The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-03-10

never De happy, Try as she may, pos
sess the wealth OF the world, or marry
the highest man in the land, she can
| but have moments of reflection which
carry he~ back to her blot of sin, and
render her most miserable indeed
We were aware of the two certain
truth, that we could never restore her
chastity, she was a mother, do what
we would, but we could attempt to
build upon our ruined castle a bulwark
of defense for other Babies in the
cradle" who perchance might meet
George Waters or some saint like him.
We wish further TO refrute the
charge that we are in reduced circunl-
stances, or that we live in two rooms.
Poverty is no disgrace, because we feel
that Rags are royal raiments when
worn for the sake of Virtue, but we
own our own dwelling of six rooms,
| 1.-TWO stories) and small house in
the rear which is used as rental prop
erty. We pay taxes on as much prop
erty as Waters does, and what we own
came from our own labor and frugali-
ty and not through the law of inheri-
lance. We are law-abiding citizens as
because in any court of justice we
would have been justified in taking
his life with pistol for the offense
which he committed against the law,
society, our child and his God.
We strive to be something and to
possess something's we are comfoTta-
bly, surrounded with poultry, hogs,
oOuc bOrcoc q uo.uon ond n from in
which we can ride around We have
eight in our family, George Waters,
Jr., who is the living image of his
father, George Waters, S., making
nine. Aside from the six living rooms
We have reception hall, an ante hall
and two large porches to our two
story house Wet say this not in
boasting, but that the public may
know that we do not live in two rooms
as the honorable Supreme Court hand
ed down. Again we wish to say thtt,
the brother of the son-in-law did not
run away from home, but went away
with the railroad company with which
he worked as water-boy, Ashland
City. He is only fifteen years of age
| There were no other men named in
connection with the child but Waters,
and he alone did the wrong Waters
produced a number of affidavits, but
had no one to back them up except a
poor ignorant white boy whom he had
bribed with a promise of money and
land and it was shown in court that
! he was bribed.
AS 10 the SInday.school affair, Ills
happened when the girl was seven
years old and instead of the girl ht irg
guilty of wrong Waters was asked
to stay from the Sunday-school for
bad conduct by the pastor of the
church, Rev. j. M. Lyle. When the
girl had reached the age of fourteen
years Waters had rullol mr. charac-
ter If her proclivit'es We so very
bad why did Waters place himself IN
position to be acc tSel by her? If
she were a prostitute, why did this
| honorable, upright All learned 0rUfes-
sor stoop to associ1te w;:1 prost IT,
tute? Did he not oNe the city which
gave him employment some conSldera
ton? Did he not owe the tender girl
hood and boyhood which fell under
his protection daily life of morality
and chaste example And above all,
did he not owe it to the life and health
of his wife not to expose her to the
dangers which would be brought about
by the association with a prostitute?
There were other men in the neigh
borhood who were Waters superiors
from every standpoint, and it seems
if we were money-sharks we would
have set our fangs into some of them
if there were no truth in the statement
of our assertion. and that if she had
been a prostitute she would have
played for larger game, since it was so
plentiful in our neighborhood. If this
girl of fourteen years were a prostitute
of the black character she is painted
in the decision of the Supreme Court,
why was she allowed to attend the pub
lie schools? She was pupil in the
Nelson Merry School at the close of
the school June, 1909, and passed her
grade. Her condition became known
to us in August and she became a
mother in December. When we spoke
to Waters about paying so much at
tention to her he replied that, he only
carried her clothes basket one time to
help her out When we asked her
who the person was who had betrayed
her she did not hesitate to name
Waters first, last and always. She
has never accused any other person.
We have only asked the law to give
to our child that protection which II
vouches to every woman, no more nc
| loss Co far aS we cOuld exercise
power we have protected her by secur
ing a lawyer and prosecuting Waters
in the Court, the enforcement of the
law rests with the State of Tennessee
} We have not tried to take the law int