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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906.
Judge Speer’s Able Charge
to the Federal Grand
Jury.
» are the opportunities,^ serve I this prosperity stable, and give to
the people otherwise than commensu- [the world a qorrect understanding of]
rate with the powers and authorities the Incalculable values which belong
of the courts. I have been many |to the people who own these lands. ,
times told by men, whose business Were we reckless—as I know we ara
and Intelligence ought to give them | not—of the principles of humanity, •
The following is the eloquent and It Is true tha for the sake of conven- accurate knowledge, that one vast trial [philanthropy and religion; though
Able charge which Judge Emory Speer ic*nce we will soon have another hand* of a criminal case, Involving several the teachings of the blessed Master
delivered to the grand Jury yeater i»onie building for the permanent quar* Influential defendants, in these courts had left no Impress on our hearts;
jtera of these courts, but this, too. will had done much—some said more than [though we wore merely worshipers
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the be paid 1°r by your taxes, and It all other causes—to settle the titles to jof Mammon, and if the Devil himself
Jury: It is highly improbable that be that y° u would have instruct- 'lands and superinduce that magnlfl-'was our Dlety; it would yet be true
Any living American will witness a; ( 'd y° ar representative to ask the are cent prosperity which has come tr that the clearest teachings of Interest
decadence in the Importance and t proprlation and bring the court to South Georgia. At the last term of ! would compel such Justice on our part,
usefulness of that system of national jy° ur doors had you thought that the the court, a great case, involving the Much more then i 8 this true of men,
courts, of whose procedure your a«- national court would come here as an alleged misappropriation of millions of who have learned thc-lr philosophy
tloo Is'an essential part. The origin | a « p ncy of oppression. A permanent the public money, was tried at Sa- from Him who "spake as never man
And evolution of these courts affaords ‘Institution ol that kind would never vannah. It was to the fearless, clear* j spake”; whose hearts are Instinct
have been agreeable to the freemen sighted and Impartial Jury-body of {with the teachings of the "old time re*
of Ixjwndes and the contiguous conn* j this Immediate section that the court HgIon;” who from the earliest senti-
ties. The United States Judge might turned as It bad the right to do to en» periods of Infancy imbibed the
have been compelled to hold his court [secure men who would worthily do truths of that religion from the fer-
out In the main big road and when he their duty, no matter what Influences j vid—If untutored—eloquence of those
adjourned for dinner to do as they . might be brought to control their'.servants of the Master who taught In
used to do in the Georgia courts—J judgments, or what j?ewpv\^^nlg|AUhe simple counfry churches and from
that Is, to turn a wagon body over be offered to degra<& con^ie beautiful hymnology of Watts and
on the prisoner at the bar, and have [sciences.. How they did their duty I*. Newton and Wesley, as It mingled
two heavy deputies sit on it until the [known of all men. The ever present with the Aeolian measures of the
[court recovened. photographer caught with his won- mighty pines, and in strains of adora-
1 No our Georgia people now want [ derful Instrument a picture of that tion rolled away through the colum-
jthe United Sta'es Courts, and If a,Jury. When the case was over, It nar aisles of the forest,
man Is unfortunate enough to have to;was sent to the president, and in his Aye, here do interest, religion, and
go to law—and all litigants are un- ; Impulsive way, he hastened to write humanity coincide. And that man,
for unate whether they win or lose—' to the Judge In his own han£ "wha* and those men, who preach a cease-
he is glad enough to get his case Into [a splendid looking body of men that less crusade of racial antagonism,;
the United States court. One Jury was,” and yet they did not ex- disregard of constitutional law, and,
reason of this is the perfect In- ;ceod the average Jury or grand Jury propagandIsm of race wars, are the I
d« pendence of the Judges. They are [of this district In what Is termed "per- deadliest enemies of the southern peo-1
appointed during gr>od behavior. If ( sonn$ pulchritude.” Af.‘er aill, how- plo. They degrade our homes, j
ONE PENNY
Will bring you a very handittmely illustrated Cata ogne
of the most rapidly rievelonuig College in the South.
Youfig’s Female College,
Thomasville,
fteen Specialists in Faculty.
Broad Degree and Certificate Courses
Music and Expression.
New Buildings, Newly Furnished.
Steam Heat, Electric Lights.
Gymnasium, Swimming Pool.
Bowling Alley.
Trained Nurse, and Physical Culture
Director in House.
BEST CHRISTIAN HOME INFLUENCES.
Address: I. COCHRANE HUNT, President*
Affirmation of the Scriptural admoni
tion, "Despise not the day of small
•things.” For moat of that period in
which the war of American Independ
ence was fought, courts of the United
States there were none. Afterward
the congress established what was
termed a "Prlxe Court of Appeals".
The Jurisdiction of that court was
confined exclusively to questions aris
ing In prize causes—that Is to say. In
cases where British merchantmen or
men of war, captured by the daring
of American seamen or privateers
men were sought to be condemned
and sold for the benefit at the captors.
This court, while relieving General
Washington of an Immense amount of
labor at first thrus* upon him by the
activity of those American seamen,
who knew and took a good thing In
the way of a British ship, when they
saw It was after all not a very vigor-
our tribunal. It had no marshal, and
mm the country had no executive to
appoint one, there was no way of en
forcing Its Judgments. Sometimes ap
plication was made to a state court,
which had all the powers of tho old
Bogllsh courts, to enforce the Judg
ments of this Prlxe Court of Appeals
It was found, however, that to rely
<m the state courts In that day for
federal purposes was like leaning on
m broken reed. Of course, that -would
not be true now. Now the state
-courts often help tho United States
courts to enforce or administer laws
and there Is usually, with rare excep
tions. a vory admirable spirit of com
ity between the courts of our state
-and our national system.
When, however, tho constitution
ot the United States was framed in
1787 and was adopted, tho suprolm©
coart was created by that instrument
And congress was given tho power to
create Inferior courts. You must not
imfteiMwM -that* these oourfs worn in
themselves "Inferior.” They were
merely "inferior” to the supreme
court. Because they are termed t“ln<
ferior" by the constitution, woulcUnol
In the presenco of the court Justify
any one In attempting a wlticism like
that perpetrated by the famous Judge
Dooley, who Introduced one of] the
Judge* of the old Inferior court of
Xllbert county as nn "Inferior Judge of
the Inferior court of the inferior coun
ty ot Elbert,” and who got himself
very promptly knocked <J own f °r 11,9
humorous discourtesy.
By virtue of this power, congress
“thereafter created, first, the District
Court, of which you and I are mem
bers. This was by the act of 1789,
And I may say that It/ha* always been
to me rather a source of pride that
the Father of his Country himself, ns
Mrat president, signed the act which
created the court of which I am one of
the judges.
The Circuit Court, tho Circuit
Court of Appeals, and other "Infer
ior” courts were subsequently ostab-
Hahed. Theso courts have been
wonderfully multiplied and are now
▼ery close to the people. At the
▼ery recent period when I was ad
mitted to the bar. wo had but two
jilace* of holding the United 8tates
court In Georgia. One was at Sn-
rannah and one at Atlauta. Now
we have nine such places. In the
northern district, the courts are held
At Atlanta, Athens, Rome nnd Colum
bus. In the Southern district, they
are held at Macon. Augusta. Savannnh.
Albany, and In this, your thriving
and prosperous city of Valdosta.
Thla brings the courts very close to
the people, nnd It ought to—and I
think does—bring the people very
close to the courts. Now nnd then,
•some ancient "mossback”, who from
the state of his "intellectuals” might
have originated about the time of
Ethelred or Ethelwulf. may he heard
j rating about what he is pleased
to term "Federal usurpation In the
United States courts.” A reply to
that venerable fallacy, may be made
by a familiar Illustration. Travelers
tel! us that on the stone In the great
-church of St. Paul's In London, which
marks the las! resting place of the
. architect. Sir Christopher Wren, arc
.•these ringing words in Latin: •
"Si monumentem requlrls, clrcum-
spice." which Imports, if you would
behold hit monument, look around
:ou. So of our national court. It Is
- totting In the Georgia court house, vol-
mn*mrily furnished by Georgian* with-
wot fee or reward, to the government
Uc United 8tates. Can It be that
jtm would volunarily furnish a tem
ple of Justice, wherein by "Federal
ebon” yon would be deprived of
liberties?
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DEALERS IN ALL
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Is honpst, there Is no motive ,cvor, to Juries, as well as to every-[our values, and our principles, and EYE OUTFITTERS
, even unconscious-]body else, the old adage Is applicable, our humanity the world around. They
* I smirch and belittle the abounding
'blessings, the unintermlttlng prosper
ity which is at the door of this peo-
j plo. Birds of ill omen, like the
Harpies did the banquet In Virgil with
[foedlsslma proluvies ventrls, they are
j befoulng their own homes and the
home of their people, and giving to
mankind the world around that the
southern states are the plague-spot
of civilization, when no other land
la so admirably fitted by its climate its
fertility or Its people to be the home of
unnumbered millions of happy and
prosperous freemen,
j That we have at time crimes com-
jmltted upon our helpless ones which
I are more abominable and execrably
|than language may portray, Is true.
I On this subject at? southern white
! men—and Indeed all decent white men
[and I believe all decent black men—
[everywhere, are of one mind. But let
us have a care, lest by continuous
and Intense agitation, we Incur the
ganger, of fixing in, the minds of the
few savage* and degraded that this
is the most effective blow they can
strike at the white who are hateful
to them, and thus multiply Instances
of the very crime, which stirs a fever
In the blood of age, and makes the
Infant sinews strong as steel. Your
hitter enemy Is disposed to do you
the very Injury which most you fear.
Let the people of the South, dellber- j
ately and calmly, and by whatever;
expenditure may be necessary, make
sure of the detection and arrest and
lawful conviction of these criminals, j
Let them stamp out the blind tigers
and the illicit distilleries, whose mad
dening product transforms a bestial
but Innocuous, nature Into an animal
as deadly as may bo found In those
African Jungles from which ho sprang.
Let us, on the other hand, uphold
the efforts of those decent colored
people, who are everywhere striving
Everything to assist the eyes
grown weak through advancing
age or other causes.
Optical Goods
of excellent quality and great
variety. Glasses of every des
cription for distance or reading.
Field Glasses, Opera Glasses
and
Eyeglasses.
Thorough tests of the eyes are
made here without charge.
Spectacles and eyeglasses made
from occulists.
W.D. Dunaway,
Valdosta, Georgia.
ly to himself, dictate or control his "Handsome is as handsome does.”
actions. Ho la likely—If he is the j And, gentlomen, what a heritage
right man as was said of Chief Jus- has this j>eopG to protect by the rlgh*
tlce Marshall—to know everything teou« and unswerving enforcement of
about the case, and nothing at all law—both state and natioual.* When
about the parties. Then, their judg- I was a small boy I often heard
ments and decrees aro made to be this section of Georgia alluded to as
obeyed. This l» also ascrlbablo In the "pine harrons,” and again in later j to draw class distinctions among their
lnreg part to their Independence and years, It was predicted that when the [own race; who refuse to permit the
tho security of their tenure of office magnificent primeval foro-d* of Geor- I association of their wives nnd chll-[
and more than all, to tho enormous gla pine should fall beforeJthe axe of dren with the lower elements; who)
power of tho government behind such tho lumberman, the lands would lose (drive them from their homes; and
Judgments nnd decrees. It Is snld their value, that the streams would 'who, I believe. If the Insane menace j
however, United States Judges, like dry up, that the light and 9andy soil [of lynch law should bo abolished, will
other meu, are Influenced by motives would resemble the desert of Sahara,
of ambition and a desire for promo- How utterly mistaken was that Judg-
tlon. Thla may at times be true, iment, how marvelous are the resourc-
Federal Judgships are very nearly all 'ca of this Georgia country, the unan-
equal In usefulness and lmj>ortance, | swerable records of each day’s bush
themselves aid In running down those
criminals, whose crimes do so much !
to bring destruction to the lives and
the property of every negro man, wo-!
man and child In our land however
To the Patrons of
County Schools.
Your may exchange your
old SCHOOL BOOKS
or get NEW ONES at
C. S. Bonduraot’s
DRUGS AND SEEDS.
aud not very far apart in dignity ness In this thrifty and prosperous city , Innocent they may he.
nnd authority. At one time. I heard alone will demonstrate. There was ' The president of the United States j'
such a great man as the la*e Sena- handed mo by a highly intelligent and 1“ his last message points out to the [
tor Hoar say that he would prefer [ valued friend, last night, this partial negroes of the better classes the in
to be a district judge of the Uni'ed stateent of one day's purchases by evitable danger of harboring and pro
states than to hold any other office his house of long staple co*ton In the tectlng the men whoso crimes so in-
under tho government; and if I am Valdosta maiket: “ |furiato the southern people. They
not very much mistaken In my mem-! B. F. Strickland & Co. bought fol- have perhaps no more efficient friend
ory, I heard Mr. Cannon, who is speak- lowing cotton: jthan the fearless and broad-minded
or of tho house of representatives. Dec. 8, A. N. Newsome 5391bs 'American who so ably untiringly and
say practically the same thing.
Dec. 8. A. N.
Newsome R391bs
at 33c .. .
*
Dec. 8. H.
G. Moore, lbs
at 33c .. .
j..
Dec. 8. J. W
. Brown,
37ibs
at 33c .. .
T..
Dec. S, Abe
Riley,
42ilbS
at 33 l-3c .
Dec. 8, D.
Smith.
4‘VlbS
at 33-N,c ..
1
Dec. 8, W. I
Rouitz,
MSlbs
33 5-lCc ..
.... 1
Dec. 8 D. R.
Fonder,
4 •-Mbs
at 33VjC ..
Dec. 8. M.
Pope,
429'bs
at 33 l-3c .
the chief magistrate of our country.
I yield to no man In ray love of
the best traditions of the Southern
Now I have been district judge for
this people for nearly a quarter of a
century, and 1 have been also several
times honored with a seat In the ap-
l>eUate court. Here wo meet the peo- Doc. S, Abe Riley, 4-dbs M need be, with tho last drop of my
pie face to face; there the court
nothing but the musty record. Hero Dec. 8. D. Smith, U.tlbs teous purpose, for the safety ot all
have all of the vividness and at
tractiveness which belongs to nn or- Dec. 8, W. L. Rontx. TtfSlbs tory teaches mo that we will never
lginal Investigation whore after tho 33 5-lCc 179.22 work out our salvation with the fire
Jury is present listening to every Dec. 8 D. R. Fonder, 4«'9lba *nd the fagot, the club, the pistol, and
word whore tho parties are deeply at 33YjC 137.01 the baiter. When these are wield
concerned, whore the counsel are at Dec. 8, M. Pope, 429'bs °d by tho frenxy of what Lamartine
their best, and where every incident
lends to quicken every faculty, and , . the mob”. We must proceed to settle
elevate and arouse every Intellectual 8 bale* cost .$1,237.15 our country’s problems In another way
power. The labor* In the trial court, Tho men who sold this ootton. I The Law 4 * Delay,
as was said of the speeches of Lord am told, are not rich; they are most must set rid of slowness and
Kraklne, are "bark and steel to the of them men of slender meins. One indecisiveness of our criminal trials;
minds.” Then too, to these courts the or more of them indeed were negroes. w ® must refuse to permit criminal
ladles—God hies* them—some*iraea And yet contemplate for i moment aedulonsly to devise aohemes
come, and lend the ineffable charm what stupendous outcome of product- by which a righteous conviction can
which their presence always brings, ive value there Is made to appear this be averted, and by technical obit rue-
The venerable Judges ot the circuit brief statement. \ tlon* execution delayed; ao that the
court of appeal* have little experience From a purely selfish standpoint, nllty may chance to escape. We
Georgians are too*of that peculiar and indescribable does It not behoove ns then to do ————— —
•Ahrewd otyl too Independent lor that j charm and fascination. everything we poatibly can to make (Continued on Fifth Page.)
You May Drive Home
f with a wagon that everybody takes off his hat to if vou
• trade with us. We are not given to extravagant state
ments but the experience we have had selling
Studebaker Vehicles
and Harness
> warrants us in putting it strong. That experience proves that
nothing satisfies so well as Studebakers. We don’t need to tell
you that they are honest goods. When you have made yonr pur
chase you go home satisfied and star satisfied. That’s the kind of
customers we need in the building of oar business. That’s why we
handle the Studebaker line.
Oo you nsad something? Let os Agar* on it with yoa.
JotaT. Roberts, Valdosta. Georgia.