The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-18
ALL SETTLED.

Gov. Noel, chairman of the commits
sion,has telegraphed the firm of Ca1d-
well & Coat Philadelphia, to go ahead
with the making of the silver service
and to get it down to Jackson with
as little delay as possible.
The understanding is that it will
take about three months to make the
silver service. The battleship Missis-
isippi is scheduled to leave home wa
ters on long tour. but Gov. Noel
is confident the officers of the ship
will agree to await the completion of
the service.
The next proposition to be settled
is to what part the battleship shall
come to receive the service at the
hands of the State. Pascagoula, Gulf
port, Natchez and other places have
catered applications to have that hon
or conferred on them, and decision
will have to be made at an early date
SO that the town selected may get in
readiness for one of the very biggest
days in it's history,as no doubt sew
eral thousands of people will be on
hand to witness the presentation.
The commission was called to order
shortly after / O'Clock, all the mem
bers being present, when the follow
| ing proceedings were had and done
| to-Wit:
Resolution No. 1.
DIR. Dunbar Rowland, director of the
| department of archives and history,
offered the following resolution:
''At meeting of the silver service
committee held December 81, 190S,the
| following proceedings were had: q
quote from the official minutes of tina
meeting, as fOllows.)
"The silver service committee met
on call of the chairman in the execu-
tive office-present E. F. Noel, Mrs.
Eunice Lockwood, J. N. Powers and
Dunbar Rowland Mrs. Lockwood re-
ported that she had collected almost
| enough funds, when added to the
amount collected by ex-GovVardaman
| to purchase a handsome silver ser
vice, she reported that all persons and
| newspapers, with the exception of ex
Gov. Vardaman. had paid to her all
| funds collected for the silver service.
i 'sMotion made and carried that Mrs.
Lockwood be authorized to conduct
correspondence with jewelers. asking
for bids, and that she be given a voice
| in selecting the design and giving the
contract for the silver service
It is evident from these minutes
| that Mrs. Lockwood has been given
certain well-defined rights, by the ma
| iority of this committee at regular
meeting, and it is equally clear that
she can be deprived of them only by
majority vote. No such action has
been taken. | therefore make the
point that Mrs Eunice NJ. Lockwood
| is now a member of thic committee,
charged with specified duties, and |
| call for the ruling of the chair.
Resolution No. 2.
construed by the attorney general OF
the State, and contract only for the
payment of money under the control
of this committee in it's official capac-
| ity"
Resolution No. 8.
DIR. Rowland then offered the follow
ing preamble and resolution:
+ Whereas, At a meeting of the Sill
yer Service committee, held Jan. II,
1909, the following proceedings, rela-
tive to the reception of bids and
awarding the contract for silver ser
vice for the battleship Mississippi,
were had, to-wit:
On motion the jewelers. present
with designs and bids, were allowed
to come before the committee to ex-
plain designs and file sealed bids. The
following jewelers. submitted designs
and bids: Karl Lehman & Son, So
45S: Meyer e Schamber Jewelry Co.,
Sc, 231-prices subject to a special dis
count of per cent, for cash on deliv-
cry; J. E. Caldwell & Co.. $4,000; G.
v. Won Seutter, $1,000; Baird and
North, $500.
ION motion vote was taken on