Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-28
About The Minutes OF Tie Genet
al Missionary Bapt. State
Association.


Why the minutes of the General Mis-.
sionary Baptist State Association are
not out. A ,rief statement, and the
following letter will explain why they
have not been published and sent out
to the churches within the 40 days Civ
en- for same.
| feel that an explanation is due,
which will relieve the printing commit
tee, as well as myself as member of
! the printing committee and correspond
+ ing Secretary, at whose door the Ed.
d. P. Jones seeks to lay the blame for
his neglect of duty,
The chairman of the printing COM
mittee called the attention of the mod
orator, DIR. j. f. Thomas. to the fact,
both in July and September, that the
manuscript had not reached the corre-
spending Secretary, notwithstanding
Rev. Jones, claimed to have sent them
some time in July.
When the moderator's attention was
called to the fact in September, in Chi
cago during the N. B. c., by chairman
Phillips, Rev. Jones, was questioned of
same, and said the Mans. had been
sent. end possibly had got lost, but he
would send tracer after them and
hunt them up. | have not seen the
Mss's. since we left centralia, last
May, nor did hear from them from
September 1916, til the 10th of Janu-
airy 1916, the DR.. C. C. Phillips, chair
man of the printing committee written
me, enclosing letter written to DR..
]. F. Thomas, by Rev. ID. P. Jones,
and duplicated his letter and sent the
original back TO DR.. Phillips. DR.. JON
es letter to DR.. j. F. Thomas under
date of January 10th 1916 follows:
Letter No. One.
Rockford. ILL.,, Jan. 10. '16.
Rev. DIR. j. F. Thomas. d. d.
Dear Sir: Yours of 9th inst. re-
ceived this A. M, contents noted.
Will say in reply, that sent Manu-
scripts under Registered Mail, ard hold
receipts from local P. o. of date told
you about same, Nov. 18th 1915. OF
course il our good brother cannot dis
charge them, | will be glad to for
ward draft, have some On hand for
record purpose, called at local office
today and was assured that matter sent
on the above date was delivered 0. K.
| am yours in Christ, d. p Jones.
MI Jones letter placed me in bad
light, whiched forced me to look after
the mattsr. wrote to the Manage
ment of the Rockford, P. o. and give
them them the facts in the case, and
esk them to look over their record at
date mentioned in Mr.. Jones' letter,
and if their Record showed the Pkg.
sent to me on that date, please send
me a statement of the same. They
answered me, asking me for the same
information that had giver. in my
first letter them. / repeated the same
inquiry. They answered me, telling
me that it was unlawful for them to
give me the information sought in my
letter then taken my letter to them
and their answer to me, and Rev. JON
es' letter to DR., Thomas, and sent all
of them to the General p o. Depart
ment at Washington, d. c., and asked
headquarters was | due the Information
sought in my letter. They sent me a
card notifying me my message was re-
ceived, and they would look after it
later received this card from them
March 7th 1916. On Monday April the
3rd 1916 / received full satisfaction from
the General P. o. Department at
Washington ID. C. The Washington
letter follows.
Letter No. Two.
Washington, April lst 1915,