Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-08-22
SPICY AFfIOAv|1S
REGARDING S1R0vSE
We'll Know, Ivauge!.'tD"awn "a
toClose S...4.s abe rel. " uAs,
.,-al,oyA LEASE REVOKED
..,,e Of North Carolina not salts
e.d With the Manner in Which Ne
u,s Acted, and Brought Matter in
=, Court, But strouse Was Absent

=, Court, But strouse Was Absent.
/ rb.re seems to be something do
.,v" at lIcndersonville. y. C., as Will
=. se.n by the following dispatch.
-,ich I. "A special to The Charlotte
~ c. Observer OF the 18th inst:
.Asheyille. August 1G.-Hisnly sen
.,ional WAS the hearing before Judge
Pritchard here this afternoon on the
.,mnctiou recently granted Rev. DR..
o,,,,,s4 evangelist and chautauqua
.,.rag.r. against the auditorium COM
,.,v and its officers Of Henderson.
r,lle. At the hearing today many a.
aA.vits we're submitted attacking DR..
e,,ouse's character and alleging that
=. VAS a man unfit to conduct a re-
u.,o,s chautauqua. Incidentally Dr.
atrouse vas not present. 1t was stat
"A that he had gone from Atlantic
CITY to Battle Creek. Mich. that he
g~.s suffering from an attack OF the
eesart and that he vas very sick
nan.
The hearing today was q continual
don OF previous hearings. Last week
n. strouse. through his attorneys.
.ppl,ed to Judge Pritchard for an In
s.nctiou restraining the auditorium
eompany OF Hendersonville and Its
Ulcers from interfering with him in
eholding q proposed chautauqua sched-
sIed to commence Sunday, August is.
n vas alleged by Dr.. Strouse that he
had leased the auditorium for every
s.mmer for ten years for the purpose
a Holding these chautauquas and that
Ae had been elected.
The hearing was set for early this
week and at that time afidavits wer
. 0Qered and the defendants cited to
appear and show -. 40 why the re-
aeyaining order ,Ji.;i ut be IlI:t
Dsrmanent. Judge Moo' OF counsel
n DR.. Strouse. asked leave t. see
~ aARidavits and subsequently de-
!, eAared that the alTidavits were Of such
= serious and Sensational nature that
- desired further time to communi-
>ues with his client and have him here
- make answer. The hearing was
sIDsstponed until today, but Or. Str( re
|Vas still absent. The adidavits sub
-nittsd today. which seriously attack
i n. Strouse. were by HendersonvilIe's
most prominent citizens
/. The affidavits allege that Dr..
Orouses conduct while at Henderson
! vile was calculated to injure the
essse Of religion: that there were un.
1 savory reports which connected the
names OF the chautauqua manager
I'D married women guests OF the
.1oael at which Strouse stayed: also
4hsee were afPidavits which attacked
n. Strouse's veracity.
+ g. r. Wheeler's affidavit alleged
tAat Dr.. Strouses conduct vas frivi.
-ooas and pompus: that bad reports
Vsse caused by his conduct; that he
eV1s too familiar with certain visiting
k0asried women. The whole purport
- the aiYidavits was that DR.. StIOuse
Nas not At to conduct q chautauqua
- that he did not have the moral
EOpport of the town and that. there
ERE the undertaking would fail.
The hearing was not continued to-
ny. 1t will be resumed tomorrow.
large delegation Of HendersOnviile
oople came over to attend the hear.
~. The affair has created great In.
Deest in HendersOnville. where II Is
loposed to conduct = chautauQua.
nmencing Sunday. independent OF
Mouse"
j Is hard for DR.. Strouses friends
Re to believe that he would be guilty
my of the charges as are above
Eed. and he yet has the confidence
rs followers here. who will not be-
~ him guilty until he Is proven so.
A. worker. Dr.. Strouse has proved
nself q great success. He Is the
nder OF the Florida Winter Bible
Inference. the Christian Workers
dilute. and the Gainesville Winter
1utauqua. His Interests have al
~ been with these institutions. and
earnest and persistent have been
s9orts that II 10 impossible to BE-
~ that there IL anything wrong