Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-29
MISS EMMY LOUISE MOOTS
AN MR.. BIB THARP 2

(Which Has Been tn Greatest Fac
tor in Demoralizin' Our Nation-Jazz
Music or tn Automobile" wuz debst-
ed amid vociferous' applause at Apple
Grove School, No. 8, last night. Miss
Emmy Louise Moots took tn auto side
an Mr.. Bib Tharp took jazz music.
Miss Moots led off as follers: Ever
thing that's bad an ornery, an sem
sational an scandalous, an crooked
en- contrary t. right livin', that's goin'
on in our fair country t'day kin be
traced directly t. tn automobile. TIL
automobile is a wonderful invention
an necessary t. our happiness, an in
TIL promotion O. legitimate business.
TIL GASOLINE tax makes good highways
possible, while tn license money
Ger kin deliver head lettuce an other
things faster by auto an great movin
vans can move us without breakin
any canned t'inaters. TIL auto has
taught us t. think faster an jump
quicker. Th's industry employs many
thousands O. mechanics an advertis-
in men who MIGHT, be a charge. on
tn community if we wuz still usin'
buggies, but theirs another side t. tn
story. The auto makes it possible fer
a feller t. hold up a bank at Milrov
Ipdjanr1y, and begback in Muncie in
an hour TIL auto makes it possible
fer lots O. college boys t thumb ther
way home ever weekend, when they
ought t. be catchin' up on sleep.
Criminals who used t. escape on tech
nicalities now grab tn first auto they
see. Autos wreck family circles and
knock ole people down. TIL auto has
discouraged plowin', an has made it
possible fer city people t. steal cher
ries an cucumbers an visit an annov
ther country cousins ever weekend.
Some boys, steal cars so they kin go
with th' girls, and all boys are sullen
an morose an impossible t. live with
unless thev have cars. Pedestrians
have t. give their whole time an
thought t. keep from gittin' killed,
often fergittin' what they come down
town fer, an allus gittin' ther calves
splashed with oily mud. TIL auto has
made it possible fer girl t. tell her
mother she'd Jest been around tn
corner when she'd really been t
Noblesville In concludin' wish t.,
state that tn auto has been tn down
fall O. more folks than fur coats an
gin put t'gether" Mr.. Bib Sharp
said. "Jazz music, I'm told, originated
in questionable colored resort in
Baltimore. I don't know how true it
is, but is sounds mighty reasonable
t. me. Think of great big. power
full nation like ours bein' gripped by
iazz as nothin else within tn mem
orv O. man has ever before gripped
It'll Nobody kin listen t. jazz mrSin
without souirmin', or doin' something
Theirs somethln' about
iazz music that makes us want t kick
up. or hug or kiss somebuddy. tn
frightful, discordant sounds are sup
posed t. be funny, while tn grimaces
an gyrations o. tn musicians, or
wind tanners are reckoned t. be
highly divertin.' TIL average jazz
drummer's idea O. mirth provikin' is
entirely different from anything WEI
used t. know. Jazz music has brought
all tn stuff out on tn dance hall
floor that used t. be pulled in tn
parlor. 1t has driven
I1OQ6SUX .O1l Ill seUA1 NStNooAONNO
ed a brazeness an abandon that's
shockin, an I'm not quite twenty
one. Gin an cigarettes are tn camp
followers o. Jazz, an + believe car
takin is closely allied. jazz has tax
en- theusan's o. likely young men out
O. tn legitimate. channels of endeavor
an I hope I won't be here when jazz
hits tn rocks an these thouSan'S are !
thrown on tn world. TIL only re-
deemin' thing about jazz is that it
he's furnished employment durin' our
lean years t. countless throngs O. sax
ophone makers an made boiler maxim
a pleasure"
Copyright John F. Ollie Coz
ed Sunday from Douglas where they
spent the weekend.
The home of Mrs. Olive Smith was
broken into Friday night nothing be-
ing taken but food and cooking uten-
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