Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-06

lon as to the meaning Of their doctrine
for example one claimed that some
Infants are lost sternally, while the
other contended that It meant nothing
Of the kind, being only IN explanation
of how infants are saved. Thus It
was that one party simply interpreted
their standards one way ana the other
another. reminding one Of the tabled
battle between the two knights ~ to
whether the shield was brass or cop.
per, who when they saw both sides.
found it brass on one side and copper
on the other However. the two
churches prospered for some time. but
1t soon became apparent that q union
was desirable. The Cumberland pres
bytery had created . general ASSEM-
bly, as it's supreme judicial and lsgis-
lative body. This body was the lead
ing factor In carrying ont the desire
Of union. The creed and government
were modified, and the churches
united. The question is whether or not
this body possessed representative
power sufficient to result In . union
binding upon their. constituents. The
supreme court Of Alabama holds that
the assembly possessed church power.
It being vested In them by the church
constitution. A decree for defendants
is affirmed.
THE UNwR1rTEN LAW.
Defendant in the case Of smithson
vs.. State. 1877 Southwestern Reporter,
4S7, was convicted Of second degree
murder and appeals to the supreme
court Of Tennessee. Defendant is the
father Of girl. 16 years Of age. The
mother Is dead. and the daughter lived
with him. Deceased. one Jackson. was
a man Of % years, who had been pay
ing attention to the young daughter.
Eunice. He and defendant had been
somewhat intimate friends for q num-
Der Of years and were on confidential
terms During conversation he had
boasted to defendant Of his conquest
Of women, Of the number of his vic
with some detail Of his methods. The
concluded that Jackson was IN impos-
sible associate for his young daughter.
The entire responsibility Of the girls
protection from this libertine. He
therefore wrote a letter to deceased
stating that he was the only one
Eunice had to look after her. ana that
he was informed Jackson had tried to
get her to marry him. ana that he
wanted this pursuit stopped. ~ the
girl was too young to marry. Altho
couched in homely phrase. the letter
was courteous and friendly, and the
father disclaimed particularly any in
tention Of giving offense. Jackson re-
piled in a flippant note, admitting that
ne had asked the girl to marry him. but
disavowed any serious intentions In his
addresses to her. He had not thought
Of marriage and almost in as many
words declared that his intentions to
letter read, in part: "Of course asked
Eunice to marry me, but didn't you
never ask a girl TO marry you and
then not marry her? You didn't think
I was going to talk to her about cats
and dogs all this time" Shortly after
there was social gathering at coun-
try school house. When defendant ar
rived he found his daughter there In
company with Jackson. Upon seeing
her thus engaged. he beckoned to Jack
son and called him off to one side. An
alteration took place which resulted
In the killing Of jackson by the father
The court holds that the lower court
erred in excluding evidence OF conyer-
sations between defendant ana de-
ceased and other matters going to show
knowledge by the father Of deceaseds
character, which was admissible as
bearing on defendants motive, and
very properly reverses the conviction