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FOR OUR COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE, FIRST AND ALL TILE TIME
VOL 15, No. 5!
A MATTER OF HEALTH
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BOOK COMMITTEE’S REPORT
At The March Term of Coffee Supe
rior Court Gives A Full Account of
Officer’s Books.
We find the Minutes of the Or
dinary’s Court neatly and correct
ly kept
We find that some administra
tors have failed to make annual
returns.
YVe ask that the Grand Jury
recommend a book to be kept in
the Ordinary’s office in which a
list of all the administrators and
guardians be listed.
We find that few citizens sub
ject to pay special tax have regis
tered in this office as theJa;v di
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We’Yinr. Bills of Sale to some
properl} not sworn to.
Clerk Ok Superior Court.
We find the books in this office
.neatly and correctly kept.
Under the law the Judge grants
insolvent orders to the Solicitor,
•Clerk and Sheriff. To which or
der ail collections from finds and
forfeitures are credited. We find
these orders entered on Minutes of
‘Court and proper credits placed
thereto.
Sheriff.
We find n some cases no show
ing in jail Docket as to how or
when prisoners have been dis
\charged.
We find that the jailor keeps a
Vii! record which he afterwards
K Sheriff to be placed
Jocket. Said record
placed on Jail Dock
-23, 1904.
bat the Bench War
dues not show dispo
e warrants,
ib at the Execution
many executions not
-of which are collect
YiERS Of Roads And
L \ the books of this
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purpose of showing all expences
arising from each case and final
deposition of parties accused.
Said book is very essential under
the (J above argument. This book
has not been posted since Nov. i
1904.
4. We find that the cost of run
ning City Court of Coffee County
since March 1, 1904 has been
•i's°^3-94*
Amount of fines and forfeitures
collected $2978.40.
Leaving a balance of $2085.54
the amount that the City Court
lacks of being self sustaining but
after giving the County the benefit
of the convict labor it is more than
self sustaining.
County .School Commissioner.
1. We find the books of this of
fice neatly and correctly kept mak
ing proper showing for all ex
penditures.
2. We find balance on hand
Feb. 1 1904 to county’s credit in
State Treasury to be $1744.02
Feb. 1 1904. By apportionment
for 1904 $10497.45
Feb. 1 1905. by Bal. in State
Treasury $2330.67
Available amount for 1904
$12241.47
To expenditures for 1904.
$9910.80
Feb. 1 1905. By apportionment
for 1905. $11390.05
Amount in hands of County
School Commissioner for school
buildings. $292.18
Available amounts for 1905.
$14012.90.
Tax Receiver.
1. We find the Tax Receiver’s
books correct with the exception
of a defaulters list.
It being the duty of the Tax
Receiqer to enter all the defaulters
names on a defaulters list, includ
ing all unreturned lands.
2. We find that the Receiver
has failed to have some parties re
turn City property as such, and
that said property has been re
turned as average country property
if returned at all.
We ask that the Grand Jury au
thorize the Tax Receiver to secure
a list of all City property from
the Tax Assessors or Collectors of
the incorporated cities and towns
of Coffee county from which list
he may intelligently have all City
property returned or entered upon
his deiaulters list.
3. We find the amount of tax-
able property to be $3i°39?967
Amount of Poll tax $2596
Amount of Prooessional
tax $420
Tax Collector.
1. We find the Tax Collector’s
books correctly kept.
2. We find amount of taxes to
be collected on Digest $33,415,67
Amount of R. R. tax $3816.61
Amount Special tax s34°
Amt. tax not on Digest $318.73
Total amt. tax to collect $37891.01
Amoun r collected $34°39-3 I
Amt. of fi fa Executiogs $2778.79
Apportionment amt. Collector’s
Commission S9OO
Approximate amt. of errors in
Digest $172.91
Total amt. of credits $37891.01
, 3. We find that the Collector
has turned over to the Treasury
$18320
Amt. sent State $16719.31
Treasury
1. We find the books of the
County Treasury correct and we
hereby congratulate Mr. H. Sears
the retiring Treasurer for the ex
cellent manner in which his books
have been kept.
Mr. Sears took a receipt from
Mr. Wm. Vickers, his successor
for $16495.10 amonut in hand
J mi 2 1905.
2. We find amount of money
.received since March 22. 1904 to
kMarch 1. 1905 to be as follows:
fcax Collector $18320.74
Bkv Court j $2978.40
Hire *.52634.51
Jail fees ’ $75.57
e on hand March
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Douglas, Ga., April 22nd, 1905.
Total amount in treasury
during past year $55500,91
Amount paid out $21364.29
Balance in treasury
March 1 1905 $14136.62
3. We find the above amounts
to have been divided into the fol
lowing funds.
General Fund.
March 22 1904. To amount on
hand $1054.
To amount for Tax Col
lector $3053.16
To amount as per appor
tionment from other funds
order number 7 $1905.33
To Deposit $4.27
By County Commission
ers orders 4521.42
By balance on hand
March 1, 1905 J 555.34
Pauper Fund.
March 22 1904 to amount
on hand 438.21
To amt. received from Tax
Collector by County 975-7°
Commissioners orders by
bal. on hand Mar. 1905. 504.83
Jury Fund.
Mar. 22 1904 to apportionment
as per order No. 7 $504.67
To apportionment by county
Commissioners orders 504.67
This fund has been discontinued
all orders for Jurors given on city
court and Superior Court Funds.
Superior Court Fund.
Mar. 22 1004 to amt. on hand
$3‘5 28 -73
To amt. from Tax Collector
$5,603.67
By county Commissioners orders
3’ 88j -53
SI,OOO of above orders divided be
tween other funds by balance on
hand Mar. 1 1904 $3,250.87
Coroner Fund.
Mar. 23 1905 to amt. on hand
273.25
To amt. from Tax Collector
629.44
By county Commissioner 130.00
By Balance on hand Mar.
1 1905 772.60
City Court Fund.
Mar. 22 1904 To amt. on hand
1984.1 S
From Andes & forfeitures 2,978.40
To amt. from Tav Collectors
$2833.00
To amt. by County Com
missioners orders 5,063.94
By balance on hand Mar.
1 1905 2,731.73
Jail Fund.
Mar. 22 1904 to amt. on hand
2,367.1)7
To cost collected on jail fees
71.40
To amt. from Tax Collector
3<33 6 -34
By County Commissioners
orders 3 -535-77
$1,500 of above orders between
other funds.
By balance on hand Mar. 1
i9°s 2,731.73
Chaingang Fund.
Mar. 22 1904 to amt. on hand
1.946.15
To convict hire on W. &
Mt. V. Ex. R. R. $2534.52
To amt. from Tax Collector
3889-35
By County Commissioners’
orders. 6617.88
By bal. on hand Mar. 1,
1 9°5 T 752-135 2 - 13
There is yet dne the county for
convict labor on YV. & Mt. V. Ex.
R. R. about 400 dollars.
By Book Committee appointed
by Grand Jury of Oct. term 1904.
Ssid appointment approved by
Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues March 1, 1605.
Respectfully submitted,
t J. S. Roberts
Committee ' Jas. 1. Hatfield
( Jesse M. Pafford
Dont be too sensitive ! Don’t take
offense at everything you hear or see
in.the paper that you can construe
as thrust at you. Pe-hapsyou were
not thought of when the remark
was made or the thought written.
It will matte you miserable to al
ways be looking for something to
get offended at. Don’t let feelings
stick out too much.
THE NEW COUNTY MOVEMENT.
Seems to Be a Desire to Carve Coffee
County to Pieces.
The Breeze did not oppose the
proposition of the people of north
ern Coffee county and a portion of
Appling to form a new county
with Hazlehurst as the count-site.
In fact, it thought as our friend
H. C. Girtman does, that it was
a hardships for the people to be
compelled to travel 40 miles to at
tend to legal matters. A small
portion of the counties named could
be spared very readily to accom
modate those remote people as a
conven’ \ce, and would not really
injure o\ Ve and Appling much.
But now comes in notice that the
peole of Broxton, only twelve
miles from the court house, want
to hold meetings of her people to
discuss the question of making a
new county with Broxton as a
county-site. Is this a necessity?
Would it not be cutting un the
county too much? The Breeze
does not and never has opposed
anything that the people want. It
has ideas on the sequestions and ex
presses them but it has never pre
sumed to be dictator nor urged
action for or against any proposi
tion in which the people were con
cerned, notwithstaning the fact
that an assertion has been made to
the contrary on the dispensary ques
tion, recently settled by the people
of the county.
In this matter—this new county
question the Breeze takes the posi
tion that 't held in the dispensary
contest. It is a question for the
people to settle, not the Breeze.
The late Grand Jury objects to
giving up part of the county to
form a new one and there are many
people that were not jurymen who
have the same objection, but we
have heard some very fair ideas ex
pressed in regards to the new coun
ty with Hazlehurst a i the county
site. What Broxton bases her
claims upon for a new county is
not known to us, more than that
the real estate might bring more if
the county-site was there, but is it
fair to the people in the rural dis
tricts to make them pay the ex
pensees of a county goverment in
order that the real estate of a town
may be made more valuable?
Pearson and Willacoochee have
better claims for a new county
than Broxton has, to tell the truth
about the matter, as far as the
Breeze can see.
Since the above was written it is
learned that Nichols has some new
county aspirations.
The Empire Mutual-
The Empire Mutual Annuity
Life Insurance Co., represented by
Mr. J. D. Lockridge, the hust
ling Insurance Agent, well known
here, has an advertiement in this
paper to-day. The Empire Mutual
is in a class to itself, being the only
Company in the Union sellign
annuities only. An annuity means
a steady income all the time. If
a man’s life is insured n this way
after his death his family receives
a certain amount of money each
month, (the amount depending on
the sum for which the insurance
was written) just the same as regu
lar wages. See Mr. Lockridge
and make arrangements to suit
yousself.
SI.OO per Annum
AN EXPLANATION.
Why the Book Committee’s Report
Was Not Published Last Week-
It will be remembered that the
late Grand Jury reccommended
that the report of the Book Com
mittee should be embodied in the
presentments, and that the same
be published in the Douglas Breeze
and the Coffee County Gazette.
At the Courthouse on Tuesday
morning after the Grand Jury had
adjourned on Saturday we were
informed by Ordinary Ward, who
seemed to be in charge of the
Clerk’s office, as the Clerk was
absent, that “he had the present
ments and would give them to 11s
when he was through with them,”
which he did, at the Sametitne say
ing he would also “give us the re
port of the Book Committee when
the Gazette had finished setting it
up.” This was on Tuesday, April
4 111, mind you. We published the
presentments on April Bth, and on
Wednesday 12th, more than a
week, called up the Clerk’s office
and asked if “we could get the re
port of the Book Committee?”
The reply was that we “could get
the report when the Gazette had
gotten through with it, which
would be only a short time.” We
did not get it in a “short time”
however. So, Wednesday after
noon we saw Mr. George Ward,
who is in charge of the mechani
cal department of the Gazette, and
on asking if wc could get the re
port of the Book Committee, was
told that they (the Gazette) was
not through with the manuscript,
THAT THEY HAD ONLY RE
CEIVED IT FROM HIS FA
THER’S OFFICE THE DAY
BEFORE,” Tuesday April nth,
and that we could get it Thursday
morning. Thursday afternoon, too
late for publication last week, the
manuscript was viven to us, with
out any explanations. Editor-Or
dinary Ward by virtue of his place
and office had scooped us on an of
cial document, but not fairly.
We are not seeking a controver
sy, nor are we attempting to avoid
one, but simply stating facts in an
explanation which inquiries make
necessary, and which are beyond
contradiction. The question to be
answered is this: If Ordinary
Ward was not going to use this
manuscript when he had it in hand
a week why couldn’t he have let us
have the manuscript, or made a
copy and let 11s have that. We
have the report to-day.
More About Freight Rates.
In regard to an article in this
[laper l ist week Col. 11. C. McFad
den, of the A. B. does not consider
that Douglas is discriminated
against in the matter of freight rates
and mentions the fact that paper
shipped from Nashville to Douglas
is 80; Waycross 72 and Fitzgerald
85. This is doubless true, as he
says, but the rate i- too high, if
there is no discrimination, and it
must be that the places mentioned
i do not receive their paper over the
| A. 8., in anyway.
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burns liks magic. 25c. at Union Pharmacy,