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GOUNGIL. PROCEEDINGS.
Councii. Chamber, '!
Barnesville, Ga., Sept. 8, 1898. |
Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Mayor W. B. Smith, presid
ing. Present, full board of alder
men. Report of clerk and treasurer
for the quarter ending September 8,
1898, was read, received and ordered
tied:
REPORT OF CLERK ANI> TREASURER.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of
Harnesville:
Herewith I hand you my report as
•lerk and treasurer for the quarter end
ing September 8. 18!)8:
To cash on band .June Btb ... $ 183 05
From taxes 71 25
From dispensary 2,584 25
From electric lipbt and w works 084 82
From bills payable 430 55
From Capitation 88 30
From police lines 80 00
From S. and Pub. property 31 50
$4,381 42
fly amt paid out as per vouchers $3,754 80
Cash on hand 808 57
* 1,381 42
E. J. M i'hi’iil".v, C. it T.
Approved:
It. A. Stafford, Chinn. Finance Com.
Annual report of dispensary was
presented by A. O. Murphey, chair
man dispensary committee. The
same was received and ordered filed.
W. A. l’rout, chairman Electric
Light and Waterworks, made the
report of the condition and workings
of the water and light plant. Receiv
ed and ordered filed.
On motion the salary of Garland
Seaman, electrician, was fixed at SSO
per month during the time he lias
served.
On motion the sum of $lO collect
ed from J . J.. Kennedy’s opera house
for theatrical performances, was or
dered to be refunded.
On motion the sum of SSO was ap
propriated to K. |. Murphey, clerk
and treasurer, for extra services per
formed.
Council adjourned sine die.
\V. B. Smith,
K. J. Murphey, .Mayor.
Clerk and Treasurer.
Council Chamber, )
Barnesville, (la., Sept. 8, 1898. j
Council called to order by the
mayor. Roll called. Full board
present, namely. Mayor Smith : Al
dermen J. F. Stallings, W. A. l’rout,
K. F. Rogers, |. W. Hanson, I). 1..
Anderson, IF H. Gray.
The newly elected aldermen, IF IF
Gray, J. W. Hanson and IF F. An
deron took the oatli of office and
were installed by the mayor.
The following officers were elected:
For Dispensor—W. C. Stocks.
Salary S4O and two uniforms.
For City Attorney - S. N. Wood
ward. Salary SIOO per year.
“For Engineer—Marvin Middle
Brooks. Salary $35.
For Assistant Engineer—C F.
Stocks. Salary $25.
For Chief Marshal W. IF Willis.
Salary S4O and two uniforms.
For Deputy Marshal—F. R. Cars
well. Salary S4O and two uniforms.
For Clerk and Treasurer—Robert
Holmes. Salary $25.
For Electrician and Superinten
dent—J. B. Bankston. Salary SSO
and two uniforms.
For Mayor Pro Tern—lF F. An
derson.
For Dispensary Committee—H. IF
Gray, chairman, IF F. \nderson, J.
F. Stallings.
For Sexton -John Banks. Salary
* r 5-
For Assistant Sexton Feft with
street committee to fill.
Mayor appointed the following as
standing committees:
Finance —Prout. Rogers. Ander
son.
Tax—Anderson. Gray, Hanson.
Streets—Rogers, Gray. Prout.
Nuisance—Stallings, Hanson, An
derson.
Water and l ight Board—Rogers,
Gray, Prout.
Petition—Gray. Stallings, Hanson.
Ordinance Hanson. Stallings,
Gray.
On motion the chairman of each
committee was voted $2.50 per month.
Mayor's salary was fixed at sls
per month.
On motion the committee on streets
and public property was instructed to
•ecure bids for the public printing.
On motion the dispensary commit-
tee was instructed to secure room for
the dispensary.
On motion council agreed to pay
Jeft Davis Hose Cos. the sum of $4
per month for use of fireman’s hall.
On motion the annual appropria
tion to Gordon Institute was made
$1,920, and to colored union schools
SBO.
On motion the sum of $2.50 per
quarter was appropriated to Hook
and Ladder Cos.
On motion an appropriation of $lO
per month was made to military com
pany.
On motion mayor's address was
ordered published in the Barnesville
Gazette and spread on the minutes.
An motion petition of authorities
of Gordon Institute for the use of
Gordon Institute auditorium for
opening exercises was referred to
committee on streets and public prop
erty.
On motion the uncollected bills of
electric lights and waterworks were
ordered turned over to the electrician
for collection.
Minutes read and approved and
council adjourned.
W. B. Smith, Mayor.
F.. J. Murphey, C. & T.
MAYOR SMITH’S ADIIKESS.
I ask your patient consideration of
a few points which I feel it incumbent
on me to lay before you. There are
somethings connected with the city
government which ought to be laid
before you, and I think this the most
opportune time.
One of the greatest questions in all
city governments is the financial one.
Especially is this the case in Barnes
nille, for no town of its size in the
world, in my opinion, handles the
business which it does in council. I
hurriedly made an inventory of the
real and personal property of the
town during the present year for Dun
and Bradstreet’s Commercial Reports
and found that the town of Barnes
ville held in its name $87,000 worth
of property. Several items were over
looked and I now believe that SIOO,-
000 would be nearer the mark. The
management of this vast and complex
property devolves on you and will re
quire much of your time and thought.
It will demand of you often that you
lay down your private aflairs and give
public business the preference. For
years (six at least) the tax rate of the
town has been too low. It has been
so low that the revenue would not
meet the actual operating expenses of
the government, much less the inter
est on bonds. I will briefly cite the
past year. The returns of taxable
property was in round numbers SBOO,-
000, the rate 7 mills and the income
$5,600. Against that put the officers
salaries $330 per month or $4,000
per annum, coal for electric light and
water plant slls per month, or $1,400
per annum, and your income is
gone. There was then left the
appropriation to Gordon Institute
$2,000; interest on bonds $2,800,
or a total of $4,800, which more than
wipes out the profits on the dispensary
and the income from water and lights.
Then there are hundreds of bills to
pay, a few of which I might name.
Over S3OO insurance on Gordon In
stitute, auditorium, engine house,
colored school building, pump sta
tion, boiler insurance, etc. Mule
feed and wear and tear of harness and
wagons over S2OO. Appropriations
to fire and military companies over
$l5O. Dispensary tax and rent $225:
wood and oil at pump and light plant
'over S2OO.
So you see that the last tax rate
was too low, and the same may be
said of the tax rate for six years.
Beside all the above fixed charges
the retiring council had to pay Ft.
Wayne Electric Cos. a balance of
SI,OOO, and purchase transformers
and meters to an amount exceeding
SI,OOO in order to get the light plant
in operation. They had to pay $660
for “1 .ick Skillet" and SI,OOO bor
rowed money and over $5,000 for
liquor bought on a credit. You can
readily understand that the retiring
council lias been pressed and harassed
in finances, having to borrow money
to meet appropriations to schools, in
terest on bonds, etc., during the pres
ent surnmei. Fast year the city
council discussed the propriety of a
bond issue to relieve the treasury of
these shortages, but I opposed it. 1
now think it should have been done,
as the tax rate could have been lower
than at present. 1 believe now that
it would be best to issue in January
or February next $5,000 in bonds.
You can consider this as you get
thoroughly acquainted with the town's
affairs.
But you are to be congratulated
that the tax returns this year have
passed the $900,000 mark ; that the
electric light plant is thoroughly
equipped and bringing in a handsome
income, and that you will have more
income than the actual expenses and
fixed charges can possibly consume.
In order to meet appropriations and
interest and officers salaries during
the spring and summer, it will be nec
essary for you to borrow money as
past councils have done. And you
can consider this and decide whether
it is preferable to a bond issue. If
bonds are issued the next tax rate can
go lower.
I call your attention to the policy
S. M. MARSHBURN,
The Barnesville Bargain Store.
• \\/E have been for the past thirty days receiving' good bought from the best source that cash could reach, and am
J|JL ▼ ▼ prepared to serve the public better than ever before in the history of our career in Barnesville.
jf OUR STORE IN FILLED WITH NEW GOODS
that was bought to sell, if prices and prompt attention will move them. We call special attention to our SHOE
stocks as being the largest, as well as the best line, ever displayed by us. Get our prices on Dress Goods, Ulotning, Flats,
Flannels, Cassimeres, Underwear, etc. Come to see us and save money on everything in the way of wearing apparel.
V. Q. MARSHBURN, Manager.
of the past two councils in regard to
improvement of city streets. They
have directed the street committee to
to grade down certain hills, limiting
their expenses to capitation taxes. In
this way the Cook hill on Thomaston
street and the hill on Forsyth street
have been lowered and not one cent
taken from the treasury. It is true
that this action of these councils has
put the street committee where they
were often short of hands, but I can
not see that the streets of the town
have suffered at all. I think this
policy should continue. The past
council instructed the street commit
tee to fill the ravine on Brown avenue,
limiting their expenses to SIOO, the
money being furnished by Mr. John
F. Taylor without interest, to be paid
in May out of capitation tax, and I
would be glad to see you grade down
the hill on Elm street, filling in the
space between the railroads, continu
ing Elm street across to Holmes street
at the corner of Gordon Institute, or
grade down the Stafford hill on
Thomaston street. While I am on
streets I desire to notify you that at
the proper time you will have sub
mitted for your consideration a propo
sition from Pike county to take your
capitation tax and the hands sent to
vour streets from the mayor’s courts
and keep your streets worked, after
the plan as operated by Spalding
county and Griffin. You can be
thinking about this.
I pass to the waterworks. Flach
year for three years we have run short
on water. This is not because the
supply was aftected but because the
water was wasted and used in irrigat
ing gardens. You will have to build
the spring well larger, get more water
or put in meters. All of these are
possible, but the latter is most prac
tical and will cost the least. The
past council decided to inaugurate a
meter system as the solution and or
dered meters on all persons having
water closets, water motors, and all
livery stables and hotels. The next
class contemplated was those taking
boarders, and after those, all who re
main. In this way we would have
the whole city on meters by June
next. The law on this subject pro
vides that the customer pay for the
meter or pay a rental of $2.50 per
annum for it. I hope you will adopt
this plan. In this connection I call
your attention to the fact that seven
people on Forsytli street are using
water out of an extension which was
made with an 1$ inch pipe. That
about the same number were using on
Brown avenue out of the same size
pipe. These two mains ought to be
extended. The cost would not ex
ceed $250 tor the two.
The electric light plant. This is
the most expensive department of the
city government. It costs you over
SSOO to haul your coal out to the
plant. The present council after ar
duous work for a year has consum
mated a trade with the Central rail
road to run a spur track to the pump
station. The city is to furnish the
right ot way and the railroad to do
the grading and put down the track.
The street committee, by direction of
the council, has procured eight deeds
to right of way on one line, and have
gotten tied up with two. They are
now trying to obtain deeds through
another route. In my opinion this is
an opportunity to save money for the
city which will not come again. In
fact there is so much to be said in
favor of this that I pass from it. as I
feel that the work of former councils
on this line will be pushed to comple
tion in your hands.
The wires of the electric light
system are so low in many places
that they are almost hidden in trees.
Electricians tell us that this is a
source of loss to the city as there is
quite a leak of the electric fluid un
der such circumstances. Then the
arc lights in many places are too low.
l’he retiring council decided at one
time to purchase a car of poles, buy
ing 45 foot poles and raise most of
the lights, using the poles thus dis
placed in some needed extentions.
I feel that you will find this a good
idea and hope that you will act on it.
The use of electricity is not as gen
eral as it should be and it is your
duty to press its advantages on every
citizen. While the income is hand
some. it should be more from this de
partment.
I desire now to touch upon * wtat,
every council for six years has
cussed, viz. a City Court. In myj
MILNER’S GINNERY,
BARNESVILLE, GA.
The most complete ginnery in this section. Fully equipped
for guaranteeing satisfaction to every farmer.
GINS AND PACKS fl BALE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES.
No trouble in handling cotton or seed. All machinery new and the most modem
made. Every favor possible shown to patrons of the ginnery. All are invited to come and
see the machinery in operation.
I am prepared to pay the highest market price for every cotton seed brought to
Barnesville. I will buy at the ginnery and Mr. Otis Stocks will represent me on the streets.
I SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE.
J. B. P. MILNER, Proprietor.
opinion a bill should be passed in the
next legislature establishing in Barnes
ville a City Court or Recorders Court
with the jurisdiction of the present
County Court. I have had no op
portunity to verify my calculation,
but I think that fully 200 to 250
cases are tried per annum in your
Mayors Court. The fines collected
in money from this court the past
year amounted to over SSOO, and
fully this amount was worked out on
the streets and public works. Dur
ing the first six months of the past
council over 50 prisoners (the actual
number was 51, I think) were incar
cerated in your guard house on state
warrants or for state offences. To
carry these prisoners to Zebulon
with witnesses, and the witnesses are
generally your police, entails a great
deal of expense on the county, your
officers and citizens. Then too this
court would have jurisdiction in Civ
il Business up to cases involving
$300.00. Then too the Mayois
Court is often called on to pass on
intricate cases of law and fine drawn
legal propositions which had best
come in a court and before a judge
with a mind trained to such matters.
Again a man is often tried in the
Mayors Court for an offence and af
terwards in state courts for the same,
under another name. I think your
city attorney should be instructed to
draft such a bill, and see that it is
passed.
While I am on the subject of leg
islation, I would also suggest that
your charter be so amended as to
give to the City the privilege or right
to collect water and light bills by
execution of fi-fas as in case of taxes.
Under your present charter you have
no recourse but a common law suit,
after having cut off water or light as
the case may be from the delinquent.
I come now to call your attention
to another matter that has had the
attention and consideration of every
council for 10 or 15 years, viz. a jail
or prison. The retiring City Coun
cil passed an ordinance directing that
the fines from the Mayois Court be
kept in a separate fund for the erect
ion of such a building. While the
account has been kept with this fund,
it has gone in the general treasury
and been used on account of the
pressing necessity. 1 hat fund
amounts to over $500.00. F nless
you change this law that fund during
the present year will doubtless reach
SIOOO.OO, with which I think a suit
able building should be erected. In
this connection I will call to your
attention the fact that the city is
compelled to keep on hand duplicate
parts for arc lights, a good supply of
incandescent lights, carbons and
many other things connected with the
light plant. We are compelled to
keep also water boxes, meters,
wrenches, dies, stocks, and quite a lot
of material for the water system.
During the present year such material
has been stored in the rear of the
clerks office, which he furnished
gratuitously. The building which
mav be erected should contain a suit
able place or room for this material.
Again : The City has a great many
papers of value (or should have,) but
it has no safe and no suitable place
for keeping them, and many papers,
some of them deeds, are not to be
found. The vouchers, papers, etc.,
of each retiring clerk, dispensor, mar
shall, and all other officers should be
labeled and properly preserved.
This is some times done and the pa
pers kept tor a year or so, and then
lost or left no one knows where.
This is a serious thing and provision
should be made for these papers.
Such a building would offer a fine
opportunity for providing for prop
erly caring for these matters. Again,
you are paying $l5O or very nearly 8
per cent, on $2000.00 for a dispen
sary. To provide for your dispen
sary in a building would save the city
this sum. Should you incorporate
this suggestion in a building your
dispenser would be practically in the
same building as your fire apparatus
and in case of fire could delivei your
fire wagon promptly to the depart
ment.
I come now to talk of your fire
department. At present your law
exempts 32 in the hose companies
and about the same number in the
hook and ladder companies from cap
itation tax. This is too many. The
hose company could be cut to 8 good
men and do better service. You
could put shafts on the ladder truck
and cut that department to 10 or 12
and it would be more effective.
These two departments are not now
what they should be. There are too
many dead heads and entirely too
many bosses. The companies will
cooperate with you in forming a more
effective department. The South
Eastern Tariff Association examined
and passed on the hose at present in
use during the present year, but I
fear it will not pass another inspect
ion.
You should establish by law a
committee to issue building permits.
The city stands in the light of a
guarantor to nearly every deed and
the measurment of every deed in the
business portion of the city. During
the present year there was before
the Council a case in which measur
ments were conflicting. During the
present year also two cases in which
the claim was made the houses
were being built in streets were re
ported. A building permit could be
issued after investigating these mat
ters. To the making of laws, I know
there is no end, hut this would be a
law for your protection and no ones
injury and may save the city a great
deal of trouble in years to come.
This committee would also pass on
the character of the buildings to be
erected in the fire limits.
I hope you will pardon me for the
time I have consumed. I have not
offered this to dominate but to direct
your minds to things which from long
connection with the citys affairs I
deem it best to lay before you.
In concluding I desire to say “that
every city is just what the people
make it. If the people are intel igent
and progressive the city goes ahead.
If they are stupid and sluggish the
city lags benind.” I believe you are
apart and represent men of the most
intelligent and the most progressive
city of its size in this country. I can
not think your actions and your rec
ord will disappoint my estimate of
you.
flow much business can a man do
whose system is in a state of disordeor?
Headache is only a sympton. It is not a
disease. The pain in'the head it the sign
of rebellion. There have been mistakes
in diet and other abuses.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are a gen
tle, effective renovator and invigorator of
stomach, liver and bowels. They assist
nature without threatening to tear the
body piece-meal. There are no griping
pains, no nausea. One is a laxative*
A book of 1008 pages, profusely illus
trated, written by Dr. R. V. Pierce, call
ed “The People’s Common Sense Medi
cal Adviser,” will be sent free for 21
one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing
only. World’s Dispensary Medical, No.
008 Main Street, Huffalo, N. Y.
Episcopal Service.
Rev. G. A. Whitney, rector of St.
George’s Episcopal church of Griffin
will hold service in Barnesville Sun
day evening next, September 18, at
7:30 o’clock in the Presbyterian
church. The public is invited to be
present.
Pitts’ Carminative is pleasant to thu
taste, acts promptly, and never fails to
give satisfaction. It carries children
over the critical time of teething, and
is the friend of anxious mothers and
puny children, a few doses will demon
strate its value. E, H. Dorsey. Athens,
Ga , writes:
“I consider it the best medicine I have
ever used in my family. It does all you
claim for it, and even more.”
To the City Fathers.
Please do not afiow the driveways
in your cemeteries to grow up in
weeds like an old field. Some of
them are in such condition that I can
hardly drive my hearse through them.
G. L. Summers, Undertaker.
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cures Diabetis, Seminal Emissions,
weak and lame backs, Rheumatism
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and bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in children.
If not sold by your druggist will be
sent by mail on receipt of sl. One
small bottle is two month's treatment
and will cure any case above men
tioned. E. W. Hall.
Sole manufacturer.
P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas.
Sold by W. A. Wright, Barnesville.
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bladder trouble by Hall's Great Discov
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My kidneys acted 42 times in oDe night.
I would not take five hundred dollars for
the cure. FRANK PORTER.