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This Vicioity Is Attractin The
Notice Of The Nation’s Homeseekers
We have desirable building sites in West End, <
Sunset Park and Oakland Heights
We can furnish a home, on terms, to fill any re¬
quirement or suit any pocketbook
Our farms range in size from 45 to 1,000 acres.
Farms for any kind of agriculture
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Peach County Superior Court
Sept. 1925
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
•worn for the Sept. Court, Peach
County. submit these, our present
ments for the term.
It has been our practice at the be
ginning of each day’s session to ask
Divine Guidance and we commend the
practice to succeeding Grand Juries.
We have attended to matters pre
gented to us in a careful and consei
entious manner. All members of the
Grand Jury have ungrudgingly given
of their time and have been present
at each session unless previously ex
cused and there has been but one tar
diness.
Conforming to the suggestion made
by the preceding Grand Jury, the
Jury service per diem was fixed at
$1.00 and Bailiff service at $2.00.
We approved the action of the
preceding Grand Jury and recommend
that the compensation for Mr. M. C.
Mosley, be $2,500.00 per annum. We
authorize the County Treasurer to
settle with Mr * Maslov for hi, *
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basis ’
e recommend that the Ordinary
have his books audited by a Certified
Public Accountant and also the
Treasurer’s books prior to the meet
ing of the Spring , Grand _ Jury and
that annual audits of each of these
books be made thereafter. |
We approve of holding a special
election to vote on issuing of bonds
for paving Peach County roads, the |
amount of bonds not to exceed $200,
000.00.
We find the jail facilities far from
adequate. The Sanitary conditions are
not satisfactory and the P nsoners
*re crowded. We recommend that the
jail be put in the best sanitary con
dition, that the windows be screened,
that new and sanitary mattresses be
provided, in order that the prisoners
may be as comfortable as possible,
Where prisoners are to be kept for
any extended period of time, that
arrangements be made with neigh
bonng counties to care for them.
We recommend that the term
the advisory committee to the prdi-
nary appointed by the preceding
Grand Jury be concurrent with the
term of the Ordinary; that this Ad
visory Committee be required to
j meet quarterly, as follows: First
Tuesday in February, May, August,
an< ' November; that the service per
<liem for attending members of the
1 Advisory Committee be $3.00.
' We find the following bridges
approaches thereto in need of par
ticular attention and repair; bridge
Big Indian Creek near Norwood
Springs; bridge at Gray’s Mill;
bridge near Powersvijle, bridge near
Barrow’s Mill, bridge at Houser’s
Mill Pond.
We find the Ordinary’s and Tax
Collector’s records kept in an excel
lent manner ano we commend them
| for their diligence in looking after
the business of their offices.
The books of the J. P. and N. P.
ox-officio have been examined and
we find them well kept and
correct,y made as to civil documents.
On criminal docket, we find Justice
Gray has not beei j entering his
dial cases and we urge that he enter
all such cases and show disposition.
On the books of Mr. Early Cheek, we
find only one case docketed and this
was subsequently withdrawn by
prosecutor. We are advised that the
Justice of Peace has no authority to
allow this. Books of C. F. Havs, J.
T. Lisenby and S. W. Hardison are
properly kept,
The following report was made to
this body by Mr. M. C. Mosley:
“We owed on Sept. 1st, 1925, in
outstanding Warrants, $11,457.88, Ac¬
Payable $1,409.18 and Notes
Payable to Citizens Bank of Fort
$7,000.00, which makes n to
of $19,867.06 indebtedness. Add to
our Gas tax of $2853.77 and
License taken in $25.00 and
amounting to $103.60 to get
“total expenditure to Sept. 1st,
which amounts to $22,849.43. If
expenditures do not exceed our
to Dec. 31st, 1925, 1
we '
not owe over $30,000.00 on this for’ j
A tax levy of 10 mills
purposes would about pay (
THK LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1925.
our ind< btedneSs, but since the tax
will not all be paid by Dec. 31st, and
to have a part of next year's ex¬
penses available in the spring, we
(the Ordinary (ind Advisory Commit¬
tee) think best to levy a county tax
of 15 mills as maximum. If we are
able to clear our jail and this court
is not too expensive, it may be a lit¬
tle under 15 mills. All chain gang
prisoners are being disposed of to
Macon County at $10.00 per month.”
We respectfully recommend to the
Judge of the Superior Court that
j Chain Gang sentences only be impos
e ‘* in cases of flagrant violations of
j I thc prohibition law.
A committee of three representing
the depositors of the defunct Ex
, change Bank appeared before the
ram * Ju r.V and requested that the
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affairs of the Exchange Bank which
,
1 fulll ’ d m July, 1924, be investigated,
We understand that this committee
has employed council to co-operate
with the Solicitor General to handle
the matter to a conclusion.
We find that the Clerk’s books and
records are properly and neatly kept,
Eighty-five cases have been pre¬
sented to this body during this ■ses
sion, sixty-two true bills and
three no bills were found.
We recommend that these present
] ments be publishhed in The Leader
j Tribune of Fort Valley to be peid
for at the legal rate, cost not to ex
j feed $15.00 and this bill to be paid
j - by Ordinary M. C. Mosley out of the
County funds.
In conclusion we wish to thank
Judge Malcolm D. Jones and Judge
II. A. Mathews and Solicitor Charles
H. Garrett for courtesies and
ance given our body in its delivera
tions.
Respectfully submitted,
A. J. EVANS, Foreman
A. L. LUCE, Clerk
H. J. AVERA
C. T. EBERHARDT
M. S. VINSON
L. CARTER
W. G. BRISENDINE
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J. W. WOOLFOLK
J. M. JONES
GEO. H. SLAPPEY
F. F. FAGAN
W. E. BUTLER
J. F. AULTMAN
R. FLOURNOY
T. M. ANTHOINE.
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The foregoing General Present¬
ments of the Grand Jury of Peach
County for the September Term 1925,
considered. Ordered that these pre¬
sentments be spread upon the min¬
utes of this court and be published
as therein recommended.
This Sept. 15, 1925.
H. A. MATHEWS,
Ju<) S c Superior Court Macon Circuit.
CHAS. H. GARRETT.
Solicitor-General.
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RcnCW YOlir Health:
by Purification
Any physician will tell you tha*
< < Perfect Purification of the Sys
tem is Nature’s foundation of
Perfect Health.” Why not rid
yourself of chronic ailments that
are undermining • your vitalityf
Purify your entire system by tak¬
ing a thorough course of Calotabs,
—once or twice a week for several
weeks—and see how Nature re¬
wards vou with health.
Calotabs are the greatest of all
system purifiers. Get a family
package, containing full direc¬
tions, price 35 ets.; trial package,
10 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.)
The sad thing about being your¬
is you look it.
Weeds have about won their annual
against the vegetables.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA URGES PUBLIC TO
OBSERVE GRADE CROSSING
REGULATIONS.
Last year 2,149 people were killed in grade crossing accidents. A much larger number were in¬
jured and there was great damage to property. The railroads everywhere are endeavoring to save
lives at the grade crossings. The 1925 session of the Georgia Legislature enacted a law requiring
drivers of automobiles to come to a full stop at certain crossings, which will be designated by the
county commissioners as dangerous and which will Be so marked by warning boards. At all other $
crossings automobilists must reduce speed to six miles per hour.
The Central of Georgia urges that those operating automobiles familiarize themselves with the
provisions of this law, and observe it. The states of North Carolina and Tennessee have “Stop Laws.”
Grand juries in Alabama have recommended that the legislature of that state enact a similar measure.
There is increasing recognition that this is a subje :t for regulation.
Employes of the Central of Georgia are supposed to do their part. At the 1925 Efficiency
Meeting of employes, resolutions were passed pledging observance of stop laws by those in the em¬
ploy of the railroad. The Central of Georgia earnestly appeals for the co-operation of the public in this
matter. *$s
The management is doing its part in reducing the perils of grade crossing. Reconstruction of
the line between Birmingham and Columbus, Georgia, now nearing completion, eliminates forty grade
crossings within a distance of one hundred and fifty-six miles. Elsewhere grades are being separated
by the construction of viaducts and underpasses. State highway departments and federal authorities
are working with the railways to avoid grade crossings where new highways are built or where old
highways are relocated.
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The regulations of Georgia and of other states are reasonable and should be obeyed. The Cen¬
tral of Georgia believes that right thinking people will recognize the desirability and the necessity of
such measures, intended for the protection of the public, and that they will cheerfully comply with them
as they do with municipal regulations of “Boulevard Stops”, “One-Way Streets”, “Limited Parking
Time”, “Non-Parking Areas” and the like. Such regulations expedite traffic. Stop Laws at grade cross¬
ings are much more important in that they are intended to preserve human life.
The railways are constantly being made safer for those who work for them and for those who
ride on their trains. In the last thirty-six years, although the number of railway employes has trebled,
there has been a decrease of twenty-six percent in employes fatalities. In a like period, passenger
traffic has also trebled, but there has been a decrease of fifty-three percent in passenger fatalities.
Grade crossing fatalities, however, in 1924 showed an increase of four hundred and thirty-five
percent over 1890.
Engineers, trainmen and all other employes are required to exercise the greatest possible cau
tion. Crossings are ali plainly marked. Many of them are guarded or otherwise protected. But the
railroads alone cannot prevent crossing accidents. Those who cross railway tracks must be cautious *
for their own sake. It is within their power to protect themselves at all crossings.
Public support, through observance of the new Georgia law, of the laws of other states, and com
mon sense precautions is the co-operation that the railways seek.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
L. A. DOWNS,
Savannah, Georgia, September 15, 1925. President, Central of Georgia Railway Company. 1*
Too late now to order your Christ¬
mas gifts from mail order places.
Hot weather wouldn’t be so bad if
you could blame it on your wife.
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All work and no play indicates
Jack is a farmer boy.
What could be worse than being ire
love and your auto in the shop?