The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHS|DE
Rev. MIR. Woodward Makes An
swer to Public Letter Of
Rev. j. Il. Jolliff.
FLATLY DENIES \ THE CHARGE CT Al 81.
Has Not Tried to Prosclytc, Says
Hc-Holliday's Place Closed.
Two Deaths. 81.
Manchester Bureau. T q ;1 l,s

Manchester Bureau. Tinles-D Dispatch, I
No. 1902 Hull Street.
No littlo interest. not to say slibtlucd
excitement. Is settling Manchester all
lngog over the controversy arising among
the Manchester ministers over tho al
legged prosclytins of Rev. G. O. Wood
ward, pastor of Cowardin Avenue Chris
.tian Church, and the lntter's manner OF
conducting mems meetings, which have
been In progress, under tho auspices of
the Railroad Y. NJ. C.. A., In Leader Hall
every Sunday afternoon.
rev. j. *. Jolliff is the first to un-i
couch his ministerial lance In a public
statement, which was published in ono
of tho afternoon papers Of yesterday.
In short, Mr.. Jollifr denies that any
secret meeting had boon held to which
AR. Woodward had not been invited. that
it is untrue that he GAR. Jolliff) and Mr..
NfcSparran demanded that the meetings
in Leader Hall should be discontinued
and that the ministers of Manchester
had engaged to conduct tent meetings
during the summer months. 1t further
stranspires from the public letter that the
two ministers in question went to Mr..
y llOiiidSS, SCCtcldISHoltti C Nls
Q. A.. and entered protest concerning tho
"one-man" policy OF conducting the Y.
NJ. G. a. ineetings--n conference which
they claim was confidential--and that Mr..
Thomas later communicated the discuss
sons that then arose to Mr.. Woodward
and SO violated the confidence reposed
In him. Further ON the letter questions
how Mr.. Woodward could be surprised
as to the publicity which has beer,
given tn flp ho Mr. Toll{ff12
had been informed. though he had no
means of ascertainng 1t. that Mr. Wood
ward had given the affair publicity from
the pulpit.
And still further the letter insinuates
that, perhaps. III regard to the visits paid
to sick bedsldes Mr.. Thomas may have
given the information concerning the ac-
cidents.
Denial From Mr.. Woodward.
When last night Mr.. Woodward trcftted
IN toto and In detail all the allegations
and charges laid to his doof. lie ede-
MED ever having referred to Mr. JoeHff in
q public statement from his pulpit. say
Ing, My congregation knows that Moth
ing of the kind occurred. and many of
them have so expressed themselves. And
as to Mr.. Joliffs stating that he had no
means of discovering II such were the
case. Mr.. Woodward answered that Mr..
JClII COuiu very easily nave sean MIN
and asked him about the matter. as he
(Nir. Woodward) IS a man OF veracity.
or else Mr.. JOHN could have approached
some member ci the congregation or
some one else who had attended the SER
vice. In regard To the charge OF being
n proselyter. Mr.. Woodward said. II have
been accused of being a proselytereand
of not having been careful In my meth
DDS; yet they have made no specific
charge against me: they have not named
persons. They have proceeded on hear
say and on floating rulnor."
Tie was asked If he had ever used his
influence in the meetings in Leader
Hall to have some of the converted, or
others, to join his church. He replied
that he had never SO used his inHunce. and
that all the names Of conversions had
been placed in the hands Of Mr.. Thomas.
with the addresses and the $denomina-
tional preferences, and that afterwarI
each man had been directed to some
minister of the preferred denominations.
7 have not done anything, lie said