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VOL 2. NO. 77.
VIENNAvGA*, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1903-
TWICE-A-WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR
THE GRAND JURY
1 PRESENTMENTS
01 the Febraary Term 1903, of Dooly
- Soperlor Conit-The Hew Road
We, the Grand Jury sworn for tbo
Febr uury Term 1903, bog to submit
the following as our presentments:
' Upon investigation of tbe report
from each district in the county wo
; find the roads in extremely bad cop-
- dition, also find- under the present
tf-f.TVoad law that it is impassible for the
(jomUussioners to maiutain good
7' .'roads, therefore this body has adopted
■. the following law:
•jt''' In order that the said •‘Alternative
jKoad Law” hereto recommended may
bo more Miood&sfully carried out, we,
the Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn
for the February term 1003, of Dooly
Superior court, hereby recommend
• as what is known as the Alternative
tvoad Law as contained' in sections
673 and 583, inclusive, of the code
of 1895, be, aud the same is, hereby
adopted in and for the County of'
Dooly. We further recommend as
follows: That the roads be worked
_ by a district overseer, cue for each
malitia district in tbe county. Said
-d.striot overseer to be under the
- direct supervision and control of the
' district commissioner of roads and to
be appointed and removed upon the
recommendation of said commission
ers by the proper authority of
authorities."
Wefnrther recommend, that each
person subject to rood duty'Tn this
■oounty shall be required to work tbe
publio road in their respective dm
tricts for a period of ten days in each
year, or in lieu thereof, shall pay a
' commutation tax of threu dollars per
ritnnum, the same to be paid between
' the dates of April 1st and July lVt
in each year. We further reoommend
that the taxes, both commutation and
advalorum, collected from each dis
trict be kept separkte aud that the
taxes for eaoh of said districts be
applied to the roads of the same. We
farther recommend, that the roads of
the oounty bo worked with free hired
labor, together with the laborof those
persons who do not pay the commu
tation as provided by law, and in
' paragraph 2 of seotion 576, of vol
ume one, of the Code of 1895.
Wc further recommend, that the
Ordinary of said county or other
proper authority, levy for the year
1903 au advalorum tax of two-tentlm
, of one per cent in the manner pro
vided by law for, the purpose of
carrying into effect these rccommeu;
i -. Nations and tbe provisions of law
referred to. We further recommend
that the Ordinary provide in each
district to be placed in the hands of
one of the road commissioners of the
respective Jiistrictsof this county hot
inter than April 1st, 1903, a receipt
properly provided with stnbs for the
collection of commutation taxes. It
shall be the duty of said commission
er to enter in said book tbe names of
. nil persons in his respective district
who are subject to road duty in
alphabetical order. Said books to be
opened from the 1st day of April to
the 1st day of July of oaoh year) on
tiie 1st, 3nd,.3rd and 4th Saturdays
of cacbof said months atsoraepublio
'l place designated by said commis-
' sioners, between the boars of 9
o’clock.a. m. and.4 O’clock p. m.
. Wc further recommend that the
commissioner thus selected shall be
the one chosen among and by the
V commissioners of each district far
~ V this purpose. It shall be the duty
of said commissioner to make a trne,
complete, and full return of all such
, k.-mey collected, ahd from whom
.•Objected to the Ordinary or Other
• » . proper authority on the day same is
collected. And in no instant, shall-
»- he make said return later than Mon?
day-following the day ou which same
was eollectcd. Said commissioner
to receive for his services the sum
not exceeding $8.00 per month, but
which sha'l bo forfeited should he
fail to make said returns as above
his salary to bo paid monthly by the
Drdinary and in'no caseto be deduct-
el out of the amounts . collected by
himself. The Ordinary to furnish
all necessary blanks and other matter
for making out reports, etc. We
further recommend that said comn^is-
sioner heretofore mentioned, shall
rnuin said receipt books with all
stnbs properly filled 'in, showing
names of persons who have paid then*
c iramutation tax and the dates and
amounts thereof, and allowing the
names of these who have paid said
tax on the stub and the receipt of
such persons not being torn out of
said receipt book, Said return to 1>q
‘made between the date of July 1st
and 3rr) of each year. And it shall
bo the duty of said commissioner to
report ail defaulters to the oversect'
of th districtofthe residence of such
defaulters and said overseer shall
summons all said defaulters to be
and appear at a designated point on
the public road on a date riot later
than tbe tenth day of July for the
purpose of working said roads for a
period of»on daysand if said defaul-
er shall fail to appear on said date or
to exhibit a receipt showing that he
has paid said commutation tax, the
said overseer shall promptly report
said defaulters to the proper author
ity to be dealt with as provided ip
sec* ion 580 of volume one of the
Code of 1896.
Wo further recommend that the
Ordinary of the oounty shall pay
bills os they are presented on the 1st
and 15th of each month by the over
seer or one of the commissioners, if
he believes them to be correct and
free from error, provided that all
bills and all pay-rdlla.of-a -district
shall be first certified by tee overseer
to becorreot andbecountcrsigncdby
a majority of the commissioners of
the distriot. We further recommend
that no person nor persons shall be
employed to manage said roads in
any way, who has any interest m the
wages received by the laborers on
said road eitherdireotly or indireotly.
We have examined tbo dookets of
the Justices of the. peace and of the
Notaries Publics and Ex-Oflicio J.
P's., and find them correctly
kept. Wo rccororaond the
following parties to be ap
pointed Notary Publics and Ex-
Officio J. P’g. as vacancies- ocohr qr
will occur soon,- in the following
districts: D. L. Ivey for tbe 1466ti>
G. M. Diet.; Elihn Johnson for tljo
640th G. M. DUt.; Lather Murphy,
for tbe 536th G. M. Dist.
We have examined pension roll of
county and approved same. V f
We have examined the poor farm'
and find everything in good condition
aud that we fiud tbo inmates of tjhe
same are properly cared for by the
Superintendent and Matron of tbo
same.
We reoommend that anew well be
dug, and old well repaired, and the
stove flew where the Matron live* be
made fire proof.
We farther recommend that tbe
fonr Blow children, now at the poor
farm, he placed ou the Pauper’s list
and that the'Ordinary pay to the
Gqorgialndustrial Home the sum of
♦5.00 per month 'for each of these
children. We further reoommend
that the following named persons be
plooed on the paupers list, and to be
paid tbe following amounts: Mose
Lester, $1.50 per month; Boss Tur
ner, $1.50 per mouth; Mrs. 8. K.
Pollock, $3.00 per mouth.
We further recommend' that the
report of the committee .appointed
by the Grand Jury at tbd September
Term 1902 to examine the books of
the different county officers, be in
corporated in theseour presentments.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury:
Haying been appointed by the last
COUNTY NEWS.
(lathered From the Four Corners of
Dooly by Qur Hustling Corps -
i. of Quill Drivers.
Pleasant Hilt Dots,
Miss'Minnio Johnston, of Cordoie,
orient Saturday night with the family"
of Mr. D. 1. Ward.
Mrs. C. G. Ward spent Monday with
Mrs.AV. M.Ward.
’ .Misses' Ituby Ward and Minnie JoKif-
ritoh spent Sunday with Misses Maggie
Horne and Mollie Ward.
Misses Lula Mao Perry and Lucy
Calhoun spent Sunday the guest of
Misses Carrie and Nina Murphy.
Jllsses Fannie and Sallie Ward spent
Sunday witli Miss Nettie Word.
Miss Pearl Schofili is visiting her
sister in Cordele tills week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Ward visited rela
tives in Cordele Friday.
Onr prayer meeting has closed for a
while on account of small-pox, but we
Hope to start it up. again soon.
Miss Mollie Ward spent Monday
night the guest of Mrs. D. P. i^ard
Mount Pleasant.
Mrs. Claude Forehand entertained
her Sunday School class at the hospit
able home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shell
Saturday afternoon. It was an enjoy
able occasion for all present. They all
went to the Shell lake and enjoyed boat
riding for a. while, and about 4 o’clock
refreshments were served; after.which
they organised a Young Prople’s Liter
ary Society with Miss Lydia Bridges,
President; Mr. Ephrfam Hall, Vice
President, and Mr. Warlter, Sec. There
ore now twenty members. The society
will meet every second and fourths
Saturday afternoons, and we hope that
much good will be the result.
One of the triplets of Mr. and Mrs.
W.M. Dixon was buried atMt. Pleasant
oemotery AVednesday morning.
Rev. Jolin-Hnll filled his regnlnr ap
pointment^ Mt. Beuzer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Shell, Mrs. Claude
Forehand, Miss Susi^Sheli and Messrs
Jesse Berry,. Ephrinm Hall, and Lewis
Spears attended preaching at Vienna
Sunday morning..
Mrs. W. P. Hall spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. G. M. Hail.
Miss Lydia Bridges and little brother
spent Monday with her sister, Mrs,
John Powell.
Mrs. Alonzo Hathcox was the guest
of Mry W.. H. Boss Tuesday .
We are looking forvvard to the happy
time wo are going to have when our
May picnic comes. , ^
- Rlchwood Doings.
-Richwood, Ga., Mar. 12-^On the 27th
of February we organized a literary
society for our school. On last Friday
we hold our first meeting which was
very much enjoyed. We expect to hold
regular meetings every Friday after
noon. •
Mr.vD. A. Seif, of Feen, - visited our
Sunday school Sunday, We are glad
to have Mr. Self with us.
Mrs. W. L» Bocbuck is visiting in
Atlanta this week.
Little Misses Maggie and, Verona
Wilder spent Sunday with little Miss
Alice Jackson, ' '• ( ~
Mrs. G. W. Nason hat been quite
sick, but is hotter at this writing;
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Jackson spent last
Saturday night with the family of Mr,
W.T. Sims.
Messrs. Chap Altman and Clancy
Lashley, of Vienna, attended prayer
meeting hero last Sunday night.
Mr. E. G. Cribb, of Pelham, is visit
ing hbmetoUis here this week,
Mrs. Baker, of McRae, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs.J. G. Pullen.
Miss Elethia Sims spent Sunday night
with the family of E. G. Greene.
A crowd of young people enjoyed
themselves Sunday morning by taking
a straw ride and hunting flowers. The
crowd consisted of W, J< Bryant, Misses
Ada, Maggie and Maude Bryant, Miss
BeolaDill and blaster George Dill
Mr. and Mrs. -6. O. Franklin and
little daughter, of Massee, are visiting
her mother, Mrs. Brown.
Street tax Due.
A|l partif* subject to street tax are
hereby notifiei that tbe saftie has been
assessed at 44316 by the city council and
which is now due. Books close April <,
t6oj; J. A. WALoatr. C. & T.
Saved his Leg
P A Danfoith, of Lagrange, Ga., suf
fered for six months with a frightful tun
ning sore oil Irt leg; but writes that
Bockleos Arnica Salve wholly cured it in
ftre days, for ulcers, wounds, piles, it
i- the bee. stive fn the world. A Cure
guaranteed, jjc. Forpti & Coxe DrugCo
SUPERIOR COURT
HAS ADJOURNED
Andrew Bundrick Found Guilty and
Goes to tfte Pen for Llfe--Other
Court News.
Dooly Superior court adjourned
Wednesday night, it requiring only
three days of this week tb finish up
the criminal business. %
The jury in the case of the state
vs Andrew Bundrick', for the kill
ing of J. II. Shrewder? Jr., and
vvotinding his wife; returned with
a verdict recommending him to life
-imprisonment about 11 o’clock
Tuesday nigh:. As was stuted in
the write-up of the base in Wed
nesday's New*, tTie jury went to
their room a few 1 minutes utter 4
o’clock.
\\’e have been ir.tcrmed that tbe
case will not be appealed. .Sen
tence was passed upon Bundrick
about 6 o'clock Wednesday' nfter-
noon by Judge Lilth-jolm. The
defendant, when asked if he < had
anything to say before sentence
was passed on him, replied: "Noth
ing, only I am on afflicted man,
andwantyoutomake. it as light
as possible. ” The Judge of course,
replied that the jury hud practically
made the sentence'artflit was not
in his power to dq anything.
Wednesday—State vs. \ Newt
Barron, colored, charged with bur-
glaiy, found guilty and recom
mended; u months, or $75.00.
State,vs, Alice Winn, colored,
charged with larceny; jury made u
mistrial. >
State vs. W. E. Smith, charged
.with violating the local option law;
jury madi a mistrial.-'
State vs. Robert’ Lilly, colored,
charged With carrying' concealed
weapons, verdict not guilty.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
A HORSE RACE
would not interest you as much as our
line of white and fancy vests or ties or
hats. We handle the most up-to-date
Gents Furnishings.
Proctor, Lashley & Co.
THE HABERDASHERS.
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Young Man Horribly Mangled By
Freight Train In Cordele on
Thursday Night.
The 19-yenrol‘d'Ron of Conductor
Young, pf the A. & B., was killed
in Cordele Thursday night by fa)
ling under a moving train.
He had just been given a freight
conductor’s position on the road
and had rjiade,hu first trip on an
extra freight and upon'entering the
yards id Cordele, stumbled and
fell through between the cars, eight
of which passed over his body,
grinding it into a mass of bones
and flesh. The pieces were picked
up in a sheet and carried to tbe
home of his parents.
The scene of the accident and
the grief-stricken loved ones was
the most heart-rending ever seen in
that city.
BUSINESS CHANQB AT UNADILLA.
As a result of a business deal In
which HeArthur Bros., druggists at
Uaadilla, composed of Dr. T. J. and L.
W. McArthur, sold, out their, stock of
drugs, etc,, to Drs. Wooten & Pate of
that place, Unadilla will lose one of her
most valuable' citizens; Dr. McArthur
haying arranged to form a partnership
with Dr. Edge at Cordele, • and will
move there in tho near future. Mr,
Lewis McArthur will retrain in Una
dilla for the present and look after the
interests of the Doctor.
The News wishes the new firm much
auccess, . * ^
THE CITY COURT.
The April quarterly term of the City
court of Vienna will convene on the
Third Tuesday In that month, and the
civil docket will be taken up first and
continued until all business is disposed
of. The criminal business wilinot .be
taken up until the following Monday.
All parties concerned are requested to
govern themselves accordingly.
• D. L. H*nd**sox,.7. 0. C. of Vienna.
Our buyer, Mr. Feldser, is now
in New York purchasing our
Spring stock. In order to
make room we are selling
everything at Cost. Corile at
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TO THE TRADING PUBLIC:
In coming to town please make my store, near the A. &
B. depot, your headquarters, where you will always find a
idee, and fresh line of~—
FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES.
with prices ever right. Highest prices paid for country
produce. I solicit the city as well as the country trade.
Come to see me. Yours for business, ‘3$ ■;]
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