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The Exposition de'ightS all who go ■ \ (From the Chriatian Index.)
to it. In iho Christian Index of
Uih, appeal
ed “S. Landrum,” in which therecei
ISSt s
r, «M
The tail pioposaljfor a world’s lair,
is to hare it in Rome, in 1885. action of the legislature, in maiti
Appeal is some-
roes repperyr**
■While President Arthur is pro*
viding for those who helped him, he
should not forget Guiteau.
Hangings are becming so fre
quent in -Georgia, that it Iooka like
they ought to prevent crimen.
Whoever m»y be the choice of
tuition fiee at the state University,
criticised and condemned. As
member o^that body, who voted
the bill upon its passage,' I ask '
- ’ a short comment, th
your columns, upon that communica
tion. ffig / / m
Dr.'Landrum, the author ot th#
article referred to, is a telalive of
mine, and I allede to this purely pen
sonal fact in order that you, and oth
ers who may read this letter, may
understand that I have no quarrel
with him, and that any allusions that
on this
,nd alter
road will run «*. follows:
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Brushes.
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for all points West, North and East.
0W Pullman Sleeping Car Service en trains Noe*
47 aud 48, daily, without chapge.hetwep^ Atlanta
•t General Pasaenrar A rent.
A large variety of Locks,
Rim add Mortice Locke,
Sumee and Mortice Blind Hinpca,
All niaes and styles of Door Butts,
Inside Blind Butts (brass and iron,)
A due line ot Padlocks,
Yale Store Dopr Locks,
. Yale Nipht Latches,
• Screws in any quantity and evervaiae.
And everything you want in the Hardware line.
Doors, Sash and Blinds.
Th largeit etock Ic Aw-netel at bottom flgnree.
• Send for price list.
' BALUSTERS, BRACKETS AND MANTLES,
And elmoet anything that can bo made ontof
wood, we aw preparad to make it.
Yellow Pine Lnmher.
ar draeaed. 'Wo pack
good* free of charge.
In any quantity, ...
and deliver all of
AahvUle, and Sparten-
A Great Cause of
A LECTURE ON ,TH£ NATURE, TREAT-
rn.nt, and radical cure af Scmlhal Wcaknn>,pr
SperiuaionlaaB, indaead ty HaltaMoka, lnvolun-
larjr hmlwlona, Impolency, N.rvou. Debilitj.and
1 aipedlaaeeu to raairliw Meatially; ft| ,—
Lnilepay, and Flu: Mental and Physical
ly, Ac. Hv ROBERT J.CULVERWE1X,,
author af the *'Green Book." Ac. i
The wurm-( ^ ’ -
S-rctii
thattl
Thompson & Heindel
Ms. \f . «tAOKSOS lrSEET.
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in 1884, her ticket for next mRy b , made to him baTiugvtbe.
'd be ‘Hog and Hominy.’ peafanoe of severity, are made ‘i
' 8oW thnn^ahger.^
In the communicauon I refer to,
he declares that one ' df the reasons
why there is not a large increase of
atodents at fiercer University is,
‘the mistaken policy of Uie legislature
iq making th* state University a
school so tar as coition is conce
He then proceeds to stale three
sols why he styles this action of
legislature a 'mistaken policy’—they
are the following: • ' \
1. ‘Because it degrades Uni verity
education, making it too cheap
common tor proper appreciation.’.
2. ‘Becanse it is wroog in prii
pte and daaiagixig in practice.’
3. 'Because, in the opinion of l
gal gentlemen who were members
the last Constitutional .Convention,
unconstitutional.*
We hope that our neighboring
county of Walton will adopt the
fence’’ law when the day comes. Am!
we hope to see all of northeast Gears
gia follow her example. ■
Gen. SbzrkaN says he'is *a much
a friend .to Georgia aa to Ohio.' Re-
-•Uy* General, that is very kind in
you; but Georgia does not ueed youlr
, There is said to.be a flight cool
B«m between England and . Fiance.
This may be a prelude to “firiDg up.
Coolness between nations is often fol.
lowed by the heat of war.
W— ■ - BBS
The barnesviile Gazette says the
Pike county farmers are last becom
ing advocates of “no lence.” Must
*eqsihje<peepie become so after lb ay*
have investigated the matter,
The actual bona fide circulation of
the Weakly Southern Banna* is very
- near 1,400, Athens merchants should
not forget this. We doubt not it
the largest circulation of any paper in
northeast Georgia.'
The Inter-Ocean gives Mahone a
firet'class certificate. He is, it says,
“anidmirer of Gen. Grant, and got
bis first encouragement from Conk*,
ling and Logan. He ia the warm
personal friend of George d. Gorham,
and the latter waa, perhaps, the only
man who knew how Mahone would
cast his vote when be first came to
the senate.”
(Sneccaaon to Groover, Stubbs A Cd.)
teOTTON FACTORS>
f !'l ! ' 1 1 » —AND-
Commission Merchants,
No. 04 Bay Street.
SAVAJST1TAS, GA.
“Me. MacVkaoh does not
plain,’’ is the remark of the New
York Herald in reference to the latest
so-called “explanation” by the ex
Attorney General. The Herald
again asks Mr. MacVengh to answer
direct terms what he means by
saying that his usefulness “as repres
sealing the government in the star
route cases” came to an end when Mr.
Arthur became President.
CHAS. V. STUBBS,
JOHM K. GAKJIKTT,
Aocast23* 1861.
MANUFACTURED BY
S.W. DODGE, Prop’r,
AUGU8TA
i mav be. m
prlvaUsijr and r. dloellv. _ . .
•TThii Lectors will prove a boon to tkoaaiir
Ti l | A t^ LVKKW EL L M EDJC A L CO
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Resident Directors.
Fkkdinano
Dr. J. A. IU
FREE TUITION AT THE UXITERSITT.
We copy to-day from the Christian
Index an article by Hon. Pope Bar
tow in reply to one from Rev. Dr.
Sylvamu Lendrum. Mr. Barrow de
fends the aetidn of the legislature in
making tuition free at the University
by appropriating 02,000 per annum
to that hwtitRiion, and bis defense
sutable and interesting one. It will
be read with interest by every friend
'of th# University,and not less by those
who do hot agree with him in the ar
gument.
The continued agitation of this nut
ter reminds us of-the story of a dar
key who went forth one night to rob
a hen roost. The sky was overcast
with clouds, and.the muttering than
der betokened * coming storm. As
the predaceous darkey gathered in
>" ’the first ben, there was a blinding
flash of lightning, followed by a ter
rific peal of thander “Humph!’
said the astounded thief, as he iw»
gamed bib* composure; “seems to me
you are taskin' a heap o’ fuss.over job
one little .pulleL’’ i .
SHOOTLVG A TRAHP.
•ton,.
LAW,
ATHENS, Go.
For convenience, lei us examini
briefly there three t-easona-in the bi-
verse order ot their statement.
Perhaps the Constitution itself
the highest and best evidence of what
it* provisions are upon the subject, aa
welt as all' others. If Dr. Landrum
will take the trouble to turu to Arti
cle 8, Section 6, Paragraph 1, of the
present Constitution, be will find the
following words: *lu addition to the
payment of the annual interest on the
debt due by the state to the Univer
ity, the General Assembly may—
from time to time—make such dona
tions thereto as the condition of the
Treasury will authorize.’
How could those‘legal gentlemen,
who were members of the last Con
stitutional Convention,’ have forgot
ten the above provision when they
expressed such an opinion as he has
ascribed to them ? Surely the Doc
tor must be mistaken; he Vnnst hare
been dreaming. Could any lawyer
who was a member of that body be
ignorant ot so important a feature ? It
would be difficult to find a lawyer in
Georgiy whether he waa iq> the Con
vention or not, who did not know
batter-
whose pleasure it baa been to listen to into operation. If it succeeds, I will
the eloquent accents that fall from underwrite that free tuition at Meo-
Dr. Landrum’s lips in the pulpit, that oar will not be found *damaging in
it has had a ‘damaging’ effect upon practice.*
™* I Bat I must take mv leave of* the
Let us now proceed to examine bis Doctor. Io doing so, I beg leave to
mauling objection. It is tbe stran- M . ^at in one respect, be baa done
gest of the three. He asys free ton- injustice to tbe MethodiaU and Bap-
non degrades University education, tins 0 f Georgia. There ia not ferny
making it too cheap and common for opin i on 8 ‘ or8 i* lbera l nfinded, a
F°r r v PpreC L all . on - In other words I mon catholic, a more tMerant, era
oor boy, who. is not able to pay for more generous people oh earth, than
mversity education, shall noi have the Methodists and Baptists of Geor-
it—that is about the English ot it. HTgi,. They are the bone and aioew of
you are nch, and can pay your way this state. They fight its battles in
through the University, you shall be war, and pay the greater part of its
a scholar, if y 0n are poor, and have taxes in peace. Their motto is ‘live
no means, foaabdi remain ignorant, and let live,’ if I may use a household
What does he mean when he saya wor d here. They are singularly (free
making it cheap and common de-! from and M p^y jeAoasies, and
grades it f It ought to be free and [if they are not always no fortunate as
universal much less cheap and com- their neighbors in everything, they
mon. The Reverend Doctor has rev wi n re j oice with them in their proi
ally lost his moormge. I take l«ave parity all the tame. They do not
here and now to say to him that there ^ their neighbor’s house, nor his
is not a poor boy m Georgia who is wife, nor his man servant, nor bis
not good enough fora University ed- kuid *ervant, nor hit ox, nor hia aas,
u cation who has mind enough to re - \ nor fa fa* tuition. Furthermore
ceive it. When education stoops and the y are not now, and never were,!
enters the hovel of tbe poor and takes priest ridden race, and they cannot
by the hand some bnghtreyed boy of fc dragooned into any sort of a war
ready mmd, it then assumes its most that is not of their own making,
angelic form. He who can auoceed They do not sympathize with this efr
in making University education cheap I f or 7x> make 7 these institutions of
and common, will be entitled to be I learning iq the state* rivals of each
numbered among the benefactors of other. 8 They look upon Mercer and
the state and generation. Too cheap Emory, and the 8tate Uuivertity. aa
and common. It cannot be too L| three useful and necessary. They
cheap, i*. cannot be too common. waut to see all three of them proa-
lf # :traveler,^twenty years from per, and goon with the grand work
n ?^’ c0 . u '“ , lra verse the whole state ! of University ednoation in Georgia
of Georgia, and not find a single haodtin-hand, strengthening eachoth-
youth to whom tie blessings of a er> aud w itb bat one common object
university education were denied on in yi e w. The spirit that would seek
account of his poverty, be would find tenr down one ot these in order to
stare in tire very front ranX ot the | baild up the others, oVto refuse to
!^onV>: tog
pon oar (netid, 1 the
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
Georgia, Clarke County.—We,
the Grand Jury, selected, chosen and
sworn for the November term, 1881,
make the following general present
ments:
We have examined
THE BONDS
of the following county officers and
find them adequate:
Asa M. Jackson, Ordinary.
John 1. Huggins, Clerk Superior
Court.
8. C. Reese, Treasurer.
J. A. Brow%ing, Sheriff.
H. H. Linton, Tax-Collector.'
G. A. H. Jennings, Coroner.
John B. Tuck, Superintendent Pan<
whole civilized world.
Does Dr. Landrum believe that i
University ednoation ought to be ex
pensive and exclusive ? Does he wish
to draw a line, and it so, where will
he draw it ? Who is be willing to see
educated at the Universities in Geor
gia ? Is it only those who are able to
p*y ?
have free tuition at one became they
cannot have it at all three, is a spirit
they despise. Pope Barrow,
October 30,1881.
Doctor,
Memphis As
In one ot the Mississippi towns,
not very 'far from Memphis, ‘ on the
fine of tbe Mississippi and] Tennessee
railroad, a little lady, aged about It
■n bwiom entrusted retort-j** 1 ** shot and severely wounded an
i P impudent white tramp, who attempt-
dd to enter th* home after bring or
aeoi£8 boa .eemooit
LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE. SOtfrH, AT
J. P.
^134 WHITEHALL STREET.
ATLANTA, . •
dered not to do an. The lady, who is
small bnt game, and a crack shot
with a pistol, was the only white per.
son in ,tbe boose when the burly
tramp approached. ‘We have noth-
mg lor yon; yon needn’t come iu,’ said
•be to toe tramp. ‘But I will coins
in*be answer*!. ‘Yon had better
pot, or you will get what you don’t
Trent,’ quietly responded the lady, as
■hs laid down' her knitting, picked a
six-shooter from her work basket and
appfodebed the door. ‘You go back
m your room, or.FU pitch you out" of
the window,’ exclaimed tbe ruffianly
tramp, as he walked inride the door.
Bang 1 went the pistol, and the tramp
Ktaggered back on the porch, ahot
through the arm and breaBt. Si s
raised tbe pistol again, but tbe tramp
ted. A neighbor rushed around the
bqase and asked the little lady, who
'" * i gaged with
stol in her
le matter?’
$he exclaimed, ‘He’s gone!’ He then
asked, ‘Did you shoot him ?’ ‘Yes,’
the kept ou coming
ug until now.’ The
to be bleeding pro-
witb difficulty tton
could be slopped
a sadder and a tser
n taught a lesson
will not soon lor-
get. That game little woman
GEORGIA worth her weight in gold dollars.
■ i
posed upon
with this ridiculous canard.
I pass to bia second reason. If the
doctrine contained - in this somewba;
loose aud general remark, that free
tuition is ‘wrong in principle aud
damaging in practice,’ is a correct
one, tbe civilized world ia certainly
going backward, if that declaration
had been made by a Spanish or Italian
raenkof the sixteenth oentury, 1t
would have been in keeping with him,
biB surroundings, and bis purposes;
but, cdmitig from a Baptist minister
of low nineteenth century—and an
educated man at that—it is astonish
ing I For one, I would .not have be
lieved that the gentleman whose name
ia signed to that dbromunioatiou had
ever written such a statement, but (or
Hbe sensible and true avouch of my
own eyes.’ When we stop a moment
and think *how much talent, how
much money how- much zeal, how
much time and eloquence and labor
ate O0W MnevW<tifed among all
civilized people in devising ways aud
means lor making education free;
when we see Governments and indi
vidual#, and municipalities, , each iu
Its own sphere struggling to do this
Very thing, and. esteeming it acrpwn-
log triumph when they succeed, such
an utterance aa this, of Dr. Landrum’s
sounds like a protest against the civi
lization of the age in which we live.
It is a common occurrence for
wealthy citizens ot benevolent impul
ses to endow professorship# and ionud,
scholarships in institutions ot learning
so aa to make tuition free. Whenever
they do, their asms# are heralded as
beuefactore of their rare, and ao they
are. More than that, among thought
ful people it is beginning to be looked
upon as the test arid measure of the
intelligence and enlightenment ofa na
tion When it* Govermnftit makes pro
vision For the free eduemtjou of the
people. Whenever a city establishes
•system of free schools,tor a stats or
a county, it is conridered a step for
ward, and there ia no fact in its his
tory to which it points with more
genuine pride, and nothing which
torus snch an abundant' harvest ol
good results.
In the town ot Lexington, in the
county of- Oglethorpe, is Meson
Academy. Its founder, a Mr. Meson,
many yeais ago bequeathed to Trus
tees, in his will, a considerable amount
of property for the purpose of found
ing this school and aiding, to that ex
tent, the cause ot free education. He
lies buried io the school yard, and
slab of marble commemorates his vir
tues in an epitaph, arid chief among
them all stands credited to him ' the
endowment ot the Academy. No man
can tel! the amount of good this school
has done. It is true he did not give
enough to make tuition entirely free,
bnt it was a long step in ■ that direc
tion. Hundreds of youth have been
educated there. Some of the first men
of Georgia, and some ol the other
states, were partly educated there. It
is still in operation, doing its benefi
cent work. It the long roll ol tbe
yonik who have drunk at this ancient
and venerable fountain of learning
were called,among other names would
be found that of Sylvauus Landrum.
Did he find it‘damaging iu practice’
then? I am aware that tuition was
not entirely free at Meson Academy,
but education was cheapened there by
the endowment and the difference is
ih degree, aDd notin kind. It will be
Yerjr Fertile Soil.
From the Atlanta Poat/Appeal
Desiring to show our distinguished
Would be have the legislature I visitor some attention, a very- small
say, to tbe poor boys ol Georgia, that man, with a large mustache, repre-
tbe higher branches shall not be taught seating an alleged morning paper of
them unless they are able to pay ? If this city, sidled up to General Sher-
ha meant to ny that it will degrade man this morning as bo was viewing
education to bring it within the reach the cotton patch near the Exposition
of th s poor, or to make it so cheap ground*. ‘General,’yawned the lit-
and ao common that the poorest can tie man, ‘do yon think cotton om be
enjoy it, if that will degrade it, then I successfully raised on such soil as
say let it be degraded. The soooer that?’ ‘Humph !* remarked tbe Gen-
the better. eral, ‘yes, I think it can.’ ‘What else
The legislature did not so think, can be raised on it ?’ asked the little
They felt that they were not only con- reporter, smiling on the William Te-
ferring a substantial benefit upon those curaseh in a general sort of way.
who were not able to help themselves, ‘What else?* replied tbe-General,
and deserved to be helped, but they ‘Ob, anything can be raised there,
believed that the cause of Uuniversi- Why I raised b—It on this very spot
ly education was dignified and enuo- | myself seventeen years ago!’
bled when it was made free to all,
oven the humblest. | Aa QM
«r*T
ijigrasmnji Wbtoqaffil titut-W"!
Landrum’s I
out regard to sect or religious belief. °f state waa 516,560, the figures
“ ... 1 being taken from the census of1830.”
They were—a majority of them
Methodist* and Baptists, aud they
were upon an infinitely higher plane
than the Doctor seems to be writing
from. Before them was the whole
letter, we find an expres-1 friend ha* laid upon onr table an old.
sion which reveals tbe secret animus map of Georgia, the date being oblit-
<-f his attack upon tbe legislature. He erated. A careful comparison of the
says ‘this action of the legislature is a figures given show how materially
damaging blow at Mercer and Emory bas been increased our prosperity and
colleges. The Methodists aud Baptists population. Not a railrov.d at the
of the State deserve better treatment time existed in the state, aud the only
by their legislators.’ steamboat route given as in use was
Wheo the legislature passed this from, Augusta to Savannah, 205
bill, they were not thinking of *Mer-1 At the time of publication
cer and Emory colleges,’ nor were Fulton county did not exist. The
they thinking of the State University, population ot Bibb oounty was only
nor the Baptists nor Methodist*, nor *|1H of Richmond, 11,644; of Chats
Presbyterians nor Episcopalians. I ham, 14,127, of Muscogee, 3,508.
will tell yon what they were thinking Tbe most populous county in the
of: they were thinking of their duty »fe‘ e »» Monroe, having in its limits
to the whole people of Georgia, with* 116,202 souls. The total population
E. K. Lumpkin, County Surveyor.
Joseph K. Kenney, Constable.
W. H. Fuller, Constable.'
J. H. Willingham, Constable.
F. J. Freeman, Constable.
F. H. Sima, Constable.
H. N. Prather, Constable.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
We have examined the dockets of
the Justices of the Peace and Notaries
Public, and find them neatly and cor
rectly kept, except the books of the
Notary Public of the 218th district, In
which there Is an overcharge for serv
ing a warrant In a civil case. We re
commend that the Justices of the
216th and 220th districts procure books
provided for the purpose of keeping
the civil dockets, to that their records
may be more explicit.
tax receiver.
We have made a thorough examin
ation, and upon real estate find but
few insufficient returns, which have
been noted upon tbe digest. The tax
able property of of the county has in
creased in valuation (272,000, or over
per cent, on last year’s valuation.
The Receiver’s books show the curi
ous fact that tbe county has increased
nearly 1,000 acres la land without any
change of its lines.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We have examined the books of this
officer and find they neatly and cor
rectly kept. The balance due county,
shown by last Grand Jury, was
$752.94. Of this amount, tbe Collector
has paid $600 to the County Treasurer;
has $86.94 cash on hand; and $66 in
hands of constables. The Collector,
as recommended by last Grand Jury,
has opened a regular set of books,
which will greatly facilitate the work
of examining bis accounts hereafter.
CLEBK SUPERIOR COURT.
We find the books and records of
this officer in good condition and
neatly kept, but would recommend
that the Ordinary at once haveei
- Him
try To
She Woa toe Bet.
From the ffanramento Beeard-Uaion.
At Modesto, • prominent yonng
people, they would have _ scorned the I man and a shrewd political manipu-
impututinn that their action waa con* I lator thought to bluff a young lady of
trolled by any consideration spring- that place by offering to bet her a
ing.out attire idea that, as legislators, new dress that she would nut avail
they owed, a duty to any partionlar herself of a proffered marriage. The
religious denomination as such. Like I gentleman proposed himself, and was
a judge upon the bench, a legislator told to get out the license. The re-
is sworn, and he should be blind to quest was boldly complied with, a
the fact that there are different relig* I minister waa sent for, the yonng lady
ious tecta among the people for whom took her position on the floor, and
he is to make laws. To him the Jew ! the minister his, bnt tbe groom failed
•nd the gentile must stand exactly to come to time. Result, oysters and
•like. When Dr. Landrum, there' wine for the crowd and a new dress
fore,, talks about what the Methodists for the yonng lady,
and Baptists deserve at the bands of - ■ ■ «•-
‘their legislators,’ he;either forgets A correspondent of a northern
bimtelf or is ready to introduce here, I paper and a man of business, who bas
in a new form, doctrines that oor been looking through tbe ootton states
Methodist and Baptist forefathers I says that the credit system will keep
ped out in blood a hundred years the planters poor as long as it isprao-
ago. ticed. The local capitalist*, he -ob-
What he really means ia this: be- who *6vanoed money and
cause free tuitiou could not be estab- P rovmoM 00 5" orl $*8 e of the future
lished at Mercer and Emory, then it er 5>P’ n P k ^« PP«nJhaa«
should not bo established anywhere. ?[ hen they chalk them down, until
The people at large shall not have it l,ie . lr '«*« *°
at allTsinv whero, bt cause they cannot “ J nlerert »**“• fa £?m 25 to 50per
have it at those Iwo institutions. He «n?‘ P? r « nnra ‘ I .? bere “ no «*“*
speaks of the ‘rival’ institution.
‘electioneering’ for pupils. What a| e ?» oS*®* be suooessful bank bur-
dog in the manger spirit» The legis- S?* ^ J? J*?
lature of Georgia that would relose re , urn 00 o*P ,u “ borrowed at such
the boon of free tuition to the people ruinoas rate ‘
S-*•*55 T E
Botb that every
would have cheenully voted tbesame ^ jo(J wd * w fine ^
amount to Mercer and Emory, each, I *y —n
»f it could have been lawlull, done. ^ 0 ^Lre l inquired^ indignantly
I am sure I would. It would taTe 0 { the clerk as soon as he got he
given ns plea-jure to have done more Mm* .I did ,, WM tll e reply,«that
than we did, but the constitution per* b officer procee , Jed wh h bis min
mitted one and prohibited the other. . . rtid ,, p b «
(See constitution, an. 1, sec. ^ * d —^*2--” ■
14.) And in this aonnection I would The Richmond Whig, Readjuster
again remind Dr. Lar.drom that tbe organ, declares that the next Legisla-
men who made that constitution were tn?e will readjust tbe Virginia debt.
—■, majority of .them—Methodists It says tbe Riddlt-berger bill ‘will be-
and Baptists, as w\H as a majority of cpme a law ; and if the creditors ra
the legislature. fuse to accede to it they will get noth-
It is not uecessary for me to call fag 1 Mark our words.’ If any body
attention to the inconsistency in the has had any doubt as to .the repuiliu-
Doctor’s, letter. After, bis. tirade ting purpose of the Readjnstera they
against five tuition at universities, he I need not doubt any longer,
eels bis wits to wotk to devise a ■ .. — —
scheme to make it tree at Mercer. I A New York paper *ays that the
hope be may succeed. It will be a body of A T Blewart was recovered
blearing to the stall; and if he will last week upon payment of $37,000
call on the membi-rs ot the legisla-1 and a pledge that the robber* should
ture who voted for the free tuition not be prosecuted, and that it was
bill, they will all subscribe to help placed in Garden City on Tuesday
him make it tree at Mercer. His plan I night last. It ia a little brer three
a difficult task to persuade those is a good one. and ought to be put jeare since the body waa stolen.
as is absolutely necessary to keep the-
book's, records and dockets in proper
position for preservation and more
ready reference.
ordinary.
We have examined the office of the
Ordinary, and find his books, records,
etc., neatly and correctly kept, and
the changes recommended by the
Grand Jury duly carried out.
sheriff.
We have examalned the books of
the Sheriff and find the same neatly
and correctly kept.
COUNTY TREASURER.
We have thoroughly examined the
books of the County Treasurer, and
find them properly kept. We find
that he had on hand, at last Term of
the Court, $8,166.08, and has collected
since $2,494.48, making In all $10,660.-
50. He has vouchers for disburse
ments to the amount of $8,720.50,
leaving balance in treasury of $1,940.02.
Wehave had turned over to us 170 cou
pons, amounting to $1,354.60, which
have been burned in presence of this
Grand Jury.
FAUFER FARM.
We have by committee examined
the Pauper Farm, and find the build
ings generally in good repair, and the
convicts all at work and as cheerful as
these unfortunates could be expected.
The house of Superlntendentiaa neat
building, bnt needs painting, and
recommend that that be done as soon
as practicable. We rcommend that a
sufficient area of ground be enclosed
In rear of the guard house for a garden
for that functionary und family. We
also recommend the purchase of au
additional male, to be used on the
farm. We recommend that the pur
chase of dogs for the purpose of track
ing escaped convicts, aa recommend
ed by the Superintendent, be left to
the discretion of the Ordinary.
SOLICITOR OF CITY COURT.
We have examined the scoounte of
this officer and find them correctly
kept. He has paid over to the County
Treasurer $58.55, for which he has
proper voucher*.
BOADrf AND BRIDGES.
The public roads we find in good or-
er, with few except Ions. We reoom-
mend that the Ordinary have the dis
trict lines surveyed, and that the Com
missioner* have all the roads put In
good order immediately.
We recommend that one hundred
and six dollars be paid to the contrac
tor for extra work done on Mitchell’s
bridge, as authorised by the Commis
sioners.
We also recommend that two hun
dred and fifty dollars be paid to W. J.
Russel, M. L. Dunaway and J. W,
Nicholson, for extra work done by the
contractor on the Princeton Factory
bridge.
We recommend that anew bridge
be built across Handy creek—-leaving
all details as to exact * location and
style of bridge at the discretion of tbe
Ordinary: but with the proviso that
he employe a skilled architect or en
gineer to draw the plan aud specifica
tions, and with the distinct under
standing-that the contractor is not,
under any circumstances, to receive
additional pay for Building such
bridge, and. that the Ordinary be au
thorized to reject any or all bids for
building bridges, at his discretion
We also recommend that a bridge
be built across Bhoal creek, on the
lower Beaverdam redd, in Buck
Branch district—said bridge to be built
above high water mark.
SpBUC GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
We have examined the Jail, ai d
find the baseme-it floor in an unsaid
condition, being rotten. We call the
attention of the Ordinary to the same,
and recommend that he take immedi
ate steps to make it secure, in such a
manner aa to prevent a recurrence of
the trouble.
We afeo recommend- that the Ordi
nary have the top of the parapet walls
of the Jail plastered with good hydirau-
llo cement, ao as to protect the build
ing from water. We find erected In
the jail a good stove on the first floor
and a drum on the second floor, which
renders the Jail oomfortable. Were-
"commend that -the windows bo made
more secure by bracing with bars of
iron or otherwise.
We regret that the recommendation
of the Grand Jury at May term has
not been folly carried out, In regard to
the water closets on the court grounds.
We reoommend that larger pipes be
substituted for conducting the water
oflr, and that copperas or some other
disinfectant be freely used during the '
sessions of tbe courts.
Wo recommend that a trough be put
up near the well, for the purpose of
■atering the stock of parties in atten
dance upon the courts.
We recommend that the Ordinary
be instructed to prevent all kinds of
stock from’ running at large in the
court house lot at any season of the
year, and that he replace the dead
trees in the grounds with live ones
during the present fall.
We recommend that the Ordinary
have the outside uteps of the court
house put In thorough repair, and that
he have the tor of the parapet walls
cemented with hydraulic cement.
Also, that he take immediate steps to
have the lower floor thoroughly ven
tilated.
We farther recommend that the Or- ’
dinary proceed at once to have the
vaults properly lined, repaired and
ventilated, for the security of public
records.
We recommend that $he location
and construction of the cistern on the
court house lot be left to the discretion
of the Ordinary. We also recommend
that he consult the chief and officers
of the fire department in reference to
the location of the same.
We recommend that the Ordinary
be paid $238.71 for extra services ren
dered the oounty by that officer, as per
bill rendered.
We recommend that the license of
theatrical and other exhibitions given
In the Opera House in the city of Ath
ens, be left entirely at the discretion
of the Ordinary, as prescribed, by the
code.
We recommend the appointment of
the following gentlemen aa Notaries
Public and ex-officio Justice of the
Peace, in their respective districts:
Allen B. Johnson, in the 1347th dis
trict; Duke Hamilton, in the 241st dis
triet;John W. Saye, In the 219th dis-
'end 1 TTioTtite U f&ftnaTy
have 80 volumes of laws, to which at
tention was called by last Grand Jury,
bound in accordance with their sug
gestion, and as cheaply as possible—
the cost not to exceed $1 per volume.
We recommend that the pay of Ju
rors, Bailiffs and other fees which are
fixed by the Grand Jury, remain the
same next year os at present.
We respectfully request his Honor,
the Judge of the Superior Court, not
to transfer to the City Court the special
presentments fonnd for gambling by
this Grand Jury, but have the same
tried In the Superior Court.
We recommerfQ that the clerk of this
Grand Jury be paid $10 extra for ser
vices rendered this body.
We recommend that the Ordinary
pay to Messrs. T. Fleming ds Sons
$17.75, the amount paid by them in ar
resting and bringing to justice Dave
Thomas, a person of color, charged
with a criminal offence.
We recommend that the proper offi
cers exercise greater care in taking
bonds of sufficient amount and by sol
vent bondsmen in criminal cases.
We recommend that these present
ments be published in each of the city
papers, provided they do not {charge
exceeding 60 cents per square for the
same; and if they charge more, that
the Ordinory be authorized to make a
contract with some one paper to pub
lish them.
We tender our thanks to their Hon
ors, Judges Erwin and Pottle, for cour
tesies shown this body, and their im
partial administration of justice; and
Mho to A. L. Mltchelt, Esq., Solicitor
Oefiertd, for his kindness to us.
James H. Huggins, Foreman.
Jno. Billups,
Cicero H. Chandler,
John R. Crawford,
Thos. Fleming,
Lewis M. Fowler,
James Fulcher,
Arthur E. Griffeth,
JohnT. Pittabd,
Charles Stern,
William R. Tuck,
Jno. W. Brumby,
Elbbidge J. Christy,
Duke Hamilton,
Patman Lester,
Alberts. Mandevillb,
Robert E. Macon,
Seaborn J. Mays;
John A. Meeker,
John J. Thomas.
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