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For the past eight years it lias been our custom
to give absolutely free, to someone of our customers
something of value during the year, Tliis season we
have adopted the “profit sharing” plan .and will give
to each customer who spends with ns during the sum
me/and fall $50.00, ti high grade standard talking ma- I
chine absolutely free, or for $25.00 worth of grapho
phone cheeks and $2.98 in cash we will also give a
graphophone. These are high grade 10 in. turn table
machines. Will last for years and be a source of
pleasure in any music loving home.
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I General Presentments.
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Xt) the Grand Jurors chosen and
to serve at the May term 1906
of the Superior Court of Screven
county beg leave to submit the fol
lowing general presentments: of
We have examined the Dockets
the 34th., District G. M. and find
them to be neatly and correctly
kept. 36th., District G.
Dockets of the
M. examined and,found to be cor
rectly kept.
Dockets of the 38th., District G.
M. examined and found to be incor
rectly kept owing to the cost being
audited in the improper column.
Notary Public docket of the 259
District examined but not approved
owing to the failure of itemizing
cost etc.
Dockets of the 80th., District G.
M. examined and found to be neat
ly and correctly kept.
Dockets from 35, 37, 1286th., and
260th., were not presented to this
body.
We recommend that the portion
of the 1444 District G. M.
in Screven county be consolidated
with the 80 District and this
ed Into two Districts.
We recommend that the pay
jurors and bailiffs of the
Court.-shall be two dollars per diem.
We have appointed J. II.
D. S. Laffitte and J. L. Walker as
committee to examine the books
the various County Officers and
report to the next Grand Jury.
We recommend that W. L.
Mathews be appointed Ex
Justice of the Peace to fill the
cancy caused by the resignation
A. S. Anderson.
We recommend that two
bounds (one male and one
be purchased by the County and
kept by the Sheriff to be, used
tracking criminals. Said dogs
be the properly of the county.
We recommend that all
and General Elections held in
34th., District G. M. be held in
Superior Court Room; and we fur
ther recommend that the votes of
elections be counted in public as
law' requires. the in
Whereas County Jail
present location is very
and the jail unsafe, we take
in commending the plans of
County Commissioners in
the present - jail and lot
purchase a new lot and
thereon a new jail and Jailer’s
dence detached from said jail.
We have examined the jail
find same to be cleanly kept
the prisoners properly provided
but we notice that there are
leaks in the main water pipe
we recommend be fixed at
And we find that some prisoners burned
the efidrt to escape have
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When we are ottering the values weoi’ve in melt and hoys clothing, and are waiting for you t<> avail yourself ot
the opportunity to luiv. i / y • •
We Must Have Room for New Goods. '
This is your opportunity to get the best value in a spring suit ever offered yon and the secret of success in life is
for one to be ready for his opportunity.when it comes,
We are the exclu=
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the best shoe sold in
Sylvania. If you want
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hole in the wall of one of the rooms
and we recommend that samo.be re
paired at once. examined the Ordinary’s
We also
Office and find same to be in good
condition, with the exception of the
carpet on the lioor which is in a
ragged state; and we recommend
that a tile flooring be used instead
of the carpet. We also find the
room is too small for the number of
books, and recommend that this
room be provided with a suitable
book case for some of the books least
used.
We also examined the Clerk’s
Office and find same in-good condi
tion ; but we notice the fire place is
full of waste papers and in case of
fire ihere would., be probability of
the destruction of many valuable
papers. the Court House
We examined
and find same to be in general bad
condition; sashes being broken out
in many places, and the walls in
many of the rooms defaced by pen
cil marks and bricks out of quite a
number of the hearths of the fire
places and most especially do and we
find dome in a dilapidated
filthy condition and we urgently
recommend that these repairs be
made at once, as “A stitch in time
saves nine.”
We further recommend that bars
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be placed over the window opposite
the landing of the rear stair steps
to the court house.
We further find to the court
rooms and to the jury rooms that,
the doojs are not provided with
keys, and we recommend that all
doors to the court house be provided
with the same, and we further
recommend that earthen cuspidors
be placed in the rooms of the court
house.
We find that in many of. the lire
places in the court building waste
paper, and most especially in the
office of the Solicitor of the City
Court, and as the Solicitor is sup
posed to be an example for the peo
ple in the county we urgently recom- in
mend that his office be kept
proper condition.
We ‘recommend J. T. Wal
ker, L. II. Hilton and G. II. Sharpe
to succeed themselves in office for
one term as members of the Board
of Education.
We recommend that a public road
be cut from Bascom to Burtons
Ferry, the length of which is about
eleven miles, in lieu of the present
road from Garnett to Herschman
which is about eight miles in length,
It was reported that the roads in
the 35fh., District are generally id
bad condition, and bridges on the
Ogeechee Creek at Enuis Bridge
are in need t)f repairs.
It is reported that the roads iu
38th., District are in fair condition,
but that no work has been done
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coming summer will he an exceedingly
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them..for about two years.
Roads in the 36tb., District are
in good condition, with the excep
tion that there are quite a number of
logs to be found in various places j
and we recommend that the logs be
cut out at once. !
The roads of the 259th,, District j
are reported in good ' condition. I i I
The roads of the 34th., District
we find in a good condition. ~
Owing to the rush of business ,it
has been impossible for us to make
a personal investigation of t lie con
viet camps, but have made diligent
inquiry of same and find them to be
in proper condition.
The County School Commissioner
has rendered his report to our body
which shows 1310 white children
and 2697 colored school children en
rolled in the schools of the county,
It also shows $15,599.15 was ap
propriated to the county for school
purposes for the year 1905.
After a casual inspection of the
Tax Digest of 1905 it is apparent to
this body that there is a great deal
of land given in at valuations too
low, but in the rush of other busi
ness we have no time to rectify same
and we think it would be a more
equitable policy if there were one
assessor taken from each G. M. Dis
trict whose duty it should be to as
sess this property on an equal basis;
and their compensation to be the
same as that given to jurors during
the time actually engaged in said
work.
We have examined the report of
the County Treasurer asd find same
to be correct, which report is hereto
attached as a part of our report.
We submit herewith the report of
the committee appointed to examine
the books of the various County Of
ficers at the November Term of the
Superior.Court.
EXHIBIT B.
Report of hook committee submit
ted May term, 1908.
We the committee appointed by
the Grand Jury, November term
superior court, 1905, to examine the
county records, make leave to sub
mit the following repoit: offices
We find the records in the
of the ordinary, clerk superior
court, effirk city court, sheriff, treas
urer and surveyor neatly and cor
rectly kept: We find, however, in
in the surveyor’s office a lot of un
finished work,
We have examined the books , of
the county school commissioner and
find theni correctly and neatly kept.
We congratulate and our school county
board of education, corn
| i missonor being upon dona the splendid_ in helping jvofk to
that is
j build Jirsl, class school buildings,
Uie consolidation of schools and the
j advancement of the great cause of
education.
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We also-congratulate them upon
their good financial showing, a
statement of which is hereto at
taclied .
WeT:^£.d$amiped the books and
records ■% thd office of the county
commissioners- and find same neatly
and correctly kept .and a credit to
our county. We wish to congratu
late our commissioners on the
splendid financial condition of our
county, as shown by statement of
of the treasurer hereto attached,
We suggest that a more accurate
method of ascertaining who is sub
ject to road duty be adopted. In
the commissioners office, however,
we do not find as complete a record
of insolvent tax executions as we
think advisable should be kept, and
we suggest that the Commissioners
look into the matter, and, if possible,
have those records so adjusted that
no citizen might be deprived of his
right .to vote, who may have lost or
misplaced his receipt for taxes.
We have examined the books ol
the Tax Collector and find same to
be neatly and correctly kept,
Referring to the report of the last
Grand Jury committee in the matter
of clerical error of the Tax Receiver
in omitting to include the footings
of two pages of taxable property
amounting to 833,037 00., beg to
report that we find that this amount
was included in the consolidation of
the Tax Collector and that the
county did not lose a cent of its
taxes.
We have been engaged four days
in this work. "
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Respectfully submitted, _
O. C. Everett,
H B. Mills,
:*5\ . J. W alker.
A committee composed of the fol
lowing named gentlemen: W.
j Walker \\\ K. Harrison,
E. S. Lane, L. H. Hilton, S. B.
Lewis, were appointed by the
-Grand Jurv at the last term of court
to investigate the most feasible plan
for putting our roads in first class
condition in the cheapest and best
manner have submitted their report
to' our body, recommending the
'bonding of the county for the pur
pose, and we do most heartily en
dorse and commend the same to the
attention of our fellow citizens and
incorporate said report as a part of
our general Honorable .presentments Foreman and
“To the
Grand Jury of Screven County:—
May ’ term' superior' court, appointed Gentle
men:—We, the committee
by the Grand Jury-of the November
term of superior court of Screven
county 1905, to investigate particularly good
roads and more the
question of bonding our county for
the purpose of building good roads
beg to render this, our report:
First:—We find the amount of
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funds appropriated to road purposes
annually for this county is, in round
numbers, twelve thousand dollars,
including the funds derived from
the ad valorem and the commutation
taxation.
Second: That this amount is
obly adequate to perform compared a very
limited amount of work
to the requirements to perfect the
building of a system of good roads.
Third: That at least seventy five
per cent, of the amount expended
annually is lost by the roads being
left in an unfinished condition when
gone over by the road workers under
the present system. with the present
Fourth: That
system of road working the time
that will be required to put through- our
roads in a good condition
out the county and in the manner
to reach and benefit all the
citizens of the county, is practically
incalculable.
Fifth: That in our opinion, to
bond the county for a sufficient
amount to build good roads within
a short space of time enabling all
citizens to enjoy the benefits to be
derived from same and at the same
time equalizing the burden of taxa
tion, is the most practicable and
equitable plan yet presented to our
people. the amount of funds
Sixth: That
made available for road working
purposes at the present time will
more than pay the interest on two
hundred thousand dollars at the
rate of four per cent, per annum,
and pay off the amount of bonded in
debtedness, five thousand dollars per
annum, in the space of forty years,
thereby enabling our people to en- of
joy the benefits and blessings
good roads during and after that
time with a decrease instead of an
increase in taxation, besides after all
this done having a surplus left over
in the treasury of forty thousand
dollars.
Seventh: that with the judicious
expenditure of the required amount
of capital to perfect a proper road
working system, machinery' will be
employed in the work that will
eliminate to the greatest extent the
vast amount of physical Jaboi re
quired for this work, thereby avoid
ins the necessity ol calling upon
our agricultural resources principally tor skilled labor,
but instead, using of the
mbor for the manipulation
machinery employed in such yvoik.
Eighth: that the large majoiny
of thinking tax payers of our county
who have carefully considered this
important question from a cool and
impartial business stand-point have
and art becoming convinced of the
wisdom, equity and fan ness of such
a proposed Respectfullysubmitted, system,
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L. H. Hilton,
S. B. Lewis,
W. J. Walker,
Committee.
It having been reported to us that
the sheiiff has to employ a guara to
look after the jail while he is
attending court and has been pay
ing for same out of his own pocket;
we recommend that the County
Commissioners look into this matter
and if these are the facts and work
ing an injustice upon the sheriff
they pav said guard two dollai’s
day while engaged in this work.
We recommend that the foregoing
presentments be published in the
county paper. Solicitor
We desire to thank our
General, Alfred Herrington, for the
many courtesies shown to our body,
and the aid he has given to us in
our labors during this term of the
court To’
his Honor, Judge B. T.
Rawlings, we desire to extend
our thanks for his able and eloquent
charge to our body and for the
prompt manner in which he has
dispatched the business of the court,
In taking our leave of his Honor,
it having come to the knowledge of
this Grand Jury, that Judge Raw
lings is only serving a part of the
unexpired term left vacant by the
promotion of Judge Evans to the
Supreme Court bench; and we, feel
ing and believing that Judge Rawl
ings has made us a worthy and faith
ful and competent judge of our Su
perior Court; and that he has con
ducted the business with ease and
dispatch and to the satisfaction, of
Treasurer's Rbport to Book Committee.
1906 DR.
Jan 1. To Balance on hand $ 5.4-10.34
“ cash T V Robbins, T. C. Co. tax 1905......... .............. 16,398.87
“ “ “ “ “ Southern Ex Company 14.22
“ “ “ “ “ Western Union Tel Co 88.71
“ “ '• “ Atlantic Post Tel Cable Co 36.01
“ “ e “ “ So Bell Tel and Tel Co 25.41
“ “ “ “ “ Sylvania Central Railway 364.50
“ “ “ “ C of Ga Ry Savah to Atlanta 4,761.25
“ “ “ “ “ Dover to Statesboro................ 79.18
“ “ “ “ “ Augusta to Savannah (R S) 7.78
O Com road tax 1906...................................................... 5,279.75
£ “ “ wine 1 Cense....................................................... 25,00
“ “ sundries............................................................. 21.50
...... insolvent tax................................................. 100,54
“ J. W. Overstreet City Court Judge lines etc....... 97.35
$32,740.-44
CR.
By cash paid out as per vouchers tiled on pauper fund $ 584.00
“ “ " “ onroad fund........................................... 3,412.37
“ “ “ “ City Court fund .............................. 399.30
T« *• “ “ general fund 600.03
“ '• “ jail fund 265.19
“ “ bridge fund . 192.56
“ Balance . 27. 286.99
$32,740.44
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May 9 th, 1906. t •
NO. 43.
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To Cumberland Islano,
count Georgia Teachers Association,
June 21-23, 1906 ; one fare plus 25
cents round trip from all points in
Georgia. Tickets on sale June 19th
20th and 21st; final limit June 25th
1906.
To Athens, Ga., Account Uni
versity Summer School, June 26th—
July 27th, 1906; one fare plus 25
cents round trip. Tickets on sale
June idrd, -4th. -nth, -6, 30th,
July -nd, Jth ana .,6th, 1906 ; final
limit 15 days—-except that extension
to September 30th can be obtained
under the usual conditions,
* ° Bmoxville, J eni i" ,A cc ount
Summer School of the South, June 1
19-97, 1J06 ; one fare plus •-» cents
round tap. Tickets on_ sale June
l/th l8th, I Jth, -- (d. - HR 30th
July 7th 14th and 15th,1906 : final
limit to d–ys—except thett* ext-e rv siou
to September 30th can be obtained
under the usual conditions,
To New Haven, Conn., Accouiu
Kmglits of Columbus Convention,
June 3-9 1906 Low excursion
rates via all rail, also via Savannah
steamey.
the people, we, therefore, in taking
our leave of the court as the last
grand jury for the county of Screven
before the election for judge, unani
mously endorse his record as j edge
as well as his candidacy for the full
term, and unanimously recommend
him to the voters of our county in
the coming election as judge of the
Middle Judicial Circuit.
J. T. Wade, Foreman.