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STATE TREASURER’S
REPORT
Georgia’* governmental operations
last year involved an expenditure of
more than $26,800,000, of which ap
proximately $3,000,000 was furnished
by the federal government, the an
nual report of W. J. Speer, state
trseauer, revealed Saturday.
The aggregate receipts of the
state for 1926, the largest in the
history of the state, were $26,380,-
000, or approximately $6,000,000
more than those of the previous
year. Part of this increase was due
to the sale of rental warrants of
the Western and Atlantic railroad,
state owned property, amounting to
$3,169,395. The state closed the
year with a treasury balance of $2,-
549,760.11 as against $2,352,206.19
the year previous.
The bonded indebtedness of Geor
gia on December 31, last, was $5,-
084,202, the report showed. On this
debt, $1 10,279.57 interest was due
in January, 1927, and $108,529.57
interest will be due next July. Bonds
on deposit in the treasury for se
curity of state property and funds
totalled $4,774,350 at the close of j
the year.
The heaviest receipts of state
funds last year were in January, 1
$4,029,703.37 being received then, I
the report stated. The lightest'
month for receipts was September
when but $465,203.27 came to the
treasury. The heaviest disburse
ments were made in May, the total
for that month being $1,012,668.59.
Receipts for the year included $3,-
378,979.41, motor vehicle fees; $3,-
169,395, sale of W. & A. rental war
rants; $5,532,459.98, general tax;
$2,334,188.64, fuel oil tax, highway
fund; $1,556,418.56, fuel oil tax,
counties’ fund; $868,376.86, cigar
and cigarette stamp tax; $803,250.06,
oil fees; $759,366.84, insurance tax
by companies; $639,065.58, railroad
tax; $540,000, rental, W. & A. rail
road; $372,924.43, occupational tax;
$308,493.33, poll tax; $240,307,04,
fees from fertilisers; $228,635.16,
sale of refunding bonds; $124,590.-
02, street railroad tax; and $160,-
770.06, inheritance tax.
From the federal government, the
state received $2,651,254.96 for con
struction of roads in Georgia. The
state also spent in federal funds
$197,990.10 for vocational educa
tion, $27,480 for health, and $16,-
496.99 for industrial rehabilitation.
Disbursements of state funds in
cluded $5,293,458.94, school fund;
$2,954,999.34, back pensions; $2,-
057,765.99, pension fund, regular;
$3,401,262.89, fuel oil tax, highway
fund; $1,559,917.47, fuel oil tax,
counties fund; $1,120,000, state
sanitarium; $539,606.25, public debt;
$540,000, refund W. & A. rental war
rants; $3,000, reward fund; $387,-
372.46, tuberculosis sanitarium; and
state university, support
fund and interest.
Poll taxes dropping from $325,209
to $308,493, and inheritance taxes
dropped from $33,099 to $160,770.
The bonded debt of the state was
reduced to $5,084,202, by the pay
ment of SIOO,OOO.
HAYNES IS FOUND
GUILTY; GETS LIFE
j ■ IN PENITENTIARY
Tal Haynes, young Clarke county
white man, was found guilty of mur
der with recommendations by a Su
perior court jury late Thursday af
ternoon. Haynes was indicted for
the murder of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Ova Payne Mize several weeks ago.
His attorseys pleaded insanity.
The state urged the death pen
alty for Haynes. The case went to
the jury Thursday morning at 9:17
o’clock when argument began and at
1 o’clock Judge Fortson had com
pleted his charge and the matter was
entirely is the hands of the jury.
At 5 o'clock the verdict was return
ed. The recommendation for the
mercy of the court provided life im
prisonment for Haynes and Judge
Fortson imposed sentence Thursday
afternoon.
Haynes, who had married two
sisters of Mrs. MHze was said to be
in love with her. He is married now.
The sisters of Mrs. Mize both died.
Thomas J. Shackelford, one of the
defense attorneys, stated Friday no
appeal would be made from the ver
dict of the jury.—Athens Banner-
Herald.
ITEMIZED
An old darky had been hauling
some stone, and time came for his
pay.
Paymaster: We can’t give you
your money until you have submitted
an itemized statement of your work.
Darky goes off meditating and in
a few minutes returns with the fol
lowing itemized statement:
“3 comes and 3 goes at 4 bits a
pent—l3.oo.”
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WEEVIL SITUATION REPORTED
NORMAL
Washington.—Due to mild winter
temperatures throughout the cotton
I belt, survival among boll weevils
actually in hibernation is expected
, by the bureau of entomology of the
[department of agriculture to be high
er than usual.
“This condition, however, is offest
by the fact that in many sections last
summer and fpll weevils entering hi
bernation were much lower than
usual,” said the bureau’s annual re
port today. “Consequently, spring
infestation is going to depend to an
unusual degree upon conditions last
fall in each locality.
“Wherever weevils were abundant
| last fall, the spring emergence will
be heavy. A somewhat heavier in
festation may be expected in the
Mississippi valley with the infesta
tion decreasing to the eastward. But
in the eastern areas sufficient wee
vils will bo present to cause serious
damage if weather conditions during
the cotton growing season are favor
able to weevil development.”
Summarizing, the bureau declared
the weevil situation may be regard
ed as normal in large sections of the
cotton belt with serious damage in
those portions favoring develop
ment of the weevil.* It said that its
reports should be regarded “only as
an indication of the initial infesta
tion that may be expected and were
in nowise conclusive.”
GEORGIA BOUND MULE
ARRESTED BY POLICE
West Palm Beach, Fla.—Another
mule has been arrested here by local
police and taken to the city jail.
Early this morning Lieut. Louis Byrd
and Officer W. W. Hargis took the
“critter” into custody and placed
three charges against the prisoner.
The mule was charged with prow
ling in Northwood Hills, with resist
ing arrest and with spreading adverse
propaganda.
When taken by the officers, the
mule bore on its back a white sign
lettered in red:
“I may be a jackass, but I’m no
fool. I’m bound for Georgia.”.
NOTICE OF SALE
Whereas, W. T. Mauldin, of Jack
son County, Georgia, by his war
ranty deed dated September 11,
1922, and duly recorded in Book UU,
at page 25, of the Land Records of
Jackson County, Georgia, conveyed
to the Pearsons-Taft Company, a
'corporation, the following described
real estate, in Jackson County, Geor
gia, to-wit:
In the Two Hundred Fifty-Seventh
(257th) Georgia Militia District, and
in the Harrisburg District, about 3
miles east of Jefferson, bounded on
the north by public road leading from
[Jefferson to Danielsville via Nichol
son, on the east by lands of C. O. J.
Maddox, on the south by lands of
Holder and McElhannon, on the west
by lands of J. A. Jarrett and J. M.
Thompson, more particularly describ
ed by metes and bounds in a plat of
survey of said tract made by C. O.
Pittman on Dec. 15, 1903, as follows:
Beginning at a rock on the N E
corner of .said tract which touches
the Jcfferson-Danielsville-Nicholson
"public road, thence south 3 degrees
west 30.28 chains to rock corner,
thence N 87 degrees W 23 chains to
rock corner, thence N 3 degrees E
20.60 chains to N W corner of this
tract where it touches said road,
thence along said road north 52 3-4
degrees E 6.30 chains, thence N 78
degrees E 10.78 chains, thence N
72 1-4 degrees E 8.27 chains to place
of beginning, containing 58.1 acres,
more or less.
To secure the promissory note of
said W. T. Mauldin for the sum of
One Hundred Twenty-Two and ijO
-100 Dollars, payable in installments,
and in said deed provided that in
event of the default in payment of
any installment of said note, said
Company might declare the unpaid
balance thereof at once due and pay
able and sell said land for the pay
ment thereof; and.
Whereas, the installment of said
note due December 1, 1926, was not
paid when due, and is still unpaid,
and said Company has declared the
entire unpaid balance of said note
now due and payable;
Now, Therefore; Taft and Com
pany, formerly the Pearsons-Taft
Company, under and by virtue of
the power and authority in said
Company vested by said warranty
deed, will proceed to sell the above
described real estate and appurten
ances thereunto belonging, at public
sale, to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the door of the county court house,
in the City of Jefferson, State of
Georgia, between the hours of 10:00
a. m. and 4:00 p. m. on the 18th day
of May, 1927, for the purpose of
paying said indebtedness and the
costs of said sale.
A$ provided in said deed, said
sale will be subject to the rights of
the holder of that certain principal
note for the sum of Twelve Hundred
Dollars, described in and secured by
that certain warranty deed, record
ed in Book UU, at pages 24-5, of the
Land Records of Jackson County,
Georgia.
In Witness Whereof, said Taft and
Company has caused these presents
to be executed by its President, and
its corporate seal to be affixed this
25th day of March, A. D., 1927.
TAFT AND COMPANY.
By Oren E. Taft e
SCHOOL LOCALS
Last Week’s Locals.
On Friday, April eighth, the high
school faculty was delightfully en
tertained at a luncheon by the eighth
grade home economics class. The
dining room of the department,
where luncheon was served, was at
tractively decorated with spring
flowers. The color scheme of yel
low and green was carried out very
effectively in both decorations and
menu. The guests included Miss
[Dawson, Miss Moseley, Miss Moore,
Mr. Jackson and Mr. Aderhold. El
len Davis, Lucile McDonald and
' Elizabeth Roberts acted as hostesses
for the occasion. Other members of
the class, are: Wilhelmina Fite,
Theresa Evans, Elizabeth Silman,
Eva Potts, Annie Pinson, Lucile
Griffin, Ellen Wood, Ruby English
and Lizzie Lee Sell.
• * •
Students are taking advantage of
the opportunity the warm spring
weather affords for outdoor activi
ties, baseball being the principal
form of entertainment at recess
periods.
• * •
Those who are to represent Mar
tin Institute at the district meet to
be held in Commerce April 21-22,
are very busy with preparation.
Contestants in ready writing, recita
tian, declamation, music and home
economics are eager to make a splen
did showing for our school.
* * •
Winners in ready writing and
music for the last society meeting,
are: Jurelle Gilmore, eleventh grade;
and Lester Smith, ninth grade. Mar
jorie Sue Holder, eighth grade,
music.
• JARRETT ACADEMY •
Last Week’s Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Campbell
spent last Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Mauldin.
Messrs. J. M. and Fred Thompson
and B. H. Turner went down to
Athens Tuesday.
Miss Lona Jackson spent last
Tuesday with Mrs. Charlie Jackson.
Mr. C. W. G. Maddox has return
ed home, after a visit of two or
three weeks with relatives in Flori
da.
Messrs. Dave Jackson and J. C.
Trammell went to Gainesville last
Sunday.
Mr. Potts has done some work on
the roads in this section, which was
sure needed.
Mrs. Guy Llewellyn spent last
Tuesday with Mrs. J. M. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jackson
spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Jackson.
O I
To young men in love:
This young lady had
been married a year
before she confessed
to her husband that
after saying “no” six
times she said “yes”
the night he wore his
new suit: We pass this
along as a tip. “What
kind of clothes ware
they?” you ask. Oh,
yes, we almost forgot:
Clothcraft
Tailored Clothes
$22.50 to $45
Of wurso, the man inside the
suit counts somewhat, but gen
eral'/!' Clothcrafts are irresistible.
H. T. MOBLEY & CO.
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