Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-11-21

took ia marrying, Bishop Wood or aaj
other ecclesiastical authority may suS
pend. interlic;, excommunicatc me or
intiict any other imaginary punishment
on me. | will not have word OF fe-
monS;rauce. On the contrary. the fur
ther they kick me out OF the Church
( the nearer, | feel, shall b. 10 honor
( AMI manhood
now come 10 the only charge
wish to defend myself against-ihe
, charge OF honesty Ny specniations ia
railroad stocks date back 10 the 9Th of
ms; July. when a brother priest and
iointly bought POD shares OF PennSylva
/ nia, d,positjng ~ 4 margin each $500.
I In August we bousat another l0D
shares. On this investment We madc
Jointly 1888 33 This profit, am sorry
To say, We lost by investing in New
York and Erie and Reading shares. As
to my spccnla,ions in real estate, |
bought two houses, with the fall knowl-
edge and permission o. the Bishop. In
one house lived with my assistants.
without even charging the church with
n cent for rent
The rent for the other house, Mr..
Uhlinger will certify. wcnt not into my
pocket, hrt towards paving for school
furniture. and the dooIs and pulpit of
/ the new church On the houses are
mortgages to the amount of $1,000,
( which | borrowed in order TO pay
claims against the church. The interest
on the, one mortgage Of $500 | have
paid out of my own money. The other,
of $6,iO0, was loaned FROM the Building
( Association, AMI was also my money. |
did not leave the house To- my sister, bat
/ but gave then iuGisliucly and unrc-
>crycdly to Bishop Wood. They arc
/ worth about l3,D)O Before buying
those house. certainly lived rs mod
cstly and mcomlortably Us any priest IN
the diocese.
As to my bond speculaiionS, invest
/ el 500 in the German Bauk of Potts.
Vile. which | sold lately at heavy dis
count TO Mr.. Magic. in order to pay
dopositor. Beside. the one Binding
Association mentioned, had paid in
$500 to another. which also withdrew
to pay depositors with. The amount
took along with me did not quite reach
the sam of 5000. for my part look
upon this sum Of $4,000 as rather
small reward for more than ten years
labor. Besides. over $500 of what
took were actually pcrquisitcs aud in
tcntions. Sl.ODO Of il nv sistcrc can have
at any moment, since for all her hard
work for over ten wears she has never
taken or would take any remuneration
in money.
Furthermore. have left far over
500 in church vestments aud house
furniture, being partly bought by myself
and partly presents, so that properly
speaking scarcely have Sl,O)O out OF
the church revenues. also wish TO
remind the people that in all that time,
with the exception OF a shoit interval,
| have acted the sexton, and for the
hrsi Two years even maze the u'cs u,
the heaters ! safely can appeal to all
the business men or depo'itors l ha'G
had dealings WIN Whe.'er o' no'
have not met III my oo''S"'ionS P'o"P''
ly aud punctualIy.
plead guilty to the greatest io''! !"
! contracting the hcaly deDt resting OH
the church, Though demonstrated puC
IN vain, against building s"ch Il coS''y
church.
publicly now repeat "hat Wrotc
TO Bishop Wood, that VIII sehd al
my savings during lie towards paying
oil the deDt oi the c"u'c"' not las % I," u'ot
U"e ~ 'o''V'' wv '.''.la,;',,':', :, ,,,y
ioIly. ii ny lhcIr Sdu cAPe'ie"'e ]" ~!
case 'ne O"'no''c' S"ou'r .,I Ia i'@'" e., 49,
cireiesSiy aud H'eSP""S'D'! 'n''' '''i"'
are conducted' i thlhK 'hey nave paw
none TOO aear lor inc iesso"' lin;
Inc cnarge t''' P"Pe'' ",o '',''"o '.-'
Is u''erly "n'ou''eU, ' 'o0 -,
"lo"S' "l' ] l ueso'I!'" ';.h "0"I, ,Ioo ,hov
some one ta"'Pe'cu wiz ''D"'' m'
VII! oc aiI ''lc''' "''"''s' ~ e''"'
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VIII INFORM D''"oP " oI' " ="
Whereabouts soon as . ,lna ,'';i, Stt''tu I'
home, AID plomlsc him that VIII DO
ready TO take issue WIN hIn' III any
court on any crIniiilai VI CIV, ci''ee no
may prefer against me Du'i"e my
whole career IL 'ne il,"'S"y '"' tW2s', ns
oi scahdal never Ie''eu vi n'e. ia" .L
circulate shall not notice, provided