Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-07-23
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Believing as | do that every citi-
zen owes IL 10 the present as we'll as
TO the future generations. not only Ia
be law-abldng himself but to trv Ia
get others to have proper regard
for the majesty of the law, venture
to utter word Of warning with the
sincere hope that it may assist in
arousing he public conscience to a
condition that may prove a great me
mace 10 society.
Throughout the cImmotlwealth
there SENS to be a growing tendency
TO disregard constituted authority in
the home, in the school, and in public
life This menace seems all the more
formidable because of the fact that
lit has its origin in the home and is
inurtured in an atmosphere of rebel
bellon until the individual assumes
the full responsibilities of good citi-
zenship, for which he has been very
poorly prepared. Utter disregard
for law, if allowed to continue I'M
checked, must inevitably lead to an
arehy,
I We sit back in our comfortable
homes and read about the doings of
4 the BolSheyiki with complacency, in
asmuch as Russia is far removed
from our shores. But when we wake
Iup to the fact that there are at the
present time five million Bolsheviki in
the United States or one-twentieth of
the entire population, we will begin
realize that the menace is at our door
and that we need to get busy at home.
/ The best way for US to combat Boil
shevism is for us to rear our boys
and girls in an atmosphere of loyalty
and obedience to the laws of God and
man. Are we doing this? When we
/ see the State laws being violated
every week in Macon with no effort
being put forth on the part of the Off
GERS sworn to do their duty to en-
force these laws, answer truthfully,
gentle reader, if this will inspire the
weaker brother to have a very high
regard for any law
When it becomes necessary to re-
port from Macon the finding of stills
in Lowndes county, some of our citi-
zens are very solicitous that the re-
porter make it clear to the outside
public that they were not found in
/ NoXubee county.
There is no more loyal Noxubee coun-
tan than the writer and it is because
! he wants to see a better Macon and
better NoXubee county that he dares
! to call attention to a matter that
should command the interest of every
| law-abiding citizen in the county.
| mo, these stills were not found in Nox-
ubee county, but the whiskey that has
county stills has been poured freely
Into Macon and Noxubee county
There was a dance given in Macon
last week and whiskey flowed freely.
Some of our officers were there as late
as II o'clock. The prohibition laws
are so strict that the mere pos
session of whiskey is violation of
the law. If the officers are unable to
find any of it, then the citizens who
believe in law enforcement ought to
take some steps to get an officer who
could find it.
There are some who advise against
speaking out against the evils of the
day on the ground that it will hurt
ones business. 1t is very selfish mo-
tive that would thus seal ones lips.
The most important business of any
citizen or state is to educate and rear
Its boys and girls properly. If the
time ever comes that citizen is to be
denied the right to a livelihood be-
cause he dares to protect his children
against the vices of society through
the exercise of his God given right,
then decay will have set in sure enough
and our country will merely exist I'M
It'll some one more worthy to rule
takes possession.
WHITMAN DAVIS.