The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-09
CALLED THE BLUFF.
Knoxville asinister knocks Charity
BaII Into Ueap.

a Knoxville Minister EnOcks h tharlty
Ball Into a Heap.
Knoxville Tenn, January 2.-(Spcial)-To
say that Knoxville society is sore doesn't
half express it and it all comes from the
fact that a charity ball Of gigantic proper
tions, which was to be given tomorrow
night, has been called Off. inter mao
brought it's restitution and the people with
the well-filled socks kept them tea up WIN
log chains The idea was conceived 10 give
a grand charity ball and prominent mem
bers of the Cumberland Club took the mat
ter in charge
No sooner had their intention been an
nounced than one clergyman, Rev FRANK
Richardson of the Broad street Method.s'
Episcopal church opened up ms pattsfit',I
Money was needed but he was dead 3SaHlds
n ball. He handled the project without
gloves In his view. dancing, IL not an
objectionable sin, was a species Oh TeVslly'
and as such was classed with sin, the COM
mission of which consigned the feiloW con-
yics,d of it to the sallows or panltentiafy'
The managers of the ball answered MS
roasts this morning in a card. III when tAey
agreed to cali off the ball in these terms:
That the minister deposit 81 ,0Uo in bank by
II o'clock. the managers to do the same.
In every section Of the city this morning
ministerial coat tails could be seen as their
possessors hustled among their par.shlohers
securing donations. BY the appointed hour
the pot had been raised, and WINE the oah
managers who had made the pluif were
knocked out, they recovered sufficiently TO
cover the pile and 5000 now awaits distrl-
button.
New toilets, etc, will not be out-dated'
however. for next week grand pan VIII
he given. not for charitys sake put 10
take spite out1 on the ministers VINO nave
knocked this one out. Pretty htue o5po-
+antes will smile Their sweetest en- the Dali
room floor, the sight Of which IS az Tepui-
sive to some as a schooner of whisky 20 ths
Kelley graduate.
No Feeling of Charity.
Knoxville, Tenn, January 3.-(Special)-
Staub's theater, where the great charity
bail was to have taken place tonight, un-
der the auspices of the swell Cumberland
Club, but which was yesterday declared Oil
under such unusual and unexpected cir
darkness. Rev Mr. Richardson, wanting
one more fling at the enemy, devoted some
thing over a column in one OF the morning
papers to the promoters of the ball. The
card was both bitter and sarcastic, ana
conservative peop-e on both sides are very
sorry that it was written.
More i'll feeling has already been created
over the matter than was a first supposed,
and each additional card that is written
ouy makes matters worse. The society peO-
pie are Disguised, the anti-dancing people
triumphant, while the business men who
composed the executive committee of the
ball, and who made the proposition to the
ministers whose acceptance caused the ball
to be called off are complasant. claiming
that they secured just $1,000 more for
Many people in adjoining towns, who had
made most lavish arrangements to attend
the ball, were sorely disappointed.
The whole affair has resulted much more
unpleasantly than it was supposed it would
yeS{e5Fday and fio 1t nay me- yet result in the
prominent members OF DR. Richardson's
flock, who are also prominent IN society.
ton that Knoxville has had in many a day.