The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-10
WILL GO BEFORE THE COURT.
THE SOCIETY DIsPOsEs or THE
ART SCHOOL QUESTION.

NAMMa EANHEM At Inst AAEm MFFA-
inE-Judge Harden objected TO
the Gag RuIe-The Court VIII
Have TO Pass on WhetaeE the
Proposition Is in Violation Of Miss
TeIfair's WflI-Judge FaIIiEant
Probably DIsqunIihed-The Minor
ity VIII Make a Fight on the Petit
lion.
The question Of the art school At the Tel
far Academy. about which there has been
so much discussion. viii now 90 before
the courts This was decided al the special
meeting Of the Georgia Historical Society
held last night
The society passed a resolution offered
at a former meeting by Capt. H. C. Gun
ninsham. providing that a petition be pre-
scented 10 the superior court asking per-
mission 10 borrow money with which TO
pay of the Academys Indebtedness TO
Gen. Henry r. jackson. 10 hypothecate
the academy's income as security to a GER
tain extent and TO use the balance for the
purposes OF maintenance. paying the debt
TO Mr Brandt and paying the salary Of
an art instructor al the academy. In view
Of the fact that Col. John Screven. one OF
the members Of the committee appointed
10 take charge OF this matter had refused
to sign the petition drawn up. Capt Gun
ningham's resolution provided that the
| other two members OF the committee be
requested TO present the petition TO the
court.
There were not fifty members present
at $50 o'clock, the hour for the meeting
They came in however, one by one until
S:45. when the fftieth man entered the
room and was greeted with APPLAUSE. Sew
eral came in after that and the number
was increased TO about sixty.
Mr.. Charles n. West opened the discus
sion by moving the passage Of Capt. II. c.
Cuningham's resolution relating TO the
art school. Capt Cunningham was not
| present. Before he went any further
Col. William Garrard said he desired to
make a motion relative 10 procedue. He
moved IN view Of the fact that the matter
/ had been fully discussed. that each gen
| tleman desiring 10 speak on the subject
1 De limited TO ten minutes, and that no
| gentleman be allowed TO speak more than
once. The motion was seconded by Hon.
| Pope Barrow. Before the question was
put Judge William ID. Harden entered an
| objection to the Introduction of what he
called such political methods when the
question under discussion was such an i'm
| porlant one The motion, however, was
carried, Judge Harden and one or two
others voting against IL.
Mr.. West then went into the history OF
the art school matter up 10 date: the re-
lection 10y the board OF managers Of all
the plans suggested. the expressed de-
sire on the part of the society to pay the
Indebtedness to Gen. Henry r.. Jackson,
The appointment OF a committee OF three
10 look into the matter of borrowing sufi-
cient money for that purpose and 10
present a petition TO the court asking
permission TO do so, and to hypothecate
the Telfair Academy's income as secur-
ity, and finally the refusal of Col John
| Screven, one OF the member Of the COM
mittee, TO sign the petition to the court,
| and the report to the society. Mr. West
said the only question before the society
now was getting the art school which
the board and all the members Of the So
ciety had said they wanted.
Col. Screven said he had refused to sign
the petition because its terms were erron-
eous. The court, he said, was to be led
TO believe that the former art school in
the academy was discontinued for want
OF funds. There was an art school, he
said but he denied in toto the proposi-
ton that II ceased for want Of funds.
None Of the funds, he said, from the So
ciety's income have ever been used to
sustain the art school. Mr. Brandt, he
stated, was paid 5000 year as director,
and not one cent as instructor in the art
| academy. He refused TO sign a paper he
said, which would put the court under a
misrepresentation.
Col. Screven then read his objections to
the petition from the record This was not
included in his ten minutes. As member
of the committee who had refused to sign
the petition he lSo said he Go considered
not allowed to explain himself. Col.
Screven then read his objections to the
| petition. Among others being the reason
that it was erroneous. that il was not in
conformity with the viii of Miss Telfair,
that the amount for maintenance and re-
pairs set aside under the proposition. $500
, a year, was TWO small that the proposed
loan is perlous as 1t deprves the society
from the collection Of the trust income
for ten years, that the debt to Gen. Jack
son can be paid in three years and that
such a movement would be generally dis
, advantageous to the society and the aea-
: DENY.
! These we're among the reasons given by
, Col. Screven for his refusal. Unanimous
! consent was given here that Col. Screven
; be allowed to speak as long as he desired
Col. Screven thanked the society for its
If the July dividend is applied to the
J | principal debt, Col. Screven said, the aca-
DENY would be deprived of maintenance
Nor would $500 year be sufficient for
= maintenance He said that when all nee
! essary expenses and Indebtedness were
/. paid the will of Miss Telfair required that
the balance be used in purchasing new
I, works Of art. The 81. 400 which would be
left he said would not be sufficient for
the expenses of an art school.
This proposition, he said would place
the trustees under the will in a most hu-
= initiating position. They would lose all
power over the trust income, and the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
I
$ to its own Interpretation of the orders
and circumstances. He said the propcsi
: ton was very doubtful question of law,
I as the code of Georgia even provided that
!, a trustee did not have the right to by
n | pothecate a crop for supplies.
The proposed power of attorney under
the petition was read at Mr.. Vests re-
5 quest. The power of attorney speciiicaI-
T | ly provided what the agent should do
e with each portion of the income after
e collecting it. 1t was moved that Mr.
n l West be allowed sneak
+ one else wanted to move a reconsidera-
y ton of Col. Garrards motion about the
ten minutes.
Mr.. J. r. Saussy wanted to hear some
L authority for the society as trustee un-
der the will instructing itself to do thar
which the testatriX had not instructed
IL TO do. The meeting decided to hear from
| Mr. West again.
Mr.. West went into the reasons for hv-
pothecating the income. The amount for
) maintenance together with the door re-
[ cepts, he said, was amply sufficient.
= Those who had objected to 81 600 a year
I being appropriated for sinking fund and