Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. IX.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LAWYERS
AS FEES IN THE INMAN ESTATE CASE
Ex-Governor Joseph M. Terrell,
Acting As Arbitrator. Announces
His Award in Lengthy Item
ised Report.
I
ROSSER & BRANDON
FEES ARE CUT DOWN
FORTY-FIVE PER CBNT
Attorneys for Petitioners Cut 20
Per Cent—Those Intimate With
Work Done Say Fees for Receiv
ers’ Attorneys Are Exorbitant
Ex-Gov. Joseph M. Terrell, acting as
auditor under appointment of Judge
John T. Pendleton, and as arbitrator, by
consent of all parties, to award fees in
the settlement of the Inman estate case,
Ute Saturday afternoon completed his re
port.- . .
His x total awards in fees to be paid by
receivers to lawyers and others is $71.-
774-46- •
E*-Govern or Terrell received $5,000 for
his own services. An award of $10,006
each to Mrs. May Inman Gray and Mrs.
Harriet F. Brandon, receivers, who are
also the residuary legatees of the estate
of the late Walker P- Inman was also
made.
I $39,000 VS. $54,500.
Rosser & Brandon, attorneys for the re
ceiver*. who presented a claim for $54.5v0.
for services rendered in connection with
the case, were awarded the sum of S3O,<KK).
] rw C.WO. which had been previously paid
on account. This represents a reduction
in their claim of about 45 per cent.
To John L. Hopkins & Sons and
King Spalding A Little, as at
torneys for the petitioners, he awards
the sum of $20,000. less $2,500 previously
paid on account. These firms of lawyers
present**! a bIU for $35,000. This was
a reduction of $6,000 in their claim. oY 20
per cent.
To Mrs Harriet F. Brandon, who pre
sented a claim of SB,OOO. in addition to her
regular commissions, an award of $4,250
was made. Her claim was cut by the ar
bitrator about 47 per cent. In addition to
this Mr*. Brandon was paid the sum of
j1.M7.39 regular commissions, the same
sum being awarded to James R. Gray for
similar services.
ABOUT TWICE TOO MUCH.
It is considered by those who have fol
lowed the case from the beginning and
are familiar with the work performed
that the award made by the auditor
to Rosser 4c Brandon, counsel for receiv
ers. for their services, is about twice as
much as they were entitled to. notwith
standing the cut of 45 per cent below
the amount asked for.
Nevertheless, all parties have agreed to
abide by the decision of the auditor and
the flnding will stand if it meets with
the approval of course, of Judge Pen
dleton. who some time ago declared from
the bench that no exorbitant fees would
be permitted in the case.
With the signing of the order for fees
by Judge Pendleton all matters connect
ed with the Inman estate will have been
settled. '
THE AUDITOR 8 REPORT.
The auditor's report follows:
Georgia, Fulton County:
The undersigned having been chosen as
sole arbitrator to decide the matters sub
mitted In the articles of reference hereto
attached, adjourned the hearing of the
same matter*, which was then in prog
ress before him as auditor, and after
first being duly sworn proceeded in ac
cordance with said agreement to the con
sideration and determination of the
questions submitted.
In the investigation of the facts as to
the estate of W. P. Inman it appeared
that the executors had received and paid
•ut about $60,000 that the receivers had
received and paid out or would pay out
about $1.0*0.000. that the receivers had and
would turn over to legatees property in
kind to the value of $900,000. and that the
executors on January 6, 1908. had contract
ed to pay $7,500 for legal advice in unliti
gated matters connected with the admini
stration. Therefor*, had the entire es
tate passed through the court of ordi
nary. with no litigation of any kind or
character, the fees allowable under the
code of Georgia to executors for such ser
vice* would have been $54,400 for receiv
ing and paying out $1,080,000 and $27,000 for
turning over property in kind of-the value
of $900,000. and the further sum of $7,500
counsel fees, aggregating SBB.M), besides
costs of court.
It further appeared that the estate had
been most successfully administered un
der the direction of the court, as is con
clusively shown by the fact that all of
the parties interested in the matter were
of the opinion, at the time the original
petition was filed, that this vast estate
would hardly do more than pay the debts
and specific legacies, and after deduct
ing receivership expenses, leave for the
residuary legatees very Uttle. if any
thing. which proved to be a mistpke, as
there will be for division between the
residuary legatees property and money to
the value of at least $750,000.
CONSIDERABLE FRICTION.
It further appeared that in the admin
istration of the estate there was
considerable friction between the execu
tor* and others Interested, which seemed
to threaten unfortunate consequences to
the estate. However, none of this proved
in the end to have been very detrimental
to its best interests, azyj this is only here
in mentioned to emphasise the wisdom of
the court in framing such a splendid or
ganisation for considering and present
ing to the court to be passed upon the
matter* Involved in this large estate.
It also further appeared that the re
ceivers had very little more than a nom
inal connection with the administration
of the affairs of the receivership, but
practically all of th* matters were dis
posed of by and through the attorneys,
all of whom are entitled to credit for the
successful administration.
_ In passing upon the questions at issue
1 have sought to dispose of same as if
th* receivers were not the residuary leg
atees. and -allowed to them such com
pensation as would have been allowed to
any persons in the same position and not
similiarly interested.
After due consideration of all the mat
ters submitted. I decide and award as
follows:
L To Messrs John L. Hopkins A Sons
and Messrs. King. Spalding A Little, as
attorneys for petitioner. In full payment
of all services rendered in respect to the
matters and thing* involved in this liti
gation. the sum of twenty thousand dol
lars ($20,000*. from which shall be deduct
ed th* sum of $2,500 hefetofore allowed
*te ihem'by th* court upon account,. l*av
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Atlanta S rtn i - W eeklj) 2o nmnl
What They Asked for and What They Got
Per cent of
Asked for Awarded Reduction
Rosser & Brandon $54,500 $30,000 .45
King & Spalding and J. L.
Hopkins & Sons, 25,000 20,000 .20
Mrs. Harriett F. Brandon 8,000 4,250 .47
Ex-Governor J. M. Terrell, audi
tor and arbitrator (by agreement) 5,000
ATLANTA FEDERAL PRISON
TO GET OVER A MILLION
Fund for Continuing Wall and Maintenance Provided for in Esti
mates of Expenditures Submitted by Secretary MacVeagh—Al
bany, Augusta, Savannah and Other Southern Points Mentioned.
Total Amount Asked Is $103,370,303 Less Than for Current Year.
(By Associated Frets.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.—That there has
been a careful scrutiny of the estimates
of appropriations for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 19U. Is shown by the figures
submitted to the house of representa
tives today by Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh. The grand total of es
timates for 1911 is $732,223,075. which is
$10,370,3(18 less than the appropriations for
the current fiscal year and $123,066,498 un
der the estimates submitted a year ago
for 1910. A general cut has been made
wherever possible and new work author
ised only where regarded as absolutely
necessary.
Heretofore it has been the practice of
departmental officers to “pad’’ the esti
mates with the expectation that the
amounts would be materially reduced be
fore being finally passed by congress. As
I soon as President Taft came into office
he directed that this practice be discou
[ tinued and gave notice to the members
'of his cabinet that In the future all esti
mates must be submitted on the basis
of the actual needs and requirements of
the service. The result Is. the officials
say. that the figures submitted today
kre down to bedrock basis and will bear
the closest examination by the appropria
tion committees of both houses of con
gress. The departure, they add, will re
duce materially the actuaJ work of the
appropriation committees.
SOME REDUCTIONS MADE.
Large reductions In the estimate* as
compared with the appropriations for the
current year are:
In the treasury department a decrease
of $12,000,000 for public works; In the war
department about $6,000,000 in the mili
tary establishment made up of decreases
tn the estimate* for regular supplies, con
struction works for the army, mounted
equipment, transportation, ordnance and
manufacture of arms and $2,500,000 for
public works, exclusive of the Panama
canal: in the navy deparment $26,000,000,
due partly to the fact that Secretary
Meyer has not asked for any money for
new ships and that only $2,000,000 is r*
ported for armor and armament as
against an appropriation of $12,452,000 for
this year; In the postoffice department a
reduction of $5,000,000 In the estimated
deficiency In the postal revenue; and in
the department of commerce and labor
a decrease from $10,000,000 to $2,000,000 on
account of the 13th census. On the other
hand, there Is an Increase of nearly $15,-
000 000 for the isthmian canal expenses.
The estimates in detail for the va
rious departments are (cents omitted):
Legislative. $13,169,679. •x«cut l ve.
$472,270; state department. $4,5 <0,301,
treasury. $136,998,605; territorial gov
ernments. $287,510; independent offices.
$2 400,695; District of Columbia, sll.-
884.928: war, $200,461,485; navy, $117,-
029,914; interior, $191,224,182; postof
flee department proper, JJ*"
fiiclency Jn postal revenue. $10,634,122.
department of agriculture, $17,681,136.
commerce and labor, $14,187,913; jus
tice, $9,518,840.
Expenses of the postal servi® are
paid from the postal revenues and are
not estimated for.
WANT ADDING MACHINES.
The money order business has grown
to such an extent that In the opinion
of Postmaster General Hitchcock, some
change in method of auditing the
accounts is necessary in the 'interest of
economy and efficiency, so that he asks
for an appropriation of $24,570 to pur
chase adding machines.
For collecting the corporation tax
SIOO,OOO is asked. Total estimates re
quired an account of th* forestry serv
ice are $5,043,700. of this amount,
8397,500 being for the protection of the
28,000,000 acres recently added to the
national forests.
Secretary of War Dickinson wants
$1,350,000 for the expenses of the en
campment and maneuver* of th* organ
ised militia as against an appropriation
of $425,000 for the current year, the
secretary explaining that the additional
amount is rendered necessary by the
fact that in the season of 1910 the an
nual joint coast artillery and military
exercises will be held as usual and also
the biennial encampment* and maneu
vers of the mobilised forces of the mili
tary and regular army. For the build-
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ing a balance of $17,500 now due to them.
HOW AWARDS ARE MADE.
2. To Messrs. Rosser & Brandon, in
full payment of all services rendered in
respect to the matters and thing* in
volved in this litigation, including their
fees for services in representing the
executor* of the estare, and as well as
fees due to them a* counsel for the re
ceivers, and for any and all other serv
ices rendered in this case the sum of
thirty thousand dollars ~$30,000), from
wnich shall be deducted the sum of
$2,500 heretofore allowed to them by
the court upon account, leaving a bal
ance of $27,500 due to them. The dif
ference in the allowances so counsel the
arbiter believes and finds to be fully
justified by the fact that Messrs. Rosser
A Brandon not only in all respects rep
resented the interests of the estate in ail
matters prior to the receivership, in
cluding the negotiations for the con
tracts of December 19, 1907, but also
the estate on th* hearing of the original
petition, and thereafter In ail matter*
affecting the administration of the es
tate.
3. To James R. Gray for his commis
sions and allowances as executor for re
ceiving $51,258.87 and paying out $48.-
533.34 the sum of $1,247.39; and to Mrs.
Harriet F. Brandon upon the like ac
count as executrix the sum of $1,247.39.
and in addition thereto to Mrs. Brandon
i* allowed for extra compensation th*
sum of $4,250. Ine last mentioned sum
as extra compensation is allowed to
Mr*. Brandon for and on account of th*
very valuabl* service rendered by bar in
♦ OVER A MILLION IS
♦ PROVIDED FOR ATLANTA ♦
♦ By Ralph Smith ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6. ♦
♦ The letter of the secretary of the ♦
♦ treasury embodying estimates of
♦ expenditures for the fiscal year ♦
-* ending June 11, 1911, carries the* -*
♦ following Georgia items of interest: ♦
-* Albany postoffice, *$50,000; Au- ♦
♦ gusta arsenal. $2,500; Improvement ♦
♦ Brunswick harbor, $50,000; improve- ♦
*- ment Darien harbor. $10,000; main ♦
■*■ tenance Savannah harbor, $2,000,- -*
*■ (500; improvement Alatahama, Oco- -*
♦ nee and Ocmulgee rivers $90,000; Im- -*
provement Plantation and Club ♦
♦ creeks. $25,700; improvement Flint ♦
-* river, $25,000; improvement Savan- ♦
♦ nah river, $33,000; improvement ♦
♦ Chattahoochee river. $115,000; 1m- -*
*- proyement Coosa river, $60,000 im- ♦
♦ proVement Cumberland, $50,000; ♦
♦ maintenance waterway between -*
♦ Savannah and Fernandina, Florida. ♦
♦ $25,000; continuing wall Atlanta -*
prison, $1,000,000; maintenance fed- ♦
eral prison, $115,220. *
♦
♦ ♦ ♦ *♦ • » » *♦*♦*»♦•♦♦*** * * *
Ings and grounds at West Point milita
ry academy $1,070,252 is asked.
The $17,435,724 asked for under the
head of increase of the navy Is for the
completion, outfitting and armament of
vessels already authorised. For mod
erniztag turrets of naval ships #564,000
is wanted. For public works under the
bureau of yards and docks the esti
mates include:
Navy yard, Boston, $105,000; naval sta
tion. Guantanamo. $100,000; navy yard,
Mare island, $107,000; navy yard, New
York, $516,000; navy yard, Norfolk. $320,-
000; naval station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
$2,045,000; navy yard, Philadelphia, $215,-
000; navy yard, Puget Sound, SBBSOOO.
For land for a torpedo station near the
Pacific coast of the United States, $145,-
000. I
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Under the head of public buildings the
estimates Include Albany, Ga., $50,000;
Gainesville. Fla., $65,000: Gulfport, Miss.,
$65,000; New Orleans, $300,000; New York
city assay buildings, $150,000; barge office,
$100,000; marine hospital, $50,000; postoffice,
$500,000; Oklahoma City, Okla., $100,000;
Owensboro, Ky., $75,000; Richmond, Va..
$150,000; St. Louis, Mo., postoffice, $77,500;
Salisbury, N. C., $50,000; Shreveport, La.,
$60,000; Washington. D. C., building for
bureau engraving and printing, $653,695.
By the Isthmian Canal commission, $15,-
504.086 Is asked for skilled and unskilled
labor—an Increase of more than $3,000,000
over the amount provided for the current
year and $20,218,983 Is asked for material
-ran Increase of almost $10,000,00(L
The total increase In Isthmian canal
expenditures is from $33,638,000 to $48,063,-
624.
For public works under the war depart
ment the estimates include $2,000,000 for
the alteration and maintenance of the
sea coast artillery; $1,319,000 for sea coast
batteries in the Philippines to be ex
pended under the engineer department;
$1,900,000 for fortifications in the insular
possessions under the ordnance depart
ment; $500,000 for store houses at Manila;
$183,000 for completing the military prison
at Fort Leavenworth; $850,000 to complete
the army supply depot at Fort Mason,
Cal.; $200,00i) for a cavalry post on Ha
waiian territory; $150,000 for the improve
ment of the Yellowstope National park.
Under the head of rivers and harbors,
the larger estimates are $315,000 for im
proving the channel in Gowanus bay, New
York; $194,000 for the harbor at Cleve
land.
' The interior department wants $500,000
for protecting the public lands and the
attorney general $200,000 for the detection
and prosecution of crimes against the
government and investigation of the acts
of officers of the United States and ter
ritorial courts.
negotiating the contracts of December
19, 1907, these contracts being of such
a character as to place Mr. Gray, her
co-executor, because of his personAl in
terest in the firm of Inman & Co., for
the time being in a position which was
adverse to the estate. The execution
oflthese contracts being, in the opinion
of the arbitrator, a very Important fac
tor in rendering possinie the final satis
factory condition of affairs. One-half
of the usual commissions oelng allowed
on the Brice transaction, and as Mr.
Gray’s position in this matter was ad
verse to the interests of the estate, the
same should go to Mrs. Brandon, mak
ing a total of $1,247.39 avowed to Mr.
Gray, and a total of $5,497.39 allowed to
Mrs. Brandon.
4. To Mrs. May Inman oray and Mrs.
Harriet F. Brandon as receivers for
their allowances for services in this
case each the sum of ten thousand dol
lars ($10,000), making a total of $20,000
to the receivers.
Total to be paid by the receivers as
above set forth. $<1,744.78.
This the 4th aay of December, 1909.
J. M. TERRELL, Arbitrator.
Plot to Assassinate Kaiser
BERLIN, Dec. A—An anarchist weekly,
the Freie Arbeiter, says the sudden ar
rest* at Breslau last week on the occa
sion of Emperor William’s visit to Car
dinal Kopp, were due to the discovery of
a plot to assassinate the emperor In which
plot one Noack wa* supposed to be the
ringleader.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1909
CONGRESS OPENS;
BRIEF SESSIONS
IN ROWHOUSES
Speaker Cannon Is Applauded,
When, Customary Carnation
in His Button-Hole, He Goes
to the Speaker’s Stand.
DEATH OF MEMBERS
CAUSES ADJOURNMENT
Senate Held Thirteen Minutes, and
the House Also Had a Short
x
Meeting—Only Routine Busi
ness at Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—An animated
scene presented itself to Speaker Cannon
when he appeared in the chair promptly
at noon today to call to order the house
of representatives in the initial gathering
of the first regular session of the 61st
congress. •
. The galleries were crowded to the doors
long before the hour arrived.
A round of applause greeted the speak
er when he entered the chamber with his
customary red carnation. For a moment
he stood in nis place nervously fingering
the gavel. While the applause was sub
siding the gavel descended with a re
sounding left-handed whack.
“The house will be in order. The chap
lain will offer prayer.’’
As if only on yesterday the doors closed
upon their activities, both houses of con
gress at noon today took up the work of
the so-called “long session,” which may
not adjourn until well into the summer.
Although since’the memorable inaugura
tion day last March these same senators
and representatives have already done
five months’ work in the extra session
from March to August, which brought
forth the new tariff act, the session be
gun today is technically the first of tho
61st congress.
BOTH SESSIONS BRIEF.
The senate was in session but 13 min
utes, the house session, too, was brief,
and the work in both was of purely rou
tine character. The net result was that
the president was informed that both
houses were ready for business and
awaiting any message which he might
see fit to send. His response will take
the form of his first annual message, the
reading of which will constitute the fea
ture of tomorrow's business.
The extra fltoflaton -of the summer af
forded opportunity for the organization
of both houses, election of speaker, ap
pointment of committees and such mat
ters of routine so that both houses were
free to start today with all the smooth
ness of a well-oiled and thoroughly at
tuned machine.
The procedure followed on the first day
was -similar to that which has charac
terized every opening of congress. A
great maas of bills was Introduced. Rep
resentatives simply deposited the bills
In the Receptacles provided. Senators will
wait Until tomorrow before laying be
fore their body the new measures which
they propose to father during the com
ing months.
The announcement of the recent death
of Senator Johnson, of South Dakota,
and Representatives Lassiter, of Virginia,
and DeArmond. of Missouri, caused ad
journments today on both sides of the
capital. The swearing in of Senator Foun
tain L. Thompson and of Representatives
W W. Credle, of Washington, and W.
J. Moxley, of Illinois, who have beer,
named since the adjournment of the spe
cial session, will not take place until
tomorrow Just before the president’s mes
sage is’received.
Before today Is over there will be pre
liminary conferences on both sides of
the capital for the purpose of laying out
plans for the session’s work. Progressive
senators will not long delay their dis
cussion of the legislative work they de
sire to see done before the session closes.
The Insurgents of the house will soon
begin to cement their forces into a
working brigade. Meanwhile both sen
ate and house are awaiting the presi
dent’s message with the utmost Inter
est.
Bailey Wants Night Sessions;
Senate Astonished by Request
WASHINGTON, Dec. A—Astonishing
the senate with the unique suggestion
that he would like to see that body hold
night sessions, leaving the day to be de
voted to individual-business by senators,
end declaring his purpose of attempting
to have sessions convened hereafter at
2 o’clock, Senator Bailey, of Texas, to
day attempted to hold up the usual reso
lution by which congress begins its work
at the noon hour. Finally yielding to
!Senator Hale, he withdrew his objection,
saying he would renew his request for a
change in the hour of meeting.
When the senate was called to order
81 members responded. Mr. Culberson, of
Texas, and Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi,
were both absent on account of illness.
Senators Hale and Bacon were ap
pointed a committee to Inform the pres
ident that the senate was ready to re
ceive any message from him.
As a mark of respect to the late Sena
tor Johnson, of North Dakota, the senate
adjourned after being in session exactly
13 minutes.
President Has a Cold
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. —President
Taft has a cold, contracted Saturday or
Sunday. Badly drawing chimneys In
the president’s room at the new execu
tive offices are held responsible for the
attack by some of tnose officials close
to the president.
Appropriations Meets
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Ready for
the fray with the various branches of
the public service demanding their an
nual apportionment of public funds, the
house committee on appropriations held
its first meeting today. Three new rep
resentatives were provided for in the
distribution of subcommittees. These
are G. R. Malby, of New York, placed
on the subcommittees on dflciencles and
permanent appropriations; J. A. Kellher,
of Massachusetts, pensions and perma
nent appropriation*, and E. L. Taylor,
Jr., of Ohio, on District of Columbia
and permanent appropriations.
Members Call on President
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. —More than
50 senators and representatives paid
their respects to Preslcent Taft before
noon. None of the congressmen at
tempted to take up business affairs. So
called insurgent* and regular* alike
were f represented.
“NEWNAN IS YOUR CHARGE;
GO THERE; DO YOUR DUTY;” I
SA YS BISHOP TO DR. BIGHAM
APPOINTMENTS ARE
GIVEN MINISTERS
FOB ENSUING YEAR
Forty-Third Session of the South
Georgia Conference Came to •
Close Monday With Reading
of Assignments.
»
DR. AINSWORTH AGAIN
HEADS WESLEYAN COLLEGE
(SpeciffT Dispatch to The Journal.)
BY REV. LOY WARWICK.
WAYNESBORO, Ga., Dec. 6.—The 43d
session of the South Georgia Methodist
conference came to a close Monday at
ternoon with the appointments of the pas
tors to their pulpits for the coming year.
The appointments have attracted un
usual interest this year as there were so
many fourth year pastors in the confer
ence. This necessitated the filling of
many important pulpits with new preach
ers. However, the bishop met these
emergencies in his usual style with the
result that all are pleased.
Dr. Ainsworth was returned to Wes
leyan Female college as president while
J. W. Malone goes to the Andrew Fe
male college as president.
MEMORIALS ARE HELD.
A memorial session of the South Geor
gia conference was held Sunday after
noon. Memorials of Rev. J. W. Simmons
and Rev. S. J. Davis were given. Both 1
of these were good, true men with many
friends in south Georgia. Mr. Simmons
had been a Methodist for more than 50
year*. He died two days before confer
ence met. ,
Th* full delegation, clerical and lay, is
as follows: Rev. W. N.‘Ainsworth, Rev.
T. D. Ellis, Rev. W. C. Lovett, Rev. B.
Anthony, Rev. J. H. Scruggs, Rev. A. M.
Williams.
Lay, W. B. Stubbs, H. J. Truebright,
N. E. Harris, J. B. Wight, R. L. Greer,
R. F. Burden.
This is a dozen of the finest men in the
conference. Dr. Lovett’s present home is
in Atlanta, but he is a member of the
South Georgia conference.
The *tatlstlcal secretary and his help
ers 'havjj done the conference fine and
unselfish service. The chief of the staff
is Rev. O. F. Cook. His assistants are
Rev. J. E. Seals, J. E. Summers, W. G.
Allaben, W T. Phipps.
SAVANNAH DISTRICT.
W. F. Smith, presiding elder, Savannah.
Trinity, G. W. Matthews; Wesley Monu
mental, T. D. Ellis; Grace, T. M. Chris
tian; Epworth, Loy Warwick; Asbury
Memorial, C. C. Elliott; Waynesboro, C.
A. Jackson; Statesboro, E. M. Overby;
Guyton, W. A. Brooks; Millen, W. M.
Blitch; Girard, R. R. Norman; Sylvania,
W. D. MacGregor; C. A. Adams, super
numerary; Midville, R. L. Wiggins;
Springfield, T. I. Ness: Greencut, T. E.
Pharr; Rockford, J. W. Tlnley; Rocky
ford Mission, Nathan William; supply,
Bascom C. C. Ledbetter: Lawtonville,
Jesse Ford; Brooklet, N. W. Carmichael,
Rincon, Paul Muse; Zoar, C. J. Mallet
to; Meldrim, John Swain; supply, Oliver,
E. J. Daniel: Bulloch, C. S. T. Strickland;
supply to Cuba, O. K. Hopkins.
MACON DISTRICT.
Macon district, Osgood F. Cook, pre
siding elder. Macon, Mulberry Street, J.
E. Wray; Vlneville. J. A. Smith; First
Street. T. H. .Thomson; Century, Paul
Weills; East Macon, B. E. Whittington;
Second Street, J. W. Dominges; City mis
sion, C. S. Bridges, supply; Bibb, J. N.
Hudson; Knoxville, J. P. Ross; Byron,
J. G. Harrison; Gordon, P. L. Hollo
way; Irwinton. C. W. Jordan; Washing
ton. Paul Kendall; Tentllle. J. A. Roun
tree; Sandersville, H. M. Morrison; Da
visboro and Newhope, T. C. Gardner;
Warthen, G. R. Partil; Spread, William
Kitchens; Matthews, A. A. Sanders.
Editor Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
W. C. Lovett; president Wesleyan Female
college. W. N. Ainsworth; professor Wes
leyan Female colelge, W. W. Sheats;
conference missionary, J. M. Bass; con
ference missionary, Oscar B. Close, sup
ply; agent orphans’ home, W. A. Hucka
bee; conference colportuer, J. H. Math
ers; to Japan, W. J. Callahan;
missionaries to Cuba, E. E. Clements and
H. B. Bardwell.
COLUMBUS DISTRICT.
Columbus district: T. B. Stafford, pre
siding elder, Columbus. , St. Luke’s, B.
Anthony; St. Paul’s, L. G. Lang; Rose
hill, H. C. Jones; East Highlands, W. P.
Blevin; North Highlands, H. Stevens;
Broad Street. H. 8. Allen; Midland, E.
W. Gray; Hamilton, R. W. Cannon;
Waverly Hall and Shiloh, J. N. Peacock;
Geneva, R. A. Howell; Talbotton, W. F.
Hixon; Talbot, G. C. Ingram; Woodland,
W. S. Heath; Butler, S. W. Brown; Rey
nolds, N. H. Olmstead; Mauk, G. W.
Thomas; Buena Vista, W. L. Stewart;
Cuessta, R. M. Booth; Marlon, E. W. An
derson; conference missionary, Jason Shl
rah; missionary to Korea, J. L. Gerdine.
CORDELE DISTRICT.
Cordele district, K. Read, presiding
elder; Cordele, M. A. Morgan; Fitzgerald,
Guton Fisher; Hawkinsville, J. O. A.
Cook; Fort Valley, J. P. Wardlaw;
Vienna, J. J. Ansley; Oglethorpe, J. B.
McGhee; Montezuma. E. H. McGhee;
Marshallville, T. E. Davenport; Unadilla
and Snow, J. N. Jones; Ocilla, B. 8. Sen
tell; Mystic, R. B. Ross; Pinehurst, A. G.
Brewton; Perry, M. F. Beals; Elko, E. E.
Gardner; Byromville. C. G. Earnest;
Rochelle. R. M. Wesley; Pineview, H. C.
Fentress; Arabi, J. 6. Lewis; Ideal,
Walter Williams; Rebecca. E. H.
Daniels, supply.
‘ AMERICUS DISTRICT
Americus district, J. B. Johnston,
presiding elder. Americus, O. B. Ches
ter; Dawson, J. H. McFerrln; Cuthbert,
J. E. Seals; Lumpkin, C. L. Clark; Fort
Gaines, J. G. Christian; Shellman and
Graves, T. W. Darley; Ellaville, S. E.
Bailey; Plains, J. M. Rustin; Richland,
M. B. Ferrlll; Mount Zron and Leslie,
J. P. Dickenson; Bronwood, J. H. Allen;
Smithville, W. C. Glenn; Edison, R. M.
Allison; Lean-, C. L. Nease; Spring
ville and Georgetown, J. W. Connors;
Parrott, C. E. Roberts; SHellman cir
cuit, J. T. Lowe; Omaha, J. D. McCord;
Sumter, P. Flanders: president Andrew
Y’emale college, J. W. Malone.
THOMASVILLE DISTRICT.
Thomasville District: A. M. Williams,
Continued on Page Three
LOWNDES BUILDING
TO BE MADE ANNEX
FOR THEGANDLER
j Big Office Building Will Be Con
nected With Candler Edifice
by an Underground
Way.
‘525,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS
HAVE BEEN PROJECTED
Within the near future the Lowndes
building, recently purchased from G. S.
Lowndes by Asa G. Candler for $125,000,
will be subjected to vast
costing at least $25,000, and will be con
nected with the Candler building proper
by a subterranean passageway.
It will be recalled that the announce
ment of the transfer of this valuable
piece of Atlanta property from the orig
inal owner to Mr. Candler was made sev
eral days ago, at which time the future
plans for the building were not disclosed.
The announcement that the Lowndes
building will be transformed into the
Candler annex was made public Sunday
afternoon by Asa G. Candler, Jr., who
was in Washington en route to New
York on business. The younger Mr.
Candler Is manager of the Candler In
vestment company, and his statement Is
absolutely authoritative.
The Lowndes building is. perhaps, the
oldest of the modern office buildings of
the city, and is regarded as a very val
uable piece of property. Its location on
North Pryor street, practically adjoining
the Candler building, makes the .plan to
convert It into a physically connected,
annex eminently practicable.
The importance of this action on tiie
part of Asa G. Candler, the active head
of the Candler Investment company,
with reference to the financial fabric of
the community is at once apparent. No
man in the city is more closely Identified
with financial, industrial and commer
cial affairs than is Mr. Candler, and the
raet that he is about to put $150,000 more
into Atlanta property is a direct evidence
of his profound faith In the soundness
of her institutions and her future.
GUNOLEBGTOiIILO
A BIG GOTTON MILL
IN DEKALB COUNTY
Witham Mill at Hartwell Has
Been Bought for SIOO,OOO
and Will Be Moved Near
Limits of Atlanta.
By Ralph Smith
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6. Th*
Witham cotton mill, at Hartwell, ha*
been purchased by Asa G. Candler, Sr.,
and his son, Asa G. Candler, Jr., for SIOO,-
000. The mill which has been closed since
last July, was sold by the trustees for the
bondholders.
The Candlers propose to organize a new
company and remove the cotton mill to a
point near Atlanta. Their plan also con
templates the doubling of the old mill’*
capacity from 6,000 to 12,000 spindles.
The mill will be located in DeKalb coun
ty, at the junction of the Southern rail
way main line and the old Seaboard belt
line. The land has already been acquired
by the Candlers, and offers, it is said,
an ideal site.
Asa G. Candler, Jr., is now In New
i York working on the organization of the
company. He will be joined there on
Wednesday by his father, now attending
the Southern Commercial congress here.
It is proposed to sell the land and old
mill building at Hartwell and issue $250,000
of stock on the new property.
CHILD SPENT NIGHT
WITH SLAIN PARENTS
Y-
Father Kills Wife and Suicides.
Child Exhausted by Cold
and Hunger
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 6.—Through
out the coldest night of the season thus
far, Earl Campbell, 2 years old, was
locked in an apartment in Kansas City,
Kan., alone with the dead bodies of his
father and mother, both slain w6th the
same weapon found in the father's hand.
The child’s plight was discovered by
neighbors who had been disturbed all
night by Its crying. Joseph Campbell.
32 years of age, shot and killed his wlte,
Nyra, and then slew himself Saturday
night while the neighbors were away.
Stains on the child’s dress and hands
Indicated that it had tried to arouse tne
slain mother. When found the child was
almost exhausted from cold and hunger.
DR. DOXEY HELD PENDING
INQUEST_OVER ERDER
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 6.—Dr. Loren B. •
Doxey, husband of Dora E. Doxey, is
under surveillance and practically a pris-1
oner pending the inquest Into the death of
William J. Erder, whom Mrs. Doxey is I
accused of having killed with arsenic.
The Inquest is set for Tuesday. Dr.
Doxey is stopping at the Mrechants' hotel
with Jefferson Fuller, Mrs. Doxey’*
father.
CHARLES W. MORSE
LOSES HIS APPUAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. A—The supreme
court of the United States today de
nied the petition of Charles W Morse
the New Y"ork banker, for a writ of cer
tiorari.
The result of the decision Is to leave in
effjet against Morse the senten'-e of 1*
year*' imprisonment at the federal peni
tentiary In Atlanta. , \
Dr. R. J. Bigham Returns From a
Hurried Visit to Bishop Hen
drix, but He Is Not Released
From Appointment.
DR. BIGHAM TELLS WHY
RE ASKED FOR RELEASE
■
Has Many Friends in Newnan and
Loves the People There, but
Thought He Should Not Be
Returned.
“Newnan is your charge; go there and
do your duty.”
This is the mandate of Bishop Hendrix
to Dr. R. J. Bigham. It was delivered Jn
person by the bishop to Dr. Bigham him
self, and closes the incident as to whether
or not Dr. Bigham would be released
from the Newnan church’ or would serve
as appointed.
The announcement of the bishop's final
decision is furnished by Dr. Bigham, who
arrived in Atlanta Monday morning. Dr.
Bigham, as stated exclusively in The
| Journal last Friday, left Atlanta Thurs
day afternoon for Searcy, Ark., to have
a personal conference with the bishop.
Immediately upon his return to Atlanta,
Dr. Bigham called The Journal and gave
out the result of this interview. Dr. Big
ham states his reasons at length for ask
ing to be relieved of the Newnan charge
and goes more fully «into the controversy
thari upon any previous occasion.
DR. BIGHAM’S STATEMENT.
Dr. Bigham’s statement in full, as fur-
, nished The Journal, is as follows:
“I have been out to Searcy, Ark., to
see Bishop Hendrix, who is holding the
White River conference there. I went out,
not to ask him to give me any appoint
ment, but to ask him, as I had tele
graphed him before I left Atlanta, tj
release me from the Newnan appointment
for reasons which have been stated here
tofore in the Atlanta papers.
"I have a great many friends that I
fondly love in Newnan, Ga., among" all
denominations,.but I have thought from
the first that' I ought not to be sent
back there because they had had a new
appointment and I had been remove*
and they were taking steps by corres-r
pondence and otherwise with their nevr
pastor and .1 thought that appointment
ought to remain—res adjudicate. -
“He said that he would not release me
from Newnan. I told him I was willing
to take any appointment in the confer
ence instead, but he replied to me:
“ ’Newnan is your charge; go there and
do your duty.’
“I suggested to him several charges
which might be made, everyone of them
to my disadvantage. But he did not know
about the points I suggested; and I could
not assure him that the brethren would
themselves be agreeable, even though it
would increase their salaries.
BISHOP’S MIND MADE UP.
“He seemed to have his mind positive
ly made up. I said that there was such
an uprising in Atlanta both among
preachers and laymen as would make it
impossible for me to do the work of the
district to the best advantage. That he
knew I would be at such a disadvantage
as would disqualify me for taJdng up th*
work of the Atlanta district.
“I desire to say to the public that hew
great an uprising there really was among
preachers and laymen will be stated later
by myself and many friend* for me an
this city.
j “Under the Methodist system I am
obliged to go back to Newnan and I go
' with a very great deal of pleasure under
I the circumstances. I did not originally
ask to be relieved of the Newnan charge
and I wish to repeat my fondnesa for the
entire town and my church particularly.
I only resisted, as far as I could cour
teously do so, because I did not think
that after the trouble at St. John and
In the Atlanta district It wa* fair to <ne
or Newnan to send me back to that
charge.
GRATEFUL TO FRIENDS.
"Please permit me to express my ap- (
predation through The Journal to th*
thousands of friends I have in Atlant*
and throughout Georgia who have writ
ten and telegraphed me congratulation*,
first, in the case of my St John appoint
ment and afterwards when I wa* ap
pointed to the Atlanta district
“I have been quiet and courteou* for
four or five years. I mean still to pre
serve what every gentlemen preserves, a
spirit of kindness, but I shall, if it seem*
advisable to me later, present some fact*
touching me for the last three or four
years, which I have never yet made any
statement of to the public.”
CALBIN AGGEPTS
posno CRM
Chicago Lawyer Is Finally Ap
pointed—Choice Is Acceptable
to the Appointee, Secretary
Knox and Chinese Government.
WASHINGTON, Dec. A—Announcement
was made at the state department today
of the appointment of William J. Cal
houn, of Chicago, as minister to China.
Mr. Call' • "’Mis accepted the appoint
ment and the . t’s-aese government has in
dicated its pleasure in receiving him.
In appointing Mr. Calhoun to the Chi
nese mission. Mr. Taft has selected a
man of wide experience and one well
qualified to fill that very Important post,
which requires a statesman combining
both business and diplomatic qualifica
tions.
Mr. Calhoun is a well known corpora
tion lawyer of Chicago, paving begun
practice in Danville, 111., in 1875. He has
done some Important diplomatic work
durin ghis career, notably when at the
request of President McKinley he investi
gated conditions in Cuba prior to the out
break of the Spanish-American war, and
later v hen he investigated the difficulties
between the asphalt companies and
President Castro, of Venezuela, for Pres
ident Roosevelt. |
For two years he was a member of the
interstate commerce commission. Mr.
Calhoun is 61 year* old and a natlv* of
Pittsburg, Pa. j ;
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