The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-02-13
ROBERTS SPEAKS
TO Good CROWD
HERE TUESDAY
GOVERNOR ADDRESSES LAST SEES
SION OF SOCIAL WELFARE
CONFERENCE.
OTHER WELL KNOWN SPEAKERS
Or. olin West, Secretary of State
Board of Health Discusses Health
Problems Which Now Confront the
State-Great Interest Displayed.

It. A large and deeply interested aut
- ence Tuesday night heard Gov. Ro
:, erts address the third and final SO
n sion of the Social Welfare COME
ence held at the First Method.
church Monday.
If Presiding over the session las
e. night was Dr. ]. II. Barber, chairma
l. of the general preliminary commit
Y tee. Prayer was said by the Rev. n
Cotton, pastor of the Methods
v church at Santa Fe
|. The subject of the Governors ad
!. dress was 1.-THE Inalienable Rights o
8 Child Life" and the closest attention
. was given the speaker as he presented
> in most interesting and enlighteninl
, manner his subject. The governo
, told of the problems confronting thu
charitable organizations of the state
, in looking after the welfare of chill
, dren.
Z The governor said "The child has
a right to be born OF proper parents
and to be reared in proper environ
ment.'
The child has the right to an educa.
ton and all children of the state
should at least receive the benefits of
the free schools.
The Governor then emphasized the
sacredness of marriage and the shame
of divorce. He said that the cause of
divorce was not SO much in divorce
laws, as in the marriage laws. He
called attention to the fact that some
! girls marry and assume this sacred
relation, when they are unable to per-
form or execute the simplest business
contract. He said sChild marriages
are a great and crying shame, and
not unfrequently lead to unhappy re.
latiOnship"
He spoke of the work being done in
the Tennessee Children's Home, and
in glowing terms praised the work be-
ing done by Mrs.. Claude d. Sullivan,
who has charge of the home. Il
" The governor also described the
work being done in the Girls Voca-
tional School, the Tennessee Agricul- |
tural and Industrial home for way.
ward boys and girls. He said that the
criminal who has repented and re-
formed should be allowed to take his
rightful place in society.
Governor Roberts said punishment |
Is for these causes: First, for pro-
tecting society against the presence
of criminals. Second for the purpose
of reforming those criminals, or third
for vengeance, but it is not vengeance.
for Vengeance is Mine, saith the
Lord"
Other speakers at the night session
were DR.. DIN West, secretary of the
state board of health, whose remarks
were confined largely to discussion
Of the health problems confronting
the state, and especially did he men,
ton the fight being made against tu-
Derculosis.
Mrs. c. D. Sullivan, superintendent
II the Tennessee children's home, 4
vas the other sneaker. She told of
he work which is being done by the
home, a full report of which was con-
aimed in Tuesdays Herald s
All three of the sessions of the con-
erence were well attended, and the
losest attention was accorded each
peaker, indicating that those pres J.
mt were deeply interested in the sub n
acts discussed.
AT the morning session e. W. Og. .
en-. president of the conference of L
harities presided, and after the meet
lg had been opened by prayer by u
ev. j. W. Cherry, pastor of the First u
lethodist church. c. C. Member, Sec G
,tary of the state department of char. pI
les. explained the purposes of the tt
Inference. to
He was followed by ]. p. Krantz, VI
'cretary of the anti.tuberculosis as. az
'ciation, who told of the war that is er
ling waged against the dread disease Sc
the state, and called particular
tentlon TO the necessity of all char. .
able institutions pooling interests. so hi
at the combined resources may be
ed in an effort to rid the state of
@ white plague.
The speakers for the afternoon
re Mrs. Arch Trawick, secretary of RI
u W. c. A. OF Nashville, who told
the splendid work which is being
ne by this organization. and outlin-
in most comprehensive manner
further needs. Miss Louise Big
u, secretary Of charities; Miss An. !
Wilverton, of the Red Cross; Miss COZ
len Ellis, OF Boston, representative vii
the National Child Labor communi. no,
Mo
'ue to the efforts of the committee, ing