Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-13
CROWD HEARING BILLY
SUNDAY TODAY LIKELY
A RECORD IN CAMPAIGN
5000 Persons Crowded Into
Paterson Tabernacle at
1;30 O'clock and Begin
Singing Hymns as Was
the Custom Here.

| ltHum a STAFF COHBE6PONDENr1
PATTERSON. N. j., April 49, >
o'clock when the choir opened the after.
noon service at the tabernacle thsrs was
every indication that a new attendon,.
mark would be made today, the frat ~
the second week of the campaign. ~,
1:90 o'clock there we're 5000 people IN a..
| building, and during the period hafsS
| the opening of the service the congresss !
| ton occupied Its time in singing hymns
During the morning the sky becama
| somewhat clouded, and 1t was thoueb,
| the weather might be too unpleasant Sns
| a good attendance, but shortly after noor,
| time the clouds thinned and the sun
| broke through.
Casting Out Devils" was the suhis,,
selected by Billy" for the afternoon
service.
Two out-of-town delegations CANA bo..
to hear his sermon. Bloomfield N ~
was represented by a delegation of isn
persons from the Baptist church there
From Bayonne, N. j., came 100 more =.
Just before the service a man. giving
his name as Harry Messers, of Phiiadsi.
phia, asked George Arnold, head usher
for n Job" as usher, saying he had
served In that capacity during the Phila.
delpha campaign. F.
Mr. Ackley reported receipt of a lat
ter from a number of churches of Mem,
SUNDAY
work, and asking that he consider a cali
to come to their city.
SENTENCED" TO HEAR BILLY" Z
This morning four women were brouRh,
before Recorder James f. Carroll, charged
with drunkenness. They were all ''reR,l- 4
lars in police court, and, after giving (
them lecture, Recorder Carroll told 4
them he would give them all an oppor- 4
tunity to go straight. He sentenced them ,
to attend the services at the tabernacle
tonight under police escort.
BILLY arose shortly before O'Clock
this morning. and according to report
from the Sunday home, was feeling
fine and ready to fight the devil" X
might be said here that while Billy
did not feel any too we'll during the
early days of the Paterson campaign.
following his eleven weeks, strenuous
work in Philadelphia, he is gaining
in strength and vitality every day..
Every time he comes out on the plat. \
form he seems to be in improved con.
diton. He certainly looked tagged
out" at first, but now he is rapidly re-
gaining his strength and as he puts 1t,
ready to knock the ball over the right
field fence" E.g
MAY CLOSE STORES FOR BILLY"
II Is quite likely that the storekeepers
of Paterson will follow Sundays sugges-
tion of Sunday night and close their
stores half hour earlier Wednesday !
afternoon so that their employees may at
tend the women's meeting at the armory,
This session will be called at $3.50 o'clock.
Six thousand business women are ex.
pected to attend. @
LID LITTER" DISTRIBUTION SUP
PRESSED.
The "Lid-Llfter." the publication which
IL .
ago with an attack on BILLY" Sunday in y
its initial and only issue, was "ousted'
from Paterson this morning by Chief Of
Police John Bimson. Yesterday after
noon Charles II. Haas. who gave his ad-
dress as l1l3 Market street Philadelphia.
was distributing copies of the publica-
tion. Chief of Police John Bimson Sc !
cured a copy and read in it several at b
tacks upon the integrity of the Billy 4
Sunday Committee in Philadelphia. sio
Chief BimsOn sent for Haas and in! 4
formed him that he could not distribute e.,
the Lid Litter in Paterson He gave q
Haas the alternative of either appearing "a
before Recorder Carroll this morning and
explaining his case, or getting out Of -
town. Haas evidently did not feel con- j
fident of success IN an interview with Z
the Recorder and nose the easier and 1
less dangerous. method of taking a train j.
to New York. wl
I. w. W. MEETING CALLED OFF,
1t was rumored about this morning that I
the l. w. W. agitators who had planned :
to come to Paterson on Thursday even
ing to start an operation campaign had
decided that the people of Paterson were
not likely to receive them with the
they anticipated and had called ~
he meeting off,
BILLY" said this morning that he felt
fine" and was ready to start his second
week OF the campaign this afternoon with
renewed vigor Ma" said that Daddy
vas feeling better every day. His after
loon subject was announced Gods
Promises. or Casting Out Devils" and
he evening topic Work the Secret OF
Success"