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•imUY,.OCTOBER ID. 1923.' TOE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA ■ Wc, the Committee appointed by the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Clarke County to examine the ri your t'harKC you called our books of the County Treasurer, ention to the fact that the find that same have been audited ovpia Legislature has passed auditors appointed by the . ■ I County Commissioners, and that at is known as the Hook and ireport js cxpectet i Monday 0 . ” law, making it unlawful for,Tuesday of next week. We find person to catch fish in any'the books neatly kept, cr manner than with a hook 1 . We Jidievo that our Treasurer .. A ... 'is dilligent In looking after the hne this law to become ef- interest of the County. This is jve in each County after two shown especially in the interest he nd Juries have recommended collects from deposits made by him in the banks. our Grand iuw unanimously SHERIFF ommends, ^hi? law for Clarke* We, the Committee appointed by mty. I the Grand Jury of Clarke County Ve recommqnd that W. A. Phil- tq examine the books of the Sher- bc re-appointed Notary Pub-'iffw find that same have been Ex-Officio .Justice of Peace £6r, audited by auditors appointed by 217th District. [the Clarke County Commissioners, Wc recommend that the com- and that report is expected Mon ition tot Jurors and Bailiffs day or Tuesday of next week, two dollars ahd. fifty cents per| We find these books neatly and that the Clerk be paid kept. Wc believe that he * * *’ tober, 1923, Term of Superior Court, Clarke County, Georgia. Hon. Blanton Fortson, | leading to Ordinary's vault. udge Su^rlpr Court, Clarke J We recommend that these items lounty. ictobcr Session, 1923. Yc, the undersigned members your Graft'd Jury, respectfully mit the . following present- be given proper attention at once. COUNTY TREASURER LIBERTY BONDS ■ ' 3 Open F. C. . 99.24 99.27 First 4 l-4s .. . 97.19 97.19 Third 4 l-4s ... . 98.11 98.12 Fourth 4 l-4s .. . 97.19 97.20 dollars for his services, e reconirtiprid that the County [rnnissionerS’ dispense with the sent systdtn of auditing and ploy a. Certified Public Ac ntnnt to 'fttfdit the books of the mty Officer* once each year, our Gr&nd Jtn*y has accepted followirig Cbmmittee Reports: IINTY COMMISSIONERS, ill NT Y FARM AND INVICT CAMP Wc beg to iiibmit report of in action of the Comity* Farm, also *ort of the examination of the records ,ot. the Commission- r Roads and Revenue nrkc County. We found the . farm in a nigh ite of production and all the id in a splendid state of cultl- i. An abundant supply of wheat, oat*/ potatoes, peas hay whs produced on the m during the-present year. The farm machinery, such os icks, wagons, mowing machines 1 other - farming implements t were nbt in operation were nd to be well cared for and wed. The Hvo stock were also nd in good condition. Every* ng about'the farm showed that /as being handled economically, he Stockade was in a clean gent in looking after the work of his Office. CLERK OF COURTS AND ORDINARY Ouj limited examination of rec ords satisfies us that these Offi ces are administered with unusual care and efficiency. TAX COLLECTOR AND RECEIVER Pursuant to direction of this Grand Jury, the undersigned Com mittee visited the offices of the Tax Collector and Tar Receiver on October 9th, 1923, and have to report that the books of the Tax Collector and Tax Receiver are neatly kept, the system employed in both offices appears thorough and, the clerical work indicates caro and proper attention. This Committee has been fur nished with copy of the audit made by Alonzo Richardson of the Tax Collector and Tax Receiver’s Offices. We recommend that said report be referred to the County Board cf Commissioners with instruc tions to investgiate all questions raised by the audit, authorising said Commissioners to - give the Tax Collector and Tax Rccevier a hearing so that he or they may have an opportunity to explain rrcgularitie . , , alleged irregularities referred to ic Stockade was in a clean Jn the au djt 0 r’s report and fur- sanitary condition and welt t h crmoro that 8a id Commissioners tilated. 'tThe dining and cook- quarters were in good clean iditiortj- -i >'!» »"> The Dwellings were all in good an table condition with the .fix ation of a. few minor repairs ich wore in progress. The inmates .of the homes «P- ired to b» well looked after in way of:clothing, / uc Lj n< ! other necessities of life. .They e all unanimous in the PJ«ise the treatment accorded them the authorities, in charge. At point we-wish to commend Commissioners and their sub- linates in the management ol - County iFotrn, . . The last Grand Jury of Clarke unty recommended that an audit made by L a, Certified Accpunt- of the ,Wa and records of Commissioners' Office. This i hpnn com- ort haa recently been com. ted and wo, wish to submit it rother with our rem>rt. Ve refer yott to Sheet Two or ..wii» n .'. rnnnrt with refer- auditor’.'report with - . to the.conduct of the lax lector’s Office and recommend t the ;BoSrd of County Com- sioners a'ee that the 'Tax Col ;or adheres strictly to the low collcctic eminy the collection of taxes. ihe Committee of Roads ap- nted by you tegs to submit following report. , ■ fter n comprehensive i™peC' n of the, road system of Clarke unty, we find the roads to be in icllent condition taking ipta midcration the present weather. Wc wl.h to congratulate the ad Commlalaonera and the En. icer ii * * n and Wo beg, however, to submit the lowing recommendations! 1. Th.t ,.thp road connecting Commerce, and Nowhere road worked immediately as it la in very bad condition. . To scrape all roads as soon the weather, will permit. . Repair the road connecting incoton and the Whitehall roiid. have authority to adjust the mat- tot with the Tax Collector and Tax 'R&civer'and do ail.that it necessary' to bring the matter to a conclusion. JUSTICE OF PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC We, the Committee appointed to go over the hooke of the Justice of Peace and Notary Public Ex- Officio Justlco of Peace of Clarke County, have examined books turned over to us—all of which hooka, to far at we are able to determine, ere correctly kept. MARKETS I! thisstatement the audit says, “We r ■ «mJlaom Mint wore rather surprised to learn that I' in computing his commission ho first took the tax appearing on the ■* regular digest and' applied to the total the sliding scale of comtuis- NEW YORK COTTON Open High Low Close P. C. sfons laid down <n the code. He Jan. , .28.27 28.95 28.06 28.90 28.32 then took the total of what Is gen- Mch ,..28.33 28.88 28.01 28.86 28.30 < erally referred to as-the ‘corpora- Dec; . .28.63 29.00 28.18 28.98 *8.83, tlon tax;’ t±at la, the tax of pub- 11 A. M. Bids* Jan. 28.62; Hcb. lie'utilities and other corporations 28.74; Dec 28.13. NEW ORLEANS COTTON ' Open High Low Close P.C. Jan. ..28.08 28.98 28.22 28.96 28.2i Mch ..28.05 29.11 28.30 29.03 28.19 Dec. ..28.23 29.48 28.70 '28.45 28.33 ft A. iif. Bids: Jan. 28.49; Mch. 28.45; Dec. 28.69. . to who make their returns comptroller general and which tax does not appear on the regular di* gist and applied the same scale of commission to that total, com puting h»a commission on the two amounts separately instead* of lumping them and applying the sliding scale laid down in the code to the grand total.” small club can organize and adopt and follow the general federation program, and in go doing follow t!ie organized* leaders of America, in tit's way helping to make Amer ica the dean, wholesome country our forefathers intended it to .be.” Among others expressing theinv portance of the work of women In civic affairs were the president and the heads of the cognresstonal districts. bank would be held responsible. It being claimed that the plaintiff un- DUHU vUUpjlld dertook to collect the amount her self. Victory CHICAGO GRAI N Open P. C. WHEAT— May -110V9 110% 109% CORN— July 74% 73% Dec . 76% 7%% 75% May .. 73% 74% 73% OATS— July 44 43% Dec .. 42% 42% 41% May .. 44% 44% 44% NEW YORK STOCKS Open P. c. Coca Cola .. 69% 69% Kennicott Copper .. 32% 32 Studcbaker . 96% 96% U. S. Steel . 87% 67 Southern Ry. 32% 32% Hosch and Secrest Are Back From Council of V. M. C. A. in Atlanta . Alton Hosch of Gainesville, grad uate student at the University ol Georgia and president of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A., and Mr. E. L gfecrest, general secretary fif the organization, have returned from Atlanta where they attended r. meeting of the Southern Reginal Council of the Y. M. C. A. A successful trip and much good from the gathering is report od by these men. >»; County Commissioners To Make InVistifraflion Following Audit Report (Continued from peg* one.) uuverniinc, uic t-uutv. SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY SCHOOLS We find on examination of books and accounts of the County School Superintendent as follows: Balance on hand at date of last report, April 1st $ 2,614.25 Received since from State appropriation Received since from local tax/ tuition and’ dona tions .. 9,688.73 Total .. *12,297.98 Disbursed as per Boilrd of County Com- vouchers 10,755.36 see that the‘Tax Col- Balance In Bank Octo- ber 1st — ..* 1,542.6. This being a little more than half of amount necessary to pay teachers and other expense! for September. % . _ _' All school houses in the County, owned by the Board, are in fair condition, needed repairs having been recently made. A number of the houses need which will be done as painting, which will be dc soon as funds are available. IN CONCLUSION, we wish to in m Saw« U o7 the" con st rue- courteous .a'S^rby d maintenance of thl, g“, ?Btataf7o& ireciation of the His Honor, Judge Blanton ‘ton and the wnttenau roan. To repair the bridge on the Uassee rdad fiver Leatcr's creek. The following roads have been ved since the convening of the »t Grand Jury and are found to in excellent condition: The atkinsville. road, the Jefferson ad and the Danidavlllc road. >URT HOUSE fD GROUNDS , . , Your Committee a* undersigned s inspected , the County Court dusc, Yarn and Jail this date, c find the buildings in good ndition witJi the following ex- ptions: :>«■*' .<., 1. Left elevator lacks ^ some teen inches of going to the jail or and some, six inches of going the basement-floor. !. On. light, in .hy-light in ling oveyeenter court or bmlo- r should be replaced. Jail— , , Several .tallpta out of order, heriff odvh)es plumbing was d to bcgip,,with). . b. Floors ho given good Knib- ig snd oil walls and ceilinga inted. (Sheriff advisee these ills were painted last year). Bedding should be renovat- tiLd it tc? ol st son, and Solicitor General W. Dean. Their assistance haa mads our work very pleasant. Respectfully, __ W. P. BROOKS, Foremen. T. R. CRAWFORD. W. A. PHILLIPS. C. N. WEATHERLY. R. T. YARBROUGH. R. L. BRAMBLETT. R. C. CAMPBELL. JULIUS S. GOETCHIUS. D. A. WATSON. H. H. ELDER. A. W. WIER. VAN NOY WIER. S. W. USSERY. J. O. MITCHELL. J. W. DANIEL. W. C. WINGFIELD. J. II. MAPP. JAMES WHITE, JR. A. S. TOWNS. W. T. BROXTON. B. S. DOBBS. T. L. MITCHELL. and Clark. Superior Court October Term, 1923. The foregoing general present ments are ordered i entered upon the minutes of this court nublished na recommended. This October 18, 1928. BLANTON FOIWSON, Judge S, C, W, C. w. O. DEAN, / Solicitor Gencrtl. Read Banner-Herald Want Ads. of the receiver to bo entitled to commissions on taxes on public utilities, which it fa stated,are not handled by the receiver and do not appear on the digest handled by him. Hie audit aso questions practice of copying names from ono digest to another instead of en terlng only those who actually re turn taxes and then making up a "defaultera” list of those names it la claimed have been copied. The audit states' that; no list of “defaulters” waa found in the of fice but that many names were found scattered throughout the regular digest that seemed to havo been copied from the digest of the previous year and from year to year for several yeses. "This is a violation of the law,” state the auditors. . “The regular digest should contain only the names of the taxpayers who have, made proper returns and the defaulters* 11st should be entirely separate following tho regular returns for etch district.” The audit states that it Is the law. that the default list shall be de ducted In computing commissions for the receivers and the Insolvent list in computing commissions for the collectors. Both offices .pay commissions and not salaries. In regards the tax collector's of fice the audit alleges that there are apparent shortages there that are due mainly to *be erron eous method employed* In comput ing commissions. In explanation of ITCHING ECZEMA IGHT WITH sun Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery, itching eczema can be quickly overcome by applying a little Men tho-Sulphur, eaye a noted ► kin specialist. Because of Its germ destroying properties', this sulphur preparation instantly brings ease from skin Irritation, soothes and heals the eczema right up and leave* the skin, dear and smooth. It seldom fails to relieve thf. torment and disfigurement. Suf ferers from skin trouble should g*t little Jar of Rowles Mentho- Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like a cold cre*pi.Ad- vertisement. SERIOUS BLADDER TROUBLE “Could not atnnd nor sit and was forced to cry out from ■ intense pain “ writes Henry Williams, Tarklo, Montana. *The doctor* said I had Inflammation of the bladder and an operation was nee- Tried Foley Kidney Pills and Improved at once. Tell nil my friends about Foley Kidney Pills os !t will save many from suffering nd perhaps, ns In my “Years ago it was qn'te common for tax collectors to compute their commission on that basis and in nearly every county we audited we had to bring in a bill against tho collector for the over-charge on account of commissions It until we audited accounts of Glynn county, where we had to make the samo ppint on the collector, that the matter was finally settled by Li decision, of tho »upieiiio coUfL” The decision of thfi supremo court in this case is cited almost In full by the auditors. Failure to collect interest on executions not paid by December 20th, the dato taxes are finally due, is also noted. Several thousand dollars are al legetf duo from the collector through the vaifous "Irregulari ties” claimed to exist. In fcbe report of tho county com missioners officers’ offiqe the audit says that that body is held re sponsible under tho law for the correct conduct of the tax collec tor’s office; "that is the tax col lector is required under the law to make settlement by April 20th of each year on all tax appearing on (Vgcst for tho preceding year." It was probably under this clause of the audit that the grand Jury acted in referring tho matter of tho two offices to tho commis sioners for adjustment. It seems apparent that If any shortages ex ist in either of tho offices they were not occasioned through de liberate wrong on the part of the officials, who for a long period of years have enjoyed the fullest con fidence and support of the people of the county, but rather have come through a system followed, erroneous it seems but approved for years. MR. D0R8EY IN STATEMENT Mr. Dorsoy, who is recovering from an illness involving an oper ation, made the following state ment Friday regarding tho two In stances of alleged discrepance*: "In regard to transferring the defaulters from one digest to an other I will state that this action was approved by tho equalisers each year. . Fifteen' yekra ago I went to ta'o list of defaulters, the amount bo- trouble and expense of preparing a Hat' of dfeaultere. the amount be* tag something like >8173,000. The commisrioners relieved tho per sons on the list of double taxes. Later whon the eqnalixera began service I explalneit that those names initialed ** J. H. defaultera. The equalizers told mo not to double tax them and an nually approved the list. "As to the collection of commis sion on corporation taxes, referred to by the audit, this was first done six years ago at tho voluntary aug- gestlon of comptroller General Wright and approved by the grand Jury at the following term court." Plea For Increased Activity of Women In Community Life (Conilnusd From Pigs Ons) f|*on of womep in community ac tivities. He advised the delegates to study and become prepared for tho respondbilftleg of their work. Civilizations have risen and fallen.” Dr. Weaver amid. “The secret of their growth haa been in tho appreciation of certain social values and in tho maintaining from genera I 1 on to generation right appreciation of values. “Christianity haa determined that the most important element In human aociety is the wolfaro of the lUtlq child. "Our Master 'placed the child In tho midst.’ I believe that we satnd upon the threshold of a new ora as notable os the Reformation or the Rise of Democracy. It will bo markod by a new principle government, and that principle will be a government of the peo ple, by tho people, for and in the interest of all the children of all tho people. “The present age Ifi democratic; the coming age is pedocratic. A lit tle child' will be the center of civilisation in tho coming days, and challenge to modem American wo manhood is to lend her strength in ushering in this pedocratic age. ”x x x In considering, therefore, the ministry of the women’s clubs of Georgia, I make bold to aay that the primary problem is the welfare of the children of the state,” Mrs. Samuel H. Inman, of At lanta, director pf the state organ!' zation, told the- delegates that the departments of the general federa tion offered them every opportu nity through which they might ex tend their activities.: dangerous operation.” Bladder and kidney trouble demand prompt treatment. Foley KIdn< quick relief.—Advertisem- J ■MB*! 'Look over the list—what‘does it mean?” she asked. “Better citisens, better art, bet ter children, better motion pic tures, better clubs, better club ow- men, better education, better health, better agriculture, the stamping oat of Mlltergcy and the ‘ clement of ’law. These t%g mis are divined fntto dlvi- 5ml oub-uivIoiOue, dO vtcB Read Herald Want Ads. Destroyed Here Bond coupons to the amotint of $4,852.42 were destroyed at a meet ing of the Bond Commission of Uje city this week. Col. Charles M. Snelling Is chairman of the Com mission and presided at the •nett ing and the city’s Indebtedness Elihut Root III, '* May Perform An Operation Soon (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK—Ellhu Root is suf fering from an attack of kidney trouble and is confined to bis bed In this city, his secretary said. Doctors reported they have discov ered a stone in the left reduced by that amount as a result which they hoped fo remove wltb- of the burning of the coupons. out an operation. ' a ,&£f Crowds Increase At Re vival No win Progress At First Baptist Church Here. *The Scarlet Cord" is the sub ject of Dr. John E. White’s ser mon for Friday night at the First Baptist churcsh. The Service will begin at 8 o'clock. Dr. White's sermons are meeting with whole hearted response and the crowds at tho meeting are Increasing. Saturday morning he will preach on "Do You Want to he Saved?" No services will be‘held Saturday night. Sunday afternoon Dr. White will preach to the men and boys es pecially. The service will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. His subject will be “The Greatert Bln in Athens.” Sundry morning the minister’s subject will be "Swell ing of the Jordan’ 'and Sunday night What Must 1 Do to Be 8aved." The services nre held at 11 o'clock each morning and 8 o'clock at night. CLARKE COURT IS ADJOURNED UNTIL OCT. 29TH ). The Clarke Superior court ad journ^! Thursday afternoon until the 29th when the case of Conolljf vs. Fullllove will he taken up. This is the only case now pending be fore the court to be tried nnd the twelve Jurors selected have been notified to be present on that date Ono interesting case disposed of Thursday was thnt of Mary Lang- stHtV vs. Georgia National Bank. Miss Langston was suing the bank toYecove'r $100,000 on a check hon- ori»fi by the bank nnd said to have been forged by Lonnie Harris fdrinerly of Crawford but now In thfc U. 8. army. ^ ft was claimed by the bank that mn.A ft tin« — I.An I* if fffiH (Hfl Men here is a Classy Mahogany Russia Bal. with Ijmg Wmrin Ncoiin Soles; Novelty Stitching Effects; Peppy English Last; Rubber Heels. $3.50. MEN! The whole secret of the tremen dous popularity of NEWARK i Shoes from coast to coast is our ability to tj gi-fe in them the most exclusive style of the •'! , day, plus quality and value at a price that is ;i absolutely without a parallel in shoe retailing. See our wonderful dis- !j play of Newark Shoes for Men that save you dollars on every pair. •] 1t J w$s moro thah'a y®ar qftcr the check was cashed before the plain tiff, called attention to It and that It i was then more than a year be fore it was Intimated that the Jb« Largest Chain c* C!*.eo Stores In tho United States. 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