The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-12-18

manner as they were now proceeding
under. That as Mr.. Hughes did not
object to his being seated in that way
he ought not to object to his being
unseated in the undiguitied fashion.
The Hon. w. J. Whitthorne dis
covered that Mr.. Taylor was getting
dry, whereupon he shed his buster
our most remote forefathers and
travelled this way. He stopped long
enough in the county of Buncombe to
talk for that quite awhile. Then he
gave some excellent limitations of the
old time style of spread eagle oratory,
and then he got down to business and
made his point; and, as he usually
does, made very good point. He
said, Gentlemen, before you ask us
to turn the old man out, name to US
the new man you wish to put IN"
The point was well taken, and the
crowd applauded.
This did not set Mr.. Webster back
in the least. He leaped into the arena
and named a. N. Akin, and the
crowd again applauded. Mr.. Web
ster then made his speech, in which
| he said he was not there to talk
sentiment, but to represent the credi-
tors who had their money in the bank
and wanted to get it out. He did not
want any lawyer or President or. Di-
rector or debtor to have charge OF
affairs, but creditor who would
look solely to the interest Of the
creditors.
Mai. J. It. Williamson made one of
the most if not the most practical and
business talks of the day. He said
he did not intend to reflect upon the
honesty or integrity of Maj. Ingram,
but that it had been developed that
the Trustee would be called upon to
settle large overdraft with Mr.. In
gram, and that it was not right or
proper that Mr.. Ingram shall make
this settlement with himself Furth-
er, that the Trustee would be called
upon to see some if not all the Direc-
tors, that Mai. Ingram had made
these men Directors of the bank, and
that he was not the proper party to
see them.
H p. Figuers supplemented Maj.
Williamson's remarks by adding that
Mai. IngIam's advisors, Messrs
Hughes s. Hatcher and Southall q
Smiser, would advise him that the
Directors were not liable and should
not be sued. That he and other at
torneys of other creditors would say
they should be sued, but that Maj.
Ingram would naturally follow the
at least while the present Trustee was
hating between the conflicting ad-
visors, the statute of limitations would
be running, to the in ury of the credi'
tors. He thought the creditors were
entitled to Trustee who would be
advised by the attorneys for the cred
itors and not the attorneys for the
Directors.
When Mr.. Figures had concluded,
1, hn roof ond
the meeting en- masse turning its
eyes upward beheld the anxious cOun-
teDance of P. II. Southall Esq. How
Mr.. Southall had managed to get so
near Heaven our reporter could not
get near enough the scaffOlding to
discover. He was Interrupted by a
gentleman who talked something
other than english, and whose for
eign accent put the house in a roar OF
laughter. Because of this hubbub
we could not hear much of what Mr..
Southall said. But he was strongly
in favor of the present Trustee re-
manning, and doubtless made good
speech, as the young barrister is
given to doing.
All this and much more was said
by diverse and sundry people, and
finally the motion being put to the
house the meeting resolved that Maj.
Ingram be requested to resign.
And thereupon the meeting ad-
journed. Whether Maj. Ingram will
pay any attention to a request COM
ing In such an uncertain and nnbusi-
ness like and undignified manner, re-
mains to be seen. We have made in
quiries, but have been unable to
learn.
The reports of the committees are
in words and figures as follows: