Smyrna times., 1893-07-26
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sition of the man who wrote it. Poor
"B," cannot but pity him. In his
blind zeal for that old crumbling
structure of the papacy, (The Sunday
institution, he allows his better judg-
ment to slumber, while in his visions
he sees only the torture chamber"
"the rack and pully," the "thumb
screw" and "fagot" for those who re-
ligiOusly differ with him. 1t was Just
such spirit which prevailed during
the dark ages, and which burned it at
the stake many God-fearing Christians.
"B'' forgets no doubt that it was the
spirit he manifests that gave the noble
Wesley a term behind the "prison
bars" he so fOndly suggests for those
who differ with him but as every true
lover of liberty can see, the spirit man.
ifested and what it would accomplish
if carried out, we leave that part of the
article for the honest reader to Judge,
while we leave "B" in the hands of
God, hoping only that he may yet see
the blindness and repent before it is
too late. In our last article we chal-
lenged "B' to prove some of his state
ments which we know he cannot do,
SO all we shall notice now is his glar-
ing falsehOods which must be apparent
TO all who know of the facts.
First ne says But Mr.. FRANKIE
knows that his informant has not
been the recipient of many lavors
from the man he betrayed"
1t is evident that 'B'' was not pres
ent at the trial or he could not make
the above statement, as the only wit
ness who appeared against Mr.. Price
acknowledge himself to be the recip-
lent of many favors from the man he
betrayed, and that in the presence of
many witnesses.
"B" makes the following state
ment Nor did this gentleman say
at the trirl that he did not want to
have Mr.. Price arrested but that the
church had done it. Nor did the
Methodist Church have anything to do
with the matter"
The above statement is not only a
contradiction of facts, but an insult to
justice and to those who attended the
trial. l need not defend myself in the
above as the following from those who
attended the trial plainly shows:
WELLINGTON July Is, 1898.
We the undersigned were at the
magistrates Office and affirm that the
statement of Mr., FRANKIE as follows is
correct AT the magistrates office he
! 1.-THE witness) said he did not want Mr..
Price arrested, but, said the informer.
the church has done it" or the sub
stance of this statement is equivalent.
(signed) ThOs. NJ. BrittOn, J. F..
Spear, Edgar Price, Thos. e. Harris.
Chas. S. Quail, Il. G. Patterson, Helen
Ross.
The above is in my hands signed
by the names as they appear This is
enough to prove "B's" statement false.
But that leading ones in the church
were concerned in the arrest of Mr..
Price is evident from the fact that the
Nj. +. Minister told Mr.. Garrison Knox
and the writer that Mr.. Price would
be arrested, the day before it occurred
and prominent member of his church
refused in the presence of witnesses ia
allow the 'informer" to withdraw the
case, all know that it is religious per-
secution.
Again "B" says And Mr.. FRANKIE
writes down falsehood when he saws.
Sunday work is common thing in
this town." and at the present time
goods can be bought in the store of one
of the most violent opposers of Mr.
Price and his faith"
"B" ought to know better than to
make the above statement; were we to
stoOp to the level of infOrmers, we
could give enough names in proof oi
the above to 'astonish the natives
and if "B'' insists on it, over his real
name we will furnish the proof. "B'
goes on with his statements as fol.
lows -
"And when he says the Centrevile
Record says thus and so, why didn't he
say certain Seventh-day Adventist
from Winchester said thus and so in a
batch of locals, and that he himself re-
ported the Price case to said party.
1 can truthfully say that I did no
know who wrote the article in the Rec
ard until / received the following note
which again proves "B's" statement
false.
CHURCH HILL MD. July 13, 1898.
MIR. E. E. FRANKIE Am watching
the different pieces in the SMYRNA
TIMES. l will say for your use, if yor
need it, that the quotation from the
Record was written by me, but not
from Information received from you
my notice came from another source.
Yours, CHAs. o. FORD
The above came to me unsolicited anC
; again proves my article correct.
The statement that "a Seventh.da,
Adventist preacher said in our town q
few days ago: "Frapke talks TOT
much" needs no defense from me, suf
fce it to say that the only Adventis
minister who was located at Milling
ton, brands the statement as false, an,
: as it is not my purpose to defend sci
in this article, but only to show tn,
falsehoods of your correspondent 81
that the reader may not be deceived il
points Of greater importance. l leav
my opponent and prosecutor in tn,
hands of a just God, knowing tha
l EVERY man will be rewarded accord
ing to his works" We cannot afford
to exercise the same spirit as "B.
We serve n different master. OuI
master was man of sorrows AM
acquainted with grief" and of him w
read that, when he was reviIed h
reviled not again, when he was perse
J. cuted he threatened not" My praye
h is that "B" may yet see his real blind
ness, that he may repent of his perse
t cution and falsehoods which are so az
d parent to all, and now bid him adieu
s e. Z. FRANKE.
n Kenton July IL, 1898.