Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
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DenOunCes Bib Official as "An-
arChist in High Place" at Citi-
zenship Congress.

A vlrulent attack upon Solicitor
General John P. Ross, Of Bibb County.
by Seaborn Wright well known at
torney and public speaker provided
sensational close for the first ses
sion of the Southern Christian Cjti-
zenship Congress Friday night in the
Auditorium. The congress continued
until Saturday. with addresses BY
leading women Of the State
Mrs A. p. Coles president of the
Atlanta Woman's Club. was chairman
of the Saturday morning meeting.
-Woman's Work" was the general
topic. and among those who spoke
were Mrs. 2. l. Fitzpatrick. president
! of the Georgia Fedora ton Of Won
| ans Clubs. Mrs. NJ. l.. McI,endon
noted suffrage advocate: Mrs. LENA
! Gilreath, State evangel OF the w. c.
T. L.; Mrs. G. B Lindsey, CORE
| spending secretary of the Cfv',
League OF America. and Mrs. James
Little, president Of the Georgia Moth
ers' Congress
Hobson To Be Speaker.
Congressman Richmond p Bob~on
will be the principal speaker at the
Saturday night meeting in the An
ditorium. His subject will be The
Christian Citizen and the LIQUOR
| Traffic"
Mr.. Wright at the Friday night
meeting cited Ross az an example NJ
one of the anarchists in high placesr
and declared that If he CWrisht) ware
| Governor. Ross would not now ba
holding his job as prosecutor. The
other speakers Of the evening were
A. J. Orem, Boston promoter and
| capitalist. who advanced the anti
cdpllaIistic idea that no one should
receive more income than he actually
earned, Dr. II. NJ. DuBose and Can
tain Jack Crawford. the original
| Boy Scout Governor J. NJ Slatop
was expected to preside and give opa
Of the addresses, but was detained ar
| the Capitol at the protracted bear;nv
on the McNaughton case,
Crawford Causes Stir.
captain Crawford himself a sol
der in blue during the Civil War e.
troduced a little xcitement into thu
meeting by branding as a coward and
a poor sort OF a soldier the man who
issued the order depriving Forrast
Camp Of Confederate Veterans -,
privilege Of marching in the G A
parade az Chattanooga and who WAS
AFRAID to sign his name to the order
Attorney Wright was unsparinp ~
his denunciation of those who mr..
elected to high offices and then de-
hberately refuse to enforce the Iaups
He alluded to Solicitor Ross IN 49,,
example right in Georgia, Ross being
disposed not 10 enforce the Iiou.,
laws Macon
i never have been afraid" he sail
of the red-handed anarchists with
their bombs and daggers. The Amer
lean people despise their kind and
crush them out wherever they an
pear in IL" open. But the creates,
danger 20 America is official an
archy represented by the men who
are Iected under the laws of the land
and then do not enforce the laws.
What can We do about it, There is
nothing to do except to appeal to the
citizenship Of the State and country.
If the citizenship is low and degraded,
then there certainly is no hope.
Cites Law Violation.
In your own State a few days ago
an officer Of the law declared that by
common consent in certain cities %
the State there Were certain laws that
should not he enforced, and this
prosecuting attorney defied the Law
and openely declared that he would
not cnforns Ir. n I We're Governor of
this state of Georgia. the prosecut-
lis attorney NLy would moi enforc9