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The Grady County Progress
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OV GRADY COUNTY.
VOL. 3
CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913.
NO. 34
Convicts togWork Roads
Cn Both Sides of County
Grand Jury and Commission-
. ers Agree on Some Chang
es in Road Work—Other
Recommendations.
The work of the Grand Jury,
last week, prove that it was a
working body-a body interested
in Grady county and her people.
They worked six full days, cov
ered every public work, fulfilled
every duty.
. Their recomendations are of.
vital interest to the people and
are here presented without mon
ey and without price as a matter
ot news, not in full, but the
most interesting features.
the
TO BUILD CALLA800SE
UNDER CITY HALL
The City of Cairo is practically
without a jail, and the Council
has decided to construct some
cells under the City Hall. There
is ample room here for such pur-
posss and there seems to be no
reason why it should not' be done
It is presumed that the work
of making readv the. jail will be
gin at once, as the City is using
the couuty jail when ever it has
need for such, which is not often.
NEW ADS
Several new ads this week
which are of special interest.
.T. L. Oliver’s Son, Millinery
and Dry Goods Opening, Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 18th and
19 th.
, Wight Hardware Co. removal
notice.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
wants to assist you.
Relative to the Convicts,
Presentments says:
“We find 26 mules, all in good
conditon; we find two steel cages,
three sleeping care, one kitchen
car, three tents, two flys, five
wagons, two road machines,
two plows, one rooter and a suf
ficiency of tools for the hands,
also one traction engine and three
graders, said to be in good con
dition.
“We find on the payroll W. C.
Mathews, $1.00 per month; Frank
• Moore, $30. per month;' C. B.
Lovett, $75 per month; Jim
- Mathis,$30 per month;-; Aiidrew
Holton, $25 per month; Billie
Williams' 830; Berry Baggett, 1
$30; A. P. Pullen, $50; R. Budges
830; Mr. Porter, $30, making a
total of $430.00 per month.”
Here is another item from the
Presentments of vital, interest,
summing up the entire cost of
working tb e roads, with convicts,
etc:
“Paid for equipments, repair
. on equipments, tools, repair on
tools and freight on equipments
and tools 818,711.15
Paid warden, overseers, fore
men, guards, engineers and
cooks 7,059.62
Paid for provisions, clothing,
mediqine, medical attention, sup
plies incidentals, etc. 11,370.18
: Paid for mule feed for ’ mules
On roads ' ; . 8,901.21
Paid for gasoline, oils and freight
on gas and oils
Paid for up-keep and
on wardens automotile
Paid for insurance on
road mules
811.76
repairs
536.15
Paid for dogs and dog house
50.00
Paid on contracts tor having
s,tumps pulled from roads 100.00
Paid for crops and fertilizers
destroyed in staightening out
roads 92.50
Paid reward for an escaped
convict 25.00
Paid for culverts ‘ and freight
on culverts • . 2,044.35
Paid commissioners for extra
time spent looking after roads
1,106.00
Total expenditures for and by
convicts on roads $51,076.67
The above statemet does not
include lumber used, by convicts
.inb.hilding .bridges,theu.brid
account being kept separate Jgglg*
Miller Bros. Co. wants to trade
horses or mules with you.
!T NOT
BLOCK TRAFFIC ON BROAD
lowing changes be made in the
matter of working and maintain
ing convicts and roads of Grady
*County,
First - That the covicts, tools
and equipments be divided into
two camps.
. Second - That one camp be
kept and worked North of the A.
C. L. Railroad and the other
camp be kept and worked South
of the A. C. L. Railroad.
Third-Thatthe cost of main
taining anil working of each
camp be kept separate and pub
lished once a month along with
the minutes of the Commission
ers.
The City Council recently
passed an ordinance requiring
the Coast Line Railroad toceEse,
“for any length of time” to stop
an engine, car, or cars, on Broad
street crossing, except to couple
or uncouple same. This Ordi
nance. does not of course refer to
moving trains, either freight or
passenger, when running in
either direction.
Another paragraph of the Or
dinance makes it unlawful to
run an engine, or train, across
Broad street unless a flagman is
at or near the crossing for the
purpose of warning pedestrians of
the approach of said train. This
refers to switching or shifting
cars.
This act of the Council will
greatly diminish the danger at
this particular crossing, * will
cause less delay to traffic, if only
the Railroad will comply with the
requirements. We are sure that
the people will appreciate this
cautionary move on the part of
the City Fathers, but we believe
that the time is not I? far distant
when the Railroad will have to
move its freight depot from the
present, to some other location.
BURNS GETS TEN YEARS
FOR VOLUNTARY MAN
a | Fourth - That the buijcling of
' fills be discontinued as inuch as
makes it almost impossible to
know just what portion was utie-
ized by the convicts.
The convicts have since Jan-
uary 21st. 1911, which was the
beginning of . road building by
convicts in Grady County, built
71 miles of road and have. now
under construction 3 1-2 miles.
They have olso re-worked 70
miles of the -road that they have
built..
They have built 2634 feet of
bridges’, 2211 feet being on roads
that they have built and 423 feet
being on roads that they haven’t
yet reached.
Cairo, Ga., March 8th. 1913.
Board of Couny Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues in call
On motion the following res
olutions was passed and adopted:
Whereas, the Grand Jury has
called the Board before- them
county and recomended the following:
268.75 We therefore resolve that the fol
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
CAIRO, GA.
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community in which it is located. You will find
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structing you in matters pertaining to banking or
othef forms of business.
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Fifth - That the right of ways
on all roads . being worked be
cleaned the usual width and that
such places on any road that is
in good condition be skipped.
Sixth - That the traction en
gine be used in maintaining roads
all over the county.
Signed - J. .1. Coppage
J. M. Sasser, Henry Mitchell
Arch Harrell, B. A. Alderman
S, J. Norton.
B. M. Johnson, Clerk.
A. W. Boyette was appointed
N. P. and ex-officio J. P. for the
1558 district, and the same ap
pointment to B. H. McNair in
the 553 district.
Mr. J. B. Wight was appointed
as a member of the Grady County
School Board to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of R.
C. Eell.
Here is a paragraph from the
Presentments that should have
immediate attention:
“We find that either now
during the past years the Treas
urers books have not been kept
and are not now being kept, so
one could tell at any time the
standing of any fund as per the
tax assessment; we find that the
books now being kept cannot be
kept so as to show these accounts
as they should, and respectfully
recomend that the County Treas
ure bqy a cash book-, and double
entry ledger and open up an ac
count against each head of fund,
as per the tax assessment made
by the Board Of Commissiners,
and to keep the- books in this
manner-ambthat he bring a' bal
ance Cor each amount each moth
and make a fepci't'to' the Com
missioners as te the standing of
each fundi’N'"" v *
CLERK, McNAIR, PAID
HIGH-COMPLIMENT
Clerk of the Court, J.' M. Mc
Nair,' was highly complimented
b‘y’ the’Graiid.'Jury last week in
their presentments. The book
committee took especial pains to
comment on the excellent man
ner in which he kept his office
and the very correct and neat
system of keeping his books. The
Clerk is proud of the compliment
as, indeed, he should be.
R. L. Burns, who was put on
trial last Friday for the murder,
of his father-in-law, Mr. Mar ?h-
burn, some time last November,
was found guilty of voluntat y
manslaughter, and was senten
ced by Judge Park to ten years
at hard labor.
The case was stubbornly fought
on both sides.
The Progress was irt error last •
week when it said that Mr. J. Q,
Smith had been appointed by the
Court to defend Burns. Mr.
Smith was retained by Burns
himself soon after the killing,
and associated with him ’ in the
case Mr. Ludie Rigsby. Mr.
Rigsby made the first address to
the jury, and for a new pleader
at the bar he did extra well.
Mr. Smith closed for the defend
ant in his usual able manner,
making a splendid showing for
his client.
Attorney J. S. Weathers assis
ted the State’s attorney and made
a forciful speech.
Solicitor General Bell closed
for the State, making a masterly-
argument from every standpoint
of the case. . The Jury in this
case was not long in reaching a
verdict.
Counsel for the defence an
nounced that they would apply
for a new trial, ahd the motion
will be heard on the 2nd Monday
in May.
Burns doesn’t look like a bad
man, and we.are of the opinion
that whiskey was at the bottom
of the killing.
.School Commissioners Reqort
One report in the General Pre
sentment is worthy of special
mention, that of Superintendent
of Schools, Hon. J. S. Weathers.
Mr. Weathers shows in his re
port that some $12,000 has’been
spent- during the last 12 months
in Grady county in the impi-ove-
mentof School houses and equip
ment. He shows also that the
attendance upon' the public
schools has been very good and
that laudable progress has been
made in the greatest of all caus
es, that of education.
Solicitor-General Bell came in
for a full share of praise by the
Grand Jury, as did Sheriff Nichol
son and Ordinary Herring. The
Jury speaks in high terms of the
way the court house is kept and
the nea.t appearance of all things
therein.
Mr. John R. Garner, who has
been spending some time with his
son, Robert Garner, left this week
for his home in Alabama, accom
panied by his grandaughter, Miss
Clyde Garner.
Mr. L. F. Butler, returned
Wednesday from Quincy, Fla.,-
where he spent a day or two with
relatives. Mr. Butler says that
things are booming in the tobac
co line.
Now is the time to subscribe
for The Grady County Progress
and you will profit thereby.
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