Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-02

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nd clothes dealer would place con-
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be reporter raped at his door last
r the services, and in response to a
me" from within, entered the apart
be discovered the famous evan
49, sitting in the dim shade, OF
TAINTED on the rung of a neigh5oring chair, and
his other leg perched over that, his SLOUGH hat
pulleddown overhis eyes and his teeth clenched
firmly over the last remains of cigar of doubt
full origin. The man was apparently absorbed
In 3 long range practice at splttoon which
stood at an opposite corner of the room. And
it may be interesting TO know that the gentle
man scored a bull eye with the same unerring
regularity when he expectorsted in the direction
of that spittoon as he did when he poured the
hot shot of eternal truth straight at the souls of
an audience Of thousands of wrapt listeners an
hour previously.
mr.. Jones, you leave rs in the morning?"
ventured the reporter, after he had been greeted
by the evangelist, Mr.. Stuart and Mr.. Excel.
Yes, l go to Aberdeen, Miss, from here, I
will go over the Texas and Pacific.
1.-The people of Fort Worth will be glad to
know if you go away as well satisfied with the
result OF your work here as they are. -
YES, an perfectly satisfied The CONVEX
sions here must have amounted to between 1000
and 1900. Among them are some of the best peo
pie in your community, whose influence and
example in the right will be productive of i'm
mense results long after have gone. You have
an energetic, pushing lot of people, and when
they take hold of any cause they push it for all
its worth; and when they take hold of the cause
Of morality they are bound to make
a change in the policy of the municipal govern!
ment and an improved public sentiment, it looks
to me like there will be vast change for the
better in your city. There will be influences
brought to bear for the suppression of vice and
crime
Speaking of vice aud crime, Mr.. Jones' how
does Fort Worth COMPARE with other cities of
the country? You have knocked around consid-
erahly and have had opportunity TO make COM
: Gwen, TN tell you. The character of vice
and crime in different parts of the country is as
different SIS the character of the peoples of those
sectons- Fort Worth Is as moral as any city
ever visited, but there are species of vice per-
mitted to exist openly and publicly which should
and could have been suppressed long ago if yon
bad had the proper sentiment abroad IN the
place"
''You have been around in Texas a good DEAL
Mr.. Jones. How does Fort Worth compare with
other Texas cities from an industrial point of
view?''
have seen in the state. In fact, / do not
know any city in the country going ahead like
this Que. I was in Texas five years ago, and
since that time. Texas is great state. You
have great people. Such people as You have
in Fort Worth could go out into desert and
make the verdure rise. With such country
rs You have here there is limit to your
possibilities. When l was in Waco five
years ago il was understood that corn and oats
wouldn't flourish in Northwest Texas. Now
look at 1t! Eou have country as well adapted
10 fire stock raising IS Kentucky, you have great
tial 10 industrial supremacy. There is no limit
to the possibilities Of this state
SIN leaving Fort Worth, do you experience
any desire to return aeain?''
dol? Well, should say do. and III be
here again. The ministers here have resolved
already that next year they will arrange for me-
and will have much larger and more substan-
tial tabernacle than they had this time
Are you pleased with your treatment while
in Fort Worth?''
- am, greatly. I never before met people
20 open hearted, hoSpitable and generous spir-
tied. My stay IN Fort Worth has been one of the
most pleasant events of my life.
And want 10 say continued Mr.. Jones,
as the reporter prepared TO leave. ''that am
greatly Obliged 20 The GAZETTE for its fair and
square reports Of my sermons. have never
been more impartially quoted in any paper. and
when l return to Fort Worth shall be glad to
resume our friendly relations. -
Mr.. Stuart snapped shut a gripsack into
which lie had been placing a miscellaneous lot
of sOiled linen, dir. Excel snapped a sunder
the twinc which bound a stack of hymn books,
and Mr.. Jores fired his badly cheyyed cigar stub
as the reporter withdrew.