Smyrna times., 1886-01-20
FQr ne S:agrSa Times.
That " Resolution"

MIR. EDITOR In reply TO my " De
nial " in last weeks TINES the edit 2
pro tenn. of the Record states that Editor
Phelps is in New Orleans. and REQUESTS
that | attack him no more until his re-
turn. 1t is not my intention TO enter
INTO II controversy on the subject.
have refuted all Of the falsehoods he
threw ut me, and to make the matter
more sure have given the unsOphistica-
ted N public very faint glimpse of
the character of my aCcuser. who could
not expect me TO await his return to
clear myself Of such charges as he
made.
This article was supplemented by a
communication from w. G. r. VIM. b.
Start, which was very inaccurate cor
robOratiOn of what | said in the TIMES
last week, considering the official
source from whence it came. He
says no instructiQpa were given me and
so did ! he states that as it was put in
one paper it should have been put in
both and | told all that last week,
further stating that forgot to send it
to the Record in time for that week but
did send it in time for next week in
just as regular a manner as the TIMES
got 1t, and more so, as the TIMES had
no regular copy, asking permission of
the editor and setting it up at my case.
Well, | couldn't do this with the other
editor as we neither speak or cOmmu-
nicate, and so requested Templar en-
ploye OF the other Office to ask the edi-
tor to copy it from the TIMES, stating
my fOTgetfulness as the cause of its not
having been handed in sooner. This
would have given him far better COPY
than l could have written, and | had
no idea that such prejudice existed or
that l had given offense until the Rec
ord appeared with the article under the
caption of An Unfaithful Secretary. y
Now there is not man in Smyrna.
not even excepting w. {. 7. Start or
Editor pro tenn. Handy, who has not
forgotten things of far greater moment,
and not one but would have cOnsid
cred such an article a falsehood and in
suit for rebuttal. The w. G. II. con-
cedes that both papers helped, which
the Record did not cOncede. To cap
the climax w. Z. T. Start states that it
was n resolution. 1t was nothing of
the kind. There was neither resOlu-
tiOn nor preamble offered for adoption.
Had there been it would have appeared
in the papers in regular form as it
shOuld-WHEREAs, &c, Resolved, &c.
There was nothing but a simple motion
passed by the lodge.
l have received a personal letter
from the Grand Worthy Chief Templar
of the State of Delaware, stating that
my course has been correct in this
matter, saying that "as there were no
definite instructions accompanying,
/ land there were none, whatever, in my
case) you had the privilege of carrying
out the instructions in your own way
and at your own convenience, which
you did" In regard to my defending
myself in the TINES as l did, says: g
don't blame you for defending your
self publicly, because you was publicly
assailed. l know | should have done
the same thing myselfn He also asks
me to discontinue the controversy for
fear of producing discord, and in defer
ence to his wish and superior wisdom,
without retracting word | have writ
/ ten, shall make this final.
GEORGE CARTER, Sec'y.
Smyrna Lodge No. II, l. o. G. T.