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hodge—haywood:
A recent marriage of interest to
a large circle of friends was that
of Miss Sarah McGhee Hodge of
Henderson and ReV; William Mor
rison Haywood of ponaldsonville,
(5a., which took place at 4 o’clock
Friday afternobn, October 7th, at
the home of the bidders mother,
'Mrs. Kate C. Hodge in Henderson.
The home was beautifully dec
orated with Southern S.milax,ferns
g n d yellow and white roses- '
Before the ceremony, Mrs- An
thony Pate of Uitadillar sang tvfo
beautiful selection: “The Sunshine
ofoYour Smile’ ’ and “Becanss,”
Miss Annie Harvard of Vienna 1 ,
. played tne Wedditig music-' ' *
■«.. Dr. n, R. Jenkins; of Fort Val
ley performed,the-impressive cere
mony before an improvised altar,
of ferns, with tall floor vases ot
yellow and white.roses.
The bride was' very attractive in
a tailored suit of brown velour,em
broidered and triihmed with ’ fur
with accessories--to matron.’ (3he
Carried a shower bouquet oif bride^s
loses and lillies-of-the-yallf»y. Af
ter the caremony an iflifbhrnai re-
Otptien was held.
1 The bride’is- the eharming daugh
ter of Mfs Kate 0 Hodge of Hen
derson. Her attractive personality
(hid beautiful character has endear
ed her to a latfge nUmher'^"of friends
ihroughput the-state. She attended
Wesleyan’v -©ollege," graduating
there ip Piapp and Expression. ;
The groom is a popular Metho
dist Minister of. Donaldsonvillfc.
He was formal!^ pastor of the
Methodist church of Elko. and. is
fell known throughout thiB sec
tion,,*. 1-hYV( ■
• } ReVahd MrkHaywood left after
t|e wedding far a bridal trip, by
mbfnr^'iq ^difitsin Florida, 1,
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
Houston Superior Court, October Term 1921.
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_ We the Grand .Tiirors Chosen and sworn for the October term
ouston Superior Court beg to submit the following as our general
presentments.
o Wq find the books apd records of The Clerks Sunerior Court,
Sheriff and Ordinary as follows.
In the Clerks Office the generahindex and Superior Court minutes
are neatly kept and practically up to date in all posting for the year
_ We-find the minutes for 1920 from April to the October term of
ttie Superior Court and the minutes of the City Court from July to
Dec. 31st inclusive not posted, wo also find the final record* books of
suits in the Superior.Court fuom 1918 not entered-. We understand
that suits are supposed to be received after six months according to
the State Code of Lawt This is very important and we especially
recommend that theSe suits be recorded in the proper boOk-w promptly
Wp-are infqi^.dd that the former Clerk attention was called by the.
Grand Jury of the April tertn to this matter arid were given to- under
stand that this work would be done before the present October term,
We recommend'that this be. done. • . - •' '.HOfC
We also find several old books in the Clerks qffiqe not indexed and
that some of the indexes h^ve bcefl lost or misplaced. Wd\think that
these books should be .properly indexed. •
We^find the official map of the County iiil the' Clerk’s 5 Smce'needing
to be retraced and put in goodorddrj we recommend that this be done
at the least possible cost- * 1 - ■ ;
t The books of the Sheriff, aud Ordinary ' are neatly; &nd correctly
kept and alt records np to date made. ' “
We find the books of the County SchpoA Superintendent,are qeat-
ly kept and as near as we.fire able.fcb determine are correct, We 1 note
that much has Has been done in ‘the Wav of .decreasirfir .monthly
I ■ IW1T
" ', V .l
m ^the Way, of .decreastrfg monthly
expenditures, The salary of the Superintendent we find lie has re-
also
..HI per
cent. We suggest that .members of tihe board reduce; tbehyajper,, diem
proportionately. Thus far the expenses reduced over corresponding
period of l920.are approximately ^1,000,OQ per month* , We. find the
total indeptdness to date Of $46000.00 of this ainout Sl'1000.00 is
iuo v.i ou pcrincenuenii we nnu ne nas
duced about 12 percent and teachers salaries about percent a
opperating trucks foFtrausportatio'n of school children about SO p
job, warrants
poveredSby notes and $36000.00 is secured by . state
for 1921. We note that these books;are audited yearly.
We find the County Commissioriiers, books-arp postal to date.: and
that all,accounts and vouchers correspond as near as we can de-
tertmifle. ;We suggest that the ^ouimissjlpners have jQJprk .follow in ; ,
Structions as prescribed on page 26f section 6 Ga Laws' 1915 in re
gards to publishing statement of ail expenditufjes of -prepped^ng
ter. We reccbmend that these and all other county official boo
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
.Georgia, Houston County.
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,!By virtue of an order frqm the Court
of-Ordfnary.-of Hpuetori 'County, Georgia,
granted at the October 4 1 erm,'' 1021 / the
imdersigAed will sell before ,tho-courthouse
dojorDc^ sMouraSh O&liiijw fkeVfiVst
Tuesday in November, 1921, between the
legal hours of sale at-odblkv-Jjut^fy. tQ the
highest bidder the'‘ following .described
real estate of J. R. Watson,,-; deceased:
the south half of lot of land No; 1-71- aYid
ltKncres in the southeast corner of the
ndrth half of said lot J71, containing 110
acjfes, more or less,'jsnownfOs ran C, : D.-,
Potts place; also 26cores of lotr of land
'Np. 108 as described in deed from J - . B.-
TrScarborough t(> J* R.r Watson record,-!
ed in Dedd ; Book'• 2«-folio 287; Clerk^
0$ce Houston Superior Court;, also 126
aejes of lot pf Ilandv, N<V ’ 168; ‘ being 76
aWes of the east half and 50 acres in the
spHthwest corner of said lot, kno\vn, hs
the Jones place; also 162 P-2 acres! more
of less of lot of land No. ' 146 [being all
orsai'd lot' exodhf' 40‘adres iii'v the 1 -north
east corner thereof] and 60 acres more or
less, in the'-northettst'cornet’ of land lot
No. 144, lying in one body of 212 1-2
acres,"'move or less, aS'described M’dejed
from Wm C. Whitehead to J. R. ,W.atson
recorded in Deed Book 13, folio 533,
Clerk's Office Houston Superior Court:
also 12 1-2 acres of land,t being the south
half of 25 acres fivthe northeast corner of
lot No. 169, as described, in deed from
Benjamin H. King to J. R. Watson- re
corded in Deed Book 31, folio 391, Clerk’s
Office Houston-SuperiorCourt; also the
north half of. 25 acres . in the northeast
■corner’ of 'land Jot’ No/169,” as described
in deed'&om Eugefid'’G. King to J. R.
Watson ,recorded in iBook 9,1 folio -166,
Clerk’s Office Houston Superior Court:
also the south half of lot No. 1(39, con
taining ■ 101 1-4 aerehV', described in
deed, from Alvestus Hill to J. R. Watson
recorded-in,;;Pieedi(Book 2. -’folio '596,'
Clerk’s Offifte Houston Superior Court:
also.,50. 1-2 acres more o| less, , of the
eastern’portiori o&mW’ land' No. .144,
as described .in deed'from -G. W.' ; Pull-
ington to, James Wfttstm recoided in Deed
Bo %.?r4pli9,345, Clerk’A Office Hous'-
ton Superior''Court; also 49 acres in the
northwest corner of land lot No., 144
known-; as the-Self platee-; ’ also 96-' aferhs'f
mpre of Jgjs.fin; tfieiSputhwestiigojnes ' of.
lot of la,nd No. .. 14^, as, d$serit>ed- in, deed,
frott'Jaife‘ Ya^h tb. James R. Watson, re-
aud.ited yearly. . ,
We have examined the books of the Oounty Treasurer and
that they are neatly and comctly k^pt. We ' v«
ooks be
di.'w
Uni
vouch
ers are kept in a box unprocted from fire and theft and suggest that
thie Commissioners furnish a Safe ctr van) f for’ prq6eo'Hon "of" ^Tctse
vouchers aud. oth^r papers of the Treasurer of ^mp^rtaiHip. r Vr , [■
We find the Special Tax bobifs of the ordinary and tax collecter
to be properly posted to dajbe, -Qiiite.'d
Roratiohsand ether Concerns Syho Mo Ihw require to register and
pay spe/lial taxes have failed to do!so ^up to dMbe. Ab£)&.t
ceiit’bf those who havo-paid ttthsb taxes have failed to ragistei; -With
Ordinary-, Wo recommend that the next Grand Jufy itfdlet atll Who
fail to register and pay these tax6§.due up to Deqember 3lsb. 1921.
We find ( he.Court House aud jaitand all puhlfclbiiildf^^gs:; in^dofi
and sanitary condition and in good^epair with the exception Mi the
roof of the court hoiise needs a co4^]oLpaifiVthe i
Lpt the foregoing General Presentments of the Grand Jury be
published as recommended therein and spread upon the minutes of
this Court. This October 10th, 1921. \
% MALCOLM D. JONES, J. S. O. M. C.
Georgia Houston County. Clerk’sOffice Superior Court;.
1 certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the General Presentments
of' the Grand Jury of Houston Superior Court at. October Tertp 1921.
Witness,my official signature aud seal of Court this Oct. 11th, 1821.
H. L. WasdemCpierk-
TO THE CITIZENS OF PERRY, «
NEGRO CHURCH AND DWELLINGS BURN.
The City of Perry now has ft
bondfed indebtedness of $16000.00
which bonds were voted in 1909 ; broke out in the negro sectipm in
to run for 30 years. The interest; the lower part of town about 1
A negro chiifch and three dwell
ings w&re destroyed by fire yyhich 1
has . been paid on this issue every
year,’and sinking fund has bo6n.
set aside every year, which sink
ing ’ fuii’d with the accumulated
compound interest, should retire
this bond Issue at the end of the
30 years. The sinkirig fund now
amounts to $3708*
* The electric light bonds have
been paid in full.
The present $15000.00 bond
issue to be voted on next Monday
contemplates areating the artesian
well water, thereby eliminating
the surplus of iron contained in it,
the building of settling . tanks,
installing a new and up-to-date
filterer, and a clean water basin
frqm which the s water, will bo
pumped up town* .
Mr. O, H. Sherfield the Engi
neer who Will be in charge of v the
work should the bouds carry,
appeared before - Council last
Monday night, and showed draw
'll ings, apd made estimates of what
this work will cost. His figures
for the plant complete are $9086.50
This will leave a balance from
the issue pf, something over
quar-, $2000.00 with
the Council
Irorti' Jaife• Ya^ii tb. James R. Watsoii, re
corded- in ' Deled {Book 1/ : •folio ’277,
Clerk’s .Office Houston^ ISuperibi*iCour^- •
all of |b^ ; |hpye described; l^nd.jbiBing ;
,&|slricft,. of Houston Oount;
Geofijftf; ■" '
Clerk’s .Office Houston^ ISuperibi* i;Court;
‘ eing -in
County,
Also the following described tracts of
lan,d »the j District .-of’ 'Houston
County, Georgia; 87. acres, more or less,
of the north half of lot of land No v .J.92,
as described in deed, from Howard M.
Smith to J. RWhtsc^n'rShOT3od 7 iii ®eed
? 00k fplto. 52 K .Qler.k.’;S r Office; Hpus r
ton Superibr'Court; also 8’4 acres, more
or less in 5 the sonthwest corner of - lot pf.
iand 7 ^o, 193 iip saM-dpth-^>; District'of'
Houstbn C.ounty;*5*v,Georgia.- Term® of
sale cash. ; , y ■
This 4th day of October, 1921. *
W. C. ATSON; i
Administrator <$ Wateoa'; dbcidf.
Sub-My-Tism in a grant pain MHer.
t relieves pain aUd aaranc— eauaad by
Rheumatism, Nwiwdpa, Spsalaa, ate.
Sberiffis, office need.'repairing. y . , , n r
r The gutters around the Court HPuSC^hd alM#He wl^lb^^hall^
and lights about the building need ^pairing. (We reeomnied “ 1 1 *“
done as early pra(itica;r.}’ v V , ^ j ‘GJ'.-rl
The attention of this Granfi Jury’ has been^especially <Mp
dangerous condition of' the flll’at Syldamorfe ifeotthlti' 'Etfebul : t
same be
W: *;fO
d r to the,
me liilfe'
west of Eclieconneeon the Fort Valley and. Macon roa^. This, fill is
very narrow and unprotected by..,ahy- r^Hihg or ^dangeil ’’ signs; -Th is
is a very , deep gully and on difuble - cui*ve and already several
accidents hare occurred at this place,'' ; ,Ot; 'if .': ? *M> ^ ■
Also the very unsafe condition.of the Iron bridge across Echecpunee
Creek onemile north of Eeheconnee. We reeoninieiid tha;t’it®ibYG.ou%ty
Commissioners take such steps in their power,to msherthese two
places safe for the traveling public as there is a great deal of traveling
over these two places. ^ • . , —
The bridge also over Mossy Creek on National Highway..9^eds atten
tion from tne proper authorities at once,
With these exceptions the roads and bridges over the county are
in the best condition we have ever knQvyn.
We especially commend our County Commissioners, for .having en
listed the help from the State Highway Department fbr the general
condition of the county roads and bridges. V
We have investigated the condition of the three convict camps locat
ed near Fort Valley, Houston Factory and Elko.
We find these camps in good sanitary'condition and the sixty three
convicts in good health and being well cared for. .
W<? find all road working equipment sufficient. The mules, harness
and small tools,, abou t 36 hogs, camp equipment all in gop,d ,<^n.dltion,
* At the.Poor Farm we find the farm in good condition r wj.tn an
average, o^op: We find only one pauper who reports he is iWe]|' '^arpd
for. three conviets two mules, one ‘ wagon, harness, aud f nesessary
tools and machinery for the need of the farm, forty shoats and pigs
nine meat hogs. There is urgent nedd of shelter room for taking care
■qf machinery, wagons etc: with loft for storing forage crops,
: Wo |have,exami.ned, Civil and. Criminal dockets of Justice of the
; $Scb, sjibniitte.d to ^his body and find in some instances the costs in
seypral cases are not entered according to law.
The books from the following districts were not submitted for our
examination, districts Ko, 492, 500; 527, 641, 642, 769, 765,926, 928,
aifd 97Q. •/. - '
; ; .\Yo-hereby appoint Mr, C. C. Lo we, Notary Public ex-officio J. P.
for J87th, district G: M. , - ■ , ‘
'/^•'’H^^larko.of fbe 5,lst district. W. J. Short 6t9th, digtJnbt,.
B,vBxun&on of the 928th.
; : We fix the pay of all jurors and baliffs at $2-00 per day.
We had 6.9 indictments presented to us and find 45 true billft
ahdT4: r hb'-T>if|s.. • .■
W^'^bon^mpndthaPhe. presentments be printed in. the Ft. Valley
Leader Tribune aiid the Houston Journal at a cost of $15.00 eaeb.
We debire. to thank the Hon. H, A. Mathews and Malcolm D. Jones
judges and Qhas. HijGarrett Solicitor and other officials Us tks
valuable and; courtieous service tendered this.body during this session.
Hi P Housei*; O'T Eberhardt, B R Marshal, C F Hayes, L W Gray.
-r, n A-TT. t> a;«ndotf>rt t ’"WTlnraef-.fc
Proposes to extend , the ; water
mains |h the ,Qity, so as to make
complete circuits, and eliminate
nil dead ends. . y :t
; ,1‘he $3QQ0.00 bdnd issue for
light extension is to take care of
the purchasing of some machinery
to be used in connecting up, on
franjuavy.i 1st. with,, the electric
v curcenfc’to be furnished by the
Perry Veneer-Co. Also for the
purchaShingand erecting °f new
poles that are badly heeded in
some sections df the city.
A meeting ,of the Citizens to be
sl| at the Court House Thursday
; ih f, iiightiht 7(30 !is requested by the
C?i tV Gounlcil.
Mr Sherfield will be present and
will i ekplaih’ in .detail’ the plans
that' behas made fbr the better
ment of oilr, water system; ‘
Come* out to the meeting, pre
pare’ yohrseif to, vote for bonds,.
and vote for them next Mbnday,
Oct 17th. ■ ■ "X 'XX' ,' 1 -r .
o’clock Tuesday morning. ; The
blaze is supposed to have originat
ed in ad>velling house adjoining
the colored 2nd Baptist church and
when help arrived both these build
ings were helplessly in flames.
Good work with the fire hose
prevented the spread qf the flames
to other buildings and store huild-
ings in the directibn of the busi
ness sbotion but two ‘ other negro
dwellings in the opposite direction
were destroyed* ,
, The negro dwellings were the-
property of Charliq Williams aufl
W H Mitchell colored.
The alarm given by Night Mar
shall Pierce aroused praoticaly
the whole town from their; slum
bers. The fire was fa spectacular
one mounting fo a' great' height
and causing a heavy rain pf sparks
for half a mile around'.
RED CH0SS RESCUED
Spent $1,200,000 for Relief, of
Famine Sufferers in China
, \ East Year.
HOUSTON SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETS AT PERRY
Methodist Church nekb Sunday
a. m, at 10:30. All Sunday work
ers and impils invited, every
Sunday school in the county is
expected to send a delegation.
All visiting delegation will, be
entertained in 'homes of perry
people for dinner.
A fternoon session begins at 2;30,
Cominitteesi—'Music — Miss No-
rine Swanson, J jp Ethridge and
Mrs H T Gilbert, Eentertainments
—Messrs—-H T Gilbert, L G
Howard and Mesdam4—G C
Nunn and L F Cater.
• ' H P HoUSer Supt ! ;
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Cotton Handlers Return To Work
New Orleans.-r-M embers of the four
striking unions 6'i /cotton ' lmhdUfef3
vpted recently to accept a proposal
of arbitration, 'sutojitted by the Cot
ton exchange handling cbnuniittee, ajod.
©jpi^ting the decision of . bpard<
will return to work sptun .. ThJs ^ibike:
began ’nearly three - ' ’Wstaass a«o oatd*
help,overcome conditions of acute
distress In five famine stricken prov-
Incesof Northern China, where ^mil
lions of; persons were affected by an
unprecedented shortage , of food, the
American Red Cross during the last
fiscal- year spent more than 81,200,000,
$1,000,000 of which was contributed di*
recty by National Hqadquartenf and
the remainder by various groups 'n-
terested In the welfare of dhlpa. ,
Through the' wide relief operations
flmif-made possible It is’ estimated" that *
more than OOO.OfO-'fnmino sufferers
were saved ffojri ;starv,atl^. , • ■
To the end that' similar; prompt re-
lief meflsut’es.by the organliatlon may
always b$ possible the . Red Gross Is
asking continued.support by the Amer
ican people by universal jrehewal of
membership at the Annual Red Cross
Roll Call, November 11; to 24.
The method of relief Employed by
tlie American: Red ; Cross in Its opera
tions In' .China Was particularly effec
tive, for la addition to saving hundreds
of thousands of lives it provided China
with more than, 900 miles of permanent
roads that are' sorely needed to pre
vent a recurrence of famine. At one
time the Red /Cross employed 74,000
Chinese workmen, paying them in food
fbr themselves and dependents, this
food being brought In from Manchuria
and elsewhere.
O F Bateman O A Keikey, L P Single tod; "H.
Millan. E H Howard J E Carney W D DuPree O
Wimberly. S J Ellis Gee M Davis, Geo T Hunt.
J F Hartley Foreman. J H Short Clerk. Ootober, iOlh,
Dorsefct, J S Me
H Andrew, J A
193*.
nearly three" w««4ss aso t&ad.
virpiafly- stopped the movement ’of
cotton here. Under; the terms of the
recent «gwementi the striking unions
wlU name one arbitrator, the Cotton
tfcaae twe ^Wr
trators |Qinit3y - wai seleot the - thUA.’ '
fireek Army ^ncuples Defensive -.'i^iiie'
Athens, ©reeco; 4 —Greek forces have
been withdrawn from the battlefield
ategg the Sakaria river in Asia Minor
and hare begun to occupy defensive
positions about sixty kilometers east
o# EskkShdhr, it is declared in atf of-
statement issued herb. There are
that the Greeks may retire yet
Selecting Jurors At McArdle Trial;
Cleveland, Ohio.—Ten, tentative ju
rors were seated to try Marlon McAr-
dle, charged witfl the first degree mur
der of Dan Kaber, her stepfather, when
the first day of h6r trial came to a
close. At the trial of Mrs. Eva Cath-
erine, Kaber, the girl’s mother; - who;
wab convicted of Kaber’s murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment, the
defense succeeded in keeping women
off the jury, .but no objection was en
tered by the defense to the^selecjsion
of women. in. v the case of . Miss -.Mc-
^rdle, arid five were in the box.
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Pastor Inhocerit Of: Merchrant’s Death) f
New York.—The Rev. Kerridox Va- 1
fradakis, r pastor ; q£ a. local Greek orjtho-.
dox chufich, was cleared of responsibll-'
lty. for the death, before tho church al-
t te-r. pf Nichblas.Warzakakos, a wealthy
{ mercbaht.' wbo cpllap'sed during an al-
' t^r^tiori^with the pas^ Chief Medi-
$1 ^^jln6%J3phjiRs5ev%nd his'assisti
anfc, B'enjamflxtestified, be
fore Assistant DJstitict AtCprney Dt
nedh fisaf"iikMFf'eiaattjbDijsidpip• pf iihoi
body glteWba death re&uite’d froin ‘ heart
Pisaase. All local Greeks' wore, dee^ljr
jft ihfi noon { * ^
:
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■.; j % *s < <; ; r
Frank T. Hhrdwiqk DWs; At Dalton
CbaUanooga—Fraidt %. Hardwick,
one* of the most promlheiit and weM-
thiesf men of north 'Georgia, died re-
peafly at ids home in Dalton, Ga.
Mr. Hardwick was largely luterestc
lit the banking and manufa' 1 *"^-
business of north Georgia and
pooBa..:- ... ' .... .j
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