The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-13

books that :. Y. Wall was i'm my debt to
n considerable amount. He said he did
not see how he could settle it. | then
volunteered to deduct the tuition Of hi.
children from 1885 to 1891, amOunting I.
nearly $l90O.OO. This was done and
wrote a statement Of the facts on the
ily-ieaf of the ledger. When Mr.. wal
repudiated that settlement, every item
connected with it was set aside, but he
claimed that he should not be charged
with q cent of tuition, and asserted that
it was an agreement between us that
his children were to receive free tuition.
The minority Of the arbitrators make
the following statement which was
attached to the award:
We. the minority Of the Board Of Arbi-
traitors, express our full assent to and con-
currence in all conclusions and decisions in
the matters submitted to our arbitration,
save and except in regard to the tuition of
Mr.. Walls children. The item of $9235O for
said tuition from 1886 to 1894, inclusive, was
deducted from Mr.. Walls account We
think 1t should be reinstated, less Il credit
of Sl3i, which he is entitled to on Mr..
Mooney tuition remitted by the Board of
ArbltratOrS, and deducted from the re-
ceipts, leavingan amount to be added to
Mr.. Walls account of $7SJ50 which is the
tuition at half rates.
JAMES p. HAMMER,
JOHN ATWOOD.
Here we have a single item which
represents nearly $4,000 of my indebted
ness to S. V. Wall, and that for the
tuition of his children. Since 1894, there
have been $44S.00 of tuition which he
should have paid. In short, every one
of Mr.. Wallis ten children has been in
the Wall and Mooney School for longer
or shorter periods of the eleven years
Of the partnership, and to-day Mr.. Wall
stands before the public as having re-
ceived every cent of that tuition at the
hands of w. d. Mooney, with the ex-
ception of $l6S00.
Mr.. Wall mentions the library and
quotes the award of the arbitrators with
regard to it. | bought and paid for the
library with the funds and credit of w.
ID. Mooney. Mr.. Wall never invested
one cent therein and refused to do so.
His claim was based on the fact that
the library books were spoken of in the
catalogue as "Wall and Mooney's," and
on the further fact that the library
would not have been source of reve-
nue. without the school.
The instances given are fair samples
of Mr.. Wallis charges against me. The
public will not lose sight of the fact
that he comes with his claims at the
end of eleven years, and that settle
with it great deal of uncertainty and
places me at a disadvantage. / have
settled with him and he has accepted
that settlement as final. He now comes
before the public with charges against
which | have no means of defense
through inquiry, as all business rela-
tiOns between us have been adjusted by
the award of arbitrators, and no court
will open those questions again. The
animus is plain.
Mr.. Wallis appeal to the alumni is
quite adroit, but have little fear that
he will succeed in persuading any of
them to believe aught to my detriment
If he can succeed as a teacher, / am
sure that l have no objection. l have
no malice towards him, and am only
sorry that he has seen fit to force me
into a controversy which is as useless
as it is unpleasant.
In conclusion, | mention the fact that
for eleven years. | have, without com
pensation, attended to the business OF
the firm, done its correspondence, and
managed all the details connected
Herewith. in addition, have not re,
ceived from the firm more than one
fifth of the amount expended. bv me
for stationery and postage. These
charges were omitted by me at the
GlUle, anu, as L nau no record OF Ine
amount actually expended, it became
necessary to estimate it and the
estimate did not cover one-tifth of the
cost. For that, however, l do not
blame the arbitrators, as they are not
expected to repair my negligence.
Finally, though our partnership was
one terminable at will, and though |
had notified him that it was at an end,
and had advertised in many papers
that | would open my school, still, de.
spite all this, he was so reluctant TO
have it terminate that he did not agree
to sign the papers of dissolution until
Saturday, July 10TH He also omits tc
state that turned over the assets of
the firm amounting to nearly $3,500.0C
to the Williamson County Banking d
Trust Co., to apply to the award of the
arbitrators after paying about $4,000 OF
firm liabilities. In addition to this,
executed my notes to him for the full
amount of said award, $3,3S0.36 The
arbitrators did not decide that 1 was
indebted to the firm of Wall and
Mooney in the sum of $6,76O72, as stated
by Mr.. Wall in his circular.
w. d. MOONEY.
Franklin, Tenn, JUIV 50, 1897.