The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
The Outrage at Piney Grove Sunday School.

Mr. EDIroR.-In the Greenville News Of
the 9th inst there appeared communi-
cation from Gaffuey City, over the nom de
reply from me, as it ontains many fragrant
fslsehoods duplicating myself and some OF
my family in the unpleasant estrapgement
between one T. b. NJ. Perkins, of Nelson
Co., Va, and his three children. or course
yox is interested in making Perkins side
eff the case appear the better. He got his
information entirely from Perkins himself,
and Perkins is q plausible fellow, who,
like the confidence men of New York, is
we'll calculated to impose upon the conf
dence of a stranger by his very gracious
and confidential manners.
Vox, or Perkins, would make the public
believe that enticed Perkins children to
leave him, and that was interested in
keeping them with me. This is q malicious
falsehood. The children came to me with
out encouragement from me, and asked to
be protected from ill treatment. l admit
ted them to my home, rs my sisters grand
Children. and they are free togo to their
father if they are willing to do so. ], how
ever, with the lights before me as to Per-
kins' habits. csndidly confess, as the
trustee of their property, am not anxious
to relinquish them to him.
THE OUTRAGE AT THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Perkins says he went on visit to his
children, accompanied by George W.
Fowler. Why did he take such q man as
,v1a 10 SET in fri ;otf IN
his children, and at the Sunday School too3
Perkins, Fowler aud another man, had been
prowling around the neighborhood three
days, watching for the child Perkins rep
resenting himself to my neishbors as Mr..
Jones, connected with railroad survey.
AT the Sunday School Fowler went to
the window, but seeing two boys about the
same size sitting together, he asked Perkins
] who was sitting in buggy short dis
tance from the heuse--to come and show
him which was his son, as if he, Fowler,
intended to so in and take the child out by
force. At this Perkins went into the
| house and took hold of his child, who got
away from him and ran crying to his sister,
with Perkins following him, when Miss
Farrar spoke to the child saying "this is no
time for crying. If you do not want 10 60
with your father, stop crying and say so,
like a man." Th eu the boy said to his
father, with tears in his eyes and with
much spirit "No, l will not 60 with you.
II it had not been for your drunkenness
and ill treatment, l would not have been
here now" At this Fowler said to Perkins,
"he is your child, take him. If you are
afraid to take him will help you"
OF course Miss Farrar became excited
at such outrageous conduct, and so were
the children, some Of them running out
greatly alarmed, and the school was broken
up for that day; hut t. say that Miss Farrar
chad the boy speedily removed in charge
Of her brother" is f,ss. lie ran out aud
got into the buggy himself, aud Mr.. s. 8.
Farrar again told him that he could take his
choice, either to go with his father or re-
turn wi tn him, aud the boy again said he
would not go with his father. Can he be o
Kind, christian parent, whose children vol
UNFAIRLY leave him ani refuse to return?
Is it natural that not one of the three chill
dren will return to him, if he is kind
parent, and worthy their esteem
AS for the certificates of the officials OF
Nelson Co., which Perkins says are now in
the hands of his Attorneys, in this State,
as to "his standing in the community where
he lives if they arc smila, to those | have
IN my possession, from some of those same
officials, and number of other good
citizens there, his standing is anything but
that of sober, kind in lulgent arL chris.
tian parent and citizen. His Indulgence"
is of the wrong kind, for it makes him
despiscd and oftentimcs brutal parent.
Mr.. Elitor, if Perkins AMI his party
| were not intoxica'el. their c,nIuct at the
| School house bclcd them.
receivei the writ isslcl BIZ the two
Trial Justices ut Gatfncy City, demanding
mo to produce the boy before them, an d
upon which one of those selfsame Trial
Justices afterwards endorsed .ihat the
within writ was issued without jurisdiction
ann these proceedings are null and void"
lfNox is one ftho Attorneys who made cut
the process against me, his knowledge Of Mr..
Perkins, of Va, is about as correct as his
knowledge OF the law AMI what he snys
about me in his disrespec.fui way, mikes
him quite congcnial companion for his
friend from Virginia
j. G. FARRAR
CONVERSIONS OF aRABBI.-Moatgomcry,
Ala, April l3.-Rev. Dr. F.. S. Cramer. n
young Rabbi, who recently came to this
CITY from Louisiana, has caused q consider
able sensation in religious circles by an.
nouncng that he will rcnouncc Judaism
and embrace the Christian religion. lie
called on the Rev. DR.. NJ. B. Wharton, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of Montcom
cry, to-day and stated his case plainly, ex-
pressing desire to join the Baptist Church
and be baptized. BY invitation of Dr..
wharton he will attend the Baptist Church
services tomorrow and make public state