The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
AID is SOUGHT
FOR THE ROSTER
NAMES OF coRFEDERATES
WHO ENTERED THE ARMY FROM
GEORGIA ARE DESIRED.

The state Roster Commission Makes
Information They May HaTe-Fur-
tier Bf!I= Are PILED IN Atlanta In
the Building and Loan CaseS-At-
Ianta News Notes.
Atlanta FEB. 2s.-The State Roster
Commission, Of which Gen Clement -
Evans Is chairman, has issued al ap-
peal to the people OF the state for
copies OF any rosters q Confederate
companies OF troops they may have
The commission says IN part:
The state Of Georgia has made pro-
vision By law creating a roster com
mission Of the Confederate soldiers
and imposed upon them the duty OF
making q complete muster roll Of ev-
cry command that went into the Con-
fsderate army from Georgia. including
state militia As the material for do
INK this difficult work Is very limited
We hereby request and appeal 10 ey-
cry person who has q roll Of a COM
pany, battalion, battery or q regiment.
or any arm Of the service that went
into rhe army from Georgia, or who
can make a roll viii please forward
the same 70 the Undersigned This viii
aid greatly In our work and will Ger
tainIy b appreciated II desired the
originals VIII Be returned after the
copies have been made"
The appeal Is signed by Gen Evans
as chairman and Pension Commits
sioner :. ". Lindsay IS secretary.
Charge Conspiracy.
In the United States court to-day
dependent bills were fled in the case
Of the shareholders OF the Atlanta
National and Southern Home Build
ing and Loan Associations BY George
? Glaz=ner. Mrs Alice Ida Smith,
Smith AMI Simpson and BY Daniel W.
Smith After repeating their allega-
tlons that Bird ". Robinson OF New
YORK and W. A. Wimbish and George
A Speer Of Atlanta had been in a
conspiracy % wreck the two assOcia-
tons and also the Interstate Of Co
iumbus, and that William Hepburn
RusseI Of New York had with his
firm formed 2 conspiracy 70 wreck
the Baltimore Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION, all these, In fact. being in
a giant conspiracy. 80 the petitioners
claim. 20 wreck these associations in
all parts OF the country
They asked that the receivers Of
each association be made party plain
tiTs 70 the suit. they having claimed
that the shareholders could not bring
Euit against them They also claimed
that W A. WImhizh. attorney for
one Of the receivers, had 1900 Of the
assets of the association in the At
lanta National Bank. and they asked
that the court restrain the bank from
paying any Of this money 70 VIM
Dish
Another sky scraper.
Four more stories viii be added at
once % the Peters building on White
hail street viaduct at cost OF $50
90. making IL a twelve-story structure
and adding another skyscraper 10 At
i2nTs-g list.
stir Over Terminals.
With the Journal on one side. oppos-
ing the proposition. and the Constitu-
ton and the News on the other, all
sorts Of a stir has been created over the
city's failure 10 secure the proposed
large freight terminals Of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad. President
sam D Jones and Secretary Walter
Cooper Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
who have been backing the plan. saw
Editor Gray Of the Journal to-day
with reference 10 the charge that the
chamber was controlled by railroad in
aueuces. The result Of the conference
was not given out, but IT is said they
asked a retraction-
The matter Of securing the terminal
will Be taken up again, and negotia-
tiors with the roads will probably be
reOpened next week.