The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-23
NEWPORT SWAYED BY THE
ENTHUSIASM OF REVIVAL
Business of the Town is Practically at Stands While the
Fight for the Saving of Lost Souls Over 800 Have
Made Profession of Religion and the Interest in the
Revival is at Fever Heat.


The revival which has been in pro-
gress still continues and it is said 1t Is
opt-riyaling anything ever held in the
way OF a revival IN Newport. 1t is
said that more than 800 persons have
made profession during the course OF
the meetings ana church members
who have been Indifferent have sud-
denly become very active and the town
has practically been turned over TO the
meetings. The meeting began Janu-
ary 5th at the Southern NJ. +. Church
and they have now become union
service.
The Southern NJ. T.. Church has been
inadequate and overflow meetings
have been held at the Methodist and
Baptist Churches. The meetings have
been divided with ladies' services and
services devoted aimost entirely to
men.
Rev. J. p. Jimison continues to nj.
tract. He has gained the confidence
of the men of the town with the result
that law and order movement is un-
der foot which promises to yield bic
results. The country people, also, are
taking big interest in the services
and are driving miles to attend. The
prayer. meetings which are held in
stores, livery stables business places, land
residences are said 10 be success and
conversions have been recorded AS re-
sulting from these meetings.
A mass meeting was held Thursday
OF last week by the men. Several stir
ring speeches were made and il the
speakers live up TO their promises the
bootleggers and other violations OF the
law will have hard time getting
along in Newport and especially will
they find it difficult TO find a lawyer
10 defend them.
Property owners declared that they
would no longer rent property to PEG
pile Of questionable character and pas
tors stated that no man who would
rent his property for immoral pnr-
poses could not retain their church
membership.
The report of the committee which
had been appointed TO investigate the
violations of the law was as follows:
Report Of the committee appointed
for the purpose OF ntestigatiDg and
reporting on the violations of law tina,
have occurred aud are now being made
in the town of Newport.
Upon investigation We find there are
large quantities of whiskey shipped 10
Newport and to parties living in thi.
town, and we are reliably informed
that many parties IN The town of New.
port are vending and peddiing whiskey
in violation of the laws of the state
and of the corporation, and this evil
should be stopped for the reason: II
is demoralizing to the citizens of The
town and particularly TO the young
citizens.
Again. we find that the practice OF
gambling is prevalent in the town O
Newport, and that many men whs
make claims TO responsibility are par
ticlpating in and encouraging th'
same, when it is generally known thu
TO constitute gambler he must be ,
thar and thief, and We regret to re
port that things Of this kind are done
. in the town of Newport.
From the result of the sale of whis.
KEY, the liberation of the evil house
in the town OF Newport aud til
gambling dens, our town is curse,
with a class that is offensive to al
intelligent and law-abiding people
You probably will wonder why thi
is done and why all This is permitted
and we frankly reply that the cause is
That the executive officers ofpur munic
ipality and of the Stale of Tennessee
do not discharge their duty as the,
should, and so crime is allowed TO RI
vel in the town of Newport.
But we find further that the fault o
not having these ofIenses curtaiie,
and stopped does not lie wholly in ,h
failure OF the officers TO do their duty
but the trouble s,.that our officers ar
not backed by the proper moral senti
ment. If the leading element of tn
town OF Newport who claim TO b
christians and who 90 to the altar an,
take the Sacrament would meet TO
gether, resolved 10 drive crime from
the Town and sustain the officers il
their efforts, then we would have
better state Of affairs in The town q
Newport.
But, on the contrary, men doiIg.th
big business in the town Of Newpor