The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
SETTLEMENT
IS REACHED
No interference With
Central University.
c0MPLAINANTS LOSE CASE
Close Vote In General Assembly Of
Presbyterians.
coMPLAINANTs LOSE CASE
The AssembIy's Committee on Foreigr
Missions Made Its Report Yes
terday, showing New Addi-
tfens to Church..

savannah, "a, May zb.--No inter-
ference with the present status OF
Central University Of Kentucky 10 to
be made by the General Assembly of
the Southern Presbyterian Church.
The vote that decided this question
was on a motion to sustain the COM
plant Of General Bennett II. Young.
and Rev. C. W. Sumerville Of Ken
lucky, against the Synod OF Kentucky.
which. had 1t 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 Ken
lucky Synod.
The settlement was reached late this
afternoon and Is probably fnal The
vote to sustain the complaint was lost,
so to 30. Two votes. one Of former
Moderator Rev. w. Nv. Moore, we're
recorded as in favor Of sustaining the
complaint in part.
Two minutes each were allowed the
commissioners to express their opin-
ions on the question after the COM
plainants and representatives of the
Synods of Kentucky had finished their
arguments. Most OF those who spoke
favored the complaint while most of
those who voted against 1t were silent.
Moderator William e. Boggs, OF At
lanta, however. was decidedly against
the complaint, asserting that a solemn
compact had been entered into in re-
gard to the school and that II would be
morally wrong to break 1t. He said
he was sure that II the complaint were
sustained. law suits would be sure to
result In Kentucky over the school
property.
Rev. J. M. Wells, of Wilmington. N.
c. caused a small sensation when he
used the words tainted money" re-
ferring to Andrew Carnegie's founda-
tion and charging that Mr.. Carnegie
was an atheist and said 1t was taking
blood money" to accept any of 1t.
Rev. 8. A. King. of Austin. Tex,
said he regretted to see the flag of
Presbyterianlsm torn down and that
OF Carnegie raised. u,
DR.. E. NJ. Green declared that a
stain had been cast upon him by one
paragraph of the complaint of GEN
eral Young and Rev. Sumerville and
that It charged him personally with an
offense.
IT feel that some imputation has been
cast upon me-" he said. mo stain has
been ON my name for the fifty-six
years / have been In the ministry.
have passed the three score years and
ten and will soon retire. and 1 do not
want to retire with that STAIN"
General Young arose and stated he
would withdraw the offending para
graph, but this was declined. A mo-
ton was made to wipe out the para
graphs wherever in the complaint a
personal reflection was made on any
person. This was carried. The whole
matter was cast out OF the ecclesiasti-
cal court when q resolution was passed
to the effect that 1t was not for the
peace and edifcation of the church to
further prolong the controversy and
that the Assembly dismisses the COM
plant.
Aside from. this all-absorbing topic
of the Central University interest CEN
tered today in the report of the As
sembly's Committee on Foreign Mis-
sions. 1t was reported that during the
year an Increase of more than 1000
members of the church in foreign fields
had been attained while the growing
friendliness on the part of heather
peoples furnished a'prophecy of great
or harvests in the near future.
Twenty-Five new missionaries were
sent out during the year, China get
ting hfteen Brazil three, Africa two,
Korea seven, and Cuba two. Eighteen
OF the number are women. Contribu-
lions to the missions treasury for the
year were $412x56.6S, an increase OF
$8S,277.99 over the previous year.
The question Of the age of Miss Alice
to the report. Miss Dryers age As
given as as, and her application for
appointment as missionary had been
turned down.
without altering the opinion as to
the correctness OF the refusal to en-
gage her, IL was decided to recommend
to the Assembly that missionaries In