Mountain advocate., 1921-03-04
COMMUNITY LEAGUE
ORGANIZED MONDAY NIGHT

ORGANIZED MONDAY NIGHT
At a meeting of church officers
of the Adventist, Baptist, Christian,
Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal and
Presbyterian churches on Monday
night with probably thirty or forty
present, all of whom are business
men or engaged in educational work
Community League was started
which 1t is believed will have q wide
influence for good. 1t is, however.
but the nucleus Of larger ergani-
sation which It 10 hoped will become
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Prof. w. H. Buck spoke on the
number Of children who are per-
mitted to skip school; the chewing
and cigarette habit among them and
deplored the lack of wise leadership
among the parents who permit these
things. We have a crowd Of fine
young people. but theymust have the
loving guidance of their parents in
things that are worth while If they
are to become good citizens. While
the percentage Of Sunday School at
tendance is splendid, proper atten-
ton is not given to the day school
attendance and to what the children
are doing during the time they are
supposed to be in school.
Governor ]. D. Black said that in
his forty years Of court work, he had
never known such lawlessness as
now affects the community. We have
a homicide every few weeks; the
moonshiner and bootlegger are
carrying on their dirty business and
there seems to be general letting
up of a disposition to go after them,
A committee should be appointed
to see Judge Rose when Court opens
and get him to select a Grand Jury
that will return indictments. If
they do not do so get one that will.
Let us have no continuance of cases,
the tactics of the lawyer (duly with
in the law and perhaps his duty as
a lawyer of which there are too
many. Give a speedy trial and get
the Jury Commissioners to be law
fully careful to select the right men
for jury service. The last few years
important cases have been tried by
men who have not had sense enough
to find their way out of town after
the trial is over. The jurv men
should be men of character and in
tegrity, men who love children and
their community.
Governor Black further said he
had proof that the criminal class is
working together and said the good
citizens must combine to fight them.
~ am no pessimist, but II we have
not been going to the devil lately
am greatly mistaken"
Send the criminals to the peniten-
tiary and ask the Goverlc: to keer
them there to the limit. Stand to-
gether and whip the hateful, law
breaking crews who are also contain
mating our boys. The bootlegger
does not care a curse If he sends
every citizen to torment so long as
he can fill his pockets with money.
Rev. d. e. Allen, pastor of the
Baptist Church, expressed astonish-
ment at conditions here. He said
that any day, so he is informed, boys
may be found playing marbles in the
Public Square, playing marbles for
keeps, who should be in school. He
said 1t is reported there are 500
moonshiners in this section who are
banded together to defy the law.