Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-11
PuRgLEY.

April nall.
Tuesday our Circuit court will
convene. Then the lawyers in the
mud can be seen. That's Hicks all
right.
John w. Smith, of Frew, passed
here Sunday on his way to Sis
i tersville, where he will act as a
juryman to help adjust the dam
ages of right of way for the cleo
trio railway between Sistersville
! and Friendly.
Rev. Fl. B. Bowden, of Sisters
vile, oficiated during the quar-
terly conference here in the ca
pacity of presiding elder, as Elder
Cameron was i'll, could not be
here.
E. Elder, candidate for Sheriff,
was looking after his interests in
this section and was the guest of
his father-in-law, j. l.. McIntire,
for few days last week.
Miss Vina Skinner, of Shay, O.,
is the guest of Mrs. Amanda Peo-
pies and others of her former
acquaintance.
Mr.. Holmes, who lost his purse
containing $50 last week, found
same near his home on Coal Lick
run.
George W. Eagan is making
some very much needed repairs
by rebuilding the fence around
the old Lewis property for S.
Moore.
Elder A. E. Harper, of Woods
field, O., passed through here Sat-
urday for Iuka and Stringtown to
preach.
Our blacksmith, J. B. Nissan,
was called to East Liverpool Sat-
urday on account of the illness
Of a grandchild.
Messrs. Fl. G, Meek and G. w.
Greer, accompanied by T. A. ivy
ford, drove over to Middle Island
creek Saturday afternoon to fish.
A four-pound catfish was the
catch. Ask DR.. Greer how to re-
lieve ones finger from a fishes
mouth They decided to fish no
more till summer comes.
You, Joseph's Mills man, if you
had been quiet I would not have
located you, but when one is
pinched he thinks he is hurt, and
will let it be known. In
reply to my remarks of two
weeks ago he says, "Out of the
number Of teachers in Union only
two (2) opened their school with
Bible reading, and they did not
vote for it to be read Don't you
imagine that the teachers of I'm
ion were made to feel very badly
when they read that statement?
The parents of those teachers GER
tainly felt badly to learn that
their son or daughter had given
such little reverence to the Bible
that book of books, and which
as a writer to the Oil Review has
truthfully said, "contain the
highest code of morals. " AS I am
Of a frank disposition, I admit
that I have not made Thorough
investigation" of the subject at
issue. but what I said was based
upon my observations in my own
neighborhood, and as shameful as
it is. one who voted against Bible
reading in our schools has said,
"He did not believe in the anthem
ticity of the Bible" and to prove
his assertion and preach it he has
been guilty of standing up in a
public assembly CT worship and
while the preacher was delivering
his discourse scanned the neWspa.
per, column by column, until all
the news were absorbed. Yes, and
after services closed even went to
the preacher and offered his ser
vices in a public discussion in
DENYING the authenticity of the
Bible. Will it injure the mind or
morals of a school girl or boy to
listen to a portion of scripture
each morning of school, and has
there not been some benefited by
itY If you are honest you will say
emo" to the first and eyes to
the latter. Then why vote to COM
pei such book from our
schools. /" How many of the eigh-
tv-three teachers who voted for
it's reading read it? That was not
,or &c NOT the the nueStiOn at all.