The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-22
DR. CALDWELL'SCASE|
PLACED ON CALENDAR BY THE
 GREENvILLE ASSEMBLY,.
Church, began today, and one of the Hercsy--OId Hymns Will Re Restored to the Church
 Singing Book.

c,reenyille, s. C.. May 21.-The ac- tive, hard work of the general assem- bIy of the Southern Presbyterian Churhc, began today, and one of the first matters to reach a conslusion of the adoption of the report Of the committee on church and Christian education, which urged the appointment of general executive committee and secretary to have charge of the w%'k The location of headouarters for the committee was not determined and Moderator Hall named committee to decide this. The report of the committee on pub lication was adopted.
 The complaint of pr. s. s. Laws against the synod of Virginia was made the order of the afternoon ses- sion on recommendation of the com mittee on judiciary. Dr. Laws claims that when a man is converted, whose country Iegalizes more than one wife, such man should annul all marriages excepting the first and that when he is brought into the church, he should not he allowed to marry again until he shall become widower. The synod of Virginia. on the contrary, 1t is alleged, believes 1t unwise that such a man should annul any of the marriages, but that he should be brought into the church with all his wives, but should be pro- bibited from contracting further mar riages.
 Some discussion followed the read ing of a telegram, alleged to have been sent to a Fort Worth tTex) paper, concerning the attitude of the General Assembly to the trial of Rev. W. E. Caldwell on the charge of heresy, which if is expectetv will be taken up by the Assembly within a day or two. The telegram was reported to have been sent by member in attendance on the Assembly within day or two The admit having sent the message
 At the afternoon session. 1t was de- cided that the Rev. William E. Cald- we'll heresy case be placed upon the docket, which means that the case may be expected to come up at any hour. The case IS known as the complaint of Rev William F. Caldwell against the synod of Texas and against the Pres bytery of Fort Worth. The case be- gan two years ago, when Mir Caldwell was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth. After the GUS tomary examination, the Fort Worth Presbytery installed him S pastor. Individuals later complained to the Synod of Texas that Dr. Caldweirs doc trine was not sound. and the Synod recommended to the Fort Worth Pres bytery to dissolve relations between the First Presbyterian Church and Dr. Caldwell.
 It referred the charges back to the Fort Worth Presbytery to be acted up- on The judicial committee. of which Dr. J. W. Stagg is chairman reported to the general assembly today that the committee Is doubtful whether this case should be referred to the assem- bly for action and therefore recom- mended that the case of Caldwell against the Synod of Texas be heard in open session tomorrow to determine whether or not the case should come before this assembly. The committee recommended further that there be two members of counsel on each side and that each member be allowed two hours to address the assembly. It recommended further that Dr. Caldwell be allowed to defend himself If he pre- fers, and no fixed limit to his time for defense. All these recommenda- tions of the judicial committee were adopted.
 The assembly discussed at length the recommendation that forty old hymns be put back in the hymn book. and the recommendation was adopted
 There may be a reprint of the Dis tinctive Principles of the southern Presbyterian Church." a book which was published in 1881. Members of the assembly claimed on the floor this af- ternoon that the book should be revts- ed, claiming that relations had changed, as well as many other changes had taken place. It was decided by the as- sembly that the moderator appoint an "ad interim" committee to determine whether the book should be revised and report to the next assembly. This com mittee also was directed to investigate the reprint and revision of other lltera- ture. The general assembly attended the commencement exercises of Chicora College. an institution for young la dies, controlled by several Presoyter- ies of this State.
 The complaint of Rev s. S. Lowe against the Synod of Virginia dld not come before the assembly this after noon as was expected.