Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-03
SAM MAKES CHICAGO HUM
SINNERS sIZZLE IN HIS EVAN.
GELICALl FRYING PAN.

Men Who Pray Bolt Upright Object to
Being Ordered on their Knees-Tho
KiniDg OfMiIledeevllls's Marshal Laid
at the Revivslist's Door.
CHICAGO, March AT the First Bap.
tist church, yesterday, Rev. Sam Jones
said' "What privilege it is to pray.
Now want all those who got down on
their knees and prayed before they came
to this meeting TO rise i'm their seats.~
About twenty persons arose. The evan
geiist leaned against the pulpit and
seemed 10 gasp fCf breath. 'Hou may ne
seated nOW." He said ''Why, brethren,
/ you would dna more prayerfui Christians
IN Hong Kong, China, than there are in
This meeting today. II you can't pray i
want YOU TO take your carcasses out q
here. don't want you 70 come here Il
you can't pray"
REPELLING THE CHARGE.
An old man sitting in one Of the irons
| pews leaped to his feet, and In faltering
! voice said; "Mr Jones, l don't think IL
is necessary for persons to ret down on
their knees to pray. | consider myself a
good christian, and ! don't like TO hear
such talk"
Il was about to say the same thing"
! exclaimed Rev. Mr.. Scudder, Of Plymouth
church. God does not demand that a man
shall yet down on his knees before his
prayers are heard"
CALLED EXCULPATORY.
ANY more exculpatory remarksgs
drawled the evangelist.
DIR. Scudder-These are not exculpatory
remarks.
A man with an ear trumpet arose
and punctuated his remarks With
vigorous pounding on the rostrum. "Mr.
JONES'" be began, 81 did not have time 70
get down on my knees to pray for this
meeting. l have spent nearly the entire
day reading the Bible TO a gambler and a
drunkard, and l think ! ain entitled TO
respect here.v
Other men and several women began tn
stand up In various sections of the church,
but few explanatory remarks served To
sgill the tempest, and the revivalisb was
permitted TO finish his sermon without
further Interruption. In conclusion ha
said LET US take the lesson in the text
to our homes and get some food out
of it,"
IN MORE TROUBLE,
a telegram from Milledgeyille, Ga.
| which appears here, says: "The killing
Of Marshal Haygoo0 by sam Ennis Sat
urday has given 4 bloody elimination To
one OF the bitterest contests over prohl-
I
ing the ceiling which led 10 this state OF
things both parties charge the other with
| melting to riot and blOodsned, The Pro-
! hiDitionIsts brought Sam Jones here and.
he delivered speech and preached a SER
mon. The anti-PrOhibiti0nists allege
that he advised the ProhibitioBists TO Be
! ready TO fight, II IL should be found neces-
sary, In order 10 secure the polling of their
votes, and that he even recommended that
they should 60 TO the polls armed with
| pistols. The ProhibitlOnists admit that
Jones made use Of some such expressions.
but they insist be meant that the ProhI-
bitionists should stand firm for their
right and nothing more. Immediately
after the terrible tragedy such express
sions as these were common: 1T was
sam Jones' work. and 'How will Sam
Jones feel when he hears TO what his in-
cendiary utterances have ledY"
A dispatch from Macon. Ca, makes
similar charges that Mr.. Jones melted
Prohibltionists 70 violence.
JONES STATEMENT.
Mr.. Jones was to-day asked what he
had 10 say about these statements. Hs
replied II think my name is connected
With that affair in order that
never made en- incendiary speech ip my
de. In tie town OF MiledQeviile / saids
'Y0g men who are Prohibiti0nIsts be
prr lent, bus stand TO your conyictiOns-
Ii these liquor men try to fri2hten you by
cursing you and drawing their weapons
on you. tell them you have been builied
as long as you intend TO be, and If they
can die for their internal traffic, you can
die 10 defense Of the helpless women and
children Of this country, and II they want
70 run that game OF guns aud
pistols on you tell them thev must strike
the first licks, and then you will feed the
buzzards with them II you can, but don't
you ever strike the first blow q
Continuing Mr.. Jones said "a man
literally takes his life in bis hands when
be goes out 10 talk prohibition down
there. They blew up my stable with
dynamite and sent me threatening letters
not 10 come to Atlanta 10 talk prohibi-
tionD