Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-08-28
THE OTHER SIDE.

An article appeared in a recent is
sue OF the DEMOCRAT, charging that
the storekeeper at Stickney had been
hornswaggled out of some money by
minister. The following letters give
the other side of the question. We
received Mrs. Sibbet's letter too late
for publication last week.
Hoisington, August Is. l9o2.a
In looking over the Great Bend DEMO
Graf and Stickney Items in the Dis
patch, l see that some of the CORES
pondents surely do not understand some
OF the laws of our country want to
say that if these parties are hunting
trouble they have laid themselves suf-
iciently liable and the Quaker church is
sufficiently able to probably give them
more than they would care for. We put
our ministers out and stand behind
them, whether men or women. married
or single. So [ thought it might be
proper to give some people little time
" warning that they are going too far in
their false accusations of one OF our LADY
ministers whose standing in the church
is good and whom the devil cannot over
throw, without first reckoning with a
church who know what law is and be-
lieve in standing by it.
MARY SIBBIr,
Minister Friends Church, Superintend-
ent Temperance Work Kansas Yearly
Meeting.
In the Stickney Items of the last
weeks issue there appeared sketch RS.
fering to Ben Stickney and a certain
widow which I should not have thought
OF taking it personally should she not
have named me out in the Great Bend
DEMOCRAT and also in the Dispatch she
! accused me Of obtaining money under
false pretensions of matrimony which is
lie born in the internal regions She
also stated that there was sensation
and feeling of bitterness in northern
Barton about this Friends preacher
which was another one of her wholesale.
lies, for no one but herself. not even
the so-called victim knew anything
about it until he saw it in the papers
Now this is not the first -offense, for
about two months ago just such letter
as some she has circulated over Barton
county recently. was sent to some OF the
Hoisington Friends and is on file, but in
that the sum of money stated was sew
eral hundred dollars more. Widow wo-
men are coming down. Now. if this
Angie Stickney wants notoriety, she can
have it. Mrs. E. P. WILLIAMS
Hoisington, Kan, August %, 1903.
FoR THE GREAT BEND DEMOCRAT:
Our duties having required US to in
vestigate the recent scandal rejecting
on the character Of one OF our located
pastors, we have done SO, and as result
have obtained the following statement
which We ask the editor Of the DEMO
! Graf to publish in it's columns in de-
| fense of truth and virtue.
JOSIAH BUTLER,
General Superintendent Evsneelistie
and Pastoral Work, Kansas Yearly
Meeting Of Frier de- Church.
Rev. D. GRrDLEY,
Hsrgreave, Kan, Superintendent Ster-
ling Quarterly Meeting, Friends
Church.
COPY.
To whom this may concern:
| Though I have already through the
Barton county papers denied any COM
plicity with the scandal in the Stickney
items, recently published by the Great
Bend and Hoisington papers, rejecting
upon Eliza p. Williams, the pastor OF
the HoisiDgton charge Of the Friends
church, at the request of the officials Of
the Friends church cheerfully and
freely make the following statement:
had no knowledge Of and was in no
way a party to the sending Of the sew
eral letters over my name, in which
cl aim was made of matrimonial obligs-
tions on the part OF Eliza p. Williams to
myself. Ali business matters whatever
between us have been on g perfectly le-
gal basis. There has been no dsfraud-,
ing or misrepresentation.
/ regard Mrs. Williams as Christian
lady Of unimpeschsble character, worthy
the confidence of all, and have been
the victim" only Of q cspricious and de-
signing party or parties.
BENZ STIcKNEY.
The above statement is freely made
and is true in every particular. Sub
scribed and sworn to this 22d day o.
August, 1903. W. 81. HALL. j. P
! IDuly sealed
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