Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-15

| this issuc of The Timc,-uIsnn,ch
Continued government control OF
railroads VIII be fought by Billy sun
day.
lie made this announcement yes,cr-
day afternoon in the course of his
funeral sermon over the remains, Of
John Ea-!eycorn
.donf believe in public ownership
or railroads" shouted MIR. sunday
me railroads were never more bu,uly
run than by tho government They
get iot OF nuts TO run them that
doht Know any more about railroads
than do about how to run q shin.
And they couldn't keep politics out
20 save their lives!
Let the people run 'cm that made
en- and know how 10 run 'em," he
concluded with emphasis
AS the sworn etcrnai, uncompronis-
ihS r3erocable enemy OF the liquor
traffic. asking no quarter not riviny
any the sawdust trail evangelist ex.
pressed his joy and satisfaction in the
fact that sc manv States had airnadv
ratified the prohibition amcndment.
CONNECTICUT "F"rERNALLY
DiSGHAcED," HE DECLARES
connecticut. to her eternal dis
sFnee; in aGsniutely refused" he stated
In beginning his sermon. Mr.. sunday
gave brief resume Of his mcmorablt.
hght against the breweries
nave fought against the liquor
Interests for twenty-five years" said
II Tough, when it wasn't a popular
Issue as it is now. My life has been
threatened from one end OF the country
20, 20 me other: helped to put five
7'ates ufS myself. and that dirty. rot
ten. lying. bunch set aside s25o.coo 10
Whisky is all right in its place"
VI ar sunday asserted. but its place is
Billy. sundays slogan now is Clean
house! We're going to clean up
rshGrlca ha Go,eI rom This gang of dirty thugs"
american Alliance. which. he said. had
backed The brewery Interests, and
which he suspects OF being behind the
me distiest gang this side OF HE'LL"
$50 help me- went on Mr. Sunduy:
ney9: buy anything else. with n
MADE ios Germany tag@oh 1t as long
duofES STATISTICS TO PROVE
EVIL or LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
iaikinE hard and fast in his husky
voice the preacher piled up statistics and
anoah:sa anoi, ,,, arsumcnts in an attempc to
.sreS's' America had rid herself Of
the greatest evil which had ever fas-
'ensd itself upon the country"
Geniage OF men present at She after
noon service, and the evangelist was
often interrupted by, loud and con-
inuous applause.
MIR. sundays sermon ended with a
dramatic imDersonation of Coming
home Sober TO Molly and the Babies"
Ee ever essayed a line OF III Home. Sweet
ish il for him.
:. Rodeheaver sang the song which al
ways featured the launching of the
fpTsmge;istn p-s, ~ attacks on booze-"rhe
named Julian Hart, boy soprano"
sang four verses of What Will You
1--WE to Jesus" very plcasingly for
ne audience at the beginning OF the
EARLY 400 HIT TRAIL
AT NIGHT MEETING
Between 315 and 100 men and wom-
en- nit T, the trail last night at the close
the theater. card playing and dnncing.
charging them with responsibility for
startnng statistics of vital import con-
erIm,nS enhnnd m the young manhood and wom-
SOW dances. you 1ill reap prosti-
in,ns' ioon SAL said tn, the evangelist Sow sa
care playing in Christian homes. and
YOU VIII reap the crop of gamblers
mho Yearly fill the jails and penten-
Mr. sunday denounced the dance
without equivocation as the hotbed
OF, immornlity. largely responsible for
What ne termed the great tidal wave
! nited states government 10 hang out
the red flag of danger and shout a
warning that the precipice WAS near
NOT everybody that plays cards will
be gambler" argued Mr.. Sunday. but
every gamble: plays cards. Not every
woman that dances will be pros,i-
tute. but three -fourths Of all the alien
women fell as result of the dance.
CLAIMS DANCE DANGEROUS
TO MORALS OF DANCERS
Not everybody that dances does so
from bad motive. not everybody that
dances will be bad--no, certainly not.
i'ut every man and woman carries in
his or her breast passions the same a S
bad men and women carry, and thus
YOU ought to be careful where you go
and what you do, lest you ignite it and
an explosion he caused that will wreck
your purity and manhood and woman
oh, in my opinion, the dance is the
dry-rot Of society. In the ballroom
take anywhere else and under any
other circumstances or conditions; il
you did they would be sufficient
na the suare daSces
bring the position Of the bodies in such
attitude that it, isn't tolerated in de-
cent society.
Are you married man? You don't
dance. but your wife does. You may
have won her from IL ballroom. and you
accompany her and you see her folded
in the embrace Of some man that used
to be her lover. and you see her glide
over the smooth floor beneath the lights
and tho fantastic music. talking about
something, YOU don't know you
stand there and say you don't sec any
harm in it!
IL want to see the color OF some
bucks. hair that can wrap his arm
around my wife and dance with her.
II am gong to monopolize that hug
E!nS mysclf--tnke 1t from mc!'
CARDS AND DANCING GREATER
ENEMIES THAN SALOONS
Cards" Mr.. Sunday declared, with
convincing earnestness. "are one of So
ciety's contributions that are drag
ging people down to pertlition. think
cards and the dance are greater enc
mics TO the spiritual life Of the church
than the saloon.
II think the church loses ten times
more mcmbers that backslide through
the dance than through the saloon.
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