The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-16
cusky Visions of Police Court.


The mystery OF a pipe or the mop
fields delight, became the allabsor0lns
subject OF inquiry in the police court
this morning.
II was a new experience. The daily
discoveries OF the police III Ardmoie
have uneartned most OF the wees IAd'
are colncident with metropolitan lie
hut this is the first instance when the
vlscious habit of the celestial has
bobbed up in the slums OF this city.
How it was introduced and where II
came from is the mystery, the dehSht
is evidenced by the tangible presence
of the pipe itself and it was the OBJECT
of curiosity on the part of large
crowd who eagerly crowded around
acting police judge, owen desk 10
get a view OF the strange article.
There it was in all its peculiar and
fascinating sp-endor, the lamp, the
mixer the igniter and dip, the long
and curious pipe itself, everything in
order to use and wait its victim inIo
that dreamy state, where pictured
essences of happiness follow each
other in rapid succession, as the mys-
terious effects of the poppy creep SLOW
ly over the physical and mental facul-
ties and for a time places the sleeper
in the flowery bowers OF Elyslums
realms of exalted pleasure.
The fascination of the thing was ap-
parent and even the stolid officials
who are used to many of the common
place things that are found in the un-
der world. exhibited unusual interest
in the paraphernalia which came un-
der the ban of the law.
A negro woman was charged with a
violation of the ordinance which APP
piled to the giving away or sale ot
opium.
The pipe was found in her posses
sion during one OF the nightly raids OF
the police and it was charged that she
gave and sold the deadly and insid-
uous drug, to several OF her associates.
A hop dem in Ardmore is GER
tainly advancing into the lower strata
of social degradation with all the
trimmings of metropolitan features.
There are Cinnamon in the city who
may be addicted to the use OF theirI
native drug, but it has not been IN
evidence before. This is a case OF the
negro being the offender, it is another
evidence of how quickly the African
race will adopt all of the vices OF 9th
er nationalities when it is contributiye
20 their own degradation.
1t is an evidence of the innate vis-
sciousness which if not controlled by
some ulterior method or by sense OF
self-respect develops the negro race
into the lowest order of humanity.
In this particular instance the plea
was set up by the possessor of the
pipe that it was simply used by her
self and was not intended as a decoy
with which to inveigle the unwary in
to the use of the dop.
Counsel was employed and the trial
of the case was continued until tomor-
row when the thing will be threshed
out with all it's disgusting features.
The spirit of peace was broken by
an unseemly alteration in the family
Of a negro divine, whose voice had
a deep intonation of devout loquacity
as he pleaded to the court this morn
'ng in his own behalf, who stood &C
cused of abusing his wife and disturb
ing the peace. OF course the elder
was innocent, it was simply one OF
these little family jars where the wom-
an is to blame and gets pounded by
her manly spouse for asserting her
rights in regard to the children. The
light OF Christian tervor was in the
eye of this disciple o; Christ as he