The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-12
A WARNING TO
WH|SkEY MEN
Tho floridian Claims They Are
Illegally Registering Negroes
RfTURNOF CARPET BAG
whskov Crowd Will Place a Dozen Flor
IDA Counties in the Control of the
Worst Negro Element

T.
The Jack sonville Floridian, Albert M
Williamson, editor, in an article con.
lsmning the wholesale registration anC
usvment of poll taxes for a horde Of
tr:nsient, worthless negroes. by the
ssIoon element of Jacksonville, so that
thew may be qualified to vote agains,
the proposed amendment to the consti-
t,tion of Florida, forever prohibiting
the sale of liquor, says in part:
Single handed and alone, we have
called the attention of our officials tC
Ne daily commission of crimes that
will inevitably bring the shedding of
human blood.
I'VE had rather prevent this than tc
be either party of the first or seconG
part. ,,
Now, when a newspaper editor makes
positive statement, he pledges his
honor that it is true.
We have published the law against
psyment of poll or capitation taxes and
the penalty therefore. Our officials
know what this law is, and they also
know how shamefully,i it is being tramp.
led under the cloven, craven feet of the
w6iskey men of this town.
The man who pretends not to know
these facts,i either criminally ignorant
orsn unmitigated liar. 1t is utterly
impossible for any thinking man to
walk INTO ~ out of our county court
house and not know that this law is be-
Ing constantly broken.
Is such criminal any better than the
one who steals or rObs?
Are we going to sit quietly by and
permit or cOuntenance such anarchy?
The burglar who enters your house
and robs you and kills you when you in
terfere, is gentlemen as compared to
the degenerate who is thus buying and
debauching these negroes. The negro
Is low enough, God knows. But he is
not as totally depraved as these booze
vendors who are buying him in this
manner.
If prohibition won't prohibit" why
are they spending all this money?
We know of cases right here in Jack
sohville where these whskey dealers
have had their negro hirelings to persist
in paying the poll taxes of even res
pectabe colOred man, and failing in
this effort, would ask permission to
send two. dollar bill through the mails
for this purpose. And the money was
sent.
What are the decent white men of
this and other countries going to think
ofthe whiskey sellers for paying the
poll taxes of these negroes and enabling
them to elect two of their number from
each of the second. the 9Th, the 7th and
9th wards of this city?
But We tell you now, somebody mad
better get busy! The editor of The
Flordian Is not the kind to get 'cold
feet" We are going to tell the Cover
Wof Florida about somebody, and the
next State Senate about somebody else
that they don't want known.
The indecency of the whiskey men IN
their shameful violation of this law, to
my nothing of their utter disregard
Tor the future welfare of this city, - has
driven US on the opposing side, anu we
nave come out fiat footed for the amend
ment.
The columns of this paper and the
services of its editor will. from now IN
November, be at the disposal of the
friends of this proposed addition to our
\ organic law.
y The editor of this paper has been a
white man ever since he's been man
and we have no possible objection TO
me saloon men drawing their color llne
We cannot only write little, but we
cah still make noise like q speaker on
shs stump.
Those negroes and bar-keepers are
itt going to run the affair of this state
We can prevent it,
Teach this class Of negroes that there
no harm to defy the laws OF their
,try, as these whiskey men are dong
the consequence is shown us IN a
ut object lesson over in Holmes
~ where four of them were lynch
the beastly 'mltilation OF little
Morrison.
US that Holmeasis a dry county
bu say more in .one sentence m
of state wide prohibition than all
olumes thus far written. for
you say it you acknowledge that
liskey in this horrible tragedy,
nom an adjoining county. Ano
[olmes like others that are Dry
local option, is still wet with the
ONE, Shiny swill Of these whisKey,
9, and crimson with the blood anu
deeds of their victims.
eh these negroes that the money
b whiskey men can defy the laws
liz country In open daylight IndeI
cry caves of our County Cour!
}, and you tell them that "righ!!
kht," and that the honor ana
Of Florida schoolgirls are pu'
vaporings as compared with inc
ts Of these men that all OF w