improved upon very great
ly by sewerage and drainage. We sug- :
gest a mass meeting of citizens be held :
and the matter thoroughly disc lssed, =
and a committee appointed to employ
an engineer to make survey and es- n
innate of the cost. Without health !
here is no happiness nor wealth.
The mems first prayer meeting held a
n Tehula for some time was held at
he Methodist church Friday night, the d
lth, w. W. Gwin leading J. K. Gwin a
will lead Friday night, July l6. The t
interest taken in these meetings is Fl
more than fifty men hav- s
ng attended the first one. We sin Y
erely hope thai the attendance vii. n
Increase with each and every meeting. l
Dr.. NJ. ?. WinkIer is just in receipt G.
f letter from his son, c. p. Winkler, d
aging he left Annapolis July 6 on the Il
attleship Wisconsin with the naval {
adets for a cruise through the south .
IN waters. stopping at Guantamo, "
'uba, for three days, then through the y
Panama Canal to the San Francisco
Exposition, returning via South Ame- e
ica to Annapolis, September g. :
The Mems Christian Association of ~
'chula have secured permission to use b
he mayors Office, and are having it n
ainted, papered and otherwise reno h
ated and will use same as a reading .,
nd recreation room. 1t is their inten- N
ion to installein the rear an up-to-date u
hover bath. which should prove a very i
ttractive feature during these hot .
ays =,
Judging by the number of freight n
rains passing through daily business aI
annot he all killed by the European Il
var. The railroads are doing business, Il
nd this is an indication that others as OF
veil are doing some. One of the best a.
rade or business barometers we have al
) the amount of business being done IL
" the railroads. 81
Old Aunt Frances Rooney, one of ST
Iolmes county's negro landmarks. in
ropped dead Saturday morning in the
itchen of the City Hotel. She had m
een employed as cook by Mrs. G. d. A
lark, proprietor of the hotel, for some W
ime. hi
Tchua was a very quiet town Sunday ~
5 all business houses were closed in II
ccordance with the recent ordinance u
asset by the Board of Aldermen. The
'hole town is in accordance with the ~
,ew movement. ~ ~
Tpbula AXE is falling fast and vvo ~