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2 Übe flew South Published Every Thursday. y - - ■ ■ ■ ■ t J. s. JAMES AND ASSISTANTS, EDITORS'* PUBLISHERS. _ ’’ h ONE DOLLAR A TEAR IN ADVANCE 1 ? P OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOUGLAS COUNTY I ~ 1 she editors of thia paper are not respon sible for the views ot its contributors. 1 i ADVERTISING RATES. * one month SIOO 1 inches, or.eynonths. 1 75 Three inches W> month 2 25 , Six months of yearly contracts made J known on application. • LodM notices, cards of thanks, eto. t u tt» A. sayer, Tax wivcw | Our attention has been c-i the following: Ist The expert employed hy j Douglas county to examine the ditto ty officers’ accounts went back 1890 and’including 1901. He found the county owed Sayers $305. 2d. Mr. Savers said to the grand jury, Nov. term, 1903, “I find in running up my books if the errors oh.djgest don’t change it I am still behinS tever $llOO. If yon find same by special committee appointed I will pay it on the spot.” The com. mittee reported there was $2,000 be hind, but no insolvent list had been Allowed him. We are told by a - member of the committee their find ing was hot over $350 different from what Sayers reported of the taking off fl fas still on hand. 3d. Sayers, true to his word, on rendering of said report paid to the county treasury SI2OO of taxes for 1902, as will be seen by the follow, ing receipt: [Exact Copy.] sl2oo—Received of W A. Sayers, tax collector, twelve bundled dol lars county tax for the year 1902. J. T. County gj.: Pec. i ' fall ».i, . : .w.- ; -dJfcHi | paid •quarters her tax for 1903. and paid x county every dollar he collected for A °° 3 ' ... president Roosevelt has issued a proclamation calling Congress to* Whether in special session on Novem bWAn&iMi The regular time for meet ing isTSn th* nut Monday in Decern, ber. . « There is an old negro living in Carrollton who was taken ill several days ago and called in a physician of his race to prescribe toi him. But the old man did not seem to be get. better, and finally a white physic A was called. Soon after ar- SSHRBr. '**' darkey's pulse for a moment, ami then exam-1 Sued his tongue, “Did your other doc tor take your temperature?'* be ask ed. “I don’t know, sah, “ he an swered feebly. “1 haln’t missed anything but my watch as yit, boss. ” Notice I ■ To the Teashers’of Douglas County: \ Unless some provision can be made our schools will have to close the last of February until we get the . tb< o!d kook* unless other h 1 The depositories have been noti fied all over the country that it will be impossible to have the books ready for sale before March Ist, and the law forbids any other taught afterwards. If it were possible I would not enforce this law, but my dutv is plain. We can teach until March with the old books and fill the five months but any time during 1904, after the change in books is made. I hope the teachers will avuid hav- ‘ ing any books bought except the ones adopted by the state. Do the very 1 best you can » uder the circumstances 1 Yours truly, 1 tA :.. ... J. E Phillips, C. 8. 0. 1 bl—-**•— 1 NOTICE. The examination of applicants for ths * office of county school eommlMiooer will be hold Feb. 6 IWM. Quest one will be b *s*d on the com mon eel 00l brat ci-”, theory and meth, odof teaching and «obool la*. Dr. C.C. Garrett, Pres, Board of Edupatfon, ( Daniel’s MUI* We welcome the New Year 1904 with best wishes to The New South that our department may con tinue to improve and lie of more ■nteiest during this year than ever. Miss Huckaby of Chapel Hill began her school near here last Monday morning with many prospects ot having a good school for the coming year. Miss Sudie Williams of this place spent Xmas holidays with relatives and friends in Rabun county. Mrs. Fannie Mobbs and son George of Cedar Bluff, Ala. .were the guests of xelatives during Xmas. Miss Della Brown of Hannah hvisi ted relative here last week, On last foath Sunday Mr. Webb Lee of Paulding County and Miss Sudie Long home and Mia M. L. ■' Mr» Robert wish for fuemaiongand happy life. Miss Emma Eason, of Atlanta, "visited relatives here last week. Giles is all smiles. • "j®WWs»be and wife of near week the guest of relatives. Wake up, correspondents, and give ns all the news you know from all parts of the county. Little Ted. Hannah Items. Quite a number of our people at tended the sale at Mr* Dan Carter’s Monday. Mr. Carter is preparing to move to Texas. We regret to lose him. Our literary school opened Monday with a fairly good attendance. Our hustling patrons have recently met and ceiled the house and every, thing is in good working order. Let’s try to make everything pleasant for both pupils and teachers, Mr. Gordon Banka and little Miss Ruth Banks of Wineton were in oar community Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. Alvin and George Smith ot Sharpsburg visited relatived heie last week.. Miss Bettie Lou and Master Ray* moad Parrott,are visiting lelativei in i Coweta County, < It; -Mr. W. D. Jones and Miss Stella Chatham were married during the holidays, ~ Mr. Thos. Brock and wife, who spent holidays visiting relatives and friends in this community, returned to their homes in Atlanta Saturday accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Wm. Brock. Tommy. McWhorter, Xmas Is over and McWhorter is a tittle on the dull order. We have bad several weddings m our community and are expecting some more, as Leap year has come again. Miss Emma Pullen commenced her school at Ebenezer Monday. She is a good teaeher aad will be liked by all her students. The entertainment given by Miss Maud Hines last Thursday night was well attended and enjoyed by all pres ent. The Messrs, Carter of Winston were in our community list week. The Misses Barron visited relatives in Canoil county last week. • Maeers. Man and J. A. Barrontgnd Mr, Oscar Russell of Texas visited relative* &»e last week. Mt. A. J. Barton’s baby is very sick at this writing. Mws Birtie McCoy of Winston was the guest of Miss Effie Hudson last week, Mr. Causby Stoval was in our com. munily Sunday afternoon. Misses Mary Hudson and Cora Gaatou had new sweethearts Thurs day night. Guess who. Grandma. «>wl« SwoßMKdttUn et Grand J«ry. After oaretui examination we recommend that the following named persons be put on the pen sion list by the governor and pen siou commission of this state, the pensioners being worthy, to-wit: F. M. Mitchell. J. W. Baker, M. C. Turner, E. A. Hens lee and Alfred Reynolds. J. J. Johnston Foreman. < I H. Willoughby, Sec’y. Jan 5, 1904. ; i Teo B«we>« W.-4 Caaeatv «’ r * for 1 GuSSc- -HGCC,tsU,ens«si»ur«rwd l# ] Grand Jury Present ments for 1903. We, the Grand Jury, chosen and sworn for the November term 1903 Douglas Superior court, beg leave to make the following general presentments, viz: Having through the committees appointed by our foreman examined the books of the various county offices of Doug las county, respectfully submit the following reports: We find the books of the Ordi nary correctly kept. We find that he has collected $5.00 from W. F. Brannon on account of pedler’s license and paid same to county treasurer. ; We find the books of the CtHtuty. Commissioners correctly kept»j We find that they have collected since last term of court the fob lowing amounts: From J. M. Spencer on account of land bought ffii by’county and redeemed by J. M. Spencer..... $lO 87 From sale cf old bridge, -x lumber bought by G. W. Hembree 1 50 Total sll 87 We find the books of the Cleik of the Superior Court neatly and correctly kept. We find that he has received no money belonging to the county since last term of court. We have examined the Sheriff’s jail and writ records and books required by law to be submitted bv him, and find them neatly correctly kept. The amount lected since last report... .$149 <8 Paid over to tax collector. 144 88 Bal. on hand Noy. term 1908 ......$ 5 80 We find books of the County Treasurer neatly and correctly kept. Dr, Cr. Balance on hand at May term, 1903...51,389 21 Received since last rep0rt........... 1,432 1 2 By amounts paid out since last report as per vouchers .$ 1,246 83 com. on $1,482 12 @2f % received *35 80 By com, ou sl,2< 83 ,% paid out 31 J7 Bal. due county Nov $2,821 33 $2,821 33 We have, through a special committee, examined the books of the Tax Receiver and find them out of balance to the amount of $15.74, and which has been cor rected by committee appointed for same. We have examined by special committee all the books required by law to be examined of the Tax Collector and find that he is be hind with the county’s taxes for 1902 $2,285 86 We find that he has not been allowed an insolvent list for year. We aho find that the Wx Collector is due a balance of in terest $970 15 for the time begin ning 1890 up to 1902, We find the books of the County School Commissioner neatly and cvrrectly kept. We find that ho has received no money belonging to the county school fund. We have examined the books of all the Notary Publics and Justices of the Peace and find them all very neatly and correctly kept. Report of J. W. Souter for his deceased father, G. M. Souter: We have examined the Poor Farm and buildings thereon and find the farm m very good condi tion. We find that two of the chimneys at the pauper houses need repairing, and reootpmend, that they be repaired as as] possible* N The following is the totaM amount per month for feeding and clothing the paupers of said coun ty outside of that raised on pauper farm for the past seven months: Month of May, 1908 ......$ Ift 60 “ June •• Ift 80 *• •• July ” 18 02 “ “Aug •* 13 80 “ “ Sept “ 14 25 “ Oct u 16 70 “ “ Nov “ 13 72 Total $lO7 95 Average number of inmates for the past seven mouths, 11; average cost per month per head, $1.42; amount of r nt cotton due county np to date and so far as the same has been gathered and > keted, S6B 00 1 have deposited same (S6S 00 for rent cotton) to credit of the County Treasurer Douglasville Banking Co. Rent cotO due county raised on pauper farm, abot’W 100 bushels; rent fodder doe county® raised ot paurer farm, abent 1.200 bun 1 dies: rent-orage due county raised on!’ pauperfann, 3 <usds; rent cotton seed-. j raised on pauper farm, about 50 bushels: rent potatoes (sweet) raised on pauper farm, about 15 bushels. The county has 3 head of cattle, two cows and 1 calf, the two cows giving milk, milk and butter used for the paupers. 1 also have a garden full oi col lards and turnips for the paupers. Very respectfully submitted. J. W. Souter. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Nov. 24th, 1903. H. T, Cooper, Ordinary. We find that the jail and the sewers at the same are in very bad condition. We recommend that the pump be repaired and all other necessary repairs be made at once- Also that all leaks m the court house be repaired, and that water from the eaves be carried away from the nnurt house building. 4 He fipd the roads in very bad condition, aid recommend that the have them worked as exped ien t. We as a body have raised the amounts of property given in for taxation the following persons showing the amounts given in and also showing the amounts to which they-have been raised Joel Hurt raisedfiom slo,ooj4#sT2,(X)o J T Jacobs “ 125 John Jacobs K- f 400 “ 600 EW Marsh-". , * - Estate “7 40,000 “ 60,000 MM Sessions “ “ 50 “ 100 Mrs M E En- terkin “ ** 390 “ 500 Equitable V ’ • curity Co <♦ “ 5,8 W « 6,446 Jno T Feely “ “ 225 “ 360 WCM Hard- ing “ “ 1,400 “ 2,000 J W Heuse “ “ 500 “ 600 W A James “ “ 2,000 “ 2,085 J 8 James “ “ 8,000 “ 10,370 GT;MoLarty“ " 800 w 400 Jno M Morris “ •» 1,016 “ 1,400 M J Morris “ 700 “ 1,000 CW McLarty “ “ 2,264 “ 2,500 J G Maxwell •• “ 800 “ 1;000 H W ffaliey “ “ 300 “ 500 W A New “ “ 600 “ 725 W J Norton “ “ 150 “ 200 Davfd Smith g “ 1,800 “ 2,000 w A “ 8,000 T C EftnyeJ". '* 5,000 WZ Howell “ *I3BO “ 1800 8 Holdernes < *• “ 150 “ 373 WH Nalley “ “ 2,948“ 3,200 W G Sayer “ 2,800 “ 3,360 M L Henslee M “ 1,500 “ 1,800 JTLee “t “ 1,700 “ 1,800 J G Mason “ 1,500 “ 1,700 K E Ma§on ‘S “ . 400 “ 500 600 WWlirfi^C v‘ ‘ A'-'": 3‘oo J T railers •« . 400 LS Smith “ “ 500 " 800 Ben Watkins “ “ 1,600 “ 1.800 D A Ayers “ “ 400 “ 450 J A Ayers “ “ 500 “ 600 Joe Brantley “ “ 1,200 “ 1,500 W A Baggett “ “ 1,250 l< 1,500 W T Barr m “ “ 375 “ 400 J:A peXpor “ 3,700 “ 4,000 GB.F°’)atain“ “ 150 “ 200 <LF(Anrai» <L > 186“ 200 WW Kelley * ■' J ’ Sr “ “ 750 “ 1,000 PS Wilson “ “ 400 “ 500 Mrs MA E Arnold h “ 1,160 “ 1,350 J E Baldwin “ M 500 “ 600 L J Kidd “ “ 1.200 *• 1,500 Ezekiel Me Kelvey “ “ 400 “ 500 H M Pilgrim “ “ 300 “ 400 E H Rica 4 ‘ “ 1,100“ 1,250 W J Camp “ “ 2,000 “ 2,500 J F Carv “ “ 300 “ 400 Mrs T F Dupree “ 7,000 “ 7,800 W I Dorris “ “ 1,736 “ 2,000 J E Foster “ “ 900 “ 1,000 Benj Graham “ “ 1,260 “ 1,500 8 O Johnson “ “ 300 “ 400 Mrs T A La-„ thanv ‘-f “ “ 1,600 “ 2,000 Mrs Martha Edge- .‘3; ?» “ 3,500 “ 4,000 “ 331 “ 500 ” “ -500 “ 700 W A “ 60 “ 120 outstanding indebt odnne commissioners of the and unpaid for the year general county pur- paupers, jail tees, h <->ard*pass dbe >r. s2<y,W W® recommend that these pre sentments be published in the New South at a cost not exceeding ten dollars. I In taking leave of the court we wish to Uipress our thanks and ad miration to Judges Eziua, Gober ana Barnett for the able and im parval manner in which they | have presided over our court. And to our Solicitor we extend our thanks for his able, prompt and conrteouii assistance to this body during tfeis term of court. VTe algo thank our bailiff, F. for hia prompt per- of duty to our body at court. ! J. Johnston, Foreman. I -bS s ’-- :iara R- Willoughby, elk. W. Rutherford. . W. Baker. Alexander P. Barefielc. ' 6. Alexander L. Campbell, 7. Henry Ward. 8. Ben Watkins.. 9. Samuel- A.. Griflith. 10. David F. Enterkin. 11. James P. Mdfauiru. 12. Luther G. Camp. 13. Ludv S. Enterkiu. 14. Robert N. Anderson. 15- William H. Michell. 16. Richard M. Johnston. 17. Isaiah L. Waltom. 18. William J. Lasseter. 19. Edward Y. Hendricks. 20. Beaton S. Daniell. 21. John R. Benson. 22. Thomas 8. Abercrombie. 23. Cajah R. Mullins. Douglas Superior Court. . November (Adjd) Tenn, 1903. It is ordered that these present ments be published as recom mended. This Jan. sth, 1904. A. L. BARTLETT, Judge. USING SHARP PROBES. Close Investigation Into Causes of thb Chicago, 11.—“ We are ready now to maltha searching fovaßtlgfitjfcg** to tlrpl 'fyp? Ahe Iroquois theater firs- cleared away the brushwood and wIF prepared to get down to inner facts. We will spare no one, for we are de termined to establish the guilt.” With tills statement Coroner Trae ger began the second week of the Iro quois theater Are inquest today. For a few days the coroner will be forced to put the general public on the stand, but when he gets through with it he intends to start one of the closest in quiries into the workings of the build ings, police, fire and electrical de partments of the city that they have ever known. After an investigation of ten days, Attorney Fulkerson, of the lire depart ment, has practically established the points necessary to make his reports on the cause of the fire. This teport tends to show that there was willful neglect of the safety of the patrons of the house. HANNA TO WIN NEXT SATURDAY He Will Be Reelected United States Senator From Ohio. Coumbus, Ohio, January 10. —Sen- ator M. A. Hanna arrived here from Cleveland .this evening and will re main until alter his reelection to the United States Senate; The house and. senate will ballpt, separately on United States senator next Soturday. There will be a joint session Wednesday, when the re sult of the ballot will be announced. Mr. Hanna will pe returued; ; |to the senate by the largest given a candidate for tbe.;-otfice, Republicans having a In. the senate and 66 on joint balloi ' V. - IMPORTANT MJ* AWJRE Te Be Introduced at Next Session of the Georgia Legislature. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 11. —State Repre sentative Kelly, of Glascock county, today announced his iatesxaion of in troducing at the next session of the legislature a bill providing tor a state constitutional convention for the pur pose of dividing the school tax so that the white population of the state provide only for the education ol whites, and putting the negro on his own resources as far as education is concerned. The convention would also be re quested to revise the pension laws so as to eliminate fraud. ■ P > ■ ' Alabama Supreme Court. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 11.—The state supreme court meets today, when the seventh division will be taken up This division is composed of the counties of Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cieborne, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair and Talladega. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, The Southern and Ixntisville and Nashville have compromised their con tentions as to rights of way north oi Knoxville remaining an obstacle tc the Louisville’s Cincinnati-Atlanta line. State Senator A. A. Mann, of Flor ida, father-in-law of Governor W. S. Jennings, of that state, is believed to have perished in the fire at the Iro quois theater in Chicago. Alabama supreme court has con venwl. The seventh division will ba taken up. At Norfolk, Vx, marines and citi zens fight and two men are fatally stabbed. The Democratic campaign leaders are gathering in Washington to settle where the national convention will be held. The American line steamer New York has reached port, after a most tempestuous voyage. Colombians land three hundred men qu St. Andrews island. It is thought troops were sent there to put down a secession movement. ! .;<• .a'.’" phenomenon of a j thunder s*orm in midwinter was wit nessqd at Salt Lake City Sunday. There is no change in the Far East ern situation. Everything depends on the answer of Russia to Japan’s last note. An acrimonious correspondence be tween the duke of Devonshire and’ Mr. Chamberlain is published at Lon don. The Vatican authorities are displeas ed because of the Spanish demonstra tions against Mgr. Nozaleda. It is denied that Pope Pius has for bidden women, wearing low cut gowns, to appear at the Vatican. J " 1 " ' ‘ Stops Govtfl* faeedteluc* * WE WISH TOSAYW -Ate. TO THR SUBSCRIBERS ■ nite AND PA ""T- w "■ - MFUI fIIKW a S ■ s "bhv ■■■ '* |wl IgS ml "I □ »gflflH Thai we have increased our facilitiesll in the news and job departments, and wfit make the NEW SOUTH a better paper than it has ever been before. And we also propose to give to our advertisers a medi um through which their business increased, and there’ll be a general change And Remember - . .. -■ ■ ■ - - . - • YourU.Qfi.WORK Will be done with neatness and and the prices will be entirely satisfactory GIVE US A 1 RIAL. SubscribG IHE.NEW SOUTH 1