The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-24

Gus. People climbed upon every pos.
sible point of vantage and there wa;
no room to turn around.
No such honor was ever accorded
any man in Spartanburg before
preacher or layman and the intensity
of the devotion and the affection OF
the thousands who made up the mon
ster parade was the most marvellous
tribute to the evangelist.
Testimony to Popularity
President Harding's trip south sew.
eral months ago was announced by
the press many days before he passed
through Spartanburg and yet there
were not over 200 people to see him
when he passed through. The thous-
ands who flocked to the depot last
night emphasizes the fact that 'Bil-
! ly" Sunday can draw more people
than any living American.
The great procession left the Cleve-
land hotel few minutes after 10
o'clock. After reaching the depot the
time waiting for the train was con-
sumed in yells and cheers for Mr..
Sunday and Mrs. Sunday and men,
bers of his staff. Then the crowds
sang Nearer My God To Thee" and
"God Be With You Till We Meet
Again"
AS train No. 80 came slowly into
the yards she exploded II torpedoes,
the highest salute that can be given
any civilian. As the torpedoes began
cracking one at time, in sequence,
Mr.. Sunday uncovered his head, and
towering on the truck above the thou
sands who surged and jammed and
moved near and far from him, he ap-
peared as much of conquering hero
as the First Napoleon at Austerlitz.
Charles W. Garrauv of Greenville
was the engineer on No. 80 last night
and E. F. Smith, fireman. The train
conductor was J. H. Smith of Char
lotte, and the Pullman conductor w.
J. O'Donnell of Birmingham.
Nothing Like it Before
When the train halted Mr.. Sunday
and his party lost no time in getting
aboard the rear Pullman car, and Mr..
Sunday made his way to the rear OF
the coach and smiled and greeted
many friends for the few minutes the
train fingered in the yards. To a
Herald reporter who entered the
coach prior to its departure, Mr.. Sun
day said in all of his 25 years of
evangelistic work nothing like the
courtesy and consideration shown
him last night was ever experienced.
He deeply felt the honor; and his
eyes swelled with tears and his voice
broke as he made the statement.
Mr.. Sunday will arrive in Wash
ington, D. c., today at noon. He has
an engagement with President Hard
ing and will go st once to the White
House for conference.
At $50 p. m. he will leave Wash
ington on the Broadway Limited of
the Pennsylvania system for Winona
Lake, Indiana, and will arrive at
home in time for breakfast at 6:45
a. M, Tuesday morning. This noted
train, "the Broadway Limited" is
the fastest in the United States and
only makes five stops between New
York and Chicago. Winona Lake is
not scheduled stop, but the high
officials of the road extend this cour-
tesy to Mr.. Sunday, he being only
one of three men who have that priv
ilege and the other two are the pres
ident of the United States and the
president of the Pennsylvania road.
''The Broadway Limited" makes the
run between New York city and Chi
cago, H., in less than 20 hours.
Mr.. Sunday. in talking of this
train and the track Of the Pennsyl-
vania road in the Winona Lake sec
ton, says the roadbed there is almost
straight for a distance of many miles
just the slightest incline, and that
it is along that particular portion of
the track that the fastest time is
made. Along there the company has
laid steel rails weighing 100 pounds
each. The average weight of the
Of the steel rails is from 80 to 95
pounds.
In one of his sermons yesterday,
Mr.. Sunday said ne intended telling
President Harding and others that
when it comes to genuine hospitality
absolutely sincere friendship and ap-
probation and 100 per cent Ameri-
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