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PROCLAMATION I of lot No. 131; thence east the entire
length of the southern line of lot
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voted on “^Tuesday, November 7th, southern line of lot No. 161: thence
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THE BAINBRIDGE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
STILLMAN DENIED
DIVORCE DECREE
'
r"creation of Peach county.
' D,. His Excellency,
THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Gov.
State of Georgia
Executive Department.
* WHEREAS, the General Assembly
,’V; session of 1922 proposed an
Amendment to the Constttuhon of
L state as set forth in an Act
approved^on August the 15th, 1922,
PEACH COUNTY ; 4 CREATION OF.
. Act to propose to the qualified
electors of this State an amend
ment to paragraph 2, Section 1,
Article 11, of the Constitution of
The State of Georgia, as amend
ed bv the ratification of the quali
fied electors of this State of th.
several Acts approved, respect
ively, on July 19, 1904, July 31,
1406 July 30, 1912, August 14,
1912 July 7, 1914, July 27, 1914,
August 11, 1914. August 15, 1917,
August 21, 1917, July 30, 1918,
August 11, 1919, July 8, 1920, and
August 14, 1920, and for other
purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
,he authority of the same, That the
following amendment is hereby pro
posed to paragraph 2, Section 1, ar
ticle 11, of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, as amended by the
ratification of the qualified voters of
said State of the several Acts ap
proved respectively on July 19, 1904,
July 81, 1906, July 30, 1912, Au-
S 14, 1912,’July 7, 1914, July 27,
1414 August 11, 1914, August 15,
1917 August 21, 1917, July 30, 1918,
August 11, 1919, July 8, 1920, and
August 14, 1920, to-wit:
By adding to said paragraph
the following language:
“Provided, however, that, in ad
dition to the counties now provided
for by this Constitution there shall
be a new county laid out and creat
ed from the territory now compris
ing Houston and Macon counties, to
be made up and composed of all that
part of the territory of Houston and
jjacon counties described and contain
ed within boundaries as follows:
"Beginning at the point where the
counties of Bibb, Houston and Craw
ford corner; running thence along the
line between the counties of Houston
and Crawford, to the point where the
counties of Houston, Crawford and
Macon corner; thence in a southwest
erly direction along the line between
the counties of Crawford and Macon,
to the middle of the run of Flint Riv
er; thence, in a southerly direction,
down the middle of the run of Flint
River to the southern line of frac
tional lot No. 149 in the eighth dis
trict of Macon County; thence east,
along the southern line of lots Nos.
149, 140, 117, 108, 85, 76, 53 , 44 and
21 in the eighth district of Macon
county to the Southwest corner of
lot No. 12 in the eighth district of
Macon county; thence south, along
the western line of lot No. 13 in the
eighth district of Macon county, to
the southwest corner of said lot No.
13 in the eighth district of Macon
county; thence east,along the south
ern line of said lot No. 13, in the
eighth district of Macon county, to
tne southwest corner of lot No. 253
in the ninth district of Macon coun
ty; thence south along the western
line of lots Nos. 254, 255 and 256 in
the ninth district of Macon county,
and the western line of lots Nos. 1,
W2, 33, 64, and 65 in the fourteenth
district of Macon county to the south
west corner of said lot No. 65; thence
east, along the southern line of lots
Nos. 65, 66 and 67 in the fourteenth
district of Macon county to the sou
thwest corner of lot No. 68, in the
fourteenth district of Macon county;
thence south, along the western line
of lot No. 93 in the fourteenth dis
trict of Macon County to the south
west corner of lot No. 93 m the
fourteenth district of Macon coun
ty; thence east along the southern
line of lots Nos. 93, 92, 91, 90, 89
and 88 in the fourteenth district of
Macon county to the southwest cor
ner of lot No. 87 in the fourteenth
district of Houston county; thence
continuing east along the southern
line of lots Nos. 87, 86, 85 & 84 in the
fourteenth district of Houston county
to the southwest corner of lot No. 83
in the fourteenth district of Houston
county; thence north along the west
ern line of lots Nos. 83, 78, 51, 46,
19 and 14 in the fourteenth district
of Houston county to the southwest
corner of lot No. 33 in the ninth dis
trict of Houston county; thence north
along the western line of lots Nos. 33
anti 34 in the ninth district of Houston
county to the southwest corner of lot
No. 33 in the ninth district of Hou
ston county; thence east the entire
length of the south line of said lot
No. 35; thence north the entire l e |}K"
th of the east line of said lot No. 3o;
thence east the entire length of the
south line of lot No. 29; thence north
the entire length of the east line of
lot No. 29; thence, east the entire
length of the southern line of lot No.
f» (said lots Nos. 35, 29, and 5 being
in the ninth district of Houston coun
ty i to the line between the ninth and
t*-"th land districts of Houston coun-
tv; thence north along said district
lire to the southwest corner of lot
No. ll in said tenth district, thence
east the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. 11, thence north the en
tire length of the eastern line of lot
No. ii; thence east the entire length
of the southern line of lot No. 23;
thence north the entire length of the
eastern line of lot No. 23; thence east
the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. 41; thence north the
entire length of the eastern line of lot
No. 41; thence east the entire length
of the southern line of lot No. 57;
ence north the entire length of the
istem line of lot No. 57; thence
ist the entire length of the southern
ne of lot No. 71; thence north the
'tire length of the eastern line of
't No. 71; thence east the entire
ngth of the southern line of lot No.
I; thence north the entire length of
k* eastern line of lot No. 91; thence
ast the entire length of the south-
rn line of lot No. 101; thence north
j . en tire length of the eastern line
1 i, thence east the entire
^ngtn of the southern line of lot No.
thence north the entire length of
he eastern line of lot No. 125; thence
ast the entire length of the south-
rn line of lot No. 131; thence north
159 and 161 being in the tenth district
of Houston County) to the southwest
corner of lot No. 144 in the fifth
district of Houston county, thence
north along the western line of lots
Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150,
151, 152, 153 and 154 to the line be
tween Houston and Bibb Counties;
thence westerly, along the line be
tween the counties of Houston and
Bibb, to the point where the counties
of Houston, Bibb and Crawford cor
ner, the same being the point or place
of beginning.”
“That the said new County shall be
known as the County of Peach and
the City of Fort Valley shall be the
county site of the same.”
“That, irrespective of other pro
visions of this Constitution, said
County of Peach shall, upon its crea
tion, be entitled to one Representa
tive in the House of Representatives
of this State, and said County of
Peach shall be entitled to one Repre
sentative in the House of Representa
tives of Georgia until the appoint
ment shall be changed by law, in ac
cordance with the provisions of this
Constitution.
“That the said County of Peach
shall be attached to the same con
gressional district, and to the same
judicial circuit, and to the same State
senatorial district as those to which
the County of Houston is attached
at the date of the ratification of this
amendment.
“That all legal voters residing in
the limits of the county of Peach en
titled to vote for members of the
General Assembly under the laws of
Georgia, shall, on the first Wednes
day in January following the rati
fication of this proposed amendment,
elect a Representative in the House
of Representatives of this State, and
an ordinary, a clerk of the Superior
court, a sheriff, a coroner, a tax collec
tor, a tax receiver, a county treasurer,
and a county surveyor. Said special
election shall be held at the several
election precincts existing within the
limits of said Peach County at the
time of the adoption of this proposed
amendment; and the ordinary of Hou
ston County shall appoint electing
managers for such election precincts
as may be located in Houston County
at the time of the adoption of this pro
posed amendment; and the ordinary
of Macon County shall appoint elec
tion managers for such precincts as
may be located in Macon County at
the time of the adoption of this pro
posed amendment. On the day suc
ceeding the holding of said election
the election managers shall meet at
the council chamber of the mayor
and city council of the City of Fort
Valley and consolidate the vote for
the officers named; and the genera]
laws of this State now in force as to
elections, consolidation of the votes,
the return of the election and the
commission of officers snail be ap
plicable to the officers elected at the
election herein provided for the of
ficers elected at said election and the
Representative in the House of Rep
resentatives shall not hold their of
fices until the next general election
for such officers throughout the
State, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. The General
Assembly is hereby given power to
create any additional statutory of
fices in said county or statutory
courts therein, and to provide for
filling said offices. Any vacancies
that may occur before the hext gen
eral election after the election as
herein provided may be filled in the
same manner as such vacancies are
now filled under the law. The jus
tices of the peace and the constables
residing in the territory included
within the limits of said County of
Peach shall exercise the duties and
powers of their offices until new mil
itia districts are laid out in said coun
ty of Peach and constables thereot
elected.
“That the Superior Courts of said
Peach County shall be held on the
first Monday in March and the first
Monday in September of each year.
“That the congressional and sena
torial districts, the judicial circuit to
which said Peach County is attach
ed, the times of holding the terms of
the Superior Court, and the_ Htnlte
of the county shall be as designated
above until changed by law.
“Provided, that the laws applicable
to the organization of new counties
as found in section 829 to 848 inclu
sive of the Code of 1910 of Geor
gia. and in any other Acts or sections
having applicability are hereby made
applicable to said County of P'-f'rJ 1
whenever the same may be created by
the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution, and that said county, when
created, shall become a statutory
county and shall be subject at a
times to all laws applicable to all
other counties of this State.
“That the property of all tax pay
ers included within the limits of said
Peach county as herein above desig
nated is hereby made ratably charge
able with any debt that may have
been incurred by either of the coun
ties from which the territory includ
ed in the new County of Peach is tak
en bv the legally constituted author
ities of the counties for the purpose
of raising revenues for ‘ he , b f, nefit . ”
either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one
which has beer incurred for the bene
fit in anv wav of either of said coun
ties. The value of the taxable prop
erty included within the limits ol
said County of Peach at the time of
the adoption of this amendment to
the Constitution in proportion to the
value of the property in the counties
from which the said County of Peach
is taken shall determine .the propor
tionate amount of the indebtedness
which shall be borne by the property
of the tax payers located within tne
limits of said proposed new coun
ty.
“Authority is hereby given to the
ordinary of said County of I eac
and to the officers of the counties
from which said territory is taken
who are charged with the manage
ment of the business of said coun
ties to settle and agree u P° n a ”
amount of the said indebtedness that
shall be assessed against and paid by
said County of Peach; and it la here
by made the duty of the ordinary of
the said County of Peach when the
amount of said indebtedness wiith
which the said County of Peach is
chargeable is so ascertained to cause
a tax to be levied upon all the prop
erty within the limit* of the Raid
and discharge the proportionate part
of the indebtedness due by said Peach
County.
“In the event of the failure or re
fusal of the ordinary of Peach Coun
ty to levy such a tax, it shall be the
duty of the judge of the Superior
Court of the circuit to which the said
County of Peach is attached to com
pel the ordinary of the said Peach
County to perform the duty herein
required of him. In the event of the
failure of the authorities of the coun
ties from which the said Peach Coun
ty is created and the ordinary of the
said Peach county to ascertain and ag
ree upon the amount of said indebted
ness, then either of said counties may
bring a suit against the said county
of Peach in the Superior Court of said
County of Peach for the purpose of
having the proportion of said debt
so assumed by the said County of
Peach ascertained; and the said Su
perior Court is hereby given power to
enforce whatever judgment may be
had as the result of such trial by com
pelling the ordinary of said Peach
County to levy a tax sufficient for the
payment of the indebtedness found
to be due by the County of Peach;
cause the same to be collected and
paid to the constituted authorities of
the county or counties from which
said Peach County is created entitled
to receive the same.
“It is especially provided that all
ad valorem and special taxes and all
other revenues realized for the year
in which this amendment is adopted
or ratified by the qualified voters of
this State shall be applied to any in
debtedness, except bonded indebted
ness due and owing by either of the
counties from which the said Peach
County is created; it being the pur
pose of this provision to fix the basis
of settlement between the counties in
volved upon their financial condition
on the 31st day of December next
following the ratification of this
amendment.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, and it is here
by enacted by authority of same.
That whenever the above proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be agreed upon by two-thirds of the
members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, and
the same has been entered on their
journals, with the yeas and nays tak
en thereon, the Governor shall be, and
he is, hereby authorized and instruct
ed to cause the above proposed
amendment to be published ill at
least two newspapers in each con
gressional district of this State for
the period of two months next pre
ceding the time of holding the next
general election, and the Governor is
further authorized and directed to
provide for the submission of the
amendment proposed for ratification
or rejection to the electors of this
State at the next general election to
be held after such publication, at
which election every person shall be
qualified to vote who is entitled to
vote for members of the General As
sembly. All persons voting at said
election in favor of adopting the said
proposed amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words “For amendment to the Con
stitution creating the County of
Peach;” and all persons voting at
said election against the adoption of
said proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words “Against the amendment
to the Constitution creating the Coun
ty of Peach.”
If a majority of the electors quali
fied to vote for members of the Gen
eral Assembly voting thereon shall
vote for the ratification of said pro
posed amendment, then the Governor
shall, when he ascertains the same
from the Secretary of State, to whom
the returns of said election shall be
referred in the manner as in cases
of elections for members of the Gen
eral Assembly to count and ascertain
results, issue his proclamation for
one insertion in one daily paper of
this State, announcing such results,
and declaring the amendment rati-
fie< Section 3. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this Act be, and the
same are, hereby repealed.
Approved August 15th, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas
W. Hardwick, Governor of said State,
do issue this my proclamation here
by declaring that the foregoing pro
posed amendment to the Constitution
is submitted for ratification or re
jection to the voters of the State
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly at the general el
ection to be held on Tuesday, Nov
ember the 7th, 1922.
THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Gov.
By the Governor:
S. G. McLendon,
Secretary of State.
MILLIONAIRE BANKER LOSES
IN HIS SI IT AGAINST
HIS WIFE
GEORGIA WOMEN TO
SERVE ATTHE POLLS
State Executive Secretary Ap
peals to the Women Voters
to Serve in Primary
Carmel, N. Y., Sept. 29.—James A.
Stillman, former president of the
National City Bank, of New York,
was denied a decree in divorce in his
suit for absolute divorce against his
wife, Anne U. Stilman.
Guy Stillman was declared legiti
mate in the findings of Daniel J.
Gleason, the referee, filed here to
day. The decision is a complete vic
tory for Mrs. Stillman.
Not only was her defense upheld
but confirmed 1 the charges that Still
man misconducted himself with Mrs.
Florence H. Leeds, and that Mrs.
Leeds had borne him two children.
In regard to Mrs. Stillman’s oth
er charges that her husband had mis
conducted himself with two other wo
men, identified only as Clara and
Helen, Referee Gleason decided that
the evidence was not sufficient to
prove adultry. The refenee wrote
that the testimony adduced by Still
man in support of his charge that
his wife had misconducted herself
with Fred Beauvis, a part Indian
guide, alleged by the banker to be
the father of Guy Stillman, “was un
contradicted and unexplained suffici
ent to justify him in believing the
charges, but a careful examination
has shaken my faith and belief in
the testimony of the witnesses called
in behalf of the plaintiff.”
Refuses to Comment
New York, Sept. 29.—Cornelius
Sullivan, counsel for James
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 11.—Women of
Georgia who desire to take part in
politics have been given opportunity
to run the primary on October 17th
to nominate a United States senator
and a pension commissioner.
Elisha W. Jordan, secretary of the
Democratic executive committee, has
issued a special appeal to the women
to act as election managers at the
various polls. Thu work does not car
ry any compensation, but Secretary
Jordan is expecting a ready response.
The state committee had no means
of providing funds for holding the
primary without fixing the assess
ments of the candidates at such a
high figure that it would have
brought about a rich man’s race. It
is estimated that the primary would
cost more than $20,000 if the election
officers were paid, while the fees paid
by the candidates amounted to only
about $2,000.
Therefore, the only solution of the
problem wns to ask Georgia Demo
crats to serve at the polls without
pay, Secretary Jordan said.
Tax Collector’s Rounds for October, 1922
Recovery Monday, October, 9th,
Facoville Tuesday, October, 10th A. M.
Fowlstown Tuesday, October, 10th P. M.
Attapulgus Wednesday, October, 11th. A. M.
Amsterdam Wednesday, October, 11th P. M.
Johnson's Store (Bells district) Thursday, October, 12th A. M.
McHaeville (Bolls district) Thursday, October, 12th P. M.
Climax Friday, October, 13th
Eldorendo Saturday, October, 14th A. M.
Lynn Station Saturday, October, 14th P. M.
Brinson Monday, October, 16th
Chason & Co., Still, (Kendricks district.) Tuesday, October. 17th A. M.
SECOND ROUND
Recovery Monday, October, 28rd
Faceville Tuesday, October, 24th A. M.
Fowlstown, Tuesday, October, 24th P. M.
Attapulgus Wednesday, October, 25th A. M.
Amsterdam Wednesday, October, 26th P. M.
Johnson’s Store (Bells district) Thursday, October 26th A. M.
McHaeville (Bells district) Thursday, October, 26th A. M.
Eldorendo Friday, October, 27th A. M.
Lynn Station Friday, October, 27Ui P. M.
Climax Saturday, October, 28th
Brinson Monday, October, 80th
Chason & Co., Still (Kendrick’s district) Tuesday, October, 31st A. M.
All dates not named in October I will be in the office In Brainbridge,
and continuously afterward, until the books close, December the 20th.
Thanking you for as prompt settlement as possible, I am,
Yours very truly,
T. M. BATTLE. T. C.
This September the 4th, 1022.
In Memoriam.
Once again our hearts have been
saddened by the departure of a lov
ed one. Sept. 21st Mr. R. A. Rey
nolds answered the last' roll call and
entered the Great Beyond. Although
it was and to give him up we know
that he has only gone to be with those
ounivnii, ,u.un ........... ... Still-' he loved who have already passed
man, declined to comment upon the through the shadow of death and en-
fimlings of the referee recommending tered the Heaven of Rest.
' 1 Mr. Reynoldswas born in North
Carolina, butwhen he was only a
small boy his parents moved to
Thomas county, Georgia, und later
to Decatur county, where he lived
until his death.
He was a member of Bethany Bap
tist churc for about, fifty years, and
was always a faithful worker for
Christ, ever ready to do his duty in
churrli work.
He was about seventy-five years of
age at the time of his death, and had
been married four times, three of his
wives having died in years past.
He is survived by his wife, eight
children, Dr. A. B. Reynolds, Mrs.
E. C. Bridges, It. M. Reynolds, L. F.
Reynolds, H. Y. Reynolds, Mrs. Ce-
whieh adorned a flapper on a ei | Yarborough
a denial of Stillman’s divorce suit,
until he has seen a copy. He would
not say whether an appeal would be
taken. He said that Stilman wns in
the city, but would not make known
his whereabouts.
In the conclusion of the report the
referee rccommesded that the plain
tiff’s complaint be dismissed. The
report will go to the supereme court
for confirmation or rejection. It is
expected that the court will uphold
the findings of Referee Gleason.
“fashionnote
(Johnny Spencer, in Telegraph)
Something new—to us, any
way—was a pair of stockings
that button up the back and
WALL PAPER
IN GREAT VARIETY
LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK
IN SOUTH GEORGIA
James H. Brown, Thomasville, Ga.
College Park car Friday. Natu
rally, we looked at ‘cm, and like
wise naturally, when a low per
son sitting next to us said he’d
be much obliged to get a corn
on his thumb buttoning 'em up
we snickered, and equally natur
ally, when the proprietor of the
hosiery turned and looked at us
right hard, we flushed all up and
swallowed a large, No. 2 snicker
and came pretty near choking,
after which we looked out of the
window until we got to where
we were going. But stockings
that button up! Wouldn’t that
blow your hat in the river? We
ask you.
If laziness is a disease there
seems to be an epidemic in some
sections of the country.—Green
sboro Herald-Journal.
Don’t hitch your wagon to a Star
—Hitch it to a Sunbeam. Mr. W. A.
Harris, local Tinner, has taken over
the Sales and Service for SUNBEAM
pipe and Pipeless Furnaces. Watch
the U Save It store for the display
of their Furnace
SellinjSYourFarm
List your farm Vith the
organization best able to
find for you a quick buyer
7JU> SmJ Curia Our g.corrf
Gladys and I.ueile
Reynolds. Also one brother, Mr. Ro
land’ Reynolds, and one sister, Mrs.
J. C. Earnest.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at Bethany church by -Rev. Cato
and his remains laid to rest ill Beth
any cemetery.
We extend our heart felt sympathy
to his family in their great loss, but
our sympathy is nothing compared to
the great sympathy of Christ, who
conquored death that we might have
eternal life. May God so help us to
livo so that we may be ready to ans
wer the call Mr. Reynolds has ans
wered and enter the Home with
Christ where separation never comes.
—Contributed.
Some of the moonshiners had
rather die with their bootleg
gers on than to give up a job
that pays from four to twelve
dollars a quart.—Worth Coun
ty Local.
Why Pay More?
Fletchers Castoria
35c
Vicks Salve
25c
Sloans Liniment
30c
6 Ozs. Castor Oil
25c
Dodsons Livertone
50c
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We have just received a car load of Sim
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Let us price them to you.
A splendid shipment of Cedar Chests.
You can put your summer clothes away
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Bainbridge, Ga.
n line of lot No. 131- thence north erty within the limit* oi um
* entire length of the e« tern line! County of Peach aufficient to pay off,