The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-08
BILLY SUNDAY AND
REPORTERS FALL OUT
New York Newspaper Men Hear
Themselves Described As Fakcrs
and Falsifiers.
TRYING TO BREAK UP MEETING
Evangelist Declares Gotham Journal
lists Are Doing Ali They Can to Hurt
His Work in PatcrSon-Chafieng
by Reporters.

Paterson, ". j., April Billy Sum
day, with plate of stewed peaches in
front Of him in the dining-room of
his house of many windows. and
CARRIED in his lowered silk dressing
gown fastened with diamond pin.
figuratively went up after the altitude
record at noon today. His comments
upon newspapers, and especially upon
New York reporters who quoted him
verbatim this morning, caused Billy to
bang the table and spill language that
out Dowied the la.e Elijah Dowie the
second, himself.
New Y ork newspaper men who say
said Peterson crowds are cool COM
pared to the Philadelphia crowds are
liars" yelled Billy, while Ma looked
her approval--although Ma had said
earlier that she and Pa and everybody
else in their party was lust As pleased
as could be" about the way the metro
politan dailies treat Billy and his
work.
The people who wrote this stuff In
the New York papers" hollered Billy,
with another bang, ARE lot OF dirty
little lying reporters, that's what they
are. Let 'em stay away, IL they don't
like things Let EN- lie: me alone, the
dirty little liars.
II never asked newspaper support
In my life cried the evangelist.
Certainly, we're delighted with our
reception here cried Ma.
Whereupon when Billy finished his
sermon this afternoon group of the
dirty little lying reporters" from New
York-~Billy had added other adjec-
tives deleted here-approached Billy
as he came from the platform.
Reporters Inquire to Know.
Mr.. sunday" began the spokesman
Of the group. you're quoted as say
ing that we're n lot Of dirty little liars
and takers in quoting you as saying
that you think Paterson audiences are
cool to you compared to Philadelphia
and others"
II never said that about Paterson
crowds in my life yelled Billy.
whereupon the men % whom Billy
had said 1t incidentally had remained
In the background temporarily press
ed up closer.
BEG pardon. you said II TO me, Mr..
sunday" Billy glared At the group
for a moment uncertainty, while one
of the men to whom he had made the
statement repeated he assertion bit
more vehemently,
ooh. we'll" roared Billy. what II
did? Why don't YOU let me alone? II
you don't like my style of talking why
don't you beat II on come over
here for the purpose Of breaking up
my meeting. Beat it Ii You don. like
tall Of you"
Reg pardon again. Mr.. Sunday, hut
no New York paper is opposed to you.
or Is trying to break up YOUR meet
ings We're here merely TO report
what happens and what you say. As
Christians you want us to tell only
the ruth. don't youT"
Not Another Peep.
Well. you won't get another peep
out Of me you feiiows.' cried Billy.
Billy made 1t clear. not only in. this
talk following the afternoon sermon.
but in his preliminary talk before be-
ginning the discourse. that he is firm
~ resolved hsncefor.h to leave the
metropolitan dailies just as nat on
their backs as Prophet Dowte did.
Il am sick and tired OF these 9inks,
Billy began his afternoon talk In the
tabernacle. who are putting things
in the papers that are not true II
these ginks can't put the truth in the
papers let EN- keep their accounts Off
cur work here. out OF the papers. re
they don't like things here they can
beat il