The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-01
REV. FILL up PHILLIPS
THE PEEDYBEE PREACHER
FROM PITT ADVERTISED TO
HOLD FORTH TODAY IN
METROPOLITAN HALL.
BUT MAYOR RUSS SAID mo"

Phillips Made a Drunken Spectacle of
Himself on The Streets Yesterday
and the Mayor Did Not Propose
TO Have the Name of God Set at
Naught by such Servant---The
CampbeH-PhilIips Brace, as Mem
bers of the Soc Called Arlington COm-
mIttce, is Pest Only Among the
People OF Raleigh,
Yesterday there was being circulated
on the ST. eets of this city the following
circular:
ANNOUNCEMENT !
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AT 4:30,
REV. J. 7. PHILLIPS
Second Adventist church,
will preach in
METROPOLITAN HALL.
THE PUBLIC Is CORDIALLY INVITED
A special invitation is extended to the
Clergy of the city.
SUBJECT
"Mau--Hjs Creation and Destiny"
les. the person mentioned in this cir
cular. namely, "Rev. J. 7. Phillips
may not be identified at first glance by
the reading public, it may be as
well, for the sake Of clearness, to state
that be is none other than the member
of the PCedybee committee from Pitt.
Mr.. Phillips sailed into this town on
his good behavior few days ago, and
took rooms at the Branson House. His
life seems to have been without blemish
until his path was crossed by Hoola-
Boom, whose desire, be it said in justice,
is not, however, to make anybody else
full so long as he may happily keep full
himself.
Yesterday nothing was done by the
committee. HOolaBoom had few hat
rack pins left in his breath, but his limit
had not been by any means reached.
With Phillips it was another matter.
He was drunk nearly all yesterday.
Mr. @. Thomas Bailey had been to the
Mayors Office Friday afternoon asking
that Mr.. Phillips have the use of Metro
politan Hall Sunday afternoon. The
Mayor granted his request, but yester-
day the condition of the man from Pitt
came to the Mayors notice, Chief
Heartt looked out of the window
and saw the doings OF the Peedybee
just below, and word was forthwith sent
from the Mayors Office that there w06TfN
be no sermon from Phillips in the hall
on Sunday.
Just why the late Legislature shoult
have hit upon Bryan, who wouldn't
serve on this committee, aud upon
Hoola-Bo and Phillips, who can't
serve, is something that will be of in
terest to the tax payers who are paying
them so much per day, even while they
are staggering drunk.
Hoola-Boom has, at least, the virtue
of not sc. e.ting himself up as a minister
of the gospel, and Phillips will not be
long learning that drinks and divinity
don't go down together IN this town.
There is no need for mincing words
about the matter any longer: the imbe-
cility of Phillips and Campbell summoned
here to attend to the business of this
State at the expense of its citizens is a
disgrace to the Legislature which ap-
pointed them, and Phillips's drunken cor
dition yesterday was almost in blasphe-
nous antithesis to the invitation he sent
out to this people to come to hear him
talk in the name of God.
The presence of these men, in their
public capacity, in their spectacular de-
bauchery, is stencil in the nostrils of
law loving people, and should these peo-
pie not have an early riddance of these
''public servants" the blame will come
sooner or later upon the heads of those
who deserve it.
The humor of the performance has
passed ont of sight, the people are dis
gusted with the Oampbell-Phillips outfit,
in their public capacity, who, in the role
Of members of the so-cailed Arlington
committee, have added, by their whis-
key-pranks and consequent neglect of
duty, even a new shade of black to the
dark memories of the late Fusion affair
at the capital.