The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-06
To MEET AT MACON
COUNTY SCHOOL sUPERINTEN.
DENTS WILL GATHER.
DATE IS FIXED FOR APRIL IA.
THREE DAYS WILL BE CONSUMED
BY THE CONVENTION.

PrOGrn mme for the Convention Ar
ranged Mt Meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Committee i'm Atlanta.
Hotel Porter Falls Heir 10 an
Estate in Ircland-NenI Loan and
Hawking Company Is Having
Fraudulent Checks Presented.
Appeal i'm the Wallace Case.
Atlanta, March Sat the meeting
of the Executive Committee of the
County School superintendent Assoc
citation of Georgia, held to-day at the
office of State School Commissioner
w. B. Merritt, it was decided to hold
the annual convention of county su-
perintendents this year on April IA, Is
and Is at Macon.
This is nearly a month earlier than
the conventions have been held here
tofore. but the change was made at
the request of a large majority of the
members, and it is believed there will
be better attendance than ever be-
fore. Many important topics were ar
ranged for discussion, including local
taxation for school purposes with the
county as a unit; the relation of the
school to the community, which will
be presented by d. r. Cloyd, agent
of the General Education Board; the
duties of county boards, by Hon. Wal
ter E. Steed of Taylor and others. DR..
Charles d. McIver of North Carolina,
Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta and Hon.
Thomas G. Lawson of Eatonton have
been invited to deliver addresses be-
fore the association.
Kelley Gets n Fortune.
Dick Kelley, porter at the Pied
mont Hotel, and one of the Oldest in
the business here, has just discovered
that he is heir to a goodsized property
in the old country, and will soon
make arrangements to go over and
take charge of it. Kelley was born
in Athlone, Ireland, and it Is there
that the property comes to him by
the recent death of relatives. AS soon
as the news is positively confirmed,
Kelley will leave for Ireland.
Miss Hatcher Maid of Honor.
| Miss Mamie Hatcher of Columbus
| has been selected as maid of honor to
! Miss Lucy Simpson of Lumpkin, who
will serve as sponsor for the Georgia
Division, United Confederate Veter-
ans at the coming reunion at New
| Orleans in May Miss Hatcher and
| Miss Simpson were room mates and
| class mates at Wesleyan College, and
are both charming young ladies BIZ
| whom Georgia will be well represent
ed.
Bogus Checks show Up.
Using the checks of the Neal Loa1
and Banking Company of this city,
some smooth forger is victimizing peo-
pie in several cities of the North The
checks are all signed by Fain Broth
ers, a firm which. 1t is said. does not
exist. They are usually for $27 So and
are all numbered 379. A number of
them has been received BY the bank
here for payment and all of them re-
turned to the banks renting them.
Left More Than 100000.
The will of the late Col VIM. A.
Hemphill was probated in solemn form
in the Court of Ordinary to-day Ac-
cording to the schedule. his property
amounts to more than 5000, 900. which.
with the exception of requests of $751;
900 TO educational and charitable insti-
tutions, is to be divided among his
widow and six children.
Mrs. Wallace Appeals.
Mrs. Sadie b. Wallace. who was
awarded verdict for $4,250 for the
death of her husband, as the result of
an accident on the Southern Railway,
the case having been heard in the
United States Court. has entered an
appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals,
charging, among other things, that j.
b. Campbell, one of the jurors, had a
free pass on the Southern in his pocket
at the time, and that Juror Marvin was
biased in favor of the defendant. She
sued for 100000 and Judge Newman
charged the jury that she was entitled
to recover the full value of her hus-
bands life or nothing.
Hardware Men Touring.
A party of fifty-three hardware men
from Minnesota and the Dakotas ar
rived in the city this morning from Biz
mingham. They are making a tour of
the South. They We're entertained here
to-day by members of the Chamber of
Commerce. The party will leave to-
morrow morning for Chattanooga
BeIden Has Resigned.
D. A. Belden has resigned as gen.
era1 manager of the street railway de-
partment of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company of this city, and has
accepted the position of general man
ager of the Birmingham Railway and
Electric Company of Birmingham, Ala.
The resignation of Mr.. Belden goes into
effect to-day, and T. x. Glenn, vice
president and secretary of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, has
been made general manager TO succeed