The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-08
OUR WEEKLY CARTOON.

drunk they pass on By him and bow and
say, How are you. coloncl?' And if he
is too drunk to walk they help him
homo. Now, if l was that tramp |
would kick my way out of that station
house and tell them to bring in the
colonel. Justice is farce If God
helps me, ain going to plough this
town up o-morrow. am going to take
Il lot OF You old devils and hold you GU.
at arms length and let you kick your
selves to death-you fellows who drink
whiskcy, play cards and do even worse.
1T would be pleasure to mo to he
Judge and sit on the bench in this
town; and if after thing was prove n
I by Witnesses and the grand Jury did not
40 their duty, | would say to tho clerk
of the court, Mr.. , will you please
scratch the names Of these gentlemen
oil the list of eligible jurors, and say to
thcm' gentlemen. as you have failed
10 40 tho duty you we're sworn to do, go
10 your h2ineS. for JON are dishonored
III my sight Judge Hammond in At.
linta is a judge with backbone and grit.
as is also Judge Moore, Of Chatta-
nocRa. and Judge Marshall j. Clark i'm
Atlanta
"Hrethrcn, you don't want to Just call
attention To these things; you want to
JUMP Oh iop Oh mem ana stamp the very
feathers of them. They know I'll do
IL III my own town. In Augusta, Ga.
once asked the chief o. police if he did
not know gambling was going on in tho
town. He said no. told him he was
liar. for | knew one of his licutenarts
went TO the door Of a gambling den and
knocked on tho door and called the
proprietor out to tell him there was a
man III his place he had warrant for
and that he did not want to come in: he
wanted him to send him out. brethren.
you know gambling Is going on in this
city. You know the sun is up for Won
saw it rise. Sentimen. is what YOU
want, brethren, and that is what am
hero for.
The battle is on and there is but ono
side that is right. A gambler or Il
saloon keeper don't care any more about
law than hyena. Brother Hammer,
you know gambling is going on in this
town. don't you? Brothor johnson,
why don't they catch them? II rats and
cats are IN one place together and the
cats don't catch the rats. don't YOU com
mencc to think after q while that tbev
are either all rats or all cats? Brethren,
don't your saloons keep open on Sun.
days? and then you say you are law
abiding set of people while you know
you ain /. that Is il you havo got any
sense. ! will handle these things to.
morrow with gloves off; will touch
things up here as they have never been
touched up before, and if you are so
thln'skinned that you can't stand it
being rubbed in. why, you had better
stay away, for propose to have blood
and hair flying around here in Tho
morning and the ground torn up for
three miles around You have seen a
person drop bucket in Il we'll and
muddy up the water.
Now, it amt the bucket that makes
the water muddy, but it is the sediment
of mud in the vol. That is the way
with me, drop on your town and muddy
up things. Now, it amt my fault. it is
your fault for having so much mud and
sediment in your town. You have often
seen little children playing they are
having party They take whole lot
of dishes and set them around on the
table and then take piece OF bread or
cake not moe than enough for one
child. and break it up in minute par
tlcles and pnt them around in tho plates
Now, in Brother Hammers church tho
religion of one good Christian is taken
and divided out among four hundred.
Brother, do you think il you concen-
trated the religion that is spread out
over the 400 in ono mem Der 1T would be
enough to make him shout?
Listen; you people have now about
got to that peint where you say Brother
Stuart is powerful preacher and
Brother Jones is better than thought
he was, when, you old goose. you don't
know what you are talking about And
you, sisters, are shooting off your lip