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e\v Series —Vol. IV —No 11
PROPERTY RAISED
BY JURY $200,000.
- ran( j Jury Completes Its Work and Makes Various
Suggestions About County Affairs.
AVt , ;ne grand jurors, drawn and
lvl)rn foi the January term of Bar
nv superior Court, 1905, beg leave
. bin it the following general pre
entments:
PUBLIC ROADS.
\\v request and urge our members
f the legislature to endeavor to
uien d the Alternative Road Law of
he state, approved October 21, 1891,
~a < to authorize the collection of
ot eX( .,. e ding one dollar per day as
ouunutation road tax in lieu of
,ork. and requiring the road hand
~ elect when first warned whether
e w j]i pay the commutation or
cork, and at the time pay the eom
uutation tax for one-half the time
eijuircd by the county authorities
..rtiiat year and the other half on
ir before the first day of August.
W'c find the Tennessee road where
t has been changed by the new rail
,,ad is not according to contract,
he road having encroached upon
liejwagon road in a number of places,
gveeing to place the road in as good
oiidition as they found it, which
hey have not done, and w r e recom
nend that the board of county com
uissioners strictly enforce the agree
ment.
9 \v> recommend that the county
Commissioners allow the new rail
load to make one crossing where the
■Tennessee road and Waleska road
Iross the railroad, provided that the
■uilroad shall make aS good a road
■ray so before.
I] We find that the public roads of
■lie county are in as good condition
1- we could expect to find them at
■his season of the year, under the
iiresent system of working the roads.
I We find that the Jasper road at
fcalacoa creek needs the rocks re
luoved, and the Fairmount road at
■lie Richardson place needs to be
■ hanged to avoid a hilh This Work
fcirniot be done by the road hands,
PVi recommend that the county
have the work done.
| COUNTY CHAIN HANG.
1 We find seventy-tw r D county con
victs at the Sugar Hill camps, forty
lime negroes and twenty whites, two
liegro women and one white woman;
lane man in the hospital with a brok
|m leg. This camp is in as good con
llition as it is possible to keep a con-
I'ict camp. The convicts are well
led, well clothed and w'ell housed.
IThe officers in charge are kind and
liumane in their treatment of the
■convicts, and give the necessary at
tention to those who are sick or fee-
Ible. The ages of the convicts range
■from fourteen to fifty-tw'o years.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find the county jail in bad re-
Biair, and, while it is neatly and well
[kept, it is very insecure and has a
[bad leak in the roof. The fencing
[also needs repairing, and we recom
[mend that the necessary repairs be
[made at once. We also find the chairs
tn the court house needing repairs.
EQUALIZING TAXES.
We have examined the tax returns
[for 1904, and have filed for inspection
[of the public, and as guide for the
[lax receiver in future, of those who,
|m our judgment, have not given in
their taxes at a fair and equal valu
lation. These lists are made by dis
tricts from the receiver’s books for
11905. and we recommend that the tax
I receiver follow these values as far as
Ipossible in all instances in receiving
jthe returns for 1905. The amount of
the increase as raised by this jury is
I approximately #200,000.
| We recommend that the clerk fur-
Inish the tax receiver with a certified
[ropy of these lists.
| PaUPER farm.
| At the panper farm we find twelve
linmates, eleven white and one col
ored. Ages run from forty to seventy
years. We examined the books of
hbe superintendent, and find the ex
penses for the past six months to be
$198.06, which makes a cost of #2.25
per inmate. The farm has two good
Bulk cows. We find the buildings
occupied by the inmates needing re
pairs to make them comfortable,
and we recommend that the county
commissioners have it attended to
at once.
N. p. & j. p.
k*■ have examined, through com
mittees, the books and dockets of
•fie justices of the peace and notaries
*!ic arid find them correct. We
the appointment of Jim
|4P9{ H y as notary public in the Stamp
'■ district and Z. T. Russell in
The Cartersville News
the Allatoona district and S. S. At
wood in the Stilesboro district.
BRIDGES.
We recommend that the county
commissioners build a bridge at Rey
nolds ford, across the Etowah river,
on or at some suitable place between
that point and Wooleys ferry.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
On examining the books and ac- 1
counts of the various county officers,
we submit the following for the con
sideration of the taxpayers of our
county. We find from the state and
county digest the taxable property
of Bartow county to be #4,183,855.
from which the county receives
#21,495.57.
The tax collector lias collected and
paid as follow's, as directed by law;
To W. H. Milner,former
Treasurer # 8,748 30
To J. H. Cobb, present
Treasurer 7,951 70
Uncollected Taxes for
1904 4,795 57
Total #21,495 57
To the uncollected taxes, which
amount to #4,795.57, can be safely
added as uncollected taxes to be col
lected by the tax collector from rail
roads, telephones and telegraphs,
#2,000.
We give, by wav of
information, to the cit
izens of this county,
that the state receives
from our county, in
the way of general tax, #19,842 50
Professional tax 550 00
Poll tax 8,806 00
Total #23,698 50
We find that the sum of #557.28
has been paid over to the county
treasurer from hire of county con
victs by Solicitor General S. P. Mad
dox, from June3lgf to December Slat,
1904.
We examined the books of Ordi
nary G. W. Hendricks, and find them
neatly kept and in good condition.
From him we find the county with
approximately two hundred on the
pension list, having been added to
the list eighteen since the July ses
sion of grand jury, 1904. The indi
gent list increases a little in excess
of the deaths of this class of pension
ers. The other classes are dying out
rapidly and increasing none, none at
least for the past three years.
We examined the books and papers
of the county school commissioner
(H. A. Clayton), and found both in
first-class condition and neatly kept.
His account with the county show's
a balance on hand January 31, 1905,
of #291.87.
We visited the clerk’s office, and
fomul the books and papers of the
county well cared for. We exam
ined fully the account of docket and
fines and insolvent cost for the year
1904. We find the insolvent cost fees
in the superior court to be as follow's,
for
Solicitor. Clerk. Sheriff.
# 855 00 #279 50fr#144 50
City Court, 422 90 242 05 304 50
#1 ; 307 90 #521 55 #449 00
It will be seen that
‘ the insolvent cost
bill for officers nam
ed above for the
year 1904 is #2,278 45
The cash collections
from fines and for
feitures in the Su
perior Court for
1904 #697 00
City Court for 1904.. 520 15 1,217 15
#1,061 30
This shows a balance due the offi
cers on insolvent cost account’for the
year 1904 of #1,061.30.
We mention that the cash collec
tions from both courts for the year
1904, for both fines and forfeitures,
which was #1,217.15, was pro-rated
as follows: Solicitor, #608.57; clerk,
#304.28; sheriff, #304.30.
We examined the books of former
treasurer, W. H. Milner, and found
he received on county taxes from
tax collector Joseph Shaw, from June
30 to December 31.1904, #14,527 59
Paid out on County Orders, 8,456 30
Balance on hand #6,071 29
We examined the books
of Treasurer J. H. Cobb,
and find he has received
from W. H. Milner, for
mer Treasurer #6,071 29
Received from J oaeph
Shaw, Tax Collector 7,951 70
#14,022 99
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2<*>. 1905
*
lEW CITY FATHERS
Have Taken Charge of the
Municipal Affairs.
( . 31. MILAM TREASURER
Police Force Remains Same and
J- E- Wikle is Superintendent
of Water Works-
On last Thursday night the newly
elected city council met and organ
ized for the present year.
The four new aldermen, W. H.
Milam, W. E. Smith, John Stanford
and N. A. Bradley were installed,
aiid Messrs. Saterfield, Spence and
Keys were re-elected members of.the
police force. Mr. J. E. Wikle was
re-elected superintendent qf the water
and gas works and Mr. C. M. Milam,
cashier of the Bank of Cartersville,
was elected treasurer.
After the close of the business ses
sion the Mayor, aldermen and officials
enjoyed the luncheon at the B. & Q.
restaurant.
We find the county indebted in
the following amounts:
On General Fund #4,139 81
Road 1,989 18
Jury 581 00
Pauper 919 60
Jail 650 25
Bailiff 354 15
Court House 310 65
#8,944 64
Now it can be seen by deducting
the indebtedness of the county:
#8,944.64, from the amount on hand
with the treasurer, #14,022 99, will be
left the amount of #5,078.35. We call
attention to the fact that the taking
the uncollected taxes, #6,795.57, and
the amount in the hands of J. H.Cobb,
treasurer, #5,078.35, after paying the
indebtedness of the county from 1904,
■will leave the county a balance of
#11,873.92, with which to meet the
county expenses for the next ten or
eleven months of the present year.
We examined the books and papet s
in tbs county commissioners’ office
and find tliein Tin usual good condi
tion. In this connection it was told
the committee from the grand jury
that the commissioners contem
plated buying a typewriter for the
ordinary’s office, bur we recommend
that none be bought, and we further
recommend that no further expense
be indulged in by them that the
county officers and others can get
along without.
We examined the books of the
sheriff, H. R. Maxwell, and find them
in neat and good condition and all
the interest of the county entrusted
to him well cared for and looked
after.
In taking leave of the court we
return thanks to his honor, Judge
A. W. Fite, Solicitor General Sam P.
Maddox and officers of the court for
courtesies extended this body.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the county
papers and be paid for at the usual
rates.
We have made diligent inquiry
into the burning of the home and
grandchildren of John Robinson,
and recommend that Will Wofford,
w'lio is held charged with the crime,
be released, as we have not found
sufficient evidence to warrant hold
ing him.
Lew is S. Munford, Ch’m’n.
William D. Pitta rd,
Riney W. Landers,
Joseph F. Lipscomb,
Henry H. White,
Arthur E. Brogdkn,
Walter C. Maxwell,
John U. Maxwell,
John T. Anderson,
Lewis N. Gilreath,
Patrick W. Clark,
James H. Leak,
George 11. Gilreath,
John B. Crow,
John C, McTikr.
Ransom L. Griffin,
Jefferson .J. Murphey,
Henry A. Chapman, Clerk,
It is ordered by the court that these
general presentments be received
and entered of record, and that the
same be published as recommended.
Done in open court January 19,
1905. A. W. Fite, J. 8. C. C. C.
GEORGIA, Bartow County.
I do certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of
the general presentments of the
grand jury. January term, 1905, and
the order of the court thereon as ap
pears of record on the minutes of
said court.
This January 20. 1905.
W. C. Walton,
Clerk Bartow Superior Court.
SUNDAY CLOSING.
Drug: Stores. Not Open, for
Sabbath Business.
EFFECT OF AN OLD LA W
Mayor Cilreath Makes Statement
About Order Stopping Sunday
Sales of Other Things-
On last Sunday all the drug stores
in Cartersville were closed and the
druggists say that they will not open
on Sunday hereafter.
This condition grew out of a proc
lamation issued Saturday by Mayor
Gilreath, calling attention to a law
which lias been many yefars on the
ordinance books which prohibits the
sale of tobacco, cigars or soda water.
In fact this-law covers r,bo lit every
thing except absolute necessities
such as medicines or qny other ar
ticle made necessary by reason of
providential occurrences.
In speaking of the matter Mayor
Gilreath said to a News reporter that
lie had no desire to work a hardship
on any one, 'but that a great many
things were being sold on Sunday by
fruit stands and other such places,
which were not necessary to be sold,
and that the condition had became
such that he felt that the law must be
enforced, but he did not mean to do
this to mv unreasonable extent.
The druggists sav that the limited
amount of business which comes on
Sunday for medicines does wot pay
them to open, and in view of the
fact that they all live close in and
can be called quickly by ’phone, they
prefer to close (heir stores on Sunday
and spend that time at hoyie with
their families. The present arrange
ment t herefore does not prevent any
one wb may need drugs from getting
tin-in c ■ Sunday.
NE'.YS Or THU FUTURE.
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Some Wbkli May Bt Printed Forty
tijf i 'tears jyNtee.
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V 5.., 'tot new*.-flourishing
eftriTwm. •
no dottfox, the following items of local
interest:
Carson the Inter-Suburban line to
Atlanta leave Cartersvilie every ten
minutes.
The Knoxville limited brought into
the union station this morning a
large number of tourists, who have
been spending some time at the fam
ous resorts of Cohuttah and Carters.
It is estimated that fully fifty thous
and visitors will register at the Sala
eoa, the Cherokee and the Highlands,
the three elegant hotels at Cohuttah.
Emerald Lake, formed years ago by
damming the Coosawattee river at
Carters, is alive with sail-boats and
fishing is said to be excellent.
A great strike occured yesterday in
the Empire Cotton Mill at Fairmount,
when live hundred spinners walked
out to see a game of baseball.
The Hotel Bartow, the magnificent
hostelry which has long been Carters
ville’s pride, will this summer under
go a thorough renovation and re fit
ting and will open September Ist un
der new management. The Bartow
contains a thousand rooms, is lighted
throughout with copperide, the light
which supplanted electricity more
than twenty years ago.
Alderman Milner is starting a
movement to have the city’s light
ing system extended to Etowah Park,
beyond the river, and also to have
new water mains carried the full
length of Grand street, formerly call
ed Erwin, to the business section of
the tenth ward. Fifty years ago it is
said a creek ran through this section
of the city called Petitt’s, but all traces
of it have long since disappeared.
Mayor Gilreath has called a special
meeting of the city council for this
afternoon to consider the sale of the
present city hall, the huge limestone
structure at the corner of Akin Ave
nue and Howard square. The city
hall cost a million dollars and was
thought ample for the needs of the
city for a century to come, but the
city has outgrown it and larger quar
ters must be provided. The names
of pioneer families are preserved
in many of the streets and squares of
the city and MayorGilreath’s grand
father was Mayor of Cartersville
about the opening of the present cen
tury.
Hon. Marvin McClutchey, one of
the best known citizens of the state,
came in yesterday over the Rome and
Gainsvilie railway and spent several
hours in the city. He carries his
seventy odd years lightly and is stilj
hale and hearty. Major McClatchey
once lived in Cartersville and talked
most interestingly of the appearance
of this city half a century ago.
LODGE OF SORROW
INSULT TO GOD.
So Declared Rev, J. E. Barnard in Scathing - Sermon
at Baptist Church Sunday.
. TEACHERS’ MEETING. *
Interesting Exercises Held at Adairsville
Last Friday and Saturday.
Adairsville, January 24th —The
meeting of the Bartow county teach
ers association on the 20th and 21st
in this city was an occasion of much
interest. Teachers from All over the
county were in attendance, besides
many visitors. Good crow’ds were
present at each session, showing the
great amount of interest being taken
in school work through this seetiort
Owing to a delayed train on Friday
there was no,session of the associa
tion until afternoon. Prof. Whitten
burg, of Kingston, president of the
association, called the meeting to
order. The address of welcome was
’made by Rev. J. E. Hudson and the
response by Prof. Whittenburg.
Dr. Joe Bowdoin, of this city, fol
lowed these gentlemen with an inter
esting lecture on School Hygeine.
He talked at some length upon this
subject. After this there were talks
and papers on various phases of school
work, the printed programme being
followed rnpstof the time. Mrs. A.
O. Granger, who was to have led the
subject of improvement of school
grounds, beihg about some other
work was brought in. The teachers
entered freely into the discussion of
the various subject brought before
them, in fact, a general air of socia
bility and kindly* interest in’ each
others work seemed to prevade each
meeting. ••
The elocution and declamation con
test on Friday evening was a contest
from start to finish. There were four
and three girls entered. The gradr
ing v’iisurtusuhlly high in the case
of each contestant. The boys spoke
first and the judges tied between the’
declamation of Dan Hull, of Buhar
lee Institute, and
o-hnol Th" sUwjj!* eup •'dll
be kept half fhe time by each of them.
The girls recitations came next. The
banner was awarded to Miss Susie
Rollins, of Kingston school, who re
cited “Diamond cut Diamond.” The
recitations were interspersed, with
music furnished by Miss Peeples and
pupils of the school, there w’as also
one number by Miss Kennedy and Mrs.
Claude Irby, of Kingston. Several
additional recitations and songs were
given during the evening, Misses
Emma Anderson and Bertha Scott
taking part in these.
At Saturday morning’s session, as
well as the other sessions Miss Peep
les and herpupils interspersed music
both instrumental and vocal.
The first feature of Saturday was a
talk|by Mrs. Lillie Clark, of the Model
school, at Cass Station. She gave a
lesson in basket weaving to seven of
the teachers, who seem much inter
ested in Manual Training. Sin
brought with her some fine specimens
of work done in the school at Cass
Station.
Cultivating a taste for Good Litera
ture and the importance of school
librares were the topics for further
discussion, Profs. Head, Jackson,
Carmichael, Miss Anthony and others
taking part in this subject.
Saturday afternoon some matters
of the'association’s work were atten
ded to. Mrs. Whittenburg was elect
ed president with Prof. Jackson and
Prof. Carrmichael vice president and
secretary.
The Essential Characteristics was
the theme for the afternoon and
was treated by Prof. G. O. Gnu
ter and Prof Vincent in a most
able manner. School ground im
provement was taken up Mrs
Whittenburg and Miss Dvar specking
on this subject
several recitations were gave by
pupils of tin's school, during the
day. ,
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held in March at Tay
lorsville. County Supt. R. A. Clay
ton, Prof. J. H. Jolly, Miss Saxon,
Miss Jones, Miss Dyer, Miss Dodgen,
and Miss Chunn were some of those
in attendance at the Adairsville
meeting.
Killed in Murray.
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On last Wednesday night Henry
Ballew was shot and instantly killed
by J. W. Cantrell, three miles from
Spring Place in Murray county. Both
were young men and were at a dance,
when a row started about some small
matter. After the killing Cantrell
escaped. -
Old Series—2sth Year
“At that service Christ was ignored,
the holy- spirit deeply grieved and
God insulted.*’
♦
These were the spirited words used
by Rev. .1. K. Barnard at the Baptist
church Sunday morning and referred
to the Masonic Lodge of Sorrow held®
at the Methodist church a few weeks
ago.
Mr. Barnard had announced that
he would preach a special ser
mon on “Masons and Masonry:’ - He
said he had been led" to do this by
the impression made on him at the .
Ixnlge of Sorrow service.
“I do not not hesitate to let people
know 1 am a mason,” said Mr. Bar
nard. 1 fuUy.recognize my masonic
obligations and in what I shall say
I do not mean to" violate those, obli
gations. I know’ what they are and
1 know where I stand.”
Mr. Barnard said if the service had
been held in a public, hall and by
people who did not claim to be Cnri-v—
--tians be would have dismissed it
with only a few' words of condemns *
tion. But as it was held in a ’chris
tain church by Chris tain people, lie
as a Christain minister, felt called
• l '
upon to condemn it as forcibly as h£—
could. ,
• <
The sermon was remarkable for its
scathing denunciation. He said the,
masonic obligations'did not require
that Christ’s name should be elimi
mated from the masonic services, and
that Christains should not allow the
established forms of the masonic
ritual to take # the place of forms o?
expressions of their own, as in pray
ers for example, where they could
and should use the name of .Christ.
Mr. Barnard said sou\e men claim
ed that those who followed w.ell the
rules of masonry were good men ami
therefore saved after death.* This lv*
chttWMiterized us “a lie from the* hot
test spot in hell." lie said that am
man, be he Jew or Greek, whodidpot
recognize Christ as his Savior wuV
certain of hell.
“The only time any reference was
made to Christ at the service,” de
clared the preacher, “was after the
masons were all gone from the church.
Then the congregation stood up and
sang the doxology. I would not have
joined in singing it if my head had
been cut off the next instant. It was
an insult to divinity.”
Members of the Cartersville Ma
sonic lodge, in speaking of the mat
ter, said that the Lodge of Sorrow
service followed the usual custom in
such matters, and that there was
nothing unusual about it. Some of
the forms of the ritual are, they say,
many hundreds of years old. and
have been used from time immemo
rial, and will no doubt continue to be
used in such services.
NEW SCHEDULE.
On Seaboard Went into Effect Last Sunday.
Does Not Give Satisfaction.
The new schedule of the Seaboard,
which went into effect Jast Sunday
changes very considerably the travel
situation over that line to and from
Cartersville.
The morning train leaves Carters
ville at 8:30 and reaches Rockmart at
11:30, and connects there with through
train for Cedartown, Atlanta and
other points.
The same train returns from Rock
mart to Cartersville at 1 p. m. and
leaves again at 2 p. m.for Rockmart
and returns again to Cartersville at
5:56 p. m. No connections are made at
Rockmart after 11:27 in the morning.
The present schedule is very incon
venient and a great detriment to the
people of Bartow* county and to Car
tersville. It is thought, however,
that it may be changed again soon,
when that occurs it is hoped matters
may be improved.
Passengers going to Atlanta from
Cartersville by the Seaboard will
have to leave at 8:30 in the morning
and make connection at Rockmait
with the train which arrives there at
3:25 and which reaches Atlanta at 5:45
in the afternoon. The fare from
Cartersville to Atlanta is $1.51.
Acworth’s Cotton Mill.
The citizens have subscribed $50,000
for the erection of a cotton mill i !1
Acworth. The movement is being
led by Col. J. J. Northcutt and the
success of the mill is assured.
The Daughters of Confederacy
w’ill meet Friday at 3 oclock with.
Miss Barton Cobb.