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Banks County Gazette.
VOL. V.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
LIST OF CRIMINAL CASES
DISPOSED OF.
Jurors lor September.—Present
ments of tlie Grand Jury,
Other Matters.
Ouraccountof court proceedings last
wce k left off where the criminal docket
began. Following is the list of cases
disposed of from Wednesday at noon
until court adjourned Friday evening:
Newt Kelley—simple larceny; pl-n
of guiltv; sentence for the term of
6 years.
Robt Calloway, col- —Robbery by
intimidation: verdict of guilty; sen
tenced for term of 4 years.
H. B. Rice—Shooting at another;
plea of guilty; fined $45.(0.
G W. Dooley—Trespass; verdict
of guilty; fined s'2o 00.
Al Prickett, col.—Assault; plea of
guitv: fined $30.00.
John Duncan—Disturbing divine
worship; plea of guilty; fined 40.00.
Harrison Knox, col.—Adultery
verdict ot gudty; fined SIO.OO.
Several cases were put off untill
next court. The business of the
court is gradually increasing each
term. A large number of visiting
attorneys and the local bar were in
attendance. Solicitor Russell came
in Tuesday and was dilligent in the
prosecution ot offenders. Judge
Hutchings presided in his usual fair
and impartial mauner. Sheriff Sump
ter and his assistantante performed
■jheir duties well, the eietk was
prompt and accinmodnting, and every
thing moved along like clock work.
Following is a list of the jury for
the September term:
grand juay.
1 Wm. H- T. Gillespie,
2 Samuel P. Watson,
a James W. Wright,
4 Rufus C Moss,
5 ThoS B Gr'filn,
6 Tiios B Mize
7 Tiios B lhuco
8 James O Wood
0 Wm A Scoggins
10 Tin s A Neal
11 David W Garrison
12 |D II Brewer
18 Talmon I Harber
14 ’Wm H Cooper
15 C N Wilson
16 Marion Whitfield
17 Henry II Peyton
18 Jos;all J Anderson
19 Elijah L Duckett
2* George W Dunson
21 William F Morris
22 William A Watson
28 Vincent I) Lockhart
24 Joe II Gunnels
‘25 llarney Gillispio
26 Tiios G Smith
27 Milton W Gillispie
28 Asa W Caudell
29 Calaway C Xunnally
30 Andrew W Henderson.
t . avkp.se jury.
1 Horatio J David
2 Ira V A rial
3 H L Ray
4 James D Martin
5 IK-nry C M c Donald
(j J M F Vaughn
7 Tims N Neall
8 George M Herrington
9 Rilla Parsons
10 Cicero C M Uox
11 Thos A Cnrlan
12 John C Odell
13 Wm W Bowling
14 Jackson M Odell
15 James W Casev.
16 William C Oliver
17 Warren L Mize
IS Joseph M Jolley
19 l’hos M Joffeo
20 Win T Massey
21 Robt >1 Moss
22 Thos N Aaron
23 Francis M Hannon
24 John G Bellamy
25 Lowery R Patterson
*0 Morgan L chandler
27 Erastim P Evaas
28 Wm P Harden
29 Frau is M Henderson
30 Jacob S Ritchey
31 joe M Bennett
32 John T Ayers
33 De Witt Oliver
34 Steve Chitwood
35 Owen ii Chambers
86 Geyrge M Pattersou.
Grand Jury Presentments.
We, the grand jurors selected,
chosen and sworn for the March
term of the Superior Court of Banks
c mnty, do make the following gen
eral presentinepts:
We find ths Ordinary’s hooks
neatly and correctly kept. The county
offic irs are well bonded and the same
properly filed.
We find the Clerk’s and Sheriff's
books neatly and correctly kept, rc*
fleeting cred't on the custodians.
The Treasurer’s books are neatly
aud correctly kept, and the condi
tion of the Treasury is as follows :
To amount flue f<om ;g. C.
C. Fo.bes, firmer Treas
urer, to county $2,450.07
By amount received from G.
C. Foibes, former T eas
urer $2,345.72
By amount received f om L.
’ Ibvjs. pie, present Tax
< >reu or ... 132.63
rjp- i\tV A3b picseeht
Tie t rei\ tote.’ $2,478.35
By a.count T >: id out oi oK
tier. $ 189.81)
By com mi*!- i j 9.4')
Fymak agouts rent .. 1.00
Total $200.38
B\ rmount in Benk 2,214.37
Bv ejsh on hand 63.00
Total.- $2,478.35
Toan.ovut on lip !, M: oh
i .u, 1805, in casti a id ia
Han’t 2.277.17
We And G. C. Forbes U short 1;..u5
Grand total $2,411.32
We find thcT x Collector's books
corn ‘lv and neatly kept.
Auer careful examination we find
the County School Commissioner’s
books correct and neatlv kept.
Wefindtho inmates of tlie Pan
I its’ Home well satisfiedjaml we also
r ommend that the O.dmary furnish
two mattresses and such covering as
is needed. Also to have the pau
pers’ house and out buildings prop
erly repaired and the farm tenant. We
recommend that Dr. J. Sam Daniel
be retained as physician for the pau
pers and that he be paid seventy live
Dollars for services per year.
We find the public buildings in
good condition, except the veranda
at the jail and the lack of Rome
panes of glass in the court house. We
recommend that the Ordinary have
the repairing done at once.
Vo n.,d tlio public btidges in good
condition, and the roads in as good
condition as could De expected,
considering the extreme had weather.
We recommend that the Ordinary
have built a bridge across Webb’s
creek on Carnesvtllc road near Quil
lian’s mills.
We find the cntiies of some of J.
P's and N. P’s not signed. We
p-commend all settlements as well as
judgem ts to be singed and that
the constable’s services be entered on
ihe docket
We recommend that Shaddrick H.
Wilkinson be appointed Notary Pub
lic and Exoficio for the 37th district
G. M.
Wc recommend that Ordinniy T-
F. Hill be paid $45.50 for services
rendered the county.
We recommend that J. W. Snmp
tor, Sheriff, be paid $6.00 for carry
ing lunatics to the asylum.
V'e recemmand that J. M. Chatatn
be paid $2 00 for <xt.ia services, a*
constable, at this term of court.
We recommend that W. B, Pitts
and John Worth Sanders’ names he
stricken from liie.pauper’s pay role.
We lecommend that these present,
in 'ts be published in the Banks
County Gazette, provided $5.00 will
p r same.
V „>co-itnend that that the clerk
of this bo ;v ■ paid $4.00 Jor his
ervices.
We recommend that Quill Gober,
col., and Sam C wford, col., remain
in ' Pauper’s Ilotne.
in taking leave of His Honor N.
I. Hutchins, wc return to him and
our efficient solicitor, R. B. Russell,
that • for courtesies shown this body.
/ faithful Daliff lor the per
formance efjhis duty to our body:
1 Crawford T. Burgess,
2 John E. Wilmot,
3 Harwell P. Quillian,
4 Henry C. McDonald,
5 Horatio J. David,
6 Janies L. Maxwell,
7 John F. Evans,
8 Ellery D. Mint/.,
9 Larkin C. liaulbrook,
10 Jacob S. Ritchey,
11 Abner Y. Boyd,
12 Freeman A. Garrison,
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA: MARCH 28, 1895.
13 Logan Perkins,
14 James Chamber s,
15 Alonze C. Langford,
16 Wililatn Acrey
17 Charles O. Brock,
18 John E. Strange,
19 John M. Cheek,
20 Alexander Mi Lane.
21 Corliss Stricklin,
22 Ale. M- N. Hardy,
23 Andrew J. Brown,
It is ordered that the foregoing
i General Presentments be entered on
the minutes of the court and publish
ed as Requested: This March 22nd,
13(5. H. L. HUTCHINS,
R. B. RUSSELL, Judge.
Sol. Gen'l.
LOC A LNEWSANDN OTES.
Get legal ads ready for next issue.
Dr. J. F. Vaughn visited Maysville
Wednesday.
Mr. “Doc’’ Derough, of Royston,
w s in Homer last week.
Mr. aad Mrs. O. If. Chambers visi
ted Harmony Grove Tuesday.
Nearly all the citizens seem to want
Homer incorp<. r ated before another
court.
Judge T. F. Hill and Col. Oscar
Brown vistied Carnesville c urt Mon
day and Tuesday.
Owing to a failure to receive a
shipment of paper, we can only send
out a half sheet this week.
Don’t fail to read J. E Murphy’s
■ cvv ad in thts issue. Mr. Murphy
has some astounding bargains for
you in elegant new spring goods.
His stock is elegant and yuu should
see it when you go to Gainesville-
Col. W. A Martin, of Urena, was
exhibiting to h.s friends last week
something rare and unique in the way
of a w alking sti. k. It is made of ero
p’uer wood an 1 lias carved upon it a
specimen of nearly kind of the ani
mal kingdom. It was made by a
gentleman in a long voyage across
ocean, and purchasad at Savannah
for sl6 by a Clarksville geutleman,
who gave it to Col. Martin. C 1.
“Bill” is very proud of his stick.
The members of the Method’,t
church, ml thcr families, all those
woo may, or may not, feel inte.es.ed
in (lie Snaday shoal weak, ate er a—
cstly requested to meet at the church
next Sunday at 10 o'clock, a. m., for
the purpose of :e-o -gar.ij >g the Sun
day school. C. A. Mr i:ks, Supt.
Air. J H. Mangrttm, the the talent
ed artist ot Mays’*illo, was in Homer
Friday with some samples of his work.
He had a full life size portrait of Hen
J. K. Thompson that certainly did
credit to Air Mangrum's skill as an
artist. Mr. Mangrum is an ongica]
Banks county man and we hope that
he may some clay be rated among the
greatest painters of the world, for hia
genius and taste certainly eatitle him
to distinction in his time-honored pro
fession.
The Query to Teachers Answered
Dear Gazette :
In your issaeof week
before laat a query was put to teach
ers.
Teaehing ia Habersham, as I am,
1 would not reply until Banks’ teach
ers hail a chauee, and even now 1
take the side of tke apologist for my
seeming presumption.
But to the answer.
The query was :
Why ia u a diphthong in the word
tune ? It is because u absorbs e in
pronunciation; otherwise there would
be two ayllables in the wora. So also,
in the words true, pur*, ure, etc.
So i in time, prime, slim*, etc.
Now, I put a query to teachers.
Please o explain when it is correct to
say : I differ with you, and I differ
from you. J. T. Wise,
Cornelia, (Ja.
I am prepared to negotiate loan
on real estate promptly at a very
reasonable ist© ot interest and com
mission. Call on me at Homer Ga.,
Respectfully,
QSCAK BROWN,
THE NEWJPENSION LAW.
SOME QUESTIONS.FOR INDI
GENT VETERANS.
Some Information Which may
Save Time aud Trouble
toJTliose Interested.
There seems to be an idea out
among the confederate veterans of
the state that the pensions under the
recent act are for services.
Asa result of this misapprehension
the present indications are that the
state would be called upon o spend
over half a million dollars per annum
upon the new class of pensioners.
To clear up this misapprehension,
and to save tue state from imposition,
the governor has had drawn up a se
ries of questions winch are most
searching in then - nature.
WHAT THE LAW ItEALLV IS.
There was embodied in the consti
tution of 1876 a provision authorizing
the legislature to grant pensions to
confederate veterans suffering from
wounds or loss of limbs during tlie
j term of their service. Later there
was an amendment covering the wid
ows ot such veterans. The pensions
now paid out to these pensioners
amount to something like $600,000
per annum, which added to the prob
able $500,000 for the ne w class, would
make a total pension list of $1,100,-
000.
Of reeent'years it has become evi
>ent that this provision is not now
broad enough: The youngest men
who fought in the confedeiate army
have nowjpassed the age of fffty. All
! are in the decline of lit**. Many have
(ten unfortunate and become crippled
and blind. It was becoming a famil
iar sight tc see some homeless veter
an stricken by providence, wending
his way to the poorhoiise. To a proud
people it was galling to see the nten
whose valor has been illustrated iu
song and story passing their defining
years the recipients of a stinle 1 char
ity. It was then proposed that the
constitution should be so amended as
to authorize the pensioning of “sol
diers who, by reason of age |and pov
erty, or infirmity and poverty, or
blindness and poverty, are unable to
provide a living for themselves.’'
This amendment was adopted in the
last state election, without division on
party lines, and the legislature follow
ing passed an act for the purpose of
carrying it into effect.
THE QUESTIONS PROPOSED.
Somehow the idea has got out that
thin was to be a service pension;
whereas it is really a pension for those
why, by age, infirmity or blindness,
are unable to make a living- It is
not intended for the aged, the infirm
or the blind who have such means.
So that there could be no possible
mistake on part of the applicant the
paper to be signed is not a formal ap
plication as formerly, but consists of
questions which are to be sworn to
separately.
The first affidavit to be sworn to is
that of the physician, as follows :
“Htatc of Georgia, County
—Personally came came before me,
_ and both known to me
as reputable physicians of said county
wlin, being severally sworn, say on
oath that they have examined care
fully , applicant for pension
under the act of 1894, and after such
personal examination say that his pre
cise physical condition is as follows ;
“We further say on ’oath that the
physical condition renders him unable
to labor at any work or calling suffi
cient to earn n support for himself,
and that we have no interest in said
pension being allowed.
“Sworn to and subscribed before
me this tbe day of , 1895.
The ordiuary’s certificate follows
this:
“State ol Georgia, County
I, , ordinary in and for said
county hereby certify that the appli
cant resides in said couuty
and was a bona fide resident of this
state on the Ist day of January, 1891
and that the witnesses, viz:
, are of trustworthy character
and that their statements are entitled
to full faith and credit.
“I further certify that before an
swering the foregoing questions the
applicant and each witness look the
oath herein prescribed and that the
full text of the affidavits was read to
the. applicant and witnesses before
same were signed.
“I further certify that the tax di
gests of county show that ap
plicant returned for taxation in his
name in >893 dollars of proper
ty and in 1894 dollars of proper
ty
“Witness my hand and seal of of
fice tliis day of , 1895.”
THE AH'UCANt’s QUESTIONS.
The questions which follow and
which are to be answered by the ap
plicant in detail, enquire particularly
into his needs; his possible means of
Busteuanee; how lie has lived before;
the Condition of his close relatives
>
etc :
QUSTIONS POU APPLICANT.
“State of Georgia, County.
, of said state and county, - tie
siring to avail himself of the pension,
act approved December 15, 1894
hereby' submits bis proofs, and afte r
being duly sworn, true answets td
make to the fo'lowing questions, de
poses and and answers as follows :
‘T. What is your name, and where
do you reside? (Give state, couniy
and postoflice.
‘2. Where did you reside on Janua
ry 1, 1894, and how long have you
been a resident ot this state ?
3 When and where were you
horn ?
4. Did you volunteer in the con fed*
crate aimy or m the Georgia militia ?
5. W..en and where did you cu
lm ?
0. In what company and regiment
did you enlist?
7. llow long did you remain in that
company and regiment?
8. If you were discharged from
same and joined anolhi”, or if yon
wore transferred to another, giie an
account of such discharge or transfer.
9. For how long a period did you
di> charge regular military duty?
10. When, where and under what
circumttanccs were you discharged
from service ?
11. What is your present occupa.
tion?
12. How much can you earn per
annum by your own exertions or la
bor ?
13. What’ has been your occupa
tion since 1865 ?
14. What sum would be necessary
for your support for this pension year
and how much are you aole to con
tribute thereto, either in laborer in
come ?
15. What is your present physical
condition, and how long have you
been in such condition ?
10. Upon which of the following
grounds do you base your application
for pension, viz : First, age anil pov
erty; second, infirmity and poverty, or
third, blindness and poverty ?
17. If upon the first ground, state
how long you have been in such con
dition that you could not earn your
support? If upon the second, give a
full and complete history of the in
firmity and its extent? If upon the
third, state whether you are totally
blind, and when and where you lost
your sight ?
18. What property, effects or in
come do you possess ?
19. What property effects or incomo
did you possess in 1893, aud in 1894,
and what disposition, if any, dia you
make of same ?
20. In what county did you reside
during those years, and what proper
tv did you then return for taxation.
21. How were you supported dur
ing the years "2893 and 1894 T
22. How much did your support
cost for each of those years, and what
portion did you contribute thereto by
ynir own labor or income?
23. What was your embloyment
during 1893 and 1894 ? What pay
did you receive in each year?
24. Are you married and have you
a family? If so, is your wife living,
and bow many children have vou ?
Give age and sex of children and
their means of support?
25. Are you receiving a pension
under any law of this state? If so,
what amount, and for what disability-?
Applicant.
“Sworn to and subscribed before
me this, the day of 1895.
Ordinary of County
The witnesses arejjquestioned with
equal clearness as follows :
State of Georgia, County—*
ing been present as a witness in sup
port of application of for pen
sion under the act approved Decem
ber 15, 1894, and after being duly
sworn, true answers to make to the
following questions, deposes and an
swers as follows:
1. What is your nage, andj/where
do you reside? **
2. Are you acquainted with
the applicant ? If so, how long have
yiu known him?
3. Where dees he reside, and how
long lias li* been a resident of this
state ?
4. Do you know of his having
served in the confederate army or the
Georgia militia? How de yon know
this ?
5. When, where and in what com
pany and regiment did he enlist?
6. Were, you a member af the same
company and regiment?
7. How long did lie perform regu
military duty, and what do you know
of his service as a confederate soldier
and the time and circumstances of
his discharge from the service ?
8. IV hat propel ty, effects or income
lias the applicant. (Give your means
of knowledge.)
9. What property, effects or income
did the applicane possess in 1993 and
1894, and what disposition, if any, did
ln> make of the same ?
10. What is the applicaant’s occu
pati -u rnd physical co idili ,11 ?
H is the appiic.llll unable to sup
port hiuis. If by labor of any sort ? If
so. why ?
12. How was he supported during
the years 1893 and 1894 ?
13. What portion of his support for
these two years was derived from bis
own labor or income ?
14. Give a full and complete state
ment of the applicant’s physical con
dition that entitles him to a pension
under the act of December 15, 1894.
15 What interest have you in the
recovery of a pension by this appli
cant ?
Witness.
“Sworn to and subsribed before me
this, the .... day of 1895.
“ Ordinary of County”
The people of the state who have
expressed their wish that all the help
lessly poor and infirm should be taken
care of, will fully approve the steps
taken to prevent any imposition upon
their bounty These questions will be
sent out to the ordinaries of tbe coun
ties'at once.—From Constitution.
A warden
fOgtoas* Honors—World 1 4 Flj
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Everybody preachers snd all say
that Klein <fc Martin make the (best
wagons and buggies that can be found
Don’t forget this when yeu with to
buy.
NO. 46.