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The Fitzgerai d Leader
FoA YY
City Council Held Regular
Sessions at City Hall
City Council met Monday
with Mayor Pro Tem. D.
Adams presiding and with the
lowing named Alderman
Seanor, Duckworth, Garbutt,
M. Adams, White, and Ware.
Reports of the city
and chief of police were read
ordered filed, after which,
Bills and Pay Rolls as audited
the finance committee were read
and on the motion of alderman J.
M. Adams were ordered paid.
The matter of the manner in
which all bills against the city be
handled in future was discussed,
and Alderman Garbutt moved that
notice be run in both papers, noti¬
fying merchants and others
furnishing supplies to the city,
that no bills would be paid without
the proper order signed by the
purchasing committee, and not to
furnish supplies to any employe of
the City without an order proper-
ly signed covering such supplies,
Alderman Seanor moved that
motion be amended by issuing
structions to the clerk to decline
all bills presented for payment
when they did not have an order
covering, attached to bill, original
motion and amendment carried.
Health Officer Osborne called
attention of Council to last con¬
tract made Scavenger, stating that
same should have been $130.00
instead $125.00, as paid per month
of J uly and August. Alderman
Garbutt moved that check for
A ugust be issued for $135.00 to
correct the error. Motion carried.
Alderman Garbutt moved that
notice be placed in paper by
Health Officer, calling attention to
( matter of connection with sewers,
notice to state that all parties, who
are on water connection, and who
will have not made sewer connec¬
tion by October 1st, 1910, that
ch. '>s would be made against them
and fines imposed. Motion carried.
Alderman Seanor moved that
the Sanitary Committee be in¬
structed to make a new contract to
become effective October 1st.
Motion carried.
A petition signed by 200 of the
qualified voters of the City of
Fitzgerald, Ga., was presented to
the mayor and City |Council re¬
questing that an election be held
for the purpose of determining
the question of Local Taxation for
the support and maintenance of
the public schools in the City of
F'itzge:aid, Ga.. as provided by
an act of the Legislature, approv-
ed by the Governor of Georgia
*'(ug. 15, 1910. Alderman J. M.
l ZY? lams moved that election be
called.
Alderman Seanor moved that a
committee be appointed to check
registration list with list as pre¬
sented in petition. Alderman
Ware amended Alderman Seanor’s
motion by moving that the com¬
mittee to check list and registra-
tion be appointed and ordered to
check list on tomorrow, and if
found correct, to call election on
October 7th. Original motion
and amendment carried.
Following committee was ap-
pointed by Mayor Pro Tem Adams,
Mayor. City Attorney and
Clerk.
President Turner, of the Board
d Education, spoke to council in
■■'reference to calling election as
covered by petition, stating that he
nad a certified copy of bill, and that
4gme called for one fourth of
gistered voters, and that he had
consulted with the mayor and City
attorney and had been advised
tlpt would the be last city list Registration
proper to use, and
r t had same secured had been the used signatures and that of
k
Fitzgerald, fie/J tiill County , Georgia, Friday, September 9, 1910.
the required one fourth of regis¬
tered voters to petition for the
election to be held.
The following resolution was
offered by Alderman Ware:
Resolved by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Fitzgerald,
Georgia, that they hereby order
an election to be held in the city
of Fitzgerald, Georgia, October
7th., 1910 for the purpose of de¬
termining the question of local
taxation for support and mainte¬
nance of public schools as petition
ed for this date and as provided
for by an act of the Legislature,
approved by the Governor of
Georgia on August 15th. 1910,
Alderman J. M. Adams moved
the adoption of resolution. Mo¬
tion carried.
Mr. Little, of the firm of Little
and Philips, contractors, spoke to
Council in reference to balance
due on school building, stating
that be had been trying to get the
building committee to accept the
building but had been unable to
do so, and asked that some action
be taken promptly in the matter,
Alderman Seanor stated that he
thought matter should be given
proper attention and that the com¬
mittee should make investigation
without further delay.
Alderman Garbutt moved that
the Building Committee be in¬
structed to give the matter proper
attention. Alderman J. M. Adams
moved that the Council go in a
body and inspect the building.
Alderman Ware moved as amend¬
ment to Alderman Garbutt’s mo¬
tion, that the Council be instructed
as a whole to visit the school build¬
ing on tomorrow with instructions
to accept the building, if in proper
condition, and order warrant drawn
to cover balance due on same.
Original motion and amendment
carried.
Following resolution offered by
Alderman Garbutt:
Be it resolved by the mayor and
City Council of the Citv of Fitz¬
gerald, Georgia, that the Mayor
and City Clerk be and there are
hereby authorized to borrow from
the First National Bank of Fitz¬
gerald and the Exchange National
Bank, of Fitzgerald, or from either
of the said banks, the sum of
Fifteen Hundred and Fifty
($1,550.00) Dollars, principal, and
the interest on said loan from date
to maturity at the rate of Sper
cent per anumn, for the purpose
of meeting the general pay roll of
said city, due September 1st, 1910
and including all bills known as
ordinary expenses of said city.
Resolved further that the note
become due on the 15th day of
November 1910, and that said note
bear interest from date at the rate
of 8 per cent annum and that the
mayor and clerk be and they are
hereby authorized to sign said
note in the name of the City of
Fitzgerald.
This 5th day of September 1910.
Alderman Ware moved the
adoption of resolution. Motion
carried.
Following resolution was ottered
by Alderman Seanor:
Be it resolved by the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Fitz¬
gerald, Georgia, that the Mayor
and City Clerk be and they are
hereby authorized to borrow from
the First National Bank of Fitz¬
gerald and the Exchange National
Bank of Fitzgerald or from either
of the said banks the sum of Two
Thousand Four Hundred and
Eighty-Five Dollars and„Twenty-
Ffight Cents ($2,485.28) principal
and the interest on said loan from
date to maturity at the rate of 8
per cent per annum for the purpose
Prison Farm In
Limelight Again
Milledgev ille, Cxa., Sept. 0 Lhe
state prison farm here with ‘250
men and 94 women convicts is out
in the limelight again with pros¬
pects of developing greater sensa¬
tions than were made public a
couple of years ago when the
whole system was overhauld and a
new regime inaugurated.
Tuesday Col. John W. Adams,
purchasing agent and auditor,
was dismissed by chairman G. R.
Hutchens, of the prison commis¬
sion. Capt. Joseph Williams and
wife, warden and matron of the
female department, were also
summarily discharged.
O. N. Maxwell, a telegraph
operator and depot agent, son-in-
law of Capt. A. B. Coombs,
former superintendent, has been
appointed to succeed Warden
Williams, having charge of all
women convicts, and the manage¬
ment of the thousand acre farm.
A young man by the name of
Foster has been named to succeed
him at the depot as telegraph
operator, depot agent and presum¬
ably
The purchasing agency has been
transferred to Superintdent J. M.
Burke, and the situation is virtual¬
ly the same as that which prevail¬
ed when such sensational charges
were made a few years ago.
Just what the outcome of the
situation will be is a matter of
conjecture and great intesest here
and throughout the state. Col.
Adams will hold out for his salary
until the expiration of his contract
next April, and interesting de¬
velopments are promised.
of paying the semi-annual interest
on ($30,000.00) Thirty Thousand
Dollars School Building Bonds,
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000.00) W a t e r Extention
Bonds, and Seventy-Five Thous¬
and Dollars ($75,000.00) Sewer
Bonds, due September 1st., 1910.
Resolved further that the note
become due on the 15th day of
November 1910, and that said note
bear interest from date at the rate
of 8 per cent per annum, and that
the Mayor and Clerk be and they
are hereby authorized to sign said
note in the name of the City of
Fitzgerald.
This 5th day of September 1910.
J. B. Seanor,
Alderman Ware moved the
adoption of the resolution. Mo¬
tion carried.
A communication was received
from the Wiregrass Magazine re¬
lative to the City taking space in
same. Communication ordered
filed.
President Turner of the Hoard
of FMucation called attention of
Council to the matter of broken
window lights in the Third and
F'irst Ward Buildings, also stated
that the F'irst Ward School Build¬
ing was in need of repairs to the
steps, also called attention to the
condition of the Colored School
Building, stating that it was a
two story building and that it was
not sealed the entire distance to
ceiling and was not properly braced
and that in windy weather the
building rocked and swayed, and
asked that the matter be referred
to the proper committee for at¬
tention.
Alderman Ware moved that
same be referred to Public Build-
ing and Grounds Committee with
power to act. Motion carried,
J. M- Carter presented bill of
Twenty Dollars, covering material
and labor for four paved steps at
Ward School Building. Bill was
discussed and it was stated that
this work was included in a bid
submitted for building the toilets,
Missionary Society
Met Monday
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman’s Foreign Missionary
Society of the Central Methodist
Church was held Monday after¬
noon in the Sunday school room.
The meeting was led by the ex¬
president, Mrs. J. A. Philips who
made a very interesting and appro¬
priate talk for the occasion, which
was Bible Woman Day.
Other interesting features of
the meeting were the papers, re¬
garding the work of the church in
the foreign fields, which were
read by different members.
The matter of electing a dele¬
gate to the annual meeting of the
Foreign Society ot the South
Georgia Conference, which will be
held Sept. 22, at Marshallville, was
taken up, and Mrs. Phillips wa»
unanimously chosen. Mrs. Tom
Griffin was made alternate.
Mrs. Farmer Vas appointed
chairman of the flower eommitte,
with Mrs. Jim Mays and Mrs.
Mayhu Ware assistants. Mrs.
Earl Hurst was made agent for
the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Hooper For Governor
Memphis, Tenn., Hept. 6.—Mass
meetings were held by independent
Democrats in nearly all counties in
Tennessee yesterday for the selec¬
tion of delegates to the independ¬
ent state convention to be held in
Nashville next week to nominate a
candidate for railroad commision-
er, and to take action on the nom¬
ination for governor.
Reports received here indicate
that from many counties the at¬
tendance upon the mass convention
was light but this is not taken by
the independent managers to mean
that movement is waning. In a
number of counties new executive
committees were appointed.
It is generally understood that
next week’s convention will indorse
B. W. Hooper, the Republican
candidate for governor.
which bid was let to Carter on
plans submitted by health Officer
Osborne, who stated to Council
that at the time bids were asked
for, that it was understood by con¬
tractors that steps were included
in same. Alderman J. M. Adams
moved that bill be not allowed.
Motion carried.
Mr. C. E. Baker of the Central
Warehouse spoke to Council in
reference to license for his ware¬
house, stating that he was ready
to pay the license of Twenty-Five
Dollars for Cotton Warehouse,
and asked Council to make him a
license on a general Warehouse
in addition to his Cotton Ware¬
house, stating that he carried a
few supplies in addition to his
other warehouse business and that
to pay the license as called for on
each article carried, would bar
him from handling them. Alder¬
man Adams moved that a license
of Twenty-Five Dollars be named
him for a general warehouse busi¬
ness, same not to include Cotton
Warehouse. Motion carried.
Alderman Ware stated to the
Council that when II. N. Gould
left the city, he had left his son
who is an imbecile, with a negro
woman to care for him in her
house, and that he thought some
action should be taken to have the
matter corrected. Aldermen ,P M.
Adams moved that matter be re¬
ferred to Doctors for attention and
conference with the County Offi¬
cials for such action as was deemed
necessary. Motion carried.
Alderman Ware moved that the
ordinance covering drunkeness on
the streets be enforced and that
the police be instructed according¬
ly. Motion carried.
No further business appearing
Council adjourned on motion
of Alderman Seanor.
Public Schools Opened Monday;
Outlook For Year Encouraging
Negro Beaten to Death
Athens, Ga., Sept. G.—Thurs¬
day night in the town of Carlton,
21 miles from Athens, on the^Sea-
board railroad, a dastardly crime
was about to be perpetrated by
five negroes of that place. The
negroes implicated are Cliff
Bolton, three by the name of
Cooper and snother, named Ogles¬
by.
The home of Robert Huff', a
well-to-do citizen of Madison
county, was the scene of the crime.
After the family of Mr. Huff bad
retired, except a daughter, who
was in her room engaged in writ¬
ing a letter. When Miss Huff
rose from her chair, having finish¬
ed the letter, she was frightened
into screams on discovering a
negro man hiding in the room.
He jumped at her as she screamed
and seized her by the throat,
choking her severely. However,
the alarm had reached the ears of
her father, who rushed to her aid.
The screams of the frightened
young lady was heard by neigh-
dors, who also quickly responded.
As Mr. Hutt' entered the room
the negro dashed out into the
darkness of the night. A search
for the negro was instantly in¬
stituted and by Friday morning
four of the five implicated had
been captured by the citizens, one
of whom received a pistol wound
from the hands of the marshal of
the town, Mr. Johnson.
The negroes confessed to their
captors that one of their nurffber
had secreted himself in the home
of Mr. Hull' in the afternoon of
Thursday, and the others were
nearby to render assistance in ex :
ecuting a notorious plot. They
were taken in hand and severely
flogged by the irate citizens. One
of the negroes was buried Sunday
as a result of the flogging, another
is said to be in a serious condition.
In their confession it is said
that the negroes stated that their
in entering the home was to
rob Mr. Huff of money and valu¬
to murder the entire family
burn the house. All is quiet
Carlton now, and one entering
quiet little town would hardly
that there had been any dis¬
Predictions For
Two Yeotrs Hence
l^arly in the game as it may
seem, with thejeheering of the 1910
democratic convention still ring¬
ing in the public’s ears, speculation
is already rife on the political sit¬
uation two years from now. Hon.
Charles G. Edwards, of Savannah,
congressman from the first district
has already strongly begun to con¬
sider the adv isability of becoming
a candidate for governor in the
primary two years from now, and
his friends throughout the state
have launched a well organized
movement in his interest. They
are booming him. The announce¬
view ment of is particularly the fact that interesting in
Hoke Smith
has practically announced that he
will under no circumstances be a
candidate to succeed himself, this,
howevci being a foregone conclu¬
sion acording to precedent, for
this m a ke s Hoke Smith’s sec¬
ond term.
It has already developed that
Congressman William Schley
Howard, who beat Hon. Lon. Liv¬
ingston in the F'ifth district, will
have opposition in the next two
years, regardless of what record
he makes in the national assembly.
John M. Slayton, who succeeds
himself as president of the senate,
is considered the most probable
candidate though he 1msauthorized
no announcement.
And while the president of the
senate is running in this district, it
would not be a polkal surprise if
John Holder, of Jackson county,
re-elected to the house and candi¬
date for speaker to succeed him¬
self, might be found running for
congress in his district at the same
time.—Athens Banner.
Number 51
The public schools of this city
opened on Mondav with au un-
usually large attendance, and with
a great deal of enthusiasm mam-
tested on the part of the’ faculty
as well as the patrons for the year’s
work, which is just beginning.
F:xercises to which the public
was invited were held at the high
school building and a number of
prominent citizens together with
the mothers and fathers of many
of the children were present.
The scripture lesson for the
opening exercises was read by Rev.
Guyton Fisher who used the fourth
chapter of Proverbs, after which
Rev. Thos. M. Callaway invoked
the blessings of Almighty God on
the faculty and pupils and the
year’s work.
Professor Horace B. Ritchie,
principal of the high school, after
making a few preliminary remarks,
introduced the president of the
Board of Education, Mr. J. E.
Turner, who made the opening
address. Mr. Turner stated that
he thought the schools now have
the strongest and most efficient
corps of teachers in the histoiy of
the institution, and that he con¬
sidered that the efforts of the
Board to find a man, who was
capable in every way to govern
the school according to their high
standards of requirement, had
been crowned with success when
Professor E. E. Hams was made
Mr. Turner also
mentioned the excellent recom¬
mendations which Professor J. W.
Morris, the new instructor in the
business department, brings with
him.
At the •5 of bis talk, Mr.
o I Prof. Sams and
Morris, both of whom ad*
the audience briefly.
Others who made short talks,
of which were interesting and
as well as encouraging,
R. J. Prentiss, County School
Col. J. Fh Mercer,
of the Enterprise; Rev. Fh
Hollingworth, pastor of
Christian church; Rev. J.
E. Hammond, pastor of the
Methodist Church, north; Rev. J.
L. Leichliter, pastor of the United
Brethern church; Rev. Thos. M.
pastor of the Baptist
and Rev. Guyton Fisher,
of the Central Methodist
south.
Five Wives Admitted
By Americus Negro
Americus, Ga. Sept, 6.—The
mostly married man in Americus is
Alonzo Prince, colored, who in
court today pleaded guilty to six
grand jury indictments for bigamy.
Upwn this frank confession Judge
Littlejohn gave the high-speed
bridegroom six yfears in the peni-
tentiaryor twelve months for each
offence
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians in the city will
please take notice that there will
be preaching in the morning at
the Presbyterian church at 11:00
and at 8:00 o’clock in the evening.
Rev. Albert W. Pierce of Titus-
ville, Fla., will preach and the
public is cordially invited to be-
present and hear him
R. L. King,
Clerk of Session.
Flxcursion rates on the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
to Brunswick and Saint Simons
have been discontinued until next
•summer. Last Sunday was the
last excursion day of the season
took and about thirty from this city
dip advantage of the opportunity
of a in the surf with very little
expense.