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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
JONES COUNTY’S NEW COURT
CONTRACT FOR WHICH WAS LET AUGUST 30, 1905, TO THE »-**rro r>
ATLANTA FIREPROOFING CO of Atlanta, Qa.,
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THE ABOVE PICTURE GIVES A CORRECT VIEW OF HOW THE
JONES COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND JAIL WILL APPEAR WHEN
COMPLETED. THE COURT HOUSE AND JAIL WILL SHOW AS ONE
FRONT, AS APPEARS IN THE ABOVE CUT, WITH THE WIND MILL
IN THE REAR TO SUPPLY WATER FOR BOTH THE COURT
HOUSE AND THE JAIL. EACH BUILDING WILL BE PROVIDED
WITH EVERY KNOWN MODERN CONVENIENCE, AND, WHEN COM¬
PLETED, THERE IS NOT A COUNTY IN THE STATE THAT CAR
BOAST OF HANDSOMER PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR THE MONEY EX¬
PENDED THAN CAN JONES COUNTY.
THE CONTRACTORS FOR THE ABOVE WORK ARE PUSHING THE
CONSTRUCTION AS FAST AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO WITH A
LARGE FORCE OF COMPETENT WORKMEN, AND EXPECT T —
HAVE THE JAIL COMPLETED BY THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
AND THE COURT HOUSE BY THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY. THE AT¬
LANTA FIREPROOFING COMPANY, CONTRACTORS, ARE CONSID¬
ERED AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST RELIABLE CON¬
TRACTING FIRMS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. THEY HANDLE
NOTHING BUT PUBLIC WORK AND HAVE AN ESTABLISHED REP¬
UTATION FOR DOING THE BEST WORK OF ANY CONTRACTING
FIRM IN THE SOUTH.
THIS FIRM IS COMPOSED OF MR. ROBERT F. HEMPHILL, PRES-
IDENT AND TREASURER OF THE COMPANY, AND HE LOOKS AF¬
TER THE OFFICE WORK IN ATLANTA, ATTENDING TO ALL
THE DETAILS OF MAKING CONTRACTS FOR THE DIFFERENT
MATERIALS THAT ENTER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION. MR. L. J.
ISBELL IS VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
COMPANY AND LOOKS AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION AND DE¬
TAILS OF THE WORK DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. BOTH, MR.
HEMPHILL AND MR. ISBELL, ARE CONSIDERED EXPERTS IN
THEIR DIFFERENT LINES AND ARE GENTLEMEN OF THE HIGH-
EST INTEGRITY AND BUSINESS ABILITY.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JONES COUNTY DID A WISE
THING IN SELECTING THE ATLANTA FIREPROOFING COMPANY
AS CONTRACTORS, WHICH INSURES TO THE TAXPAYERS OF
THE COUNTY THAT THEY WILL GET ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
BUILDINGS FOR THE MONEY THEY ARE EXPENDING.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 190,'i
THE COURT HOUSE WILL CONTAIN A LARGE OFFICE, ALSO A
LARGE FIREPROOF VAULT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, FOR EACH
THE ORDINARY AND CLERK, THESE TWO VAULTS FOR THE OR¬
DINARY AND CLERK WILL BOTH BE MADE ABSOLUTELY FIRE¬
PROOF AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY CAN FEEL SATIS-
FI ED WHEN THE RECORDS ARE PLACED IN THESE VAULTS, FOR
THEY WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DESTRUCTION B>
FIRE. ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE REAR OF THE ORDINARY’S
OFFICE AND JUST ACROSS TH EH ALL WILL BE LO¬
CATED THE LADIES’ PARLOR OR WAITING ROOM. THIS ROOM
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WILL BE FITTED UP WITH A TOILET FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF
THE LADIES AND WILL BE HANDSOMELY FURNISHED WITH FUR¬
NITURE. THIS WILL BE A GREAT CONVENIENCE TO THE LA-
DIES WHO HAVE BUSINESS WITH THE COURTS, TO HAVE A
PRIVATE ROOM WITH ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES. THE
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER’S & COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S
OFFICES, SHERIFF’S OFFICE, TREASURER’S, TAX RECEIVER’S AND
TAX. COLLECTOR’S OFFICES WILL ALSO BE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR. THE BASEMENT WILL CONTAIN A FURNACE TO HEAT
THE COURT ROOM, ALSO A TOILET ROOM FOR THE CONVEN¬
IENCE CF THE COURT OFFICIALS. THE SECOND FLOOR WILL
CONTAIN A LARGE HANDSOME COURT ROOM PROVIDED WITH A
SEPARATE GALLERY FOR NEGROES, THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO
PETIT JURY ROOMS ADJOINING THE BAR, ALSO A -JUDGE’S
ROOM. ON THE SIDE OF THE BAR WILL BE A GRAND JURY
ROOM, SOLICITOR’S ROOM AND WITNESS ROOM. EVERY ROOM
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING WILL BE PROVIDED WITH DESKS,
CHAIRS AND TABLES OF A STRONG AND SUBSTANTIAL PAT¬
TERN. IN FACT, THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE HANDSOMELY
FURNISHED AND WILL BE HEATED AND HAVE A SYSTEM OF
WATERWORKS EQUAL TO ANY IN THE CITIES.
TWENTY FIVE FEET FROM THE COURT HOUSE WILL BE LTCA-
TEO THE JAIL AND THE JAILER’E RESIDENCE. THIS BUILDING
WILL SIT OUT ON A LINE WITH THE FRONT OF THE COURT
HOUSE AND WILL HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A HANDSOME
RESIDENCE INSTEAD OF A JAIL.
VOL. XI. NO. 4jJ.
THE FIRST FLOOR WILL CONTAIN THE LIVING
ROOMS FOR THE SHERIFF’S FAMILY, WITH A LARGE HAND¬
SOME PORCH IN FRONT. THE SECOND FLOOR WILL CONTAIN
STEEL CELLS FOR THE PRISONERS. THERE WILL BE A COV.
ERED PLATFORM THAT WILL CONNECT THE PRISON DEPART-
went WITH THE COURT ROOM, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE ABOVE
CUT. THIS WILL ENABLE THE PRISONERS TO BE TRANSFER¬
RED FROM THE CELL ROOM THROUGH THIS PASSAGE INTO THE
COURT ROOM WITHOUT COMING OUTSIDE. THE JAIL BUILDING
WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF AND WILL BE PROVIDED
tf/ITH ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES, SUCH AS HEATING, A COM.
PLETE SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS, ETC.
BOTH BUILDINGS WILL HAVE STONE FOUNDATIONS AND
WILL BE BUILT OF GOOD REDBRICK WITH HANDSOME STONE
TRIMMINGS. THE TOWER TO THE COURT HOUSE WILL CONTAIN
ONE OF THE BEST MAKE OF COURT HOUSE CLOCKS AND
BELLS, WHICH KEEPS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT TIME.
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THE ABOVE PICTURE HAS BEEN GOTTEN UP CORRECTLY TO
A SCALE AND WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED SITTING ON
THE HILL JUST AS THEY APPEAR IN THE PICTURE. IN THE
REAR OF BOTH BUILDINGS THERE WILL BE A WIND MILL AND
A LARGE TANK THAT WILL HOLD FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS OF
WATER. THIS WIND MILL AND TANK WILL SUPPLY THE WA¬
TER FOR THE TOILETS IN THE COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
CORNER STONE LAYING.
THE CORNERSTONE WILL BE LAID AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK
THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE NINETEENTH, EVERYBODY IS INVIT¬
ED TO ATTEND AND BRING A BASKET OF SOMETHING GOOD TO
EAT. COME ONE AND ALL, AND LET US HAVE A GRAND RALLY
CN THAT DATE. SEVERAL PROMINENT MEN WILL DELIVER
SPEECHES ON THE OCCASION. THEIR NAMES WILL BE AN-
NCUNCED LATER. THE COMMISSIONERS DESIRE THAT EVERY
CITIZEN IN THE COUNTY BE Cn HAND TO WITNESS THE CERE¬
MONIES OF LAYING THE CORNERSTONE.