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Early County Hews.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY.
OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING,
BI.AKELY, GEORGIA.
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A. J. & W. W. FLEMING,
Editors and Publishers.
Thursday, April 23, 1903.
Discussing; the Proposed Bond Issue.
Editir Early County News:
Some of your city readers would,
in my judgment, appreciate more
definite information concerning the
bonds proposed to be voted for in
the approaching election, to be held
on May 2nd, than can be gathered
from street gossip. As lam upon
the special committee appointed by
the the city council and am conver
sant with the council’s plans, I take
the liberty of making this brief
statement.
In the first place, the proceeds of
the bonds cannot and will not be
used for any purposes other than
that advertised —the extension of
the present light and water system.
The reasons for the extension are
plain and obvious. Since the form
er bonds were issued and since the
light and water plant has been in
the process of erection, our city
limits have been increased, so that
our territory has been quadrupled,
our population almost doubled and
the amount of our taxable property
greatly augmented. When all this
territory, population, and taxable
property came within our city lim
its it brought benefits, but it also
brought burdens. We cannot in
any fairness exact from these new
citizens of ours street taxes, busi
ness taxes, property taxes without
sharing with them the benefits paid
for by taxes. Besides, all our old
territory has not yet been afforded
the benefits of light and water.
Public improvements, like the
gospel plan, must begin at •‘Jeru
salem” and afterwards extend to
the parts around. No sane man
would contemplate a light and wa
ter sv6tem which began at the outer
limits and depended on extensions
to reach the center. The center is
necessarily the beginning place,
but common honesty, as well as
good business, demands that it shall
not also be the ending place.
We are asked what can be done
with $12,000.00. The committee
did not fix upon this sum arbitrari
trarily, but after study of the sit
uation and estimate of the cost.
Unless our figures have deceived us,
this sum will be sufficient to enable
us to give to every family living
upon any public street in the city
—except a few of the most remote
—the opportunity to have both the
lights and the water. We confi
dently expect this.
Remember in this connection
tion that SIB,OOOOO is what our
present system has cost. In mak
ing the extension now proposed
there will not be, as before was the
case, a well to bore at a cost of over
$3,00000, a tank and tower to pro
vide at a cost of approximately
$2,5001x5, pumps, engines, boilers,
dynamos, power house, etc., to put
up at great expense. The laying
of mains and the running of wires
are comparatively small items of
expense in a light and water sys
tern. Our figures are based upon
the present prices of material and
barring a sudden rise in prices the
amount asked for will be adequate.
There are some people who will
oppose anything that can be pro
pased. We won our present sys
tem over such opposition, and ex
pect to have opposition from simi
lar sources now. Men said when
the first issue of bonds was pro
posed, in opposition to the plan,
that taxation would be increased
until property would become a bur
den, that people would be driven
from our community, that the sys
tem would not be a success, and
that the town would be ruined
But now since the system has
proven to be a success, since labor
and capital alike have been blessed
in the prosperity that has followed
and still is following in the wake
of these improvements being put
in, since property has almost
doubled in value in two years, since
the prophecies of the proposers
have been fulfilled and the prophe
cies of the opposers have been 6et
to ridicule it would seem reasona-
ble that prophecy and argument
against the making and extending
of these improvements should have
an end. But believe not so, for
new arguments and prophecies
equally as false, equally as unten
able, will spring, yes even now
are springing, from the same soil
that bore the old ones. The reader
who hears one of these new proph
ecies or arguments, is simply in
vited to consider the source and to
act accordingly
There are good business reasons
for making the extensions. We
have the capacity at our plant to
furnish light and water to every
family within the present limits of
the city. Our water supply is un
limited, our dynamo has capacity
for 900 lights. You heard to the
contrary, perhaps, but the rumor
was incorrect. We went to head
quarters and found out. The cost
of supplying twice as many people
as we are now supplying will be
A w Two hundred young men and ladies
\\ j rVI I |H I Ito qualify for paying positions. If
YY ill X ■ you are interested, write us for our
handsome illustrated catalog.
THE LANIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE,
9-25-02eow-ly MACON, GA.
LAKE VIEW HOUSE.
DEAD LAKE, FLA.,
(Postoffice IOLA, Fla.,)
IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
FINE FISHING and HUNTING.
Table Supplied With the Best the Market Affords.
Rates SI.OO Per Day.
No more dread about fishing, the state solicitor having ordered
all officers to report no one under the fish law of Florida.
HENRY A. RISH, Prop.
§ Damascus and Restler.
Both my stores have been fitted
Spring ad Summer Seeds,
which are being sold as chaep
as can be bought in any neigh
boring market. Call on Mr.
Twitty at Kestler and Mr. Grif
fin at Damascus for prices and
you will not go elsewhere.
C. W. Sirmons.
THE CITY MARKET.
• •
The City Market is now located in the former stand
of J. W. Bridges, on Cuthbert street, where we propose
at ail times to furnish the people of Blakely and vicinity
Fresh Meats of All Kinds *£
in any quantity desired —making a specialty of cutting
meats to suit customers.
Ice by the Carload.
pay highest market prices for Chickens,
Eggs, Hides, Tallow, Beeswax, etc.
J. B.GRIMSLEY, JR.,
Free and Prompt Delivery. PHONE 107.
Wood and Iron Work.
We have opened up a
general repair shop in
. VI wood and iron work at
(€ V , Beasley’s Old Stand and
v , t will guarantee
First-Class Work
\ ' ■■ r
. v - >tC~p-4- j at very reasonable prices.
Hijillj A r ' Your patronage solicited.
Horse Shoeing A Specialty.
We have a fine line of tools and are prepared to do work promptly
Joe S. Bush & Bro.
Beasley’s Old Stand. Church Street. Blakely, Ga.
but very little more than we are
now paying, while the revenue
would be doubled. If we are not
able to sell enough lights and water
to pay operating expenses, taxes
must pay them. Is it therefore
good business to refuse to go to cus
tomers, when a small additional
investment wold enable us to reach
them.
None of the bonds will mature
I till after the other bond issue shall
have been paid off. The interest
rate is low enough, Fair deal
ing, good business, city pride all
demand their issue. It takes a
two-third majority to carry the
election. All persons who have
resided for six months within what
are now the present limits of the
city are eligible to vote in the elec
tion. But do not forget that none
can vote who do not register with
the City Clerk before six o’clock,
p. m. Saturday, April 25, only
two days off. A. G. Powhll.
The Store ! 1
Easter has come and gone and we can still fill your wants m
Pretty, Stylish Millinery
: : and Dress Goods.
We have just received some very pretty Lawns, Batiste,
Organdies and fine White Damasks, so nice for making
Waists, and only 25c per yard, worth 40c.
Something in Silk Embroideries for
DRESS TRIMMINGS, dt
Several colors in these.
Excellent line of _ _ _ _
WHITE LAWNS
from 5c to 25c per yard.
New lot of all colors in
SILK FLOSS,
and also the Embroidery Cotton.
One lot of Remnants of
Dimities
at one-half their worth.
A nice assortment of fine Madras for waists and Shirts and at
one-third less than value.
Nice Lace Curtains and Counterpanes to beautify your room.
Bargains in Ladies’ Trimmed flats, and we can suit all in
Hats from 25c up to a fine Bridal Hat to suit the most
exacting on this line.
We show the finest SI.OO Ladies’Shoes you ever saw. Slippers from 75c up.
Come and see us, we will save you money on all lines at
The Surprise Store,
S. A. Waldrop. Mgr.
ONE SOLID CARLO AD
—OF
McCormick Mowers and Rakes
i
The famous Early county Mower
with the vertical lift, for rough
stumpy land. Will stand the
roughest use and won’t hardly
wear out.
When buying a mower, be sure
that it is a McCormick and that
you buy it from
John Underwood,
Blakely, Ga.