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...that there is a large body of unreflective sentiment in favor of justice by extra-legal methods cannot be doubted. This is particularly true in the South, and Georgia in particular has had a high total of lynchings to her discredit. Federal investigators of conditions have prophesied that increased construction of state highways here, bringing rural communities into closer touch with the judicial machinery, will curtail mob action. Anything destructive of the sentiment which motivates such action must be welcome. Representative Crisp's move, a step in the wrong direction, may be pleasing to his constituents. If he does...
...with irrelevancies. The original group, led by Theodore Dreiser and Waldo Frank, raised a cloud of publicity which centered almost exclusively on themselves, and which in the case of Dreiser was of an exceptionally shabby character. The air of ineffective dilettantism which surrounds their adventures has gone far to discredit in the public eye the cause of the miners. It is doubtful if half the people who have read the press reports are aware of the industrial conditions under which the miners live, the underlying cause of the existing conditions...
...Frontier in American History", which appeared some forty years ago, revolutionized historical writing. Not only did it establish the frontier as the chief factor in moulding life in the New World, but also it emphasized the social and economic aspects of history. This novel conception did much to discredit the old school of writers that had considered the past as a series of wars and political campaigns. The work of Dr. Turner, more than any other single cause, put American History on a scientific basis. He had the rare combination of fertility in ideas coupled with a vast store...
...been rumored that much hair is torn to fill this column. May the assurance that little to no loose hair has ever been discovered in the "News" office and the brevity of today's editorial discredit so false a rumor. --Yale News...
...shown to me that his Excellency Chang has been guilty of any breach of faith or of any impropriety at all, which is more than I can say for some of the other parties concerned." In the Strange Career this quotation, like everything else, is spitefully twisted around to discredit Mr. Hoover whereas Justice Joyce was apparently referring to the actual defendants in the case. The book is so thoroughly malicious that truth is eclipsed by the meanest kind of insinuation. 4) Yes, TIME, Dec. 28.-ED. 15,720,624 Trees...