The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-27
ATLANTA, GA.
Especial to The Argus.)

Atlanta, Ga, June 27.-Metho-
dist ministers of Atlanta met Mon
day at Wesley Memorial church
such statements will encourage
to President Harding, deploring al
legged utterances by Secretary OF
War Weeks urging the use of wine
and beer, asserting the belief that
suqch statements will encourage
lawlessness. Two sets of resolu-
tons were adopted by the South
Atlanta district conference of the
Methodist church meeting at Bon
niebrae church, Atlanta. One plac-
es the conference on record as in
favor of prohibition and its princi-
pies. Urging humane treatment of
prisoners and proper food and
clothing for them and deploring
the exhibition of low pictures in
moving picture shows of the day
and calling for their abolition"
The second set condemns the
speech made recently at Tybee by
Judge Arthur G. Powell, of Atlanta,
as president of the Georgia Bar
association, attacking the state and
federal prohibition laws and urging
the people of Georgia to obey the
prohibition laws and to ''encour-
age all our officers to enforce the
same.
Yaarab Temples Shrine returned
Monday morning from an exciting
and enjoyable pilgrimage to the
Of n MyG
tic Shrine and a circling tour of
the entire country and Canada.
There was crowd of between
three and four hundred persons to
welcome the returning travellers.
Distinctions were won by the At
Ianta Patrol wherever it went.
State Prohibition Director F. D.
Dismuke and j. W. Powell, law Of
ficer and internal revenue agent
in the prohibition department, were
made defendants in a $4,000 damage
suit filed Monday in the city court
of Atlanta by G. D. Bridges, who
charges unlawful and malicious
search of his grocery and drug
store at 423-425 Grand street, last
March. Mr.. Bridges set up in his
petition that party of official
agents, headed by Dismuke, raided
his place of business on March IS
and that no liquor was found. He
charges the search was illegally
and maIiciously carried out, declar-
ing that no search warrant was ex51
hibited.
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back from Toronto, elated by their
victory bringing to Atlanta the 1923
International kiwanis convention
and laying plans for entertaining
a greater crowd of delegates than
Atlanta has known. More than 49,
900 Kiwanians will attend the At
lanta convention, according to es-
Inmates of Charlie Miller, director
of the Atlanta club, who had charge
Of the publicity for the Atlanta
delegation at Toronto. Atlanta XII
wanians are telling friends how the
oratory of ]. Sherrard Kennedy,
president of the Atlanta club re-
inforced by the offer of "Watermel-
ons. fried chicken and peaches of
two varieties proved effective
Denver, Colo, delegation.
Atlanta, Ga, June 27.-Recom-
of commission Of five
court judges who recently
investigated alleged inhumane con-
ditions at the state prison were
learned here today. Prior to their
submission to the governor and
general assembly the judges, by a
three to two vote. urged that flog-
ging of prisoners be abolished, that
a new water plant be installed to
take the place of the present sys-
tenn, which is declared to be a men
ace to the lives of prisoners and
asked that the entire prison plant
be screened and that sufficient
funds to maintain the institution be
provided.
The judges found that charges Of
brutality were not founded on fact,
but attributed the deplorable con-
ditions at the prison to lack of
funds.
Atlanta, Ga, June 27.-Hinting
that the federal grand jury inves-
tigation would disclose that local
dealers are under protec-
ton OF prohibition officials and
that some are even protected from
Washington, Hooper Alexander,
former United States district attor-
aey, has issued a statement contain
ing yelled charges OF official cor
ruption.
Attorney Alexander declared that
evidence is available that will DEM
onstrate on its facts that immunity
is being enjoyed by whisky men in
Atlanta
The statement brought a lengthy
reply from y. T. Jones. assistant |
federal prohibition director, to |
whom the statement was revealed |