The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-01-20

day night. The hall was crowded and i
standing room was at premium,
people coming from distant country
points. 1t was evident that many
came out of curiosity, as '.men /
only" meeting has It's suggestion Of /
mystery.
Rolley Howry opened the meeting
with the Statement that the Meridian |
men now in jail for an offense !
against good morals, together with
frequent violation of the moral code /
by others, means that something IL
wrong and that this meeting was
called for the purpose of finding
some way to curb the evil He said
Health Officer DR.. Almond, and Pros
ecuting Attorney +. S. Dslana had
promised to be present but were un-
able to meet the engagement. He
suggested that the ministers present
be asked to substitute for the outside
talent
Rev. G. A. Quinn of the Methodist
church. was the first speaker and
said the churches had the reputation
of favoring good morals and that the
church was hammering along this
line constantly, and was ready to help
in this movement to clean Meridian.
But he said the preachers could not
accomplish much if the layman did
not stand with him and that he
thought this was job for all the
fathers and mothers as we'll. He
made keynote talk which served as
a good introduction for the remarks
of the evening.
Respect the Other Boys Sister.
Rev F. l.. Cook said he was trained
by his parents to respect the other
fellows sister, He said a parent
should start early to train the child
and to stay with the job until they
are past the teens. Only then are they
competent to decide what is best for
them He made straight talk to the
young men present and said the
loosely-eonducted dance was one
place where the devil started his
work He quoted DR.. Almond with
the statement that the state might
find 1t necessary to close up many of
the dance halls in this vicinity.
He also attacked the moving picture
and said the men in Meridian patron
ized the questionable pictures and
let the good ones go. If the patrons
would first inquire the nature of the
picture and go to the good ones the
bad would soon go out of publicity
ID a .
commentary on the Meridian public
that they patronized the cheap pict-
ures and let the Meridian lyceum get
through with big deficit which a
dozen business men had to pay. This
he characterized as "a shame"
He said we should not br2g OF good
crops, of good horses and cattle, that
the only crop worth while was our
boys and girls. He said there should
be one standard for the boy and girl
real dad for his boy and should have
his respect.
Rev. Cole, ex-cowboy from the Long
Valley country, followed, and said he
expected to hurt somebody's feelings.
He said he wanted to attack the devil
and also to shame some of those
DISS6nls. Sdlu lnOS6 III Inc duu-
fence who wanted the ministers to
correct the morals of Meridian were
towards and that it was not a min
ister's proposition but work for ev-
cry man worthy of the name.
Manners of Bed Bug"
He said bed bug had as much
manners as man who starts a girl
- a IL n 49,
full as fathers of the example we
placed before the young men. and to
spend the time in a billiard hall, try
ing to get something for nothing. was
one way of setting poor example
to your boy, and we have an illus.
tration of it in this community. The
father told me so himself.
He said that il the $50 men present
tonight will stand square. no young
fellow will dare injure young
woman, of whom in all decency he
should be the natural protector" He
said all the men mixed up in dirty
deals were not in jail IF they were
this audience would not be so large
The speaker said the trouble wa:
that dirty dog could leave ruined
girl, then shine up his shoes, put OF
a high collar, and be received by al
you people, and encouraged by mer
and women to repeat the act HI
said a good way to treat this anima
is to force him to take the result o.
his shame along with him when HI
calls on the next pure young lady Blu
better still for every decent man anC
woman to give him the cold shoulder
No Good Pictures from this Source
Rev. w. G. Smith, Nazarene pastor
said the only law that amounts to an.
thing is the one that is enforced, H,
said to make good boy it was nee
essary to start with his grandfather
SO" we have great responsibility.
"If we do not weed out the sin ther'