The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-27
PrBsbyterianS Drop the Central
 University COn pIaint
DEBATE IS VERY BITTER
Matter of Accepting carnesie's Money Is Bone of Contention and Church men Decide to Let Question
 Alone For the Present.

Savannah Ga. May 26.-No interfer- ence with the present status of Central University of Kentucky is to be made by the general assembly of the southern Presbyterian church. The vote that de- cided this question was on a motion to sustain the complaint of Gen. Bennett H Young and Rev. c. w Somerville of Kentucky, against the synod of Ken lucky, which had it passed would have brought before the assembly the whole question of It's jurisdiction, and would have delved back deeply into the his tory of the passing of Central univer- sity from the control of the Kentucky synod.
 The settlement was reach ed late this afternoon and is probably final. The vote to sustain the complaint was lost 80 to ss. Two votes, one of former Moderator Rev. w. w. Moore, were re- corded as in favor of sustaining the complaint in part.
 Two minNes each were allowed the commissionersNo express their opinions on the question after the complainants and representatives of the synod of Kentucky had finished their arguments. Most of those who spoke favored the complaint. while most of those who voted against it were silent.
 Solemn Compact.
 Moderator w. E. Boggs of Atlanta. however was decidedly against the complaint asserting that a solemn com pact had been entered into in regard to the school and that 1t would be nor ally wrong to break it. He said he was sure that if the complaint were sus- tained law suits would be sure to re- suit in Kentucky over the school prop erty
 Rev. J. M. Wells of Wilmington. N. used the words, Tainted money" re- ferring to Andrew Carnegie's founda- tion, and charging that MT. Carnegie was an Atheist and said it was taking blood money" to accept any of it.
 Rev. S. A. King of Austin. Tex, said he regretted to see the flag of Presby- teranism torn down and that of Car negie raised.
 Dr. F. M. Green declared that a stain had been cast upon him by one para graph of the complaint of General Young and Rev. Somerville, and that it charged him personally with an of fense.
 q feel that some imputation has been cast upon me-" he said No stain has been on my name for the 56 years I have been in the ministry. l have passed the three-score years and ten and will soon retire, and I do not want to retire with that stain"
 Matter Cast Aside.
 General Young arose and stated he would withdraw the offending paragraph but this was declined. A motion was made to wipe out the paragraphs wher- ever in the complaint personal reflec- tion was made on any person. This was carried. The whole matter was cast out of the ecclesiastical court when a resolu- tion was passed to the effect that it was not for the peace and edlhcaton of the church to further prolong the contro- Versy and that the assembly dismisses the complaint.
 Aside from this all-absorbing topic of the CeHtrdl university, interest centered today in the report of the assembly s committee on foreign missions. It was reported that during the year an ln- crease of more than 2000 members of the church in foreign fields had been att tained while the growing friendliness on the part of heather people furnished a prophecy of greater harvests in the near future.
 New Missionaries.
 Twenty-nne new missionaries were sent out during the year, China getting 15, Brazil three, Africa two, Corea seven, Cuba two. Eighteen of the number are womer. Contributions to the mission treasury for the year were s4l2, ,1563 B. an increase of ssS277.9s over the previous year.
 The question of the age of Miss Alice K. Dwyer of New Orleans entered into the report. Miss Dwyer's age is given as 46 and her application for appointment as a missionary had been turned down.
 Without altering the opinion as to the correctness of the refusal to engage her 1t was decided to recommend to the as- sembly that missionaries In Mexico and Cuba should be asked If a woman of her age could be of any use there.
 Seventeen delegates, it is understood, are to be sent to a worlds missionary congress to be held in Edinburgh, June 14-24 1910. Mrs. Champ Clark Mrs. John B. Knox and Mrs. Elizabeth Allen were named as the women delegates.
 Tonight pr. Henry Collins Minton de- lvered an address on Calvin, the The ologian.'