Richmond planet., 1903-01-24

20 this paper; next, that he had called
him 'Hindquarter' Williams. Now What
were the events that led mn to tb;s9
Inc pastor of the First Baptist Church
hau died. There were two factions CO.
operauonlsts and anti-co- co-opertionists T
snau not delay you TO discuss th, So two
sloes In detail. Each was anxious to so
cure pastor in sympathy with HE
1actlon, each endeavored to have his
choice. LIS
AF1ERCE, HOT STRUGGLE.
| There was fierce and hot strup-
gle, not participated in by him. Mitch
ell tells you that he did not as Mr.
ohllth tells You scour jackson Ward for
votes, His candidate was not elected
Ihere appeared an article entitled sD;d
GOD call the Pastor?' There is not ono
Woru IN that paper the suject of this
sTlt de mentioned but one person and
that was johnson. He published his
ietter or acceptance. Hadn't he ripbt
! 20 90 II. Wasn't it addressed to 2.5O0
people! it was not private letter, He
characterized it as a disorderiv r,aat
ing. Hasn't it been proven here that
1t was disorderly?
he gave simply the proceedings in
that paper. He gave ali of the mem
Ders the privilege to make a Correction
OF IL. say that not single witness
mas sworn that single statement made
in the paper was incorrect.
MR.. JONATHAN AS A WITNESS.
"Why, Jonathan, a witness AGAINST
whom nothing has been said Declared
that 1t was most disgraceful. He pub.
nshed the letter, that's in that paper.
II not the paper that is in this suit
Up TO that time John Mitchell. Jr. had
not said word shout Nelson Williams
jr., On tie 9TH thee was a cburcb
meeting and after the service Nelson
Wllllams appeared upon the scene
now! FIRST, we are told that he was
moving around among the congrepa-
sion with pencil IN his hand Mr..
smith told you about Prof. Jones. He
splendld man. He is Professor of
Rohty and God knows what else he is q
Professor of. He can write Mr.
Williams was acting for ipnor nt neo,
pie; 1t was Nelson Williams who
could write too and he signed his name
he was moving around "
DID NOT DISCLOSE THE oBJEcT.
Did the paper show his object. Mr. Car
Ter toiu you tnat his object was not dis
closed on that paper. That was kent in
the background as far as POSSIBLE The
paper showed that he failed TO disclose
ms purpose. He declared those deacons
mars. All OF the brethren had put those
Dretnren there as worthy represen-
tatlVes- What do they say? They all
say ne came there alone. They ali saw
mat some people were in the church
some say q or 8, some say Is, some 30 or
40, but they all say that Nelson Will.
Iams. Jr., came up alone. They told
nm that 1t required 10 names to consti-
tute quorum and that there must be
10 ON that paper. If he signed the
names without their consent then he
forged them.
WILLIAMS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Williams acknowledges that he wrote
them. OF all those names on that naner
TWO nave come here and say that they
dld not sign their names and did not
authorize him to sign their names.
1t is true that Mr.. Smith brought
man, Riley and a man named Minor
who said that one of the witnesses had
declared differently, but two of them
have sworn that they did not authorize
1T. AS to Jones he told you that he
gave authority. Mitchell stated to Won
that he visited Jones, that he asked him
II he had signed his name TO that paper
or authorized any one to sign it and
that Jones answered, no.
STATED THE FACTS.
He stated exactly the facts. He had
taken the trouble to know whether no
had signed it or not. He was told about
the paper by his friends.
You heard what Prof. Jones said. He
said he didn't think it proper to drag
the church into the newspaper. Fif,