Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-22
WORSE THAN SAVAGE
is VAGABOND NEGRO
Judge Speer Saws Savage Is at
Our Door.
He FREouENTs DIsrILLERIEs
FIJI Up on Mean Liquor and Then AS
sauits Women--PeopIe Of the South
Facing Worse Savage Than Our
Forefathers Did.


Facing Worse Savage Than Our
Forefathers Did.
Augusta, Ca, Nov. 21.--Judge
Emory Speer delivered, in some re-
spects, 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-
cd 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,
"the savage is at our door and is UNI
suspected"
Judge speer spoke of the Illicit
still as q menace TO the rural COM
munity and as an incentive to GRIMM
al assault and to riot.
He said In part:
at is the Illicit distiller or reall-
or in the quiet country neighborhood
who often supplies TO the worthless
tramp, without name or home, a
fierce intOxicant which drives the
blood through his savage brain and
imparts TO his cowardly nature a des-
peratlon which pr . pit him tosieeds OF
horrid and unmenuonable 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 to 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 TO better the
conditions OF their families, 10 edu-
cate their children and to protect
them from association with the lower
classes. there are. unhspplly, thou
sands who are homeless and nameless
vsgabonds.
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 10 secure support for
week. Thus secured without the
slightest thought OF tho future, they
refuseto work The Idle brain Is
the devils workshop They stroll
around the country a. irresponsible
as the beasts OF the held. When such
e vile nOmad-the descendant per-
haps OF Congo Cannihal--superadds
20 hts bestial disposition, hts herCdl-
tary vice. and the basOlute incapacity
for moral comprehension. the inf0n. |
ating lRGuence of poisonous and mad
deniRg drink-the opportunity offered I
IA happy family viii contemplate the /
interval % life which remains then
through the blooa-shot vision Of agony /
and despair, infpriated By the I'M
speakabie crimes. the mob is formed. /
the Law Ia trcated as n g we're the va I
PorinEs u Insanity The brand %
Cain Il on avery participant, and de- /
may settle permanently I
upon q community once as law abid- I
lng a. Il Vas peaccfnl and happy.
rs q not then obligatory upon every /
man capable % thought and worthy OF
TIE name patriot. 10 60 al IN bis
power 30 remove The cause % these Fl.
fearful cCudltioust Superficial. Ia
deed, 10 the attention. peo9,s have
given 90 The prrveutioa 81 crimes, %
ne removal o. tAciF cause. 10 tae De-
icctiot and arrest % criminals. Whne
this h true. the SAVAGE d a. cur door. /
Oar coadition % iatesa vorue thaa
that % our f1Tcfsfhefa of TIE frua-
Der wsen the lEtiana vcTs GO ne
wargaiA, Thea ever IrtIan vas a.
enomy Noe a ErOa1 proportioa %
oar ro'0rc1 rscp'e are 0rf free1s.
fesn tae h,egk hoEse aet the ne
1uHn Ftang ~ 90 fasare-nou. 80
savage ID urscretet aot = Coca
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