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SEPTEMBER TERM.
Ciiy Court Recommended to Take
Place of County Court.
Several Road Commission
ers Presented for Neg=
lect of Duty - -
Others Escape.
We, the Grand Jury for Sep
tember term Superior Court, 1901,
submit the following general pre
sentments :
We have through proper com
mittees, examined the records of
our county officers and report as
follows:
ordinary.
In this office we find that Ordin
ary J. D. Hargrove has everything
in a correct and satisfactory con
dition, having received from all
sources during March to Septem
ber $56.40
Paid to County Treas $53-93
Paid to State Treas.. $ 2 47-$56.40
clerk’s office.
We find everything in a satis
factory condition.
TAX collector’s OFFICE.
Tax collector Lewis has settled
with the county for 1900 and is
allowed $140.39 insolvent taxes,
and $50. 25 errors on digest. He
has now in his hands $126.28 col
lected on sales of unknown prop
erty.
TAX receiver’s OFFICE.
In this office we find the books
in fine shape. We find the wild
lands have decreased 6.257
acres,and improved lands have in
creased 5,781 acres, showing a loss
of 471 acres improved lands. Im
proved lands returned 1901,
435,0871 acreB, valued at $1,342,
372. Improved lands returned in
1900 435,5681 acres, valued at
$1, 801^70, showing an increase
of $42, 192.50 in valuation. We
also find an increase in all other
lines of property returned except
in the item of bicycles, which
can be very easily accounted for in
that the tax has been taken off the
retail bicycle dealers, and that de
crease is very small.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
So far as we can determine by a
thorough of examination the affairs in
this office are conducted a
satisfactory manner. The jail
register shows there are now 16
Editor’s Awful Plight,
F m Higgins, editor Seneca
Ill, News, was afflicted for years
with piles that no other remedy
or doctor helped until he tried
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He writes
that two boxes wholly cured him
It’s the surest pile cure on earth
and the best salve in the world
Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents
at any drug store.
TO THE PUBLIC © o
Having purchased the entire business, formerly run by Parsons –
Hill—the Cordele Grocery—I will continue with the same line of
goods at the same stand. The stock is composed of
Dry Goods,Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, –c
Good line of Fancy and Family Groceries.
The line of Dry Goods, Notions, etc., I am selling at sacrifice prices
in order to get them off the shelves to make room for Fail and
Winter goods which are now arriving.
Mr. W. M. Kennedy is with me, and we guarantee that the old
customers and the new customers will receive courteous and fair
treatment.
Public Patronage is Solicited.
Yours very truly, . A. B. HILL j
CORDELE, GA.
CTortldc J Aenlinel
prisoners in jail, and 23 out on
bond.
treasurer’s office
The books in this office are well
kept.
Dr.
To amt. on hand Feb, 1901
To $10,257.41
amt. rec. all sources
since.......... $2,017.10
Total $12,874,51
Cr.
By amts. pd. out as per
vouch’s ......... $ 8 , h-*.
By commisson ...... IA
By report to grand jury 1.00
Balance on hand..... 4,457.94
Total $12,874.51
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSONER’s
OFFICE
Dr.
We find he has received
from state............$ 6,103.33
To borrowed from bank 9,458.94
Total $15,562.27
Cr.
By amt, paid out
furniture..........$ 305.95
By amt. paid out
teachers ..........12,697.56
By amt. paid note..........1,674.24 out
bank ’
By amt. paid paid out board 36-00
By amt. out 474.00
E.G. Green......
By amt, incidentals...... paid out 168.74
By balance on hand 205.78
Total $15,562.27
We believe Commissioner Green
and the Board of Education are
looking well after the interest of
our schools.
COUNTY COURT .
In this county we find it more
than self-sustaining under the
able management of Judge D. T. L.
Henderson and Solicitor J.
Hill, and find that it has disposed
of 50 criminal cases and made 38
convictions, and paid into the
county treasury $639.01. Many
civil cases has also been disposed
of.
We made a thorough inspection
of the books of Justice of the
Peace and Notarys’ Public of
various districts of our county and
found them correct and neatly
kept, find that they fail to sum
mons witnesses as the law requires,
and we recommend that they per
form this important duty. Poor
We examined the Farm
and found seven inmates, four
white and three colored, a very
fine crop of corn and potatoes,
seven nice hogs in a pen, and one
mule in nice condition ; the houses
are well cared for and in good re
pair, and the sanitary conditions
are very good. examined the jail, and
We also
find the sanitary condition of it
good. We recommend that it be
kalsomined inside and the cages
be painted, as they are rusting
badly in places. We also recom
mend that the jail be heated with
stoves, and a wire fence be built
around the prison part of the small jail.
We recommend that the
hall leading to the door of the
office of the county school com
missioner, in the court house be
closed, and a door be made in the
wall leading out on the west porch.
PUBLIC ROADS.
We find the condition of the
public roads as follows: That
part of the road leading from
Cordele by J. .J. Wheeler’s to the
line of the 14th district in bad
CORDELE, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,
eandition ; also the road from the
11th district running by Penia to
Greer’s place in bad condition, in
Cordele district; also, the Unadil
la road by Dr. Pate’s place to
West Ivey place; also Unadilla
road leading to county line; road
from Unadilla by .1 \V. >cott's to
J. E. Peavy’s in bad condition, in
Unadilla district. Also the Monte
zuma road from district line to
county line, in 2nd. district, in
bad condition; also Vienna and
Drayton 7th. road from Drayton to in
line of district in the 9th
bad condition,
We hereby present the road
commissioners for the above bad
roads, namely: II W W heeler,
W B Mathews and M M Doyle, of
the Cordele district; also J L
Clewis, J E Peavy and J F Lane F
of the Unadilla district, also J
Moreland, George Roberts and .T
Y Edwards of the 2nd. district ;
also A Wells, J S Morgan and R
E Shirah of the.9th district, ali
negligence of duty. Also, we
fin d that E G Harris has made ap
plication and had assigned to him
by the road commissioners of said
county, as provided by law, the
following portions of the public
roads of this county, towit: That
part of the Vienna and Tippett
road leading from C B Woods
to W H Adkins, a distance of
about 2 ^ miles; also that portion
°f the lower Hawkinsville road,
and coming about one fourth of a
mile from Jesse Peavy’s and run
nia g to the fronfc of Jim Demons’,
distance of about 1^ miles. We
And that be had failed to properly
work the road assigned to him,
and we of hereby duty, present him tor
neglect
The balance of the roads we find
in a satisfactory condition.
We recommend that the various
road commissioners of each dis
trict report annually on the first
day of December, in writing, to
the ordinary, the condition of
roads, bridges and causeways in
their respective districts, as re
quired by Sec. 103 Par, 7 of the
Road Laws of Georgia in their
possessions, a form of which is
laid down in said law.
We recommend that the turn
pike on the Vienna and Montezu
ma road, on Turkey creek, near
Byromville, be widened six feet.
We recommend the following
names be added to the pauper list:
Mrs W H Calhoun, $7.00 per
month.
Mrs Sarah Pickles, $5.00 per
month.
Mrs Nellie Yawn, 2.50 per
month
Mrs Mariah Shirah, $5-00 per
month.
Mrs Martha Cox, $5.00 per
month.
Mrs Nellie Wilson, $3-00 per
month.
Romalis Bell, colored, $3,00 per
month.
Also the following changes:
Green woodward from $3.00 to
$4.00 per month; B S Caple from
$4.00 to $10.00 per month.
We examined the pension list
and endorse the same.
We recommend that the ac
count of $25.00 D A R Crum for
printing and distributing assign
ment of cases for September term
of court be paid.
We recommend that F J Lewis,
tax collector, be paid $20-00 for
attorney fees.
We recommend that our repre
sentatives pass an act in the leg
islature establishing a City Court
at Vienna instead of the present
County Court, and that the judge
and solicitor for said court be
elected by a vote of the people of
the county.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the
Vienna News, Vienna Progress,
Cordele Sentinel and Cordele
Daily News, and each be paid
$5.00.
We beg leave to extend our
thanks to Judges Littlejohn, Eei
extended^hi^body, ^lsoTo^ou?
able Solicitor. F A Hooper, and
take pleasure in endorsing the
administration ; of these able
judges, especially the manner of
that Judge Candler disposes
business.
We recommend that the strip
of land between the court house
and jail, running from Cotton
street to Union street, be bought
for the county $250.00 provided it can be
bought for
We appoint C R Morgan and
John H Bedgood to examine the
books of the county officers and
report to the next grand jury, and
that they be paid $2.00 per day
for their services.
Respectfully summitted
.1 O Hamilton, foreman.
John H Pkbuood, Clerk.
John F Ilogsett, C S « Walls,
W G B Forehand, Johnson A R Morgan, Davies,
J B
J E Brown, J M Cox,
.J T Murray, T A Royal,
J B Whitehead. IT A J Fuqua,
J H Calhoun, Mark Raney,
W H Page, J E Calhoun,
J A McLendon. R S M Lilly.
H I) Wood.
Read m open court and ordered
filed of record Let the present
ments be published and publica
tion be paid for as requested. It
is also ordered that the accounts
recommended be paid by the
county treasurer. This 19,
Sept. 1901.
John 8 Candler
Judge Stone Mountain Circuit.
F A Hooper, Sol. Gen.
Georgia—Dooly County.
I hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true Dooly extract from
the minutes ol Superior
Court.
J Frank Powell, C S C D C
Notice to Delegates.
All delegates to Houston Baptist
Association, to meet with Pine
hurst church October 9th, will
please send their names to F, M.
Barfield. Pinehurst, Ga., at once,
that homes may be secured for
them.
Ready For the Public.
Mrs. J. A. Bell has received her
outfit of ladies’ Suita, Waists,
Jackets, etc. The styles are the
latest; see the samples, ranging
in price to suit every one. I ask
the ladies to call and examine—
the latest in style and fabric.
They are from the well known
house of Cbas. H. Stevens, Chicago.
Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting was held by a
few of the citizens at the court
house Monday afternoon for the
purpose of appointing a committee
to meet with the town council that
night to arrange for publishing
notices for the intention of apply
ing for a new charter for the town,
changing it from a town to a city m
order to establish a city court here
The people of the county are tak
ing right hold of the matter of
establishing a city court in lieu of
the county court as per the recom
mendation of the grand jury and
the bill will no doubt pass at the
next session of the legislature.
The notices will be published of at
once for four weeks as a result
the decision reached by the council
at their meeting Monday night. of
The committee was composed and
Cols. Busbee, Copeland Har
vard.—Vienna News.
Christian Workers' Conference.
The First Baptist Church is plan
ing a Christian Workers’Conference
for Nov. 12th to 16th. The one
object of the meeting is to deepen
spirituality and quicken religious
activity among Christians of all de
nominations. Hence all the exer
cises will be conducted with this end
in view.
Some of the most successful, con
secrated men of the Southern Bap
tist pulpit, (specialists.) have been
engaged to deliver the leading ad
dresses for the meeting. Mr. II. A.
Wolfsohn the distinguished gospel
singer will have charge of the music,
and this will be an attractive feature
of the conference.
While this meeting will be under
auspices of the Baptist church it will
be strictly evangelistic and unde
nominational, and the co-operation,
prayers and presence of all Christians
are desiied that this conference may
mark an epoch in the spiritual
strengthening and advancement of
our city and community.
Robbed the Graye.
A startling incident, of which
Mr John Oliver, of Philadelphia,
was the subject, is narrated by
him as follows: “I was in a most
dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken,tongue
coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite, gradually day.
growing weaker day by
Three physicians had given me
up. Fortunately a friend advised
trying Electric Bitters, and to my
great joy and surprise the first
bottle made a decided improve
ment; I continued their use for
three weeks and am now a well
man. 1 know they sayed my life
and robbed the grave of another
yictim.” None should fail to use
them. Only 50 cents at any drug
store.
DISPENSARIES
BY C. .J. SHIPP.
The subject of state prohibition,
local option and being legal sale of
whiskey is now agitated
throughout the state as I have it
never known it to he before ;
seems that the great church in
fluences that have so long refused
to unite for the purpose of stamp
ing out the barroom evil, have at
last decided to place their heavy
influence in the contest; the great
part ot the fight, will, I presume,
be confined to the nomination of
representatives of and state senators,
as the result this issue will lie
in the hands of the next legisla
ture, although being a determined ef
fort is made to ingraft this
issue into the gubernatorial cam
paign; the three candidates who
have already announced for the
high position of governor, Messrs.
Guerry,Brown and Estill, have de
clared their position on this ques
tion; (I can hardly call it proper
ly an issue.) Mr. (Juorry for state
prohibition outright to go into ef
fect as early Estii as practicable. Messrs
Brown and for local option ;
and I have been informed that the
difference between the two last
named gentlemen is that Mr.
Brown is a local option prohibi
tionist, while Mr. Estill is a local
option whiskey man, or in other
words that Mr. Brown votes a dry
ticket, while Mr. Estill votes wet
in local option contests.
As to the two prospective can
didates Messrs. Terreli and Tur
ner, they have of course not yet
defined their positions. I have
known Joe Terrell for a number of
years; he has been a prohibitionist
from his early manhood, and has
been identified with a great deal of
prohibition legislation, but I have
as yet seen nothing from him that
would indicate whether his posi
tion in this compaign would be
for prohibition for the entire state
or for local option by counties.
Mr, Terrell is attorney general
for the state and thinks it im
proper to commence his campaign
while still holding this office; so
we will probably not hear from
him until after Christmas, besides
he thinksdt better to not com
mence a fight so early especially
as this is an off year.
Mr. Turner is, I understand, an
anti-prohibitionist, he having
voted a wet ticket in a local
election. Under all of this con
fusion the voice of the people will
be last if this question is made an
issue in thi9 campaign.
None of the candidates so far have
expressed themselves for dispen
saries, in favor of which so much
can be said. Terrell county voted
a dispensary about a year ago,
and already enough revenue has
been derived from the profits paying to
relieve her citizens from
tax; other dispensaries have paid
equally as well, and I suggest that
if our present local option law could was
so amended that the people
vote for dispensaries as well as
for strict prohibition and bar
rooms, the profit of the dispen
saries go to the public school fund,
that we would soon not only be
rid of the barroom evil, but every
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CASH DRUG STORE, Special Agents.
Stoves STOVES,
STOVES Stoves,
• Stoves.
Surely Stoves have struck the bottom, and
if it’s Stoves you want, we have ’em at the
Cordele Hardware Co.,
Job Printing
AT OFFICE OF
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$1.00 A YEAR
poor boy and girl in the state
would have an opporturnity of re
ceiving a good common school
education, with plenty of money
in the treasury to pay off thohard
worked teachers as their salaries
become due. The question of
educating the children of the poor
and unfortunate is the most im
portant one that presents itself to
our people at the present time ;
while the barroom is one of the
greatest evils that afflicts society.
Let us have the dispensary in
place of the barroom and the
school house in the place of public
court fines.
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“OOM JOE” F1LL1BUSTERED.
Hon. J. H. Hall was announced
for a speech at 8:80 o’clock in the
afternoon, in front Suwanee Hotel
in Cordele last Saturday week. He
wms here all right, but properly
postponed the speech on account
of the President’s death. He was
again announced for a speech last
Saturday afternoon but he tele
graphed that he was tied up in the
trial of a case and could not come
The gentleman from Bibb
mustn’t “fillibuster” on us
down here, but next time should
be careful to carry out his an
nouncement. Come to time ‘‘Oom
Joe.”
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