The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-11
PRESBY1ERIAIVS EVADE THE ISSUE Synod Sends Complaint Up
 Higher. AMENDMENT E DISCUSSED Aciien at Anniston Gees to General
 Assembly. pr. stsss sla,es Fine Report ei wsrk De.e By CelleEs for
 Msn-Dr. Brown Aa-
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0yIofl8u 6yu0Q or Ala Dama We8 uolu st the Broad street Presby terian church this morning. there being in atten- dance about 100 pastors and elders from all parts of the state as well as . number of the members of the local churches.
 Considerable business was transact Cd. but the principal feature of the meeting was . discussion of the con stitutional amendment and the report made by pr. !. w. Stagg, president of the Board of Trustees of the Presby- teriAn School for Men at Anniston.
 The constitutional amendment came up early during the morning session when pr. w. l. Sinnott clerk of the Synod. gave notice that he wanted to enter complaint against the action of the North Alabama Presbytery in adopting resolutions endorsing the amendment.
 After formally making the complaint and speaking upon 1t. pr. Sinnott ask cd that in conformity with the laws or reference. the complaint go to the General Assembly without being read to the Synod
 Amendment Discussed.
 The paper was formally received and the discussion upon it was opened.
 F. F. Glass, of Montgomery. address ed the Synod urging that the body take stand on the uuestion and not refer to the General Assembly without action
 It was moved that the complaint of pr. Sinnott be received and that 1t should be referred to the General As sembly.
 MT. Glass, moved as substitute that the complaint be referred to the Judi ciary Committed
 pr. Walton spoke against the substi- tute.
 pr. F. c. Raiiey, of Selma, endorsed what pr. Walton had said. He said he appreciated the position taken by Messre. Sinnotf and Glass. but he nk- ened the original motion to a change of venue in law and pleaded that the question be allowed to go to the Gen. erai Assembly.
 J. F. Hooper said he believed that coming on the verge of the election in the state which would settle the mat ter forever that the complaint should be referred to the General Assembly. pr. Parks spoke along the same lines.
 Mir. Glass answered the arguments advanced by the other speakers. He said that the body should express some position on the question. that the dele- gates could not consider how the ques- ton affected one church or many churches: that the matter of politics had already been brought into ths church by one of the subordinate as- ssemblies. The other great church bod ies of the state had expressed them- selves on the question and he thought that the sending of the question to the General Assembly for adjustment placed the Synod on the fence and by such action the body skuiked cut of going on record.
 Tn vote upon the original motion and the substitute was then taken with the result that the original motion prevailed. The vote stood for the substitute. IT and against 1t. b4.
 Some minor changes in the program of the sessions for tomorrow were sug- gested and agreed to.
 school at Annsgton.
 Dr. J. W. Stagg. president or the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian school for Men at Anniston, made his reFort. pr. Stagg told how last Aprh Dr. W. E. McIlwain had been elected president of the school and how nis iil-health had forced him to resign He also told of the election of MT. Foster to fill the vacancy In July on account of the illness of Dr. Mcilwain, a detailed report of the expenditures Of the school could not be made until next year. he stated.
 The report showed that the out- standing financial obligations against ehe school were being met as they fell due and that recently several large notes had been taken up and that asnprovements amounting to $1.2oo had been made on the school building. A laundry is being put in at an expense of sl,100 and the kitchen is being im- proved with a larger range. cola storage plant will soon be one or the pdjuucts to the culinary department About S400 worth of new furniture has also been recently purchased for the bed rooms.
 One of the greatest Improvements to the school which was noted in the re- port was that of putting in labora- tory which in very short while will not only prove of benefit to the students attending the institution but will also be most beneficial to the mineral enterprises and corporations of the state.
 The report stated that only one of the original faculty of the school re- maIned and that seven students att tending the school were studying for the ministry. The report closed by urging that a canvass be made to raise $t00,oo0 as an endowment for the school. The report also mentioned a substantial gift in the shape ofsthe presidents home which had been given the institution by Dr. McIlwain and also a substantial contribution from MT. Poster who had recently re- tired from the. presidency of the in stitution.
 The report was received and sub Initted to the permanent committee on the Presbyterian College.
 pr. H. M. Edmonds was the only one nf this committee present and Messrs