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IN LAWYER’S OFFICE FOR
YEARS. FELLS HER STORY
MONTICELLO, N T. I >«*r. 23
Barred from th* funeral of Melvin
H. Couch, former District Attorney
of Sullivan County, Adelaide Branch,
the wife of his heart," told to-day
how she was kept in Couch’s office,
a willing prisoner, for years. She
begged piteously to be allowed to
follow the body of Couch, the taci
turn and brilliant lawyer, whose per
sonality had held her as a love slave.
Mrs. Couch objected to Miss
Branch's presence at the funeral.
"Why are they so cruel?" cried
Miss Branch. "Don’t you know this
man is part of me. 1 loved him. he
was my life, my everything. Do you
think a woman would be a recluse
for years, a hermit, bitterly alone at
times, for a man unless she loved
Him with all the strength of her soul?
"They tell me his wife loved him.
She may have been his wife by the
law, but l was the wife of his heart.
I slaved for him. I lost all my friends
for him Gave up the w r <>rld for him.
And yet I am to be denied the poor
consolation of seeing the sod thrown
on his grave."
She told to-day for the first time
the full details of her strange ’ ro
mance so strange as to be without a
parallel even In the most Imaginative
of fiction.
Heart in Abject Slavery.
She told this story dry-eyed and
composed. A w’oman of sufficient in
tellectuality to translate the works
of French authors, skilled in the mak
ing of delicate and intricate embroid
ery, a competent stenographer, and
yet not scorning to bake, scrub and
rook for her "heart husband." she is a
striking personality. One forgets the
old-fashioned, haphazard garments
she wears. Her heart slavery was too
abject even for clothes, she did not
dare venture out of Couch's office to
shop but once. She feared the pry
ing eyes of Monticello. ,
"I know that my story may seem
strange to you,” she HUid, "but it
never seemed strange to me. Women
meet men every day for whom they
give up everything. Women always
give up things. I am a woman. w
"I loved Mr. Couch for fifteen years.
When I first met him I was selling a
life of Admiral Dewey by Murat Hal-
sted. 1 went from office to office In
Monticello, and at last. I never will
forget the day, I entered the office of
Couch.
"He looked at me and in that look
my heart was gone. It is a strange
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thing how, when one Is proof against
love, or thinks she is proof against
love, as I thought [ was—it is stpango
how the world changes with a look.
Kept Love Secret.
"We kept our love a secret for
years. I came to .see him at. times,
but 1 was cautious. Mr. Couch had
a brilliant future and I used every
caution, lest I would cast the slight
est blemish on his name. There are
2,000 women in Monticello with 2,000
tongues and 4.000 ears. I was care
ful.
"About three years ago we talked
things over. I wanted to be near
him Was ^ Jealous of his wife* and
his daughter? Ves. I was. What
woman wouldn’t be. I wanted him
for myself And I got him. I g«*t
him by giving up what many women
hold dear, but I got hfm.
“We fixed up a little room in the
rear of his offices. The wooden par
tition which separated this room from
the offices did not reach the ceiling by
two feet. 1 could hear what was go
ing on, hut could not see. I often
heard Mrs. Couch talking. Little did
she know who was' on the other side
of the partition.
"Yes, 1 lived in a cell, you might
pay. but it was a cell of my own
making It was not a pretty home,
but I was happy.
"Mr. Couch had injured his ankle
at an amateur race years ago. That
was one of the reasons why 1 went to
live in his office. He needed care.
Mr Couch told ills wife that long hill
leading up to his home was too steep
for him and he would thereafter eat
at the office and sleep at the office!
most of the time
Begrudged Time With Wife.
“Sometimes he went home, of
course. How I begrudged the time he
was with the woman whom the law
calls his wife!
"In the village they used to say
that old Couch was getting crabbed
and peculiar because he would stump
off to the grocery every day to get
provisions and come back with them
tucked under his arm. They won
dered why he didn’t go to his well-
kept home. The grocery man didn’t
know I was sharing those provisions.
Nobody did.
"Every Sunday Mr Couch went to
his wife. There he dined in state.
But things I cooked tasted better. He
told me so.
“One time the wife of an attorney
saw me lying half dressed on the bed
in my little room. She had come in
to look at some furniture and my door
had been left unlocked through some
accident. When site saw me this
woman gave a little scream and re
treated. She never told and this story
I a retelling may he no news to her. I
can remember how furious Mr. Couch
was at that. He was so angry he
teemed out of his head.
"f tvasr tnade Couch's cook, his ste
nographer, his scrub Woman and, yes,
his wife. I spent mv days and nights
a prisoner. Sometimes I rant out
when it was dark, but not often. It
was too risky.”
Miss Branch to-day begged to be
allowed to remain in the Sullivan
County jail until she' could secretly
leave the community.
"I have brought enough disgrace
upon my family, and have caused dis
tress enough to others,” declared the
prisoner. "I want to slip away quiet
ly.”
Restless Night in Jail.
Miss Branch spent a restless night
In jail, where she is being held on a
technical charge of petty larceny. The
woman admitted taking several dol
lars from the pocket of Couch as he
lay dead upon a lounge in his office.
It waH decided to-day to drop tlie
charge, but when this information
was conveyed to the prisoner she
begged not to be turned out before a
staring crowd.
The Masonic order, of which Couch
warf a member, derided not to par
ticipate in the funeral this afternoon
Mrs. Crouch and her daughter, al-
i though prostrated with grief and
cvercome with • motion over the ex-
| posures w hich follow ed her husband's
(loath, directed the preparations for
I the funeral in their magnificent home.
The Rev. A. .1. Waugh, of the Pres-
' byterian Church, of which the dead
lawyer was a member, volunteered to
preach the funeral sermon, and six
old friends of the dead man, not one
| of whom suspected his double life,
! volunteered to act as pallbearers.
GIRL, 14, BEATS 2,000
BOYS RAISING CORN
.MISS DEL PI I INK MOORE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day renominated Jud-
»on ('. Clements, of Georgia, as a
member of the Interstate Commerce
<'ommission.
The President believes that Mr.
Clements’ long service upon the com
mission deserved a reappointment,
and especially in view of his expert
knowledge of railroad conditions.
Governor R B. Glenn, of North
Carolina, had been persistently men
tioned .13 President Wilson’s choice
for the position, ip connection with
rumors that he had determined not
to give the Georgian another term.
Friends of Judge Clements, however,
have been assured of his reappoint
ment for some weeks.
The Georgia member was appoint
ed originally by President Cleveland
In 1X93, and has served continuously
ever since, having been chairman
part of the time. He is 67 years of
age, and before being named to the
commission served as Congressman
from the Seventh District for three
terms.
He was indorsed by all the Geor
gians in Congress when it became
known that he was to have an oppo
nent. Personal appeals were made to
the President in his behalf. The po
sition pays $10,000 a year.
Plan ‘Conference’
On 'The Blue Bird'
A dramatic conference on Maeter
linck and "The Blue Bird" will be held
at the Carnegie Library next Tues
day afternoon at 4 o’clock. Tt will
be imitative of the novel "confer
ences dramatique” of the Sarbonne
of Paris. This decision was made by
the executive C ommittee of the At
lanta Center of-the Drama League of
America..
The management of the Grand
Theater has ‘offered the use of the
stage and the settings for the cot
tage scene. Mrs. William C. Spiker
presided at the meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Drama League
at which plans were made.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 23.—Fourteen |
letters bearing the official stamp of
the Secretary of War or the Secre
tary of the Navy to-day were sent to
as many prominent offic* .,'s of the
army, navy and marine co*ps. Each
of these letters contained a copy- of
President Wilson’s stinging repri
mand to the "dinner committee” of
th** Military Order of the Carabao for
their “silly effervescences of childish
wit" in connection with the recent,
"wallow” of the, organization.
Accompanying the President’s offi
cial reprimand was a ahort memo
randum from Secretary Garrison or
Secretary Daniels reminding the offi
cer to whom the letter was addressed
that the inclosed reprimand has been
placed against him in his official rec
ord. It is expected the letters will
arrive In good time for the Christmas
stockings of those reprimanded.
The recipients of the reprimands
are Rear Admiral Thomas R How
ard U. S. N.; Major General Wm. P.
Biddle, commartdant of the marine
corps; Brigadier General Frank Mc
Intyre, chief of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs; Colonel H. O. S. Heistand,
U. S. A.; Captain W. R Shoemaker,
U. S. N.; Surgeon Frank McCullouglj,
V. S. N.; Major Edgar Russell, U. S.
A.; Major L. M. Fuller. U. S. A., re
tired; Lieutenant Commander F. L.
Rldgeley, U. 8. X.; Paymaster Victor
P. Jackson. U. S. N.; Major Francis
.1. Koester, U. S. A.; Captain Warren
Dean, U. S. A.: Captain Frank’ T.
Hines, U. S. A.; Major G. E. Nor-
myle, U. S. A.
Major Joseph M. Heller, U. S. V.,
being a volunteer officer no longer in
the service, will not receive the rep
rimand, but, according to Secretary
Garrison, “if he feels slighted we will
send him a copy of the President’s
letter to frame as a souvenir of the
occasion.
A sort of echo from the recent Corn
Club Show in Atlanta came from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Tuesday with the news
that a prize of $50, offered by 11. G.
Hastings Seed Company, of Atlanta,
offered for the best torn production
on an Arkansas acre, had been won
by a 14-year-old girl, little Miss Del
phi ne Moore, w’ho competed against
2,400 boy members of the Corn Club,
because ther« was no similar girls’
club in the State.
Miss ^loqre worked her own acre
and made 101.4 bushels of corn on it,
at a net cost of 12 cents a bushel. She
lives at Wyman, Ark, with her fa
ther and mother.
In addition to the Hastings prize,
Miss Moore won several premiums at
the State Fair at Hot Springs, and at
the county fair in her neighborhood.
The Corn Club contest was con
ducted tinder the auspices of the
United States Department of Agri
culture, for which W. J. Jernigan is
Arkansas agent.
oliceman Nearly 'Presbyterians Meet
Bitten by Mad Dog
Policeman Barfield had a narrow
escape Tuesday front being bitten by
a mad dog that terrorized the vicin
ity of Magnolia and Maple streets
and attacked Leonard Beli, of No.
271 Magnolia street, a 13-year-old
negro.
After shooting the dog several
times, the officer was compelled to
flee into tl\e home of Pauline Adams,
No. 269 Magnolia street, and barri
cade himself until he could reload his
revolver. From this barricade he
finally shot the dog to death.
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Montenegran Queen
Is Dangerously Ill
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ZURICH. SWITZERLAND, Dec.
Queevn Milena of Montenegro,
mother of Queen Helena of Italy, is
understood to be dangerously ill in
the capital of the little Balkan king
dom.
Dr. A. Genhart. of this city, re
ceived an urgent summons to-day to
go to Oettlnje to attend her majesty.
The Queen has been Indisposed for
several days, hat yesterday the
symptoms suddenly became very se-
I rlous.
3 Colleges to Meet
In 'Triangle' Debate
OXFORD. GA., Dec, 23.—Emory Col-
leg*'. Oxford. Wofford College, Spartan
burg. S. C.. and Emory and Henry Col-
I lege Emory. Va.. have arranged for a
I triangular debate to take place the
first Saturday in April. Each Institu
tion suggested three questions from
1 which the following was decided upon
for debate
"Resolved, That the system of direct
legislation known as the initiative and
referendum should be generally adopted
in the several States."
Emory teams have defeated the other
institutions In the debates heretofore
Standard Time for
Brazil on New Year
WASHINGTON Dso tt BimsD on
anuary 1, will adopt the Meridian of
Greenwich for reckoning official time.
The country will be divided into four
zones, the most easterly of which will
j be two hours and the other throe /.ones
| respectively three, four and five hours
later than Greenwich time.
! CHENEYS
EXPECTORANT
Cures Running of the Nose
I Cold, chilly feeling*, unteiinn. *or* throat, lun*
1 trouble*. oppressive feeltn* in th# chest- Try
1 ('henry’s Kxpectorsnt next time you need a ruu-
tdy fur cukU. at thus •lures.— Aun.
To Raise Poor Fund
A meeting of the Sunday school
anti church membership will be held
at the Central Presbyterian Church
Tuesday night, w hen a special offer
ing will be made to the poor. The
presents will consist of necessities,
toys and money. Wednesday the
presents will be delivered by J. M.
Moore and T. M. Catchart, who will
endeavor to see that no one is left
out
The Sunday school class, taught by
the pastor, the Rev. Caleb A. Ridley,
was entertained at his residence on
Pryor street Monday night, more than
75 of the members attending. Dr. and
Mrs. Ridley were the recipients of
many presents. Dr. Ridley presented
each of those present with his recent
book of poems, "Just A-Thlnkin’ of
My Friends.”
Teacher Gives Xmas
Dinner to Negro Boys
A free Christmas dinner for the ne
gro newsboys of Atlanta will be given
in Bethel Church, colored, Wednes
day at 8 p. m. under the direction of
Alice D Cary, a teacher in the Mor
ris Brown University, Houston street
and Boulevard. This is the ninth an
nual dinner given by the teacher.
The Georgian’s big Christmas tree
on the (Mtv Hall plaza will be trans
ported Friday to the campus of the
Morris Brown University, and there
will be used as a Christmas tree for
the poor negro children Friday and
Saturday.
Strike Situation in
Copper Belt Clears
CALUMET, MICH.. Dec. 23.—An-
other important arrest of an agita
tor fof the Western Federation of
i Miners was made late last night w’hen
More Oppinan, alleged leader of the
Hungarians and preacher of violence.
! was apprehended on the charge of
j having a quantity of dynamite con-
; tea lad in his lodgings.
The strike situation daily takes on
, more favorable aspect, and conditions
are becoming more settled through
out the district.
NEW CONSUL. AT MOBILE.
MOBILE. Deo 23 .1 Nelson 1’olha-
nus. the new Cuban consul at Mobile,
has arrived from Pekin. China. where
j he was stationed for three years. Polha-
ruis succeeds L Dolz. promoted to con
sul-general with headquarters in New
York city.
East Atlanta School
Seeks Improvements
Improvements for the East Atlan
ta school and the present insanitary
and unsatisfactory conditions wfill be
discussed by the City Council early
in January, when the apportionment
sheet is submitted by the Budget
Committee.
Miss Rusha Wesley, principal, has
made complaint to the Atlanta Board
of Education. No improvements, she
says, have been made on the building
since It was bulk many years ago,
and it now* is lacking in sanitary
conveniences and also is crowded
badly.
American Jockey Is
Thrown by Toboggan
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, Dec.
23.—At the opening yesterday of the
famous Cresta toboggan slide, J. N.
("Skeets") Martin, the American jock
ey, who has been riding for several
years past in Europe, was thrown from
a toboggan and seriously injured. He is
suffering from concussion of the brain.
Scores Will Attend
Thomson Funeral
Funeral services of Colonel W. S.
Thomson, who died Monday morning
at his residence, No. 449 North Boule
vard, will be held at the Grace Meth
odist Church at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. Bishop Warren A. Can
dler. a lifelong friend, will officiate.
The funeral will be attended by
Camp No. 159. United Confederate
Veterans, of which Colonel Thomson
was a member. He was prominent in
Masonic circles, and members of his
lodge will attend in a body. A spe
cial committee from the Atlanta Bar
Association has also been appointed,
composed of Judge John T. Pendle
ton, Judge W. D. Ellis, E. W. Martin.
Henry C. Peeples, T. P. Westmore
land. W R. Hammond, Eugene Mitch
ell, Luther Z. Rosser and Herbert
Haas. Officers of the association will
also attend.
Interment will be in Oakland Cem
etery.
Mrs. Matilda Christian, aged seventy-
six. died Tuesday morning at 4
o'clock .at the residence, No. 120
Greenwich avenue. She is sur-
vived m two Children, Mr.-. W. J.
Phagan and J. Wallace Christian.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day morning at 10 o’clock, and in
terment will be in Hollywood Cem
etery. Carriages will leave Poole's
undertaking establishment at 9:30.
Women at Military
Fete for First Time
WASHINGTON. Deo. 23.—Breaking of
an official custom that has existed from j
time immemorial will mark the annual \
New Year’s receptions to be given by j
the heads the Army and Navy es- |
tablishments of the Government.
For the first time in history, female j
members of the officers' families and
civilians will be present at the New
Year’s receptions to be given by the !
Secretary of War and Mrs. Garrison ■
and the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniel!*
Typewriters rented 4 mos.
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
“ What made you
reject that man?”
I asked an army sergeant
on recruiting service, as a
broad shouldered would-be
soldier was turned away.
“Bad teeth!” replied the ser
geant. You would be surprised
to know that from six to eight
per cent, of the recruits apply
ing for enlistment in the U. S.
Army within one year were re
jected becauseofdefectiveteeth
alone. And that thirty-five per
cent of the catarrhal cases in the
U. S. Army were directly trace
able todiseasedoraleonditions.”
Perfect cleanliness of the
teeth 19 absolutely essential to
Good Health. A pleasant, sure
way to perfect cleanliness is the
twice-a-day use of Colgate’s
Ribbon Dental Cream, '*nd the
twice a year visit to your
dentist.
Ybu too
should use
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Ex-Mayor, Accessory,
Begins Year Sentence
COLUMBUS, Dec. 23.—Claud B. Gul-
latt, former Mayor of Phenix City, Ala.,
has gone to Milledgeville to begin a
one-year sentence on the State farm,
having been convicted in Muscogee
County Superior Court on a charge of
being an accessory before the fact in an
asault to murder attempt.
May Lift Ban on
Foreign Potatoes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Fed
eral Horticultural Board, following pro
tests against the potato embargo from
Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain,
Ireland and Continental Eurone. has the
matter of raising the embargo unde/
advisement.
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Pearl Opera Glasses of exceptional
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We have a number of guaranteed
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Cages from 50c up.
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Ladies’ Silk Hose. Plain and em
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Neckwear
A wonderful collection of pretty
Neckwear in appropriate boxes
for gifts, at 25c, 50c and $1.00.
Leather
Goods
You will find what you want here.
All the most exclusive models in
fine Leather, Moire, Velvet and
Beaded Bags—$1.00 to $20.00.
Ribbons
Ribbon Chatelaine—50e and $1.00.
Holly Ribbon, 5-yard piece, at lOe.
Complete line of Red and Holly
Green Ribbon from No. 1 to 7
inches.
Umbrellas
Va Off
Every Umbrella in stock must be
sold at once. Ladies’ and men’s
fine, gold-filled and sterling han
dles, at one-fourth off.
J. P. Allen & Co.
51-53
Whitehall St.
Stool
That’s
One of the most discouraging
signs in the steady improvement
of a great city is to be observed In
the unholy staging that profession
al reformers give to Atlanta
through the stool pigeon tactics of
self-advertised incompetents.
Heralded on jaunts abroad as an
exemplar of civic virtue and ma
terial advancement, while at home
advertised as a modern Sodom of
moral filth and civic degenracy, by
crap-detectives and hysterical pub
licists.
This is the campaign of consis
tency by which the self-acclaimed
moralist would attract the home-
seeker and capitalist to Atlanta.
Building great universities by
such methods? No; these come
through agencies whose patriotism
does not glow in the breast of nar
row cant.
Attracting new industrial enter
prises, with their thousands of
honest workmen who demand a
day of recreation now' and then?
No; these factories come in spite
of the handicap of them, whose,
thought and existence seem to sta^t
and to end with a stern-faced seat
on the lid.
Corralling great conventions like
that superb body of men, the
Shriners, who never visit a city
w’here very day is a Sahara? No,
indeed. The great human heart of
such an institution does not im
bibe pleasure from the comber at
mosphere of fanaticism.
impelling other bodies of men
that represent the thrift, the brain,
the binding forces of development
to meet in annual conclave in our
city? No. They are too busy en
couraging some silly detective to
slip upon innocent love as it dese
crates the Capitol’s steps, or in
hiring some miserable stool pigeon
to sneak a half pint from some
locker club whose rule is to con
form to the law’ and respect the
officers of the law.
Atlanta is growing by prodig
ious strides, in spite of these se
rious handicaps to her growth.
What might she do if the press
of the city should combine to make
eternal war on the. "Paul Prys
and Small Frys" of reform?
Some day Atlanta will be a
great metropolis. She is heading
that way. Isn’t it time that the
broad minds and great developers
w r ho have surrendered the reins of
moral control to petty reformers,
take them in hand again, so that
industrial and moral expahsion
may be had on those lines of sym
metry that count for stable better
ment?
This is a thought that should
compel . action from the banker,
the manufacturer, the merchant,
the citizen. And in this groat
w’ork, which is needed to-day. the
press and the representative min
istry should lead.
Atlanta is already too great to
tolerate any small espionage of
her resorts of pleasure, such as
locker clubs, dance halls and pub
lic parks.
There are too many types in
Atlanta to say that all shall laugh
and pray in unison. |
Strength of soul and breadth of
mind are not built upon lines of
dogmatic command.
There is a time to w’ork, and
there is a time to play—but every
man should w-ork as best suits
his energies, and every man should
play as best suits his healthy de
sires.
Pigeon Methods
In a City
Growing Better
No small body of men should be
allowed to preside over the
thought an dthe conduct of an
entire community.
And yet this is the Chinese shoe
which a brow-beaten people are
allowing narrow officialdom to
fasten on the head of Atlanta.
What do you think of the pre
sented situation, self-respecting
citizen, who claims to have a mind
and yet afraid to express it?
What do you think of it, much
acclaimed editor of the influential
paper—quietly acquiescing in the
threatened confiscation of the
property of the citizen, and tim
idly condoning the abuse of the
freeman’s rights?
Was it consistent with any hon
est view of equal rights for the of
ficers of the law to hale before the
courts seven locker clubs of the
downton district while they grant
ed immunity to seven locker clubs
in the uptown district?
Can the sense of justice of any
official be defended who performs
or allows the arrest of certain
locker clubs while he neglects or
prevents the arrest of certain oth
er locker clubs?
Will the press and the citizens
approve the conviction of the man
agement under indictment unless
the officers responsible therefor
indict and convict those clubs that
have been outrageously and inde
fensibly favored?
Is there any justice In such a
travesty on administered law?
Is there any moral defense to be
offered in behalf, of a judge or
other officer of the law belonging
to an uptown locker club, either by
membership or courtesy of admis
sion, that may not be urged >n
behalf of the citizen who happens
to belong to some club less fa
vored by the self-righteous stand
ard of comparison? If so, why?
Can any club that pays city,
State and Federal license be oper
ating as a blind tiger, so long a 8
all these constituted authorities
w rite receipts that indicate the
place of the sale and the manage- ^
ment that sells? Can anything be
legally blind that legally sees ’
Is this Americanized Atlanta nr
Russianized St. Petersburg''
Chief Reavers, in pre.Tninary
annua! report, felicitates Limsel
and Atlanta by referring to the
decrease in the number of mur
ders as compared with,1912.
He also recites the "slgniflran
fact that but 57 w'omen "f j /
streets have been arrested during
the whole year, against 45 sue
women arrested in 1912, during the
time the ‘red light’ districts wen
open, and when no special efusa e
was being waged by the police j.
against vice.”
All this is superficially enrour- 0
aging. Yet in view’ of the genera a
impression as to the numerical in- J
crease in "such women,” it Is "
improbable if the Detective ‘" 1
partment should try the stoo - I
pigeon tactics that have b ee n
adopted with "certain” lo< ,
clubs, the result might tax the ca- E
pacity of the police station in I
single night's haul. I
However, it is well if a
growing better, so long as ' I j
not resort to unfair methods I
show we are growing w’orse. li
Remember: There is no J!
honesty in deliberate discrin** 11 2
tion. "What’s sauce for th§ g°^ J
should be sauce for the 0^>cer g
MORAL r^mCE. j
— wmry.