The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-03
ON ITS NEW BASIS
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETH
STARTS WITH 81 MEMBERS.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
AT AN ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEET
ING LAST NIGHT.

Members of the Free Library bOhro
AppOinted-City's Representatives
on This Joint Board Likely to Be
Appointed by Mayor Myers at
Once-Free Library May Be Open
ed May I5-Many Members of So
ciety to Be Asked to Reconsider
ResignatiOns-New Members May
BE Secured in other Parts of state.
Col. G. A. Mercer Continued aa
President of Society and Mr.. VIM.
Harden as Librarian.
At the adjourned meeting Of the
Georgia Historical Society last night
new officers were elected, the Library
Committee, consisting of five repre-
sentatives of the society to form part
of the Committee of Ten to have charge
of the free library, was appointed and
other matters disposed of. The officers
of the society are:
President-Col. George A. Mercer.
First Vice President-Dr. r ]. Num-
Second Vice President-Capt. II. c.
Cunningham.
Corresponding Secretary - Mr.. Otis
Ashmore.
Secretary and Treasurer-Mr. T. P.
Ravenel.
Librarian-Hon. William Harden.
The curators are: Col. G. A Mercer. DR..
r. J. Num-, Capt. H. c. Cunningham.
Mr.. Otis Ashmore, Mr.. ]. r. Saussy,
Mr.. George J. Baldwin. Mr. w. w
Afackall, Col. A. r. Lawton. Mr.. c. F.
Fulton, Mr.. ]. F. Minis, Mr.. S. p.
Shotter and Mr.. L. H. McLaws.
The Library Committee consists of
DR.. R. ]. Dunn, to serve i've years;
A1r. Otis Ashmore, TO serve four years;
Mr.. George ]. Baldwin, to serve three
years; Capt. II. c. Cunningham. to
serve two years, and Mr.. W. W. Mac
kali, to serve one year. The terms of
Office begins with Jan. l of each year.
Mayor Myers will be notified at once
of the appointment of this committee
in the hope that he will appoint the
five representatives OF the city at once.
in time for the regular quarterly meet
ing of the Historical Society, which
will be held tomorrow night.
At this meeting will be ap-
pointed the standing committees
of the society. The salary of
Secretary and Treasurer Ravenel was
fixed at 800 a year and his dues were
RENTED. Mr.. William Harden was
continued in the Office of assistant
treasurer at the pleasure of the board
of curators.
OF a former membership of more
than 400 the society starts out on its
new basis with membership Of sixty
one. The designations of the other
members were not considered last
night. as it was felt that there must
be among them those of many men
who would make valuable members
of the society, and who may have re-
signed under some sort of misappre-
hension. Consequently the resigna-
tons were assigned to committee of
curators. consisting of Col. Alexander
r. Lawton, Mr.. George ]. Baldwin and
Capt. H. c. Cunningham, who will con-
fer with such members as they think
may be retained to the society with
a view of having them withdraw their
designations.
This committee was appointed with
a further object, that of securing new
members, for, Mr.. Baldwin explained,
there are men in other parts of the
state who probably will be glad to be-
come members of the society once they
are made acquainted with it's purposes
and scope. To bring these to the at
tention of such men the committee
was authorized to spend $50 for sta
tionery and printed matter.
1t is expected that Mayor Myers will
appoint the city's representatives of
the board of managers for the free IL
brary at once, and that the joint
board will be able to so arrange mat
ters as to open the free library about
May Is. AS there will be much work
connected with these arrangements, it
is possible that the date of opening will
not be until little later, though the
interest that has been evinced in the
plan assures the public that the open
ing will take place at the earliest pos
Sihle moment