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County
Thomasville, Ga., May j. igtjj.'
Board met in regular session.
AH present.
Minutes read and approved. 1
On motion of Commissioner PriDgle
all resolutions offered must be submit
ted in writing, and that the minutes of
each meeting be read and approved at
close of meeting.
Commissioner Bryan, appointed last
;A meeting to ascertain which three road
' rommissioners livp.il noaroct
and the road is essential to ns as citizens
and free-holders, and should said road
he abolished, it would entail much
trouble and hardships upon ns who are
so vitally interested in the permanency
of said road, and we hope-that your
honorable body will see fit to allow ns
to use said road as* heretofore, it being
of public necessity.
Mrs. Louisa Miller,
case each person’s share of such work
shall not seem to be equal to a full tour
of road duty, then to do a sufficient
amount of road duty on any adjacent
public road to m^ke up each one’s full
share of road duty; and this consent
should be signed by every one liable to
road duty who has used, or intends to
use, habitually the private way after its
conversion into a public road.
The bid pf Mr. S. L. Kemp to b&d
turnpike near Oscilla creek was accept
ed. Mr. Kemp to entey into contract
and give bond as 'drawn up by county
attorney. .*[ >
The Secretary was ordered to adver
tise for superintendent of bridges. Seal
ed bids to be presented at August meet-
► ing of this Board. S
L The following resolution was adopted:
• Resolved, Commissioners Smith, Prin
gle and Copeland be appointed a com
mittee to confer with oounty attorney
■ and draft a bill to regulate the sale of
> alcohol in the^ county of Thomas and
ask our representatives to present same
to legislature sjnd urge its passage in-
conformity to recommendations of the
last grand jury.
* Monthly report of county physiaarcr :
6 The condition of jail and poor .hous$Kt
- favorableVor health of inmates. -Nghe
e haye been received, died or discharged
o at the latter. The jail has receive?. and
h is receiving the necessary “cleaning
which, together with the severe heat,
gave him a very severe diarrhoea wti:h
it seemed almost impossible to check,
and along in June the case became so
bad he expected to die. One day one
of his neighbors brought him one small
hntriffof Chamhffrlain's Cfl.i:. Cholera
W. J. Miller,
W. W. Burney, and 38 others.
commissioners lived nearest the road in
dispute, between Union school house
and Caleb-Dekle’s, reports the mAp c f
Commissioners Thompson, Pope and
Mize. Report adopted and secretary
was instructed to notify three commis
sioners named to examine said road
report at next meeting of this board.
Committee to inspect disputed road
that the road, even if opened, would be 1
of no public utility ; and that owing to T1
the nature of the • territory through ^
which it passed, it could be neither
opened nor constructed-without great
cost, and praying that the road be dis
continued.
ze
“At the next November, 1901 meeting ^
of the board, the prayer of this last peti- ^
tion was denied. Soon after this, a to- ^
straining order, or temporary injunction ^
was granted to a xiumber of complain- ^
ants, most of whom had signed the peti- ^
tion tor a discontinuance of the road, ^
restraining the road overseers from or- ^
dering the road hands to perform any ^
road duty on the road in question^. dj
“And at tbs last November term, 1902
of the superior court of thk county, a u
decretal order, signed by the judge of n
the superior court, annulling so much of &
the road as laid between Fatten and the
Martin plane, and confirming and estab-
lishing that portion of the road extend- &
ing from Patten to tire Boston public
, road, was exhibited to this board; and ^
[ on the 2nd of December, 1902, an order ^
1 was passed by the board continuing that m
■ portion-of the road last mentioned. ^
“I have up to this time been unable to
. find either the original petition on which t
the ofrder of the superior court was c
* granted, or any copy of it; and my in- j
formation as to its scope and purpoee is ^
l derived from statements made to me by ^
. W. C. Snodgrass, Esq~, attorney for the t
. petitioners. Neither have I been able to x
- find the original order upon which this ,
board seexns to have acted on the 2nd of (
e December, 1902, but the substance of it (
L seems to be incorporated in the order f
a made by the board at that date..-
>- “The exact present «&atus of the mat- j
0 ter then seems to be that so much of the (
. road referred to as lies between the (
q Thomasville and Pavo public road, and {
’. the Boston road on the east has been' .
s regularly established as a public road, (
0 upon which road duty will have to be
performed by all persons contiguous to
,f it, and who are liable to road duty,
i- “There is, as 1 am informed, a petition .
y pending before your board for the dis-
0 continuance of this road, and it will re-
a main for the board to consider and de-
5 termine the question of discontinuance
g in the manner prescribed by statute;
5* that is to say, the board should first de-
^ termine whether they are willing to
allow the discontinuance of the road,
and if they shall determine this in the
affirmative, it will then be necessary to
publish a citation tor 30 days at the door
of the court house, and also in the pub-
r- lie gazette of the county, giving a par-
> ticular description of the road whose dis
continuance is sought, and notifying all
i- persons, that on and after a certain day
ib to be named in the citation, the order of
discontinuance will be granted unless
it good cause is shown td the contrary.
>6 “In this-connection, I will state that
in it is entirely competent for this board—
s- if they think it necessary—to appoint
in three road commissioners residing near-
le eS fc the road, to investigate and report
it under oath their conclusion as to the
e- propriety of discontinuing it; and this
they can do before determining as to
i- their own willingness that the road be
e, discontinued.
y. “I do not think, however, that in this
ic particular ; nstance, such reference to
id road commissioners is indispensable, as
•'s Commissioners Evans and Felder on the
a- 7th of May, 1901, recommended the es-
e- tablishment of the road; still, as the dis
continuance of that part of the road be-
lie tween Patten and Coolidge may affect
m the question of the public utility of toe
be remaining portion of the road, it may
ip seem advisable to have another investi
gation and report by three road commis-
!T- sioners.
he “I deem it proper to conclude this
ir- statement with a suggestion that the
d, custom of establishing public roads on
he condition that they be opened and main-
to tained without expense to the county,
re- should be abandoned at once. In the
td first place, the county commissioners
KNIGHTS ELECTION.
near Madison Tamer's make follow
ing report.
To the Hon. Board of County Commis
sioners of Thomas County;
Your committee appointed to investi
gate existing conditions regarding road
Pythian LoJge Chooses Officers for
Coming Year.
At the last regular meeting of Star
Lodge number thirty-one, Knights of
Pythias the following officers were elec
ted to serve during the ensuing term:
The Titus, O. O.; James Archibald,
V. O.; D, O. Barrow, P.; J. B. Grant,
M. of W.; F. H. Butler; M. at A.; R.
G.Fleetwood, IG.;A. C. Balfour, O.
G., Fondren Mithell trustee for eighteen
months. M. A Fleetwood is K. of R.
and S.
Star lodge if "one of the strongest and
oldest secret organizations in the city.
Under the able guidance of the above
named gentlemen, it is sure 6f a success
ful future.
Respectfully submitted.
L. B. Bouchelle, M. D.
John F. Parker,
county treasurer,
made the following report:
Statement'of John F. Parker treasur
er, for month ending February, 28,1963:
RECEIPTS.
From balance on hand as per last c _ 9
report...... .. .$45 6 5-93
From E. M. Smith, ch’man, Call
Loan from J. H. Merrill, Presi
dent, T. R, E. & Imp. Co.... 1500x0
The following petition was ordered
published:
GEORGIA—Thomas county.
To the Hon. Board County Commis
sioners Thomas county—Gentlemen:
There has been « private' road from.
Pleasant Hill school hotise, going west
to the residence of G. Y. Elkins for 20
years or more/ and has been kept in re
pair same as public roads tor snore than
7 years. The saxae is Used as a church,
mill and marketnoad by many of ns.
The Badd road was this day fenced up
by one Charley Green, who refuses to
open the same.'
We the undersigned, do hereby peti
tion your court to order said court open
ed up as a public n5ad and put in its
former condition, and your petitioners
will ever pray, &e.
A. C. Shines,
A. J. Shines,
W.W. Singletary, Jr.
and 10 others.
The following resolution was adopted:
Carried that this matter be referred to
the three road commissioners residing
nearest Axis private way. and require
them to inspect the proposed road and
report under oath to this board at the
July meeting, their conclusion as to the
necessity for this road and possibility of
obtaining right-of-way for same.
IN THE WAY* OP CONVERTING PRIVATE-
WAY INTO PUBLIC ROAD.
The County Commissioners have the
power to declare a private way to be a
public road, and the method of doing
this is as follows:
1st. It must be clearly shown to the
Commissioners that the private way has
been established in some one of the ways
provided by law; that is either by grant,
by order of the Ordinary, or by seven
years use and maintenance.
2nd. The Commissioners must be sat
isfied by proof that the private way
sought to be converted into a public
road is of sufficient length and import
ance to make the change ’• necessary for
the public convenience; and in my opin
ion the prpper method of determining
this matter would be to appoint three
road commissioners residing nearest the
private way, and require them to in
spect the pri-.ate way, and report under
( oath to the Board their conclusion as to
^ the necessity for the change proposed.
Upon the filing of this report, if the
Commissioners arc willing to order the
change, they should then publish a cita
tion for thirty days by advertising it at
. the court house door, and in the public
gazette of the county, giving a descrip-
■ tion of the private way. to be declared a
public road, and notifying all persons
DISBURSEMENTS. (
For bad ding and repairing court
house, jail, bridges, terries and
other public improvements...
For sheriff's, jailer’s and other
officers' fees..;. .;Y...........
For coroner's inquests.. .*........
For Jxaitiffs at court, non-resident
witnesses in criminal cases,
servant hire, stationery and
.^the Eke
For jurors at court.
For support of the poor of the
county. i
For other lawful charges :
Cash—Balance on hand %
439-34
32-00
3rd—There is already d good road
leading from Patten, Ga., commencing
about two bandied yards south of one
contemplated*, terminating on the south
side of Madison* Turner’s place, about
three hundred yards from the terminus
of the contemplated road over which ,
the vast majority of travel' from Patten, j
Ga., now goes and has gone for many ]
years and over a great portion of which
the United States mail is now carried.
Fourth—The road sought to be estab
lished will, if laid out as petitioned for,
have to traverse a portions of the lands
owned by one, who your petitioners are
informed will not grant the right _to
your body to appropriate his land for
the purpose which will make it necessa
ry f or the county to purchase the right
of way over same at considerable ex
pense.
5th—The country through which the
road is intended to be ran is sparsely
settled and can never be of any benefit
tothepablic. *
6th—The road as originally petitioned
for was to stop at the district line be
tween Ways and Boston and the re
gaining portion of same has never been
opened or established by your Hon.
board. '
For all of which reasons your peti
tioners pray that your honorable body
will deny the petition to establish the
said road and make it permanent.,
A. Way,. Jr.
J. R. Jones,
A. J. McKinnon,
—and 67 others. "
A WILLIAM FARM.
Mr. W. I. MacIntyre Starts an Angora*
Goat Plantation.
Mr. W. L MacIntyre, who is a pro
gressive farmer as well as a busy lawyer,
has started an Angora goat farm on his
place near town.
The raising of Angora goats is a new
industry that has proved extremely
profitable to those who have introduced
it in the south. The climate is favorable
to their growth and health and their
wool gives.high- .returns for the money
invested. Mr. MacIntyre is a pioneer in
the industry in South Georgia,.although
there are a few other growers in the
state. He has jxisfc received five fine
specimens of the pure blooded, high
grade Angora from Virginia and will
raise the pure stock.
His experiment will he watched with
interest by stock raisers in this section.
E. M. Smith.
H-C. Copeland.... .V......;.
J. D. Barrow....
WA Pringle "...
J. Q. Bryan,........ ..........
L. B. Bouchelle prof, services
R.T. Hicks
Judge C. P. Hansell..........
J. S. Montgomery.............
E. Carter, pauper.........;^.
Gordon Hattiway pauper.....
Ellison Broom pauper.
Marshall & Bruce Co. printing
J. T. Pittman & Son
Wertz & Son i,.,.
J BGrant plumbing.... ..
Thomasville Variety Works..
Geo Hadley.........'.
W B Adams lumber..........
W E Jones lumber
J. E. Robison & Co. stationery
W F Zeigler lumber..........
AW Palin.
T. J. Hight, sheriff
T. J. Hight, jailer's fees...;...
A. J. Cumbast .* '
Beasly & Cooy, lumbe^,
Evans & Son.....
B. Singletary, bridges..
E M Smith insurance.
T5 Singletary
Henry Oneal lumber.
City Drug Store, Boston paint
J J Harmon ..................
Lacy Smith bailiff
J. F. Parker, commissions....
James Watt & Bro....
W L Ball
Bank of Thomasville.
Kentucky Stable....
Board adjpurned.
J. S. Montgomery,
Secretary.
Thoasands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Snspect it
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or coxnmon glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;,
« a sediment or set
tling indicatesan
unhealthy con
dition of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire
in*the bac£*is
also convincing proof, that the kidneys,
and bladder are out of order.
- What To Do.
Thefte is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish m curing rheumatism
pain in the back, kidneys,_liver, bladda,
and every part of the urinary passage
It corrects inability to hold wates
and scalding pain in passing it, or ba|
effects following use of liquor, wine 05
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant nC
Boston, Ga., April 23, 1903.
To the Hon. Board of County Commis
sioners of Thomas County:
We the undersigned citizens of Bos
ton respectfully petition your honorable
body not to abolish a public road run
ning from Patten to J. M. Turner’s as
the road is of public utility, part of said
road being in Boston district.
H. A. Vaxm, M. D. B. M. Comfort.
O. H. Carson, J. R. Carson,
P. W. Leak, and 56 others.
E. M. Smith,
Chairman.
Patents for Georgians.
Washington, June 2.—Patents issued
Georgians today: Mary M. Livingston,
Thomasville, garment supporting appa
ratus; Erastus H. Odom, Marietta, cane
weaving machine; Joseph Tillman, Quit-
man, making sugar cane syrup.
Several carloads of melons have re
cently passed through Thomasville from
Florida to fill northern stomachs and
To the Hon. Board of County Commis-
sionerB.of Thomas Oonnty, 6a.
We, your petitioners, some of whose
names are hereunto attached, and are
free-holders of Ways district, would