Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Chief Beavers Quiet
Christmas and the
Prohibition Lid

What then? Regulate tho .ur
restrain that which INJURIES
control that which laws ths
blightins hand to curse and -
destroy.
Any application Of the kr,,
Will cancerize the evil. and 500.
ter the eating virus into the lin
affected parts OF our civic If.
Is 1t the part Of wisdom to a.
tempt that which the sxper.ro.
OF all men, in all ianda, through.
out the history Of the wor,.
teaches can not be doner
locker Clubs Closed.
Atlanta has 1us. experienced
the most orderly Christina ~
far as the criminal record ia n
cerned, she has ever known CIV
ernor Slaton said 30 Man..
Woodward said SO. CHIEF Re.,.
ers expressed qualification ths.
this was the fact, ana attr,sy+.5
IT all to the closing of raoxt ~
tho locker clubs.
Why did these clubs c,o..,
There was no official proclama-
ton commanding them to oo.A
The Mayor Of Atlanta merely r..
quested that they close in ordsv
that a quiet Christmas might h.
had. SO far as this act cou,s
guarantee the same.
They Responsibilities c,r,sx
under the unfair, partial and nr,.
JUDGED Indictment Of the detec-
tive department OF Atlanta
closed on Christmas Day. Why,
Because they wanted to mako
terms with that oligarchical syx-
tenn which indicts one and allow,
the other to escape? It Is a rea-
sonable assumption that they had
too much sense to expect favor
at the hands Of the power that
has shown 50 httle regard for
human fairness, apd exhibited
such small respect for legal JUS
tice.
They closed probably for tbs
reason they respected the wise
counsel Of the Mayor, whom they
had placed in control-and, as
patriotic citizens, their manag-
ing boards wanted It known Of all
men they spoke for memberships
that had the welfare Of their city
as much at heart as the seven
clubs which the detective depart
ment seemed to think too high
up, and too closely connected
with administered law, 10 offend
with notice to appear"
live Remained Open
There were Eve clubs that I'D
not close-did not respect the
Mayors request. What DID the
detective department do about
that7 What WILL the detective
department do about It?
But Chief Beavers says that
the day was more quiet than It
ever was in the years Of open
sale Remember the law closed
all sales places in those days,
This speech Of the chief ap-
piled to the white people
There were three murders
committeeman a dozen or more
stabbing and pistol cases mads
on Christmas Day--AMONGsT
THE NEGRO POPULATION
ALL DRUNK
What does this show7 Ne
groes are not permitted TO have
locker clubs. How then could
they have procured the whisky
that crazed them. and led to such
awful crime In one day?
THEY GOT IT FROM THE
BLIND TIGERS. THESE NEW
Err CLOSE-THESE CAN NEV-
Err BE CLOSED.
Does the thought of Atlanta
want to substitute white blind
tigers, that respect no sugges-
ton looking to good order, re-
gard no law seeking protective
control, for the orderly system
which now obtains, where al
clubs are managed by RESPONSE
Bile, home-loving boards, and al
beer saloons are operated BY
men whose correct department ID
passed upon by tho Mayor and
General Council?
Do the good people Of Atlsnts
want to surrender this substancs
of control which they can see to
the fimsy and hypocritical pre-
tense of destruction, which is 6w
a hideous shadow that screens
society's worst eneny-the blind
tiger7
Blind Tgera
Blind tigers IN Atlanta to-day
are confined almost entirely 10
tho negro population, for the rea-
son there Is no demand for them
amongst the whites. These nav"
locker clubs. representing con-