Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-04
WAR. ON WHISKY :.
PEDDLERS DECLARED
BY BOYS MOTHERS
Discovery of ''Liquor Party"'
in Western Heights Leads
to Active Crusade Against
Alleged Practice

War on whisky peddlers has been
declared by the mothers of Western
Heights, following, their discovery
last Sunday of liquor party" be-
ing staged in the neighborhood by
their young sons, one Of whom. only
seventeen years old, returned home
so drunk he was sick for two days.
Two Of the mothers, with two Of
the boys, appeared before United
States Commissioner Colquitt Carter
Thursday morning to prosecute cases
against the peddlers of the whisky.
and they announced their intention
Of taking the matter to the state
courts as well, and of enlisting the
help Of other mothers in Atlanta in
a city-wide mothers crusade"
against blind tiger traffic.
II don't know how it is in other
parts of Atlanta, but I know out our
way it isn't safe for a boy in knee
pants to roam the streets, for fear
some older boy will persuade him to
take a drink Of vile stuff that may
kill him." declared Mrs. D. v. AL
len, of $50 Walnut street. Il am
going to do all I can, and so are
other mothers in the neighborhood,
to have every blind tiger or whisky
peddler we hear of arrested. And
I am going to the courts to do all
can to have them put In jail. 1t Is
terrible when young boys In hlgh
school and just starting to work
drink this stuff. The man who sells
it to them ought to be sentenced for
life"
Mrs. Allen told the story of the
party" last Sunday which resulted
in the arrest Of two youths IF eight
cen, o. c.. Voiles and Amos --omp-
son. who are charged with selling
the whisky to their companions.
1.-THE boys in the neighborhood
have a gang like most neighbor-
hoods have, and they all congregate
at vacant lot at the corner Of
Kennedy and Elm street." said Mrs.
Allen. They were there Sunday.
as usual. I never would have known
what they were doing, if my young
est boy. Eugene, hadn't told me-"
Boy Gave Warning
Eugene, who is fifteen years old
and in the first grade at the Com
mercial High school. stood sturdily
by his mothers side.
yes. sir" he chimed in. II went
home and told mother Call 1t tell
tale if you want to. but knew
what was going to happen II my
brother drank any of that stuff. and
L didn't want him to do it."
Il asked Mr., Allen to find the
boys" continued Mrs. Allen, but he
didn't see them. SO 1 tok off my
apron right there's and left my din
ner cooking on the stove. and went
after d. V.-he's my oldest-and
the edge of the lot and called him,
so l didn't see exactly. what the
other boys were doing"
One of the other boys was Hubert
Meadors, seventeen years old. of 500
Walnut street. The full story came
said his comrades tried to smuggle
him into the house of neighbor
Mrs. Meadors was having dinner at
the house. it seemed, and the boys
were caught. Herbert was stag
gering.
Sick for Two Days
1T was terrible" said Mrs.
Meadors, who was present with Mrs
Allen. He was so drunk there wa
a, white, froth on his lips. 1 believe
II he'd had another drink he would
have died. He was sick for two
days"
The neighborhood was aroused. The
boys were cross-questioned and ad-
mitted they had bought the whisky
from Voiles and Thompson. Voiles
lives in the neighborhood; he is only
eighteen himself. Thompson lives be-
yond Buckhead. He, too, is eighteen.
They are cousins.
given Voiles and Thompson 81
down for a pint and promised to
pay them SO later in the week. He SAID
they had also arranged to buy a
whole quart Wednesday night.
Accordingly, the boys were sworn
to secrecy and the mothers got, iii
touch with A. v DAILY, a young man
the help of City Officers West and
Payne, and United States revenue
officer.
Young Meadors said he had an ap.
po1ntment to meet Voiles and Thomp-
son at a drug store in Buckhead
Wednesday night. when they were 20
met them there, according to scheu-
ule. But the. officers were also or
hand, and arrested the pair.
Men Are Silent
Voiles and Thompson refused to
talk. but the detectives said they
hoped to make them reveal whom
they got the whisky from.
1--WE have had several complaints
that Buckhead is the distributing
point for the whisky traffic in Al
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