The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-18
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION
WILL BEGIN ITS SESSIONS TO-DAY
IN ST. LUlxE's CHURCH.

WOmen's Auxiliary Held a Meeting
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Annual Ad-
dress of Bishop Nelson to BE
Heard TO-day-COttOn buyers Held
Il COnventiOn-Savan Were
In Attendance.
Atlanta. May 1.-THE eighty-second
annual convention of the diocese of
Georgia will begin here tomorrow in
ST. Luke's Church.
The proceedings attendant upon the
convention really began to-day with a
meeting of the womens auxiliary of
the diocese, at which holy communion
was celebrated and an address was de-
uvered by Bishop Nelson. Mrs. Frank
II. Miller of Augusta presided at the
meeting The address of welcome was
delivered by Mrs. Edward T. Brown of
Atlanta. The usual reports were read
and other routine business was then
transacted.
The eleventh annual session of the
brotherhood of st. Andrew began its
meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock A
public service was held at st. Luke's
tonight, when a special musical pro-
gramme was rendered. Tomorrow
morning the report and annual ad-
dress of the Bishop will be heard.
Among those here from Savannah are
Rev. Charles H. Strong, Rev. G. A. Ott-
man, H. C. Cunningham, c. L. Jones.
B. F. Finney and C. Wallace Howard.
Cotton Buyers Met.
The Southeastern Cotton Buyers AS
ISOLATION met in annual convention to-
day at the Piedmont Hotel. G. A.
Nicholson of the Maddox Rucker
Banking Company was reelected pres
ident; c. B. Howard of Atlanta, secre-
tary and treasurer; l. We'll of Mont
gomery, first vice president, and ]. F.
MCGOWAN Of Augusta, second vice
president. Rules for the protection of
the cotton industry were generally dis
cussed, but no definite steps were
taken. Those here from Savannah were
]. c. Haskell and E. A. Cults.
To Prison without n Guard.
Former Senator w. P. Dodd left the
city to-day for Milledgeville, unaccom-
panied by a guard or any one else,
where he went merely with letter
from Secretary Goodloe Yancey of the
Prison Commission to deliver himself
up to the superintendent or the state
prison farm to begin his term of two
years as the result of his conviction
for embezzlement. This is the first in
stance in several years of man going
to the penitentiary and giving himself
up without a guard. He had been un-
der bond since sentence was passed.
but the bond expired to-day.
CIemency for Williams.
Gov. Terrell to-day, on recommends
ton of the Prison Commission, COM
muted the sentence of Seymour Will
iiams of Dolly county from hanging
to life imprisonment. Williams was
sentenced to death for the murder of
white man named Edmundson. His
partner in the crime was given a life
sentence by the courts and the same
action has now been taken by the Gov
srnor as to Williams. He was to be
hanged next Friday.
In Memoriam, Justice Lumpl<in.
Former Chief Justice Logan E.
BIeckley, chairman of the special COM
mittee, to-day made his report to the
Supreme Court upon the life and serv-
ices of the late Justice Samuel Lump
kin Justice A. J. Cobb made the re-
Spouse. The court room was well
filed. The court ordered the papers
spread on the minutes and published
with the Supreme Court reports.
Judge Hammond sworn In.
Hon. Henry c. Hammond of Augusta
was to-day sworn in as judge of the
Augusta Circuit before Gov. Terrell,
and his commission was issued to him.
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