The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-17
MIR. FANCHER
 HAS RESIGNED Leaves Pastorate of Sec
 ond Baptist. ACTION WAS QUIETLY TAKEN Resignation Was Accepted at
 Prayer Meeting. There Was no Discussion and No Di- vtsien Among the Membership
 ef the Church at the
 Prayer Meeting.

''fn view of the present conditions I have been advised by my friends, and think myself. should resign as pastor of this congregation. and I therefore place my resignation in your hands. asking that 1t take effect at once. :" Rev. Henry W. Fancher. pastor of the Adams Street Baptist Church. spoke these words slowly and without ap- parent feeling, at the meeting In the Sunday School rooms of the church Wednesday evening.
 After offering the resignation, MT. Fancher asked that moderator be appointed to take charge of the pro- ceedfngs, and left the room. Thomas !. Scott was elected moderator and after expressing his regret that such a situation had developed, asked that all in favor of the resignation being accepted raise their hands. Fifteen hands. in a congregation of something over fifty persons. were datsed, eleven of them were the hands of women.
 T will ask." said Mir. Scott" that all opposed to the resignation of MT. Fancher being accepted. express their wish in the same manner. There was a dead silence, those present looked at each other. MT. Fancher's resignation had been accepted.
 MT. Fancher had opened the services of the evening with short prayer. asking that guidance be given those present to do that whirh was right and asked that whatever be done should be for the betterment of the church and the spread of Christianity. After the prayer three hymns were sung, and then one of the congregation was call ed upon to lead in prayer. The prayer offered. in effect. asked for Divine guid- sance in the crisis that had come to the church and that justice be done. After this tRree more hymns were sung and again MT. Fancher offered prayer for the friends and relatives of those in the church. and the people present. he asked that the work of the meeting might meet approval in the eyes of all and that the people present speak and act from their hearts. He then quiet ly rendered his resignation and left the room. F. F. Fitzgerald moved that the resignation take effect and 1t was seconded by c. B. Barnett.
 Immediately after the settlement of the matter of the pastor, D. F. Byrd, Superintendent of the Sunday School of the Adams Street Baptist Church, arose and said that he had beenea close friend of the late pastor and had been closely associated with him in the work of the chufh and asked that his resig. nation be Excepted also.
 @. B. Barnett moved that the resig- nation of Mir. Byrd be accepted, but before there was a second, several gem tlemen arose and asked that 1t not be considered. saying that his work in the Sunday School department had been of the best and that he was needed to fill the position. Moderator Scott then put it to a vote and by a majority of thirty to twentys-ix the resignation of Mir. Byrd was not accepted.
 Mir. Scott then stated that a motion for adjournment was in order and it was moved and seconded that the meet ing adjourn. Before vote could be taken Mir. Hendiey arose and said he wished to make a statement. He conn menced by saying he was sorry that there had been any unpleasantness in the church. that he was most friendly to all who belonged-but before he could go further young men and wo- men arose from their seats within q few moments of each other andsleft the church. It was impossible to hear what Mir. Hendley said further, and he was stopped by J. D. Brooks and Capt. W. r. Lee insisting that the motion for adjournment be put to the vote. It was unanimously voted that the meeting