The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-06-06

that II wrote any more such articles n,
would hold me personally Responsible
ana az the came time hc struck 90 me
hul merely gnz'd my face. / Wa y,
asioni.hrd al hi- action that had no,
time 'o strlighten zap before No. g.
l. G. Mosrley, Of Dauvilic; ". "
Vicar of Norfolk; W r.. Wrbb. a
Tennessee, and f. G.. Reeves. o. Ten.
n's-ee, all OF whom were Standing
close 10y, pressed in, ju-t 49, he struck
az me again. THIS second attempt
would probably have reached me fully.
bat for The diver. ZION & the aim hv
the otner gentlemeH As u was il
reached the -Ide ~ my check, bui with
out force. and va, Not felt thirty see
ond. Afterwards. turned to my chair.
/ picked zap any papers, aud left the hall.
a. if nothing hai happened The young
man, as / understood, went AZ once
from lhc bail by auolher door.
] un entirely wiling a. bar 'he
responsibility fora1ythug write. huf
NOT Nr what | do not write. If /
know tIe metuiug II 1ids. there YVES
nothing In ine Rr,irier ihat ich ctcd
in amy Wy upoa Nf- Hos, and rs tie
reports iu the papers Il, not give the
words Of the article, give the para
graph iu which her name occurs.
ON March 9Th sent short article
on the Deacorcs- question To Or. Hess.
Although the subject was discussed
after that time by Dr.. Hos-, aud other
articles written after mine were pub
li-hed, mine wa not published, and SO.
about April 10Th wrote requesting the
return Of The article. now quote
from the article Of March Sin
"After a few days he received a
letter from Mrs. +. t. Hoss. stating
thar the article had been misplaced.
and therefore could not be returned.
In the last issue Of the Advocte there
was an editorial note, that, owing 10
lack Of space, some articles on the
Deaconess question could not be pub. |
lished.n
This is the only reference 10 Ms. /
Hoss in the article, and her name is
simply used in a statement If fact /
that had received a letter that the
article had been misplaced II Dr
Hoss, or his son, or his secretary had
written the letter, the statement Of fact
would have been made a. 10 ~ no wrote
the letter But there has never been
any question raised as 10 the loss of
the article. ] never doubted that. nor
did the article intimate any doubt as
to it, Joss ] wrote the article to chow
that ] had sent an article on the Dea-
,ones- question 10 DR.. Hoss, and that
Il was not published, and that il looked
a. ii ono admittaucc" was written over
he columns Of the Nashville Advocate
10 any article, no matter how short, or
IN what subject, If the name Of
lanes Cannon, Jr., was signed
@ the article. ! deny that there
vas any reference TO Mrs. Ho-s
u the article that was not entirely re-
pectful, or which involved anything
more than simple statement Of uu-
disputed fact. I
| myself attributed the conduct of
he young man, in view Of his other
inguage at the time, to his general
excitement and dissatisfaction at the
harp issues which had arisen between
is father and myself during the last {
'ur years, and | regarded his action
s that Of an immature person so over :
ONE by his feelings a. To be unable
} rightly appreciate the full signif-
lnce Of his act did not hold the
Ither responsible for the act Of his
m JAS. CANNON, JR.