Show ED THORPE GUSHES CLASHES CLASHES WITH fRANK CANNON w 1 Ephraim Bog Boy Has Lively Encounter With wish Anti Mormon Agitator The following letter lette from Edgar I Thorpe shows that h he is very active o on the firing line Une at present The clippings to which he refers announce the coming of Frank J. J Cannon and Elder Thorpe's challen challenge e to debate They also contain a lady reporters reporter's interview with members of the Mormon Mormon Mor- Mor ormon or- or mon congregation from congregation from which it f seems that the interviewer was changed changed chang chang- ed by investigation from froma a skeptic to toan toan an au admirer We VA hope to tobe be able to publish the interview in the near ear fu fu- ture Evansville Ind March 7 1914 Dear Friend Friend Friend- Thinking perhaps it may be of some interest to you and probably to to some of your readers I am dropping you youa a s. few lines and sending y you u several clippings that you may know a little of what is 18 going on n here in Evansville in regard to Mormonism Evansville is located in the extreme s southern part of Indiana on the banks of the Ohio and has a population of about abou We have havea a nice nic thriving thriving ing in branch of the church hurch here which we ar are very pro proud d of or our our members being among the best citizens of Evansville During the past week Mormonism has been toe the chief topic of con conversa conversa- versa versa- tion The professed ministers of f the city have taken up what they hey call a holy war against our little baud band of God-fearing God men men and women here bere but so 80 far it has only made them stronger J r Last Wednesday evening F. F J. J Cannon delivered two lectures lectures' here branding Mormonism as the approach approaching j in tog ing menace of the nation Its It's surprising surprising surprising sur sur- what a a man n will to to earn his wage wale of si sin His His His' lectures lecture J were not very well received received every every everything thin thing wa was too hi highly color colored d. d We Elders took the liberty of distributing o our r at the close of each lecture e t re which mos most of the people willingly accepted Cannon gave me ute a good shaking after trying to run a bi big bluff threatening us us' with the law for tor distributing distributing dis dis- t literature explaining the t truth Already we e have gained man many s 's i sympathisers through the agitation who boldly denounce the methods used and the stand taken against us by the Christian ministers of this city s j There are forty of t the e would be eminent em em- anent divines who have banded themselves them them- i i selves selves' together to do all in th their ir power pow pow- pow pow- f er or to our teachings in this h city I called on their leader Rev the other day and asked i him the real purpose of all this fuss 1 and he plainly told me they were goIng goIng going go- go Ing t to do away with Mormonism if it it u was in their power The Presbyterians Presbyter Presbyter- fi The lane ians are our most moat bitter enemies Presbyterian missionaries in Utah send some horrid tales tale back here Continued from Page 1 Er i t I f Ff 1 1 l c Ed Thorpe Clashes With Cannon t Continued from Page 1 1 telling of the many persecutions they receive at the hands bands of the Mormons 1 1 that they know the Mormons still practice polygamy and a lot of other otherl l untruthful stuff At the close of all aU the anti Mormon anti Mormon meetings 1 t have heard there is always a plea for money to send to Utah to r r help educate the poor deluded Mor Mor- mona mons Will close wishing you success and the blessings of the Lord in all your youri i undertakings s in righteousness Your friend and brother w. w E. E THORPE Harriet St. St Sty 1 Evansville Ind hid |