Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-18
TOO QUIET ELECTION DAY

Election d,v ba, come and gone, and Noxubee has 20
record to be proud of, for Of its 1000 registered voters,
only 1oO5 vote, were pollcd. and this with the state IN the
tbr,as of the most dcpIorable political disorder that II
has scarcely ever felt, and needing the outstfeIchen manu-
,f .unnort from its highest minded and most Ioyai cUi-
IONS. Now il cam not be supposed that those VINO IuiHeu
tbcir backs on the polls on elec0oh DAY were All VI one
rIas.-eIther the class with the desirable vote u Vhe
nnio,sir,bIe bpt members Of each cult were among the
5arpI,rf. Blu while those on both sides OIL ue renee &
fused ID come near enough to even hear the tramp OIL 'e
I.I amos. ybo marched 10 a performance OF thei uuLy
,a,t day. still deductions cause Us to beheye mat II
,.. the man with the vote that would count IN the pal
a1.e for the right who refused TO respond inc o'"'' 'O'
a., Al, always the case, had their cause TOO 'iu'S "'' ca"
t .t be,,t TO Gnppr on the outskirts and alio" inc
aeya,tation OF their plans ana dreams De drought ANU"
because OF the absence Of any single vote
ubat allied the voters that they dd not sho" up II
H., mon, man, IN me upnoldIng the hohof II 'e
surn ul,u,crcnce Is beyond tne ken oil human u'"o -
~, mat auv man can be lnuI1lefcnt To the polhI u u
ulurly SINKING zach and yaWhIhSIy ueeLalV '""I "0
r loo, pnouyb interest IN the elccton either way " ~
to the trouble of walking down to vote, II ue''"ie ah0
try to seem to believe it, that zone vote one way or amour
err viii not 20 anywhere toward turning V"e t'ue, = 40" ~
40 believe, yet IN many instances ImS ""S In' 80" aba
* a false position to take. either way, ana III "aiR ~" wv
assumes this is not loyal to the cause, and Wouiu De VIII
ing to see his state and government go TO lhe eteiNal Oon a
.S h,forc he would exert himself to eXtrcate IS. "A
M MII person. 10 a hH''''' l>' q,
mails of holy writ, he is contemned, ana dahlhatloh -
pronounced against him-he IS accounted an out cas-, any
beyond the pale of the endurance OF the patience ol uou
mr. mani would thou vert cold or not so Ihen pe'a"''
tho, art lukc-warm. and neither cold nor hot, VIII speW
thee out of my mouth,"-that is what God has to say
about the man who sheds his responsibilities IN an impor-
FAINT issue, and man shares the same opinion OF MS ielo"S
who shirk when the call to rise to the colors comes.
We are prone to believe that Tie men are the culPr"S
IN ta case of dereicuion here, for many reasons, some Oh
them being that the women were having their INITIAL eX,
.. -, ,Attrp at this election. and IKE lEp lOluS Oh
rreaion." they court new and thrilling experiences. lhey
were justified in believing them thrilling ana taught VIII"
heavy import, ir surely anything that was 50 Dloodiy
won as the right to vote, and so JealouSIE Wltnheiu ny
the men, must be paramount in importance ana thrilS!
Yes the women voted almost to a man. tor one reason,
hnrausp they wanted the experience Of voting. And again.
the women, as a rule, look duty more squarely in the
face than the members of the opposite seX-they take
the responsibilities Of life more seriously, because they
have been trained through the ages to do TINS, with the
added asset Of a God-given disposition to do so. And
women see the evil of the world more clearly than do the
men who see through a glass darkly' as regards things
that they want to visualize cloudly-in ~other words
conscience is more rampant in the gentler sex. SO foi
these few among the many reasonable indications, We
feel sure that women did their duty as far as they coulC
ON election day, so it is to the men that condemnation
is due, for an almost treacherous neglect of a sacred duty
Your vote, men, was necessary to preserve the protec
ton of law and order that enshrouds that pure girl Of
yours and makes 1t safe for her to live and grow int,
w0manhood in this grand old state Of ours, or that throw,
the restraining Influence of good around tiot boy, who il
wandering on the bOrderland where dangerous influences
are ready to reach out the tentacle of destruction an,
draw him into the mirc where he may sink into the ob
liYon that is worse than death. You may not realize i
now but if you could pierce the mists of futurity, yo,
would see that right governing from right voting rest
upon each individual vote that is cast. You can't shift you
responSibiIity-nobody can fill your place as voter, an
more than another can draw the breath Of life that sus
talns YOU now,
You have erred in failing to vote in the first prjmar,
but the door is not coscd-thc second primary looms be
fore Us, rot far distant, and you can redeem the mistak
that You have made, by casting your vote then as you
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