Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-20

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tiger" as a nui-
ssDce, and to proceed to its abatement
Inv process Of injunction.
# has been sought to close club in
savannah. alleged to be blind tiger"
,n7sr. the ac! cited. 1t is set forth that
this club operates in direct violation
Of the prohibition law, and is blind
tiger" in that it "slyly" and covertly
freaks the law governing the sale Of
intoxicating liquors in Georgia
The lower court has held that the
s.Yb can not be classed as a place con-
gr,-irg its business 'slyly," and there
fore has refused the injunction. And
# is this ruling that has been appealed
from,
If the supreme court sustains the
lower court the remedy against clubs
or saloons operating in violation Of the
law will remain what it now is; if the
.upreme court reverses the lower court
however and holds that club or
aaa--becr saloon may be classed as
place "slyIy" breaking the law, the
process Of suppression of clubs and sa-
looms in Georgia will be transferred
from the criminal to the equity side Of
the court, and both may be suppressed
as nuisauces, upon the motion of any
citizen. and without waiting for the
cooperation Of the solicitor general.
All q private citizen will need to do
viii be to get his facts straight, and
pray for an injunction, which does not
go to a jury for hearing.
4 tremendous effort will be made to
induce the supreme court to reverse
Tie lower court. Prohibitionists all
over Georgia are watching the case
with intense interest. as upon its out
come they feel that a possible revolu
ton in the methods of proceeding
against blind tigers" in Georgia may
depend
As an evidence Of their sincerity and
termination, it may be stated that
seaborn Wright, the great prohibition
leader Of Floyd county, will appear be-
tore the supreme court to argue for
quest Of the prohibition organizations
in the state.
Mr.. Wright maintains-as he did in
the Tigpins bill fght-that Georgia has
ample legal machinery for closing all
blind tigers" in the state, if only the
law is enforced.
Carl Hutchinson. of Atlanta, has with
drawn from the race for messenger to
carry the electoral vote to Washing
ton. because. his new legal alignments
win prevent him from going, were he
elected.
The friends of John c. Reese, the
Atlanta correspondent of The Macon
Telegraph. are urging him to get into
The race and he likely will do so.
If he does, it will be pretty much of a
rinch that he wins the fight, for he is
oae of the most popular men in Geor-
4a represents one of its best news
papers. and has a very wide acquain-
lance among politicians and statesmen
rom one end of the state to the other.
The electors meet in Atlanta in Jan
aaly to select u messenger, who goes to
Washington with the presidential vote
two weeks later
The grand old COWS Of Thomasville,
cushioned to roam the streets at will,
at early dawn or dewy eve, as suited
their unchalenged fancy. seem to he
up against it, al last.
The anti-coW sentiment. lowering
yesterday ON the cows horizon of hope.
Ho bigger than a mans hand, has grown
TO be q dark and ominous thing, and
the deIuge inpeuds. one more mighty
effort upon the part Of the anti-coWites
Thomasville and the COW win have
10 seek pastures uew-or, at all events,
PASTURES other than those furnished by
ne middle OF Thomlsville's Great White
Way.
The COW long has been the hub OF
Inc Ihomasviile situation, politically
10 be against her was to be cast into
oiler darkness every time election day
.olIed around Mayors could not be
elteted who would not pledge them
serves in advance not to bother the
cow or seek in any wise to disturb the
sweet serenity OF her peaceful estate
would be aldermen, suspected of being
invariably in Thomasville. she has fig
ufed heretofore triumphantly in every
patform and creed put forth by the
meet and few have dared dispute her.
NOW things look bad for her royal
"shness. The cowites, heretofore ag-
slesSive and militant, are getting weak
h,"eed-indeed it is not too much to say
.Hat they are getting cold feet They
'I' seeking to temporize and put Off the
-
ION. They begin to talk Of Just one
more Year of grazing for the grand old
'ms Of Thomasville, anyway"
nut It's no use. The coWites are on
~ run, and the antl-coWites propose
Neep them there. Those who wish to
The grand old cows grazing one
-'Ie Tine in Thomasville viii have to
a'tE The ands are going 70 chase
r..., '0s OF town when tine election rolls
round next month!