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Telephone 1231 [Santa Claus Is Here HOLIDAY WeiAre TOYS! TOYS Big lot of Christmas Toys of most every description for all ages of Children. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! To delight the little Girls there are B0tls of all sizes 5c to $6.00 NOW LISTEN For the older folk We have sensible butup-to-date-presents put up in neat holly berry boxes No. 9 Pendleton Street DICKENS See our. Santa Claus Window, Dolls Toys and Etc. GENERAL PRESENTMENTS WARE COUNTY GRAND JURY, DEC. TEN,1011 We the Grand Jury sworn and em powered to eerve during the December term 1911, beg to leave to report these our general preeentmente. We have examined by apecial com lnlttee and otherwise the condition ot the county roade and convct campe and attach hereto their report. Report of Road, Bridge and Convict Cantpo Committee. To Th^ Grand Jury: We the commlteet appointed by the Grand Jury to lnapect the roade, bridges, chain gangs, camps, etc. be] leave to. submit the. following: We And the road from Waycross te Glenmore, Manor and Argyle In a very bad condition especially from Ruskln on to the county line. The small bridges have fallen In and are lying In the bottom of the ditches.. Embankments across Camp Branch and Alligator Creek are very badly washed and very difficult for two vehicles to pass. The crossing of Hebards road Is bad and needs I mine digft attention. On the road from t'njlor to McDonald place is bad es- ; dally at Sam Henderson Bsh pond. On road from Waresboro to Homer* vllle Is In awful shape Rom Bryant Crlbbs to I. R. B. James place. All bridges from Manor to Millwood are in bad condition. Road from Manor to Swamp should be completed as agreed upon by road commissioners and citizens. r We find road in bad condition from city limits to Btckley at places here Embankment at Kettle Creek needs repairing. Kettle Creek bridge set tling at one place, bad road at t mile post and. at little bridge at 6 1-1 mile post, approach to river bridge bad, shaking on North side river bridge, lad bridge at 10 mOe post, bad bridge jit !t mile post, bad bridge at 19 14 mile post, approaches to Hog Creek are in bad condition resulting from washout, bad bridge at 22 1-2 mile post. We recommend the completion of road from Blckley in straight line on to Coffee line in -direction of Nich ols. Washout needs repairing from Tel- more to Wllsonvllle. We recommend road from Henry Turner’s on tb coun- ty line. We recommend the grading uproad higher through some ponds on road to J. F. Taylor's, which are now Im passable and are a menace to the traveling public. , We recommend straightening the road from Waycrogs to Olenmore, thereby eliminating crossing the rail road twice. A-previous Grand Jury has also recommended this same change. We recommend the grading and claying of this entire road to Clinch county line where practicable. We recommend that commissioners leave wells equipped with buckets and troughs where they establish their camps, for travelers .to water thelr stock. We find the convict camps in fair condition, they are well fed and are clothed, but the sleeping quarters not proected sufficient during cold weath er. We find the city convicts in good condition and camp in kept In excel lent condition. But we condemn the city calaboose as being a disgrace to any town or city and recommend It be torn down and burned. G. P. Folks, Chairman, e J. G. Steffen, W. V. Deaton, W. K. Booth. . P. I. Griffin. " We Submit Herewith Report of Book Committee As Follows: Report ot book committee. Decern J. C. Humphreys. J. J. Hargraves. J. E. Dlcktns. By Special Committee We Have Exam Ined the Property of the County and City Jail and Submit Hare with Their Report, We your committee applnted to ex amine the public buildings of Ware county, beg leave to report as follows: We find the Jail In good condition. Court House In fair condition. We examned the city calaboose and find same In as filthy condition as It would seem possible to get It, It la unfit to keep stock In and should be destroy ed. O. O. Parker. , ' I. R. B. James. B. P. Bryan. We recommend that the Mumford Home, Macon, Oa., be given the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars. We hnd the pension roll before us and recommend no changes In same. We recommend that Steve Morgan, pauper, be raised from two, to five dollars per month.' Elmira Miller from four to ten dollars Per month. Wal Rlvenbnck from Jen to twenty dollars per month. Gabo Hancock from three to five dollars per month and that Kate Thompson be pul- on the roll at ten dollars per month. We-recommend the faithfulness of . D. Woodard and M. 1,. Bunn mem bers of the County Boare of Educa tion and recommend that they be ap pointed to’ succeed themselves. We recommend that the County Ci mmlrisloners donate the sum of one hundred dollars per month to the Kings Daughters Hospital. We recommead that a shed and lot be built and fenced In for the accom odation of stock of the citizens of the county while In attendance at court and other business and recom mend that If there Is note undent land for this purpose, that the county com missioners buy the amount needeitt We recommend that me per diem of sloners Immediately pure base the ad-Jurors and bailiffs be fixed at two ding machine and stand now in nse dollars for the next year. In the Tax Collectors office,.for thkj We .desire to follow In (ho foot nse of the County Officers., . j steps of previous grand Juries and re- Rexpectfully submitted, -. commend that the fee system be ber Term ,1911. We your committee appointed to In. vestlgate and examine the books of Finance and Records of Ware County beg to submit the following: We find that the bi’oks of the dif ferent Justices of the Peace have been kept In accordance with laws govern- Ing such records. We find that the books of the Clerk, Sheriff, Ordinary and Treasurer have been kept In a manner that would Indicate a great deal of care and In terest In the proper keeping of the records that have such an Important bearing on the Information that will surely effect each citizen of the cdun- ty from time to time. Wdricommend them for their completeness. We find that the system that has been tntrdduced tn the County Tax CoIIecors Office to be one of the most complete of which we hare any knowledge. Mr. Strickland deserves special mention for the very able and diligent manner that he has per formed the duties of the office. We find his cash book to be complete and Aldertban James Sinclair Is report- ed to be quite sick at his home oh Church street. shows the dally receipts nnd (he din- position of all funds In a manner that enables anyone at a glance to tell the financial condition of the office as regards to the State qs well as Coun- We. find the books of the County School Commissioner are In good con dition and in balance, showing -the proper disposal of the funds of the Board of Education. We recommend that the South Georgia Auditing Company be appoln- ed as County Auditors Instead of C. Buchanan, Jr., who has been ap pointed State Auditor for the Board of Educatlo'n. Appointment to date from November 1st, 1911 at the same salary allowed for last appointment, viz 1200.00: per year. Wo recommend that the Com'mls- abollshed and all cohnty offices be put on a salary nnd tbat the same be sufficient to attract competent: men. We recommend that the 'foreman and clerk of this body be paid the sum of ten dollars for extra services. We, recommend tbat these present ments be published in the Waycross Journal and Waycross Herald and thanks aijd appreciation ot his able charge lttfmaklng clear to us our du ties and' responsibilities both ii Jurors and citizens. W. J. Carswell, foreman: G. P. Folks, B. D. Finn, W. M. Denton, R. Q„ Bennett, J. C. Humphreys, C. E. Williamson, B. F. Bryant, J, O. Steffes, J. J. Hargraves,' J. P, Lids, that they be paid ten dollars for such j, B .Dickens, F. B. Trent, O. O- publication. Parker, Allen James, J. A. TomberBn, We hare thoroughly considered the matter of the handling ot the busi ness ot the County of Ware through the Ordinary and Commissioners of Roads and Revenue and In our opin ion the same Is unwleldly and not sat isfactory, by reason of the fact that there are too many heads to one or ganization. We have therefore given the matter considerable thought as to how the same could.and should be remedied and to this end we recom mend that the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Ware County be abolished and that our Represen tative introduce, a bill In our next Legislature repealing the former act, thus restoring the handling ot the affairs of the County exclusively In the hands ot the Ordinary, or that- same be reduced to a single Commis sioner and tbat ho or the Ordinary be given proper compensation for the time that they may devote exclusively to the affairs of the county. This Is no reflection upon the pres ent board of County Commissioners. We believe them to be honest, con scientious men, striving bs best they can to serve the people and, conserve the best interest ot the county, and we heartily endorse their expressed purpose of putting the roads already built In good repair, before undertak ing the construction ot any new roads. The thinks of this body are due and tendered the South Georgia Audit ing Company for assistance in com piling these presentments. The labors of thls-body have been greatly lessened by the efficient and of our able solicitor and> his assistant, C. L. Redding to whom our thanks are tendered. In taking leave ot bis Ron. Judge T. A. Parker we desire to express our R. P. Peterman, Ellas Moore, Jr- Keep up-keep down, ouy ait Over land 30. Cheaper to keep up than a horse and buggy. 14 6t cod. Kelley’s Oarage, CABINET WORK. I am still at the same old stand, 22 Brewer street, and prepared to do all kinds of cabinet work, uifcplstering, trunk repalqfng, etc. - Having don# your work for the past six years l think I know how to give you the Ind of work you want. When you need any repairing dfino, remember J. L WAITE, The old reliable dablnet-Maker, 22 Brewer street, phone 2?4. 22 tf Get the habit, smoke “Y. B. 8." Hear Havana. , 27 If Big supply of card board, all col ors, Just received at Herald. tf Ring up 61S and get a demonstra tion. If the car does not sell Itself Its our fault 14 fit eod. Kelley's Garage. Tho meeting of the Georgia drain age congress In Waycross on the 19th ought to be of deep interest to the people of the entire costal section of the state. It Is one of the really jtreat movements In Gorgla today, absolute ly untainted with the touch of slate or other politics. Glynn county, like the others In this section. Is vitally Interested and will send a big delega tion to the meeting.—Brunswick Newk., With the McNamara brothers In the penitentiary the price of dynamite may decline.