Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-07-10

the Jail and signed his DOnd IOf SoOU Dali,
and that man drives my wife's carriage in
Gainesville to-day. If l was colored
man and had my home invaded by white
man I'd have shot the man too. And
nothing but low down white man would
have done it, and we white men wouldn't
have missed such man. But mind how
you shoot. For if you shoot without good
cause they IL string youup before morning.
You have to be mighty careful about your
shooting. Keep your homes pure. Keep
your daughters pure, and see after who it
Is your sons and daughters go with. See
that they have good character.
Mr.. Jones then told the story about Gen.
Malone riding up to the gate Of Paradise
on negro and st. Peter telling him to dis
mount and tie his horse outside and come
in himself. That, he said, is all the use
the Republican party have for negro, to
ride him up to a government office and hitch
the negro outside, while they take the Office
You negroes have no good to get out OF
politics. The Democratic party don't want
YOU and the Republican party only wants
to Use YOU. The only election in which
YOU can vote for yourself is an election
against whiskey. There is going to be one
in Staunton next month. Vote the Dry
ticket, You pastors of the colored churches
should turn man out of the church for
voting for whiskey. You women should
see that your husbands vote against whis-
KEY. and then when whiskey is cut off
they'll bring their wages home Saturday
nights instead of paying them out for bar
room bills. Then you women will have
something to keep house and set the table
with, and some clothes to wear. I want all
of you who will 60 against whiskey to rise.
THE whole colored congregation men and
women rose And now you white people
ought to be at least as good as negroes, let s
see how many of you will go against whis-
key at the election. [The whites rose
almost unanimously
After an earnest appeal to the colored
people to fear God and serve Him both in
the church and IN their daily business and
thus gain the respect of the world On earth
and the reward of heaven in the end, Mr..
Jones dismissed the audience with the ben
ediction.
THE MEETING FOR MEN ONLY.
The meeting for men only was held
on Sunday afternoon at O'Clock. There
were eight thousand men present Of whom
about 1000 were colored. Mr.. Jones
opened his remarks by saying: II have
never anywhere, preached to more respect
full audiences than | have here. There was
a little disturbance this morning "a drunk
en- man resisted the ushers who were put
ting him out) but that was the effect Of
whiskey. That drunken vagabond who
was here this morning and went out ours
ing everybody should go to the grand jury.
You owe it to yourselves, to the good name
He needs running in. Lust here was heard
the buzz of conversation from the room adj
joining which was pretty well filled with
ladies who were of course excluded from
the mems meeting]. That is lot of ladies
who are excluded and who want to hear
what is going on in here, but they can It
stop talking long enough to hear what is
going on. You ushers tell those ladies they
will have to keep quiet OF you'll have to
clear them out.
"What I have written have written, .
was Mr.. Jones' text. Every mans daily
acts are written on his life. Every one OF
us is making a record, and every one of us
has a conscience, which is the voice of Goo
in the soul. Conscience, Record and God
the God who must judge us. God gives us
his laws and every time we violate then
the violation is recorded by conscience.
Men make laws for the government o.
against whiskey in Staunton as long as vol
have three or four saloon keepers in YOU
City Council. don't blame saloon keep
ers for trying to get in the council, but
say 1t is mighty low flung public senti
ment that will elect them. If you had {
different council you wouldn't have The
bar-rooms and ten-pin alleys open all night
You would have these Internal houses
closed by 10 o'clock. You make a bad i'm
preston on men that come to your city
Your ten-pin alley is the old crocodile
Matched out of the old He-Thing itself.
You people of the Shenandoah Valley
have the most beautiful country I evel
saw in all my travels. 1t seems that Goo
has made you great gift. say that yor
ought to make the best use of this country
and run the devil of whiskey out Of it. II
my experience / never knew a man that
sold liquor that hadn't made up his mine
to have the money if he had to break the
law to get it. You here in Staunton neef
the day to come when not a drop of Liquor
will be sold here for which the seller is moi
fined 500 by the Mayor. You can nevel
do it with saloon keepers making your laws
for you. They have great consideration fol
the liquor seller. A man that sells liquor
is not fit to hold any Office on Goo
Almighty's earth. There is, 1 am told
gambling carried on in your town too
Every gambler ought to be in the STATE
penitentiary. You hear about honest gam
blers An honest gambler That's like ;
saloon keeper of good character Yol
need good Grand Juries in this country. i
you are Grand Juryman and don t do you
duty you 60 home to your wife and chill
dren, when the judge dismisses you, a per
jured scoundrel You can have bad judges
but if you have good Grand juries and petit
juries you will he safe. l don t know you
judge here, but if he is agood man here
my hand; if he's a bad man, fix for m.
foot
A clean lawyer is a blessing to a town
but one of these little fellows that takes an,
case for SIS and does his dirty tricks, AM
when you ask him about it says: 81 did i