The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-13

purpose stated would materially
BENEFIT the the p, academy in that It
as now il is practically useless.
He moved that the board of curators be
authorized to pay the necessary $500 for the
employment of Mr.. Bradley.
Judge William -. Harden entered into
an explanation as to why the society, or
the board of managers of the academy,
had nothing to do with the $500 as il Is
in the hands of Mr.. Brandt. as a trus-
tee. He thought the ladies could secure
it for the purpose they have In hand
If they applied to Mr.. Brandt for it. With
regard TO the $1,000, which remains in
the hands of the president Gen. Henry
X jackson, he said, that 1t was decided
to keep that amount on hand for any
unusual or extraordinary expenses that
the academy might incur, and for this
reason no appropriation could be MADE
from that fund. He explained also thar
an agreement had been made by which
all the rest of the income of the academy
was to go to discharge the debt to Gen.
Jackson.
Col. Gordon said he did not ask the
academy to make an appropriation. but
simply that Mr.. Brandt be requested,
through the society, or the board of man
Sgers OF the academy, TO turn over the
1t was explained just here that the rea-
son the petition of the ladies 10 have Mr..
Brandt asked for the $500 had not been
considered at the meeting of the board
looked as 1t was in an envelope with some
otnner papers, and was not seen.
remembered
stated that he had been the medium
through whom the $500 in question had
passed from the ladies to Director
Brandt He took occasion to say that il
the ladies would state in writing that
the appropriation of the $500 toward
painting portrait of Miss Telfair was a
diversion from the purpose intended, he
would ask Director Brandt to return It,
He emphasized in the most vigorous and
emphatic language that it is a shame upon
the community and the people of Savan-
nan that nothing has been done by them
70 show appreciation of the charities of
Miss Telfair. He had been trying for
years, he said, to get her portrait paint
ed without using her own money for it,
but in vain. If no appreciation is shown
OF such requests. he said, the people need
not expect any others to be made.
Col. Gordon took very strong exceptions
TO what Gen. Jackson said. The $500 had
not been appropriated toward the portrait
of Miss Telfer, he said, but for another
purpose. A contract is a contract, he said.
and the president ought to be called TO
order for the criticisms he had passed
upon the society and the community.
Gen. Jackson stated he had been mis-
understood, as he had simply meant that
If the ladies wanted the money and would
say that it was not appropriated for that
picture, he would ask A1r. Brandt to re-
turn II for the purpose in hand. But he
simply took that occasion, he said, to make
the statement he did The city, he
thought, had injured itself by showing sc
little appreciation of the Telfairs. Nothine
had ever been done, he said, to show any
appreciation, except to change the name
of one square. The city council he stated
had refused TO honor another benefactor
by refusing to change the name of Forsyth
park to Hodgson park.
Col. John Screven also stated that the
$500 had been appropriated to purchase &
picture at the time of the world s fair
but the intention had not been carried out
Col. J. H. NJ Clinch made practically the
same statement saying that out of abou
81, 800 raised the board of managers haf
appropriated $1,000 toward the picture OF
Miss Telfair, and the rest was to go L
buy some other picture
Several other speeches were made with
regard 10 the matter, Mr.. c. n. Yves
advocating the appropriation of al
amount from the 81, 500 in question toward
the purposes of the art league
Mr.. John Nicolson, Jr., moved that this
society relinquish any rights it derived
from the 1900 as a beneficiary, and tina
was finally Incorporated in Col. Gordon's
resolution, which, after considerable dis
cussion, was passed. DR.. Charlton's res
olution was Withdrawn.
The whole trouble appears to have beer
that everybody had g different understand
ing as to what the $500 was originally ap
as put in writing, and as passed withou
a dissenting vote, is as follows:
Whereas, Some years ago the ladie.
who formed the Telfair Literary and AR
Union raised a sum Of about $500, and
Whereas, Said money was placed il
the hands of Mr. Carl L. Brandt for tn,
purchase Of picture for the Telfail
Academy, and
Whereas, Many of the ladies OF sail
art union have addressed this society re
quesung that Mr.. Brandt return the sun
OF 500 TO be used in securing a teacher
LOT the teaching of class of art schol
az hds IN the Telfair Academy; therefore
Resolved. That the board of director,
/ are hereby requested to forward to MT