The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-25
NEWS OF ATLANTA
HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
GEORGIA COMMITTEE NAMED
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A BUILDING
AT ST. LOUIS.

1t liz to Raise Funds and Arouse
Interest-COI. j. II. EstiH and
Mayor Myers Represent Savannah
Upon the COmmittee-Order in the
Building and Loan Cases Entered.
Presbyterian University Progress.
Atlanta, Nov. 24.-The committee to
raise funds for the erection of Geor-
gia building at the st. Louis Purchase
Exposition was appointed to-day by
Gov. Terrell
The committee was appointed under
a resolution adopted at a convention
in Macon. and includes, besides the
chairman, Hugh V. Washington of
Macon, twelve members from the state
at large, and one from each congress
sional district. The work of the COM
mittee win be to arouse interest and
secure subscriptions in all parts Of
the state for the purpose of erecting
on the exposition grounds at st. Louis
a handsome Georgia building.
The members of the committee are
e. p. Howell. Atlanta; H. II. Caba-
Mss, Augusta; J II. Estill, Savannah;
c. r. Pendleton, Macon; G. l. Groov-
er, Columbus: j. r. Gray. Atlanta; j.
L. Johnson, Rome; Fl. j. Rowe,
Athens; II. M. Mcintosh, Albany; w.
+. Kay, Brunswick: c. Il. Dunbar,
Augusta: Walter G.. Cooper, Atlanta,
from the state at large.
From the congressional districts:
First, Herman Myers, Savannah. Sec
ond, John W. Hightower, Thomasville;
Third, John b. Mcdaniel, Vienna;
Fourth Lucius H. Chappell, Columbus;
Fifth, ]. K. Orr, Atlanta; Sixth, E. j.
Willingham, Macon: Seventh, W. j.
Neel, Rome Eighth, A. H. Hodgson,
Athens: Ninth, II. H. Dean, Gaines
Vile; Tenth. l.. c. Hayne, Augusta;
Eleventh. r. c. Crawford, Valdosta.
Commissioner General Hughes, Com
missioner of Agriculture o. b. Stew
ems and State Geologist Yates Will
leave for st. Louis tomorrow to look
after this states interests at the eX-
position
Railroads Answer Peach Men.
The railroads had their inning in
the peach rate case before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission here to-
day. e. c. Powell of the Southern,
w. A. Winburn of the Central of Geor-
gia and other traffic men were on the
witness stand They said they could
not afford to reduce the rate, on peaches
on account of the great expense at
tached to handling them. They as
serted that the peach men can now
put seven to eight tiers of crates in
a car, though the peach growers de-
clare IL more than four to five tiers
are put in the upper tiers will rot.
The hearing will be concluded to-
morrow, but the arguments will not
be made until a later date in Wash
ington.
New school Book Samples.
The submission of new book samples
will prevent the State School Book
Commission from resumlng it's consid-
Grafton of books until Monday. At
least one firm, the Educational Pub
fishing Company of New York, will
submit new books which means that
the b-commission of technically a
new sub commission, though composed
of the same members, will have to file
report on all the books. The sub
commission has been notified to appear
in Atlanta by Friday morning and will
transact its business on Friday and
Saturday The report on samples pre-
yiously reported will, of course, be a
mere matter of FORM and it will not
take long to look over the books sub
mitted by the Educational Publishing
Company, as they will be readers only.
The commission expects to be able
to announce the books for Georgia's
schools by the middle of next week.
Both Claim Victory.
In the cases of Joe Lake and others
against the Atlanta National and the
Southern Home Building and Loan
Associations, in which stockholders are
endeavoring to recover assets, amount
ing to about $125000, sold to w. A.
Wimbush, Bird M. Robinson, and the
National Finance Company, of New
IL, Al,
United States court to-day that the
interventions filed by the plaintiffs
could not be stricken, and that the
decree in the original case was not final.
He declared however, that the de-
PENDANTS, Wimbush and Robinson,
were not parties to the original suit,
and that the attorneys for the plaintiffs
would now have to file amendments to
their bills making these two parties to
the suit. 1t will probably be several
weeks, however, before the case comes
up again. The decision is taken as q
victory both by the plaintiff and the
defendants.
The Presbyterian University.
DR.. j. w. Walden and DR.. T. III.
Rice reached home to-day after visit
to the synods concerned in the Pres
byterian University, which it is pro-
posed to bring to Atlanta. These
synods are South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana and Tennessee. The last synod
met in New Orleans. All the synods
except Tennessee have appointed three
men to meet in an educational confer
ence in the city of Atlanta some time
in the near future, for the purpose of
celebrating upon the Atlanta offer of
$3.50 900 for the university, and the
Synod of Tennessee has appointed
three men to appear at the conference
to give reasons for not entertaining the
proposition formally.