Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-07-23

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An editorial published last week in
the American warning parents abuu.
the character of company that their
daughters might sometimes come In
contact with and the danger of 10y
rides pIth young men of questionable
character or about whose characters
they know nothing, has been highly
commended by several citizens, jnclud
ing ministers Of the gospel, who are
always Interested in the moral and re
ligl0us atmosphere Of the town OF city
IN which they reside
Along with these Communications
have come the suggestion that young
women are not always to blame and if
men live the right kind of life and
stood for the protection Of womauhood
of the country there would be little
cause for complaint.
It must be admitted that there is
both logic and reason in this; thatmen
Iare really less yirtuous as a class than
women.
1t is a fact that there are men, young
men, often older men, going about this
country like roaring lions seeking
whom they may devour; what young
women they can lead astray.
Shame to say there are men who
even boast Of the kind Of attentions
that they pay to young girls and Of
privileges allowed them.
There are also men who boas- about
protecting woman" who will project
them from everybody but themselves.
A man, real man, not a brute will
protect woman from others and will
mot himself despoil her character or
rob her Of her honor, dearer than, life
itself.
But there are human monsters, who
dress well, VINO Endesevedly are re-
ceiyed into good homes, whose brutal
passions would even lead them to de-
spoli that happy Dlaae and bring fears
to the eyes of innocent ones
The man who deliberately sets about
to rum an in. ocent yolug girl or wo-
man VINO wold roo them 0f their vir-
tue, who would break homes, that his
lust might be satisfied, is a demon out
of hell and though he may be in hui
man form, he surely does not come
from the same dust out of which God
declares he made man Such a one is
worse than a rattlesnake, and, if
caught, should be killed ike a snake
before he pOisons with his venomous,
oily tongue, and breaks the heart of
many people.
There is no place for the hbertine in
our social fabric.
And yet there exists today men who
make it unsafe for young girl or wo-
man to travel unprotected on trains,
especially whore the young girl is I'M
sophisticated To the HiIes and machi-
nations Of such men; unless the girl
has been taught by her mother to be
ever on her guard.
The man who robS girl of her chas
tity, sometimes under promise of mar
rlage, and casts her aside, is worse
than a red-handed murderer.
1t may be true that there are certain
types Of girls and women who appear
to invite such conduct on the part of
men, but that does not license the man
to do that which he knows is wrong to
himself, wrong to the girl and wrong
to society.
It is for those reasons that the TRAY
elers' Aid has been established; in fact
made it necessary at all of the large
railway stations Of the country. Their
observations and experience will bear
out every one Of these assertions.
The good Lord intended for men to
always be the protectors of women;
never the oppressors; because man is
strong, and should protect any girl or
woman with the same degree Of honor
and bravery that he would have his
own mother, his own wife, or his own
sister protected.
When this degree Of honor is reach
ed there will be no trouble, no danger
for your girls.
This city is probably as free from
such lecharous men as any city any
where, and there is no particular thing
that causes these things to be spoken
Of, but it IS to merely hoist the danger
signal; to have written across the por-
tails Of every home for the benefit of
the Jrazen deyl-serving libertine, the
inscription;
He who enters here with immoral
intent or who would bring worse chan
death to this house. must surely die. ;"
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