The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
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Sam Jones Rakes the Carolina Leg
fsIature Fore and Aft

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 2s.-To-day. the
Rev. sam Jones, the noted evangelist ar
rived in the city and this afternoon he de-
hvered an address to an audience of 1.50O
people The members OF the general as
sembly had been given a special invita-
ton to attend and they occupied reserv-
ed seats in front. He rasped the legisla-
lots severely IN regard TO the dispensary
law. dealing some hard blows.
AFTER speaking for some time he turned
70 the legislators present and asked: rs
mere any honor in being member of the
Continuing. he said: mo. that is a
small 81 potato, and stringy one at that"
U.aughter.)
The devil. he said. would get some of
them, but he thanked God that he would
not get much. UaughterD
Ahen the evangelist turned to the strain
something interesting was coming Mr.
Jones said that he was not talking as
IeIoftner, conservative. republican, demo-
crdJ or demi-jOhncrat. or a s a representa-
1--WE of any other party
MOST OF you fellows would feel awk
Maru IN my fix. I'm gentleman. Suppose
S oI IIy II Tor a rev days and see how it
teels- Great laughter)
he thought all political parties formed
a dlrtY ceSspool of corruption and vice.
foL the politicians ceased to be men and
formed themselves into a bowling mob
OF INSCRIPTIONS office-seakers
ne mad never been a member of a legis-
azure put II he was, he would have stood
70 the last ditch to protect the women and
children from the curse of drink If the
preachers would leave "the sweet by-and-
Dy alone for awhile and get TO work on
me nasty now there would be no such
thlng as the disDenSary system, the agen-
ey Tor the distribution of stuff to make
urunkards of the sons of the state He ad-
NlSeu the Legislators to seek the counsel
OF thelr wives and sisters in casting their
votes for any measure that concerned
mem. Ihey are better men than you are,
you old FOOLS" Great laughter)
The preacher has a text and speaks in
tne pulpit on it, but a woman can wipe
up the floor with any preacher on a pre-
The people need improvement, and if
tney don't get 1t very shortly they will
turn into razOr-back hogs on the Slight
est proVocation." loud laughter)
In an interview on the dfspensary sys-
TEN, the evangelist said that he has
watch the systems operation. TIE be-
neyed whisky a good thing in its place
and he believed its place was in hell. He
would never countenance its sale this
side of hell. The only difference between
open saloons and the dispensary system
was the method of dishing out the damn
able stuff. The law was already begin
nlng to so to seed in South Carolina The
state seemed to be dealing in liquor for
the money that was in it, If that was
true then a bull-neck, white-aproned
saloon Keeper is gentleman beside the
state of South Carolina" He enjoyed see
ing Illlman IN straw pile with his
pltchfork, but when that notable got
INTO dispensary with it and began to
scatter bottles filled with a damnable IL
quid, he was "agin him and his fork
both" The profit and beverage features
OF the system would damn it in the eyes
OF God-fearing men. Any man that stood
around behind dispensary counter and
dished out the stuff deserved contempt
and would ''be a-frying in hell before his
feet got cold"
The evangelist is touring the state in
the interest of the cause of temperance
and the dispensary is catching it, The
Legislators mr. 70, glr, =
talk. He goes to Atlanta for a four
weeks stay soon.