Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-03
Little Thing Like a Bad
Sprained Ankle Does Not ST.
lence Gospel Batteries
RED HE'FER PLOT FoILED'
Believed Sherman Potts Attack on
Z Evangelist Had Effect Of Blocking
Planned Scheme - MarshaIltown
Mans Brother to Assist Sunday
Want Marshaltown Dates.

| ting posture, with his sprained ankle
swathed in bandages, and again hop
ping about the pulpit on one foot, is
too slow work for BILLY" Sunday at
Springfield, Ill. Sunday has decided
to take to crutches, and until his in
jured ankle is again strong props will
be used under this human gospel bat
terry.
attack last Friday night by the re-
i ligious fanatic Sherman Potts, proved
more serious than was at first believed
! The sprain to the ankle Is severe
one, and it will be some time before
the ankle is again sound. With Sun
4 days nervous temperament, and his
usual activity, this handicap of loco
motion is CALLING.
4 Was Red Heifer Game Foiled?
1t is believed at Springfield that
4 Potts attack on Sunday foiled the
red heifer game" which is said to
| have been planned by the saloon ele-
ment Of Springfield as a means of
working up public sentiment against
Sunday.
4 1t will be remembered that decla-
ration was made some time ago
against Sunday, to the effect that, at
men, attired in red, with large red
hats, got up and left the tabernacle
in the midst Of the sermon.
1 \
altho he denied 1t in toto, 'if there is
a cowboy in the audience wish he
would lasso those two red heifers."
This reported statement was eagerly
4 grasped by Sundays opponents, and it
lis said that at Springfield the "red
1 heifer'' stunt was to be worked. 1t was
planned to have two young women
dressed in red on the front seats, and
| have them leave at a time when the
interest In the sermon was most in
tense. In this way it was believed the
4 evangelist would be called to make
some remark that would be taken
down verbatim and be used against
| him. Potts sensational assault on
Sunday, however, worked to the evan
gelist's favor, and the sympathy is nat
urally with him. For this reason 1t is
declared that the. "red heifer" game Is
not to be tried.
| Jacksonville 1000 Strong.
/ From Jacksonville ILL.,, last night,
1 1000 people came in a body to attend
! the Springfield meeting. The delega-
ton was headed by Jeffrfes' band.
1 The Sunday audiences at Springfield
have averaged since Friday night 1000
people, and the collections have been
big.
Petersburg Wants Local Date.
: A delegation of ministers from Pet
ersburg. Ill, visited Springfield Tues
day to get Sundays promise that he
would go to that city Immediately upon
1.-The close Of the Springfield meetings.
OF this phase in the evangelist's plans
The Illinois State Journal of Tues
day says: Sunday would like to go
but he is so far behind on his schedule
Of dates now that he is loath further to
disturb 1t by sandwiching in the Pet
ersburg engagement From here Sum
day is booked to go to Marshalltown,
Iowa, and acceptance Of the Peters
burg date will mean the delay and
possibly the cancellation OF the meet
ings in the Iowa city.
s"The matter is still under consid-
GRAFTON, but Sunday did not hold out
much encouragement for 1.-THE Peters,
burg engagement"
DR.. George Wanberg said today that
| he took no stock in there being even
any possibility Of Sunday not coming
here directly after Springfield. A let
ter received today from Mr.. Gill, Sum
days building superintendent, assured
Wanberg that the tabernacle would be
built here in good time, and that Gill
would be here within q few days.
| Lyon to Help Sunday.
| Rev. NJ. w. Lyon, Of Wheaton, ILL.,,
successful evangelist. is going to
help Mr.. Sunday for several days, ow-
ing to the fact that Sunday needs more
rest because of his sprained ankle. Mr..
Lyon is brother Of Geo M. Lyon, of
this city.