The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-23
A. R. 2. SYNOD ADJOBRNS
Largest Attendance in History of The
Church-Baseball at Erskine Ex-
cites Debate.

Due West, Special.-The 1O2nd
synod Of the A. R. P. Church of the
South held its final session in the local
church Tuesday night, adjourned at
1l.30 after transactin all the business
that had come up for consideration.
Excepting the resolution adopted re-
lative to the enlargement of the for
eign mission policy of the church by
establishing station in India, there
were no matters of unusual signif-
canoe discussed and yet the meeting
of the synod Of 1905 will be memoir
able from the fact that it was proba-
bly, the most largely attended meeting
in its history.
At Monday night s session it was
decided that Rev. A. j. Ransom of
the Spartanburg church be allowed to
canvass the Second Presbytery for
sufficient funds to erect suitable
house of worship OF that place and
that Rev. G. W. Hanna of the Little
Rock. Ark, field. be instructed to can
vass the remaining presbyteries Of the
church for The same purpose at his
station.
The synod approved the action OF
the board Of trustees Of Erskine Col
cege providing for ten per cent. In
crease in the salaries of the profess
sors, and that the salary Of the prin-
cipal of the fitting school be raised to
5000. The faculty were also given
permission to select tutors for the
departments in which they were so
Idly needed, that of English, chem
istry, languages and mathematics.
Right of way over campus OF ~
feet to be used for street leading
to the proposed depot was granted
the promoters of Due West-Donalds
railroad. This action was strongly
opposed by some members Of the
synod.
The matter that elected the most
attention and consideration, espec-
ially on the part of the students OF
Erskine, was the action of the synod
on the report of the board of trustees
of the college recommending that En-
skine be withdrawn from the S. C,l.
A. A. and be allowed to play no base
ball off the home grounds with any
college. The main argument OF those
! in favor of such action was the pre-
sumed fact that gambling had large
ly entered into the sport and like llle-
} galities were practiced by the stu
dents when on a baseball trip. After
some lively discussion, led by Col. 7.
L. kirkpatrick and representatives
of the faculty on behalf OF the
! synod voted down the resolution, and
the boys clapped wildly, ignorant OF
the sound of the moderator's gravel.
Rev. T. G. Boyee, D. D., who was
until lately the junior editor OF The
Associate Reformed Presbyterian, the
church paper, asked the synod to CO.
operate with the newly elected editor,
Prof. G. G. Parkinson, in making the
paper success and for the quench-
ing of any sectional feeling against
that organ.
A resolution was offered and adopt
ed to petition the president in his
coming message to congress to give
some attention to the great need OF
abolishing the liquor traffic.
After several other unimportant
matters had been disposed of, the
synod was led in prayer by DR.: Ne'll
Z. Presley of Mexico and after a
song was adjourned with benedietion
by the moderator, to meet at Camden
Ala, Thursday after the second SAB
bath of November, 1906.