The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
KENTUCKY SYNOD IN CENTRAL
UNIVERSITY CASE SUS.
TANNED.
Hard Fight In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Gone Into I'm Various Directions BE-
fore ettlement-Other Features.

Savannah. Ca, May 26.-No inter-
terence with the present status of
Central University Of Kentucky is to
be made by the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church. The vote
that decided this question was upon
a motion to sustain the complaint of
Gen. Bennett H. Young and Rev. c.
w. somerville of Kentucky against
the Synod of Kentucky. which had Il
passed would have brought before
the Assembly the whole question Of
Jurisdiction and would have delved
pack deeply into the history OF the
passing of Central University from
the control Of the Kentucky synod.
The agreement was reached late
this afternoon and Is probably final.
The vote to sustain the complaint was
lost. so to 90. Two votes, one of
them cast by a former moderator,
Rev. w. w. Moore, were recorded as
In favor of sustaining The complaint
In part Two minutes each were al.
lowed the commissioners to disclose
theirsopinicn 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
II were silent.
Moderator William E. Boggs of At
lanta. however, was decidedly against
the complaint. asserting that a SOL
emn compact had been entered into
and that It would be morally wrong to
break II. He said he was sure that
II the complaint was sustained, II
would be cure to result In lawsuits
over the school property.
Rev. J. NJ. Wells Of Wilmington. N.
c.. caused a small sensation when ne
used the words 'tained money" refer
ring % the Andrew aCrnegie founda-
tion and. charefns that Mr.. Carnegie
was an atheist. said It was taking
rRlped S@e9ey,. 81 accept any o., it,s..a
~ NV, 8. A. King. OF Austin, Texas,
sA1d he regretted to see tha flag o.
Presbyterianism torn down and that
Of Carnegie raised.
DR.. e. M. Green declared that
stain had been cast upon him by one
paragraph of the complaint of Gen.
Young and Rev. somerville. and that
II charged him personally with an o.
Tense. II feel that some imputation
has been cast upon me-" he said, ,'"No
stain has been on my name sioce
have been In the ministry. Il nave
passed the three score years aad ten
and will soon retire anu do not want
to retire with that STAIN" Gen. Young
prose and stated he would withdraw
the offending paragraphs. bul this
was declined. A motion was ade to
wipe out the paragraphs wherever in
the complaint d personal reflection
was made on any person. This was
carried. The whole matter was cast
out OF the ecclesiastical court when :,
resolution was passed to the effect
tnst 1t was nc. for the peace and edi.
f;cation Of thu church further to pro-
'ong the con '-"versy and that tine
Assembly di.iuisses the complaint"
aside from this all absorbing topic
Of The Central University inte:es; CEN
tree today IN the report of the AS
sembIy's committee on foreign mis-
sions. 1t was reported that during
the .ear an Increase of more than g.
600 members cf the church In for
eIgn fields had been attained while
the growirg tricndliness on the pa.t
~ heathen peoples furnished prorh-
ecy Of greater harvests in the near
future.
Twenty-Five new missionaries were
sent out during the year. China get.
ting .s. 5raz::; three. Africa two. Ko-
rea seven. Cuba two. Eighteen of the
number are women. Contributions to
the missions treasury for the year
were $412.156.63, an increase of $751;
27799 over the previous year.
The question OF the age Of Miss
Alice X. Dwyer Of New Orleans en-
tered into the report. Miss Dryers
age. Is given as &c and her application
fer appointment as missionary had
been turned down on this account.
Without altering the opinion as to
tho correctness Of the refusal 20 en-
gage her II was decided to recon-
mend to the Assembly that mission
aries In Mexico and Cuba be asked Il