The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-06
REV. H. ". JONES CHANGES FRONT
 ON LIQUOR MEN
In Stepney They Were His Worst Enemies Nov
 They're His Best
Barred from Church, Holds Services Outside - Just
 Like Old Days in Stepney

His feelings apparently having un dergone a complete revolution sine the good old days when his bitter at tacks on the liauor traffic in the towr of Stepney attracted Statewide at Jones preached a. thrilling sermon yes. terday in Valley Stream. L.. wher' his congregation has barred him out of the Baptist church.
 "I have been denounced and driver out of my pastorate because number clared the dominic. who used to say that. men engaged in the liquor traf- fic were the vilest of the vile.
 "Let me tell you" he declared. q would rather go into Heaven with 8 saloonkeeper on my back than some who pose as Christians. St. Peter would admit my liauor-dispensine friends. but he would bar out those who have attacked me-
 To members of the Baptist church in Stepney who recall the passionate o1 the remarkable change in his attitude toward the liquor business may occa- sion some surprise: but the rest o1 the turmoil in which the pastor is in- volved with his parish so greatly re- sembles the affair of years ago in Sl> e)n0y. IlldC the COiuClU6IlCe IS llCtlt short of marvellous.
 Residents Of the town recall that when Harry w. Jones left the pastor ate of the Baptist church there. the whole town had been set by the ears and so bitter was the struggle that its influence was felt many years aft- CT the Fighting parson" had depart
 It was before the outbreak of the Spanish-American war that Parse T Jones occupied the pulpit al. Stepney. Not find ing the established methods of the church to his taste, he stirred up a small revolution in the town by which he attacked a number of the leading citizens of Stepney and nearby towns.
 At the same time he was identified as the leading spirit in a Law and Order" league in the town, which Parson Jones attacks upon liquor and Iiquor-dealers. attracted state wide attention at the time for their rancor and bitterness. ~
 His attacks on leading members of the town brought hornets nest about his ears and the fighting par som soon found himself involved in all the fighting he could handle. His congregation asked him to get out and he refused. Then followed a long series of sensational skirmishes be- tween the pastor and his flock, which ended in the complete defeat of the pastor, but at the same time so great Iy disgusted the members of the flock that the effects of the affair were felt for several years.
 The fighting parson' was accused of lying, of making slanderous attacks, of cheating his creditors and of other un-clerical performances. The last episode in the affair. just before his leaving Stepney, consisted in the at tachment of some of his proY~rty by Bridgeport creditors.
 After leaving Stepney he joined the American navy, served with distinc- ton on the battleship Texas was wounded at Santiago, and was dishon- orably discharged in 1907 for passing forged check
 After that he secured the pastorata of the Baptist church at Valley Stream. l.. l., where his parishioners are now attempting to get rid of him. But Pastor Jones sticks like a burr. Being locked out Of the church, he held services in Fireman's hall yes- terday, and denounced his opponents.
 Pastor Jones declares that he in- tends to build an undenominational church and stick to Valley Stream. The residents of Stepney are watch ing the performance with good deal of amusement in which there is also a little sympathy-for Valley Stream.