Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-09-05
Judge CdrroIFs Charge
to the Grand Jury

hSiU CONIO mere "HC ! presume Ncu
will have more to do dian Ordinarily
it is but natural that Won wo,Id have
,,,o~o T., 10 :, +,,.,1,.o ,,,,,,.,,, ~ ,o,,
" - '"0'N ''iV'''''' '"''' } W
"ouia nave IN SIX mohthsi however, |
want You to look back twelve months
and see what has happened in that
ti,,o--no+ orI, latino ',-o,,,. i,,,,os+i,o
- 0' o',S 'o.''''9 yo''i '''' e9''s.'
toHS cover the iihnediaVe past SIX
months, bu tthe whole twelve months
back, and even further If necessary.
vo,, b,,.o +h,, ,.;o.b+ - ,o LooI- -,
v" ",''I '"' i'-''V W ~ "''0N even
peyohu Ihat, just so long as the
crimes to be investigated are not
barred by the statute Of limitations;
but for twelve months back | want
Won to be especially careful in your
investigations, because this particular
time has not been covered by a grand
jury
There is at this time a good deal
Of unrest in the country: it locks like
c-or~thina is turned topside down;
reooles minds ere diverted from nor
ral conditions This is the day Of rev
olutions. and it seems that the whole
world has gone off on the idea that
there should be less work and more
pay, less labor and more money, less
commodity and more price.
We are drifting into the idea that
the government ought TO take care of
rs, We forget tha tthe government
is nothing SO far as france is con-
cerued: the government is nothing but
the people who compose it. you and
] and all the people: the government.
as svch hasn't cot a cent. and could
not take care Of ANYBODY because all
# has It has to ret from nv pocket
and your pocket Instead Of the gov
eminent taking care of us, we must
Tct the idea and the understanding
that We must take care of the govern
me7t, If the good citizens of the coun-
ty end the whole country don't stand
tocether and saw, "We don't want the
government to take care Of us. but we
are going to take care of the GOVERN
n ant," we shall soon be in bad con-
dition. The condition that confronts
us now wouldn't be SO lad if it was
confined solely to the United States.
but while there is siderable unrest ex-
isting in this country, we can saw that
we are the least disturbed peonle in
the whole world. Our greatest danger
lies in the fact that it is a worldwide
disturbance. The conditions that pre-
vail in Russia-Bolshevism and other
troubles there-are getting to be
world wide; these vicious doctrines
are just as contagious and lust as
catching as smallpox. or measles, ur-
less the people are rendered immune
by their love for their homes and
their country, and their trust in God.
We must get back to the cid idea
that a man must earn his living by
the sweat of his face" and until we
get away from the idea of getting
something for nothing, we, as a ma
ton, can not prosper. ! almost be-
come frightened when l think of the
condition Of the world But these rad
lcal IDEAS that are prevailing in the
country-these new ideas that now
nreTail in some Of the countries of
the world-pertieularly this Bolshev-
Ism IN Russia and /. w. w. in this
country, the foundation of which is
the denial Of God Himself, may over
throw some countries that have been
desoiated by war and where the inhab-
itants have been driven to dispair but
spkch doctrines can not survive per-
mlIanently, We must get back to the
ldea that II we get. something we