The morning news., 1897-03-10
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SAM JONES ON ATLANTA.
Some Features of the Town which
Interest Him.

Interest Him.
About 10000 people gathered Sunday
morning to hear Sam Jones opening SER
mon. The following is an extract from
the Constitutions report of It:
Here's a picture of a beautiful land
scape. glance at it is not 10 consider
it, When you glance at the picture you
seen the trees and the mountain and
maybe the mansion, but that Is all. Con-
slider the picture. Look closely, and you
will see the beautiful flowers in the mead
ow and the green grasses that border the
flowing stream. You win see the fine
horses over there and the flock of sheep
over yonder. Look closer and consider,
and you will see the very birds in the
trees that surrounds the magnificent man
sion, and YOU can almost hear their sweet
songs.
''IIave you ever considered Atlanta?"
"A fellow says, Yes. I've seen Atlanta
" Well, what have you seen?'
" oh, I've seen the lbs saloons open
there all the time
" That's but a glance.
" Then I've seen the Capital City Club
Well, that's nothing but a hog wal
low on the side of branch
" Oh well. the fellow will continue, I've
seen the dancing and card playing crowd
nat 1ONtlillS Dul a UOck OF SnGGD IN
pasture. A brainless gang. 1t takes a sem
sible man to drink liquor. II one Of these
young society bucks drinks IL II goes right
TO the hole in his head and downs him |
can hear some old fellow say: You don't
intimate that society bucks drink, do you?'
No, didn't intimate anything l say that
they just poor 1t down.
THE devil never was at loss to know
how TO work men. All he needs is some old
bell wether and some old bell eve to lead
the crowd
THE devil comes here to Atlanta and
ties bell around the neck of some old
colonel for a bell wether and another bell
around the neck of some old society lady
for bell eve, and the whole gang then
follows right along after them.
Il used to think that the devil would get
all the society people. But he won't
There are some very good folks among
them In their way, and the large majority
of them haven't intellectual caliber enough
to be responsible for their acts. Now,
can't show you Atlanta as she is, for
don't live here, thank God. But you people
| who live here can see Atlanta. You Meth
| odists, Baptists, Presbyterans and ali you
folks open your eyes, unstop your ears
and ask yourself IL there is any need of a
sensation here.
Il believe in work. 1 haven't any re-
| spect for lazy man or woman. One time
when / was a circuit preacher my wife
| says to me: Look here, old fellow, you
are getting lazy" ] said; Wei, I think
I'll quit preaching If l am"
''St. Paul wasn't a lazy man. He was a
| spirited man. If there's anything l like
| it's spirit Of independence and self-reli-
ance. This country is getting so that the
churches depend on the government and
the members depend on the Lord They
won't work. They want everything free
They get free schools free books, and it
won't be long before they will want free
clothing stores and free grocery stores I
like to see a man work and not depend on
the government for a pension.
I'VE have too much free education now
| There's an old saying that If you educate
| negro you ruin a good field hand.
think that will Mt more things than the
| negro. Atlanta hasn't sent man 70 the
chain-gang since the war that wasn't ed-
ucated. l believe in education like George
Stuart, who is sitting here on this stand
has. When he was poor boy with a
widowed mother 20 support and he want
| ed an education he went TO every college
In his state and told the professors he
would sweep out the college or do any
kind Of work II they would only help
him get an education. lie had to go out
in the country to work to make money
to carry him through school, and he kept
up his old widowed mother while he was
doing Il, too.
IN tell you, IL you will believe Sam
Jones, who has been around a lots more
than you have, you'll find that such men
! as George stuart are worth a thousand
times as much as one OF these little pap
| suckers who have had nothing to do all
| their lives except run into the parental
cowpen, grab a teat and shake their tail.
| Atlanta has too many educated bucks
| They make one Of three things; A rich old
| mans no account son-in-law borrow some
| thing and never pay II back or they lay
| down and do nothing at all.
| What we want In Atlanta Is somebody