The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-25
CONTRARY TO THE ORDER.
The Ants Think Pastor Love is Try
inc 10 Work a BunCO Game.

inc 10 Work a BulCO Game.
They Say He is Trying 20 Get the Mat
ter Before the Deacons so They Can
Report. and the Charges WIN Not
Come Out in the Church-This is
Contrary to the Order and VIII be
Protested Against - The Charges
Served Last Night on DR.. Goodwin,
the Moderator, and on Pastor Love.
There may be q row yet over the inves-
tigation Of the charges against Pastor +.
X Love of the. First African Baptist
church, and if reports are true there is a
possibility of the anti-Loyites again re
sorting TO the court
Last night copies of the charges, which
are nearly all in the form Of sworn afi-
davits. were, according to the order of
the court, served on Rev. DR.. S. A. Good
win who is to act as moderator and also
on Rev. Love through DR.. Goodwin. The
order requires that the investigation
shall then be held at any time on ten
days notice to the pastor of the church,
the notice to be given by DR. Good
win, but it must be held before a confer
renee of the entire church, and according
to the rules of discipline governing Bap-
list CONGREGATIONS Now that the charges
have been served, notice of the investiga-
ton may be given within few days, if
not at once.
WHERE THE TROUBLE COMES.
1t win be remembered that meeting
of the deacOns was announced for to-
night for the purpose of taking up the in
vestigatiOn of the charges.
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night, and according to the order of the
court the hearing cannot take place with
in ten days at the outside.
j. H. Coffea, an anti-LOveite member,
says the ants have been given no notice
of this meeting and that under no cir
cumstanCes viii they appear. He says
he has learned that it is the intention of
Rev Love aud his faction to suppress the
charges and fpossible prevent their ever
coming before a conference Of the mem
bers. He says he learned that il IS to be
done in this way The charges are to be
presented to the board of ueacons and
they are to make a report as he sUpposcs
TO the effect that there is no ground for
- the charges and that they are not
true. This report he thinks is
then to be submitted to the congregation,
they will adopt il without seeing any of
the charges, or hearing any of the testi-
mony, and that will be the end of it.
Pastor Love says he does not want any
of the charges exposed, and does not want
any of the proof or affidavits brought be-
fore the church. He thinks that his fac
ton, therefore. viii use this means to get
around an exposition.
CONTRARY TO THE ORDER.
Coffea says they consider this proceed
ing highly contrary to the order of the
court which requires ten days notice,
and also that the investigation be held in
open conference before the church mem
bcrs
For this reason he says the anti-Love-
ties will take no part in the meeting to-
night, and especially as they have not been
notified of it, they will under no Circum-
stances attend. He says they propose to
conform strictly TO the order of Judge
Falligant, and that they think all other
proceedings than those provided fori the
order will be irregular and in contempt of
court. If an attempt is made TO pass over
the charges in that manner and conceal
them, as he believes there will be, he says
the matter viii be carried back
into the courts and more spe-
cific Instructions asked for as TO the
the manner of holding the investigation.
They are anticipating some trouble from
this source, but they are determined that
they will have no other Investigation
than one which will show up the charges
to the entire congregation and give every
member a chance to vote on them di-
rectly.
Coffea says the charges were submitted
to the board of deacons some time ago
ana they refused to hear TO the investiga-
ton. The anti-LOveites are therefore OPP
posed to letting the matter go before the
board again.
THE CHARGES SERVED.
The charges against Rev, Love, as sta
ted by him and DR. Goodwin, the mod
sa14pr rr ava1 oil in hn g s4,,- 60
made before notaries public.
The first and foremost is in connection
with the well known Lyons affair, Rev
Cotton II. Lyons makes an affidavit hold
ing Love responsible for his, Lyons wife's
intdelity. Jno. II. Brown of Athens makes
an affidavit to the same effect and
with them IS copy of a letter from
Lyons wife admitting her guilt and lay
ing the charges at Pastor Loves door
Dennis Evans also swears to Loves guilt
in this connection.
Another affidavit from Mary J. Marsh
of Atlanta, charges that Pastor Love
fitted around the Gate City and became
intimate with half a dozen women. whom
she names The Marsh woman also
charges that Love tried to persuade her
own daughter to 90 away with him and
pass as his wife
Then there are three other separate
charges from members of the church in
Savannah, whose names will come out
during the investigation Two of the af-
tidavits are the most sensational, perhaps
in the whole lot, as they charge the
preacher with attempting to make as
saults upon two women in his study at
the church.
The anti-Loveites are determined that
these charges shall come out before the
entire congregation, and they say they are
going TO force that issue.
GEORGE B. CLARKE DEAD.