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BUTTS COUNTY P kCP Rbi VOLUME 26 REPORT WATER AND LIGHT PLANT From Jan. 1 1908 to Sept. 11908 Water and light customers Jan 1, 08 182 Total W & L customers added " since Jan 1 68 Taking both water and lights in same residence 97 /Total water customers Sept, 1, 08 122 Total light customers Sept. 1, ’OB 128 Total new water customers to Sept 1, 08 39 Total new light customer? to Sept 1, 08 29 Total water and light custo mers to Sept 1, 08 250 RECEIPTS Total water and light rents from Jan 1, 08 to Sept 1 ’OB $2,840.61 Total plumbing bills paid fromJanl 08 to Septl,oß 809.00 Total money received to Sept 1, 08 $3,649.61 Total plumbing bills un paid $507.31 Total light and wa ter rents unpaid 54.00 Warrant Dr. Drum, unpaid, 37.50 Warrant W. P. Nutt, unpaid, 20.04 Due W & L plant from Pep Cot Mil (coal) 39.00 Dus W & L plant from school fund (coal) 48.00 Total outstanding accounts owing city, good, $705.85 Cash in bank Sept 1 1908 210.88 Other cash items 138.12 Other cash items include 2 warrants amountingto 111.54 And cash due plant fund 26.58 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Sept 1, 1908 Total receiptt as shown col lected $3,649.61 Total rents and plant’s bill uncollected 561.31 Cash in bauk Sept 1 1908 210 88 Due W & L from school fund 48 00 Two v arrants nd j >ther cash items 11 > 99 Du© W & L frc m Pepper ton 39.00 $4,624 79 Expenses as listed, paid v-,709 97 Profit put to per manent inuest ment, paid 550 64 Extra engineer’s sal ary, paid 40 00 $3,300 61 Atlas Oil Cos, unpaie 975 Lamar Rankin Drug Company unpaid 31 50 R. 0. Campbell Coal H B Bowling, unp’d 181 99 Cos., unpaid 259 02 Newcomer Machinery Cos., unpaid 190 87 Standard Oil Cos., un paid 27 63 W E Carter Electric Cos unpaid 100 00 N e wton-Carmichael Hwd Cos unpaid 183 34 Coal warrant, unp’d 309 80 $4,594 51 Total expenses for year ending Sept 1 08 $4003 87 Money made and applied as t. permanent investment: Clearingßeservoir Sealed bids are asked for clear ing the whole or any part of the land that will be covered by back water from the dam now being erected at the foot of Capp’s and Lloyd’s shoals in the Ocmulgee river, in Butts and Jasper counties, Georgia. The land to be thoroughly cleared of standing or fallen tim ber, brush, stumps: etc., in ac cordance with specifications or information furnished by J. G. White & Cos., Jackson, Ga. Bids are asked in the following man ner: First: At so much per acre for the land actually cleared; the company reserving all merchant able timber and cord wood. Second: At so much per acre for the land actually cleared; That happiness is found within this bank, not without, is attested by our happy and satisfied depositors and patrons. To this end we might f submit an avalanche of facts attesting our su periority. Among these is HAPPINESS the fact that we’re T , ATT . TTA earlier or- FOUND ganized as a national bank in WITHIN your sec tion With the mas tery of detail for the handling of every kind of legitimate banking, we extend you a warm welcome to call with any business in our line. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSON Meters $313 51 Transformers 237 13 Engineer’s salary 40 00 590 64 $590 64 Total $4594 51 Net profit 80 28 Actual money made by plant 620 82 EXPLANATION I consider all outstanding debts of plant as listed good. In some cases material is on premises, put in. and house is not complet ed. Inventory taken shows stock and material on hand amounting to $922.97, This amount does not include tools etc., which cor responds with inventory taxen last year, Jan 1, 1908. This amount will not vary becanse it includes hydrants, stock etc. that we are forced to keep on hand. We have set $313.51 of meters and $237 13 of transformers, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1908. without any claim on the timber or cord wood. Bids are 4o be addressed to Georgia Construction Company, care J. G. White & Cos., at Jack son, Ga., and plainly marked BIDS FOR CLEARING RESER VOIR - Bids to be received not later than Dec. Ist, 1908, and the company reserves the right to except the land purchased from any individual owner or reject any and all bids received. For particulars as to the man ner of doing the work, the time of completiou, etc., apply to the Superintendant of Construction for J. G. White & Cos., at Jack son, Ga., or at the dam site. Georgia Construction Cos., W. J. Massee, President. which is pfofit above actual op erating expenses, and applied to improve system, without "calling on any other source. We have made a net profit of $30.28, The people of Jackson have enjoyed the benefits derived from 13 arc lamps, 26 street hy drants and 22 small incandescar.t globes. These should be credi ted water and light plant when you figure your plant as an in vestment etc. We have been forced to pay one month’s en gineer’s salary of S4O more than due. In submitting this report to the people, I beg to call your at tention to the faithfulness of the Water and Light committee in assisting me in working to the best interest of the plant, an 4 I especially commend to you your chairman, Mr. J. H. McKibben, whose interests are solely center ed on the water and light sys j tern. j Re> pec ; ully submitt© , HAL R. i j Supt. W. & L. Riant. f uOtfILLA Mrs. R. K. Fears, oi: Atlanta, is the guest of her son, Mr. Tom W. Fears. Mrs. C. C. Jewett and little son, Charles, left last week for a visit to her sister, Mrs. H. V. Hargett in Columbus. Mr. J, Pierce Smith has re turned home after a visit of sev eral days at Brunswick. Mrs. Tennie Elder is in Atlan ta visiting her brother, Dr. W. H. Whtehead. Mr. W. D. Lamar, of Macon, was seen on our streets Tuesday. Mrs. Lucy Dozier Douglas left Tuesday for a visit to friends in Atlanta. Mr. Will Preston left last week for Barnesville, where he entered the senior class of the 6th Dis trict Agricultural college. Miss Alice Thompson was the week-end guest of friends in Cork. Prof, and Mrs Tom Atkinson and little daughter, Elizabeth, were the guests of friends in Jackson Friday and Saturday. Miss Susie Watts and Miss Bessie Bloodworth have returned from a few days visit to Jackson where they were delightfully en tertained as the guests of Mrs. J. Mote Watts, at the hospitable home of Mrs. Watt’s mother, Emma Mallett. Dr. A. F. White’s dinner party given at his beautiful home, was a delightful event of Friday X&st. Dr. Wnite’s invited guests inclu ded Messrs. J. W. Terrell, Ed Hoard, Percy Elder, A. C. Millen, R. V. Smith, J. B. Pruitt, J. T. Gibson, W. J. Partridge and Dr. J. Mote Watts. Miss Clara Bryant spent Tues day in the Gate City. Mr. Eidson Smith, one of Flo villa’s popular young men, left Tuesday for McDonough -'Where he expects to study lav/ under his brother, Col. Tom Brown. Dr. and Mrs. J. Mote Watts and little daughter, Martha, of Jackson, arrived Monday to be the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Watts for several days. Mrs. O. D. Smith and little daughter, Evelyn, are the guests of relatives at Juliette, A number of the young people were delightfully entertained re cently by Miss Susie Watts, whose entertainments are always anticipated with pleasure. The house was attractive with vases and bowls of yellow chrysanthe mums and serns. “42” was en joyed until a late hour, after which delightful refreshments were served. Mr. C. D. Ingram, our popular depot agent, was a recent visitor to Atlanta. Capt. W. F. Smith has returned home, after a week's stay in south Georgia and Florida. WE HEAR IT SAID —That Jackson is a good town —That she has an industrious citizenry. —That good people kick at high taxes —That “kicking” does not do much good. —That taxes cau be lowered by increasing the taxable property —That taxable property can be increased by a coperative citi zenry. —That our property can be in creased by stopping the Repub licans and Democrats from legis lating the wealth of the country into the hands of a few. —That good people are going to vote for all the presidential candidaaes. —That some really honest peo pie believe Tom Watson is honest That the next election wi 1 give us a president elected by the Democratic party, but not necessarily a democratic presi dent. —That a man near Eastman has 16 sons, all named after Tom Watson, and all going to vote for Tom Watson. —That this country can’t be overhauled in a day like a ma chine. —That if the tariff is reduced in four years time, as the Peer less promises, the worst panic in in the hiistory of the nation wiil follow. —And that then the Republi can party will go back in power That this thing happened not so long ago. % - That folks can worship their God in the way that He would have them, and at the same time hold an opinion different from yours, even though you are on the biggest side, perhaps as big as the Democratic party. That a true Democrat will not boycot- the business concern of his feJ"iwman for political reasons. - That the man who is con stantly talking about what he dislikes in people oftentimes sees in them the true shadow of his own self. V That there is something else to live for beside making money, listening at the preachers, eating, sleeping, propagating and rot ting. —That Butts connty needs a good system of macadamized roads. That Butts county needs a better educational system. That good roads and good schools are our greatest wealth producers. —That these two blessings would lower the tax rate, put a piano in your home, carpet on your floor, pictures on your wall, knowledge in your head, money in your pocket, a smile on your face, and go a long ways toward j placing happiness and goodness j in your soul. NUMBER 45