The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-18

Salem. Del. April 9th. 1888.

Salem, Del, April 9th, 1885.
MEssRs. EDIToRs In your issue of
April 4th, the correspondent signing
himself "One of the Committee" seems
to lay great stress, on my ignorance If
by representing. the committee to be APP
pointed commit an error am willing
to retract as l wish only to bring the
facts before the people. If as he says
there was no committee appointed, no
chairman, secretary or minutes to show
how their business was transacted and
Judging from the tone of his letter, their
was none, also that this money was not
collected for specified purpose. Taking
| all in all their seems to be quite as much
ignorance on his or their part us in the
aptness for-on my part. "One of the
committe" says the committee was never
appointed to collect money for an
organ and that can produce no records
or minutes of any meeting. Perhaps
their meetings were similar to the Mite
Society of which n part of this commit
tee organized, and would not allow the
Constitution to be read but once, stating
that it had been read once and approved
and could not be read anymore. Mr..
One Of the committee" records can be
produced and evidence given by the
hundred that your festival was adver-
tised, thus: "The proceeds to buy an
organ for Salem NJ, L. Church. He says
not members but simply friends of the
NJ. L. Church. So much more to your
discredit Had you been consistent
members you would have applied the
money for the purpose you collected it,
for the organ. He says this money was
voted to Mrs. Green by not one dissent
vote, He doesn't tell you that only part
of the committee was present at these
meetings. In regards to Friends letter
of March 9Th" string them to action,
did you not read that letter to part of
the committee? Did you not write to one
of the Trustees stating that this money
was in the hands of finance commit
tee, and that whatever arrangements
they could make with them, you and the
rest would sanction? Did not one of
the committee sign an agreement to put
an organ in the church within thirty
days or refund the money to the Trus-
tees? He says conceived the idea of
doing something to help the Church
financially" Had he used the word
ruin instead of help, it would suit the
occasion better. Mr.. "One of the COM
mittee," the truth of the matter is this,
your intentions from the first were to
buy an organ. Your collectors represent
ed this fact to the people, and it was
advertised as such, for l saw it myself in
two papers, and because you could not
control the committee and the church
too you took the money intrusted to |
you by the community for the church,
and gave it to a private individual who !
had no more right to it than the Presi- |
dent of the United States. lie seems to |
think the idea of false pretense absurd
Well, just let them try it again and they
will see how they stand with the COM
munity. A Contributor.
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