Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-22
WORSE THAN SAVAGE
is VAGAHOND NEGRO
Judge Speer Saws Savage Is at
Our Door.
HE FREOuENrs OIsrILLERlEs

sauIts Women-PeopIe Of the South
Facing Worse Savage Than Our
Forefathers Did.
Augusta, Ca, Nov. 21.-Judge
Emory Speer delivered, In some re-
spects, a sensational charge TO the
federal grand jury at the opening of
the United States court here. Judge
Speer discussed the crimes Of the ne
gro against white women and declar-
ed that lynching is no deterrent. He
declared that Our condition is worse
than that OF our forefathers Of the
frontier when the Indians were on the
warpath. For" declared the Judge,
1.-THE savage is at our door and Is un-
suspected"
Judge Speer spoke of the Illicit
still as a menace 10 the rural COM
munlty and as an incentive to crlmin-
al assault and to riot.
He said In part:
1T is the Illicit distiller OF reall-
er In the quiet country neighborhOod
who often supplies 10 the worthless
tramp, without name or home, a
fierce intoxicant which drives the
blood through his savage brain and
imparts 10 his cowardly nature a des-
peration which Pre- pt him to deeds of
hOrrid and unmeDdonable atrocity. /
think II can be demonstrated that
nearly every crime OF this character,
which has so shocked and Infatuated
the southern people. Is directly trace
able TO the demon OF the still. We
have conditions In the southern states
which should arouse 10 the uttermost
the attention OF the people. which
should compel the supremest effort
for swift and radical remedies.
ITO the very prosperity OF the south
are these conditions In part ascrib-
able. While there are thousands. no
doubt millions, OF people OF African
descent who work regularly own
homes and farms. strive 70 better the
conditions OF their families, TO edu-
cate their children and 20 protect
them from association with the lower
classes, there arc. unhapplly. thou
sands who are homeless and nameless
MFabonds,
These men. from the scarcity Of
labor In our numerous industries. can
obtain work anywhere, The high
rate OF wages enables them In one or
two days 20 secure support for q
week. Thus secured without the
slightest thought OF the future. they
refuseto work. The idle brain is
the DEVILS Workshop They stroll
around the country AZ irresponsible
a. the beasts Of the field When such
vile nomad--the descendant per-
hapg % Congo eanhibal-superadds
90 his bcstial disposition. his hersdi-
tay vice and the basOlute lncapacity
Tor moral comprehension the lnfuri-
ating influence Of poisonous ana mad
deuing drink-the opportunity offered
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