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General Presentments.
We, the Grand Jury, chosen and
sworn for the January term, 1905,
of Hall Superior Court, beg leave
t to submit the following present
ments and recommendations:
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find that the court house
needs some slight repairs, to which
we have called the attention of the
county commissioners. f
We find the jail in good condi
tion and very neatly kept. We
recommend that two electric lights
be put in the jail, under the direc
tion of the sheriff.
ladies’ rest.
We commend the city authorities
and the ladies for their co-operation
in looking after the Ladies’ Rest,
and recommend that it be kept up.
PUBLIC ROADS.
We find the public roads in as
good condition as usual at this sea
son of the year. We find the
bridge over Yellow Creek on the
State road needs some repairs. We
call the attention of the county
commissioners to the section of
road on the New Bridge road from
the foot of the hill to the bridge
and request that they investigate
the matter and see that the county
loses none of its rights under the
agreement between the county and
electric company, as to the building
of this road and keeping it in re
pair. We find a very dangerous
hole on Candler road near Miller’s
hill, and we recommend that the
said road be changed to the opposite
side of the G. M. railroad.
We find the dockets of the N.
P.’s and J. P.’s, correctly kept,
except a few minor errors, to which
we have called their attention.
We recommend that the follow
ing notary publics be appointed:
A. G. Dorsey, Gainesville dis
trict; David C. Whelchel, Whel
chel district, and J. R. Mason,
Fork district.
CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS.
We find, so far as we are able to
ascertain, that all pensioners on the
roll are entitled.
Xpiq . OFFICERS.*
to the condition of our county
officers’ books we refer to the report
of the special committee appointed
by the Grand Jury at the July term,
1904, of this court, and we make
their report a part of these present
ments, as a committee from this
body has gone over this report and
verified it from the books of our
county officers. Said report of the
special committee is as follows:
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 16, 1905.
To the Honorable Grand Jury of Hall
Superior Court:
Gentlemen: We, the committee ap
painted by the Grand Jury at the July
term, 1904, of this court, to examine the
various offices of the couuty, beg leave
to submit the following report:
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVE
NUES.
We find the books of these officers
correctly and properly kept, and proper
vouchers are drawn for all mouey paid
out.
ORDINARY.
We have examined the books in the
Ordinary’s office, and find the records
neatly and correctly kept.
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
We find the records of this office are
being properly kept; that the books,
papers, and records are in as good con
dition as they can be kept with the pres
ent limited amount of vault space.
SHERIFF.
We find the books of the sheriff prop
erly kept—a proper record of prisoners
received and discharged, and a proper
record of sales made.
TREASURER.
We find the Treasurer’s books correct,
d iu good shape; that all money re
ived by him has been properly ac
luted for, and that there are proper
ichers for all money paid out.
TAX RECEIVER.
”* We find the Tax Receiver’s book for
the year 1904 correct, and it has been
neatly made.
TAX COLLECTOR.
The Tax Collector not yet having
made settlement with the county on
accoqr\of the time not having arrived
for, we connot report upon his
offi?
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\ COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We have examined the books of the
County School Commissioner and find
hem correctly kept, and proper vouch-
ers are held for all money paid out by
him.
In conclusion, we desire to say that
we commend all of our county officers
for the faithful performance of their
duties, and for the way in which they
conduct all the affairs of the county.
Respectfully submitted.
J. I. Bell,
R. E. Andoe,
Sppcial committee from Grand Jury
at July term, 1904.
We recommend that Young IL
Fraser be paid $lO for taking evi
dence in the case of the State vs.
Patterson and Puckett, in Judge
Loden’s court.
We recommend that the Com
missioners call an election for the
purpose of issuing Two Hundred
Thousand dollars in bonds of said
county; said bonds to bear interest
at not over 4 per cent, to run from
one to thirty years, so that one
thirtieth of said amount will be
taken up each year and at the end
of thirty years the entire amount
will have been taken up. The pro
ceeds from the sale of said bonds to
be applied on the public roads of
the county.
We recommend that, if it can
consistenly be done, a portion
of the money arising from the hire
of convicts be used for the purpose
of repairing school houses in this
county, and buying books for child
ren who are likely to be deprived
of the benefit of the public school
fund for the lack of same.
We heartily commend the lauda
ble efforts of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, and their zealous pres
ident, Mrs. C. C. Sanders of Long
street Chapter, for their untiring
labors on behalf of a suitable mon
ument to honor the memory of the
“boys in gray” from the Ninth dis
trict of Georgia, and we recommend
that the county commissioners pay
SSOO of the cost of same.
We deplore the fact that crime is
very common throughout our county,
generally caused by drunkeness.
We, therefore, recommend that our
representatives in the general as
sembly endeavor to enact a law
making it a misdemeanor for any
person to be on the public high
ways or at any other public place in
an intoxicated condition.
COUNTY-HOME FARM.
We find thirty-two inmates at
the home, who seem to be well
cared for and well satisfied, and we
find one, Mr. Pitman and wife,
whom the county should not sup
port, as Mr. Pitman is drawing a
pension sufficient for their support.
We find two boys who should be
in school. We find all the build
ings in good condition except the
school house, which was damaged
by the cyclone, and one of the
houses, which might be repaired
when it becomes necessary to make
more room.
We failed to find any record of
the products of the farm; we think
that there’ is not more than 250
bushels of corn, 12 bushels of
wheat, about 1500 bundles of fod
der, no hay, no oats, no peas on
hand at present. We find compar
atively no tools at the farm.
We recommend the sale of the
county farm, reserving all the land
on which the buildings are located
and sufficient acreage for vegetables,
and we recommend that the home
be let to the lowest and best bidder,
who shall give bond and security
for the support of said inmates at a
stipulated price per head per month.
We recommend that the commis
sioners provide a heater for the
court house, and the same be put in
during the coming summer. We
also recommend that the court
be thoroughly cleaned and
new carpets put in when necessary,
and in the future the same be kept
clean and neat. We further recom
mend that such other and further
improvements be made as to facili
tate the business of the court at its
regular session.
We have selected the following
committee to examine the books of
the various officers and submit their
report to the grand jury at the July
term of this court, 1905: D. T.
Quillian, Ohm.; Wm. Hosch, and
V. C. Roark.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COM
MISSIONERS OF ROADS AND
REVENUES OF HALL COUNTY,
1904.
We have drawn warrants upon the
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE, FEBRUARY 2, 1905.
county funds during the past year for
the following amounts and purposes:
For Roads and Bridges $9,298 64
For Superior Court 3,432 90
For City Court 3,307 18
For Paupers’ Home 2,083 39
For Paupers out of Co. Home. 1,765 55
For Jail 1,092'22
For Incidentals 5,841 29
For rep’rs of p’blic b’ldings__ 14,034 06
For officers’ commissions 2,293 25
For officers’ salaries 1,222 64
For borrowed money 6.383 23
Total warrants drawn for the
year 50,757 35
The above does not represent the ex
penses of the county, for in the same
is included $6,386.23 for borrowed
money which was paid back, and should
be deducted from the above total, thus
leaving the actual net expenses of the
county for the year 1904 $44,371.12.
Again, in the total is included the
cost of building the annex to our jail of
about $14,000, and the amount paid by
the county to the City of Gainesville to
wards building the sewer system which
was inaugurated last year of $2,500, and
SSOO for sanitary plumbing which had
to be put into the court house. Thus it
will be seen, if these items of extraor
dinary expense, amounting to $17,000,
were deducted from the regular ex
penses of the county, the amount would
fall below what the expenditures have
been in recent years.
The expenditures for Roads and
Bridges have been over one thousand
dollars less than in 1903, although we
spent about two thousand dollars in put
ting new rock pillars under the Lula
bridge. This bridge was built some
thing over twenty years ago and was
held up by wooden pillars; these had
become very rotton and were dangerous
to the traveling public as well as likely
to cost the county the entire expenses
of a new bridge. We were therefore
forced to make this expenditure.
In this connection we call attention to
the fact that something will have to be
done in a very short while with the
pillars under the bridge across the Chat
tahoochee river known as Brown’s
Bridge; also, the bridge known as New,
Bridge will very likely have to be re
built within a very short time.
As a body, we commend the various
road overseers throughout the county
for their very efficient work during the
past year; a number of them have
worked the roads of their distiicts with
less money than was collected in the
same, while others have drawn on the
County Treasury to help them out.
The inventory of the county property
remains the same as reported to the lait
Grand Jury and consists of the const
house and lot, jail and lot, county homb
farm and buildings, the lot in the center
of the public square, and the vari*
bridges thrpughqut tlw’cq.unty, all
which are in good repair except as here
inabove mentioned.
Fire Insurance is carried upon the
county’s property as follows:
On Court Houses29,ooo 00
On Court House Clock 1,000 00
On books and fixtures 1,000 00
On Jail building and Cells 5,000 00
On various County bridges 6,500 00
On County Home buildings. 1,700 00
Total insurance carried.. 44,200 00
We call your attention to a tabulated
statement which we have attached to
this report which shows how the
county’s money is spent; the expense
by months and the various accounts
upon which the funds spent were charg
able.
Roads and bridges.
I Superior Court.
• City Court.
Paupers’ Home.
. Paupers out of home
Jail.
I Incidentals.
Repairs to public
buildings.
Officers’ commis’ns.
Officers’ salaries.
Borrowed money.
Total warrants, $50,757.35.
We again call your attention to the
place known as the “Woman’s Rest,”
and ask that you visit same, and ac
quaint yourselves with its workings.
Following is a list of persons to whom
allowances are made monthly to assist
in their care and maintenance. These
persons we believe to be worthy, but we
ask that you carefully examine the list
January S4BB 47 $203 70 $l5O 55 $156 70 slls 50. SB3 80 $367 97 $557 62 S7B 50 I
February... 88 72 1864 67 583 33 353 03 128 50 197 80 70 31 500 00 110 00
March 804 27 81 67 639 19 136 10 137 50 164 75 2800 57 94 50 1
April 923 19 10 74 83 33 154 56 157 92 51 40 330 31 ... 76 10 •
May 542 93 83 33 91 36 187 00 57 40 95 98 1" " 81 25 .
June: 872 33 643 62 226 40 138 24 70 77 151 48 | 90 50
July 98 04 9 00 18 65 147 99 144 25 71 2() 261 96 92 60
August 193 30 1231 04 166 48 139 00 97 60 177 15 $lO4 61 98 00
September. 1344 02 258 38 150 49 141 00 131 00 386 74 120 78
October .... 592 24 336 83 159 78 146 26 119 30 319 44 499 50 79 60
November .. 1382 07 7 88 i 3 Go 145 16 156 50 90 40 315 02 162 03
December 1969 06 21 20 | 566 37 195 31 173 88 43 80 564 36 13129 92 1235 63 138 78 $6336 23
Totals... 929861* 3132 90 3307 18 2083 39 1765 55 1092 22 5811 29 14034 06' 2293 25 1222 64 6386 23
and if you find the name of any person
thereon who should not receive the
county’s, bounty, we ask that you call
the attention of the commissioners to
the same:
Martha Jane Phillips, Martha Hul
sey, Malissa Hulsey, Polly Ann Parish,
Ranie Norris, Wm. Martin, Elizabeth
Nelson, Mary Nelson, Eliza Rogers,
Rachael Walden, Harriett Redman,
John R. Barker, Belzona Warren, C.
C. Mclntyre, Henry Carter, Elizabeth
Merck, Louvinia Rylee, Martha Barrett,
Polly Bennett, Catherine Hudson,
Alifiore Robertson, John Camp, James
Addison, Silvey Buffington, Mrs. E.
Roberts, Newton Wright, Bud Clark,
Sarah Whitley, Thos. H. Jones, Abbie
Hulsey, Annie M. Magnus, Lizzie Mor
ris, Ephriam Moss, Buck Shockley, Jane
Cross, Eliza Moss, D. J. Young.
During the last two years we have
built in various parts of the county
twenty-two (22) bridges, which cost an
average of about one hundred and fifty
dollars each. This work was necessary
for the reason that the post-office de
partment required them before rural free
delivery routes would be established.
With best wishes for the continued
prosperty of our county, we beg to re
main, gentlemen.
Yours respectfully,
Jno. T. Waters,
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues Hall County, Georgia.
COUNTY TREASURER’S REPORT
FOR 1904.
Amt. on hand Jan. Ist, 1904...52,312 34
Rec’d from tax collector(co’nty
tax) 39,260 28
Rec’d from tax collector (rail-
road tax) 3,984 66
Rec’d from commutation road
tax 1,484 35
Rec’d from convict hire 1,868 38
Rec’d from cost of special bail-
iff 200 33
Rec’d from wine tax 50 00
Rec’d from sundries 13 00
Rec’d from borrowed money. 6,316 86
Total receivedss,49o 20
By amount paid out in 1904, as
follows:
Roads and bridges...s9,233 97
Superior c0urt3,531 68
City court 3,227 35
Paupers’ home 2,006 88
Paupers out of home 1,810 25
Incidentals 5,678 90
Jail 1,097 33
Rep’rs to pblc b1dg5.14,051 11
Officers’ commissions 2,293 25
Officers’ salaries. .. 1,295 94
Borrowed money... 6,386 23 50,612 88
Bal on h’nd Dec.3l’o4 $4,877 32
Respectfully submitted.
F. M. Tumlin,
County Treasurer.
r-
In taking leave of the court, we
return our thanks to his Honor
J. J. Kimsey, for his able charge
to us, and to our Solicitor General,
W. A.. Charters, for his assistance
to us in our efforts to ferret out
law breakers.
We are also under obligations to
our bailiff, A. T. Vandiver, who
has been prompt and efficient in his
duty.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the
Gainesville Eagle and the Gaines
ville News.
E. 11. Langford, Foreman.
S. S. Herrin, D. T. Quillian,
J. J. Hyde, S. S. Cranford,
W. A. Ho wington, A. M.
Pool, A. Harrison, J. A. But
terworth, 11. V. Johnson, J.
11. Boleman, C. L. Newton, P.
J. Roark, Wm. Hosch, J. D.
Hawkins, G. W. Head, V. C.
Roark, M. J. Phillips, J. IL
Martin, J. L. Parks, M. R.
Hughes, F. L. Ledford, R. W.
Barrett.
Hall Superior Court,
January term, 1905.
It is ordered that the foregoing
general presentments of the Giand
Jury be entered on the minutes of
court, and that same be published as
recommended by the grand jury.
Granted this 28th day of Jan., 1905.
J. J. Kimsey, J. S. C.
W. A. Charters, Sol. Gen’l.
Hall Superior Court,
Jan. 28, 1905.
I, W. B. Smith, Clerk Superior
Court, hereby certify that the fore
going is a true extract from the
minutes of Hall Superior Court.
W. B. Smith, Clerk.
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We have established in Gainesville
a Fertilizer Mixing Plant, and are pre
pared to supply the Farmers of Hall
and adjoining counties with
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At a considerable saving in cost. We
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J. H. G. COCHRANE, Manager.
We are receiving large stocks of goods which are being shipped direct
from the factories. A full line of Shoes from the finest
quality down. In
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We have bought the best grades, together with large stock ot medium
goods, which we offer to the purchasing public. We have pur
efiased the best bargains that can be bought by
anybody for the cash.
We have also bought the entire stock of the Gainesville Shoe and Cloth
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Buy only of us and get the genuine Red
Ash Jellico Coal.
TOWERY SOWEN.