The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-10
JONES HAS NO FEAR
REV. BASCOM ANTHONY SAYS THE
EVANGELIST is ON HIS METTLE.
WILL STIR UP SAVANNAH.
Is WELL INFORMED OFF CONDITIONS
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.

Says His Friends Need Not Worry
About What savannah Will Do to
Sam Jones, but Rather what Sam
Jones VIII Do to Savannnh-LOOI&s
for Licking Committee" and
Believes tn Be Hard TO Get Mem
bers to Serve--An AIderman's
Opinion of the E>vangeIist's Work
Police Protection Promised.
Rev. Bascom Anthony returned yester-
day afternoon from Waycross, where he
went to see Rev. Sam Jones and inform
him of the final arrangements that have
been made for his meetings in this city.
Rev. Mr.. Jones is pretty well informed
of the conditions political and otherwise,
that obtain in Savannah and he expressed
himself on them quite freely and in his
characteristic way.
Mr. Anthony told him something OF the
stir in Savannah that his proposed visit
has caused, and the maedictions that are
being called down on his head by certain
classes. That suits me first rate" replied
Mr.. Jones, Ito get folks lined up usually
occupies some of my time after l get to
a town; but if they line up before 1 get
there it saves me some trouble"
Continuing in the same strain he said
that he dslkes graveyard and de-
spises a dull town, and intimated that Sa-
vannah would be neither the one nor the
other after he arrived In his sermon Rev.
Mr.. Jones told his hearers not to be I'M
easy about what Savannah would do to
Sam Jones, but to worry rather about
what Sam Jones would do to Savannah.
Referring to the criticisms that have
been made on some of his sermons, Rev.
Mr.. Jones said that Savannah has had
years of decent preaching. but seemingly
it has had so little effect that it was time
to try what indecent preaching would do.
eff" he said Savannah were half as
much concerned about the way she lives,
as she is about the way I talk, Savannah
would be a mighty nice town to live in.
] don't question but what they'll pint
licking committee, but it's always diff
cult to get members to serve"
Mr. Jones said the pure women and
the best men are with him in every town;
that everywhere the crowd that is opposed
TO him consists of the same element;
few good people who are mistaken, gam
blers, barkeepers. buns, toughs and fell
lows of the baser sort generally. IF the
decent folks" he said, could line up the
crowd and see who they're with, they'd
quickly come over to my side"
Mr. Anthony said that the Wednesday
night sermon was a magnificent effort. He
says, further. that every woman he saw,
the best of the city. expressed themselves
as being glad that Mr.. Jones had come
TO Waycross; and that the preachers unite
in saying that his presence has been as
"A benediction TO the churches. This"
said Mr.. Anthony. lis the report of the
preachers wherever Mr.. Jones goes"
1t is expected that the finishing work
on the tabernacle will be done to-day
that is, If unpropitious weather does lot
interfere. Nearly all of the benches have
been finished and are in place. and the
remainder of the work is equally well ad-
vanced
The first meeting 10 be held in the tab
ernacle viii be Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock when Rev. G. r. Stewart. a CO.
worker of Mr.. Jones, will deliver a dec
ture on temperance. This is a lecture
that has been given all over the coun-
try, and is said to be one of the best OF
ats kind. Sunday night, too, Rev. Mr..
Stewart will preach.
Rev, Mr.. Jones win not reach Savannah
until Monday and will hardly preach be-
fore Monday night. His series of meet
dngs was originally arranged for ten days.
but 1t is quite possible, in fact, very prob
bable. that the time viii be extended
The music at the services will be con-
Quoted jointly by Messrs. w. ]. Ramsay
and C. d. Tiliman. Mr.. Ramsay is ex-
pected in Savannah to-day, and will con-
duct the singing of the Epworth League
Conference.