The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-29
c. P. BOARD YIELDS
PUBLISHING HOUSE
ON A COMPROMISE
BIG PUBLICATION PLANT TURN
Ed OVER TO PREsBYTERiANs
U. s. A.
ENDS A LUNG LITIGATION
Motion for Rehearing in Federal
Court Dropped as a Result of the
Comprehensive Arrangements for
Future of Publications.

other chapter to the long drawn out
fight between the Cumberland Presby-
terian church and the Presbyterian
church, U. S. A., in this state over
certain property, it was announced
Friday afternoon that the Cumberland
Presbyterian board of publication had
requested their attorneys to Withdraw
the petition to rehear the case OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian publishing
house in this city, which was recent
ly declared to be the priority of the
u. S. A. church by Judge Sanford, in
the circuit court of the United States
for Middle Tennessee.
The action was decided on at a
meeting of the board held Friday aft
ternoon in the office of Gen. Frank
Slemmons in the Vanderbilt building.
The decision was determined on as
a compromise, and the new board will
assume charge of the publishing
house this morning at 10 o'clock, the
Cumberland Presbyterian directors
retiring at that time. A feature OF
the compromise is that the "Cumber-
land Presbyterian" church organ OF
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
shall be published at the house for
one more issue free of charge, and
that the Sunday school literature of
this church shall also be published
there for the next quarter, practical
ly free of charge. No plans have been
made for the future publication OF
this Cumberland Presbyterian litera-
ture.
The publishing house is located on
Fourth avenue north, between Com
merce and Church streets. The prop
erty is very valuable and much inter-
est has been manifested in the case
William E. Ward, of the Baird
Ward Printing Company, who was
manager of the publishing house
when it was turned over to the board
which now retires, will assume the
management of the plant today. Mr..
Ward will retain his interest in the
arm of which he Is member, divid-
ing his time between the two plants
until other arrangements are made
by the incoming board. He was con-
nected with the publishing house for
fourteen years as cashier and mana
ger, and the work Is not new to him.
The incoming board is composed
of the following members: Hamilton
Parks, w. T. Hardison, John H. De-
Witt, w. A. Provine, DR.. T. A. Wig
gington, l.. M. Rice, H. G. Wood, j.
M. Johnston and j. H. Reynolds.
The members of the retiring board
are the following: ]. H. Zarecor, s.
A. Cunningham, w. L. Danley, DR..
J. Fl. Zwingle, ]. H. Russell, w. E.
Dunaway, F. A. Seagle and A. c. Bid
die.
J. H. Zarecor, president of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Publishing
Board, described the action of the
board as follows
1.-THE present members of the Cum
berland Presbyterian Board of Publ
cation have instructed their attorneys
to withdraw the petition to rehear
the case before Judge Sanford. They
have entered into a contract signed
by J. H. Zarecor for himself and as
sociates and by Hamilton Parks for
himself and others, whereby the pres
ent directors retire Saturday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock and the directors of
the Presbyterians, U. s. A., take pos
session of the publishing house.
"TM action is in the nature of
compromise, whereby the 'Cumber-
land Presbyterian recognized church
organ of the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church, is to be continued by the
Cumberland Presbyterian board as
will also the Sunday school literature
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. The next copy of the Cum
berland Presbyterian will be issued
by the new board free of cost and
the next quarter of the Sunday school
literature will be issued practically
free of cost All distinctly Cumber-
land Presbyterian books, papers,
plates, copies, ETC., now at the pub
fishing house, are to be removed at a
reasonable time. The new board will
assume any financial obligations at
tached to the publishing house."
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