Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-10
THE GODLY EXAMPLE


Of murder case which is being tried
in the criminal court Of Atlanta at
| this time, where the woman shot her
| husband because he was trying to
divorce her. makes what 1 am now
going to write entirely apropos to
| the subject at the head of this
article.
When a man rips around, beats
his wife and behaves like a beast in
| the presence of his children, he may
set it down he will reap the crop he
has sown in reckless anger and
cruelty. -.
Add dope and intoxicants to this
mixture of bad conduct and bad Ian
guage and the children of such a
family can only be saved by a mir
acle OF grace and gospel redemption.
In the olden time when the side
board was we'll stocked with intoxi'
| cants, it was no uncommon thing for
| q drunken husband to beat his wife
and ill treat his children. Some OF
the most rigid of, abstainers have
been children of such parents, and
| their disgust has mercifully saved
| them from drunhard's grave.
The drunkard's example was al
ways an evil to his household, be-
cause he d 4OOA WLlC1A IAO NSo
| fool drunk, and wasted what he had
in bad trades and spendthrift waste
fitness.
In the olden days, however, man
who drank to debauchery was
churched and turned out by the vote
of the members. The example of a
liquor-soaked member of the church
could not be tolerated by those who
were disguised with such shortcom-
ings. The liquor shop was the open
door to every sin in the calendar OF
crime, and plain common sense de.
manded that the ungOdly example
should be held up as an object les-
son to the church membership. :
Fortunately for the people Of that
olden time, these were shining lights,
and the godly example of sobrlety
and decency made other people think
and thereby many would be saved.
am moved to say this much just
now, because illicit whisky Is de-
| bauching scores Of young men, and
the time is near at hand when this
host of secret drinkers is bound to
be exposed to public contempt and
the discipline Of our courts.
There is also wave Of loose man.
ners and suggestive dressing, which
is rIaying the wild with many young
women of the present time.
There is too much familiarity In
the general intercourse of the sexes.
The modern dances are not whole
some, or conducive Of pure throught
and discreet conduct. The desire to
present naked arms, bodies and legs
to Public gazers breed laxity in hab-
it's of thought and Indifference to
the conventions of decent society. l
see how the very young girls ara
aping the dress and airs Of grown
ups, and I can safely foretell what
the result will be when these young
women are married and must buckle
down to wifehood and motherhood,
when they are filled with craving
to CAD about town and attend the
movies, and loathe the monotony OF
tho household and their. duties as
mothers and wife. ..
This world would be topsy-turvy
at this time but for the saving grace
of true-hearted wives and mothers.
as they realize their obligations to
their husbands and their children.
On, what a blessing to a home 1t is
where the mother can induce her
daughters to follow in the paths OF
good counsel and prudent behavior,
because they appreciate the cody
example Of the home-mother!
War Grating
1t was q crying shame and q
scandal on the government authorl-
ties when bad men combined to rob
the treasury of the United States,
by a combination with bad gov
eminent officials, in war time.
For several weeks these matters
have been daily topics in congress,
both house and senate, and con-
tinue up to date.
A mammoth scheme was put
through down in southwest Georgia,
where one million and eight hun
dred thousand dollars is named and
the guilty parties pointed out.
The demand for investigation
seems to be blocked, and perhaps
that money will never be recovered
to the government at Washington
or anywhere else. Why Republi-
can administration should be averse
to exposing such graft committed
under a Democratic administration,
allows only one answer, namely;
both gangs were working together
in war time-and when one rotten
Democrat is convicted there will be
another rotten Republican close at
hand. The plain citizen and tax
payer has no power to force expo
sure and recovery Of this war graft,
and the dirty politics of the country
seems to be enlisted with t h e
conspirators and thieves of public
money. 1t goes without saying that
this sort Of tyranny will break down
with its own weight. With the enor-
nous burden of taxes bearing down