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THE BAINBRIDGE POST-SEARCH LIGHT
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed Amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the general election to
be held on Tuesday, November 7th,
iq">2, said amendment to Paragraph
9 “Section 1, Article 11, of the Con
stitution of the State of Georgia, for
the creation of Peach county.
Bv His Excellency,
THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Gov.
State of Georgia
Executive Department.
August the 28th, 1922.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at its session of 1922 proposed an
Amendment to the Constitution of
this State as set forth in an Act
approved on August the 15th, 1922,
PEACH COUNTY; CREATION OF.
NO. 400.
An 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 by the ratification of the quali
fied electors of this State of the
several Acts approved, respect
ively, on July 19, 1904, July 31,
1906, 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
the 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 31, 1906, July 30, 1912, Au
gust 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, 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
Macon 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
the 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,
32, 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 in 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
ci ntinuing 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
and 34 in the ninth district of Houston
county to the southwest corner of lot
Mo. 33 in the ninth district of Hou-
£‘on county; thence east the entire
length of the south line of said lot
No. 35; thence north the entire leng
th "f the east line of said lot No. 35;
thence east the entire length of the
*•; uth 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.
0 l«aid lots Nos. 35, 29, and 5 being
in the ninth district of Houston coun
ty) to the line between the ninth and
t- nth land districts of Houston coun
ty; thence north along said district
1 ne to the southwest corner of lot
No. li i n sa id tenth district, thence
cast the entire length of the southern
line of lot No. 11, thence north the en
tire length of the eastern line of lot
N’o. li; 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
nne of lot No. 41; thence north the
entire length of the eastern line of lot
-y>. 41; thence east the entire length
ot the southern line of lot No. 57;
tnence north the entire length of the
eastern line of lot No. 57; thence
i£ 8t l T\* n Ure length of the southern
of lut No. 71; thence north the
l en Kth of the eastern line of
ImuJk , thence east the entire
r.i np .{j °* ^* e s,) uthern line of lot No.
the . a *T ce ^fth the entire length of
t »J U ‘ m - ne °* lot No. 91; thence
ern linT length of the south-
the entirr’V 01 X 0, 101 ** thence north
ofl^v s 1 !"** the eastern line
length thence east the entire
1 A* »h? f th<? *°| Jt h t *rn line of lot No.
. ?' ’ i.f nce nor th the entire length of
m!» ?k Urn ,ln *‘ of 101 1*6; thence
iff? W* ler, *fth of the aouth-
kI IlS of , , ° l No thance north
-- eltt *rc length uf the atatern line
of lot No. 131; thence east the entire
length of the southern line of lot
No. 159; thence north the entire leng
th of the eastern line of lot No. 159;
thence east the entire length of the
southern line of lot No. 161; thence
north the entire length of the east
ern line of lot No. 161 (said lots Nos.
11, 23, 41, 57, 71, 91, 101, 125, 131
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 law's 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 sue-,
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 general
laws of this State now in force as to
elections, consolidation of the votes,
the return of the election and the
commission of officers shall 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 next 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 then 1 offices until new mil
itia districts are laid out in said coun
ty of Peach and constables thereof
elected.
‘That the Superior Courts of said
Peach County shall he 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 limits
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 Peach
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 all
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 by the legally constituted author
ities of the counties for the purpose
of raising revenues for the benefit of
either of said counties, whether the
said debt is a bonded debt or one
which has beer incurred for the bene
fit in any way of either of said coun
ties. The value of the taxable prop
erty included within the limits of
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 the
limits of said proposed new coun
ty- .
“Authority is hereby given to the
ordinary of said County of Peach
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 upon an
amount of the said indebtedness that
shall be assessed against and paid by
said County of Peach; and it is here
by made the duty of the ordinary of
the said County of Peach when the
amount of said indebtedness with
which the said County of Peach if
chargeable is so ascertained to caurf
a tax to be levied upon all the prof
erty within the limits of
County of Peach tufficumt
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
Cdunty 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 in 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
fied.
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.
MAYOR OF KANSAS
TOWN JSWHIPPED
Outrage Is Charged to Members of
the Ku Klux Klan, Who Resent the
Mayor’s Attitude Toward That Or
ganization.
Coffeyville, Kan., Oct. 16.—Theo
dore Cchierlman, 42, mayor of Lib
erty, eight miles north of Coffeville,
was taken four miles northeast of
Liberty Saturday night, and whipped
with blacksnakc whips by fifteen men
who said they were members of the
Ku Klux Klan, Schierlman told the
officers.
Schierlman has a wife and three
children. He has been mayor of Lib
erty for eighteen months, and has
been a resident of the community
for forty years.
Mr. Schierlman refused to make a
statement today-
According to Schierlman’s attorney
the men told the mayor:
“We are unknown to you. Your
neighbors have had us do this to you.
You are one of those damned fellows
who have denounced the Klan. You
have prevented your Klan neigbors
to meet in Liberty.”
JOHN WHITE & C0.
'.OUISVILLE, KY
liUbluktd in 1S37
Liberal aasertmant
Full Value paid
MURDERED TWINS 'Tax Collector’s Rounds for October, 1922
HUSBAND CHARGES
Mrs. McNally Arrested at South
Bend, Ind., on a Charge of
Having Kited Her New Born
Babies.—Story Doubted. 1
Southbend, Ind., Oct. 16.—A story
of how he occupied the same house
with his wife, Hazel McNally, be
fore and after the tinjte he charges
she gave birth to twins, and yet he
failed to see them, will be told in the
Hammond county court Thursday by
Frank McNally of this city, who
charges his young wife with the mur
der of the babies, said to have been
born last December, he announced
through his counsel last night.
Mrs. McNally has been a r rcstod on
a murder charge on a warrant sworn
out by her husband, and taken to
Hammond to face trial* The infants
were said by McNally to have been
born December 7th, last year, and
not to have been seen alive since.
A search, however, has failed to re
veal any records attesting to the
birth of the children.
Mrs. McNally is said to have de
nied ever having given birth to any
twins.
Recovery Monday,’ October, 9th,
Faeeville Tuesday, October, lOth 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.
McRaeville (Bells 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, 23rd
Faeeville * 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 28th A. M.
McRaeville (Bells district) Thursday, October, 26th A. M.
Eldorendo Friday, October, 2Tth A. M,
Lynn Station Friday, October, 27th P. M.
Climax Saturday, October, 28th
Brinson Monday, October, 30th
Chason & Co., Still (Kendrick’s district) Tuesday, October, Slsfc 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, 1922.
Raw Furs
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Statement Of
THE DECATUR COUNTY BANK
AND
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BAINBRIDGE
September 15th, 1922.
Any man or woman can understand this statement.
The Banks owe to depositors $ 0(58,360.35
This indebtedness must always he held in mind, and the
Banker arranges his assets so as to be able to pay any check
on demand.
The Bank also owes its National Banks notes in circula
tion 120,600.00
These notes, usually considered as currency by the public,
are the direct obligation of the hank, but guaranteed by the
United States Government, and the Government is protected by
a deposit of 100 per cent. U. S. Bonds and 5 per cent, actual
money.
Total 788,960.35
To meet this indebtedness we have: Cash in vault and on de
posit with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and in other
large city banks 225,292.16
United States Bonds 143,860.00
City Bonds 2,000.00
Loans to Individuals and Corporations 502,220.77
These loans are made for the purpose of carrying on tho
business of the community, are made to persons of good stand
ing, secured by collateral, by mortgage on real estate or by
stocks and bonds. Most of these notes can be discounted any
day with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, or with our cor
responding city banks.
Overdrafts . 196.61
This item represents the amount of the overdrafts. Over
drafts are not usually allowed, but! some times when we think a
good depositor has made an error in his account we allow the
overdraft, but expect it to be paid the next day.
Bank Building 36,687.94
The Bank owns its own building and the store next door.
From the store and the offices in the rear, revenue is obtained.
Stocks in other banks 43,044.75
This represents stock in the Federal Reserve Bank' of At
lanta, the Federal International Banking Corporation of New
Orleans, and other stocks.
Total to meet indebtedness 1,000,147.48
This leaves a surplus of 254,231.88
This is the property of the stockholders, after all debts
are paid, and is a guarantee fund upon which we solicit new ac
counts and retain those which have been kept with us for mnny
years. In addition to the above are to be added the aid and
knowledge of the officers, employees, and directors of tho bank,
and the friendship and confidence of its many depositors.
The First National Bank is the designated depository of the
City of Bainbridge, for funds of the United States Bankruptcy
Courts, for Postal Savings funds of the United States and as
a special depository for United States Post Office funds.
The bank has just installed a new vault with safety de
posit boxes, which it rents to its patrons for the safe keeping
of valuable papers. Rooms are provided where our customers
can look over their papers and transact any business. A pri
vate telephone is provided for the use of our customers,
and wc solicit a share of their banking business.
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