Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-03-05
Editorial.
BY DR.. C. C. Phillips,
Golconda, III.

Dr. j. J, Olive, The accuser and
abuser" OF the Brethren sand in an AZ
tcle in this paper a short time after
the adjournment of the Associa t1On
held with the Mt. olive Baptist church
Colp, Sept. 1919, among other things;
'fne Asso u. was a grand affair. =
During the organization of lHis AS
sociation.) in Cairo, Feb IL, l2, be de-
nounced both Associations. and charg-
ed them with all mannero of corruption
1t is up to Dr.. Olive, to tell the resd-
ling pubic whether or not he told the
.ltratn when he SAID the MI Olive As
socIation was granu affair. or did be
tell the truth, wben he said on the floor
that both Associations we're corrupa
How could he say with with good con-
science, that the East MT. Olive Aespe..
cistion is corrupt when he bas lever
attended session? For man vgopld
talk that way ABOUT an or 1anization,
that he knows nothing of, except some
one that is illbred, with n teaming i'm
agination of his wiso an. and hristling
o'er WIN ego cor leadership. We
.'"' '' % make good his asse'-
ton or stan convicted Of wilful false
hood.
nave no inclination TO dig up the
P' 4, II We did we would not nave to
% no farther than Dr. Olives camp to
nnd it. The 50 called State Conven-
{ tion now wltnnoias One i1uudred dol
lars of the Metropolis Livingston
II Scnooi funds ana So OF our own rlc.'.s c..'.sei
Is III that amount; SO. OF Dr j, r,
Thomas Cneago; s. to State Mission
y airy H. Il. McWiLiams and a number
I, of other breuen whose names we can
not recall. Moreover he is lined az
. with the 'Dr Morris, Incorporated
Convention of which DR.. Stokes Of
Ala,, Is Treas, VINO reported to the
Auditor of their own Convention that
u ne hadn't receipt for the money that
he had paid out. Thousands of dollars
had been paid out too. We dare not
= say that Dr. Stokes or any BODY else
9 misappropriated one dollar OF the mon
ey, but whether he or they did or not
they were not able TO account To th.
convention for the money that maid
out. Let DR.. Olive. the mote hunter
cast the beam ont of his own eve, then
1t may be that he can see the mote in
the brethren's eye He with number
: of other hoodwinked dupes. are still
circulatcng the story that "Boyd. has
stolen the Publishing house from the
Baptist" F"
t The Courts have said different
Judge Wilson, of Tenn, before whom
Cherry's salt was tried; and mark you
the case was takenup from Chandeliers
t Court to Judge Wilson's Court, which
confined the decree of the lower Court,
and among other things that Dir.
Boyd, and the Board were only the Gus
TO .ians of the propery. holding it in
trust for the Baptists. And that the
evidence disclosed the fact that every
thing We're run according TO the law.
He farther said that Dir. L. c. Morris.
did nottind any fault with the man
agement Of it, but the only question
was that of control. II We have mis-
represented anything IN this write up
let Dr. Olive show 1t. and we will glad
! ~ 'aake 7aF confession thru the public
p
The Baptist churches have perfeeg
right to organize; but we hardly think
Z there Is one that woula organize upon
fraudulent bosses ii they knew IT,
The Baptist Truth gave Dr. Olive the
credit for ehia organization, and we do
2o0i hsery foot print upon the Broad
Highway points 20 this man who must
have lea4eFshlp cost ~hai II may.