The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-29
THE DEVILS IN 1T.
Continued from Tenth Page.)
can't trust her husband and when hus
band can't trust a wife"

J
/ band can't trust a Wife.
Now nsten Whatsoever things are
honest Being honest doesn't mean mere
/ ly paying your debts: that's the lowest
kind of honesty: you have to pay them
/ 10 keep from being thief. There are two
kinds of thief; the fellow that comes
in when you don't know It and takes
/ your property and the fellow that buys
! from merchants and then doesn't pay for
| IT, Now I'm not talking about the fellow
/ that can't pay. But see some OF these
! society folks that have a big entertain
/ ment, and buy cake and ice cream aud
can't pay for them; lot of folks having
a swell time at the expense of other peo-
/ pie. And see the big rascal that goes
! bankrupt and then goes to boarding with
/ his wife I've got no respect for him.
/ like my wife and I'd do most anything
for her 'cept sign my name agent for
! her No Sir! When we ride the same
/ horse, I'm going to ride in front l amt
/ going to ride behind no woman. What!
my wife have something l amt got!
/ Lordy me, no SIGH in mine. Me and my
wife are the same folks and what ones
got the others got. Understand that?
We started even; she with her clothes,
and I with mine, and if my daddy or
her daddy ever gave us a nickel we lost
| 1t before we got home.
Take a ground start and go up, if you
! go tall. You know a fellow on his back
can't fall down. Many a man has
been ruined by being born rich. 'Bascom,'
and he took another jab az Mr.. Anthony,
'if you had been born rich wouldn't you
have gone to the devil-Eh? And Bascom
the devil like to got you as it was, didn't
he?
Believe in honesty and truth first and
let what will come along. Now, take the
question of debt. You wives who run
your husband into debt make more rascals
than anything else except whisky. There's
the wife that won't help her husband to
pay his debts. She refused to cook, its If
/ can't have oook I'll go to boarding,
said the speaker, initiating a finicky, quer
ulous, feminine voice. You're doing your
| husband damage, and there's no doubt of
| that.
Now listen to me! I've been poor
/ white folks-poor as a dog-poor as two
/ dogs. And bless your heart my wife has
cooked, and my wife is a good cook, and
l like my wife a cook. And ! could
go in the kitchen and kiss and hug the
| cook: i can't do it now or thered be the
mischief but l used to hug and kiss
my cook many time"
'If you're going to be religious you've
got TO be honest. The hardest thing you
| can say about a preacher is that he
| doesn't pay his debts, and it's as hard a
| thing as you can say about any man.
| Why in the Hardshell Baptist Church
they'll turn a member out who don't
| pay his debts. Most of these Hardshells
get to heaven, too, cause one half's good
men, and the other half amt got sense
enough to be responsible. They say every
| honest mans got a patch of hair in the
| palm of his hand-Did you ever look at
your hand?
when I'm dead If they don't put any
| thing else on my tombstone I'd like EN-
| to put this Here lies an honest man.
1 hope 1t won't be like another case that
| 1 heard of. though. lawyer died and
was buried and one day a man came
along and saw his tombstone and on it
was: John Smith, a lawyer and an hon
est man lies here, and the man stood
there looking at the tomb so long that
the sexton came and asked. Some of your
folks?' No said the man, Friends,
then suggested the sexton. No, said
the man; I'm just a wondering why they
put two fellows, lawyer and an honest
man. in the same grave
Now listen to me! fellow ought to
be just before he's generous. But it's
easier to be generous that 1t is to be
just. Why. there amt one man in a hun
dred that is just to his wife; and there
| am I one mother III "A hundred lHdl just
10 her children. And now you church
members; do you think you're just to
| your pastors. You say Why, yes, l pay
| my preacher his salary Well, that's the
smallest thing you've got to do-to pay
him his salary; and anyway, don't know a
city in the country that pays them less.
Do you reckon any of your preachers lays
up money? Do YOU any of you,
preachers lay up any money!" he asked.
the platform. MIR. Anthony. answering
for himself. said. well l don't while
the others remained silent.
We'll" said Mr.. Jones, again turning
TO the audience" Bascom say he amt.
anyway" then again speaking to his con-
gregation he said. why there's one man
in Trinity Church that ought to pay as
much as the church pays. The most lib
eral church is the Presbyterian and the
riost economical is the Methodist. The
| Presbyterians ought to be the most liber-
al, cause they amt much else"
MIR. Jones discussed whatsoever is
lovely" and said the loveliest thing I'm this
world is a sweet noble. pure Christian
girl. "You can't beat her this side OF
heaven" He talked OF the need of going
to Sunday-school and prayer meeting.
then turned to Mr. Anthony again With
"Bascom don't you hope your prayer
| meeting will he full next Thursday
night? But II II was" he continued. ut
is time speaking TO the people. he'dget
scared and run home for the camphor
bottle before he tainted"
Before he concluded his address Mr.
Jones got back to the subject Of prohibit
ton. and said that he hoped to see the
day when not only would there not be a
saloon IN Savannah. but. not one in the
state. a statement that was greeted with
cheers. Just before the benediction he
ing 10 Savannah was to save every soul
that could be saved and 10 bankrupt
every dirty institution in town.
Numbers accepted his invitation TO pro-
pose persons FOR prayer. The meeting
was closed by Mr.. Jones asking that each
OF his hearers pray at about sunset FOR
the success OF the night meeting.
DIR. J. D. Barbee, for fourteen years
! thc erngor hook agent of tho Nfetbodfaf