Important Decisions Face
Presbyterian Delegates
MONTREAT, May 28-<A>)—The
r „eral Assembly of the Pres
byterian church in the U. S. will
j!' ^ itself confronted with fami
subjects of controversy, and
i:” r.ew ones, when it meets here
tomorrow f01' lts annual six-day
cp-sioii«
‘ rr,v0 long-standing and much de
. /etj issues involve proposed re
'■on with the Presbyterian church
1,1,1 me u. S. A. (The Northern
branch), and withdrawal or con
ti ued affiliation with the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
A nitric a. _
Prospective other questions, as
indicated by overtures from var
ious Presbyteries, include a re
quest that the assembly urge the
enactment of a federal marriage
and divorce law, that it condemn
the appropriation of public funds
foi private or parochial schools,
and that steps be taken to bring
the denomination’s summer as
sembly ground nere at Montreat
more directly under control oi
the assembly.
Reporting that the cost of op
erating ihe General Assembly had
increased in line with higher costs ■
generally, the Stated Clerk, Dr.
C- C. Scott, of Dallas, Texas, was |
prepared to submit a recommen
dation th-t the pei capita tax be
made ten cents instead ol the
present nine cents. Prior to 1944 \
it was seven cents.
With regard to the proposal to
unite with the Northern church
after a separation that dates back
! to the Civil War, the Presbytery
I of Missouri submitted an overture
| asking that the assembly "mcke
no delay in completing t\is union,
;so long postponed.'’
On the other hand, the Pres
bytery of Savannah overtured the
assembly to desist from all furth
er effort toward organic union
for the time being, and the Hol
ston Presbytery proposed Ihnt the
committee on cooperation and
church uniori be replaced by a
ccmmitiee on cooperation.
Favor Withdrawal
Overtures asking withdrawal
from the Federal Council were
sent in by the Presbyteries of
East Mississippi, Holston. Meck
lenburg, Meridan, Knoxville, Tus
caloosa, Central Mississippi, Con
garee, East Alabama, Pine Bluff,
a.r.d Asheville, and a number of
others asked that the question be
submitted to a vote of all the
church’s 88 Presbyteries.
The assembly will be called to
order at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. Dr.
J B. Green, of Decatur, Ga., the
retiring moderator, will preside
and preach the opening sermon.
Afterward a new moderator will
be elected and installed, and var
ious matters of routine business
will be attended to.
NEGRO GETS CHANCE !
TO ESCAPE PENALTY
BY GIVING UP GUN
Leroy Thomas, 48-year-old
Negro, has a good chance to es
cape a county farm sentence to
day in Recorder’s court. That is
I if he acts at the suggestion of the
court.
Brought before Judge Winfield
Smith yesterday on a charge of
assault, his wife, Lillie, testified
tnat he had threatened her with a
pistol. Thomas admitted shooting
the gun but said he did not shoot
at his wife.
| The court suggested Thomas
COURT TO DECIDE
CHILDREN’S FATE
Negro Brother And Sister,
Alleged To Have Been
Held By Mother
Disposition of two tiny Negro
children—a brother and a sister—
who, their father alleged were de
serted by their mother but later
turn over the gun to the court.
But the Negro was hesitant.
“Well, think it over until tomor
row.” said the court. “Case con
tinued until then.”
removed from school without his j
knowledge, probably will be made j
today by Judge Clawson L. Wil- j
liams.
The youngsters appeared in
court yesterday on a habeas cor
pus writ instituted by their fath
er. They were brought here by
Sheriff Clyde Huntis of Mecklen
burg county, from Charlotte.
The children are Luther Smith,
11, and Helen Smith, 8. The moth
er, Lucille Smith, appeared in
court with them.
But failing to appear was the
father, Glennv Smith. The court
ordered the children placed in the
custody of their mother until 9:30
a. m. today when a hearing was
ordered. Court attaches yesterday
were unable to locate the father
ar.d his attorney to complete the
hearing. —
In a court action May 19-Judge
John .]. Burney ordered the habeas
corpus writ issued and the sheriff
to produce the youngsters at Wil
mington yesterday.
The father, in a petition sacking
the writ, declared that nis wife in
1943 “ran away with another
man” deserting him and the chil
dren and since then has lived in
Charlotte.
Or May 12 last, according to the
father, his wife came to the Col
umbus county school where the
youngsters were attending class
and spirited them away with her
to Charlotte where she has since
kept them.
He asserted that the moiher is
“not the proper person” to hav*
custody of the two.
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