The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-12
ChiCkasha Must Be Relieved Of Objection
able Elements, Migrants, Gamblers
and DeHs Of immortality
SCORE OF WARRANTS
ARE ISSUED TODAY
County Attorney Points Out Inconsistency
Of Asking for Larger Stale School
and Permitting Vice in City

The filth, vice and immortality with
which Two street has reeked will be
banished and Chickasha will be con-
verted into moral paradise if the
plans Of County Attorney Simpson are
successfully executed And from the
stir which his recent measures have
caused among tho vicious black ele-
mert which inhabits that quarter his
labors give promise of valuable frui.
ton.
The first step toward reform in the
negro section was the ban placed up
on white loafers there. This gentry
has been pretty well cleaned out. Tho
next step. one which was launched to-
day, is the riddance or negro yagrants
and undesirable persons. go to work
or 80 to jail We need good roads
and strong chain gang win help to
build Them" is the warning which has
gone out to evil doers. A score OF
warrants We're issued today for the
arrest Of negroes without any visible
means cs support
One OF the black spots on the city's
fair name is the vicinity Of the corner
of Second and Minnesota against
which the respectable colored element
rebels and whose operations in full
view Of The pupils Of the colored school
are resented by the parents Of pupils
The owners or half dozen ques-
tionable joints In that part Of the city,
including notorious negro dive, were
served notice this morning that unless
the buildings were vacated by night
the owners would be thrown into jail.
One OF the most notorious OF this ele-
ment paid an early visit to the county
prosecutors office begging for TWEEN
ty-four hour respite IN which to get
located. "If you are not located by
night, Hodge Bailey will give you a
Ilace where you may rest was the
only comfort which she received.
N All dens Of iniquity are included in
the broad sweep for reform. The
houses will be the next to go
according to Simpsons plans. But the
suppression Of vagrancy is the first
md greatest step to this end, he be-
Iieves. Busy people as a rule do not
have time to gamble. BY making the
Vags work it would stop this vice and
decrease holdups in Two street and
'ther streets.
I'm my opinion there is honest en-
oloyment for every man In this coun-
.ry who wants to work. Let him go
'ut and find it or find a place behind
he bars" he said "The number OF
ioldups which have occurred in Two
treet in the past two months is shame
ul- The flagrant violation Of laws OF
lecency is iisagreeable and the better
'lemcnt Of the negro population Is
lamoring for reform and Is proud 10
ret relief. Idleness breeds vice Of this
lind and creates a desire to gamble.
When habitucs Of these resorts are out
If funds they will go to any lengths
Except work for a little money"
The county attorney believes in con
For the sake OF the schools
i the city, the churches and the law
biding public he believes that every
EN- Of wickedness within the city lin
IS should be kept closed and he will
-eep them closed or put an injunction
N the last one of them.
Here we are pretending to be a seat
+ culture, possessing one Of the
tate's principal institutions, inviting
oung ladies from all parts Of the
tate to come to Chickasha for an oar-
alton, asking the legislature Tor
100000 with which to get more build.
ngs and then we permit these indig
titles in the very hart OF the city. E
viii not be longer tolerated"