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July 7, 1937
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Fulton County Superior Judge Paul S. Ethridge, in charging a new grand jury on Tuesday, labeled able-bodied men on relief who refuse private employment as vagrants. He criticized low farm wages, official neglect of prohibition enforcement, and widespread gambling in the county.
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FULTON JUDGE BRANDS RELIEFERS WHO SHUN WORK AS VAGRANTS
In charging a new Fulton County grand jury Tuesday, Superior Judge Paul S. Ethridge branded as vagrancy the refusal of able-bodied men on public relief to accept available private employment. He warned the jurors that this situation will face them during their deliberations.
He declared ..."This deplorable situation has received certain official encouragement because farmers do not pay the wage scale required in other lines."
"These people on relief are offered fair wages, considering the character of the work, and refuse. Such conduct in refusing to take work when offered classes them as vagrants and places them under the law of vagrants."
"The people naturally feel outraged when they know able-bodied persons are refusing to work and being supplied from tax funds," he said.
When the harvest season arrives, farm owners will be glad to give Atlantans relief if they will take it."
The judge also denounced officials for failure to enforce the prohibition law, declaring that if the officials who are charged with enforcing the law would cease violating it, we would have enforcement."
In rapping gambling in Fulton county, he said he meant not only the "bug racket" but all forms of gambling that exist in classes ranging from top to bottom.
In charging a new Fulton County grand jury Tuesday, Superior Judge Paul S. Ethridge branded as vagrancy the refusal of able-bodied men on public relief to accept available private employment. He warned the jurors that this situation will face them during their deliberations.
He declared ..."This deplorable situation has received certain official encouragement because farmers do not pay the wage scale required in other lines."
"These people on relief are offered fair wages, considering the character of the work, and refuse. Such conduct in refusing to take work when offered classes them as vagrants and places them under the law of vagrants."
"The people naturally feel outraged when they know able-bodied persons are refusing to work and being supplied from tax funds," he said.
When the harvest season arrives, farm owners will be glad to give Atlantans relief if they will take it."
The judge also denounced officials for failure to enforce the prohibition law, declaring that if the officials who are charged with enforcing the law would cease violating it, we would have enforcement."
In rapping gambling in Fulton county, he said he meant not only the "bug racket" but all forms of gambling that exist in classes ranging from top to bottom.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Crime Story
Mystery
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Crime Punishment
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Vagrancy
Relief Work Refusal
Prohibition Enforcement
Gambling
Fulton County
Grand Jury Charge
What entities or persons were involved?
Paul S. Ethridge
Fulton County Grand Jury
Where did it happen?
Fulton County
Story Details
Key Persons
Paul S. Ethridge
Fulton County Grand Jury
Location
Fulton County
Event Date
Tuesday
Story Details
Judge Ethridge charges grand jury, brands relief recipients refusing work as vagrants, criticizes farm wages and official encouragement of the issue, denounces prohibition enforcement failures, and condemns all forms of gambling.