The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-08
The REPORT Not READY.
The Tellair Academy Dictatorship
Still an Uncertainty.


The Finance Committee Had no Re-
port 10 Make at Last Nights Meeting
of the Historical society-A Large
List of Visitors For April-Dr. Gem
Ter and His Son Secure Many New
Members-More Books to Be Pur-
chased.
The Georgia Historical Society at its
May meeting held last night failed to
bring up the matter of the Telfair Acad-
envy, which has been so extensively dis
cussed.
When called on for a report, Col. c. H.
Olmstead, chairman of the finance com
mittee, announced that his committee
had nothing of any Importance to report.
According to one Of the curators it is
hardly probable that the matter will be
reported to the society until the curators
and the board of managers of the acad-
my have possession of all the information
they need and are In position to act.
Director Brandt, with whom the com
mittee is now in correspondence, is I'M
well in New York city, and has not yet
been able to reply fully to the letters of
the committee. The board of managers
of the academy will probably come to a
full determination Of the matter before a
report is made to the society.
THE ACADEMY's DEBT.
AS is we'll known, the large indebted
ness Of the academy to Gen. jackson is
the cause of the difficulties under which
it is laboring.
The society is largely indebted to DR..
A. Oemler, and to his son, Mr.. M. Oemler,
for personal efforts during the last two
months in securing large number of new
members. Last night about eight new
members were added to the society
through their efforts, and at the previous
meeting they presented about twenty-five
names, all Of which were duly elected
members of the society.
During the meeting a motion was made
by Judge William Harden to have the by
laws and constitution of the society, to-
gether with a list of the members, printed
in pamphlet form. In the resolution he
took occasion to tender a vote of thanks
to DR.. Oemler and his son for their ser
vices and in that shape it was unani-
mously passed by the society. Judge
Harden also suggested that DIR. Oemler
get about eight more members in order to
supply the funds with which to pay for
INC printing u tne pdulpuIeI.
THE LIBRARY's VISITORS.
DR.. r. ]. Num-, of the library commit
tee, reported that there had been 1898
visitors to the society during the month
of April, which was the largest the soci-
ETY. has ever had recorded during any one
month. There were, he said, 20, 273 vol
umes in the library. He asked on the
part of the libarary committee, that it be
allowed to purchase new books to the
amount Of S25 per month, which, he said,
he thought the society could afford on ac-
count of the large number of new men,
bers which were being added. The mo-
tion to that effect which was made,
was unanimously carried, and list of
books to be purchased for the present
month was read and approved.
In presenting to the society a prettily
prepared and beautifully bound volume Of
the proceedings of the opening and dedi-
cation of the New Haven Colony Histori-
cal Society which he had attended as a
representative of the Georgia Historical
Society, Judge William D. Harden moved
that it be accepted without the usual
vote of thanks. Col Olmstead amended
the motion by striking out the word with
out, and 1t was unanimously passed
Several interesting volumes presented to
the society were received with thanks.