Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-20
NEGRO PREACHER OF THE OLD
REGIME HOLDING FORTH
HERE
i1e Is ali Interesting Character, ane'
He Has Preached in Many
Places.


$50 mounds OF avoirlupo.s: big black I
slouch hat upon his head. and great,
rnaainlv coat of minister cut hang /
ing loosely from his ponderous Shout |
dfrs: a pure-blooded African, with All |
the Africans characteristics and none |
of the white mans: with nothing re-
markabe about his appearance except
his unusually characteristic represen-
'ation of the original negro-such is
Il picture of the man.
And yet he sways mighty multi
,udes Of his followers like chaff before
a tickle breeze. He understands negro
nature like a father understands the
rature of his child With a word he !
has them weeping; with another.
LAUGHING Now he has them shouting
with gladness: now. with pain. His
typical negro eloquence appeals to
them as the eloquence of no Booker
T. Washington appeals; they can I'm
derstand "Sn Killer: they can not
always do as much with Booker T.
The nan is a wonder, and study.
Casually observed by the ordinary
rian of the world of experience with
fakes and humbU.s he is lightly turn
cd aside as one of the most ordinary
/ representatives of this class Studied
closely. one doubts his own ability to
! Judge the nan. Certain ii is that he
| is possessed of a powerful magnetism
| Of some sort, of some kind. that finally
2rasps hold upon not only his negro
/ companions, but even his white ac
GauintanceS. And when one goes deep.
CT into the mysteries of his nature.
enc is con PEELED 10 acknowledge,
what soever may be the cynicism of the
rid a: large hat the negro is Il pow
er 10 be reckoned within some Nan
ner. Sin Killer Griffin holds auto
oraDhed recommendation in his pos
session from. scores of !hc most dis
| tn"uished men in America. Governors
nf states, United States senators and
| cOn2ressmen. state officers OF lesser
degree. eminent divines of all denOmi
nations. lawyers, doctors. men most
conspicuous in all the walks of life
all have contributed to his sore of en-
tiorsement. for which he seems to have
/; mania. His own people go wild
over hin. wherever he goes. He first
attracts. then draws, then controls
with mighty will force of some mys
ttricus properties not vet explained by
the science Of psychology. He has
spoken to hun"rods tens of hundr a:s
ave thousands. with the same results.
Swaying then. with his negro elo.
quence like so many puppets Or play
hings, he raises them to the very
heights of the "Berlah'' land or filings
them twirling screeching. crying. beg
ging. pleading for mercy, to the deep
est pit in purgatory. They actually
live through the very scenes of grand
I eur or destruction which he depicts
He has been known to have thousan s
shouting and screaming at the top of
heir voices at one time at one "meat-
ing.
It must not be thought that "Sin
Killer" is without his enemies. 1t is
not in the negro nature to watch with
any great degree of placid content the
success of another member of their
race-they envy him sometimes.
, Therefore it may be surmised that he
has not gone unmolested over nearly
; every state and territory in the union
over Canada and perhaps other places
without getting in trouble with mem
bers of his race But he always get G
out of it, and ever afterward shines
with a brighter luster in the eyes af
his devoted followers. Incidentally be
GETS lot of advertising out of it. And
the man who fights him today will
give him letter of recon. ndarion
tomorrow. If Sin Killer should DC
arrested ON some cracked-up charge b!
raiened before Police Judge Toney to
morrow, the chances are that he would
, not only come clear of any charge il
: the world instituted against him. but
2 would procure strong endorsements
from the police Judge. the chief of pc
lice and all other members of the po
lice department whom he believed
y could be worth anything to him.
I He is a natural-born fnancier FL
n" Icing is one of his strong points. H
r '4s.ld make a living at any old fhins
oe world. Today he will pay vo'
service rendered him: to"'o,'
81 - viii se-wice as much ~oncs
cnt Of YOU And he will wake il
1loa Suro 10 We" to oi~o IN tho o,o'- c,-
Com pared side by side. Booker -