Richmond planet., 1902-01-11
Big ROW THERE.
DR.. JONES OPENS AN
OLD SORE.
The Payne-Tancil Suit.
CHURCH HILL LINEN
WASHED In FIRST
BAPT. CHURCH
Brother Bowler Defends His
Wife.
WANTED TO KNOCK
WILLIAMS DOWN.
The Ringsters Whipped Out.
WILD SCENES OF DISORDER.
Brother Bowler Defends His
Wife.
Rev. Johnson Powerless.

Rev. w. T. Johnson, b. D., the re-
Gently installed pastor Of the First Bap-
tist Church, vice Rev. James II. Hol-
mes, d. D., deceased was ON last Mon
day night the central figure in one of
the stormiest church-meetings yet held
In the church edifice.
NO LOVE FEAST THERE.
The beginning was peaceful and be-
tokened love feast, but the ending was
violent and disgraceful The cause of it
was the motion offered by Rev. j. E.
Jones, ID. D., proposing the resembling
OF the resolution which bars Rev. Evans
Payne, pastor of the 4th Baptist Church
from the pulpit of the First Baptist
Church
REV. PAYNE's CHAMPION.
In this he was seconded by Brother
Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the
names to the application for the meet
ing. Echoes from the Payne--T -Tancil
suit scandal at the trial We're plainly
heard at this meeting. Rev. DIR. Jones
again appeared as the special champion
or Rev. Payne's cause, but the church
was deaf to his appeals, and his motion
was lost by an overwhelming majority
THE RECOUNT DISASTROUS.
The charge of fraud and the call for a
recount only emphasized the decision
previously rendered and the motion was
again ignominiously buried under a
b. ID. conducted the count himself and
although he seemed to lean to the side
of the Payne advocates, he announced
the decision Of the house with judicial
impartiality-
WENT WAY BACK.
That the Payne advocates felt the eff
feet Of the crushing defeat was evident.
Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who
forged the names to the application for
the meeting had previously whispered
TO the chairman, and then he went
way back and sat down.
Brother Thomas FL. Briggs, whose
bad record is known from Screamers-
vile to Rockets was in evidence, but
outside of moving that the church be
called to order and voting, he was as si-
lent as the grave.
NO LONGER RECOGNIZED.
He does not now receive the recognition
that he once enjoyed. He is not invited
into the pulpit as Of yore, and together
with Brother Robert Watkins who was
guard at the penitentiary during the
Readjuster Rule, he can talk of things
that used to be, but now are no more.
Bro. 81 move that she be silenced"
William Henry Davis was bobbing up
and down like a supple-jack. He as yet
resembles Turk with the seat Of his
breeches at the bend in the knee.
BROTHER CARTER's BREECHKs.
longer wears those big leg white breech-
es and shad-bslly coat, no doubt on ac-
count of the cool breezes and wintry
winds which would find their way to
the utmost part OF his anatomy, was
very much disgusted over the failure of
the programme.
The eliminating part of the whole af-
fair was the alteration between Broth.
or Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the
names to the application for the meet
ing and Brother Daniel Bowler, former
ly member of the 4th Baptist Church.
BROTHER BOWLER wRATHY.
1t seems that Brother Bowler went to
the First Baptist Church and took a seat
while Brother Nelson Williams, Jr.,
who forged the names to the applica
ton for the meeting was discussing the
motion offered by Rev. ]. E. Jones, d.
d. concerning Rev. Evans Payne.
MBrother Jonathan told the speaker
lat he was the cause Of all the trouble
Id he repeated it two or three times
lying that he (Williams) should have
Ben turned out when he was before the
bunch.
REFLECTED ON HIS WIFE.
her Nelson Williams, Jr., who
he names to the application fer