The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
.CHuRCATO QUIT mrs. GRANN1S
IF SHE DOESN'T QUIT 1T WITHIN
FOURTEEN DAYS.
visiting Elders find That She showed Con.
tempt for he Peace and Dignity or
Her Fellow Disciples An UnmOlllned
Wooden Indian" Is Dro the Apologize.

hShAhp vi ISL '~NS N'~
Her Fellow Disciples An UnmOllined
Wooden Indian" Is Brother AppleBate.
Mrs. Elizabeth B.. Grannis has been adj
judged as showing contempt toward her
fellow members in the First Church OF
Disciples Of Christ by the elders who were
summoned from Philadelphia, and Dan
bury, Conn, to set uponIher C1guratively)
Though they sat in earnest conclave
until early yesterday morning the elders
made no attempt to 60 into an exhaustive
analysis Of the different brands OF con-
tempt, but simply took reckoning Of the
evidence adduced at the trial Friday after
noon and evening to discover whether the
contempt alleged in the fourteen charges
preferred by Francis NJ. Apologize had
really existed.
Mrs. Grannis escaped conviction on the
twelfth charge, but the number thirteen
kept it's traditional reputation for being
unlucky. For unless she chooses to resign
from membership in the church within
fourteen days from April %, the church,
which is very human after all and can
stand up bravely under hate and persecu-
ton, but wlnces at a show Of contempt
will withdraw" from her. Mrs. Grannis
denies that she feels contempt for the
church. It's merely pity. Even that the
church will not have.
Mrs. Granuis says she sees no reason why
she should resign, so the only thing left for
the church 10 do is to carry u the recon-
mendation Of the visiting elders and with
draw from her. This does not mean that
the brick edihoe in West Ffty-slxth street
well be removed safely out Of her reach,
but that Mrs. Grannis will be dropped
from membership. Elder Banton, who re-
joioes in the first name Of Joab, denies, how
ever, that special policemen have been
detailed to the church tomorrow to pre-
vent Mrs. Grannis's entrance; neither will
admittance be refused whenever she
chooses to attend services, but she Is likely
to be evicted from the pew in the front OF
the church, over the back OF which the
liquid eyes of her little colored p~rotegee.
Christiana Woodyear, were rolled and
struck in their course many Of the wor-
shippers with such force as to prevent their
giving attention to the sermon of the Rev.
B. @. Denham.
Yesterday it was still impossible to ascer-
tain whether Mr.. Denham or Christiana
was really at the bottom Of the strife which
eliminated In yesterdays judgment by
the visiting elders. Long before Mr.. Den
ham forsook the vineyard of the Lord in
Fifty-sixth street, West, to plant lemons
on his own account In Florida. his appear
ance in the West Side police court to answer
to a charge of Irritation with women not
members Of his own church had aroused
~antipathy in his flock. But before that, too,
C~hristiara's "unrestrained antics In pew
No. 43 had been a little too much for some
of the worshippers.
At any rate. the regular church attend
ance Of $50 is likely to be considerably
augmented at this mornings services. Mrs.
Grannis indicated last evening her intention
to follow to-day her custom of forty-eix
years of being present, and she also said
she did not see why little Christiana should
the church at all are going just to see +the
crumbs falling from the pulpit Mrs.
Grannis said she thought a few might drop
her way, and the Rev. DR.. B, B. Tyler Of
Denver, Col, who is to occupy, his old pulpit
to-day, has intimated that he will have
some things to say that will be interesting
to Mrs. Grannis
Though Christiana is almost entirely
purity brand" Of pickanniny-for Mrs.
Grannis says that since she took charge OF
the child, when only nine days old, she has
been responsible for every inch Of her
growth-that fact has had NO weight with
many members Of the congregation who
don't like to see "the little black paws Of
us Htlle, LlSSeI JdoDHiR az ENI IoSlel
mothers bonnet strings, But, them says
Mrs. Grannis, some people you can never
hope to please"
Another chronological question had much
to do with the trouble. Mr.. Apologize,
who is an elder, objected to being called a
wooden Indian" by the Purity Leagues
president. This term is said to nave been
used by Mrs. Grannis when she ~reproached
him for not going to the aid Of his wife in
the West Side court at the trial of Mrs.
Denham. Mrs, Apologize, who was a wit
ness for the lemon growing dominic, fell
to the floor in a f~ainting fit at the trial. But
Mr.. Applegate, who is of English descent,
didn't like the national classification and
brought the charges against Mrs. Grannis.
He even refused TO withdraw them on
Friday last when the defender of purity
called him a dear little man. Mrs. Grannis
herself is not five feet tall.
Sam W. Hoke, the advertising man, who
writes his first name with an S with a YER
teal line struck through, also came in for
censure from the visiting elders for showing
to the deacons OF the church some letters
and printed matter relating to the Rev. Mr..
Denham's doings in North T~onawanda.
Mr.. Hoke, who, with his family, has been
ranged in the defence of Mrs. Grannis, said
last night that he guessed his shoulders were
broaA apo,Iuh to haar tho capsura