The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-31
THE MEETINGS OVER.
Continued from Tenth Page.)

Chatham county, ana especially do we
propose to see that the barrooms are
closed on Sunday, that gambling of all
kinds is suppressed at all times and
places and that vote-buying no more dis
graces our elections.
Realizing that this task will be i'm
possible for us unless sustained by the
people of this city and county, we there
fore call upon every God-fearing and
law-loving citizen to stand by us in this
movement, which we believe to mean the
publication of our city and county, the
salvation of our homes and the glory of
cur God"
The address is signed by Rev. W. A.
Nisbet, Rev. John d. Jordan Rev Ed.
F. Cook, Rev. w p. McCorkle, Rev. d.
s. Edenfeld, Rev. Bascom Anthony,
Rev. ]. A. Smith and Rev. Osgood F.
Cook.
The reading was followed by a great
roar of applause. The women of the con-
gregation clapped their hands with every
appearance Of enthusiasm and the men
cheered. Mr.. Jones was Immediately upon
his feet.
THE paper that has just been read to
you by Brother Nisbet," he said, perhaps
means more than that number of words
ever before written or uttered in Savan-
nah since the Incorporation of the city.
These revival meetings are like a great
big bon-he, burning brightly somewhere
way down town, where everybody goes
and gets warm l tell you, brother, it's
going to do you mighty little good unless
you pick up a burning brand and start
fire on your own hearthstone. The Teller
that ain't got any fire but what he gets
out here is going TO freeze, bud.
Il want you all to indorse what this pa
per which has been read says, and I'm go
ing to ask you to swear to what you say
you'll do. Now don't you get up unless
you mean just what you say, and are go
ing to do what you mean 10 do But every
person in this congregation, every man,
woman and child, whose convictions of
good government are voiced in this adj
dress. l want to see stand up and say; 1
solemly affirm before God and this com
munity that IN stand by these pastors
in this fight for good government; SOL
EMMY affirm I'll stand with them against
every evil that biights and ruins this COM
munity Let everybody who'll say this,
rise"
Apparently nine-tenths of the congre-
cation sprang to their feet in answer TO
this appeal Here and there some persons
still sat but they were few in number,
and in the great mass of those who did
stand and indorse and promise, could not
be seen from the platform.
evangelist THAT means business, and
bud, If you don't stick to what you have
said, it means that you are the biggest
liar on earth"
Now sit down a minute. One great
trouble with the enforcement of law in
this county is that you have but a sin
gle prosecuting officer for the Superior
and City Courts. So far as l know this
isn't true of any other city in Georgia
And another thing. They have abol-
ished the grand jury of the City Court,
so that indictments can only be brought
in the Superior Court and prosecutions
in the other can originate only with the So
licdtor general It's wrong If you will you
can get your representatives in the Leg
isature to have a law passed which Will
restore the grand jury of the City Court
and empower the Governor TO appoint
some faithful and competent lawyer to
prosecute for the people in that tribunal.
Get the thing divided and little Billy won't
be the bull of the whole cow pen.
81 want all those who are opposed TO
the present state of affairs in the City
Court and who want "A change to stand
up" Most of the audience stood. 'Sit
down please. Now all who are opposed
to the suggestions l have made, stand
up" Nobody stood. Carried, unani-
mously," said the evangelist, ruling with
enthusiasm. Not a single dissenting
voice in the whole audience.
And it's time there was a change.
Look at the way they run things now in
the City Court. Why when they want 20
milk gambler they don't even drive him
into the pen. The rascal don't have to go
to court, but he sends his little lawyer
to find out what's the trouble and settle
the amount of the claim Yes, sir; they'll
milk cow when ii amt in the pen; just
go around and milk 'em all over the
woods"
81 tell you If 1 lived in Savannah Ia
carry the officials of some of your courts
up for impeachment. Amt it farce?
Amt it a travesty on justice that things
like these can be?
You good preachers have start
ed out on a hard fight and pray
God to stiffen your backbone, for you are
going to need it. Once I was stricken by
terrible disease that took all the back
bone out of me, and know what it is
TO be without one. Then couldn't have
resented anything. But I've got mine
back and if anybody thinks 1 won't fight
just let him knock the chip off my Shout
der. I'll call him in a minute"
At the instance of Mr. Jones the minis
ters on the platform distributed to the
ushers cards, bearing the following words:
Il hereby agree to become a member OF
a league for the enforcement off law in
Savannah and Chatham county" with
blanks for the name and address of the
signer. % ltxl1l
IF the preachers are to accomplish any
thing in the stand they have taken" said
the evangelist, you men nof Savannah
must stand up to them These cards we
ask you to sign, as an assurance of your
sympathy and your support We are not
going to publish your names and you are
not TO be known in the matter at all. We
are going to have an executive commit
tee Of twenty-five and We just want to
be able TO call on you when we need you.
You are TO he the home guard and the
twenty-five out in front are going TO do
the fighting.
Its TO be a sort OF underground sys-
tenn. We want TO start about three hun
dred feet underground from the point at
which we are aiming and when we get
under the place we are going TO blow 1t
up with dynamite"
And ] want TO tell you another thing.
It's the imperative duty of every good
citizen in this county TO register, so that
when election time comes you'll carry
some weight. Get registered two or three
or six months ahead of time; don't wait
until a day or two before the election,
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