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NEWS.
I, LOVE P
IN LAWYER'S OFFICE F0I1
YEARS. TELLS HER STOUT
MONTICELLO, X V Dec. 23
Barred from the "funeral of Melvin
H Couch, former District Attorney
of Sullivan County, Adelaide Branch,
the “wife of his heart,” told to-da>
how she was kept in Couch’s office
a willing prisoner, for years She
begged piteously to be allowed to
follow the body of (’ouch, 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?” fried
Miss Branch. “Don’t you know this
man is part of me. I loved him; he
was my life, rny 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 I was the wife of ills heart,
i slaved for him. 1 lost all my friends
for him. Gave up the world for him.
And yet 1 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 woman 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
cook for her “heart husband.” she is a
striking personality, one forgets the
old-fashioned, haphazard garments
she wears. Her heart slavery w as too
ab>< ct even for dot has, 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 said, "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.
”1 loved Mr. Couch for fifteen years.
When I first met him ! was selling a
life of Admiral Dewey by Murat Hal-
Nted 1 went from office to office in
Monticello, and at last, I never will
forget the day. 1 entered the office of
iCouch.
“He looked at me and In that look
my heart was gone. It is a strange
thing
lovf
how
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Gold and Silversmiths
Established 1837
31-33 Whitehall Street
Atlanta, Ga.
Open Evenings until
Christmas
>\v, whon one is proof against
thinks she is proof aguinst
1 thought I wa»—it Is strange
world changes with a look.
Kept Love Secrei.
“We kept our love a secret for
' oars 1 i arne to see him at times,
but I was cautious. Mr. Couch had
a brilliant future and \ 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 I Jealous of his wife and
Ids daughter? Yes, I was. What
woman wouldn't he. I wanted him
for myself. And I got him. 1 got
him by giving up what many women
hob! dear, bui I got him.
‘’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 I could hear what was go
ing on, but could not see. I often
heard Mrs. (’ouch talking. Idttle did
she know who was on the other aide
of tlie partition.
"Yes. I lived In a cell, you might
My, hut it was a cell of my own
making. It was not a pretty home,
but I was happy.
“Mr. (’ouch had Injured his ankle
at r.n amateur race years ago. That
was one of the reasons why I went to
live In his office. He needed care.
Mr. Couch told his 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. (’ouch 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
«aw me lying half dressed on the bed
In my little roym. She had come In
to look at some !’••rniture and my door
had been left unlocked through some
accident. When she ,«aw me this
woman gave a Jittle scream and re
treated. She never told and this story
I am telling may be no news to her. I
can remember how furious Mr. Couch
was at that. He was so angry he
seemed out of his head.
“1 w as made Couch’s cook, his ste
nographer. his scrub woman and. yes,
his wife. I spent my days and nights
a prisoner. Sometimes I rant out
when it was dark, but not often. It
was too risky.”
Policeman Nearly
Bitten by Mad Dog
Policeman. Barfield had a narrow
escape Tuesday from being bitten by
a mad dog that terrorized the vicin
ity of Magnolia and Maple streets
and attacked Leonard Bell, of No.
271 Magnolia street, a 13-year-old
negro.
After shooting the dog several
times, the officer was compelled to
llee into the 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.
GIRL. 14. BEATS 2,000
BOYS RAISING CORN
Standard Time for
Brazil on New Year
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 Brazil, on
January 1, will adopt the Meridian of
Greenwich for reckoning official time
The country will tie divided into four
zones, the most easterly of which will
be two hours and the other three zones
respectively three, four and five hours
later than Greenwich time.
A sort of echo from the recent Corn
Club Show r in Atlanta, came from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Tuesday with the news
that a prize of $50, offered by II. G.
Hastings Seed Company, of Atlanta,
offered for the best corn production
on an Arkansas acre, had been won
by a 14-year-old girl, little Miss Del-
phine Moore, who competed against
2,400 boy members of the Corn Club,
because ther** was no similar girls’
club in the State.
Miss Moore worked her own acre
Rich Atlanta Bride
To Spend Xmas With
Husband in Hospital
iJffctCHBURn, VA . Dio. 23.—Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Kelly Evans expect
to spend their Christmas In Lynch
burg. Mr. Evans is still in the
Lynchburg Hospital, and although
convalescing it will probably be a
week or two before he will be able
to leave the institution. The wealthy
Mrs. Evans, formerly Mrs. Joseph B.
Whitehead, of Atlanta, is a guest at
the Virginia Hotel.
The couple wore married in the
hospital here a few’ weeks ago, soon
after Mr. Evans underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis. As soon as he
is able to travel he and Mrs. Evans
expect to leave for England to visit
members of his family. Following
this trip, they W’ill return to Toronto,
Mr Evans’ home city
Presbyterians Meet
To Raise Poor Fund
A meeting of the Sunday school
and church membership will be held
at the Central Presbyterian Church
Tuesday night, when 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. Cathcart, w T ho 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 nis residence on
Pryor street Monday night, more than
75 of the members attending. Dr. and
Mrs. Ridley were the recipients of
many presents. l)r. Ridley presented
each of those present with his recent
book of poems, "Just A-Thinkin’ of
My Friends."
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Phone Main 2526.
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Phones Main 285; Atlanta 2877.
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SCISSORS AND KNIVF?
OF ALL KINDS
SHARPENED BY EXPERTS
MATTHEWS & LIVELY
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ATLANTA. GA.
STOVES
of Ail Kinds
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STOVE SUPPLY CO.
101 N Foreyih St. Phone
Ivy 1240
Stove Supplies of Every Kind
Montenegrin Queen
Is Dangerously Ill
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. Dec.
Quezon 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 Cettinje to attend her majesty.
The Queen has been Indisposed for
several days, but yesterday the
symptoms suddenly became very se
rious.
3 Colleges to Meet
In‘Triangle’ Debate
OXFORD. GA., Dee. 23. -Emory Col
lege, Oxford. Wofford College. Spartan
burg. S C . and Emory and Henry Col
lege Emory. Va . have arranged for a
triangular debate to take pluce the
first Saturday tn April. Kaeh institu
tion suggested three questions from
which tlie following was decided upon
for debate:
“Resolved. That the system of direct
legislation known as the initiative and
referendum should he generally adopted
in the several States.
Emory teams have 4efeated the other
institutions In the debates heretofore.
FIGHT TO KEEP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The
Senate in executive session to
day confirmed the nomination of
Judson C. Clements, of Georgia,
to be a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
\\ A SHINGTON, Dec. 23. Presi
dent Wilson tp-day renominated Jua-
*mi r Clement*, of Georgia, us a
member of the Interstate Commerce
< ’ommission.
Tlte President believes that Mr.
Clements’ long service upon the com
mission deserved a reappointment,
nnd especially in view of his expert
knowledge of railroad conditions.
Governor R B. Glenn, of North
Carolina, had been persistently men
tioned as President Wilson's choice
for the position, in connection with
rumors that he had determined not
to give the Georgian another term.
Friends of Judge (’lenlents, however,
have been assured of his reappoint
ment for some weeks.
The Georgia member was appoint
ed originally by President Cleveland
in 1893, 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
< ommission served as Congressman
from the Seventh District for three
terms.
He was Indorsed by ail the Geor
gians in Congress when it became
known fhat 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'
;e phesmt
TO SPEAK HERE
T
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Senat r ,
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Colonel
John Temple Graves called to-day <*n
V ice President Marshall to present to
him the invitation to deliver the com
mencement addre- to Agnes Scott |
College in May and to be the guest of
A tlanta.
Senator Smith and Mr. Graves car
ried also the informal message of the
chamber of Commerce and other
prominent requests urging the Vic?
President's acceptance of the Atlanta
invitation.
The Vice President was most gra
cious in the expression of his admi
ration for Atlanta and its people, and j
expressed a very high opinion of Ag
nes Scott, whose fame extends far be
yond the limits of Georgia. He gave •
the Atlanta representatives an almost |
definite promise that he wouFd maj<e j
the Atlanta visit.
The acceptance depends upon some
smaller contingency, which he w^l en
deavor to arrange, and the chan- es
are excellent that Atlanta and Agnes
Scott will have the Vice President in
May.
Few public speakers of to-day are
more virile and forceful than the
Vice President. He has views w’lth a
punch in them. He is eloquent, mag
netic, genial and full of humor and
force. Atlanta will rarely have had a
more enjoyable and distinguished vis
itor.
Women at Military
Fete for First Time
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. It will
be imitative of the novel "confer
ences dramatique" of the Rarbonne
of Paris. This decision was made by
the executive committee 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 the Drama League
at which plans were made.
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 under the auspices of the
United States Department of Agri
culture, for which W. J. Jernigan is
Arkansas agent.
East Atlanta School
Seeks Improvements
Improvements for the East Atlan
ta school and the present insanitary
and unsatisfactory conditions will 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 built many years ago.
and it now is lacking in sanitary
conveniences and also is crowded
badly.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Breaking of
an official custom that has existed from
time immemorial will mark the annual
New Year’s receptions to be given by
the heads of the Army and Navy es
tablishments of the Government. j
For the first time in history, female
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.
Daniels
American Jockey Is
Thrown by Toboggan
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. MORITZ. SWITZERLAND. Pec.
23. At the opening yesterday of the
famous Presta 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.
Teacher Gives Xmas
Dinner to Negro Boys
A free Christmas dinner for the ne
gro newsboys of Atlanta will he given
In Bethel Church, colored. Wednes
day at 3 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 tre> |
on the City Halt plaza will be trans- j
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.
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Running of the Nose
I
trouble*. .>pi*r.K<i»4 tn the chMl Tr>
Cheney* KxjxvtnrarU next time you ne*»d « rviu
tuj ivf cuiu». a. tirua t.txvs-—AUvt.
Strike Situation in
Copper Belt Clears
* CALUMET. MICH., Dec 23.—An*
! other important arrest of an agita-
| tor for the Western Federation of
Miners was made late Last night when
More Oppman, alleged leader of the
Hungarians and preacher of violence,
j was apprehended on the charge of
I having a quantity of dynamite con-
| cealed in his lodgings.
The strike situation daily takes on )
more favorable aspect, and conditions
ire becoming more settled through- ;
j out the district.
NEW CONSUL AT MOBILE.
MOBILF. Dec. 23 .! Nelson Poiha-
j mis, the new Cuban consul at Mobile.
; lias arrived from Pekin. China, where
he was stationed for three years Polha-
|nus succeeds 1. Dolz. promoted to con-;
wit • ers in New
York city.
$5—OPERA GLASSES—$5
Pearl Opera Glasses of exceptional 1
value for this season of the year—j
the Xmas GCt tor any member of the
j family. 42 X Broad. Jno. L. Moore,
1 ir Soil*.—Advt.
Scores Will Attend
Thomson Funeral
Funeral services of Colonel W. j
Thomson, w ho 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 vyas prominent ir
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. Matild-a Christian, aged seventy-
six. died Tuesday morning at 4
o'clock at the residence, No. 120
Greenwich avenue. She is sur
vived by two children. Mrs. W. J.
Phngan and J. Wallace Christian.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day morning at 10 o’clock, and in
terment will bp in Hollywood <’em-
eterv. Carriages will leave Poole’?
undertaking establishment at 9:30.
G. S. Allen, aged’37, dropped dead of
apoplexy Tuesday morning at his
home. No. 163 Kennedy street. He
had Just finished breakfast and
walked out on the veranda w hen he
was stricken. Mr. Allen is sur
vived by a wife, one sisier. Mrs.
Hattie Ward, and one brother. Lee
Allen.
Clarence H. Farmer, the 4-y<>ar-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Farm
er. of No. 604 Woodward avenue,
died Tuesday morning. The body
w ill be taken Wednesday to Ruford,
Ga., for funeral and interment.
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
tfsts against the potato embargo from
Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain,
Ireland and Continental Eurooe. has the
matter of raising the embargo under
advisement.
Specials at ALLEN’S
FOR CHRISTMAS
Late shoppers will find that we have
amply provided for their wants.
Handker
chiefs
Our immense stock of Ladies' and
Men’s Initial and Embroidered
Handkerchiefs—boxed or single
pieces—15c up to $12.00.
Gloves
For Ladies, Men, Misses, Boys
and Children.
Jewelry
The greatest assortment of Solid
Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold Filled.
Special line in Velvet Case at $100
Hosiery
Neckwear
Leather
Goods
Ribbons
Umbrellas
!4 Off
J. P. Allen & Co.
Ladies’ Silk Hose. Plain and em
broidered. Fancy clocked, lace,
two-toned, Italian Silk, McCallom
and the celebrated Allen Hose.
A wonderful collection of pretty
Neckwear in appropriate boxes
for gifts, at 25c, 50c and $1.00.
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.
Ribbon Chatelaine—50c and $1.00.
Holly Ribbon, 5-yard piece, at 10c.
Complete line of Red and Holly
Green Ribbon from No! 1 to 7
inches.
Every Umbrella in stock must be
sold at once. Ladies’ and men’s
fine, gold-filled and sterling han
dles, at one-fourth off.
51-53
Whitehall St.
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
percent, of tho recruits apply
ing for enlistment in the U. S.
Army within one year were re
jected because of defective teeth
alone. And that thirty-five per
cent, of the catarrhal cases in the
U. S. Army were directly trace
able to diseased oralconditions.’*
Perfect cleanliness of the
teeth is absolutely essential to
Good Health. A pleasant, sure
way to perfect cleanliness is the
twice-a-day use of Colgate’s
Ribbon Dental Cream, and the
twice a year visit to your
dentist.
Ybu too
should use
COC&fiTETS
RIBBON DfiRTOC CREAM
A CHEERFUL XMAS
Is there anything so cheerful for a
Xmas gift as a Singing Birdt
We have a number of guaranteed
Singing Canaries at $2.75.
Cages from 50c up.
J. C MeMILLAN, JR., SEED CO.
23 S. Broad St Main 940
Stool Pigeon Methods
In a City
Growing Better
One oW the most discouraging
signs in Vne 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 *f
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 degeneracy, 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 comfe
through agencies whose patriotism
does not glow in the breast of nar
row cant.
Attracting new industrial enter
prises, with their thousands • f
honest workmen who demand a
day of recreation now and then?
No; these factories ccme in spite
of the handicap of them, whose
thought and existence seem to sta r 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
where very day is a Sahara? No.
indeed. The great hitman heart of
such an institution does not im
bibe pleasure from the somber at
mosphere of fanaticism.
Impelling other bodies of m^n
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 up on innocent love as it dese
crates the Capitol*, 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 wfill be a
great metropolis. She is heading
that way. Isn’t 'it time that the
broad minds and great developers
who have surrendered the reins of
moral control to petty reformers,
take them in hand again, so that
industrial and moral expansion
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 great
work, 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 work, and
there is a time to play—but every
man should work as best suits
his energies, and every man should
play as best suits his healthy de-
No small body of men should be
allowed to preside over the
thought and the 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
downtown 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 dn 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 In
behalf of the citizen who happens
to belong to some club less fa
vored by the self-righteous stand
ard of comparison? If so, w’hy?
Can any club that pays city,
State and Federal license be oper
ating as a blind tiger, so long as
a!l these constituted authorities
write receipts that indicate the
place of the sale and the manage
ment that Rells? Can anything be
legally blind that legally sees?
Is this Americanized Atlanta or
Russianized St. Petersburg?
<’hief Beavers, in preliminary
annual report, felicitates himself
and Atlanta by referring to the
decrease in the number of mur
ders as compared with 1912.
He also recites the “significant
fact that but 57 women of the
streets have been arrested during
the whole year, against 46 such
women arrested in 1912. during the
time the ‘red light’ districts were
open, and when no special crusade
wa s being waged by th© police
against vice.”
All this is superficially encour
aging. Yet In view’ of the general
impression as to the numerical in
crease in "such women,” it is not
improbable if the Detective De
partment should try the stool-
pigeon tactics that have been
adopted with “certain” locker
clubs, the result might tax the ca
pacity of the police station In a
single night’s haul.
However, it is well if we are
glowing better, so long as we do
not resort to unfair methods to
show we are growing worse.
Remember: There is no legal
honesty in deliberate discrimina
tion. “What’s sauce for the goose
should be sauce for the gander.”,
MORAL JUSTICE *