The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-10
BYRD HAS DECLINED
DOES NOT WANT THE PRESIDEN-
CY OF WESLEYAN.
HE STAYS WITH HIS CHURCH
UNTIL CHANGED BY THE NORTH
GEORGIA CONFERENCE.

To the United states Court Turn
Certificate Holders of the Equit-
able Loan and Security Company
Who want Receivership for
the COrpOratiOn-Bank. Receivers
About One-HaIf of Sims short
nge-BIast Furnace n Gold Nine"
Atlanta's Budget of News.
Atlanta, April 9.-Dr. c. w. Byrd,
of the First Methodist Church of this
city has written President j. w.
Roberts OF Wesleyan Female College,
declining to accept the election to the
presidency of that institution, which
was rendered him several days ago by
the trustees.
DIR. Byrd declines to make any state
ment with regard to the matter, but
| it is known that he will remain in
! Atlanta with his present church until
changed by the North George Confer
ence. The tender was made to DIR.
Byrd without any previous notification
having been given him.
Equitable Again in Court.
Another bill for injunction has been
! filed against the Equitable Loan and
Security Co., this time in the United
States Court.
Almost Immediately after the decis-
| ion of the Supreme Court came out
in the case of P. Aston Warning and
others against the Equitable Loan and
| Security Co., Judge Spencer r. At
kins on representing R. c. White, ].
| H. Mitchell and other certificate hold
ers of the company, living in Alabama
and other states, filed a bill against
the United States here. asking for an
| injunction and receiver.
The bill makes practically the same
complaints against the company that
were made in the bill in the state
court. 1t charges that the company's
scheme is in effect lottery that its
certificates have been barred from
the United States mails on this ground,
J that it depended on forfeitures to win,
and it is even claimed the company is
practically insolvent.
A temporary restraining order was
|
hearing before Judge Newman on May
:. Hon, J. Ferris Cam of Savannah,
who represented Warning in the litiga-
ton, is in the city to-day, looking
after the case in the interest of his
clients.
Trip Through Georgia
President j. X. Orr and a number
of prominent members of the Greater
| Georgia Association are planning a
| trip over the state the latter part of
this month. They will spend Mon
day, April q, in Griffin and Columbus.
and on April 2S will hold a meeting in
| Albany, where the Chautauqua will be
in progress. Several other visits to
different points in the state are in
| prospect.
Sims Can't Make the Bond.
1t is stated that G. H. Sims, the de-
faulting collection clerk of the Capital
city National Bank. will not make
the bond of $4,000 fixed by the United
| states commissioner, but will remain
in Jail awaiting the action of the
| grand jury The bank is satisfied it
has recovered a good deal more than
| half the money stolen in property and
a small amount of cash.
G. II. Sims, the young Atlanta bank
embezzler, may be indicted by the fed
| eral grand jury on charge of forgery
| 1t was stated by bank official that
Sims had, in substituting the dummy
notes, forged other notes, and in this
manner avoided detection, thus com
| hitting more serious offense than
embezzlement, for which the punish
| ment is seVerer.
Blast Furnace Case Settled.
To-day the litigation of Cheney and
Baird VS.. Stephen w. Noble, which has
| been pending in the United States
| Court, was settled. Jointly they
| bought the Tallapoosa blast furnace
| for $500 in May of last year. There
was a dispute over the price in Au-
| gust, and the litigation followed. To-
day Mr.. Baird, before the master,
swore the property was bought for ST.
500 and was now worth more than $780,
| 600. WADin short time afterwards
the litigation was settled by Noble
paying CLANCY and Bair $4,000 for a
half interest, or four times as much
as the whole property was originally
bought for. The furnace had been idle
for ten years, but it is said Noble is
now making about $1,000 a month out
of it.
Requisition for Anderson.
Gov. Terrell to-day granted a requi-
sition in favor of Gov Hayward of
South Carolina for Henry Anderson,
wanted in Richland county for bur-
glary and grand larceny. Anderson
is in Jail in Savannah, where he has
been held by direction of Gov. Ter
rell, awaiting the disposition of the
South Carolina authorities.
Comm issiOns Are Issued.
Among the military commissions is
sued to-day from the office of the adj
jutant general were the following:
Henry S. Colding, lieutenant COM
mander, Naval Battalion, Savannah;
Joseph G. Bird, captain, and James w.
Greer, second lieutenant, Company +,
Fourth Infantry Waycross; William
A. Pardee, second lieutenant, Com
pany B, Fourth Infantry, Valdosta
Union Printers Are Firm.
The striking union printers here de-
clined fatty to accept the proposition
of the job printers to return to work
beside the nine non-union printers,
who are now employed on the under
standing that the latter are to be
forced out as rapidly as expedient
The strikers declare they are in the
fight to the finish, and say they will