Richmond planet., 1902-04-26
WANTS TEN
THOUSAND TOO.
EDITOR MITCHELL ENTERS SUIT.
THE TROUBLE AT THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
A Bankrupt And His Supporters.
Hot Times Ahead-The Fifth Street
Baptist Church Calls A Council
Big Meeting In May-The Dis
graceful Conduct TO be again
Exposed.

Exposed.
Editor John Mitchell, Jr., through
counsel instituted suit for (S10, ,0Oo) ten
thousand dollars against Nelson Will
iams, Jr. and others. Messrs. Wise
and Watkins and Hon. @ V. Meredith
are named as counsel.
This is the result Of the controversy
at the First Baptist Church.
THE OTHER SUIT.
1t viii be remembered that Nelson
Williams, Jr., who has been duly adj
judged a bankrupt in the United States
District Court brought suit against Edi-
itor John Mitchell, Jr. for $I0.O 900.
Inasmuch as Williams was CONNER.
ciallv dead, it was out of the question to
obtain damages for anything he might
do.
The matter was carefully considered
and the result was that fo lrteen persons
were named in the suit, who had associ-
ated with him in his actions and some
of whom are financially responsible for
what he or they may say or do.
SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CASE.
The case is somewhat similar to the
Payne-Tancil suit.
1t will now be possible to have a re-
view in court of the entire outrageous
conduct at the First Baptist Church and
the blame can be placed where it
belongs.
THE APPLICATION TO SISTER CHURCH.
Brother John Mitchell, Jr., who was
illegally excluded from the First Bap-
tist Church for permitting the publica-
tion in the columns of the PLANET Of
the proceedings of the church meetings
applied to the Fifth St. Baptist Church
for membership in keeping with His
cocks New Directory for Baptist
Churches, and better known as Baptist
Pohty- Page 200, Section 3rd, which
reads as follows
THE LAW OF THE BAPTIST DENoNINATIoN.
'He CAlleged excluded memberl
might present himself TO some other
church an drequest to be received to its
fellowship on his experience, as an ex-
cluded member, giving them all of the
facts. The church thus appealed to
might think it wise to call Council to
advise them as to the propriety of receiv
ing member excluded from sister
church.
THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE HIM.
Should they, however, see mt to re-
ceive him-as they would have an un-
doubted right to do without a Council
that would dispose of the case, giving
him church standing and fellowship
again, and he would have no occasion
f0 nnrsua tha rnattar fnrthar
And should this be done the church
which excluded him could have no Just
ground for complaint. One church has
the same right to take a man in as
another has to put him OUT
THE THIRD STEP.
This is the third step in a case, and
can only be resorted TO after a member
has applied for a rehearing, and a mu-
tual council, neither of which would be
granted by the church which is alleged
to have excluded him.
Brother Mitchell has complied with
these provisions of the law. The Fifth
Street Baptist Church Deacon Board
sent a committee consisting of Deacons
Edinburgh Archer, Samuel Brown and
Edward Coleman to the First Baptist
Church for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the facts stated by Brother
Mitchell were true.
THE CHURCH RECORDS.
The records of the First Baptist Church
were read and the committee reported
that they agreed in toto with the
statements made by Brother Mitchell in
his letter to the Fifth Street Baptist
Church.
Thereupon, they recommended to the
church that Council be called on the
second Tuesday in May 1902, 3 D. m.
at the Fifth st. Baptist Church.
ANOTHER CHURCH MEETING.
The regular meeting of tie Fifth st.
Baptist Church was held on last Mon
day night and the recommendation of
the Deacon Board unanimously adopt
ed.
Editor John Mitchell Jr. is member
of the Virginia Baptist State Conven-
ton, and trustee of the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary and College at Lynch
burg, Va.
He delivered the address of welcome
at the meeting of the National Baptist
Convention held in this city. He has
been a member OF the First Baptist
Church for twenty -four years, begin