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VOLUME 26.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
OF FEBRUARY TERM 1907.
We the Grand Jury, drawn and
sworn,for Feb. term, of Butts Supe
rior C</Urt, beg leave to submit the
following presentments.
We through committes, have exam
ined the books of the various Countv
officers, and as far as we were able to
ascertain, in Ihe limited time given,
they are kept as the law directs.
The Ordinary, Clerk of Superior
Court and SherrifT report that no
Countv funds have passed through
their hands since the August term of
Court.
We have received report of County
'Commissioners, Treasurer, County
School Commissioner, and Tax Collec
tor which is hereunto attached as a
part of these presentments.
GEORGIA. Butts County.-
Tax Collector’s Statement to the
Grand Jury now in session, February
term, I^o7.
To Special taxes collected for the
phjsical year 1906. To arn’ts Collec
ted as per Registration Book in Or
dinary. s office $1315 00
Tax Collectors Commission . 81.50
Amt. sent Comptroller Gen., $288.50
Statements of County funds received
since October Ist 1906
To amts received from railroads tele
phones and telegraphs $308(1 49
Tax Collectors Commission
on same, at 2 per cent 61 72
Total amt. for County, $3024.77
Whole amt. collected for County from
property tax up to first Monday in
February 1907. $18,209 51
Amt. of Commission retained
for tax Coileetor, and
Receiver, 600.75 17548 70
Total amt Coll, less Com. S2O 570 50
Will be small balance due in final
statement, approximately SBOO <>o
Georgia. Butts county, —
Personally appeared before the
undesigned, W. E. Gresham, Tax
Collector, for the years 1905 1906, who
on oath says the above statement, for
the year 1906 is true and correct.
Sworn to and sub- )
scribed before me >W.E Gkesham,
this Feb, 18'h 1907 ) Tax Collector.
J. H. Ham.
Ordinary.
To the Hon. Foreman and gentle
men of the Grand Jury Febr'y Term
Butts Superior Court 1907.
Gentlemen :
In order that you may understand
the financial condition of our County
We the County Commissioners of
Butts Cos. submit the following Re
port: Amount of disbursements irom
Jan’y Ist 1906 to January Ist
1907. $42990 82
Disbursed as follows :
Superior Court expenses 8723.38
Salaries 450.00
Jail 483 98
Coroner 52,85
Paupers 1149 58
Bridges 11225 25
Pub Buddings 15C9.92
Lunatics 43 50
General .... 6550 14
Public Roads . . • 8509.77
Outstanding warrants . 42990 82
Yet unpaid . . • 9210.84
Contracts foretell Bridg*s
appearing on minutes . 2976.00
Outstanding notes for Eorrcw
t*U ran*y non# of which
appears on minutes . 16528.05
Total .... 28714.89
Amount now in hands of Cos.
Treasurer for 1906 Taxes 8993.00
Total indebtedneas after
this is paid cut 19721 89
When the praaeat'Beard ef Comnaia-
THE JACKSONIAN.
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sioners came into office and found the
County affairs in the above condition
they countermanded orders for steel
bridges to the amount of 1896 00
We have reason to believe that a
large amount of this indebedfcness was
incured without authority of Law and
being so incurred we are without au
thority of law to raise by taxation
funds to repay the same, while in
this position one of the creditors
brought suit against the County, and
without, any personal felling in the
matter it is our purpose to have the
Courts to adjudicate the Counties li
ability and our authority in the pre
mises.
Respectfully submitted
( J. O. Gaston,
County Com- < ti. G. Asbury,
missioners. ( J. M. Maddox.
Jackson Ga., Feb. 18th 1907.
To the Hon. Foreman and Gentlemen
of the„Grand Jury of Butts County.
In compliance with law I hereby
submit to jour honorable body my
annua! report as Counts School Com
missioner of the County of Butts for
the year 1906. There were forty-two
schools in operation during the year,
twenty-one each for whites and col
ored. The term was six scholastic
months, or One hundred and twenty
days, allowing teachers, when these
schools were supplemented by pri
vate contributions or iocui taxation
to extend the term and enrol) children.
pr vided no child was enrolled for
more than One hundred-twenty days.
There were enrolled during the year
8558 children. 17(1S of these were
white and were colored.
There were 70 teachers employed
during the year, forty white and thir
ty col ored. 18 of these teachers were
male, 11 white and 2 colored. 57 were
females, 27 white and 28 colored.
The whites were graded as follows:
5 had Permanent license; 26 first
grade; 7 second grade and 2 third
glad*. Of Lite colored one had first
grade; 8 second grade and 26 third
grade. Niue of these teachers had
Normal training, 8 white and colored.
The teachers for the whites report the
school houses in good repair, except
two. While no new schools were
built, during the year several of them
have been repaired and enlarged.
The value of the school houses in the
County is estimated $12,699.00. This
I considered is a very low estimate.
The school furniture is estimated
$2,500.00 making a total of $14,100.00
I have paid the incidental expenses
account of my office including the
salary and the salary of the members
of the Board of Education and the
colored teachers salaries in full. Not
hav'ng sufficient funds lo liquialate
the accounts of the white teachers I
have paid them 96% of their aggrega
ted accounts. The Board of Educati
on is still wrestling with the question
of retdistricling the Count y under the
law, known as the McMichael bill.
Jhis is “a knotty problem bnd the
Board have given much time and
thought to this question.
1 feel sure, however, that the
Board will complete this work at its
next meeting.
Financial Statement Balance on
hand Feb. 1906. $58.88
Amt. of State Treasurers
check 9561.42
Amount of Btate Treasurer’s
check convict hire 19u7 1681.72
Amount of State T.-esu-nrer’s
Chech convict labor 1906 .579.87
Amount from all other sources 86.18
Total $11917.52
Disbursements.
Salary C. S. C. $500.00
Salaries W. B. E. 94 -°°
School supplies and furniture 154.48
Paid white Teacher# 9414.52
Paid Colored Teachers 1650.10
Poetaje, Friaking and teacher#
JACKSON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH, 8, (907.
Inst. 65.90
Total disbursed $11879.00
Balence on hand $88.52
All of which is respectfully submitted
C. S. Maddox, C. S. C.
GEORGIA, Butts County.
To the Hon Foremen and Gentle
men of the Grand Jury.
By virtue of and in accordance with
the law, I herewith submit to your
honorable body my report of receipts
and disbursments from August term
of the Sunerior Court to date.
Received on account of general fund:
Received from„W.E. Gres
ham!’. C. $16,250.00
Received from A. M. Wat
kins (borrowed) 5,800.00
Received from A. M. Wat
kins (County farm) 192.55
Transfered from Road fund 629.50
All other sources 66.49
Balance on hand last report 1,355.50
$24,294.04
Disbursed as per vouchers. General
fund.
Jurors $1028.00
Clerk and Sheriffs 3.00
Jail 262.15
Lunatics 29.50
Sundries 1,020.01
Paupers 415 45
Bridges 8,231.85
Public buildings 1,224 65
Commissions and salaries 850.00
17,495.76
General 6,798.28
Balance now on hand $24,294.04
Road Fund.
Received of W. E. Gresham T. C
General Tax $3,525 46
Received of A. M. Watkins
(borrowed) 1,700 00
Received commutation Tax 1,806.00
Balance on hand last report 566 80
$7 098 26
Disbursed on Road Fund as
per vouchers $4 401 84
Transfered to General Fund 629.50
$5,030.84
BaleDce now on hand 2,067 42
$7,098.26
GEORGIA.,PUTT COUNTY. —
Personally appeared before me
George R. Ridgeway, Treasurer, who
on oath, says the above report is
true and correct.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
This Feb. 18th, 1907.
Geo. R. Ridgeway
J. H. Ham Ordinary,
We find the Jail in bad, sanitary
condition. We recommend that this
be immediately remedied, also the
tank putin good repair, a protection
be put over the windows fronting the
cells, and the broken bars in cells re
placed.
We find leaks in roof of Courthouse
and some broken lights in Windows
on West side, also one window-frame
in bad repair, and recommend that a
bove- repairs be made at once.
We find through our committee on
the Countv farm six pau
pers, two whites both females,
four colored, three femalep
and one male.—All of which
seem to be well cared for. The farm
is newly terraced ahd work well ad
vanced. vVe find two mules, three
bead of cattle, six hogs, or>e two-hor-e
wagon, mower and rake all in good
condition. We find about ten bush
leg of peas, 80 busbies of corn, 1,000
bundles of fodder, and a small quanity
of hay. There are six acres in wheat,
two acres of oats, and one half acre of
rye sown on farm.
Our committee appointed to exam
ine the J. P. and N. P. dockets find
that they kept according to
i law. Wa find J. P. docket from 61*
Dist. G. M. and N. P. docket from 618
Dist. G. M. have not been presented
to this body.
A vacancy having occuired,in the
office of N. P. and Ex. J. P. of, the
Indian Spring Dist. 614 G. M. We
reccommend thatT. G. Preston be ap
pointed to fill said vacancy.
We find th 9 roads generally in fair
ly good condition and reccommend
that the Commissioners continue to
improve same. We reccommend that
the road leading from J. Mat McM ich
ael's to Iveys Ferry be worked as far
as the residence of John Barnes, Me
find a great many small bridges in the
County in bad shape. M'e reccom
mendd an immebiate remedy of same
We recommend that E. J.
Thompson lie paid $25.00 for
caring for a pauper Chas. Vag
ner in his last illness, who was too
seriously injured in an accioent, to be
removed to the County Farm.
We reccommend that oui Represen
tative at the next meeting of General
Assembly introduce a bill to amend
section(ll 15) of Criminal Code so as
to prevent a non-resident witness
from drawing from County Treasurer
more than $2 00 per day, even though
they be summoned in more than one
case.
We find that the Tax Collector lias
collected Taxes on $24,800. worth of
property and also $46 00. in poll tax
es which is not, on the receivers dis
gust for 1906. From information
gathered of the present system of re
ceiving taxes we reccommend that
tho board of County Commissioners
devise a better plan of getting an ac
curate list of the Tax payors of tho
county.
Whereas we regret to see that
our county is in debt, and in
our judgment our Commission
ers for last year acted very no
wise in the extravagant use of
the County funds yet from our inves
tigations we find'atia believe that all
moneys went toward the support of.
and paying legelimate expenses or
last year, The county receiving
benefit of same, and whereas we be
lieve our people are an honest debt
paying people and indignantly resent
the thoughtof repudiation and where
as we learn there is a suit or injunc
tion proceedings now pending against
the County for money borrowed to
defray expenses for last year and
Whereas we disapprove the employ
ing *of Attorneys and running ti e
County to additional Court cost to
defend an admitted honorable and
just dwbt and Whereas the moral ef
fect and reputation of our County
would suffer for generations to come,
were we to evert gain case upon any
technical grounds, therefore be it re
solved : That wo earnestly and urgen
tly reccommend that, our present
County Commissioners save the good
iiam* anrl honor of our County, by
reconsidering their past action, in re
fusing to adjust the claims against
the county for last year and that
they pay what cash the Treasurer may
have on hand and issue warrants for
balance at once, thus abandoning all
litigation and the saving of Court
cost. Attorneys fees and last but by
no means least- an unsavory, ugly aid
dishonorable repudiation among our
fellow men at home and abroad thus,
injuring our credit for years to come,
VV'e extend our thanks to his Hon
or E. J Reagan for his able o'- .
mi! cnartcftics txtnd*d U-h !, 'y
Also tnSol. liloodorth for his s
tance in ferreting nut c-iioe and *vil
doers, and to our efficient bailiff fur
services rendered.
We reccormnend that these pr-
ments be placed ou the m'nuieHof
the Court and also published in two
county papers and that said papers
be paid SIO.OO each for same.
H. L.|l)ughtry, Foreman
W. F Cerk.
Ordered that the foregoing present
ments together with the accompany
ing reports of the County Officers
thereto attatched be entered on the
minutes of the Court and publish*d
as therein reccommended.
This Feb. 25th 1907.
E. J. Reagan Judge S. C. F. C.
Women In Elizabeth’s Time.
Concerning the women of the court
of Queen Elizabeth a writer of that
time remarked, “They do shun and
avoid idleness, some of them exercis
ing their Ungers with the needle, some
in continual reading, either of the Holy
Scriptures or histories of their own of
foreign nations about us, and divers in
writing volumes of their owu or trans
lating of other men’s Into our English
and Latin tongue.” Also, “many of the
eldest sort are skillful iu surgery, and
there is In manner none of them but
when they be at home can help to sup
ply the ordluary want of the kitchen
with a number of delicate dishes of
their own devising.”—London Saturday
Review.
That Nickel Saved His Life.
When I)r. Briggs arrived at the
Meacliem house lie found his patient in
a comatose condition, which made nec
essary several hours of restorative la
bor.
“Now, how did this happen?" he de
manded of Mrs. Meacliem whoa the
trouble was over. “Did you give him
the powder I left?"
“Y'es, sir.”
“As much as would go on a dime
and no more?”
“Yes, sir—that Is, we couldn’t find
a dime, so* I shook a nickel and five
pennies out of Willie’s bank and gave
him just what they would carry.”
“It’s lucky the nickel was there, so
that you didn’t have to use five more
coppers,’’ remarked the doctor dryly.
A Cowboy Bpider.
The queen of spiders—the largest,
handsomest and most capnble work
man o’f her tribe—is the orange yellow
and black creature known as orange
urglope. Hers are the most beautiful
cobwebs made, hung low to catch the
innumerable Insects required for a
rather large appetite, and you find them
among the and vines and In
the fields. Argiope captures and ties
up her victims as ably as a cowboy
might do with a lasso, and she excels
tho cowboy by manufacturing her own
rope as she goes along.—lndianapolis
News.
Sago Tea For tho Hair.
For sage tea take two ounces of
the newest dried garden sage and
two ounces of green tea. Put in an
iron pot (be sure that you use an
iron one) and add three quarts of
boiling water. Let simmer slowly
until only two quarts are left. Re
move and let stand for twenty-four
hours. Then strain and put into
bottles. Apply to the scalp every
morning and night, massaging gen
tly for five minutes. This is a splen
did tonic for the hair as well as dis
tinctly a stain for restoring iron
gray hair.
An Extra Jewel.
"George,” she asked as they took
their usual evening stroll, “is your
watch correct?"
“Yes, indeed,” replied George, with a
merry laugh. “It is keeping better
time since I put your picture inskle the
case.”
“Oh, you flatterer! How could that
be?"
“Well, you see, when I placed your
picture inside the case I added another
Jewel.”
And the wise old moon man winked
at the stars and then vanished behind
a cloud.—Chicago News.
An Unfortunate Cardinal.
Cardinal lOspinosa, some time presi
dent of Castile, whs engaged In con
versation with Phtilp IT., King of Spain,
when the king, suddenly irritated at
something, said to him:
“Cardinal, take lieed! You are speak
ing to the president of Casliie.”
The cardinal, understanding that ha
was dismissed from office, fell to the
ground. Ill:: pulse showed no sign of
life, and to nil appearances the king**
wrath Lad killed bis minister. It was
decided that the unfortunate cardinal
should be mil open and embalmed. Tka
embalmers toranumr-ed work, when thJ*
prelate awoke, with a scream of agaog,
and attempted to struggle with tha
era tor. Ilia wounds were faUwl basal
wok, utd m JJ4 ii— —ffnlalj
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