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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1914)
Proclamation , Submitting a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Geor gia, to be voted on at the General State election to be held on Tuesday, Nov ember 3, 1914, said amendment provid ing for the creation of the County of Candler. By His Excellency, John M. Slaton, Governor. State of Georgia, Executive Department. August 3, 1914. Whereas, the General Assembly at its session in 1914 proposed an amend ment to the Constitution of this State as set forth in an Act approved July 17, 1914, to-wit: An Act to amend Paragraph 2, Sec tion 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this Slate. The following amendment is propos ed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of Georgia to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitu tion of this State. Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia hereby proposes to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of theConstitutionof this State, as follows: That, in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State, crea ted by the General Assembly, and those created by amendments to the above and foregoing paragraph, section and article of the Constitution of this State, there is hereby created an additional county, which county when created shall be known as Candler County. The territory for the formation of said County of Candler shall be taken from the Counties of Emanuel, Bulloch and Tattnall, and the said territory so taken for the formation of said new County of Candler shall be included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Starting at the south of Ten-Mile Creek where it empties into Canoochee River, running in a northerly direction upsaid river to Excelsior Bridge; thence in a northerly direction straight course to Lott’s Creek to a point one-quarter of a mile above New Bridge; thence along the line of Lott’s Creek to De- Loach’s Pond, leaving DeLoach’s Pond running in a northwesterly direction, crossing the Bulloch and Emanuel county lines, intersecting with .the Swainsboro and Statesboro public road at D. B. Johnson’s place; thence in a southwesterly direction toUnionSchool House; thence in a southwesterly di rection to Cowart’s Mill Pond; thence in direct line to the Leo Collins cross ing on the Central of Georgia Railroad; thence in a southwesterly course to Griffin’s Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River (crossing line of Emanuel and Tattnall counties), a southerly course to the point where the counties of Emanuel and Tattnall meet on tha Ohoopee River; thence a direct line east to Kennedy’s Bridge on the Ca noochee River. That when said county i#erected the county-seat of the same shall be the town of Metter, now in the county of Bulloch; that if the abo\e and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratifica tion at the next general election after the adoption of this proposal to amend the Constitution, there shall be, on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitu tion is adopted, an election for the county officers herein named in and for said new county, to be held at the sev eral election precincts existing within the limits of said new county at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment, during the usual hours of holding elections, and all .egally qual ified voters residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said elec tion and the ordinaries of the sever al counties in which said election pre cinctsare located at the time of the adoptiou of this amendment shall each appoint the election managers for the precincts in the counties in which lie shall exercise jurisdiction of ordinary and the managers of the election shall on the day succeeding the election meet at the town of Metter, the place de£ nated as the county-seat of then ?" county, and consolidate the \ott foi the county offices, at such piace wthii Se Ha s' Of the town of Metier as shall be designated by the judge of the Superior Court of the Middle Circuit, whose dutv it is hereby made to de signate the place of meeting of said election makers within the corporate limits of said town of Metter, ana me General laws now in force as to the con isSSKSfl provided for shall J iiort nf the Superior Court, asnenu, a larvs force irithisStafofocoj^ja'r sion °^ ce ,f to the officers them shall be aj l‘ c officers elected at so elected, that i hold their said genera election election ofhces until th j un til their sue- for county omce . hfied> cessors are elected a * 1 hereby giv . The General Assemoiy stat en power to create jKSSy or statu utory officers m * ai ' vide by law for torv courts, and o vaC anciesthat filling said wnre ’the next general elec may occur befor ces created by said rnirs^-" o'''’ 0 '''’' 0 bv law - . randier shall be The !? d °tSe First Congressional attached to h |udicial circuit District, the M ial District and the Seventeenth but it 6b * ll £S? t h aD ytime to change Tej^S^t^.mchaaidcoua- ty of Candler is attached, and the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia is hereby giv en power to change said county of Can dler in arranging congressional and senatorial districts as is now provided by law. That the Superior Court in said county of Candler shall be held on the third Monday in February and Au gust months of each year, but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding the courts and the number of terms thereof. That thejus tices of the peace and constables resid ing in the territory included within the new county of Candler shall exercise the duties and powers of their office until new militia districts are laid out in said county of Candler as now pro vided by law; and that all of the pro visions of the law as contained in Chap ter 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to the said county of Candler whenever same is created; that all of the general laws in this State, in addition to the above, having applica tion to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the said county of Candler, especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said county; that when this amend ment is adopted, the said county of Candler so created by the adoption of this amendment, shall become in all re spects a statutory county and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating counties and county officers. Section 2. The Governor is hereby required and directed that when this proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected by the two houses of this General As sembly, and shall be entered on the journal of each house with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said pro posed amendment to be advertised in at least two papers in each congression al district at least two months berore the next general election, to be held on the first Tuesday in November, 19L4, and he shall also provide for a submis sion of the proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the State at said gen eral election. And if a majority of the electors voting at said election shall ratify this proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and 1 voting at such election, said amend j ment shall become a part of the Con stitution of Georgia when the fact is certified to the Governor by the Secre tary of State, that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said general election have voted in favorof the adop tion of said amendment to the Consti tution of the State, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to such Q Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Governor to submit said proposed amendment in the following form: That those voting in favor of said pro posed amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets, “In favor of the ratification of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution of Georgia, creating the County of Candler,” and those op posed to the ratification of the amend ment shall have written or printed on their tickets, “Opposed to the ratifica tion of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitu tion of the State of Georgia creating the County of Candler. ” Now, therefore, 1, John M. Slaton, Governor of said State, do issue this my proclamation hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution is submitted for rati fication or rejection to the voters of the State qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at, the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1914. John M. Slaton, Governor. By the Governor: Philip Cook, Secretary of State. I Proclamation Submitting a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Georgia, to be vo ted on alt he General Election to beheld on Tuesday, November 3, IJI4, said amendment providing for representa tion in the House of Re presen tatnes for counties not now provided for, and for other purposes: By His Excellency, John M. Slaton, Governor. State of Georgia, Executive Department, August 12, 1914. Whereas, the General Assembly at its session in 1914, proposed an amend ment to the Constitution of this State as set forth in an Act approved August 1914, to-wit: , , c 'An Act to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, of the Conshtu t:on of the State of Georgia by striking the figures 184 therefrom and inserting in place thereof the figuaes 189, so as to provide for representation in the House of Representatives for counties not now provided for, and further by striking from said paragraph the names of the counties therein set out and in serting in place thereof the names of the counties mentioned in the re-ap portionment act of the General Assem bly of 1911) s° that said P ara £ ra P b Wll conform to said re-apportioment and enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by of the same, that Paragraph 1, of Se tion 3, of Article 3, of the Constitu ion be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the second me of said paragraph tbe figures “184” and insert fng in Heu thereof the figures 189, and further by striking iherefmmthe names of all counties therein specified, i and inserting in place of six counties therein named as being entitled to three representatives each the following: “Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Floyd and Mus cogee” and inserting in place of the twenty-six counties therein speci fied as being entitled to two represen tatives each the following: “Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, De catur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Wash ington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Lowndes, Elbert, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware,” and further by adding at end of said paragraph after the words, “and to the remaining counties one representative each,” the following: “and in the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution, the counties of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be entitled to representation in the General Assem bly of Georgia for the session 191546; and in the event this amendment and the amendments creating the coun ties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon shall be ratified, then the three said last named counties shall also be entitled to representation in the sessions of the General Assembly for the years 1915-16; and elections in said counties shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, under the law now governing sim ilar elections for the election of members of the General As sembly to serve during the ses sion i915-16 in accordance with this amendment,” so that when said Para graph is so amendment it will read as follows: Paragraph l. Number of Represen tatives. The House of Representatives shall consist of not more than IS9 rep resentatives apportioned among the several counties as follows, to-wit: To the six counties having the largest pop ulation, viz. : Fulton, Chatham, Rich mond, Bibb, Floyd and Muscogee, three representatives each; to the twenty-six counties having the next largest popu lation, viz. : Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow, Meriwether, Emanuel, Elbert, Lowndes, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware, two representatives each; and to the remaining counties one representative each; and in the event of the ratification of this amend ment to the Constitution, the counties of Bleckley and Wheeler shall be enti tled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia for the session of 1915-16; and in the event this amend ment and the amendment creating the counties of Barrow, Candler and Bacon shall be ratified, then the three said last named counties shall also be enti tled to representation in the sessions of the General Assembly for the years 1915-16; and elections in said counties shall be held on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, under the law now gov erning similar election for the election of members of the General Assembly to serve during the session of 1915-16 in accordance with this amendment. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two thirds of the members elected to each House of the General Assem bly, it shall be enlered upon the Jour nal of each House with the yeas and nays thereon and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election in said State; and shall at said next general election be submitted to the people for ratification in the following form, to-wit: “for ratification of an amendment to I ara graph 1, of Section 3, of Article 3, ol the Constitution (for providing forrep resentatives in the House of Represen tatives of (he State of Georgia for coun ties not now provided for),"or “Against ratification of an amendment to 1 ara grapli 1, section 3, of Article 3, of the Constitution (or against providing for representatives in the House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Georgia lor I counties not now provided lor), and I if the majority of the electors qualified l to vote for members of the General As ! sembly voting thereon shall vote lor , ratification, having written or printed lon their ballots the preceding forms, | which votes cast at said election shall ! be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation thereof in the manner now provided by law. .. Sec 3- Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are, hereby re- therefore, 1, John M. Slaton, Governor of said Slate, do issue this my proclamation hereby declaring that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution is submitted for rati fication or rejection to the voters of the State qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the General Eelection to beheld on Tuesday, No vember 3, 1914. John M. Slaton, Governor. By the Governor: Philip Cook, Secretary of State. LEGAL ADVERTISE MENTS FOB ADMINISTRATION Georgia—Butts County. To Whom it may Concern: J. C. and W. C. Redman, having made application to me in due form to lie ap pointed permanent administrators up on the estate of W. T. C. Redman, of said county who died 28th day of May ' 1887. .Notice is hereby given that said LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE I read and rereads. K. Smith’s letter in last week’s Progress. Now everybody knows Kirby Smith and I know him as well as he knows himself. He is as hon est as the day is long and is as inoffensive and meek as Moses. He wouldn’t kill a flee or step on a doodle if he knew it. He says he thinks the banker and merchant should allow the farmer $5.00 per bale in the set tlement, but he failed to fix any standard on the price of cotton. Cotton is 6* cents one day and and 74 the next. So you see the business man could allow the far mer $5.00 on 64 cent cotton one day and perhaps the next day be would sell the same cotton at 74 cents. So you see they would both be left in the soup. There has been a great deal said in the papers about what I said at the mass meeting on the first Tuesday. I did introduce a resolution demanding that the business men pay the farmer 10 cents for his cotton on notes and accounts, and not to sell any of it for less than amount. But there was nothing in my resolu tion, as many would haveyou be lieve, that conveyed the idea if they didn’t give us 10 cents they would get nothing. What I wan ted to do was to settle up and let the merchant sell it to the mills, and let them spin it out of the way of next year’s crop. Troup and Meriwether counties are allowing the farmers 10 cents 10 CENT '‘CASCARETS” , IF BILIOUS OR COSTIVE For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Sluggish Liver and Bowels-They Work While You Sleep Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, In digestion, Sallow Skin and Miser able Headaches come from a tor pid liver and clogged bowels, which cause your stomach to be come filled with undigested food, which sours and ferments like garbage in a swill barrel. That’s the first step to untold misery indigestion, foul gases, bad breath yellow skin, mental fears, every thing that is horrible and nausea ting. A Cascaret tonight will give j your constipated bowels a thor- ough cleansing and straighten y ou out by morning. They work while you sleep—a 10-cent box from your druggist will keep you feel ing good for months, adv application will be heard at the regu lar term of the court of Ordinary for said county, to be held on the first Monday in November, 1914. Witness my hand and official signa ture, this 3th day of Oct. 1914. J. H. Ham, Ordinary. NOTICE OF SA EE. Georgia—Butts County By virrue of an order from the Court of ordinary of said County, will lie sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday in November, 1914, at the Court house door in said county, between the legal hours of sale, the following real estate, to-wit: That tract or parcel of land lying and being in (ilDth district, G. M., Butts County, Ga., bounded north by lands of Mrs. I. B. Carmichael, east by lands of J. JL. Carmichael, south by lands of Mrs. Ada I>ou Hpencer and Towaliga river, west by Towaliga river containing fifty acres more or less. Also one acre of land in the 610th dis trict, G. M-, bounded north and east by Mrs. Hallie A. Harkness, south by B. J. Foster, west by Mrs. Ada lou Hpencer. Terms Cash. This sth day of October, 1914. B. G. Carmichael., Admr. of Estate of I. B. Carmichael. See our ad. in this paper, j Paul Nolen & Cos. 111lifl if I, )■ :G-■ v' y; fife -o • •*’ 3KUKT 1 . £. .i;, V’ x*' Jl For Every Baking Best — because If" sll ic purest. Best because it never fails. Bet —because it makes every baking light., fluffy and evenly raised. Best —because it is moderate in cost high est in quality. At your grocers. RECEIVED (SSk3o\ HIGHEST AWARDS 11 ItuMrull Worlri’l Pure Food Espo.4 ‘*ion, Chicago, 111. Pari lOtposition^^Fruco a Yon don t UW noneywtrn yon .bnyUiMporto-tMI | 8 baking powder. Don Ibe muled. Boy Celnmet. [ I! more economical —more wholesome— gijee beat reswtg. ■ tj CaLniet i ler .nperioMo_eo°rjmll^endioda^^^^J on notes and accounts and none has been sold there this fall for less than 10 cents. Now if the business men of Butts county don’t know how they do it, let them spend a day in LaGrange or Greenville and find out. If you want to save that ex pense just walk down Third street and ask Bailey & .Jones how they do it. May the Lord bless them and theirs. Or you can ask Dr. Van Deventer, pastor of the First Baptist church. He bought a bale at 10 cents and preached on the question. May the Lord bless him and may he lead his flock be side the still waters and as he goes in and out through the world seeking the lost sheep may good ness and mercy follow him all the days of his life. Mrs. Thomas, wife of R. C. Thomas, stated she would pay any claim against her at 10 cents cotton and would allow 10 cents for cotton to those who owed her. Four years ago I bought a piece of valuable land, with deferred payments, from her. She told me since this depression came on that she knew the property would bring a great deal more than the claim she held against it. But as much money as I had paid on it she couldn’t think of taking it away from me, and she told me to bring on my cotton and she would allow me 10 cents for it on my land notes. I have delivered her some cotton and she has got to have more. Bless her sweet, soul. One day she will take a jour ney from this mundane sphere on snowy wings to that city whose builder is God and whose gates are not shut neither by day nor by night, and there will be the shout of arch angel that will say “fly wide open ye everlasting I gates.” 1 Plow Handles.
