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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1911)
TF\e r\or\igorr\&ry i^or^or. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSO AV. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entered at fljPouf,office in Ms. Vernon. (fa. as* Second-Clans Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM. Editor *nd Owner. $i a Year, in Advance. «<rL<-cral oilv'erlinoments must invariably bo paid in advance, at the le«al rate, and as the law directs; and must he in hand not later than Wednesday morning of the first week of insertion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, April 6, 1911. Grand Jury Makes Interesting Presentment. We the Grand Jurors, selected, chosen and sworn to serve at the March Term, 1911, of Montgom ery Superior Court, beg leave to submit the following report: We find there is a general dis satisfaction throughout the coun ty with respect to the manage ment and operating our public road working; the system seems to l>e approved by our citizens; but the management is condemn ed in the most prosaic terms. We find that the old roadbed in many places is abandoned, and a new road opened at great cost and expense, and when the same has been finished we are no bet better off so far as improving our highway. What work has been done is being scattered on different parts of the districts and amounts to nothing; in some sections of the county road work ing has fteen totally neglected for years, not even a footway across the branches, and logs are allowed to remain on the public road at great length. We find, too. that several new roads throughout the county have been granted, with no prospects I of ever getting the same opened, and we further find that new roads are approved that run en tirely parallel to older roads, and then, too, new roads are being opened and none of the old roads abandoned, thus burdening our county with more milage than our values in taxable property can support; we find too much work being done by our convicts that is absolutely worthless, for instance the building of an em bankment on the west side of the; river. We find, too, in many places where the hills have been pretended to be worked, the same is done by heaping up sand and making them higher instead of grading them towards a level. With a view to keeping our peo ple from uprising against such methods of spending the public money. We therefore urge and request our County Commission-j ers to put the entire convict J force on one road leading through the county, except a small patch gang, and that this said road l>e made a permanent good thorough fare from one county line to the other, and where the hills are worked, that they be graded down to a level, or practically so. and where the sand appears the same to l»o graded and clayed. We further insist that our Board employ a good competent over seer to superintend said work, one that can manage labor, and that understands road building and will give his entire time to the county's roadwork. Wo deem it less expensive to have a com petent manager than a -larger force of hands. We insist fur ther that the granting of new] roads In? stopjtod. until there is ari improvement in the manage ment of our system. We find, from different memlters of body that the bridges in our county; are needing repair and hope that they will U> looked after with < it delay. We. t«H«, insist t hat good footways In* built across the streams of our public roads, j where plank cannot be obtained, good foot logs to be prepared. We have examined our public buildings and find our jail in fairly good condition, ami well kept. We are sorry to report that our court house is being! neglected, some of the glass broken, the locks to the doors are out of repair and broken and in one room we find one of the doors fastened by nailing a plank across it. The roof is in badly need of repairing and painting, ■ the plastering on the walls is cracking and shelling off, the! > building generally is in an un sanitary condition and is filthy for the public to indure, the water-closets are out of repair and uncleanly, and vagrants are permitted to deface the wall and i inscribed thereon vulgar and obscene language, that is not j debauching, but a disgrace to a civilized community. We find, too, that the watter supply is not what it should be, the ma chinery at the pump neglected and the supply of water is poor and inadequate. We also find that the court house yard is a i grazing ground for the cattle in and around Mt. Vernon; and is unpleasant to our citizens who have to attend our courts. We would suggests that a good fence be built around the square and gates made of a convenient pat- j ent so as to keep all stock off thej court house grounds. And we] j further recommend that a good and competent person be placed |in charge and he he required to 'keep the house cleaned, a boun teous supply of water and the ground in good condition; that the janitor be required to give his entire time to this work so that our people may have a court house to be proud of. rather than ; in its present condition. We have received and adopted] the report of A. B. Hutcheson, j County School Commissioner, and j attach same as a part of our pre- ]' sentments as Exhibit “A.” i We have received and adopted j ; the report of the. Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and at tach same as a part of our pre-:! sentments as Exhibit “B.” We have received and adopted j the report of John VV. Morrison, Treasurer, and attach same as a part of our presentments as Ex hibit ••(:.” We have examined the dockets of the Justice Peace and Notary Public and find them correct, ex- Jcept the Springhill District. Wej find that this Justice of Peace had faild to sign his Judgments. We recommend that A. 1). Hughes be appointed Notary Pub lic 275th district to succeed him self. We recommend that E. Miller be appointed Notary Public of the 1417th district. We recommend that A. W. Andrews he appointed Notary Public of the 393rd district. We recommend the Jury and Court Bailiffs he paid $2.(H> and the Riding Bailiffs $3.00 per day. We recommend that the follow ing Tax Levies be made for the year 1911, to wit: Public Build ings, $0.50; Jury. $2.00: Bridge, $1.25; Sheriff's. $2.00; Roads and Paupers $4.00, on the One Thous and Dollars worth of taxable property. We have appointed a commit tee to examine the books of the various county offices, the follow ing to report to the Grand Jury at the Fall Term Superior Court: E. Miller. A. L. Wheeler and C. A. Mason. We recommend that jthey l>o paid $2.00 per day for their services. We recommend tint J. E. Mc- Rae l>e paid $5.00 for services rendered the Grand Jury as clerk of this body at the present term. We have investigated our farm, and find it in a gotHi con dition. The inmates are well eared for. but we hope the day is not far distant when our eoun- j ty will build a good home there for our poor, where they will be j TFT E MONTGOMERY MONITOR—TUT REPAY, APRIL 6, 1911. ; proud to stay, such a home as will be a credit to our county, and the wealth she maintains; we consider this a valuable piece of property, and are glad to state that the expenses of taking care of our unfortunates has been greatly reduced. We find that the collecting of our taxes for last year was not as good as we hoped to find it. The amount of our fi fas., if col lected, would supply a large de ficiency in our treasury. We have examined the hooks of our different county officials j through a committee from the , last session of our body and here with annex the same, anti adopt it as a part of our report. We herewith recommend that our commissioners employ the ser vices of an accountant, and have him to audit the books of the different county officials, ami re port same to the fall term of our body. We find that crime is diminish ing in our county; hut litigation iis on the increase, thereby caus ] ing more terms of our court. From inquiry we find that the expenses of our Superior Court ; for the year just past was almost twelve thousand dollars, and un less some way can be had to les sen the expense of our court we will he compelled to increase the 'terms, thereby raising our taxes I which have almost reached thej limit; we therefore appeal to our] ] court to aid us in every way pos- j |sible to dispatch the business of] jour county, and reduce the days ] 'of our sessions. We find that j when a defendant has been con victed. and a -new trial asked for, he is kept in jail from one session of the court to another thereby causing an unnecessary expense on our taxpayers. We therefore appeal to our court and request that all who have been convicted at this term of the court, and I fail to give the required bond, j I that they be disposed of imme diately, and not be permitted to wait and be dieted by our tax payers. We have examined our tax di gest, and find that a number of our citizens do not make a legal return of their taxable property and in many ways evade the law in returning their property. We therefore request our in coming Tax Receiver to be on his guard, and not accept the re turns of any body unless the same is made in accordance with the law. We recommend that these pre sentments be published in the Montgomery Monitor, and that j the regular fee of Ten Dollars i be paid for same. In taking leave of his Honor, Judge J. 11. Martin, we desire to! thank him for the painstaking i manner in which he has presided ] during this term of our court. And we desire to thank our Solicitor. E. D. Graham, for his many acts of courtesy to our body, and the able manner in i which he has discharged the du j ties of his office: we recognize! in him a true and faithful official and attribute the lessening of crime in our county, to his un tiring efforts in enforcing the! ; Criminal Law. All of which is respectfully ! submitted, this the 31st. day of March. 1911. S. D. Morris, Foreman. H. A. Calhoun R. K. Moseley Geo. W. Spivey E. Miller C. A. Mason A. L. Wheeler N. L. Spooner Jus. McNatt Jesse 1. Fountain G. R. Mason E. J. Wells B. F. Hamilton j J. F. McDaniel W. Henry Clark D. G. Anderson L. N. Barwiek! J. F. Mcßae F. C. McGahee [Reports of County Treasurer, Board of Commissioners Roads and Revenues, etc., will In* found on other pages.] To Tho Trade. Looking to your interest as well as our own. (for we want to sell you) we wish to say that in our judgement, we have the j nicest line of millinery over shown in Alley, and want you to ;call and look through. J. H. Hudson. NO PAY. NO PAPER. * Just prior to the opening of j " the court, we mailed from this office a large number of subscrip tion statements -in fact, much larger than should have been 1 with a view of having many of .. our patrons call during the past two weeks. Quite a large number called at ' this office during this period and made payments of their little ac counts. This we appreciate to the fullest measure, feeling very grateful for the many kind words said about the paper and its ef forts for the upbuilding of the county, from the several stand points represented through its ' 1 columns. But, to get a little closer to the subject: The paper has been builts up to its present high standard by the expenditure of thousands of dollars and an im mense amount of hard labor—as i hard as any man has ever done j in this county, or any other coun ty. We have indulged a number lin the matter of paying for the paper on time, and while we t have done this, we have lost 'several hundred dollars by in dulging those who do not pay at all. This thing must stop. No body but a millionaire could af ford to print and distribute a paper free of cost to the reader. After this week those who have not paid up within a reason able limit will be dropped from the subscription books. Our patience has been imposed on, > and free subscriptions are a thing | of the past with us. Money is too scarce and life too short. Again, we thank those loyal citi zens whose patronage we enjoy. Higher taxes this year? Yes. i But nothing to do but grin and bear it. The jury presentments may i prove interesting reading, .but ! when it comes to executing the mandates of that body, there is something doing (or. rather not j doing.) To order done is one: thing and to have done is a cat of another color. It’s up to Atlanta to produce a mule that will attract more at- ! tention than the Augusta mule j | that stepped on his tongue the ; other day. —Claxton Times, i Whether the Gate City can' j produce the mule, she can pro- J duce the tongue-or its equiv-i alent. ■ In the death of Col. William | Clifton, a well known character has passed from the stage of ac tion. He was versatile and a thoroughly genial man, enjoying the distinction of being in closer I , touch with the people of the state ' j than any other man. His was a j ; wonderful aptitude for making i and remembering friends. The atmosphere of this village is something like that after a storm has passed over. The March term of superior court is over, and the boys are speculating on the festivities of the July term. The man who has work to do finds it burdensome to at tend three terms of court a year, while there is a large class of citizens, sad to say, who hang, around the courts to kill time— ; to see and be seen. MEDITATES ON MURDER CASE- Atlanta, April J.—Gov. Brown sat up Inst night until after 3 a.! in studying the record in the Ed gar Stripling ease, which he says is considerably mixed up and complicated. I'lie case conies up before the' prison commission April Oth. From comments which have been let drop by Gov. Brown and hv m-mbers of the prison board it is evident that the outcome of the hearing is by no means a foregone conclusion. Two weeks ago, it is said, the privately expressed sen timent <>f members of the com mission was rather in favor of pardon. It is now said that sen timent is turning, though whether enough to change the board or not ts a thing impossible to teli. I The BANK OF SOPERTON Paid ill Capital Stock, 825,000.00 f Surplus and undivided | profits 80.500.00 | Total resources over $10(),0(X).()0 j j General Banking Business Conducted. Accounts Solicited, i ; Interest on Time Deposits |: OFFICERS: |; N. L. Gillis, President. J. P>. O’Conner, Vice-President. :jj I; J. E. Hall, Cashier. I. H. Hall, Asst. Cashier j; | DIRECTORS: jjj | X. E. Gillis, M. B. Gillis, J. J. O’Conner, W. C. Futrill, ;jj |: W. D. Martin, W. H. Fowler, J. E Hall. ij:. SOPERTON, GEORGIA. j AIR ONE R»y! These arrivals and departures published only as Ij information, and are not guaranteed. Ij jj Lv. Mt. VERNON all trains daily. jj 110:42 a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele, Americus, Columbus, ]! 8:32 p. m. Montgomery, and all points west, j; 15:40 a. m. For Lyons, Collins, Savannah, ij 4:57 p. m. and all points east. j| For further information, reservations, rates, etc., see your I nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write ij R. H. STANSELL, A. G. P. A., jj Savannah, .... ... Georgia, ij C. B. Ryan, G. P. A., . jj Portsmouth, ....... Virgixa. j; MACON, DUBLIN & SAVANNAH RY. Schedule Effective June 14, 1908. 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