Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
Progress Toward 1t Made by
Two Churches Meeting
at Atlanta.
WORCESTERSHIRE METHODS
CHARGED OVER MORTGAGE
Increase From $34, 900 to 100000
in Debt of United Organization
Subject of Attack.

ATLANTA. Ga. May 17.-After three
days of business sessions. at which prog
ress is believed to have been made to-
ward eventual contamination Of an or
ganic union between at least two Of the
three Presbyterian organizations holding
general assemblies here, business sessions
of those bodies were temporarily discon-
tinued today. All three will resume
active business sessions Monday morn
ing.
interest in the assemblies Of the United
and Southern Presbyterian churches to-
day conferred in the joint report of COM
mittees from the respective organizations
containing a proposed basis of union for
the two organizations. Upon the recon-
mendation of the committees both as
semblies agreed to postpone considera-
ton of this basis of union until the con-
vening Of the 1914 assemblies
Today's session of the United Presby-
terians was taken up by charges by the
committee on board of publication that
the board had been .'unbusinesslike in it's
methods and misleading in Its reports
Wrong, But Not Criminal.
Dr. E. NJ. Milligan, new manager of the
board, was called upon to explain the
increase from $4,000 to 100000 in the
mortgage OF the publication building He
admitted that methods wrong but not
criminal had been practiced Action
upon the report was deferred until Mon
day.
A novel feature of the Northern assem-
bly, today was an exchange of greetings
between Confederate and Federal veterans
of the civil war. S. B. Scott of Atlanta
Camp, L. {. ", appeared before the as
sembly and in extending an invitation
to the Sherman veterans to meet the
local camp Of Confederate veterans. said:
we Will show you that we can for
give and forget that little misunderstand-
ing which caused the memorable fight
around this village fifty years ago."
His remarks were greeted with cheers.
Sherman Veteran" Sings.
A Sherman veteran" sprang to a chair
and began singing MY Country, 'Tis OF
Thee" and the entire assembly joined
with enthusiasm All of the commission
ers were rendered reception at Agnes
Scott College this afternoon. More than
1000 guests were present.
Commissioners from. all the churches
assembled jointly again tonight to dis
cuss THE Relation o. the Church to So
cial and Industrial Conditions"
j. A. Mcdonald of the Canadian Pres
byterian Church was the principal speak
err A feature OF the night meeting was
several musical selections rendered by 300
negro girls from an eastern seminary.
Scores OF the visiting ministers will oc-
cupy Atlanta pulpits tomorrow and by
special permission OF Mayor Woodward
street services will be. permitted during
the remaining sessions of the assemblies.
Plead for Strict Observance.
Committee reports mainly occupied the
attention today of the Northern Presby-
terrain assembly. An urgent plea for a
more strict observance of the Sabbath
was contained in the report of the spe-
cial committee.
Unanimous agreement of the United and
Southern Presbyterian assemblies to post
pone action on the amalgamation pro-
posal was believed to have been largely
due to the fact that the basis only was
completed by the special committees last
night. Memorials had been-received urg-
ing that the basis be submitted to the
presbyteries before any action was taken
looking to an amalgamation Of the two
bodies.
Members of the committees from the
two churches which drafted the basis of
union were:
United Presbyterian-J *. McClurkin.
Pittsburgh, general chairman: w. c. Will
hanson, Carinda, Iowa: j. c. Scouller.
Philadelphia, and T. S. McMurray, Den
yer.
Presbyterians in the United States-R.
c. Reed. Columbia. chairman: ]. F. Can
ner. st. Louis, and S. l. Morris, At
lanta.