The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-13
our COOP NAME.

a distorted idea of what it takes to be
good. Did you ever see anybody so
good as to become unbearable? Why
is it that person can go so far as to
want to take pitch fork and shovel
and ram great heaps of moral propa-
ganda down ones throat without the
. errEission of the victim? That isn't
the way to real betterment.
Why, let us remind those who would
out us under clamps and thumb screws
nat our present observance of Sun
ay has been much like that of our
,ther substantially progressive ocm-
lunities. We enjoy rather splendid
eneral observance of Sunday. And
his is a fair criticism. We are not the
est people in the world,--dont know
hat we want to be- 1t might make of
the unbearable kind, the overbear-
ag kind The unreasonable fanatic
an put on the longest rubber face in
lie world on Sunday and come out on
,Ionday and skin you in business
cal before you can wake up and get
arted. He will turn on you then
nd measure the whole transaction
it'll a moral yardstick the making OF
hich you do not understand. We
ant to be good and love to see others
y, but mre of us are not just as yet
,ady to be transported. We honestly
not believe Sunday priyations will
AXE us any better Not one in thou
md communities, here nor elsewhere
the civilized world, try to observe
lnday as has been demanded of US
gently. To follow out these demands
i'll make us the laughing stock of all
eorgia and it will get us more UNI
hoIesome advertising beyond the
mits Of the state than we can live
own in twenty years. Men will not
rget it.
Look at our neighbors. They call
) fanatics. And yet we have to adj
it, ourselves, there is little sense in
i this flapdoodle. Our town is en-
rrassed by what others are having
, say about us. The business world
yond our borders understands we
e a church-ridden community with
il our business development and pro
essiveness blown to the wind. All
jokes and puns of travelling pub
are aimed at us and our town and
rision reigns supreme.
None of this is just, nor do we de-
, we the unfairness of it. We have |
lily a fine community, one that ev-
ybody will appreciate if the fanatic
III keep his mouth shut. 1t is far |
love the average town in honest, |
ery-day people who appreciate clean, |
Tristan living. Most of the time we |
ave nothing to hide from the stran-
II. And, too. ninety-nine out of every |
lndred wish to be permitted to pur-
ie an even course unmolested by |
oh things as have broken into the
CAGE and happiness of the past few
eeks.
The Dispatch wishes to apologize for
IS reference. We had intended to
ISIS the blue laws and leave their
lvocates to work out a new way to
lntentment if there is such to be
I'D under that kind OF agitation. ii
the good name of the community
it'll which we are concerned. To it
g have pledged our loyalty and for it
intend to work, no matter who ruff
IS our feelings We have faith in the
lrposes which guide most of our peo-
lie for they are worthy. In spite of
ne petty social and business jealous
S in spite of the shams and foibles
{ the few, it is one big family of
cod people who have a right to their
wn way of thinking. May be. some
,ipu GOOD will come of II