The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-03-31
EDITORIAL BACkFIRE
Said and Ressid With Com.
ments Pro and Con.
OUR HIGHWAY MORALS" %

IL In no secret that men Of prom
inence In outstanding manner, have
proclaimed the fact that the morals
on the highways about Amarillo, are
most depl0rable. Several months ago
two young girls were found walk
Ing In" following an automobile ride.
This was Just one Of many such in
cidents, or---worse.
The following press dispatch out
Of Dallas under date Of March 81, IL
Of interest, bearing on the point in
hand.
probe OF the morals on highways
around this city will be started Tues
day by the grand Jury, II was an
nounced today. Two boys and girl
who is only 10 years old will be call
ed before the jury 10 testify. They
were arrested by officers recently
near s. M. u. IL Is charged that
the two young men attempted 70
criminally assault the girl"
The Dallas grand jury has unques-
tionably been forced 10 take cogni-
zance Of the unhealthy condition Of
morals on the highways near that
city. This leads 10 the question
VIII the Potter county grand jury
be able To get anywhere with an in
yestiRation into matters Of a similar
nature?
II has been said that Amarillo is
not worse regarding such matters
than are many other considerably
sized communities, and perhaps even
less consequential centcrs Bat, this
does not IN any manner do away
with the desirability Of a bettcred
condition for this city and the sur
rounding territory. For unfOrtu-
nately the evils Of other cOmmuni-
ties do not produce virtues iH This
one.
II az a matter Of fact there is "a
service which may be performed 100
support Of better state Of morals
for Amarillo, the grand jury may be
relied upon 10 perform is fol- meas
ure Of labor The personnel Of the
grand jury h such that none viii
question for a minute this assertion.
The work OF the present grand jury
viii be watched with keencst inter-
est, In view Of many statements which
have been made publicly, ~ touching
the low state Of morals presumed 10
be- prevailing on the highway near
this city. and elsewhere, Tor that
matter Amarillo News.
o. course, not every boy and girl
that goes auto riding, do so with
evil motives. and hundreds Of them
are perfectly innocent, but when Il
comes 20 the daughter being out on
the public highway alone with some
"gink" with the curtains down and
the lights turned out, there is a good
chance for your daughter 10 be talk
cd about, should IL be found out
that she il in company with such a
character, and this late az night auto
riding Is not calculated 70 make the
very highest type Of manhood or
womanhood SO far a. we know In
dividually, we could not say that
we have ever seen anything Of this
sort because we are seldom ever
away from home after night not
that we are afraid Of the dark, or
afraid OF being hi-jacked, tarred or
feathered or anything Of the kind. |
but Just simply do not have any
business out at that time. neither
does your son and daughter, especial. /
ly auto riding out Of town, but we
hear automobiles running most any
time Of the night, and pass our home.
and we can hear the laughing and
talking Of young folks, in the wee
hours Of the night. We submit that
this is not good for the physical. men
tai. or moral condition Of the boys
and girls. and the parents should
have enough interest in them to at
least try and prevent lts Wholesale
practice.