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ESTABLISHED 18G6.
VOL. XL.
CITY ALDERMEN MEET.
The regular meeting of the town council was held at 8 o’clock p. m.
Hon. D M. Clark mayor ptesidsng. Present Aldermen, J. 0. Dye,
J. H. Wilkins, F. E. Breen, D. S. Price.
The minutes of the last regular meeting wue read and upon mo
t.ion approved. The following bill were read for payment and upon
motion ordered paid:
\Y. B. Evens, $89.60
J. F. Breen, 9.00
F. E. Breen, 85
The report of the finance committee wae ivaii and upon motion ap
proved as fpH ows: having examined
We the Finance Committee of the town of Jesup
the books of thoderk of Council Treasure", and marshal of the town
of Jesup and found them to be correct as follows, viz: < We Hind that
the Clerk of Council has collected from Adv. Taxes, business
license, and trom other -curves $902.69 and that be has paid over to
the Treasurer as follows.
General Fund 810 57
Sctiool Fund 455.12
Street Fund 187.00
902.69
\Ve find that thi'Marshal has roe five i during the term for fines
$95.60 uud lias paid over to the TN Usurer 95.60 \\’e attach these ac
counts on our itemized form and tti.-o the account of the J r.asurer
which explains itself.
Hespecttully,
D. S. Price, ) j Finance
J. C Dye, ‘ Committee.
Second quarterly r-port of \Y. M. Austin, treasurer.
Bal. on hand April 1, I9 t t7 1098.55
Received trom Jas. Jteele, School Fund 155.12
44 44 4 . * 4 General “ 801.57
it 4 * t 4 4 . Street ■* 187.00
4 . 4 4 44 4 4 Fines 12 20
4; “ D. S. Yeomans, 95.60
4 • “ Finance Committee b nr.nwd 1000.00 2010.49
Total 8,104.01
Amt. paid < ut as per voucher, School Fund, 1,475.51
Gen. . i 1,077.59
Street " 817.84
Check returned 80.00
I). S. Y. fines sh >»*t .50 2,S)C0.94
Bal. on hand, $208.1C
A moti' ii wa- made and carried t a> Messrs. Breen and Price t>e
relea^e 1 from paying the fine of Cltas Bowder. Upon motion the
Chairman of the street and lane oomunttw was authorized to buy a
pair of wheels an l axle Ur the iovu carl a o.,ce.
A motion was m ide and carried th it all the money collect d trom
fiines *e placed to the-credii of the street tun t a d 1 hat the salary <<f
Asst. Marshal Good bread be eharg-d to the General Fuud instead of
the St rwt> Fund. A motion was mad" and carried that the Finonc
Committee borrow another $1000.0(t on the best terms available,
There b?it,g no further business upon motto t the in ?eting adjourn sd.
City Board of Education Meet
The adjourned meeting of the Boa-d of Education of June 1st,
was called to order at 8:80 p. m., Present E D. Crummey, Prest
ding. The following members were pre-eut D. M. 1 lark J. C. Dye,
andR, W. I’indall, absent J. A. Morns
The Minutes of the adjourned meeting of July 1st, were read.
Hearing appeals— Under this Head a communication was read for
Mrs. Annie Bennett which was upon motion received.
Upon motion ihe secretary was instructed to correspond with Miss
Inez King and request her to sttfe if she would be willing to teach
4th, and fifth m place of the 2nd Grade.
A motion was carried that E. C. Crummey. R. \V. Tindall and J.,s.
P,. M rris still agree to carry out the pr> mse to make Prof. Grien’s
Salary $5)09 regardless of thi length of term. Col. Clark concurs
in order that these members may fnlllill their personal ob
garious. „ tloIM
d to-mil tne above .
Upon motion the se:n-tarv was instruct
formation to Mr Grce.i „ wit 1 the , request, tiiao n replv , at once.
... W. D.Gr , destining . . accept , ,
A letter was rad from , Pro . mi. to
p-witimi of Super in ■ »de ,t of the J •• ip Public s - til.
A iett-w i-as r*ad from Prof. J. H. Clark, accepting the position
of principal of the e> 1 0 red school 01 condition made at the last
meeting of the Board.
A letter was read from Sad.e B. Clark accepting the position of
assistant teacher in th - colored sch > > o condition named at the
last meeting of the Board.
\ motion w r as male atnl carried that the minu’es of la c t regular
»-«utiug be approved when corrected si 1 a- to make Mrs. Annie Ben
subject to assign-neut to any grade the same as other teachers
were.
T’prn motion the me eting adjourned subject to the call of the
sitina-j.
3wnp Hi Brntind ♦
“WE APPLAUD THE EIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG.”
JESUP, GA. JULY i 8 th, 1907.
Why Educate The Child?
At present there are a great
many erroneous ideas about th ■
value of education, men measure
its value in dollars and cents, s ■
many parents say they are edu
cating their children so that they
ntav make move money. To want,
their children to occupy positions
of more responsibility and greater
pecuniary value certainly is com
mendable of parents. That is
wi ll a« far as it goes, nut their
education should not stop at that.
It should go far beyond. Educa
tion that prepares a boy or a girl
simply to make money and does
not develop true character i j
nothing but a farce. The right
kind of education creates within
man a desire for that which is
higher and nobler; liberates the
great powers of the mind that
would otherwise lie dormant; and
puts Him on a higher and nobler
plane of life.
Since everyone does not agree as
to the rea 1 value of an education,
some have asked, “Whyeducate
the child?” 'lo the above qu*-8
tioulgive four reasons.
1. To give him the information
h“ need- to transact his own busi
ness intelligently. Every man,
whether merchant, farmer or
mechanic, should know how to
keep a systematic account of all
Ins business transactions. So it
not a fact that there are plenty pf
men in Georgia who cannot write
a promissory note? Certainly it
is. Such ought not to be the case
A very large percent of the dis
putes which have to be settled in
the court room is due to tguor.tnce
of business methods. Right here
I wish to say, by way of parenthe
sis, that since the great mass of
children do not attend a school of
any kind after leaving the com
mon schools, by all means more
time .-hould be given the practical
things of HD iu our common
-ebooks.
2. To improve, by reading his
morals and faculties. The mind
is, us it were a vacuum. All know,
at least all who know anything
about the physical realm, that
nature ' abhors a vacuum. It is
the natural tendency of things to
rush into it. Just so, the child’s
mind is being filled with the
things about it. To illustrate,
take a rponge and dtp it into a
bucket of pure, clear, sparkling
water and in a short time the
sponge is filled with pure w’ater.
Place another sponge into a
bucket of nauseating slop, iu a
few minutes it will be full Jof the
stud. What was the difference?
One bad a good environment while
the other had -a bad oue. Books
are the child’s companions just as
truly as hu playmates are. Put
a good book—and no parent
should . .. even allow .. the child tc read ,
any , bocks , unless . it , be a ,
=
°“ H into tile , hands o tte , c >» <•
a,id h ‘ a U ' K> ' J c°mpu.n 1 .. 11 . I
the c llld ,ea<l * tw dt0 8 1,1
great men- dee s ot con tag-,
bravery, kindness, and the like,
his mind becomes so fill.-d " Ph
such things that it is difficult tor
the child not to want to imitate
those persons. Such reading > 8
genuine character building.
Again, by parenthesis, I wish to
say that ^ 18 as muc tllB
parent’s duty to furnish food for
the mind as for the physical body.
SUBSCRIPTION 61.00 PEE YEAR
COUNTY TREASURER’S REPORT. SECOND QUARTER
April 1, 1907. Balance mi hands, $6661.01
Received from Overseers of Public Ro ids 285.00
a 4 i County C nirt 6.00
4 4 . 4 D. H. Carter Ex. T. C. 1000.00 1291.00
7952.01
Disbursements.
Paid vouchers Acet. General 810 28
( 4 » i 4 4 Jail 256.16
4 i 44 4 4 Paupers, 126.50
i t 1 % t • Public roads 888.17
4 1 44 t; J ury 91.41 1647.55
Mav 1, Balance on hand. 6304.46
Receipts for May.
Received from Overseer’s Public routs, 55 ) 4 U oil. 40
6854.86
Disbursements.
Paid vouchers Acct. Cien-ral 829.86
l . 4 4 4 % Jail 181.90
4 » 4 4 4 4 Paupers 148.50
4 » 4 4 Public loads 1004.61
4 4 44 Jury 98.08 1757.89
June 1, Balance on hand, 5097.47
Receipts for June.
Received from Overseer’s .4 Public roads 274 00
4 4 » 4 County Court 42 90
44 4 . D. H. Carter Ex. T. C. 8(385.47 8952.47
9049.84
Disbursements
Paid vouchers acct. General 508.87
4 4 4 4 44 Jail 198 55
4 4 4 4 “ Paupers 148.50
4 4 44 • 4 Public roads 817:93
4 4 44 “ Jury 8J9.91 2508 82
July 1, Balance on hand, 6541.52
W M Roberson, Treasurer, W. C. Ga.
No father and mother w mi l
think of telling their dear darling
child go down into its grave be
cause they would not give it food.
But Oh! how many children right
here in Wayne county are really
perishing to death imntally! A
home without goods books is noth
inig but a boarding place for neg
lected children. It is largely by
re.,r’i'iggood books that the child
is lifted up out of the depths of
ignorance and placed upion the
mountain topnwh°r« it is more
cool, healthful and revigornting,
than iu the sultry vate be 1 iMh.
8. I’o understand his duty to
his neighbors and country. All
j the family brawls could be stopp
ed if people understood their du
ties to their neighbors. It would
bring about such a reform iu so
ciety that the whole country
could congratulate it-elf. Every
citizen owes a sacred duty to his
conniry. It is just as much a
man’s duty to go to the poles and
cast his vote for measures that in
sures good government as it
that he sho ild provide for the do
mestic affairs of home. It takes
much inteW to voto right
asitdoe9to te the gOY€Tn .
ment m right.
4. . , ,It T , lessens , dime. T It , takes „
argument . . to
i no convince any ou •
i tJmfc a |, nost a l| the many men
. who fiil OUI chaingangs are ig .or
ant. Education enlarges man’s
j moru j and intellectual capacity
l [, e i e j J y creating within him new
vv isli-s and desires. Since he dc
9 j rft9 more he must work mors.
Education will make a vagran
J 1 C y j aw nunecessary. I uow recall
to m .„ d ft ca%e of mur , ie re^ in
which the couutv spent more mou
trying to convict him than it
. recei ved for the school fund
a en t- re -- .ar. ’__ink. 0 . It.
NO. 9 8 .
The Camp Meeting
[You a m e Invited]
The regular annual Wesleyan
Methodist Holiness Camp Meet ing
will begin at the Tabernacle in
Ashburn, Ga., on next. Thursday
night wepk, the 25th <>f July, and
will continue to Sunday night, the
4th of August. Revs. Harrington,
Teter, Mrs. Graham and others
will do the pr •aching, while Rev.
F. M. Graham, the author of sev
„rnl song bo As, will have charge
0 f the singing,
Those wishing to board, can do
so at the low rate of 70 cents per
day at tne Camp Ground Hotel,
while any wishing to camp on the
ground and take care of thems fiv
es, can have use of a kitchen to
cook iu, and any not haviugt tents,
will be provided with a place to
s'e tp, provided thn brin t their
own bedding.
The G. S. – F., and the F. R. –
G. railroads will sell return tick
ets at 4 cents per mile plus 25
cents, and the A. B. – A will give
the same rate from Montezuma,
Vienna, Fitzgerald, Douglas and
and probably Sessions
and Waycros3. Recollect, this
is not on the certificate plan,
therefore buy a return ticket.
Everybody is invited, yea, urg
ed to attend. Recollect, the
greatest business of hie is to pro
pare for eternity,.and furthermore
it will profit a man nothing, it he
should gain the wiiole world and.
lose his own soul, therefore do not
let some trival excuse keep you
away. Your welfare for ti« e and
eternity may hang on your
iug this meeting,
Everv one wito attends will be
made welcome and everything
possible done to make them corn
and made to feel at
..oiuo.