Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-09
nHIY SUNDAY STTRS
PATERSON OFFICIALS
h AGAINST RUM SHOPS
p.osoc,,tor Vows to End
saloon Abuses - Evan
rolist $ Forces Attack
Drinking LARS of Indus
trial District.
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rEpsoN. N. j., April 9.-stirred into
.,.1hv "Billy" Sundays attacks on
I'M and the rum interests Michaei
I'm u prosecutor of Passaic County said
~. go morning that he was going to go
'n's and tongs after the scores violat-
n'" u. t,ouor laws. Paterson, with its
~ saloons, trembled.
.rts April Grand jury" said the pros
-, will be a busy one for township
,nl,teemen and constables empowered
,orce the law and who wink at the
70 sonca Of unlicensed places and
ms,h s0.s mai break the Sunday closing law.
I,s got TO say is, look out, you're
Nshla 10 Indictment.
Itcuor conditions were terrible the
hplS, ,,,or was forced to admit when he
psS the fact that hundreds of lntoXi-
taeeS taes soreieners at the DUPONT Powder
-,., eatsS ysvel every week in the shanties
w. the ammunition factories Last
ns.dav in a drunken row there, three
eunuag ,!sre nearly killed and % Offenders
ny n.y. battled with the dupont guards
W.. arrested and fined R5 each
WEI, e,sst down in the heart of the silk mill
.l,ns nls ~ paterson went members of the
e,sa e,sasy party early today. They ran a
sul.u suI.. rrsyer and praise meetings among
W. and women hundreds of whom did
IVY, Inel ,,nSerstand the Lords Prayer in Eng
~ nv. The talks of the speakers, In many
ns ., we're translated into Dutch, Italian
and Lithuanian. ,,z A.. ,,.,. 4ho,,,
.,re,nT brighten the Corner. Except
MAJ the tune was something approXimat-
,nR the real thing, one Woulo nave never
,rscoTnized that hymn.
rss.a noonIe are the very ones that are
..irs 10 hear Frank Tannenbaum, Carlo
TrssIa, Jim Larltin and Edward Lewis
49, Tuesday night, when the agitators
.sll The people to have nothing to do with
.Rllly'' and his campaign Billy has
mastered the first blow.
@Ply" won the great audience with
Ms famous Home, Sweet Home" sermon
last night and also with his answer to
those persons who have called him
agrafter" because the free will thank
offerings he usually receives are large
Time and again, as the evangelist hur-
Ji.d through his fiery discourse. he
awayed the audience at will.
! MAKES THEM LAUGH AND CRY.
one moment both men and women were
viplng tears from their eyes and the
next they we're applauding, laughing and
happy. When the services had ended
many hundreds rushed forward to shake
"Blly's" hand and give him assurance
that they were with him.
Sunday answered critics of his financial
affairs when urging contributions for the
expenses of the campaign. He told the
audience that not one penny of the money
being received was for himself, but was
10 be used to defray the expenses, which
! we're Paterson's debt
Then he spoke of the persons who call
him a CRATER" and said they were
liars" The audience liked that and
showed 1t with an outburst of applause,
He also won the crowd when he informed
the critics that it was nobody's business
What he did with his money.
Sunday referred to the big money paid
singers, actors and prize fighters, and
among other things said:
"Caruso gets thousands of dollars every
time he sings, and he's worth It; wish
could sing like ne does. But If a
preacher gets anything, oh. he's a graft
err Why, even Jack Johnson lugs off
hN0OO just for standing up and being
licked In an hour, And I'm not so sure
he'd have been licked If John Barleycorn
had not helped
REFUSED MOVIE" OFFERS.
After telling of few of the big salaries
paid to persons in different professions.
the evangelist told of the big offers that
he had received to go in the movies" to
60 on the vaudeville stage and to lecture
on the Chautauqua circuit
The offers he named were far in excess
Of the thank offerings he has received
ior preaching, and the audience applaud
ed wildly when he said no money could
persuade him ito stop preaching for
Jesus Christ"
Sunday will not call for converts, in all
probability before the end of next week
or the trst part of the week following.
Mr. Sundays sermon on "Home. Sweet
hOme" was printed In the EVENING
LEDGER on FrIday January g.