The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
Near Fight in Pulpitof
 Adan1s St. Baptist Church

IItHTY w. F EAuEitEf~rC6tltQ atnt- CVHb ETC gationai meeting and stated that the purpose of such meeting was to vote upon the withdrawal of Fellowship from the previously mentioned names the five delegates hor,had represented thmselves at the Montgomery Baptist Associations recent meeting at Pratt ville, as what Is known as thes"Hend- ley faction of the church."t
 After stating the purpose / of the meeting Mr. sFarcher5 said that he was ready to entertain a motion that in- mediate action be taken upon the mat ters l.. A. Daniels made the motion to<accept' the recommendations of the deacons. of the, church as written In the circular letter to the Ave delegates tn~question. and he was Immediately seconded. aAsgneral discussion followed. Tom Scott one of the members of the Fan cher faction" stated that in as much as the. five mentioned delegates we're antagonistic to the majority of the church in general in that they had car- ried the matter to the recent meet ing of the Montgomery Baptist As- sociation., they had committed an of fense which Justified the majority to demand an apology. .Ss f.
 .=f---'- Matter Is Diseussed. ,4s T. D. Brooks followed. Mir. Brooks stated athat he. was a delegate to the Association representing the following ofsAfr. Faneher, and that while the As sociation- had received the Fanchers let ter. they had positively, stated that they did so not upon the merits of the case, but because of the heading and statistical form of the Fancher let ter. Hes bitterly opposed withdrawing fellowship from anyone, stating that it was not, the proper Christian spirit. He heartily endorsed general cements- t ing oftboth factions of the church.
 L.s F. Rollins followed. stating that he had not adhered tos either sfdes in the controversy. but stood for aaneu- tral position since the very ineeption of, the trouble. While he had been a member of the church for fourteen years he had spent great deal Of this time upon the road. and did not know of any trouble in the church untii he read q newspaper account n NeW the proposed withdrawn of fellowship under such conditions as prevailed at the present time was altogether uncall- cd for. ur,christianlilSe and would not stand in a court of justice.
 Captain Lee gained the floor and stated that his mother had heen~i a member of the old Adams Avenue Church. for years. and had carried him there .twenty-eight years ago in her arms. That in iiisAopinion such move ment as the withdrawal of. Fellowship from the five delegates in question was altogether out of order. and. ought not to be considered for a moment
 At this sjuncture Rev. MT. Eancner stated that. he would be glad for a vote to be taken as hefi1ad to go out Of the city during the afternoon and a. pro- Ionged session would cause him to miss his dinner.3 F~ P
 Some ,Causttc Remariks. ''g'
 P. A. Goldsmith. one. of the live del- egates in question. got up from his seat and. told him that he looked as if he had gone without dinner for the past two weeks. and that missing diu- ner this time would not go hard with him. -S} 's.r
 MT. Fandher paid no attention to the remark, but stated that the vote would be taken and that the eighty-f7ve, mem bers who. had. signed the petition of the Hendley movement at the Mont gomery Baptist Association were sineli- gible to vote. and those who were fin sympathy with the Hendiey movement could not vote. This of course left only his own following to vote upon the measure. s..& 5.t3
 G. W. walden then asked the pastor, Did not you and your following go out from the Adams Avenue Baptist church to create a church, some of your followers having letters and others nones and when you returned to the cnurch took your part in the voting just as though you had been present aIl the while as pastor and members or the Adams Avenue Baptist churcli?" INT! MT Fancher replied fin the affirma-
 Mr. Walden then asked if the Hend- ley faction were. not entitled to the same privilege. and again the affirma. tive answer was given. 4,-q
 Majority Antagonised.
 T. J. Scott again took the. floor and stated that he could not concur with the ruling of the moderator of the meeting that all those who signed the petition and its sympathizers were members of tn e church. Her %statod that they could not prefer charges a.. ssaS. the hve persons in Ders of the church, but he added the antagonism of these fvo mem oers demanded; an apology and a prom. lse' 10 co-operate in the future with the church in every detail.
 Rev MT. Fancher then ask ed the nvermembers if they would apologize to the church for their conduct nshav- lng gone to the Association as dele gates from the HendIey faction. a
 
 from the church.
 The five persons in question plainly stated that they had no apology to make unless the other side made d,,e apology. for having withdrawn from the church to form the Baptist Taber- nacle.s and in addition to this had made house to house canvas In the en- deavor to tear down the Adams, Avenue Bsptist church for the benefit of the Tabernacle.
 Several other persons entered the discussion. but the question was called for.
 Voting followed In a very disorderlv fashion but was declared to be about 2S to S2 in favor Of the Fancher fol- lowers or in favor of withdrawing fel- lowship from the five members.
 After the adjournment of the meet ing, Captain Lee, the son of Mrs. M S Lee. went to the rostrum and said to Mir. Fancher while he was yet in the pulpit: DO you know. that you have caused to be withdrawn the fellow ship from my mother who brought me