About The Cedartown standard. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1889-1946 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1907)
CNilj;; , tllllf11 lliiimm hi, ~f FOR SALE 3Y I Withers Foundry and Machine Works, CAKTER8VILLE, GA.. fOne 9-11 Wheeling Engine and Boiler. ■One 10-12 Nagle Engine and Boiler. ■One Gullet Gin and Feeder—70 saws. § One line Shaft and Pulleys. I THE ABOVE MACHINE GOOD AS NEW. I TAX COLLECTOR’S ROUNDS. Bl will be at the following named places at the dates indicated for the Burpose of collecting State and County Taxes for the year 1907. I will also Ave with me on the rounds the Registration Books, which will be open for tp** registration of voters. ■ Place B-'kmart Aragon Tnncombe Browning’s lntioch ish Creek pdartown Bike Cre*k lam p ton’s . om Hill glooming Grove. . . Young's Lovvorn’s Mill Jfitna Walthall Bney Brooks X Roads Taylorsville Posco Richard Davis Or emont Bailey Store Worry's (Isbell's Store) 1st Ho.iml Oct 1st. ’’ 2d. . “ 3d. a. m. ” 4th. a.m. “ 4th. p.m. . ” 7th, a.m. “ Sth, . ” mh.a. m. ’’ loth.a in. . ** llth^.m. “ llth.p.tn. . “ 12th,a hi. Nov 2d Hound 2d and 16th 4th Sth, a m. 6th, a. m. 16th, a. ill. 7th. a. nr. Kth and 9th 11th, a. in. 1fth, a. ni. 18th, a. in. 1.1th, p. m. 14th, p m. 11th, p. in. 12th, p. in. 14th, a. m. 18th, a. m. 18th, p. m. 19rh, a. m. 10th, p. m. 3d Bound Dec. 2d and 14th. ” 3d. “ 4th, p. m. “ Sth. a. ni, Sth, p. m. 6th. a. m. “ 7. 10 to 20th. “ Oth. a in. “ 10th, p m *• llth, a in. “ 13th, a. m. “ 18th, a ni. 4th, a. me 10th, a. m “ 13th,noon 12 to 1 “ llth, p.m. W. A. CALHOUN, T. 0., Polk County, Ga. ADAMS & WHITAKER, Livery, Sale H Feed Stables New Brick Stable, North Main St. STYLISH TURN-OUTS, PROMPT S POLITE SERVICE. Soecial Attention to Boarding Horses. R. H TRAMMELL, MANUFACTURER OF Farm and Spring Wagons. Now in Commodious New Quarters, Cor. Warehouse and Woodlawn Sts. horse-Shoeing, Carriage Painting, Rubber Tires. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. Sept. 12, 1906, page 186, shows that "Messrs. M. V. B. Ake and J. E. Houseal were made a committee to check over the books of the County School CommiESiomr, .and to rec ommend such chunge in the system of keeping books of the office as the committee may deaai advisable." Here 1m the report which covered the entire period of my Incumbency all of the year 1906. the very year this jury seemB troubled about (the examina tion having been completed by Mr. Ake at the request of Mr. Houseal, a very busy man during the whole of the fall season: — To the Board of Education: In compliance with your request to put in writing the result of my examin ation of the books, resources and dis bursements of the Hon. J. E. Lovvorn, County School Commissioner of said county, also to suggest any change in keeping the books that would simpli fy the work of the Commissioner, I herewith submit the following report: 1st, 1 find that during the time Mr. Lovvorn has been In office he has re ceived from all sources $41,188.03, and holds vouchers for having paid out $10,003.97; showing a balance tu favor of the county of $1,184.06. 2d, Since the passage of the resolution by the Board instructing the Commissioner to accept no more drafts from teach ers in partial payment of salaries, the system of keeping his accounts which he has adopted 1 hereby approve. Ac companying this report you will find an itemized statement of all monies received und paid out up to January 1st, 1907. M. V. B. AKE, Examiner.” This report, together with statement accompanying it, was by order of the Board posted in the cash book at the point covered by the report. 1 may say just here that when I went into the office 1 adopted the same excellent system of keeping the records that had been used by my predecessor, and which kept the Items In the cash book in absolute agreement with the items on the statements approved by the Board, and without any reference to the monthly balances in the bank pass book. This system was strongly objected to by Col. J. K. Barton, who was at that time a member of the Board, and who strenously insisted that the cash book ought to agree with the pass book. This change was made and the whole system that had been used for about a year was altered und the order of the vouchers changed accordingly. I do not even claim that the present system is as desirable as that used by Mr. Houseal, hut I do insist that it shows faithful ly and accurately the standing and disposition of the public fund. Every dollar that is touched by my order Is registered in the cash book whether it is material or not. It is easy to understand that a chronological cash book cannot possibly agree with state ment submitted of the disbursements for the previous year, because a large part of the funds for any given are not received from the State un til some time the following year,hence From Commissioner Lovvorn. To the People of Polk County: - Much as 1 dislike to indulge in card- writing or public discussion of the rel ative merits or demerits of public of ficials in the discharge of their re spective* duties, 1 feel that I owe it to myself and to the public to give the facts In connection with the system of keeping the records in the office of County School Commissioner, which came in for a share of the criticism in the general presentments of the Grand Jury last week. 1 have no doubt the majority of the Grand Ju- ors were endeavoring conscientiously to discharge their sworn duty just as I am trying to discharge mine; and no good results can come from the ef forts of either of us to hlnder^or em barrass the other. I have no attack to make on the Grand Jury, nor do I question the good faith of that body in making those unkind und unfair observations, which I believe were In spired and engineered by a small num ber, —a very small number of its members who have reasons of their own for desiring to place me in the worst possible light. Grand Juries must pf necessity do a large part of their work by commit tees, and it is easy for the main body to be imposed upon by a committee or by the number who writes up cer tain presentments, as may have been the result in this case. Again, a Grand Jury has The sacredness of secrecy thrown around its acts, and even though there may be a large number of members who are not satisfied to make such sweeping condemnation on the information,—or rather the lack of information at hand,—yet they are presalon that the presentments were [ a thnfst at the Board, although the records may make them appear to have been so Intended. Nothing could have been further from the motives of those in charge of this feature of the presentments than to reflect upon that body or offend one of its mem bers. That would have been entirely out of harmony with tho little plan. This hitter pill was prescribed for me | and for no one else; and so were these hostile Grand Jurors of their dingnos- | Is of the case and they were content ! to rely upon the "absent treatment” | to cure the malady, whatever It might bo. The Grand Jury sent no committee to my office, nor did they call on me for any information; hut at this dis tance and without the uld of a ‘ glass” they appear to have discovered n mare’s nest.” It is true they had the report of the auditing committee, Messrs. Barber and Gulss, which was published and which I do not object to since it is a fair and accurate state ment of tiieir investigation, ait far as it goes. it does omit to state that they checked vouchers for all the items of disbursement for year 1906, but this would, of course, be Inferred in the absence of any mention of ouchers missing. Bui this is all the hostile Grand Jurors have upon which o predecate their "condemnation,” nd It is here that my old friend-and- neniy gets in his work which enables him to boast of having drawn up the salty remarks of tho Grand Jury u- bout my books. We can see him as ho struggles manfully but unsuccess fully against his mania for writing fiction, as he takes tho innoeout re port of the auditing committee as his only basis and makes his presentments say that which falls upon his ear as sweet niUBlc,—that for which he has worked faithfully for so long, and which lu* now, in the desperateness of his joblessness, regards as immediate ly imperative. Now, I have borne the fire of this gentlemans vindictive spirit with a peculiar patience all along, because. I gratefully remember that it may have been this same vindictive spirit of his that made my election possible by making his own impossible; and I would not refer to him now but for his having inextricably entangled him self with this matter, and I cannot af ford to leave the citizens with impres sion that 1 have bben unfaithful to my trust. And no' matter who may profit by tlie campaign against me, I promise to cheerfully render every service possible to the educational Interests of the county. Candor as well as charity compels me to say that 1 prefer to believe that this good man hud his mind bias ed by others who hnve fanned the smoldering embers of his disappoint ment into a flame of opposition to me. Hut I have given the public th® facts as they have presented themselves to the surface where we might discover them. We have only to watch vigi lantly and perhaps we shall soon see J. W. Lee Co. NEW GOODS. Latest Styles! Best Quality! clsm, and as a public servant I do not claim exemption from such cen sure; but in defense of that which Is sweeter to me than life itself I do ask a fair-minded public to l4ok into the facts which I shall endeaor to give as nearly as possible from the reoords. I devoutly wish It were possible to make this explanation 'without refer ence to any particular person, but this as truthfully and upon the same au- they cannot possibly appear on the the cloven-foot of (.he politicians as cash book for the year to which they belong In the report. The statement, that the “report falls to account for $40 paid by the Davis school” Is too contemptible to deserve notice, but since it Is so worded as to mislead the public I am glad to make the explanation, as it tendH to show the animus that bus characterized the whole criticism all the way through. The statement might have added just is manifestly impossible. I shall there fore state the facts frankly but with out any feeling 1 except to regret the necessity for it. This same criticism of the affairs of my office was indulged in by one man who was a candidate for the of fice when I was elected, and who hap pened to be a member of the Grand Jury at the August term last year and also at the August Term this year He was so indiscreet as to talk on the outside of his purpose to have me criticised by that Grand Jury. These tirades against me were doubtless car ried into the Grand Jury room then, but the'matter was not mentioned In the presentments. The burden of his song then was that I was 1 away attend ing the State Democratic Convention at Macon when I should be here to make my report to the Grand Jury, and when he was reminded that the I cher. they push, their little scheme along while they speak In the voice of Jacob and work with the hands of Esau. Very respectfully, J. H. LOVVORN. Cedar.own, Ga., Sept. 23. thentic information that the money was deposited by the patrons in the Bank of Taylorsville in Bartow county, and that the teacher df the Daviscown school received that same money when It was due. The money was never JUiy' lnent ' that he sells it under an abso- nearer me than I aylorsville, and when j u ^ e guarantee to refund the money if NO MORE CATARRH. "There Is no need of catarrh ln.Ce- dartown," says T. P. Burbank, "if people will only observe the law of common sense.” The great success of Hyomei in the 1 treatment of catarrhal troubles Is re sponsible Tor this statement' of T. F. Burbank. 'Such Is the’ quick relief und permanent cure from this freat- the teacher came to me for u showing to get his..money, I simply took a blank check of the Bank of Cedar..own and directed it to the Bank of Tay lorsville instructing them to pay him $40 out of any funds, deposited by pa trons on account of Davistown sum mer school. It was omitted from the report because I had never received any balance sheet from that bunk,and having no funds there 1 had not thought to make request for that item. The matter has gone on the cash book for this year since 1 have received the'balance sheet and vou- law requires a report from me only at I It was by my request that the au- the spring term, he objected that the j ditlng committee made an itemized system of keeping books of the office report of the delimits for summer was not what it ought to be, and In- schools in order that it might be pub- sisted that he knew' %’hat he was lished and show the public that all talking about, although J do not re- their deposits had been used as they member having seen him in the office were Intended, since there was no 8race the day he took the examination other method of arriving at the sev- as a candidate for County School Com- »*ral amounts that were deposited, missioner. He was even unkind en- What I had intended for the informa- ougli to intimate that my very ah- ; tion of the public has been made to virtually bound and gagged so that j senee ought to be taken as an In- serve for their misinformation by the they may not even defend their own j dication that something was wrong. suspicious wording, “falls to account positions in the matter, and whatev- ■ When I returned and learned of this for $10 PAID BY Davis school.” er is railroaded into the presentments uncomplimentary discussion,I brought The present Board^inay see fit to is heralded forth as the deliberative flat of the whole body. Some Grand Jurors die thus forced into attitudes as nnp’shsant and as distateful to them, as to the unfortunate victims of the presentments. Some of the best men and most efficient officers I have ever known have felt the smarting sting of Grand Jury criti- the matter to the attention of the adopt the suggestion of the Grand Board of Education at the next meet- Jury and require a change in the eye ing of that body, and requested that tem. Should they desire it, I shall a committee be appointed to check be most happy to comply. I am sure over my books during my entire term, ! the Board desires that the records and with authority to recommend any furnish all necessary information to change which was found to be desir- j them and to the Grand Jtlrors and able in the system of keeping the citizens. And I wish especially to books of the office. The minutes of disabuse the public mind of any im- Jt does not do all .lihit is claimed for it. Hyomei It diffcr ni U’.^m a l other treatments or niedicims for catarrhal trouble. It follows Nature’s plan for curing diseases of the throat and lungs, by bringing healing medication right to the very spot wnere the dis ease germs exist, killing ail cattrrhal germs and preventing their growth. Remember that Hyomei is sold by T. F. Burbank und r a guarantee that it will cost nothing unless it cures. Mr. J. S. King, one of our best farmers, was elected secretary of the Cedartown I-ocal at Its meeting Satur day to take the place of Mr. W. S. Coleman, who resigned on account of the pressure of other duties. A (ritnhtitl Attack. on an inoffensive citizen is frequently made in that apparently useless little tube called the 'appendix.” It’s gen erally the result of protracted consti pation, following liver torpor. I»r. King’s New Life Pills regulate the liv er, prevents appendicitis, and establish regular habits of the bowels, 25c at Bradford’s drug store Mr. D. M. Lock ridge, of the 17th district, visited relatives at Piedmont, Ala., last week. Ffy Years h Itlackxmith. Puniuel It. Worley, of Hlxburg, Va. has been shoeing horses lor more than fitly >ears. He says: "Chamberlain’s Pain Balm has given me great relief from lame back and rheumatism. ] Is the best liniment I over used For sale by ltuase l Drug Co. We have secured the Choicest things in merchandise for FALL 1907, and are now better prepared to offer a more complete Jine than any previous season ot our business. New Goods are coming in and being opened daily. You must remember before making your FALL PURCHASES that we can furnish the Latest Styles, Best Quality,; Lowest Prices. J.W.LeeCo. LEADER OF LOW PRICES, CEDARTOWN, GA.
