The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
SALOONS IN
GEORGIA CITIES
Seem to be in Full Blast if Those
OF Augusta are Fair Samples

81 augusta are air Sam pies
Augusta. Ca, Jan. assisted by
Seaborn Wright, Attorney Sidney
Smith. of this city, viii again take UP
the case against the Cafe Metropole,
a saloon in the heart Of the business
section of the city, next Wednesday,
when the case will come up as the
first on the docket at the criminal
session of the City Court. Judge
William F. Eve presiding.
The Metropole was the first saloon
i'll Augusta to be raided as the begin
ming of vice crusade inaugurated
here about a month ago, and which,
all appearances, has been growing in
magnitude until the saloon men, as
well as the gamblers, have applied
the soft pedal" so to speak.
The case against the Cafe Metro
pole was thrown out OF the Superior
Court by Judge Henry G. Hammond
on the grounds that the captions of
the petitions for injunction, were not
the same and varied.
The criminal process was then re-
sorted to, and the outcome of this
case is looked to with interest, some
of Augustus moneyed men, among
them George R. Lombard, and L. S.
Arlington, owner of the Lombard
Iron Works and proprietor of one of
the largest wholesale feed houses of
this city, are behind the movement
to put the ban on saloons.
Shortly after the raid upon the
Metropole, at which there were suf-
ficient liquors of different brands,
some of it bottled, in bond, found
there was a raid made upon the AL
bion Hotel bar Literally there was
"a raid, but in no sense does this word
mean that there was selling of all
OF the stock OF goods, as neither the
Albion or Metropole bars closed for
an hour, and are still operating in
full blast.
The injunction method was at
tempted against the Albion, along
the line OF the recent ruling Of the
Supreme Court. Attorney W. IN
man Curry in the employ Of the Citi
zen's Committee, prosecuted the Al
| bion Hotel, holding that the AlbioI
Hotel had once pleaded guilty to VIC
lating the prohibition law, and con
tended that under the law no bal
could be operated by any person wht
had once been found guilty of OPP
Grating a saloon in violation of tht
prohibition law.
This case came up before Judg'
| Hammond, who reserved his decision
until Christmas Eve, when he hand
ed down an order reading that tn
Albion hotel should be restrained
from operating in violation of law
The hotel bar was served with no
tice to this effect, but never closes
its doors, and the familiar brand
| CIoSSCu CIG AouilISI opICA
The Joker" in the decision was tina
the hotel bar should be restraine
from operating further in violation
of law"
Then the vice crusade extended t
tother lines Of vice than the traffic i
liquor. The new civil service com
mission, on which there are tire
members of the old police commits
sion, began a series of raids on tn
16S gambling houses. Last Saturda
night six negro gambling houses wer
pulled"
i None of the white gambling den
of this city were disturbed, but a
this upon the negro gambling house
has been forewarning to them
doubtless when the police commenc
their raids upon these places the
will find that the birds have flown.
However, Saturday nights raid
have been mildly published with N
mention of a crusade against ther
being mentioned. 1t is expected tia
the raids will continue next Satul
day night.