Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1910 — Retraction with a Sting. [ARTICLE]

Retraction with a Sting.

Senator Murphy Foster, at a dinner in Washington, said of a certain retraction: “It was a retraction without value. It recalls the Nola Chucky scandal. » “Dean Washington, in the heat of a revival, shouted from the pulpit of the Nola Chucky chapel: I see befo’ me ten chicken thieves, Includin’ -that thas Calhoun Clay.’ “Calhoun Clay at once rose and left the churth. He was very angry. He brought several powerful Influences to bear and the deacon promised to apologize. "So, at the following revival, -the old man said. \ ‘VI deßl No retract mah last night’s remark, namely—l see befo’ me ten chicken thieves, Includin’ Calhoun Clay. What I should have said, dear brethren and cistern, was—-I see before me nine chicken thieves, not Includin' Calhoun Clay.’” _ ; ... A man learns to respect the rights of others because his own are trampled on so much. Don’t tell a lie, unless you are wilb ing to eat It