Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-13
REV. BATEN'S STATEMENT.

In tie Livestock Champion OF Oct.
3lst., is statement from Rev. A. +.
Baten under the caption: 1.-The Can
yon City Situation" purporting to
he reply to an editorial in the Can
yon City News of Oct. 23rd., when in
fact. it was only IL publication to
the world OF what he, REV. Baten)
claims to be the official acts OF Can
yon's board member and commits
sioner. Had facts only, been stated,
this from our pens would not APP
pear in public print, hut since we
feel that we as the servants of Can
yon City church and denomination
have been set forth in the wrong
light before our brethren, we take
this method of correcting and pro-
testing.
In the first place, Canyons COM
missioner at Claude never uttered IL
sentence of assurance that all the
conditions in Canyons bonus would
be complied with till after the COM
mission had by unanimous vote ac-
cepted Canyons bonus, conditions
and all. This Rev. Baten knows,
and knew. when he wrote the
erroneous statement in regard to the
matter as well as he knew anything.
| He also states that Canyons
| Commissioner "vOted enthusiastic
cally" to receive the Canadian prop
erty. The fact is, that Canyon S
Commissioner neither voted yea or
nav on the question, being busy at
the time taking down names OF
! trustees and building committee OF
the Lester College.
AS to the call for the Executive
Board meeting at Amarillo on Oct
9th, Canyons Board member and
his pastor, as Rev Baten well knows.
intimated that the call was irregu-
lar and that what was transacted
might be called in question, and yet
he would have the public believe that
Cnnyon's board member participate
ed in these meetings enthusiastically
without any misgivings whatever as
to the validity of the call.
He again states that all the board
members were notified OF the CAL
meeting for the 10th of Oct, except
the member at Dalhart. Rev. Ba-
ten states: His being overlooked
was not my fault. 1t was due TO Il
mistake made by the Canyon City
board member and his pastor. Ihe
CANYON City board member and his
Dastor deny most emphatically ever
having anything whatever to 40
with notifying or not notifying any
OF the board members as to this call
OF Oct 18th.
We did ask Rev. j. +. Elder over
the phone il he would attend the
meeting, and he replied that he had
not been notified.
The Dalhart member was not ohiE
not notified, but Rev. j. b. Cole was
also overlooked in this call. Whetl-
or Intentionally or otherwise we VIII
not say.
AS to CANYONS board member vot-
inc on the 18th of Oct. to receive the
report on the Canadian property, nc
did so with the emphatic statement
from Rev. Baten himself that recclv'
inc the report OF the committee
meant in no wise to accept the CANA
dian property. Not until such ex-
plauation was made would w. IL
Fuqua second Rev. Baten's motioi
to receive the report handed in bS
Rev. Whatley.
In voting to appoint trustees fol
Canadian, Revs. Baten and Whatley
voted for the measure, Canyons
board member voting against IT, '"
H. Fuqua declining to vote.
AS to Rev. Baten having the pow
er to appoint one proxy and decllh
ing to do so, let us say for the very
good reason that the one named tt
act as proxy was not that day IL
the city.
Now, as to the meeting OF The
board of trustees at this place OF
Aug. 9th, which Rev. Baten discuss
es at length, permit us to say tha'
in due time the local board OF trus
tees will be heard from on that meet
inc and other matters pertaining u
! the real situation.
Livestock Champion please copy
j. ID. BALLARD,
J. w. STCLAIR.