The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-05-29
REV. SAM JoNE S.
A Great Lecture Friday Ni,at.

On schedule time Rev Sam Jones
appeared in Futrell's 0 ,,era house last
Friday night and lec:ured on "a Med
ley of Philosophy, Facts and Fun
A very small audience greeted him
perhaps not nors than two hundred
The charge Tor admission was dollar
for reserved seats and among the frs,
hits Mr. Jones made was his declara-
ton the local management had charg-
ell too much, for he said the crowd
could int tage In a dollars worth
They were little twenty-five cent fel
lows, he said. But at the close of the
lecture some took pains to push their
way to the rostrum and tell Mr.. Jones
they had received five dollars worth.
The lecturer was well introduced by
Rev. NJ. L. Kesler, and in response to
the clever introduction Mr.. Jones said
that when such kind things are said
for him 1t always reminds him of
good old colored woman who tcld him
once she enjoyed his preaching SC
much because he preached so mucL
like negro, saying, You have a white
skin, but thank God you have black
heart"
Sam Jones is truly genius before
an audience. He speaks In conversa-
sational tone, never rants, but Often
rises to heights Of embracing eloquence
His audience is kept in swing from
tears to laughter. He says things as
no one else can say them and impress
es great chunks of truth where most
men would make no impression al
all.
While there was not large audience
to hear him in Scotland Neck, there
has never been a more delighted audi
ence anywhere, and whenever he will
come to Scotland Neck again he will
double or treble his audience at the
same price. His audience here Was
composed Of many of the best and mos,
refined people in the town and COM
munity, and all are loud in their
praises of the lecture, and there has
been many benediction breathed for
Sam Jones and his work, for he i'm
pressed the people that he is endeavor-
ing to do good and that he is an hum
bio servant of God, If he does say many
seemingly rough things.
Heightened, cultured ladies have said
repeatedly since they heard him that
they were delighted with the lecture,
and that the rough things reported OF
him through the papers do not ap-
pear in his lectures. For instance, he
made statement like this: "a LADY
asked me once how to stop her boz.
from smoking cigarettes. I asked how
old was her boy. She said SIX or seven
wears old. told her would tase
him out in the back yard and wiring
his head off. There's no law against
killing thing like that. The Bible
says that murder is the killing Of hu
man being"
That didnot seem rough when said
by Mr.. Jones, though Geld type may
make it sound SO. He said that the
man to whom the LORD has given a
motherly wife and a dozen or fifteen
children is highly blessed; but the mar
who has society" wife with poodle
dog-"tEe devil has just throwed off or
him." That did not seem rough when
Mr. Jones said it, and was 50 pointed
an illustrtion it was highly apprecia-
ted by his audience.
He was hard on liquor drinkers and
and preachers who do not fight the Ii
quor business. He said "The preach
er who is not prohihitlonist is in bad
fix. The only thing you can do fol-
him is to bare his head fer the hollow
head aud bleed him in the frog of the
foot and and let him CO."
He said he thinks too much of hi:
wiie's husband to be Democrat or {
Republican and is not fool enough tt
be PopuIist. He said he wants to b,
the same kind of citizen at the bal
lot box he is on his knees and that il
a Prohibitionist. He asked some On,
On the rostfum how many people wer'
there in Scotland Neck, and the lepl.
was about 1900. He said make !
1900 for round numbers, and thel
said the three saloons in town pa,
$3.50 taxes. That, he said, YVES 8
cents head for the people OF Scotlan'
Neck. Turning to Rev. J. C. Jone
who was on the rostIum (and weigh
about 225lbs) he asked What ho
meat is worth on the streets in Sco1
land Neck. When told 10 cents pc
pound he said "Then what would
hog which weighs 200 pounds b
worth?' About $40, was the answer
"You are worth 80 cents and hog ]
worth $20!' Turning. to his audienc
he asSed with sort OF bes!tohln