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/O -e / O VOL 2. NO 27. VIENNA. QA. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13. 190fc TWICE-A WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR THE LAST LETTER FROM. MR. HEARD. He Writes About Colorado City, Maniton and a Trip to the Top of Pikes Peak, Covered With Snow. To thi Readers or tiix News, (and by the way this is no small number, aa the paper is finding its way into nearly all the homes of the county, and the efforts of the editor to make the News an acceptable paper is appreciated by its many readers.) As I promised I will write you my last letter of my western trip, but as the busy season is now on, and some time has elapsed since my return, I am not as well prepared as when fresh from the west. But leaving the most beautiful cit; of the great Colorado state, the City of Denver, on the Denver & Bio Grande Railroad, we readied Colorado Springs, a distance of about 75 miles from Den' ver. . Colorado Springs is a fine city and has a imputation of about 30,000, and its elevation above tide water is about 0.000 (pet. Many very wealthy people live at this point as most of the Cripple Creek gold mines are owned in Colorado Springs. Residents say that they have an average of over 300 fair days in every year, and a day in the year without sunshine is a curiosity. The business of its mining exchange is next to Lon' don. There are 37 churches, and four banks with deposits aggregating ten million dollars; it has operas, theaters and a beautiful Casino in which they have a number of summer concerts. It also has a. fine college with about 600 students; St has fine public schools, parks, etc., hut not a saloon in the city. The springs proper, from which this city takes its name, is about five or six miles away, and at a neighboring town, Manitou, but in consequence of its ho tels, liveries,electriccarservice and its railroad facilities, and its nearness to those places which are of interest to f urists it almost as much a resort as is a home city. Strangers are enter tained on a large, liberal and most hospitable manner, and people of mod' erate surroundings can find accommo dation in keeping with their, means; board ranges from $6 to $80 per 'week, furnish* d rooms and houses can be had at all sorts of prices. Colorado City is an adjoining town to Colorado Springs, and it is one of the oldest cities in the .state and lies between Colorado Springs and Manitou and as either of these last cities are of so much more interest to tourists than Colorado City, while she's the middle city, she’s not in it. Manitou, where we spent most of oar three days is the Saratoga of the west, and her environments far surpass the original Saratoga and if she had the reputation, her visitors would be double what they are now. Maniton is under the shadow of Pikes Peak, almost sur rounded by high mountains, and at the entrance of Ute Pass, and but alittle way to the Ruxton and Williams Canons, these springs, these great fountains of health, have babbled and blessed mankind for hundreds and hun' dreds of years. The red men of the forest knew their virtues and worth, and with a spirit of reverence for the great spirit Manitou, they gave these springs the name which it bears today Manitou has 14 springs, and it is said no two are alike. The sodia springs here are said to be the largest in the world and waters from these springs, charged with their own gases, are bottled and .shipped all over the world. The iron % srings are simply grand indeed, and Craters from any of these springs are simply good—'her natural spring water is so cold and good you need no ice. If there is a place in all my acquaintance I had rather live than old Vienna, it it Manitou, Co). I was told that this secluded irregular mountain bound ^ge was a very fashionable summer ;rt. f 4 was from this point that we com menced our 12 hours ride up the moun tains to Pikes Peak, a distance of 14 miles. We left at 4 o'clock p. m. and reached the summit at bbout the time next morning. Our party wap composed of three ladies and twelve gentlemen and a guide who was a very jolly and clever Irishman. We were all mounted on donkies (known there as burros) and equipped with good saddles, a pair of blankets and a rubber coat, called a slicker. This constituted our outfit; now you can imagine 16 little burros, mounted one after the other, making their departure for Pikes Peak. The women there all ride same as the men, using divided skirts which are very neat and pretty. Dp, up the great mountain to an elevation of 14,147 feet, passing great canons, chasms,cataracts, precipices, springs and mountains— scenery that no writer can describe—it has to be seen and felt to be realised. About half way up the mountain we stopped to feed our burros and eat our lunch; we mode big log heap fires, made coffee and rested for about four hours. Dock and I both being thinly dad,' ap preciated the fire very much, he had an alpaca coat and I a tight serge and no vest with sleeveless undershirts, and snow all over the mountains, you can ne how we enjoyed it. I just like have frosen and bnt for a few drops* of the ardent we both might have been numbered with the dead. You know Dock he wont drink but circumstances alter cases and he had to come across. The summit of the peak is 1100 feet above vegetation or timber line. Not a living thing in the way of vegetation grows above timber line and Rocky is no misnomer for these great mountains. Arriving at the top after twelve hours exposure of the chilly night and the fatigue of a long ride on a little jack (Burro) with nothing but bleak rocks and snow you know we enjoyed it. We paid 25 cents for the privilige of stand ing by the fire and it was the most enjoyed quarter of my trip. Coffee was 20 to 25 cents per cup and a sandwich cost the same; this was the entire menu on the peak. Almost overcome with the light air on the mountain top we concluded to sell our burros and come down by rail, which we succeeded in doing. The distance up the mountain, our trail, was about 14 miles, by rail 9 miles, and actual distance a little less than three miles. 41 am very glad in deed I took this mountain trip, but I don’t want to do so any more, do you Dock? There are a number of peaks higher than this but this is high enough for me. As far as ascent is concerned thif peak has been as thoroughly con quered as any mountain of Its height, fhe Alps in Switzerland not excepted, but downward by the Cog railroad, that would take almost an entire issue of your paper to describe, it cost over a million dollars to build it 8 8-4 miles, we reaehed Maniton in a little less than three hours. We visited here Rainbow Falls, Minnehaha, Garden of the Gods and many other places of interest, but I’ll say a few things of the Garden of the Gods and quit, as I feel that who ever attempts to write about this seen' ery must do so under some embarrass ment, knowing that his readers are of two kinds, those that have seen these sights and those who have not, and no writer can help feeling that no matter how well he may tell his story or how correctly he may describe the sights, those who have not seen them will shrug their shoulders as doubting Thomas. While thqse who have seen these sights will say that any descrip tion is only a half told story and this scenery mutt be seen to be realised and appreciated. This is not at all a garden but is pos sibly a mile or more in extent. Here you see various hues and colors of rock, immense towers, gigantic buttresses, many shaped rocks, resembling all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, etc. The greatest and grandest feature to the garden is the gateway, rising per pendicular on either side, twice the neighth of Niagara, and making a rich terra cotta appearance and is a very entrancing picture, but one must draw very largely on his imaginations to see quite a number of the objects pointed out to him by his guide. This strange aggregation of sights was formed by sedimentary strata, which lay upon the side of the mountain, but by some convulsion of nature threw them inter left our lovely Manitou for Denver City and thence homeward. I feel like this trip was a heritage that I was fairly entitled to, and I am glad I took it but I do not care for a similar experience. I could write weekly for a year of the sights seen on this trip but as promised, this Is the TA-ta. J. P. Has eo. PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURY Court—Present System of forking We beg te submit tbe following general presentments: We find our public roads in fair condition excepting they are too nar row in some places. As our people seem to be satisfied with the present system of road working, we urge our road commissioners of each district to exercise vigileuoe in having the law carried out as to working and maintaining good roads. We find good bridges in the coun ty as a whole, but recommend some repairs be made on bridges at Mini’s old mill, Drayton and camp ground. We recommend a new bridge be bnilt across creek at DunawAy’s old mill in Third distriot. We find the turnpike too narrow at Sandy Mount bridge and recom mend that it be made broader. We have examined dockets of the Justices of the Peace and find them correct and very well kept. We recommend the following parties be appointed Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justioe of the Peace as vacancies occur, or will soon oc cur in these districts: J. M. V. Williams in the 516th O. M. distriot. J. B. Smith, in the 1451st 6. M. distriot. ' J. T. Carlisle in the 1012 th G. M. district. J. B. Lewis in the 1004th G. M. distriot. T. Gleaton in the 045th G. M. district. We have examined the Pension List of tbe county and approve the same. We recommend the following par- ties be placed on the Pauper List, and that they be paid tbe amounts opposite their respective names: W. J. Jackson, $5.00 per nionth. Wm. A. Rountree $5.00 per month instead of $8.00. Bailie Sullivan, $2.00 per month. Sandy Pearson, $2.00 per month. General White, $2.00 per month. Mrs. Sarah Blanchet, $2.50 per month. , Mrs. Francis Dickerson, $2.00 per month. Rosetta Daniels, $2,00 per month. Mrs. Lizzie Nipper, $2.00 per month. Mrs. Jim Blow and children $4.00 per month in provisions. Matt Jones, $2.00 per month. We recommend that the Ordinary pay T. F. Etheridge for supplies furnished the Jim Blow family in the month of August. We recommend that Judge D. L- Hcnderson be reimbursed $30 ex- { tended in captaring fugitive from notice. We incorporate into our general presentments and append herewith report of committee from last grand jury as regards our oonnty officers: We, the committee' appointed by the Dooly County Grand Jury for the March Term, 1002, to examine various' county officers' books, beg leave to submit the following report: CLXBK’sorrica. We found books in this office neatly and uoireetly kept, in fact perfect, as fir as we were able to discover. county school, commissiokib. We find bal. on hand 2-21-92 $ 17 07 Amt. me. from Stats School Commissioner 6,946 00 Amt. borrowed from bank 11,018 16 By expense School Board Incidentals Stationery and printing Expert and examiners County School Com. sal. for the pest six moaths Amtpaid. tochers as per proper vouchers Amt. repaid to book BaL now on band $17,980 28 $ 24 00 28 49 II 04 49 00 477 00 12,168 27 5.082 08 140 40 Easy sleeping bed springs at ,,0s0 28 J. F. Heard A Sons. Amt. yet due the tank $6,93117 tax axcarvxa’s office, We find the books of thin office to be very neat And properly kept. All property given in for the year, rail roads excepted, $3,737,131, whioh shows an increase of $35,541 over 1901. Also find to take property as a whole throughout the oonnty it is given it at a very small valne, and we would ask some remedy. sHBHirr's office. We find same to have proper vonohero tor all moneys expended by him for the comity interest. We find all books properly kept except the exeontion docket, which, while correct, is entered at random through the book. city court’s OFFICE. We find that of the twenty oases disposed of by conviction and sale as convicts since last examination has net the county in fines $982.84, and whioh amount over pays the county’s expense for |jurors, etc., and pays folly 78 per oent. of the of the full cost of conrt. obdixaaby’b orncr We find this office in proper shape in every respect and proper vouchors for all moneys collected and paid ont. Everything can be found at a momenta notice to be oorteet. TAX COLLECTOX’s OFTICE—STATE AOO'T. We find total amount charged October 1, 1901: Amt. charged ss general tax $20,186 66 “ •• <• professional tax 660 00 •* “ “ poll tax 8,728 00 Collected not on digest: General tax 884 31 Foil tax 776 00 ca. By amt, paid Tax Boo's com 638 88 By amt. paid Tax Col’s com 625 46 By insolvent tax allowed 1,670 19 By amt paid oat per vouchers 22,804 49 $25,688 96 TAX COL’S ACC'T—COUNTY BOOKS. Amt. charged general tax $ 12,966 66 •* " railroad •• 2,688 69 Amt. gen. tax not on digest 2f5 04 $16,769 84 ca. By Insolvent Uses $ 867 70 By Collector’s com 891 81 By errors in digest 12 86 By proper vouchers to balance 14,997 47 $16,769 84 county trxasuxxb’s OFFICE: Balance on band 2-24-1002 $ 10,604 26 Bee. from all sources since 8,182 98 CB. $18,687 18 By amt. paid out on vouchers $ia921 90 By corn's since 2-24-1902 266 70 Balance on band 2,491 68 $18,687 18 We find this officer’s books in good shape and carefully kept. M. T. LANIER. H. W. CAMPBELL, Committee. We recommend that jurors and bailiffs be paid $2.00 per day, as heretofore, exoept riding bailiffs who furnish their own teams, in whioh ease they be paid $8.00 per day. We recommend that Ordinary Hargrove discharge the janitor at the court house for failure to dis charge his duties, and. that a new and better man be employed. We find the crossing of the A. & B. Railroad and Drayton and Cor- dele public road is impassible iu consequence of an embankment thrown up by said railroad, and we recommend that the road commis sioners of the Cordelo distriot have said crossing placed in good, passa ble condition at once. We recommend Z, T. Woodruff be pud $3.30 for bringing two pris oners from Second district to county jail. We recommend that J. M. How- ard, riding bailiff, be paid $6.00 for extra services rendered last court. We rcoommend tbe Ordinary have the sewerage from the court house closets extended to canal or creek. We recommend that four new steel oelL> be placed in jail on top of the old cells, and that additional heaters be placed in jail. We recommend that the leaks in the court house be repaired, and suoh other repairs made to the build ing as may be necessary. We appoint M. E. Ruahin and B. M. Wood oommittee from this body to examine the oonnty office's books SUPERIOR COURT HAS ADJOURNED las is Session Only Eight Days and a Half Bnt Done Inch Business for tbe Length of Time. * The September term of Dooly Superior court adjourned Thursday at noon, after having been in ses sion only eight and a half days—the shortest in many years. The crim* nal and civil dockets were pretty well cleared of the most important cases. The following is a list of the cases tried since going to press Wednesday morning: State va Jim Davis, larceny from tho house; verdict of guilty. 12 months or $75.00. State vs Will Hatcher, murder; Ver-* diet of guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter ; sentence of 12 years. State vs Luke Fenn, assault with in tent to murder; plea of a misdemeanor, 12 months or $160. State vs Anderson Lewis, violating local option; verdict'of guilty, twelve months or $160 and cost. State vs 8am Brown, burglary; ver dict of guilty, 12 months. State vs Charlie Stewart, contempt; discharged upon payment of cost. State vs Essex Means, assault with, intent to murder; not guilty. Accident at Pateville. Axabi, Ga., Sept, 10th—Yesterday morning while Mr. Elijah Bridges, tho son of Mr. William Bridges., who was running a gin on the place otMr, J. 8. Pate at Pateville, about three mileB East.of this city, young Mr. Bridges accidentally got his left hand caught in the saws, which lacerated his hand so badly that it had to be amputated just above the wrist. So completely did the gin catch hit hand that it brought the engine to a standstill. The unfortunate young man was immediately brought to this city where Drs. J. 8. McKenzie and V. O. Harvard performed the operation, He is now resting as well as could be expected. Negroe’s Body Found. Ben Mobley, the negro who assaulted the little daughter of Mr. Granger near Wenona, and who was lynched by a mob Saturday night and hi* body con cealed, was found Wednesday floating in a lime sink on the farm of Mr. J. F. Collins, three miles southeast of Cor- dele. and report to next grand jury, and that they be paid $2.00 each perday, We recommend M. E. Bushin be paid one dollar extra per day for aoting as onr secretary. We reoommend these general presentments.bo published in tbe Vienna Progress, the Vienna News,' the Cordele Sentinel, and the Cor- dele Daily News, and that each pa per be paid $5.00 therefor. We return thanks to Judge Lit. tlejobn for the able manner in whioh ho presides oyer our Superior Court, and to Solicitor Hooper for courte sies extended this body. J O Hamilton, Foreman, M E Rushin, Secretary. Jno F Butler, Wiilia Johnson, sr C C Graham, A P Gaines, B M Wood, J F Scar boro, W H Byrom, J B Lewis, S G Walls, J T Jackson, A Q Royal, A R Brown, A F Forehand, T T Morgan, J Slade, jr, HDWoS, R E Kelly, A C iiullington, WI Butler, R S M Lilly, W B Brock. Read in open court and ordered filed of reoora. Let the presentments be published as reoommended. This Sept. 10thi 1902. Z. A. LITTLEJOHN, Judge S.C. D. e F. A. HOOPER. Sol. Gem