The morning news., 1899-03-07
HISTORICAL sOCIETY'S FUNDS.
.cK OF MONEY DUE TO DELIN-
oUENT MEMBERS.

,,.,It Largely win the societS
.i,i COnditiOn-The Libra
-. Renort on the SOciety's
and the Number and Char
of the Books Read-DiFectOr
Rrandt's Report on the Teifair
4 Academy.
s,nnal meeting of the Georgia His
society and the monthly meeting
March was held as Hodgson hail last
The attendance was probably the
st since the last annual meeting.
among those present were the president,
-, T,5n Screven; Vice Presidents Col
c.,-gs A Mercan and DR.. R. j. Num-,
s.,rataries Otis Ashmore and H. w. john
an and Messrs. H. P. Smart, C. S. Wood,
Minis. u. H. McLaws, Lester Hub
bel H. C. Cunningham, T. P. Ravenel,
william Harden, John NJ. Bryan, Robert
Falrgant, J. R. Saussy, G. L. Brandt, l..
e Young and NJ. Y. Henderson.
The business of the monthly meeting was
arst disposed of, after which the reports
of The officers of the society for the year
ending Feb. Ii were read. The reports of
~. chairman of the finance committee and
the treasurer did not show the society to
he in as good financial condition as might
h. desired. and the financial situation was
dealt with at some length by the presi-
dent in his report.
The report of Librarian William Harden
showed that the society had in it's
library at the end of the year
n 221I volumes, of which 400 were
(. added during the year; 1881 pam
phlets 46S of which were added during the
4 year Of the 1892 volumes taken out by
n members during the year, the librarians
A report showed that 1889 were novels, go
n magazines, 4SS memoirs, AS history, 2S4
4 travel 122 science, 105 poetry, and 56 art.
4 There were 22,542 visitors to the library.
4 The report of chief interest was that by
the president, Col John Screven The
president went fully into the financial con-
diton of the society which is not such as
4 its friends would like to have it, The net
membership, according to the treasurer s
report, Col. Screven stated, was 67O at the
close Of the fiscal year. This should have
given an income from membership dues
$3.50. OF this sum there remains unpaid
$,lSl.75 or about 35 per cent. of the
whole amount of dues for the year. In
addition to this there are dues unpaid for
previous years amounting to 81, ,24O max
ing total of SO, 421.75 of unpaid dues.
The cash statement of the treasurer
showed that in addition to 81, ,292 10. receiv-
ed from membership dues for the last and
previous years, there was paid into the
treasury $3O5, representing subscriptions of
members, voluntarily uniting to aid the So
cleJy III relieving embarrassments which
were apparent in the commencement of the
1seal year. Added to the sum derived from
from members for the year of S2.547 75 Tn
addition, including a cash balance of S92 90
brought over from 1897 there has beer
raised from book fines. book sales and Incl
oehIals the sum of $234.75, so that the cash
receipts from all sources, except bills nav
able, We're s. 1872 So
inc expenditures for the year were 81.
H"Ih showing deficit of $39467. which
was supplied by loan of $500 authorized
70 ug nade by the president, increasing the
to'i ueHcl TO $S34.67, less a balance in the
ueasury OF 2l5So, leaving a net deficit or
Sol3Si' with which to begin the new fiscal
year. '4e Ne" llscdl
IT required no further exnIanatio, ),
sdIa resident Screven in his report 80
niaAe II apparent that the above stated
1' carried over from the last fiscal
5u o- WouId not appear had the UNPAID
pueS !or mat year alone, amounting TO
Say 9LIeI.15, been settled On the CON
u'Iy there would have been a surnlns
ol S'o-'4I IN the treasury If to this were
4pueu tne unpaid dues of previous wears
''io ..-,5. su pIus would reach $2sS02.4 AZ.
Ines tHese conditions are greatly to be re-
$50, nU1 only because they have con-
sIdined the board of managers To CON
template measures of retrenchmept n ~
saIaFles OF the Librarians, In the cbarac-
u. ana extent of the reading mater
Vlerea 10 the membership. and in
ene llfnes' when the library sbonId ba
opehed' but also because these conditio,,s
Ioroid appropriations to the naceseor,y
iePairs and improvements of the Iihrary
"uiiuDls ana its Interior and to one of the
t'5illai reading objects of the society
Iaot e leu DIS historical society, ito col
Iat,.o p4eSerVe ana diffuse information re-
.a.ns TO the history of the state of Geor-
ga IN all its various departments and -
american history generally.,
me remedy for relief from tbis ~
leAlhg embarrassments, il is necessary
eussest as to urge. The simple facts
'ippeaI 1ar more than words to the inst
to"suera'lon and appropriate action of
tne members of the society.
ouI II II far from the spirit or nurnosa
os ms report to detract from the valne
ol tne norary of the society 1t is an edu-
,t institution OF the highest merit
cue most extensive and select in the state
IsSPohslVe 10 the best intelligence of a
SoUured and refined community: but the
"N'orlcai publications of the society have
1e'sed Tor many years, and yet there rest
~ Hs custody, unanswering to its char
va ed ophsations to diffuse information re-
,aung TO the history of Georgia, a num-
er OF manuscripts, the diffusion of which
"ouia De acceptable to the public and
"lose preservation can be assured only
oy me printing press. Among them are:
ne minutes OF the patriot council of
s'lely' OF the royal house assembly, the
minutes of the patriotic house of assem-
pV' the Journal of the Conven-
Ion Of 179S papers relating to the Yazoo
Hdud, the notes of Gen. James jackson
ON Ramson's History of the Revolution
m South Carolina and Georgia, the
eutoDiography of Gen. James Jackson let-
FIS OF James Habersham and of distin-
sulshed Georgia patriots, and the Hawkins
".nuscripts in nine volumes
statement of the finances Of the Tel
Iar Academy for the year was made,
showing that the receipts of the academy
lof the year 1898, including a cash balance
OF $24.29, were $l,65S.5O, all the expenditures,
}io2LH' .aoa' leaving cash balance on Jan.