Religion: Chartered Name

After S. S. Mauretania was scrapped, Cunard White Star Ltd., to keep its right to the name, dubbed a Southampton paddle steamer Mauretania. Some time during the next few years the Methodist Episcopal Church, South will be scrapped, a majority of its membership having voted to join a new, nationwide Methodist Church (TIME, May 9). Last week, Attorney G. Seals Aiken of Atlanta, a lay leader in the fight against unification, went into court to salvage his church’s name. He obtained a charter for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Inc., invited Southern Methodist individuals and congregations to join it when the present church ceases to be.