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Samuel Porter Jones
Samuel Porter Jones (October 16, 1847 – October 15, 1906) was an American lawyer and drunkard from Georgia who became a prominent Methodist revivalist preacher across the Southern United States. In his sermons, he preached that alcohol and baseball were sinful. He was known for his admonition, "Quit Your Meanness."
==Early life==
Samuel Porter Jones was born on October 16, 1847 in Oak Bowery, Alabama. His father, John Jones, was a lawyer and real estate entrepreneur John Jones.〔 His mother, Queenie Jones, was a homemaker.〔 His paternal grandfather, Samuel Gamble Jones, was a Methodist preacher.〔 His great-grandfather was also a Methodist preacher.〔 Additionally, four of his uncles were Methodists. In 1855, when he was twelve years old, his mother died, and he moved with his father to Cartersville, Georgia.〔
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Jones served in Kentucky.〔 Upon his return, Jones studied the Law, and he was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1868.〔 However, Jones was a notorious drunkard.〔 After his father died, he agreed to quit drinking and focus on his Methodist faith.〔
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