The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-14
A Statement.

been circulated for some length Of
time, and to my knowledge about five
years in Whitmire. I came to this
place in 1890 from Waxhaw, N. c.,
and have tried to live in love and
friendship with my neighbors, assist
ing all I could in church work and
trying to live a Christian life, but
have been forced by the unpleasant
situation to withdraw from church
work entirely.
tried to help those who needed
help, and only God, who knows our
hearts, knows the meaning Of this
Possibly the originators of this
slander did not know the harm it
might do me in the eyes of persons
who knew nothing Of my past life
However, since I am forced to vindi-
cate myself before the public, 1 shall
do it in way that will leave no
room for doubt in the mind Of any
one, and if my accusers suffer | am
not to blame. They originated the
charges against me, and have repeat
ed them and / have kept silent for
five years, hopin" and praying that
they would make some attempt TO
right The wrong, because T have bcem
fully aware Of the fact all along that
they knew that their charges against
me were untrue and without any
foundation.
At the beginning Of this trouble
these sIanderers constituted thcmsel-
YES my enemies without cause, and
they have used every foul, unfair,
and mchartablc means possible
against me, and since they seem so
sure of their ground in their evil
designs against me I must use IA few
equally sure, undcniablc and I'M
daunted means, not in defense of my
self but | have a dear, innocent
daughter who is far dcarcr to me
than my own life and am sure that
all right-minded, intelligent, honor
loving people will agree with me that
ii would be wron" for me to allow
her to suffer in the future, perhaps
after her mothers death, for Il wrong
done her mother when it is 50 easy
now for me to stop these slandcrcrs'
mouths with the truth Of my inro-
ccncc. | have no desire to injure
my enemies but T must insure my
daughters future against any posi-
bility of danger in this matter
Sarah j. Morrow.
give the following quotations from
the Bible, and I hope my friends will
read every one of them.
Psalm 35: ll,12.
Psalm 100: 2, 3.
Psalm 120: 2, 3.
Psalm 140: 3.
Proverbs 6: 1920.
Proverbs 10: 19.
Proverbs II: 9.
Proverbs 13: 5.
Proverbs 10: 50
Proverbs 25: 1S.
Proverbs 26: 90.
Isaiah 50: 1-16.
Jeremiah 9: 5.
Ephcsians 4 25, %, 81.
Titus |: 10-11.
James |: 2G.
lst Peter .: |.
Romans -: 1S.
Matthew Z: IL.
also give the following partial
quotations from Character Sketches,
a work composed by Rev. Geo. A.
Lotion. If You have his book turn to
page Is and read to page S2.
"rhe serpent with his venom and
his ire, with his Shiny slippery folds
and his noiscless crawl, with his
deadly coil and fatal fang, is the
onl y fit -cmblcm Of the man or wo-
man who stnbs to kill character.
jealousy and envy, prejudice and
malignity are the sac Of poison under
the slanderous Tongue from which
he feeds his deadly fang, which try
to pierce ones good name. Love and
honor never engage in this vile bust
ness, but the slanderer is a total
stranger to these noble instincts Of
the human breast. The slanJerer
hates his or her superior and the
ncighborhood gossips have nothing
better to do than to talk about his
or her neighhors Such people seem
to find tiendish delight in their
base vocation. A bit Of scandal is a
sugar plum which they roll in their