CUMBER LAND GAP

a pa age through the Cumber land Mountains, on a line between Kentucky and Tenne ee and at the western extremity of Virginia. It was of great importance during the Civil War as it was of great strategic value. Several bloody engagements took place here. 50’ N., 83° 10’ W.), chain, forming part. of Appal a chi an system; extends N.E. to §.W. through eastern part of Kentucky into Tenne ee; highest altitudes about 2,000 ft.; very rocky; fertile valleys; variety of marbles found; numerous caverns. CHURCH, THE, was founded in the early part. of last century in Kentucky as a protest against the autocracy of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in that state in refusing local congregations to voice in choosing their own ministers. It grew rapidly during its early career and by 1829 had four synods and a general a embly. During the Civil War its integrity of organization suffered severely over the question of slavery, its membership distributed largely through the border states, where opinion was divided. Shortly after the negro membership established a separate organization, under the name of the Colored Cumber land Presbyterian Church, in 1904 there was an effort to unite with the Presbyterian Church, resulting in another serious setback in growth. In 1921 there were 1,163 white congregations of the denomination, with a total membership of 72,052, with church property to the value of $1,935,072. There were about 750 ministers and asmany Sunday Schools, with 35,000 pupils. Four mi ions are maintained in China, with about 600 converts, and several mi ions have been established among the Indians. Two educational institutions are maintained; one, Cumber land College, at Leonard, Tex., and Cumber land Presbyterian Theological Seminary, at McKenzie, Tenn. The colored branch of the denomination had, in 1921, 132 congregations, with 13,077 members and church property valued at $230,426. 1718), Eng, divine and philosopher; ed. at St. Paul’s and Cambridge; became bp. of Peter borough. In 1672 he pub. his clumsy but important De legibus has been more than once translated. 1811), Eng. dramatist and novelist; was a prolific writer for the stage, his plays numbering upwards of fifty. Perhaps the best is a comedy, The West Indian, 1771. His Memoirs constitute a@ useful commentary on the times, tains, E. Kentucky; flows 8.W. through Kentucky into Tenne ee; re-enters Kentucky and joins Ohio near Smith land; course about 650 miles; navigable for steamboats to Nashville (200 miles). cational institution, located at Lebanon Tenn., and opened to students in 1842. The buildings were burned during Civil War, but in 1866 the college was reopened, though, without buildings or apparatus. These have since been supplied, and the institution is in a thriving condition. Grounds and buildings represent a value of a quarter of a million dollars and the endowment fund totals about $100,000. In 1923 it had a teaching staff of 24 and an enrollment of 500 students. TUS, DUKE OF (1721-65), 3rd s. of George II.; Duke of C., 1726; distinguished general; won great fame at Fontenoy, 1745; put down the Jacobite rebellion, 1745-46, winning the battle of Culloden. 55’ W.), two islands, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, between Isle of Bute and - Ayrshire; form part of county of Bute. Great Cumbrae has circumference of 10}4 miles; only town, Mill port, summer resort. Little Cumbrae has area about one square mile; lighthouse, num), annual herbaceous umbelliferous plant of Mediterranean countries and Asia; seed used for curry powder and therapeutically as carminative.