The Detroit times., 1914-05-09
SCANDAL TALE
THREATENS TO
SPLIT SPOOKERS
Lady Preacher Who Lost Job
for GOssiping Is Out for
Revenge
HAS AFFIDAVITS TO
SUBSTANTIATE CHARGES
Story Reflects on Pair of Spirit
ualistic Pastors, One of
Them a Man

All regular and orthodox ghosts en-
terrain violent antipathy to newspa-
pers and all VINO have TO do with their
! making A lady in violent purple
hat and a waist ditto said so, Satur-
day morning, before the twenty first
annual convention OF the Michigan
State Spiritualists association IN the
Swedenbergian church, at High-st and
Cass-aye.
The lady has q wide acquaintance
ship among the spooks and has often
talked over this matter and, therefore
She knows. She comes from town
| ia Michigan where the newspaper 5
are run right she runs them herself
AT least she said she did. and chat
when one OF her spooks was not treat
ed with due respect she went TO the
editor and he apologized just as fast
as he could She said the Detroit
| spiritualists should do the same thing
Just at present the spirits are in a
very bad humor indeed with the local
newspapers There was a near scan
| dal" In the ranks OF the spiritualists,
and the newspapers have shown a
most unholy and inquisltive disposi
! ton in the matter. One OF the lady
preachers, according to the story as
stold by various delegates, had a great
admiration for a gentleman preacher
who was married A third lady preach.
er looked upon this friendship with
disfavor and she talked ont In meet.
| ing. As q result the lady preacher
with the Affection for the gentleman
preacher said she would get the other
! lady preacher canned She did, too
| Then the canned" lady preacher
went and got atfidavits from the neigh
/ bors OF the lady preacher she had
talked about One OF them said the
signer had seen the lady and gentle
man preacher in the lady preachers
house embracing each other Another
affidavit was from son of the gentle
man preacher. and he said papa's car
| ryings on We're the scandal OF his life
and a thorn in his flesh He had child
! ed papa for his conduct. but papa mad
! told him he could run his own love
! affairs and 10 mind his own business
So he did-all but the affidavit.
! Now the other lady preacher. that
| is the one who talked. said she had
| reached a point where ghe was goinG
| TO do some lighting She wanted back
/ in the church. but she said the pres
ent board was composed OF members
| favorable to the lady who was kissed
according 10 the affidayits. The latter
| 10y the way is widow and .athel
pretty She was yanked before the
| prosecutor several weeks ago in the
campaign against fortune tellers anC
warned not TO take any more money
( from the pickle factory girls and 9th
ers who wanted TO know if tall dark
man with money was 10 cross theil
! path before a short blonde woman
| took a journey.
! Well. everyone expected something L
| happen Saturday morning, and t'prob
ably would. only an old gentleman
with a deep voice got up and made z
| few remarks about jealousy and inter
nal strife and the dangers that came
from within When he got through
the regular order OF business wen
along and tenseness in the atmos
phere died down.
The convention will last until Sun
day evening and IL all goes we'll there
Will be spirit communications an
| readings and things by mediums
| There's a lady secretary in the meet
ing who has the most remarkable
| voice and enunciation ever heard II
! Detroit Ii sounds little like {
! "hark from the tombs," and a little
like a Coney Island orator and III
tie like Billy Sunday would talk If h,
didn't talk as he does. It's very in
| teresting.