The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-09-29

day issued an address to the officers
of the law in every town and village
and city in Mississippi, and to the
of the peace in every district and
every precinct OF every county, which
if enforced according to the Cover
nor's appeal, will result in a whole
sale driving Of the Migrants Of the
state TO work.
The Governors address is the out
core Of the Atlanta, Ga, horror. He
urges that such crimes and the con-
dit.ons growing from them are pri.
mari ly due to the fact that vicious
criminal negroes are permitted to loaf
ard congregate in the cities and
toa rs, and that these make their liv-
ing by stealing and robbing, and other
crimes. In this safe of defiance OF
Law they gradually become more and
more bold and hatch greater crimes
Tne Governor says that a rigid en-
forcement of the vagrancy law will
make such crimes impossible. 1t is
not the working negro that makes the
trouble, it is the vagrant, the wander
ing outcast of society, who is here
today and gone, mayhap, tomorrow,
or y henever the law gets too close on
his heels
The Governor also admonishes the
officers of the law that there are a
few people in the cities and towns,
some of them men of wealth and IN
fiueuce, who make a handsome re-
muneration out OF renting houses to
these vagrants, thus furnishing head
quarters and shelter to incubators Of
criI4s - s-5r - res : these lat
ter as worse than the negro criminals
them selves, and urges that they be
made to know that the law must be
enforced
The Governor states that by rigid
enforcement of this vagrancy law the
negro who is shiftless and idle and
who will not work in town, can be
driven to the cotton fields, and in de-
fault of that put on the prison farms,
where he will have to work. or on the
stree-s.
The address of the Governor IS a
notable one, and Is in sfull-as follows:
Jackson, Miss, Sept. e, 1905.
To the Law Officers, Conservators
OF the Peace of Mississipp:
The recent race trouble in Atlanta.
Ga. is another painful reminder of
the menace which the trihing. loafng
negroes about the cities and towns Of
this state are to the peace and purity
of our homes and the good order OF
society. To avoid the possibility Of
such an occurrence in Mississippi l
have thought it we'll to urge upon the
officers OF the law charged with the
duty and responsibility OF preserving
order in their respective communities,
TO see TO a more rigid enforcement of
the law Furnishing vagrants. At this
season of the year the negroes con-
orepate in the towns and cities. They
toll not, neither do they spin, but un-
dertake TO live by all manner OF theft,
gambling and other dishonest meth
ods. while at the same time they are
fonaenting and planning for the conf
mission of greater crimes II the Off
GERS Of the law will do their duty,
everv questionable character wili be
brought to justice and the loafers will
ne driven from the towns INTO the
country where they will be forced to
work and earn a livelihood The white
cotton fields OF the country aEferd
rieh opportunities for remuneratlye
tahor for all who VIII work [ realize
tbat N the enforcement Of this law.
,,at here. are a lot OF nssn IN the
d;fesrent cities ard towns who Lease
+bsir little houses to these criminals
and get for them such rents as make
4l,e investment most prohtable, who
Iii do all within their power TO pre-
n- the enforcement OF this law But
~, aeruniary interest OF that class OF
-a,,;fe citizens should not deter the
a..e, from doing his duty. | regard
.nch an one as almost as great an
eran,v to the good order Of society
- negro criminal himself. Let
NV be- enforced let these brutes
,,,,,an form be driven to legit
- labor and forced 10 earn their
,:..eI;ho ood in the sweatsof their faces
r that be done, rape and other crimes
-, he less frequent and the peril to
80 h,,rnes will be reduced 70 the min
.-..,,,, and the danger of race conflict
IN s. s removed. Every white man
~, s.; .sissippi understands that in or
- 81 make The negro behave himself
49, 8 uust Sc held and controlled
..n kas,d and made "a undef=
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