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CALL ON J B EDWARDS &, SON FOR FRESH MEATS AND FISH OR PHONE 5 9 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. % 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 NUMBER io