The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-06-19
THROUGH
HAZE.
EYES!
By Hazel Bronnon

Nv Hozel Brunnon
The fatal s,apDing OF State Sena-
49, Emmett Buckley In Wnicn ilvs
~ county youths are inVoiveu
aa shocked the people OF that couii-
~ and the entire state.
The fact that the youths had peen
drinking at roadside JOINT mas aaso
Sasn established by the District A., ,
.srrev. The five boys are cnaIsso
.:.ss ,o,,rder. Four Of them are 40
w., w.s II are. The one alleged TO nave
yea ~. ~ actual stabbing Is Il years
old. no
-..,,i. these joints to operate ana
s..r.re the young people OF tneaT
sarrsv aud adjoining counties @s
;,,., - guilty Of murder. In oux cp,n-
49,. a. are The youths who dad sns
slaying. $500.
This ID not to be taken as defense
~ Tres. boys. They are old enough
A know better 8. and snouio ne
made to pay the penalty for tne~
crime. !.
nu. - ulso bolisve the people Of
ths county In which these joints
nre allowed TO operate should also
- nnuda % shoulder their part OF
the county which actually encourage
ths responsibility for conditions In
boys Of tsssn ogs to drinking and re-
sulting crime.
Holmes county il no better !.
we Just haven't had a prominent
citizen killed yet -. but we have
hod more than one death directly
traceuble to visiting one or more OF
the numerous joints in Holmes
county and there is no way OF telling
how many robberies have been COM
mitted at the pieces.
Conditions will remain thus In
Holmes county and any other county
until one of two things happen..un-
iii we elect a sheriff who will not
tolerate the operation of these JOINTS
or until the people of the county
get enough of it and demand tney
be closed.
The men and women throughout
Holmes county who do not hove
courage enough to face and fight
the evils confronting this county q.
the present time ure to be pi.ieo
for their weakness but TINS II
not ooinu to help them any wnen
they come before the 1uosnen'
fur Of God with blood on tne'1
hunds.
The II year old boys and girls OF
America are leading the world N
crime. followed by the Is year Ole
group, declared the speaker at the
last meeting of the Holmes County
Law Enforcement League IN Duran'
Monday night. June 10th.
From fifty to ninety percent q
everv crime is traceable directly 10
drink, he further declared. quoting
judicial authorities.
Any program of civic righteous
ness or law-enforcement must take
/. into account these facts.
laws are made to protect the
weak. AS long as we have a law OF,
the statutes it should be enforced
NV officers regardless of whether II
10 nopular law or not -. otherwise
.resnect for all law is broken down
and the whole community suffers.
When a sheriff takes an oatn 70
enforce the laws of Mississippi ms
oath includes enforcing the prom
ton law we have on our BOOKS !.
and if he lives up to his solemn
oath before God and man ne WILL
enforce that law.
A sheriff who falls down on ms
lob and does not perform his sworn
dutv should be dealt with as treason
said the speaker at the Holmes
County Law Enforcement League.
81 can show you county aI.ef
county in Mississippi where the pro-
Inhibition laws are enforced. wnere
there is no Black Market tax PAID
he said. .s
Any county would be better OH
IL the sheriff would go out and lay
down and die rather than take grait
and let the law-violators ply ther
trades. he declared.
every candidate snoulu DC pa.
on the spot" the speaker said and
we should be careful to elect only
"men who will not lie but VIII
fight and see it through"
The sheriff who sells out is Pubic
Enemy No. l, he charged.
ssThe woods is full of good chris
tain people, God-loving, who want
the laws enforced and a program OF
civic righteousness" he said
adding that as long as we the peo-
ple) put up with and tolerate pre-
sent conditions that the underworld
will continue to prosper and Will
eventually be in control.
at the people who want law
enforcement are going to get any
where we are going to have TO orga-
h.