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

What then? Regulate the sv,,
restrain that which INJURIES
control that which laws N.
blighting hand to curse and >.
destroy.
Any application Of the kn,4,
VIII cancerize the evil, and scar,
ter the eating virus into the in
affected parts Of our civic uf.
Is 1t the part Of wisdom 10 AZ,
tempt that which the expertsnc.
OF all men, in all lands, throurh
out the history Of the wor,,
teaches can not be done,
Locker Clubs Closed.
Atlanta has just experiences
tho most orderly Christina.
far as the criminal record I. ,o
cerned, she has ever known CIV.
ernor Slaton said 50 MAJ.
Woodward said 80. Chief Resr-
ers expressed qualification IN.
this was the fact, and attrib,t.t
IT all to the closing Of most a,
the locker clubs.
Why did these clubs c,o..,
There was no official proclam..
ton commanding them TO olo.a
The Mayor Of Atlanta merely re-
quested that they close in order
that a quiet Christmas might b.
had, 80 far as this act cou,a
guarantee the same.
They responded-thess CHM.
under the unfair. partial and pre.
JUDGED Indictment Of the detso.
tive department Of Atlanta
closed on Christmas Day whyf
Because they wanted TO mska
terms with that oligarchicsl sys-
tenn which indicts one and allows
the other to escape7 It Ia a rea-
sonable assumption that they had
too much sense to expect favor
at the hands Of the power that
has shown SO little regard for
human fairness, and exhibited
such small respect for legal JUS
tice.
They closed probably for the
reason they respected the visa
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, to offend
with a notice to appear"
Five Remained Open.
There were I'VE clubs that did
not close-did not respect the
Mayors request. What DID the
detective department do about
thatf What WILL the detective
department do about TT
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 sp-
Piled to the white people
There were three murders
committed-and a dozen or more
stabbing and pistol cases made
on Christmas Day-AMONGsT
THE NEGRO POPULATION
ALL DRUNK.
What does this showf Ne
groes are not permitted to have
locker clubs. How them could
they have procured the whisky
that crazed them. and led to such
awful crime IN one day1
THEY GOT 1T FROM THE
BLIND TIGERS. THESE NEW
Err CLOSE-THESE CAN NEW
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 d
men whose correct department 70
passed upon by tho Mayor and
General Council7
Do the good people Of Atlanfa
want to surrender this substance
Of control which they can see to
the nimsy and hypocritical pre-
tense of destruction, which Is b~
a hideous shadow that screens
society's worst eneny-the blind
ttger7
Blind Tgerx
Blind tigers n Atlanta to-day
are confined almost entirely 10