The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-03-24

IEAnO-HEOO NNOW WIEOONO.
TIE determination or the Negroes
eli Nashville to have removed from
the public schools Prof. George Waters
ioes not show any signs of abatement.
The leople of South Nashville in par
ticular are clamoring for a mass7meet-
ing to show to the public their con-
demnation of the act of this man. A
Globe representative was invited to
the residence of the Wilson family.
The invitation was accepted They
we found in very cozy home com
fcrt ably surrounded with the necessi-
ties of life. There were no signs of
poverty, and the statement that has
been made as to the number of rooms
in the house in which they live was
set at naught The statement of the
relatives of tho debauched girl is
corroborated by the representative
of the Nashville Globe. The fam
lily discussed the case freely and were
glad to receive representative of the
Globe. They ave honest, conscientious
hard-working, industrious people. The
home is well kept, each Ioom being
comfortably supplied with furniture
snd co2ily decor ated There is only
one thing to break the serenity of the
surroundings, and that is the inno-
cent little baby that is the very image
of tie man who is accused of being
its father Any one looking at the
child will not hesitate for a moment
to agree with its mother that she gave
it the proper name when she named
it George Waters, JT
The people of South Nashville, who
have known Waters from childhood,
lare coming to the Globe Office volun-
tarily to make afidavits to mis- repu-
tation. One Mr. VIM. Wade, who lives
, in Trimble Spring Bottom, testified
that he has known Waters for thirty
years. He also stated that Waters
was arrested about a niece of his,
Miss Ida Wade, nine years ago for
an attempted criminal assault. He
said by some method the mother OF
the girl was persuaded to comprO-
mise and that it was hushed up. Mr.
Wade also stated that last year he was
compelled to stop his daughter from
attending an evening Sunday-school
meeting over which Prof. Waters was
superintendent on account of the
manners he had towards his daughter
who was about fourteen years of age
at that time Tie says Prof. Waters
asked him to allow her to return, but
re refused to dc so and informed him
the reason why.
Mrs. Eliza Porter, Sc South Hill
street, testified that she had known
Prof. Waters for several years, She alsC
knows the Wilson family She knows
when the mother and father of the
Wilson girl were married. She has
always known them to be honest, con
scientious, hard-wocking people. Theil
industry, she said, is best attested tt
by their present surroundings. They
have always worked at common labor
but through economy and honest liv
ing they have accumulated nice lit
tie home with comfortable surround
ipgs. She said Prof Waters was no.
fit man to teach anybody's girl ant
that she would not think 70" momen
of allowing a girl Of hers to be taught
by him. She said she knew him per
sonally and had often classified hin
about his wreckless way of living anC
his uncouth manners.
The people in the vicinity o
Knowles School. those who are pa
irons of the school, have filed thei
protest with the Superintendent of th'
Board of Education. They are NOR,
determined than ever to have Prof