The morning news., 1888-04-04

except by tYo-thirds vote, which was
agreed upon. On Monday night the joint
meeting was held. The anti-denonination-
alists were represented by B. J. Cubbedge,
G. A. J. Sweat and j. F. Blackshear; the
Methodists by Col. X. J. Davant, W. B.
denomlnatlonalists say that the Meth
odists were dictatorial, and instead Of
talking about compromising they made
proposition THAI the old board, which
had been virtually ousted by the people by
tie election of new board, coolly proposed
to consent to the new board controlling the
affairs Of the anti-denominational school,
and they would control the academy prop
erty This was rejected by the anti-de-
nominationalists as out of the question.
METHODIST MASS MEETING TONIGHT.
The Methodists have now called mass
meeting for tonight to "determine the
present status and future disposition of the
GuyJOn Academy THE call" said a
prominent anti-denominatonalist yester-
day, sis signed by all the Methodist
preachers and the Methodist people, in
cluding the Rev. Mr.. McGehee, living
up at Talbotton, in another county.
The Methodists," said the anti
denominationalist, 'claim that the
people were not properly notified of the
former mass meeting, and yet their chief
spokesman refused to publish the call which
was taken to the office of thetown paper, of
which he is the editor, and which paper,
claiming to be a secular paper, does not
even publish the call nor a report of the
meeting.n
The meeting tonight promises to be ex-
ceedingly interesting. The ant-denomina-
tionalistS and Baptists have not vet decided
whether they will participate or not. They
claim that the matter was finally settled at
the meeting of the citizens on March "a.
They also say they hold the academy, and
that possession is nine points of the law"
They say, too, that the town now, by rea-
son of the rivalry, has two good schools,
both of which are more largely attended
and more prosperous than when the town
had but one school.
INTERVIEWING A METHODIST.
A MORNING NEWS reporter yesterday in
terviewed one of the Methodists who was
in the Monday night joint conference, and
he said that they did not recognize the
validity of the new board. and certainly did
not recognize its claim to any title to the
academy property. They also object to
tho summary way in which, without pre-
ferring any charges, or awaiting the report
OF the old board, it has been relegated to
the rear, and the new Baptist board has
been elected. He explained the application
OF the money derived from the rent of the
ACdueHly u LHe support OF Jne Methodist
school as being the proposition of Mr.. Cub
bedge, who said that it would take twice
that amount to fix up another building
elsewhere. He further said that Col.
Davant, chairman of the old board, would
read his annual report at the meeting to-
night.
THE PRESENT SITUATION.
He was very much surprised that the
MORNING NEWS had obtained a report of
Monday nights joint conference, but said
that it was substantially correct as to the
proposition made by his side of the
house, that it was no surprise to
him that they could come to no agreement,
and that the Baptists, in insisting upon the
two-thirds rule, knew that an agreement
would be out of the question. In conclu-
sion he admitted that their school was un-
der the auspices of the South Georgia Con
ference, and that while this was so they
would insist uDon their share of school
funds derived from taxation, and they in
tend to build new school house, not re-
linquishing their title to the Guyton
Academy.
The Methodists and Baptists are pretty
equally divided at Guyton, the Christians
and "heathens" holding the balance of
power. The fight then has all the appear
ance of being long drawn out, and the con-
test bitter one. A new paper is also
talked of by the Observation-Disclosures