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tihes-entkrpkise, thomasvillb, GEORGIA. O’T.«, 1908.
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Iftferof Thomas County
OnraatesJ Circulation
The senvenlr postal card U sup-
: the lore letter. -
Tie crop report on etraw
ahowa a decided decrease.
The prohlbltlonlate of, Atlanta are
make another effort to make the
dry.
“What ahalt we do when the lob
ster dlaappearaT" aska the Boeton
Do somebody elae.
North Georgia girl broke her neck
reaching for a Klee the other day
Ita the men that break ’em down
In the laet laaue of Watson's
Magaalne Mr. Wataon lays HonHokr
Smith kai his sympathy: The next
i la, haa Hoke bla support?
They bow say that Ulllput Bart
lett the cneilng Congressman from
the math, will have opposition from
CkpL W. A. Davis of Macon. Gc
an boys.
at thing the gubernatorial
i has done la to enable small
politicians to ray how friendly
they are with “Hoke” and “Clark’'
aad “John" and how they bate to
i them.
The Atlanta authorities are lock
ing the barn after the horse Is sto-.
lea. Since a child was killed
by an automobile they are adopting
to govern the machlnea.
The tab driven In Atlanta are
squabbling over the rights of the
Okies depot The scrap Is viewed
wrtth equanimity by those who have
I at the hands of the Jehus.
B&i _
i county dtlseni are evident-
isea after the county offices—
s being about SO aspirants forthe
sight offices to be Oiled. Now you
sag' see tbe necessity tor the ma
jority primary—else the offices will
: all be filled by minority can
didates and the popular man will be
defeated. —Balnbridgo Democrat.
The 6rlffla News credits tho'Tlmos-
Materprise with an editorial stating
»ii.« Candidates Smith and Howell
are both ruehlng to their doom and
thabho people will turn from their
abusive tactics to the support of ano
ther man. Now we may have thought
this but we haven’t raid ao. Broth-
uT Oleaener and we have no desire
to steal anybody’s else thunder.
Rev. Bam P- Jones In tbe Atlanta
Journal says: “All In all these
prosperous times, the fellow that
Mat doing well must either lasy
.or mean. There la a cry that labor
Ito genres everywhere. Labor la get-
^s»g better wages than ever before
rflome fellows, though, arq uke Pat
Ha said he wasn’t hunting work,
Ikat Just wanting wages. And a man
-But of work now la likely to be a
•oagnad forever. Even the women
taro «t work. I never raw as many
.mamas marking la all my life. Just
■ge linto the great stone and manu-
ffnetoriee sad bait of the employes
an semf, aad not only In these
i bat In oHeee sad some of the
i aad everywhere you will find
u at work aad I think mon of
of women, a thousand
than I 40 the eUly. Idle gang
l runs with the «00.”
Mayor Woodward reports that his
terrier dog has run away. Pox ter
riers are noted for their self respect,
We ^old you so. No sooner did
Taft leave the Philippines than the
.’Id blew off and killed 100 soldiers.
The farmers of the country produced
In 1004 five billion dollars worth of
staff. Will somebody please swap
us a farm for a newspaper.
It Is said that certain leading Re
publicans favor tbe return of that
148.000 to the New York’Life. A
rood idea. That will be a safe In
vestment of the fund pending the
text campaign. ‘
THE WHITE FLY
People hare been annoyed by the
white fly, or gnat. It Is here and
seems determined to stay here. Be
sides its abominable habit of bus
ting around , your face and getting
!n your eye. It Is very destructive
’o shrubbery of certain kinds. They
Inlnre orange trees and privet hedg
es. There Is not much of this partlc-
ilar kind of vegetation around here
ind the little pesta have taken to
he China berry trees. Now is the
Ime to kill them off. This can be
’.one by spraying the vegetation
here they luxuriate with an enrol-
ion of kerosene or with parts green.
Vnd while you are monkdying
1th the kerosene gun take a
hot at the old holes and other pla-
?s where the mosquitoes breed.
GEORGIA IB ALL RIGHT.
One of this State’s citizens whose
orks for tho development of Geor-
,:a and especially tbe Southern sec-
ion are well known. Is J. P. Wil
iams. The Washington Post prints
n Interesting Interview with him In
. blch he says:
"Georgia has no complaint to
lake these days seeing that the old
late Is enjoying a greater share f t
rmperlty than at any time slues
he la'ndlng of Gin. Oglethorpe. Of
ourre we have our quota of aglta-
ors, who try to make tho people
hlnk that the railroads and other
corporations are robbing them, and
Buster Browncrs. .
The'Buster Brown Company pass
'd through Thomasvllle yesterday
m their way from Valydosta to Al-
<uny where they showed last night.
The news of their passage had Pre
eded them, and there were far
core than the usual number of
onng men who had business at the
depot about 10:40. The Albany
train due to leave at 9:30, was held
aver for the west bound train to
onnect with It. The latter was late
md as a consequence the passengers
who desired to travel toward Albany
did not get away from Thomasvllle
until after 11 o'clock, causing them
to miss connection for Atlanta. The
Buster girls were pretty, though,
and a sight of them calmed the per
turbed passengers to at least a more
or' lo-s extent, depending largely on
the ape of ’be passengers In question.
"A Southern Woman” who writes
to the New York Bun from Greenville
C.,' quotes as "one of the most
popular of African songs” the fol
lowing:
■What is de use for to wuk so hard
Wen you got a gal In de buckra yard
Ebry night at half past eight
I take my stan' at do buckra gate
Afi’ waits for do gal wll de buckra
plate.”
So far ns wo are aware the song Is
new In this Immediate section, but
the sentiment Is familiar.—Macon
Telegraph.
Tbe Springfield Republican thinks
there should be no excuse for anoth-
epldemlc of yellow fever In New
Orleans, In view of the progress
made In science In lighting the dls-
j. That the current visitation
has been well handled Is beyond dis
pute, but there are still many ques
tions In connection with the disease
that are unanswered. The mosqul-
theory has been strongly sus
tained yet there are eminent physt-
clans who do not accept It as con
clusive. Preventive measures will
undoubtedly he taken In future and
the probabilities are that there will
never again be even a small epidemic
of tbe fever.—Savannah News.
ALTERNATIVE
ROAD LAW
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PUBLISH VOLUMINOUS MIN
UTES OF TUESDAY MEETING
And others. by the commissioners and for the
The following petition .ordered constant and personal care and sup-
'publlshed: lervlslon by them of all work animals
To tbe Honorable Board of County I rotul Implements and other property
Commissioners: |that may be Intrusted to them for
We, the undersigned petitioners use on tbe public roads and for the
ask that the said road that leads I Prompt return of same when called
from Coolldge to Colquitt line be tor by the commissioners, and shall
October 3,1905.
Board met In regular session. All
present
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Committee to Improve poor bouse
report progress'and ask for further
time-
CItation ordered on the Maple
road leading from Vashtl Home to
County line road as petltoned for by
J. T. Pittman, J. P. Evans and
others.
Permission to erect temporarily a
telephone line, granted Dr. 8. E.
Sanchez, to run from Berwick to
Mose Williams’ place. All poles
must not be nearer the center of the
road than 14 feet and the line must
be on one sldo of the road.
A petition for a bridge over Pls-
cola creek on Boston and Pavo road
was read and on motion the matter
was referred to J. D. Barrow and
Superintendent of Bridges for ex
amination and report.
The following petition read and
ordered published and referred to
county attorney:
To the Honorable Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenues
of Thomas County, Oa., the Un
dersigned Citizens and Taxpayers
mlag their Petition and Respect
fully Show:
First. That they will be citizens
of the new county “Grady" formed
of sections of Thomas and Decatur
counties by an act of the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia pass
ed at the seslon for tbe year 1905,
and approved on tbe 17th day of Au
gust, 1905.
8econd. That under the act
(known as the Blanket Bill) passed
by the General Assembly of Georgia
at Its session for the year 1905,
governing the formation of new cou
nties. the taxes levied for the year
rl905 are to be paid to the tax collect
ora of the counties from which the
territories forming the new counties
Is taken.
Third. That at the April term,
1904, of the Superior Court of Thom
as county, the grand Jury for said
term did recommend that the "al
ternative road law" as Is embodied
In tbe code 1896, section 673 and
583 Inclusive, and amended by the
acts of 1903. page 104, be put Into
effect by the board of commissioners
as soon as possible. That your
Honorable Board of Commissioners
acting In conformity with said recom
mendatlon. did, at the September
term, 1906, of your court, levy a
tax of two dollars per thousand on
all taxable property in said county
to be collected In the year 1905. for
the purpose of putting the alterna
tive road law" Into operation In the
year 1900.
Fourth. That under the law as
enacted by the General Assembly
and approvedby the governor on the
17th day of August, 1905,the raid
new county “Grady” will be organ
ized on the first Monday In January
1906, and the section of the new
county new being a part of Thomas
county and composed of Cairo dis
trict and part of Spence, Duncanville
and Ochlockonee districts will not
be after the aforesaid date a part
of Thomas county but will be a part
of the now county "Orady.”
Fifth. That at the tlmo npotnted
by your Honorable Board of Com
missioners for “alternative Road
Law" to bo put Into operation, the
aforesaid district and Parts of dis
tricts will not be part of Thomas
county: but will be a part of the new
county "Grady." and therefore, will
not enjoy or participate In the ez-
pendlture of the fund known as the
"public road fund” as expended by
Thomas county In the year 1908,
yet. the taxpayers of said -district
and parts of said districts will have
nald a levy of two dollars perthous-
and upon property lying ? nd ,i*!? 8
In said district and parts of said dis
tricts for the specific purpose of
building up. Improving and making
roads in said districts and parts of
said districts.
Ixth That by reason of tho facts
that the said district and parts of
said districts not being a portion of
Thomas county at the time specified
by your Honorable Board of Com
missioners for the "alternative road
law” to be of force and to go Into
operation, you will not then be In
the position to expend In the said
district and parts of said districts
their proportion of the “public roa d
fund” ns Is prescribed in the acts
of the General Assembly of OeorgU
for the year 1903, page 104 which
reads as follows: That It shall
be the duty of the board of commis
sioners or other taxing
of such county to levy • u
less than ten nor more ‘ban twenty
1“ „n each one hunderd
($100) dollars of tarable proparty
In such countv which shall be collect-
. and aa the general tax la
amount of taxable property of each.
Wherefore, the premtaes conalder-
vonr petitioners pray that your
u-.nnhle Board of Commissioners
«&"•«
Thomas county. Its
i.rt of the “public road fund in
part or m v Me property of
gssesss
“on °* ““(TuBarwlck.
W. A. Walker.
T. M. Chastain,
W. B. Roddenbery,
changed from the corner of Floyd
Burk's land and run down west the
original land line till striking tbe
street In front of James Paramore,
Jr. s then due south to Japonica
street, which will be a distance of
about one-half mile nearer said petl-
nffraes to cut out and make
said piece road In as good fix'as the
old part of said road. tne
J- O. Ingram,
W. H. Story,
W. A. Ingram,
And others.
Judge C. P. Hanell’s report:
Ho “- Board of Commissioners? 05 ’
. 0e “ t !? men — 1 have the honor to
report thef for the month,of Septem
ber I have paid over to the county
treasurer the following amounts*
*» county court. $47.
From hire of convicts, net, $823.
Net to county, $870.
Total, fl $9M* Ud for,elture *- »*«-
Respectfully,
Charles P. Hansell,
_ , J- C. C. T. C.
Board County Commissioners-
■S3 *" good *hape at
Jail and poor house. At the latter
none received, died or been dis
charged.
. L. B. Bouchelle.
listed 0 "'"* pet, “ on Ord,rod Bob*
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Thomas County:
we the undersigned citizens of
Grady county respectfully petition
your honorable body to refund that
part of the tax collected for road
working within the bounds of Grady
county to the proper authorities of
, We were cPPocd t«
the division of our county but Inas
much as our will was not that of the
majority we feel that we are loyal
to the best Interests of the new coun-
tf a “0 we respectfully submit that
.t will be a manifest Injustice for
our people to be taxed to work the
roads In the old county while com
pelled to keep up our own In the
usual way.
Respectfully submitted,
•H. S. Watson,
J. I. Brown,
John Wade,
And others.
The rotating rules and regula
tions submitted by the committee ap
pointed at last meeting for that pur
pose were read and adopted :
Office Board Commissioners Roads
and Revenue, for Thomas County,
Georgia.
Thomasvllle, Oa.. Oct. 3, 1905.
The Board of Commissioners hav
ing at Its regular meeting and In
neordanco with the recommendation
of the grand Jury of Thomas county,
determined to put In operation the
method of working the public roads
authorized by sections 673 to 583
Inclusive of the Civil Code of this
state, have this day adopted the fol
lowing rules and regulation!; for
carrying Into effect said alternative
road law system.
From and after the first day of
January, 1906, and until otherwise
ordered by the county commissioners
the road working force of the county
shall be made up of hired laborers
working under overseers, and of
such male citizens of the county as,
being subject to road duty under
section 574 of the Civil Code of this
Stale, shall fall to pay to the dis
tricts overseers herein provided for,
and at the time hereinafter appoint
ed, tbe commutation road tax herein
prescribed.
Seconu. Tbe entire force to ge em
ployed for working the public road
shall for thp present consist of
such number of laborers as Is neces
sary, who shall be required to work
continuously during the term of
their employment, under the imme
diate supervision and contro I of
overseers appointed by this Board.
The laborers employed for this pur
pose shall be organised In as many
separate squads to consist of such
number of laborers, each as this
board may prescribe, and one over
seer and shall work at such places
with such Implements and for such
length of time as may be required
by their respective overseers and
shall receive such wages (not to ex
ceed 11.35 per day) as may be
agreed on by the overseer nod the
laborers employed. The laborersc
composing the several squads shall
be hired by tho overseers of squads
with the aproval of the superintend
ent to be hereafter appointed by this
board and will be required to remain
continuously at. or conveniently near
to. the place where the road work Is
being done. The hours of labor
shall be from 7 a. m. tol2 m., and
from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. of each
working day and hired laborers shall
at all times assist in feeding and car
tng for the live stock and In keeping
In repair the road tools and Imple
ments used by their respective
squads and may be discharged at
any time by the overseer for Insubor
dilution or Inefficiency, the cause for
the such discharge to be jei"^
to the superintendent and by him to
the board of commissioners at Ua
regular meeting after such discharge
Is made.
Overseers of Sqaada.
Third. The board of County com
missioners shall at Ita regular met
ing In December, 1905, appoint one
overseer for each road squad, who
shall hold office for the term of one
year from the date of hta appoint
ment, unless sooner discharged by
the superintendent or the board tor
misconduct or Inefficiency. Tne
overseers to be ‘bus apotated shaB
ha known ns - iQUMOYeneerii
shall within ten days after their .£
polntment make u»dlHf
derk of the board a bond with good
each receive fifty dollars per month
as compensation tor their service
to be paid monthly.
Fourth. Each squad overseer
shall have Immediate charge and
control of one of the road squads
herein provided for, and shall at all
times be present with bis squad, and
shall supervise and direct the labor
to be performed by them and enforce
tbe hours of labor herein prescribed.
And each squad overseer shall, in
a time bopk to be procured by him
for that purpose enter the name of
each laborer working under him,
and. of all lost time by each, with
the amount proper to be charged
against each laborer for lost time,
and report the same to the super
intendent who will report It to the
county board at each of Its regular
monthly meetings.
Fifth. Overseers of squads will
be required to labor with the em
ployes under them and to make, with
the assistance df tbelr squads all
necessary repairs to machinery and
road Implements and when the re
pairs qeeded are such that they can
not be made by the overseers with
the aslstance of their squads, over
seers must Immediately apply to
the superintendent for authority to
bare them done in some other way.
Overseers of squads will be expected
to asemble the laborers who are to
work under them at such places as
may be from time to time Indicated
by the superintendent and will con
tinue to work there until ordered
elsewherq by the same authority, or
the board of commissioners.
Sixth. Overseers of squads will
be required to co-operate with and
assist district overseers In securing
the atendance and labor of all per
sons subject to public road duty
who shall fall to pay the commuta-
tatlon road tax within the time and
to the officer herein apolnted to re
ceive such commutation road tax and
shall report as defaulters all per
sons who after being reported to
them for road duty by the district
overseers, shall fail or refuse to up-
pear and work In connection with the
hired squads for the full time for
which they were summoned.
Equipment of Public Hoad Squads.
Seventh. Each squad of road
workers to be enfployed and organ
ized under this order, shall for the
present be provided with one road-
scraper, one two horse wagon, one.
large double plow, nine 'mules, six
sets of wagon harness, two sets of
plow gear, grain and forage for the
mules, and with such other articles
as may be necessary for repairing
and improving the public roads and
bridges; which articles shall be re
ceived and receipted for bv the over-
*®* r * ° f squads, who will be re-
sponalble fbr tbe proper care and
preservation of the same, and for
their prompt delivery to the county
commissioners when called for.
District Overseers.
Eighth. In addition to the over
seers of road squads to be appointed
under this order tbe Board of Com-
misloners will at Its regular meeting
in December. 1905, appoln’ one
pu . bllc , road8 *n each mil
itia district of the county to be
■JJ** ** "District Overseers,” and
who shall at all times exercise gen
eral supervision over the public
roads and bridges In their respective
districts and shall report the condi
tion of the same to the board at each
regular meting thereof, and shall
within ten days after their appoint
ment make and file with the clerk of
the board a bond with good security
in the sum of $500 payable to board
of commlsloners of roads and reve
nue for, Thoinat, county, Oa., and
to their successors In office condition
ed for the full performance of all
duties required of them by the com
missioners.
Ninth. It shall be the duty of
each district overseer to prepare and
present to the chairman of this board
within ten days from the date of
his anointment, a complete alphabet
ical list of all citizens of his dis
trict who are subject to road duty
under the law of this state, together
with a statement of the number of
miles of public roads In his district
and of the names and number of the
persons so subject to public road du-
y nportloned by him to each pub
ic road and shall keep a record of
same In n book furnished by the
commlsloners for that purpose.
It shall be the duty of each district
overseer to prepare and serve at
least one day before each tour of
road duty on all persons who are
liable to work on the public roads,
a written summous which shall clear
ly state the time and place at which
the person summonedis to work, the
number of days the work Is to con
tinue and the tools to be furnished
by the person summoned.
Elevonth. District Overseers
shall on or betare 10 o'clock a. m.
of the first day of April In each year
receive from each person who has
been summoned to work on the roads
In his district the sum of $3 when
ever said sum shall be tendered;
and shall give to the person when
he pays the same a proper receipt as
for "commutation road tax," and
persons holding such receipts shall
be exempt from road duty during the
year In which said payments Is made
Twefth. District overseers shall
by 10 o'clock a. m. of the first day
of each tour of public road duty,
furnish to the overseer of the near
est road squad at the place where
such squad Is employed, a list of the
names of all persona who have been
sumoned by them to such tour of
road working, and who have not paid
the commutation money herein pre
scribed! whereupon the overseer of
the squad to whom such names are
reported shall accept and require
to work in connection with this squad
fanlters all persons who shall fail to
attend and work as herein prescrib
ed.
Thirtentb. Whenever the condi
tion of any public road Is such as
to require Imediate work, or when
the distance to the nearest road
squad Is too great, district overseers
shall summon the citizens subject to
public road duty and who live con
veniently near to the road to be
worked, to appear and work thereon:,
and the persons so summoned shall
work under tbe {mediate supervision
of the district overseers for a term
of not more than ten consecutive
days; and district overseers must
report promptly to this board the
names of all persons who shall de
fault in the performance of the road
duty hereby required.
Compensation of District Overseers.
Fourteenth. District overseers
shall receive as compensation for the
services herein required of them ten
per cent of the commutation road
moneythat shall be actually collected
and paid by them to the county treas
yrer snd In Eddltlon ahull for tno
year 1905 be allowed ten cents for
each name subject to road 8u‘y en
tered by them on the alphabetical
list of road hands herein required
to be prepared and furnished by
them to the county commissioners:
and for other services required of
them by the county commlsloners
shall receive such compensation,
not to exceed $1.50 per day, as shall
be prescribed by the board of com
missioners. All district overseers
In the countyshall attend each reg-
ular meting of the boardunlessex-
cused by chairman of board and
shall at least ten days before the
convening of each road court serve
all defaulters In their respective dis
tricts with written notice of tno
time and place at which such road
courts are to be held.
Persons Subject to Road Duty.
Fifteenth. All male citizens of
the county between the ages of 16
and 50 years (except such as are ex
empt under existing law) are sub
ject to work on the public roads,
for the full term of ten d «r*. “"“"J
the year 1906. and are to be listed
and summoned by the dlstr ct orer-
seers in the manner hereinbefore
nrescribed. The entire term for
public road working shall, howver.
be divided up Into as many sepj
arate tours of working as the board
may decide, to begin at such time
as shall be specified in ‘he.ummou.
served on the person
dHty ; but all P^ r ° k " s J h t ° he " h *! 1 1 blta
summoned to work on n v
road will be exempt from the duty
of road working If they shall tender
to the district overseers of their re
spective districts, on or before 10
o'clock A. M.-of the first day of A-
pril of each vear, the commutat.on
road tax of three dollars and shall
be thereupon discharged from all
public road duty for the year In
which such payment Is made.
Road Courts.
Conrts for the trial of defaulters
shall be held by one or more mem-
ters of the board of Commissioner,
at least twice each year, and at such
time and place as the board shall
appoint: but until otherwise order
ed, said court shall be held In the
court house at Thomazvllle. Ot.Ten
davs written notice of the time and
place of holding such court shall be
given to each person who may be
reported as a defaulter In road duty
Public notice of the sitting of “* d
courts shall also be given by adver
tising the time and place of holding
the same in the public gazette of
said county. And any person who
shall, after having been
in the manner herein prescrlbcd.fail
to apnear for trial on the day ana
at the place appointed, bo arrested
and fined or Imprisoned at the dis
cretion of the court *„ . „ Hoads
County Hup t of Public Nonas
The commissioners of road " ^
revenue will, at such time as ‘be ne
cessity therefor shall appear.apivolnt
a County Superintendent of Public
Road, aid Bridges, who .han havo
ceneral supervision and
ment of all public r ond f h ft ”J^d'lrec?
ta the county, and with the direc
tion of the work thereon and shaU
inch amount as may be hereafter rtx
ed by the board of commissioners.
E. M. Smith, W. A. Prin
gle, H. C. Copeland, Committee.
All the ladles arc urged to visit
Mrs. Lula U M.cQueen of Boston,
on the 4th, 5th and Oth for the pur-
pose of inspecting her beautiful dis
play of millinery.
security In the sum of $500, payable :$ or the Tull time for which they were
••to the Board of Roada and Revenue lttm moned, the persons so reported
for Thomas couty, Oa.. and to their | ta him; the hours of work to be the
successors In office.” conditioned for same as those herein prescribed for
the (nil performance of all each hired reed hands: and shall report
4 0 tj M qq shall be required of them to the chairman of this board as de-
GEORGIA—Thomas Uounty:
J. T. Culpepper having made applica
tion to me Id due form to be appointed
permanent administrator upon the es
tate of B. C. Dickinson lata of said
county, police is hereby given that said
application wbl be heard at the re,alar
term of the Court of Ordinary to ■ sold
county, to be held on the fint Monday
fu September Into.
Witness my hand and official tig na
cre this 20 day of July, 1005.
Wm. M. Jones,
Ordinary
APPLICATION LEAVE TO SELL
GEORGIA—Thomas County: No
tice Js hereby given that tbe under
signed has applied to tbe Ordinary
of sold county for leave to sell land
belonging to the estate of Jenkln
Smith for the payment of debts and
distribution. Said application will
be heard at the regular term of the
court of Ordinary tor laid county, to
be held on the first Monday In Oc
tober 1905. This 8epL 4th 1905.
M. A. Fleetwood, Adm. es
tate Jenkins Smith.