Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-07
Didn't Authorize Bid OF
Over $4,000, Tells
Court
SALVATION ARMY
AGENT ON GROUND
Chamber Committee Is
Named To Invite Drs,
Wise Here

A mass meeting of all citizens in
terested in the proposal of the Sal
vation Army to take over the Y. M.
C. A. building will be held at the
"Y" building at 3 80 o'clock this af-
ternoon, it was announced yester-
day by Dr. Carl W. Minor, who made
the call as president of the Amerl-
Gus ministerial association at the re-
quest of Rev Fibley Baum, of At
lanta, who was in the city working
on the proposition as representa-
tive of the Salvation Army. Rev
Mr. Baum asked that the interested
public attend this meeting for the
purpose of discussing and hearing
discussed the plan or proposal OF the
Salvation Army in connection with
the building and its future work IN
Americus.
This announcement was only one
of several developments in connec-
ton with the Y. M. c.. A. building
which last Teusday was scld at re-
ceiver's sale to a group of Americus
physicians for $31 ,05J The physi
clans bid was made by DR.. w. S.
Prather, and it was announced at the
time that his associates in the pur-
chase were Drs. r. P. Glenn, Louis
Grubb and Herschel Smith. A sur
prise was sprung in the matter of
the personnel of the purchasers Sat
urday, however, when at the sitting
of Judge Littlejohn, of the Superior
court, for the purpose of approving
the sale, it developed that DR.. Smith
was not party to the purchase.
$4,000 His Limit.
Represented by Attorneys HiXon
& Pace, DIR. Smith presented a lpeti-
ton in intervention in which he set
forth that he was originally party
to the agreement of the four physi-
clans named to bid on the property,
but he asserted that he had given
no authority for the bid to be in
creased beyond $4,000, and that bis
liability ceased when the figure pass
ed that mark He said that immed-
lately after making the original
agreement he had left the city and
had not been communicated with
thereafter before the sale. The 9th
er physicians in the purchase were in
court and admitted the correctness
Of DR.. Smiths showing, and absolv
ed him from liability in the pur-
chase.
After the showing by DR.. Smith,
Judge Littlejohn proceeded with the
settlement of the sale, confirming il
when the purchasers presented their
notes for 80 per cent. Of the pur-
chase price after having deposited the
required 20 per cent. under the OPP
ton granted in the terms of sale. He
then directed the payment of a 80
per cent. dividend on the bonds held
against the property, the balance due
on the bonds to be paid when the
notes come due and are liquidated
During the course or the proceed
ings DIR. Glenn made a brief state
ment to those present IN which ne
stated that the purposes of the ply
sicians in purchasing the Y. NJ. c. A.
building had been grossly misunder-
stood by the public and that, what
ever might appear to be their pur-
pose, his own heart was with the Y.
NJ. c. A. and his sole purpose was
to save the property Tor public use
in some manner such as the citizens
had not been able to work out, but
which he hoped would be worked out
by the Salvation Army.
Growing out of the Y. M. c. A. |
purchase, which many persons openly
express themselves to believe was for /
the purpose ofkeeping the Drs. Wise |
of Plains, who were bidders for the
property, out Of Americus, (which |
tthe purchasers strenuously deny) |
was the announcement late yester-
day afternoon by President John