The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-23
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sell to boy as quickly as he will to
a man; he sells to drunk men as
readily as sober men, and after his
victims are drunk he will rob them of
their money. If there are classes of
"blind tigers regard the white man
who puts the negro between him and
the law and makes the negro dish
out the poison and finally land on the
county farm, while the real criminal
walks the streets wearing nice
clothes, bought with money coined
from the tears of women and children,
is the worst. He is the man to pun
ish; the negro is only a tool and
reaps no profit from his acts.
want you to take plenty of time on
this subject and not leave a stone
unturned to ferret out these dealers,
and If you will indict about a half
dozen white men in this city who are
backing the negroes, you will strike
the tap root of this evil.
!
want you to indict these whisky
drummers who work this city. They
come here and leave boasting of the
good business they enjoy in Hatties-
burg. They are nothing less than
human vuItures; they seek their prey
in districts of the city infested by bad
negroes and white trash. If you are
diligent you can have them located,
as they are constantly coming into the
city. hope you will succeed In get
ting them.
net call your attention to ,ne
law on vagrancy, and . am going to
read it to you. am told that this
city is infested with Migrants who
subsist by making merchandise of
their bodies and selling liquor. This
is burning shame and a reflection
on the city Of Hattiesburg. You will
find sickIy sentiment favoring these
evils, but do not believe that any
crime is a necessity, and If this was a
necessity, your legislature would leg
alize it. These places cause domestic
infeIicity; they breed crime of various
kind and are menace to society.
1t is said that some of the officers
of your county have practiced extor-
ton. ! want you to investigate these
enormous cost bills. | am told that
frequently the fines are nominal and
the costs are unreasonabIy high.
am told that officers sometimes give
negroes money to engage in a game Of
cards or craps In order TO catch a
large number playing. This is
criminal conspiracy and is not done tc
prohibit crime, but to make costs. Let
us put stop to this prostitution Of
public office.
1t is your duty to see if there has
been wilIful violation of your assess
ment laws, and to take such action
as is necessary.
call your attention to the law
regulating the sale of food products.
It is violation of the law to aduter-
ate or medicate food products in any
way. I am told that this law is con-
stantIy violated here by some of the
meat and milk dealers. Think of the
man who tolls all day for starvation
wages and comes home at night to
find sick wife or child, unable to
take any nourishment, but a little
milk; he goes out to the dairyman
and buys a small portion of milk at |
high pricel and returns home to find |
that it is half chalk and water, or
something worse. This dealer is |
cowardly criminal. He is helping the
doctors, hospitals and undertakers.
Unless you reach these people with
the strong ann of the law, the poor
class will continue to suffer from
these outrages.
II is reported that there are men In
his city engaged in the abominabIe
rhine of selling cocaine. This is one
# the lowest, meanest and most de-
lrsded businesses man could engage
n. I1Ip drug dethrones reason,
'ree1r qrl1ne and makes the offspring
y tI<o<s who use II weak and worth
ess. Ycu viii find men with white