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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1897)
THE ADVOCATE-DEMCCRAT, rUBUSHED EVERY FRIDAY WORNllfC ** CLEM. G. MOORE. Official Organ Taliaferro Co. CRAWFORDVJLLE, SEPT. 3, 1807. Wc, the Grand Jury, selected, chosen anri sworn, for the August term. 1897, Taliaferro County Superior Court, re¬ spectfully, submit the following General Presentments: We have carefully, by committees, ex¬ amined the hooks and accounts of all our public county officiate. Including justices of The Peace and Notaries Public, and find as follows: The books of tin Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public have been correctly and some, of them very noitly kept. The hooks and ucceonts of the Tax Receiver are correct in every particular, and it is » source of gratification to us to report an increase, in both the number and valuation of acres of laud in the coun¬ ts. The number Of ceres increase being 4,111, an increased value £.34 pr cent, or 7 cents pr acre. The book - of the county Treasurer are correct according to vouchers on file, and are neatly kept. The Committed appointed to examine TbcT;.x Collector’ 1 : books are unable to make a foil and complete report concern¬ ing \id books in as lynch as they have been unable to have the tax collector he fore them, that lie might explain what appears to be a deficit of $948.62 still due I he county, lu view of these facts- the Tax Collec¬ tor being in arrears before stated—wo recommend, most earnestly, thut the coun¬ ty Commissioners proceed at once to take legal steps for collecting the same. The books of tfic Sheriff are correct, so far as wo arc able to ascertain. We ivi oMinend, in this connection; that In future the Sheriff have n written report fV td\ to present to future Grand Juries jj •'{ day of court as per the law govern IB* U.F cu ** Wc find the jail iV ,,rdcr exc# P t broken glass in fevera 1 of th " wi,1,Jo ' VH ' Wc find th« court bo^U"* 0 ^ co,ul i 'tLiifur atfold hill lulu g. Wc flmi tlie book, oi the Ordinary and lint Clark of the court neatly and correct¬ ly kept. Wc recommend tim* a committee to lie composed of William C. Chapman, Titus Richards mid Jovph W . Farmer be ap¬ pointed to be a standing committee to ex¬ amine., from time to time, the hooks and accounts of the following public couuty officials; viz.., Tito Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, The County School Com¬ missioner, The Urdinary, TheClerk of the ( oiirt. The Sheriff, The Tax Reviver and Tax Collector, and Coronet; and that the said Committee commence their work or inv csiigiiUnn where a previously appoint-' ini ColiwniUev, composed of \\ Hliam C. Chapman, W. 1*. Holden and .31. F. Grif¬ fith, left off their work or investigation; and that that the said Committoc be paid two dollars per ilny for each committee¬ man for thier services, Wc flud that some of the public roads in our county are in a miserably bad condi¬ tion. other* uru in a [ussalde coudttiou, and some others are in a fairly good condition. THE DREADED CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED T. A. Slocum. M. t\, t!»e <irpat Clientl*! Scientist. Will ‘ickd Fr«s, to the ARIlct cd. Three Bottl«* rtf HI* Newly »i* covered 'lietnedie« to Core C-yn •umptlon Amt All 1 u«s Trouble*. Confident that he lias discovered a reiia 1,V cure for consumption aud all bron i liial, throat ami lung diseases, general decline »nd werkm'M, loss of fiesii and all conditions of waiting, and to make its great merits known, lie will send, free, three bottles to any reatl-r of The Advo cate-Democrat who mat tie suffering. Alrtady ti»i< "new srientifii* course of imaiicine'' lias permanently cured thou sands of app iieut’y imjift a.ss ires The dot tor con 'filers it ins religious fiot\ a duty winch he owes to humanity —to donate ids mfalhbV cure. lie has pr»' ed tlie dfaded consump¬ tion t<» lie a > nmhle disease heyciid any doubt, and lias oivfile m lifcs American and European Ts»bcr:i:or»es te^<an>niala of cx pericneo from tii "" twnefited and cured, in all parts of ill* watfil Don’t delay until it v tab l»te Con .umptioc, uninte.ruptW. means speedy aud oerta'n death aideess T. A. Slo M. t. 98 Pine str.vt. New York, am! Y>«n writing the D attar, please give rttpoe - y jitid poetoffic iddYess. and also iept.cn -ftut ot this art'c'r u rhe Ad ti-tnocrst. Wc recommend to the Commissioners of Reads and Revenues that the follow ing improvements in different places on the public roads of the county be made; viz., That two large rooks, in the pubMc road leading from Raytown towards Foun tain camp grounds, near old South Liber ty cemetery, be taken out; That a large rock, in public road leading from Sharon to Raytowon near the ford of Reedy creek, be removed: That a deep washout rrear the west end of flird’s bridge near the Fdge place, be filled with rock; That the public roads leading from Mr. John T. Wright's place by the residence of Mr. Felix F. Darden to Barnett, and the road leading from Fair I'Jay to the old Jack Overton place, be reworked and put in good order, We recommend that the proper authori¬ ties look especially after those parts of the public roads which are crossed by rail roads, and more especially those where the railroads have been recently supplied with heavy high iron burs. We recommend that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues enforce rigidly the j law governing the road commissioners with regard to having the roads put in order and kept in order. We regret the neglect of public duty by those whose duty it is Vo look after the public roads of the county. Wc recommend that no change be made with regard to the law creating and gov¬ erning our hoard of county Commissioners, and request our representative, the Hon. John Johnson, to use his iulliicnce to pro vent any such change. We find upon inspecting the pension roils brought to our notice, (hat upon the roll of Indigent old soldiers there are a number of names of persons about whom we are in considerable doubt as to wheth¬ er they are entitled, under the law, to re¬ ceive a pension; and we recommend that their names 1)0 referred to the State Com¬ missioner of pensions, the Hon. Richard Johnson, for further investigation. We recommend that jurors for the next current year he paid $1.50 per day for their services, and that the clerk of the Grand Jury be paid as heretofore, S'!.0O per day, Wc recommend that a committee of live persons, viz., W. K. Gunn, B. F. Wynne, O. D. Moore, J. T. Heard and Jesse Anbury, be appointed whose duty It shall he to investigate iuto the several plans ns have been adopted by Putnam, Greene, Wilkes and other counlies, with regard to whether OLvoin'i. SFQflM be de ffTu> 8,d V 1 rour eounly uny similar systciu, imd report to t ie next Grand Wc submit herewith the rcpo'rt of the Commissioners of Road* and Revenues, which we have adopted as a part of our General Frcseutsmeuts. We recommend that these General Pre seutmunts be published in our county pa per, The Advocate Democrat, provided the publisher will print them therein for sum of $8. In taking leave of his Honor, Judge John C, llart, we desire to express to him our sincere appreciation of iris very able and explicit charge and for the many courtesies shown us. To the Hon. R, H, Lewis, our very efficient and most courteous Solicitor, we take pleasure in extending our heartfelt gratitude for the very many kindnesses shown us during our most arduous session. 1. S. J. Flyut, Foreman, 2. Seaborn J. Jones, 3. Arthur C. Davidson, 4. William U. Gunn, 5. John Rhodes, 0. Henning D. Harden, 7. Augustus V. Davis, 8. Simon A. Chapman, it. George T. Rhodes, JO. James 1.. Moore, 11. William D. Ogletree, : 12. Frank 15. Taylor, 13. Thomas L. Chapman, 14. Edwin D. Hadaway, 15. TUadsus I.. Bently, 16. Joseph W. Farmgf, 17. John A. Rhodes, 18. Titus. Richards, 19. Jesse A. Woodall, 30. Owen l>, Moore, 21. John N. Chapman 32. JohuJT. Heard, 23 John T. Wright. COIM’V ('OtOlSSIDNERS RETORT. ft EORGIA, Taliaferro County: sJ To t } ie Grand jury of Taliaferto County, August Term 1S97. Tiie Board of Roads and Revenues of Taliaferro County submit the following report, in accordance with law, to the Grand Jury at this the Augu-t Term of Court for 1S97. ROADS. Since crops have been ‘*la:d by the •How Co Cure all tetter, eczema, itch, all eruption, on th. faoa. ti&tila. now. &«.. Waving the *kta eleu. whft. aud healthy. It* great ing and fturaGvo vowejv aae ['Owe.aed by JLSKoSSt “ most of tire roads In the County have been worked but we regret to say, that! of them, the ork has not been 1 on Some w so thorough as it should have been, while on others faithful work has been done, and we are glad to say, that an increased interest in good roads is manifested by road Commissioners, overseers and hands, which will, no doubt, give us better roads in the near future, BRIDGES. There have been three (3) new bridges built in the County since February Court, ns follows One at Jordan's Mill, one over South fork of Little river near Mrs. Bird’s, and Colclough's bridge has been rebuilt; ag¬ gregating in length 96 ft, at a cost to the County of 8214.95 or about Si.90 per run¬ ning foot. These bridges have been built under specification without the usual seven years guarantee, thereby consider¬ ably reducing the cost. The bridges have, however, been closely inspected j paying for them, and we belive i the material used and also the workman- i ship will compare favorably with such i work in former years at greatly reduced tc he County. Carter's bridge under ec ' rse of construction and will be eo' pleted. ■ PACPKK8. There hdx been noincrea.se in the num¬ of paupers in the County during the year. The roll is at present as Whites, Su Paid per year $134.00 Colored, 23. Paid per year $273.00 Total 31. Paid per year $407.00 Average ain’t to whites per year 816.75 Average ain’t to Colored per year $11.86 FINANCE. Amount of taxable property for 1896 as per digest $586,347. Assessment 5.44 mills. Due County $3.189.7 Z CIIEDITS. Nov. 3, 1896, By cash paid Treasurer Si75 34 Jau. 5. 1897, By cash paid Treasurer S6S7.76 Feb. 24, 1S97, By cash paid Treasurer $500.00 Aug. 3, 1897, By cash paid Treasurer $378.00 Aug. 23, 1897, By cash paid Treasurer Suco.oo— 2,241. ro Still due County 8948.62 We are furry to say that the Board of Roads and Revenue are unable to pre¬ sent for y.01 \ consideration a clean bal e-itots •w -Tax Collector for 1896— We appointed last Friday (Aug. 20th) for tile pu’; lose of passing on insolvent list and making settlement with Tax Collec toi, but h- was not present and conse¬ quently we could do nothing. We make statement of Tax Collector's standing with the County to date. We submit for your consideration the following information gathered from tax digest for i.^ a,I<1 i8 97: Total number acres land as per digest of 1896____ ......108,374 Number of acres as per digest of IS97 ----------------- ....112.485 Increased No. of acres 1S97. 4,ui Valuation of land in 1896 $323,611. Valuation of land in 1897 8342,729, which show! an increase in valuation of land in the County for 1897 over 1896 of $19,118, Average jrice per acre 1896 $2.98. Average price per acre 1897 $3.05. Kespectfilly submitted by order of Board of R»ads and Revenue, Gborgb H. Mitchbll, Clerk of August 2;rd, 1897. Ordered 4iat the within General Pre¬ sentments, report of the Board of Roada and Revenues, etc., be published and recorded asrecommended. Aug. 26,1897. C. Hart, Jno. JudgeS. C. O. C, Presiding. CA8TORIA. ll 5* «Tt»7 Tisnm. MoLaurir was elected U S. Senator in touth Caroina this week. castoria For Jufants and Children. it it mrj »»»• £ r-fS* I 4- A & PROF P. M. 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