The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-10-04
atlanta Constitution.

! Atlanta C071Sttttttl01l.
.It looks like the Joneses are about 10
| take the country" said an old lady to
ue. "Well, don't know" said L: 81
Thought the Browns had already got it."
:.Not around here" said she; "its the
Joneses. They are ten to one of the
Browns and are increasing powerful, and
are generally doing mighty we'll, from
Sam down. They are ruunin' the big
meetings and the college, and the car:
rage factory and merchant mill and
some stores, and they all move around
lively and own more good property than
anybody"
The Smiths and Browns and Jones
have never immortalized their names on
l.istory's page, bat nevertheless have
proved to be right good combination
stock. Captain John Smith was the
founder of the Jamestown colony and
ought to have married Miss Pocahontas,
| for she loved him and saved his life, and
if he had, then all the Smiths on this
continent would have claimed that they
descended from him and had Indian blood
| in their veins, and they would have
swelled up and held their noses as high
in the air as the Randolphs. My wife
claims little streak of that Pocahontas
Randolph blood, and I recken she has
got it, for can't make her do anything
she don't want to, and if anybody was
about to smash my head with club she
would jump in between and save me.
And the Joneses have got some pride, OF
ancestry too, for there was John Paul
Jones, the great admiral who grappled
the eDemy's ship, and they fought and
fought until his cannon all bursted, and
when called on to surrender, replied mo,
have just begun to fight" and be and
his men boarded the other vessel, as their
own was sinking, and they took it and
whipped twice their number and took
them all prisoners. He was fighter, be
vas, and expect "our Sam" has got
some of his blood in his veins. Then
there was Arson Jones, the last presi.
dent of the Texas republic, another
fighting man. And there was DR.. Noble
Jones, Revolutionary Georgia patriot oi
| 1776 and the president OF the State con-
rantion of 1856. And there have been
lots of Joneses ever since, who made an
honorable reputation. Most of them
have names as common as their sir names
and all called Sam and Joe and Bob. and
Jack Bill and Seab and Tom and George
and such like. Itdon'tr1n in the Jones
stock to have fancy romantic name.
Sam Jones would be another feller if be
had hifalutin name.
The tabernacle meeting is in full blast
now, and Sam breaches the morning
sermon every day and talks right smart
besides. When he can't lead he drives
He sits up high en- the stage coach and
cracks his whip, and the team has got to
20, willing or unwilling. His resources
seem TO be as unlimited as ever. A poor
blind man asked for help and Sam ap.
pealed to the congregation one night and
told them he was going to have pound
party next morning and they must all
bring up something for the poor folks o.
this community-something that they
could eat, drink or wear, or some money
to buy it with and sure enough they
!, brought money and supplies most liberal
It ia astonishing how much money be
can make up in a little while in large
congregation. l heard Rome man Say
Yesterday that he had made up his minc
that Sam shouldn't draw but two dollar:
out of his pocket, but before he knew i
he had put ten dollar bill in the hat
Old DR.. Witherspoon, from New Orleans
preached sermon about the wants of the
three million sailors who lived upon tht
sea and be asked for help to build chap
els and sailors homes, and do missionary
work for them, and Sam followed it VI
with an exhortation and said: "How j
broadens q man 10 hear such talk abou
these sailors-these three million o
strong men who live and work in contin
i ual peril and among them all not at
4 ipfdel or an atheist. They may b
wicked, and when they get on the lans
and get their money they drink ant
carouse, and get in the calaboose; bu
they all believe in that God who send
the storm. It is these fellows who ar
safe upon the land who become in6dels
but Just let little earthquake COM
along and shake 'em up and they tur,
pale and tremble, and would run wors
than scared dog if they knew where t
run to. These sailors ought to be con
verted, and then every one of them woult
be the same as q missionary in every por
1 in the wide world. Let's do something
for them right berein Gainesville. Let
get out of these selfish, narrow ways ant
d do something for other people, and VI
will feel better and bigger and broader
You fellers here are right clever ant
kind to yourselves and your folks, bu
you are bottled up too tight. You hav
got enough religion, such as it is, but
amt the right sort. Why, here is Brothe
4 Cooper Who wants to build new Baptis
church in this town; but you can't do
my brother. Your penple have got th
money, but they won't shell it out, an
you had just as we'll give up the jot
They are depending more on water tha
on churches to save 'em. And here ar
these Methodist of Gainesville, who wan
a parsonage, and they can't get i
Brother Adams has got about FIVE hun
tlrsd members in his church, and the
don't average more than three dollars
piece all the year round and they are nc
going to she'll out for q parsonage. The
are just setting around and thanking Go
for giving them such cheap religion
If you don't believe salvation is free ju:
:. look iu the hat after collection. An
here is little squad of Presbyterian
who have been rackiDg along until the
have mighty nigh racked out. Oh tha
could pick out about hundred of 20
Cartersville Christians aud send you
California, and Kansas and Minnesot
sud Canada on free excursion and le
ydu see something and learn somelhip
aad you would come back with bigge
hearts and broader principles. Yo
have squatted down right here until 20
believe you and your little town are {
more consequence to the Almighty tha
I I'll the rest of the world. Instead of o.
pguding you are shrinking up and the,
are some folks around here who set abor
J and criticise aud say Sam Jones tall
too much, and he oughtn't to say this au
no had no business to say that and
know some of these very fellows wh
lave shrunk up 30 small that if fly We
J to light on the end of bis nose it coul
scratch one of his eyes with one foot an
tickle the other with another foot all {
the same time. Now, while preachin
is going on here in the tabernacle do
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