Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-23
CUMBERLANDS
 NAME NR. BROWN
Oklahoma Minister Moder- ator of General Assembly
 at Wagoner.

Wagoner, Okla. May 22.-Rov. r. A. Brown of Harlow. Okla, was unan- imcusly elected moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian General As sembly here this afternoon Rev. Brown was superintendent of mis- sions of the Indanola synod.
 The tithing system was the feature of today's session of the general as scmbly of the Cumberland Presbyter- ion church During he day an effort will be made to have the commission CTS adopt rulc ealing upon the members of the church to pledge ono tenth of their incomes to his confer ence for church work. fhe same rNle applies to the women of the homo mission board and an effort will he made to have each of the 1.l00 W0- men members pledge one-tenth of their income.
 The session was opened with devO- tionals led by Rev. J, l.. Joyncr of Whitney, Texas. The appointment of committees by the new moderator fol- lowed.
 The session of the WOmans mission board was opened as a special song service and the women plunged at once into a discussion Of the practice ability of adopting the lithin2 sys- tenn.
 The committee on establishing a new theological seminary and q church publishing house will rccom- mend that this be done and the re- port will come to vote by the com- missioners probably tomorrow.
 Urge Theological Seminary.
 The report of the committee on education recommendlng the eStab- )ishment of theological seminary and church publishing house; a movement ito establish an ironclad tithing system il the church and the announcement of three young women who will pledge their lives to work among the heathen were the features of the second days session of the general assembly of the Cum berland Presbyterian church here today.
 The commissioners will vote prob ably tomorrow on the report recom- meading the theological semln2ry, The question of tithing may continue in the forefront until near the close of the assembly. The women pre tax ing the lead in this movement, ana many of them are pledging one-teath of their income to mission work.
 The. three women who announced their intention to devote themselves to work in foreign mission fields are Miss Kitty Wood of Mckenzie, Tenn; Miss Julia McCastlin of San Antonio Texas and Miss Ethel Thomas o' Kellyton, Ala. They will formally of- fer themseves for cOnsecratlon Sun- day afternoon.
 Three Cities Invite. Sudden rivalry of Birmin gham, Ala. Fresno, Cal, and Nashville, Tenn. to entertain the next assembly de- veloDed today. In recommending that a theologi- 1 cal seminary be built, the comml1iGe | urges that the $33,73O now on hano be augmented to S10O,000 and that the institution when built be placed 1or- ! ever under control of the church. NC mention is made of moving the semi nary from Mckenzie, Tenn., where Il is now located in connection Wltl 1 Bethel College. $20,000 of the amount already raised has been subscrlbec 1 at that place in the hope Of retain 1 ing the school.
 The committee recommended tba' ] Rev. J. l.. Hudgins, editor of the 1 Cumberland Presbyterian aa1 Nash I vile. hel made trustee of fund l9 be raised by popular subscription tc | eouip a publishing plant. There IS some opposition to this report