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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1905)
VOL. XX. . w I Grand Jury Presentments Montgomery Sup. Court, j We, the Grand Jury chosen and | Bworn for the November term of the Superior Court of Montgomery County, beg leave to make the following presentments: We have examined the justice of the peace and notary public dockets and find them correctly kept. We have examined the public buildings and find that the water works about the jail need some repairs. We recommend that' a small building be erected near the jail for storing provisions for the jail er. We find the jail kept in a healthy condition. Wo recommend that Walter Dukes be appointed as a member of the Board ot Education to fill the place of J. H. Odom, resign ing. We recommend that Lammon’s Ferry be made a free crossing for the public. We also recommend that the following Notaries Public be ap pointed: E. S. Gibbs of the 275th district; Jas. Mitchell of McAr thur district; 4- W. Clements of SprmghiH district; J. H. Mont gomery of the 12215 t district; L. B. McLemore of the 1343 d district. We have revised the pauper list and recommend that the following sums be paid to Ruth Hooks per month, $5; W. M. Outlaw 5; Shelton Story 10; Mary Calhoun 5; William O’Neal 8; Eliza McDaniel 4; Wm. Dixon 1C; E. E. Morris 8; Monday Clie- Pey 2; Sal lie Godwin 4; Jno Clark 4; Nolet McMillan 2; Mrs. F. R. Dukes 5; Sal lie Moore 3; Martha Jackson 3; Selina Beasley 5; W. E. Humphrey 4; Fermalia Brooks 6; Mary Brown 4; Ben Peterson 2; Nellie Vinson 2; D. J. Math ews 10; Celia Johnson 2; Spence Dunn 2; Mary Peterson 8; C Ben nett and family 6; Lucy Hall 3. We further recommend that'our representave and senator use their best efforts to have enacted into law a bill providing for the crea tion of a City Court for Montgom ery County, and recommend for judge of said court J. B. Geiger, for Solicitor-general, W. M. Lewis. Also that a cliaingang be estab lished iu the county of Montgom ery, and that the labor from con victs ne utilized on the public roads of the county. We have read and adopted the report of committee appointed to examiue the books of our county officers and submit said report as hereto attached as a part of our presentments. We further recommend that the county commissioners proceed to open the public road from Rye Craft bridge the beat route to in tersect with the Ridge road to Sit. Vernon. We recommend that theWrights .ville road near Marshal Davis’s by Orland be opened itp as a pub lic road in the direction and to the Spivey school house. We also recommend that our county commissioners proceed to erect a new court house at a value' not to exceed $45,000, and that i the amount necessary be raised i by issuing bonds; and that our> ordinary order an election for that | purpose. Also we recommend that jurors and bailiffs be paid the sum of j two dollars per day. We find the public roads in the j northern part of thecouuty in bad j condition. We appoint J. C. McAllister, W. C. Mcßae and J. H. Mont gomery to examine the liooks of the county officers and make their report to the next grand jury ;and we recommend that they be paid two dollars per day for their ser vices. In taking leave of His Honor Judge Martin, we wish to: fhaok him for the faithful and cTltv iWmitgmnmi monitor. I J impartial manner in which he has discharged Ins duties, and for the courtesies shown our body during the present term of the court. We desire to thank our Solicit or-General, E. D. Graham, for his faithful assistance in discharg ing our duty as grand jurors. We recommend that these pre-; sendments be published in The j Montgomery Monitor, and that ■the editor be allowed ten- dollars for the same. J. J Burkhalter, D. M. Currie, J. A. Barlow J. J. Calhoun J. D. McDaniel R. E. Smith ■ J. W. Mclntyre J. I. McKay, W. T. Kinchen Uriah Sears J. H. Montgomery E. L. Gill is J. T. McDaniel A. M. Johnson W. A. Conner I. T. McLomorej W. H. Dukes J. M. Meeks! Kinchen Kemp Arch Hughes J. Clayton Clements, Foreman. To the Honorable Grand Jury of Montgomery County, Novem ber Term, 1905: We, the committee appointed to exrmine tLe records of the various county officers, beg leave to sub mit the following report towit: We find the Ordinary has all the records required by law, and that the same are correctly kept. | We find that the Sheriff’s Ixniks J and accounts are in correct order, j We find all the records required to be kept by the Clerk of the Su perior Court are true and correctly kept. We have carefully examined all accounts and records kept by the County Commissioners and find, that they are properly and cor rectly kept. We find the Tax Collector’s and Receiver’s books are neatly and properly made out. We find the Treasurer’s books properly made out, rs per following schedule: sheriff's fund. cr. Amt on hand May tin $3198 32 Mis. con. hire May tm 259 91 Mis. con. hire Adj. tm 204 09 Insolvent tax 3 28 $3005 00 Debtor. Pd out as vouchers $2701 89 \ Co. treasurer’s com 70 34 $2833 28 Balance on hand $832 87 Outstanding orders $lB4 84 jury fund. Cr. On hand May term SI9OO 12 Mis. con. hire May tm 148 52 Mis. con. hire Adj. tin 110 02 ' Insolvent tax. 1 88 Dr] $2288 14 Jury scripts dr’n by elk S2IBB 00• Co treasurer’s com 54 09J $2192 09 Balance on hand , 40 45 Outstanding scripts SIBO 00 BRIDGE FUffD. Cr. j On hand May term $8715 44: Mist. con. hire May tm 186 651 Mis, con. hire Adj. tin 144 77 j Insolvent, tax 2 34 j ! Dr] $4049 20 j |Pd orders drawn by Com. $587 24 CO. treasurer’s com 18 85 i SOOO 09 Balance on hand $8448 11 PAUPER FUND. Cr. On hand May term $789 54 ■' Mis. con. hire May tm 111 89 Mis. con. hire Adj. tm 87 40,’ Insolvent tax 1 40 ’ Dr] $989 79 1 Paupers on vouchers 919 00 Co. treasurer’s com 22 17 $941 17 Omount overdrawn 1 38 PUBLIC BCILDIRG FUND. Cr. j On hand May term court $785 90 ( Mis. con. hire May tm 87 13 Mis. con. hire Adj. tm 29 10 Insolvent tax 47 , Dr] $852 72 j : Paid as per vouchers SB6B 18 1 Co. treasurer’s com 14 74 SBB2 87 Amount overdrawn 30 15 MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1905. MR. GUS COLLINS IS DEAD. I Our community was shocked on ; yesterday when it was announced A. W. Collins of Ailey 1 was dead. Few of his neighbors knew that lie was even ill. He took cold while serving on the jury here during the past two weeks which developed into pneu monia, and he passed away at 8 o’clock on Tuesday night. Mr. Collins was a jovial veteran ;of the civil war, and was about (50 ! years of age. His universal good nature made him a host of friends and many who heard his words of good cheer only lust week will lie pained to hear of his sudden de parture. He passed through the I war with whole limbs, but lost | his right arm by a fall from a horse in 1892. He leaves a devoted wife and seyeral grown sons and daughters |to sorrow at his departure. His remains were laid to rest m the family burial place on yesterday. May he rest in peace. BACON’S WATCH. Washington, Nov. 18.—Senator Bacon of Georgia, who recently returned from Europe, wears on the lapel of his coat a tiny watch, not bigger than a man’s thumb nail. In spite of its extreme del icate mechanism, the watch keeps igood time. Senator Bacon’s pur pose in wearing it so conspicuous ly is to curtail interviews with tedious persons. The man who can talk with the senator on any unimportant subject for any great length of time with the little watch staring him in the face and marking the passing minutes must be possessed of considerale cour age or colossal nerve. Cheap Rates. On account of the Savannah In dustrial Exposition, Dec. 12th to 16th, the Seaboard Ry. will sell round-trip tickets at the rate of one and a third fare, plus 25 els. Tickets will lie sold into Savan nah three days before and during the Exposition, at cheap rates, good to return three days after close of Exposition. See your nearest ticket agent for specific information. PUBLIC ROAD FUND. Cr. Reed. June Ito Oct. 2 $8487 84 Dr] Pd as pr vouchers $8852 14 Co. treasurer’s com 85 40 $3437 54 COMMUTATION TAX. Bal on hand last report $ 879 48 | Collected for May, 1905 1053 77 j Paid out lor “ 622 28 Collected for June 397 58 Paid out for June 745 76 Collected for July 655 60 I Paid out for July 645 11 ! Collected for August 918 (55 Paid out fer August 4(54 75 Collected for October 850 4.0 Paid out for October 762 98 ! Bal. on hand to Oct. 2 82 47 ! CONVICT HIRE HUH. SCHOOL FD. Cr. j On hand May term court $ 10 52 | From St. Treas. 2d qr 507 18 ! From Sheriff, wit. fees 4 (XL Dr] $52165 I'd Co. School Com. 482 99 Co. treasurer’s com. 24 14 507 18 Balance on hand 14 52 Bal. in Treas, to Oc. 80 $4298 92 .Outstand ords. dr by com 184 34 We find the Tax Collector has collected the following special tax: From G. N. Mathews, lor selling cartridges one year $25 00 Cook Hardware Co., selling cartridges one year 25 00 Anderson Drug Co. 50 00 Merry-go-Rouud 25 00 Total - - - $125 00 and that he has paid same to the Comptroller-Genera), less his com mission. We find that the Ordinary lias collected as peddlers’ license $6 GO arid paid same to county school commissioner. All of which is Respectfully submitted, L. B. Mi Lkmokk, j O. A. Mason, [ Corn. J. M. C. McAllister, > IpkSGIVING PROCLAMATION, j B) view of the many blessings j Showered on ua during the year, it j is proper that, we ret urn t hanks to | the Ruler of tho Universe | , for hi| goodness ami mercy; and , I have seen fit to co-operate with . our state and national nut hunt ies* 1 i and ask the people of Mt. Vernon to close their places of business amt observe with appropriate ser-; i vices Thursday, Nov. 80, as a day • of public thanksgiving, i i E. T. Rogers, j Mayor. SPECIAL MASONIC MEETING. i j There will boa called communi cation of Aural Lodge F. & A. M. j this evening at 7 o’clock. Masons in good standing cordially invited ; to attend. NOTES AND PAPERS LOST. Lost on Tuesday last at Mt. ; Vernon or on road to my place, lan envelope containing several papers, among them five notes. One given by J. J. Fountain, ono by S. B. Morris, one by Charley , Burton and others Please ret urn to me and get reward. Nov. 15, 1905. Jas. W. Adams, I R. F. D. 1, Mt. Vernon, Ga. SOME COURT NOTES. : . ‘Many of the old citizens of tho county were present at court and recounted to friends the happen ings of the long ago. Some of them lived over again the scenes of the war between the states, and some pictured for us the good old dAs of fifty years ago when they piMod the oars on rafts of timber through “Bugg’s Suck,” “The Old ’Oman’s Pocket,” “Little Hell” and other points between here and j j Darien. | Col. J. M. Stubbs spent Friday j and Saturday of the last week in the chase, being one of the Niin rods of the Oconee bar. Judge Martin spent Saturday evening lip to train time in wind ing up the session of the term, and departed for his home to open up at Eastman Monday morning. No officer is more untiring in the discharge of his duties than Solicitor General Graham. He never lets up until the last point is made. The grand jury, without regard to the stereotyped statement of their predecessors for tho past 25 j years, did not find the old court j house “in good condition,” but actually recommended tlie build-! mg of a new one. What has come over the spirit of our dicams? Has I a wireless wave of progress actually j struck us? The most important case tried ion the criminal side of the court lust week was that of Charlie Pet erson, white, as accessory to the j killing of Mack Key at Ailey Some ! months ago. Thursday and Kri- 1 day were spent on the trial and ! Peterson was acquitted. Flournoy : Dees charged with the same of j sense, was allowed to enter a nolle j prosequi, the evidence being the same as in the ease of Peterson. | Frank Martin, the Longpond negro who assaulted Deputy Sher iff Taylor while he was trying to arrest Jake Mercer, jabbing the| officer in the mouth with his gun which was discharged just as it j was knocked aside, was found guilty, and recommended to the j extreme mercy of the court. lie was fined SSOO or twelve months p! on the gang. Judge Martin announced that j an adjourned term of court would j tie held the second Monday (Bth | (lay) in January. The grand jury j was discharged Saturday, subject i to a recall at the special b rin. VVe hear words of commenda tion on all sides for the work of the grand jury. That body seems to have attended to the business in band from a strict sense of duty and and a high regard for the obligations resting on them, j The bill introduced in the last legislature to establish a city court for Montgomery county, and which passed the senate where it originated, expressly provides that I the judge and solicitor shall be. j elected by the people. ! Brief News Notes From * •<* . j » , All Over the Country; t : ... • , . ■ ~— The board of consulting engi- j j neers of the Panama Canal Com- j mission, by a vote of 8 to 5, have j ! decided on a sea level canal and: | against, t lie lock system. Moore, the street car Ctindlictor j I who killed Mrs. Wheeler while! , shooting at a passenger on his car | in Savannah, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Seven pickpockets were captured at Valdosta Friday morning as 1 they were attempting to board the train to follow a circus to Thom asville. Several have been iden tified by parties who wore robbed. The boys’ dormitory at Norman Park was destroyed by firo Thurs day with <i loss of eight, thousand dollars. Clark Howell lias asked Hoke Smith to met him in joint debate! at Columbus in January. Smith lias accepted the challenge. John R. Young, president of the Young Naval Stores Co. ofSavan j nail died in Philadelphia Sunday. I He lmd been taken there for treat ment of cancer of the tongue. in Memory of l.llllc I’aul Miller. Lot hair, (hi., Nov. 19, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Miller, My Dear Cousins: —If anything could have caused me special pain, it was the news of your sad be reavement. How I remember dear little Paul. Loving and af fectionate —and to lose such a promising child—truly brings a; deep and heavy shadow] but re-1 1 j member that light, will some time | break through and there will be a ■ ! lmppy reunion in the great beyond,, j, It has indeed been a heavy , blow, and 1 scarcely know how to], talk of consolation under so bitter an affliction; but think of One who cares for us all and who loves: little children. Helms prepared < a bright and beautiful borne be yond the grave, and the spirit of the dear child will only wait a brief period when lie will moetTiis 1 dear father and mother, to depart no more. , 1 can say no more: human con solation is weak. May' God bless you in your hour of sorrow, is the I wish of your Loving cousin, Udell Jones. 1 t Cotton Seed Wanted. Don’t sell your coi.tou seed uii- ! 1 til you get my prices. I am in the 1 market, and ask for a chance to buy your seed. Address I Walter B. Jones, 1 R.F.D. No. 8, Ailey, (la. t i ; [THE HAPPY DAYS] » 4 ► Os the Yule Tide are Approaching and you * ► * want to make Glad Your Friends. t . . { OUR HOLIDAY GOODS ► are Arriving. Choice Selections in the Useful and Beautiful * t Fancy Toilet Articles, Vases, « t Dolls; Beautiful Bricabrao, t Artistic Mantel Ornaments, < ► Suitable for grandma or the tiniest tot. 2 t See our Choice Line before it is picked : l over. Prices will please you. : ► < AIELY PHARMACY, t Ailev, Ga. : ■ si ► h •* •AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'AAA+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Over 20UQ bales of cotton were burned in Columbus, Ga., Thurs day and a great many more dam aged. Loss 150 thousand dollass. J. W. Rogers, a prominent naval stort's man, was killed by the ac cidental discharge of a gun while hunting at Bon Secour. Ala., last week. On Saturday last all the prison ers in jail at Sparta made their escape. A new jail is being built. Tho steamer Hilda, which plied the cross channel from Southamp ton and St. Malo, sunk off the French coast Saturday and 128 lives lost. At Brpad/ord, Pa., Sunday last 810.OtX) gallons of whiskey and a big bonded warehouse wore burned with loss of four million. The salary of President McCurdy of the Mutual Life Insurance Co; has been cut from one hundred and fifty thousand to seventy-five thousand dollars. The Southern Express Co. at Savannah will give SIOOO to fhq fund for t he aid of persecuted Jews in Russia. AILEY NOTES. Till! dentil (if Sir. A W. Colliim was quite a shock to Ailey. Mr, Collins had a host of friends herq who sympathize with the family in their bereavement. • . ; • •. *• > f• • ! • , Mrs. John C- Adams and little son, Henry, were quite sick this week, but both are how convales cent, aitd their friends lidpfe for their speedy recovery Dr. M. It. Currie returned to Jasper, Texas, on Monday, taking quite a crowd of Montgomery county boys with him. Alley is now connected with the out side world by the Bell Tele phone Co., and we can talk to any one wo want to. The city council lias elected Mr. Aden Garret as marshal and wo think they made a good choice. Mr. F. F. McArthur is (‘pending a few days with his parents at Longpond this week. The prettiest line of Christmas and holiday presents that ever came to Ailey uro now on exhibi tion at the Alley Pharmacy. Mr. J. F. Collins of Savannah, came up Tuesday to see his father in his lust illness. Mrs. Chas. R. Crowder has re turned from a pleasant visit to her parents, Judge and Mrs. Evans of Lotliair. —C. B. NO. 38.
