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Were For It; Are You?
In compliance with the unanimous request of the Sumter County Bond Campaign committee, made Saturday afternoon, March 22,
the County Commissioners of Sumter County, at a special meeting Saturday afternoon, adopted a definite road paving program, which
it pledged itself to carry out in case the voters approve the issue of $5 09,000 in bonds, to be matched by a like amount by the U S. Gov
■ernment, on election day, April 9, 1919. Here is a copy of the minutes of this meeting of the commissioners, showing you what will be
done With every cent of bond money and just what roads are to be paved.
CALL MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF ROADS AND REVENUES OF SUMTER
COUNTY, GEORGIA.
~ Held al The Courthouse, Saturday. March 22nd, 1919.
WHEREAS: This body has heretofore called an election to
authonze, by vote of the people, the issuance of Five Hundred Thous
and ($500,000.00) Dollars of bonds, the proceeds of which to be
uused, as stated, to build permanent highways in Sumter County;
and
WHEREAS: The Federal Government has proposed to do
nate, in the building and construction of permanent highways, an
amount equal to that furnished by the county; and
WHEREAS: Each voter of the county desiring to vote on
raid pioposition is entitled to know exactly when, how and upon what
loads jaid funds are to be utilized and the policy of this board iif
handling the same; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Sumter County, that said Board, and the
individual members composing the same, do hereby declare their policy
with reference to the whole of said subject matter, as follows:
(a) To build and construct a permanent paved highway on
and over the following roads and portions of roads in said county,
to-wit:
1. The road from Americus to Methvin’s Store, in the 28th
Distric'. and leading to the Flint river beyond, and to a point thereon
two and one-half miles this side of Flint river;
2. The road leading from Americus to Oglethorpe and to a
point on said road two and one-half miles this side of where the same
crosses the county line dividing Macon and Sumter counties;
3. The road leading from Americus to Ellaville and to a point
two and one-half miles this side of where the same crosses the county
line dividing Schley and Sumter counties;
4. The road leading from Americus to Friendship and to a
point cn said road two and one-half miles this side of where the same
crosses the county line dividing Marion and Sumter counties;
5. The road leading from Americus to Preston and to a point
on said road two and one-half miles this side of where the same crosses
the county line dividing Webster and Sumter counties;
6. The road leading from Americus to Dawson and to a point
on said road two and one'half miles this side of where the same crosses
the county line dividing Terrell and Sumter counties at the Wilburn
bridge,
7. The road leading from Americus to Leesburg and to a point
on said road two and one-half miles this side of where the same crosses
the county line dividing Lee and Sumter counties;
8. The road leading from Americus to Cordele, and to De-
Soto, Georgia, on said road; and,
lU. The Lee Street road to a point two and one-half miles
this side of the Lee county line; if it should be found that funds are
? vailable; otherwise this road not to be included in this pledge.
9. The road leading from Americus to Vienna and to a point
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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
on said road two and one-half miles this side of the line dividing Dooly
end Sumter counties at the new Flint river bridge;
(b) In so far as we may have authority, to build and con
struct said roads at least eighteen ( 18) feet wide, out of such material
and in such manner as may be agreed upon by the Georgia Highway
Commission and the Federal highway authorities;
(c) To do said work by contract, if possible, and to keep the
present county road force continuously building and repairing, during
said period of construction and thereafter, the cross roads and other
public highways of said county; and, as far as practicable, to so pro
vide and stipulate in contracting for said road building that the same
will not, in any manner, interfere with the farm labor in Sumter
county;
(d) That as soon as the extension of any of said name roads
into other counties are built to the Sumter county line, then immediate
ly, or as soon as practicable thereafter, to complete such permanent
roads in this county to said county line; and as to the road to Cordele
from DeSoto to the Flint river shall be built and constructed so soon al
Crisp county builds and constructs a like road to Flint river at this
point, and a suitable bridge across this river has been built;
(e) That the construction of all of said roads be made simul
taneously as near as practicable, commencing at the City of Americus
and bu bling out first for a distance of three miles on each of said
named loads, and then progressing in the proportion that the aggre
gate length of all said road bears to the length of each; so that upon
the completion of one the terminus of all will be reached;
(f) And that, in the event the present proposed bond issue,
with the like sum donated by the Federal Government, is not sufficient
to complete the work outlined above, we pledge ourselves to procure,
if possible, additional funds with which to complete each of said pro
posed line of highway;
T his Board, as a whole, hereby binds itself, and each individual
member thereof pledges himself, to the voters of Sumter county to
conform to the foregoing declaration of policy with reference to said
subject matter, and to promote the same to the best of their ability and
judgment, and to the best interest of all concerned. ,
This, the 22nd day of March, 1919.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OR ROADS AND REV
ENUES OF SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA, By
NEILL A. RAY, Chairman.
S. E. STATHAM. J. J. WILSON.
R. S. OLIVER. J. ELMORE POOLE.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
I, H. D. Watts, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Sumter County, Georgia, hereby certify that the
• bove and foregoing resolution was proposed and adopted by said
Board at a special called meeting thereof, held at the Courthouse on
this the 22n dday of March, 1919; and that the individual members
subscribed thereto, as above set forth.
Witness my official hand and seal: H. D. WATTS, Clerk.
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1919.
Partial List of Road
Bond Committee
27th District —H. E. Allen, R. E. Al
lison, D. R. Andrews, Chas. L. Ansley,
W T. Calhoun, F. B. Arthur, E. L.
Bell, Walter Brown, Thos. L. Bell,
Rev Geo. F. Brown, W. E. Brown,
Chas. H. Burke, J. Ralston Cargill, J.
C. Carter, G. T. Cunningham, W. C.
Carter, J. G. Chambliss, E. B. Coun
cil, L. G. Council, A. C. Crockett, W.
W. Dykes, A. G. Duncan, W. 0. Eas
terlin, M. N. Edwards, G. R. Ellis,
J. Lewis Ellis, Lovelace Eve, W. L.
English. Hollis Fort, T. M. Furlow,
Rev. Guyton Fisher, A. D. Gatewood,
T. F. Gatewood, C. S. Glover, J. J.
Hanesley, Lee M. Hansford, A. J. Har
ris, J. W. Harris, Jr.,«F. P. Harrold,
Thos. Harrold. Lucius Harvey, C. C.
Hawkins, Rev. Leßoy G. Henderson.
Gordon Heys, S. R. Heys, J. W. High
tower, A. E. Hines, A. F. Hodges, B. C.
Hodges, C. S. Hogg, J. D. Hooks, T.
B. Hooks, Sr., T. B. Hooks, Jr., W. W.
Hooks, C. C. S Horne, S. F. Howell,
Percy W. Hudson, T. G. Hudson, W. M.
Humber, J. E. Johnson, Geo. D.
Jones, H. 0. Jones, W. M. Jones. W.
A. Joyner, W. S. Kirkpatrick, W. T.
Lane, Frank Lanier, J. W. Mosteller,
T. O. Marshall, Geo. O. Marshall,
Rev. Carl W. Minor, Dr. T. M. Merritt,
H. B. Mashburn, B. J. Methvin, J. T.
Methvin, Hugh Mize, W. IL Moreland,
L. A. Morgan, W. S. Morgan, E. L.
Murray, L. L. McCleskey, B. H. Mc-
Math, E. J. McMath, Dr. J. T. McMath,
R. L. McMath, G. A. McNeill, W. L.
McNeill, Stephen Pace, E. C. Parker,
W. S. Prather, W. A. Rembert, G. W.
Riley, W. M. Riley, W. S. Roach, A.
Rylander, Frank Sheffield, John Shef
field, J. E. Sheppard, Edgar
Shipp, Jr.. J. E. D. Shipp
John W. Shiver, I. B. Small
W. Fred Smith, H. W. Smithwick, J.
L. Sparks, R. P. Stackhouse, Lawson
Stapleton, S. E. Statham, W. C. Sul
livan, John T. Taylor, Dr. E. L.
Thurman, T. C. Tillman, Jeptha Tin
gle, G. A. Turpin, W. G. Turpin, Jas.
A. Walker, W. P. Wallis, J. T. War
ren, G. C. Webb, P. E. Westbrook,
Crawford Wheatley, E. F. Wilder, G.
L Williams, P. B. Williford, E.J.Witt.
28th District—Dr. H. A. C| Bagley,
C. N. Bailey, S. J. Bradley, J. C.
Brown, W. L. Chambliss, S. M. Cle
ments, C. E. Doster, J. J. Grant,-C.
S. S. Horne, J. T. Methvin, W. A.
Parker, A. A. Pressley, Mack Veal, A.
W. Parker, T. C. Potter, J. E. Roach.
15th District —Dr. K. Wood, Dr.
L. M. Hawkins, E. L. Wilson, E. P.
Andrews, Henry Deriso, R. L. Bass,
E. G. Bass, W. T. Anderson, J. W.
Barwick, E. C. Brown, Geo. A. Dea
vours, L C Griffin, F H Hines, Sr., F.
P. Jones, Lasco Harvey, J. R. Pilcher,
B. J. Ranew, J. E. Ranew, J. M.
Summerford, E. B. Wallace, J. H.
Williams, W. J. Hill, John Statham,
Alex Duncan, Dr. Alva Bagley, Geo.
W. Bagley, E. S. Ferguson, Dr. W. J.
Smith, H. M. West, C. C. Womack, A.
S. Johnson, L. C. Summerford.
Old 16th District—Omer S. Bass, A. B.
Connors, G. B. Dell, G. T. Derriso, T.
M. Etheridge, S. L. Glaze, J. W.
Howard, T. B. Hooks, Jr., J. L. John
son, B. T. Johnson, Evan T. Mathis,
G. W. Nunn, J. W. Peel, A. E. Per
ry, G. R. Simpson, G. W. Waters, R.
K. Webb, W. A. Wilson.
New 16th District —G. R. Chappell,
E. L. Cordell, Jesse Faust, T. M.
Finch, J. B. Hannon, Charlie Israel,
T. B. Lansford, J. A. McDonald, J.
H. Miers, W. T. Patton, S. A. Rod
gers, T. J. Suggs, J C. Webb, E. C.
Webb, G. W. Wiggins, R. S. Williams
17th District—G. D. Anderson, C.
D. Brinkley, Homer C. Chappell, E. B|
Croxton, D. G. Forrest, G. W. Israel,
L. E. Jennings, O. P. Jones, G. E.
Kinard, J. A. Mills, D. P. Murray,
L. A. Mcßae, T. R. McLendon, J. F.
Nicholson, E. L| Ratliff, J. J. Smith,
W. A. Stevens, L. A. Thomas, R. L.
Thomas, W. S. Wiggins, G.D. Williams.
Old 26th District—B. W. Bacon, W.
A |Carter, Ross Dean, J. A. McDonald,
H. R. McGee, W. S. Moore, W. L.
Thomas, E. Timmerman, J. B. Clark,
J. H. Dodson, J. M. Dupree, J. G.
Feagin. J. I. Hiller, W. L. Jennings,
T. M. Lowery, Rev. Chas. A. Phillips,
J. G. Reeves, H. R. Reese, E. J. Sal
ter, E. A. Stevens, A. C. Wellons, L.
D. Wise, Dr. B. T. Wise.
New 26th District—W. S. Bell, A.
W. Buchanan, J. E. Daniel, C. B.
Darden, W. W. Dozier, C. J. Dupree,
W. T. Holston, J. W. Holly, J. E. John
son; W. C. Jordan, John K. Kidd, A.
J. Logan, Sam McGarrah, H. W. Reed.
29th District—J. W. Carter, Paul
Easterlin, B. F. Easterlin, T. M. Har
din, A. F. Hodges, C. A. Johnson, J.
I. Pennington, C. A. Slappey, O. A.
Summers, J. G. Williams.