The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-02-18

ary 10Th as it appeared in the Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch the following day:
Ten thousand persons who alter
nately cheered and wept, heard Bill
ly Sunday preach his last sermon
against liquor as an ally of the Devil
and verbally kick the deceased John
Barlcycorn" into grave Of shame and
dishonor, at the tabernacle this after
noon.
Never waB there more trium-
phant hour for Sunday. Probably
never again will he experience deep
cr satisfaction. For there is moth
ing that the great evangelist hated
more, save the Devil himself, than
the liquor traffic.
Ana all that hatred, all that accu-
mulatcd cnmity, born of war he
had wagcd fon twcnty-six years,
Sunday loosed upon the lifcless form
OF tho Demon Rum in that funeral
oratiOn ~ the tabernacle.
There was little of the humorous
in Billy'3 sermon, though the cere-
mony which preceded it was lu-
dlcrously funny. For half an hour
the evangelist recounted, with the
greatest show of feeling he has OK
hibited since his campaign began
here the evils that accompanied liu-
nor and the happiness that will
follow its demise
J<l,
were Gods worst enemy; you we're
Hcll's best friend.
II hate you with perfect hatred
l love to hate YOU"
The Funeral C0rtege.
The ceremony began with the ar
rival Of the corpse" at the Union
Station at o'clock, on special
train from Milwaukee," The coffin
was twenty feet long.
The Devil himself was the escort
and twenty pallbcarcrs lifted the
casket into the hcarse in which it was
conveyed through the streets to the
tabernacle.
l,2 westward on Main street the pro-
ccssion moved with squad Of po-
iicemen ct its head The Devil
marched just ahead Of the hearsc and
the pallbearers alongside and in the
rear.
Before the cortegc had advanced
TWO blocks thousands Of people lined
the route along Main and CRANKY
untc cl,
sunday was not in the procession.
He met the corpse" at the taber-
naclc and grinned dciightcdly as the
hugo caSket was placed in the taber-
nacle al his feet The Devil masked
and detected in appearance sat close
by the corpse during tho entire ccrc-
mony
We have passed through the most
momentus epoch in the history of our
nation. The English language does
not contain words sufficient for us 10
express our admiration for the
achievement OF our boys, on the land
and on the sea, who helped to over
throw one OF the greatest mcnaces to
liberty and freedom the world has
ever known--Prussian military au-
tocracy.
Ans0cracy OF Booze 0ycrtIr0wu.
And now we have Ovcrthrown booze
autocracy at home, anL life has Il new
meaning.
No earnest, intel gent man or wo-
man can deny but that the saloon and
drunkenness was the curse Of the
United states; and those who loved
their country most and wore most in
tcrestcd in '!lc welfare of our nation
mourncd this terrible blight And wei
arose in our Indignation and smote the
saloon serpent.
This IS q land Of Sabbath, Of hap
py homes, OF Bible, OF Gospel and Of
martyrs, who counted 1t not loss
to shed their blood on moors, noun
tains and battlefields. This Ia the
land OF Washington First in Peace,
first in War. first in the hearts of his
cOuntrymen." This is the land of
Thomas Jefferson, author OF the
: Declaration OF Independence. This is
the land of Alexander Hamilton, our
financial High Priest; OF Commodore
Perry. who said, "We have met the
enemy and they arc ours; Of Law
renee, who said, Don't give up the
ship; of Decatur, who said, "My
country, may she always be right, but
right or wrong nv country" OF