The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-11
Rev. Sam Jones Takes a Few Shots
at Paducah officials.
Wants to Have Skinning Tomorrow
An Eloquent Sermon
Last Night.
THE SERVICES FOR TODAY

'N'A"' "''A"NsAoho ~ NHo ivy Aas'
night, there was no falling off in the
crowd that attended the Sam Jones
meeting. II anything there was a
larger number present than on either
Of the preceding nights.
The song service led by Mr.. Seagle
is one Of the most enjoyable features
Of the meeting The choir is compos-
ed Of about 100 Of Psduoah's best sin
gers. After the service of song and
prayer, Mr.. Zones made the following
announcements:
Tomorrow there will be preaching
here at 1890 in the morning, 80 in
the afternoon and 1880 at night. Sat.
urday night is the DEVILS own night,
but Notwithstanding, our services will
continue just the same. On Sunday
we are hoping for big day. The Sun
day schools all over the city will meet
at O'Clock so as 10 be out at 1890 in
time for the union meeting. In the
afternoon Mr. Stuart will preach
what is called his stump diggers' SER
mon, which is one Of the finest things
| have ever listened to, at 1880 in the
evening / am going to hold a stag So
cial here. Don't want any women or
trundle bed trash. AZ the same hour
Mr.. Stewart will preach to the wo.
men at the Broadway Methodist
church.
90 Now l hope that your mayor, who
is an elder in the Presbyterian church,
will tell his policemen to see that all
the saloons are closed on Sunday. Six
days are quite enough to debauch and
do their deaths work. II strangers
are here Sunday hope they won't
find the side doors OF the saloons open.
If owned a saloon, I'd never put 1t
up against mans soul. But what .
saloon keepers caro- for the souls OF
men? One of them said today that he
had had enough Of Sam Jones was
mt going to take anything else of
him. You just let that man come
here Sunday night. He'll think Mt.
Pelee has busted loose again. I'll
tell you I'd rather have a stone tied
round my neck and be dropped into
the Ohio river than to shrink Tor
one moment from telling the truth
about the liquor traffic. have no
fight against aRy man personally.
us against the thing that debsuohes
and damns that 1 am fighting. 1
Fave the same objection to saloon
keeper that have to a louse-he
gets his living of the heads of fam
lilies. l have lifted the black flag and
neither give nor ask for quarter.
You bring your mayor and aldermen
here Sunday night and hold while
skin and there will be dog hides for
sale Monday. As have said, attack
no man personally. But public Off
oisls are public property. l tell you,
IL you were to hang your mayors dead
body up in the city hall he would do
as much good as he does living. What
90 you think, preachers ?(no response)
You preachers ali approve of what |
say, but you sit there like tombstones
with no inscriptions on them. Talk
about your city being first or second
class. It's not even tenth class. It's
the DEVILS city, from snout to tail.
Now | am in very weak physical con-
dition so if there is any man present
that don't like what I've said, he'll
have to whip some of these fat preach
ers on the platform. This is not my /
sermon have just been talking to |
you. Let every one be perfectly quiet,
and 1 will announce my text, Prov. 1, |
24-26. because | have called to you
and you have refused Il have stretched 1
out my hand and no man regarded it,
! will also laugh at your calamities
and mock when your fear cometh."
Mr.. Jones preached most eloquent
and powerful sermon, showing how
even every seemingly trifling incident
in our every day life calls to some
thing higher. How God has urged us
on to nobler things through nature,
the change of seasons, and IN fact ev-