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“HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN” WE OFFER A PRIZE ON THE “D.D.” BUSINESS--Page Four ; X. 'X If I) // 3 .. , VOLUME EIGHT NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE LIQUOR LICKED-and SOME ROMANS “HOWL” Seaborn Wright, Eloquent and Fearless Fighter of “Booze”, Leads Law and Order League Against Whiskeyized Social Clubs —The Elks, Bless You, Raise the White Flag of Unconditional Surrender “Now and Forever.” I less municipal Queen upon her Throne of Hillsl The Liquorized Social (?) Clubs have been routed. The intrepid men who led the fight, still sleeping on their armor are “keeping their powder dry,” while the women —the White Ribboned hosts of the W. C. T. U., tfye white souled guardians of our homes and our hap piness, who scoured the city with petitions for the closing of those dens of temptation and drunkenness, are now harping and singing like Miriams of old on the victory side of Egyptian burial. Seab Wright Led the Fight. It was fit indeed that Seab Wright, as Presi dent of the Law and Order League, should lead the fight that put the locker clubs out of business —for many a time had the great prohibition orator, righteously boasted that: “It is with the judges and solicitors of your courts, gentlemen—Rome, my home town, has no near beer saloons.” But every time he did it, his flashing eye would catch a blurred and horrible vision of “0, you locker clubs!” Seab Wright’s wrath was kindled —and he put the match to the waking sentinels of Rome’s fair name. Because it deals with a nation-wide problem, the most insistent and persistent of all economic and civic problems today, The Golden Age reproduces for its read ers North, South, East and West, the detailed story of the Rome fight, as given by that superb paper, The Rome Tribune-Herald: SEABORN WRIGHT FILES PETITION AGAINST LOCKERS. Maddox Orders the Officers Arrested—Women Circulate Petition Asking All Clubs to Close. At the hearing Saturday before Judge Mad dox of the petition of 0. L. Byars, H. G. Horton, Elwood Bluffer, H. B. Watkins, T. A. Partee, Elijah Hardin, J. J. Haynes and C. W. Bailey, officers and directors of the Metropolitan So cial club, against Dick Trammell and W. H. Trammell a suit in equity to force the Trammell brothers, managers of the club, to open the buffet, Seaborn Wright, president of the Law and Order League, filed a petition asking to be made a party to the proceedings by inter- ET Rome howl”—the liquorized crowd, we mean —but the real Romans, the men who love decency better than devilment and duty better than dirt, are standing like kings and princes on the Mount of Triumph, while the regaj Georgia city, the home of Shorter a>d cul ture, bids fair soon to be a spot- ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 24, 19LT vention, and as the result, instead of the club’s opening its buffet, Judge Maddox ordered the sheriff to seize all liquors and alcoholic drinks in the club rooms, keep it closed until further orders from the court and to bring all parties both paintiffs and defendants before him on Oct. 27, 1912, to answer to the allegations made in the petition of Mr. Wright. The hearing of the equity suit was continued. What the Petition Alleges. The petition alleges that the club was char tered for the social and moral uplift of its mem bers, and that it has been run solely as a locker club, which is alleged to have been conducted in violation of the law; that it is’ui nuisance and is demoralizing and hurtful. He asked that all liquors, fixtures, books, receipts and other data be seized ( and that the officers and directors be arrested and brought before the court to answer to the charge of running a blind tiger. Moses Wright and Junius Hillyer are attorneys for Mr. Wright. The prayers were granted and the hearing set for October 27. It is probable however, that the date of hearing will be changed as it is Sunday. The League is Active. Although he will dismiss the suit pending against the Elks and leave the other clubs in Rome under no restraint, it is understood that IO IBit ■' Sag HON. SEABORN WRIGHT. Who Helped Lick Liquor in Rome. Mr. Wright expects them to stay closed inde finitely, and that he will promptly file papers against the first one that does open for busi ness. He would make no definite statement to this effect Saturday afternoon, but declared that the Law and Order League would not al low Locker Clubs to run in violation of the law in Rome any more and said that all of them have been violating the law. Ladies Carry Petition. Several ladies of Rome have been circulating a petition for the past few days among the women of Rome endorsing the resolution pass ed- at the men’s meeting at the First Methodist Church last Sunday asking the clubs to stop running their locker clubs before forced to do so. Nearly a thousand ladies of Rome have signed the petitions which will be presented to each club next week. The following results have been obtained: Mrs. L. D. Yeargan, third ward, 196 names; Mrs. Seaborn Wright, second ward, 37 names; Miss Battie Shropshire, second ward, 81 names; Mrs. N. P. Bale, first ward, 80 names; Mrs. Watson, fourth ward, 94 names; Mrs. McGhee, fifth ward, 43 names; Mrs. S. P. Harvey, sixth ward, 85 names; Mrs. Black, seventh ward, 107 names. The ladies have issued this statement in connection with their work: “These names are limited only by inability to reach the en tire womanhood of Rome. Nine out of every ten are thankful for the privilege of signing them. The women of Rome do not want drink ing in any form.” The Day After. Whereupon the very next day, The Tribune- Herald told of the complete capitulation of the Elks. Because the story is so tremendously readable, and likewise because the Roman Elks set such a sensible, wholesome example, to all the other Elks of the country to stop their legalized but none the less debaunching haunts of drink, we also reproduce that story, with the Elks’ resolutions, in order to give the wid est possible publicity to this most commendable waking up and shaking up of Rome. Here is The Tribune-Herald’s story, headlines and all: ELKS CLUB DECIDE TO CLOSE THEIR LOCKERS. .-J Seaborn Wright Will Withdraw Injunction Brought Against Them—Action is Unani mous and Taken Voluntarily By Lodge. Voluntarily and by unanimous vote, the Rome Lodge of B. P. 0. Elks voted last night (Continued on Page 5.) ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS A YEAR is FIVE CENTS A COPY