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VOLUME XIV-
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903.
NUMBER 39.
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
PRAISES PE-RDNA.
First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, Ga«, and Its Pastor and Elder.
T HE day was when men of promi
nence hesitated to give their testi-
“ monials to proprietary medicines
for publication. This remains true to
day of moat proprietary medicines. But
Peruna has become so justly famous, its
merits are known to so many people of
high and low stations, that no one hesi
tates to see his name in print recom
mending Peruna.
I * A dignified representative of the Pres
byterian church in the person of Rev.
E. G. Smith does not hesitate to state
publicly that he has used Peruna in his
family and found it cured when other
remedies failed.
Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor of the Presb
terian church of Greensboro, G;
writes:
“Having used Peruna in my family for
some time it gives me pleasure to testify
to its true worth. My little boy seven
years of age had been suffering for some
time with catarrh of the lower bowels.
Other remedies had failed, but after
taking two bottles of Peruna the trouble
almost entirely disappeared. Por this
special malady I consider it well nigh a
specific. As a tonic for weak and worn
out people it has few or no equals.”—
&EV. E. G. SMITH.
GBAUD JURY PRESENTMENTS.
Mr. M. J. Rossman, a prominent mer
chant of Greensboro, Ga., and an elder
in the Presbyterian church of that place,
writes:
“Por a long time I was troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys and tried many
remedies, all of which gave me no relief.
Peruna was recommended to me by
several friends, and after using a few
bottles I am pleased to say that the long
looked for relief was found and I am
now enjoying better health than I have
for years. It is certainly a grand medi
cine.”—M. J. Rossman.
Hon. S. D. McEnery, United States
Senator from Louisiana, says the follow
ing in regard to Peruna:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen—Peruna is an excellent
tonic. / have used it sufficiently to
say that 1 believe it to be all that you
claim for it.—S. D. McEnery.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your ease and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of the
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
ordinary’s* OFFICE.
i The Honorable Superior
Hall County, Georgia:
^ e > the Grand Jury, at tb
term, 1903, of said
re ^ularly selected, chosen
beg leave to submi
following
GENERAL presentme
The special committee appointed
b y tb® lust Grand Jury to examine
fhe County Officer’s vecords, have
submitted their report, and we
adopt the same and make it a
part of these presentments. We
have elected 0. I. Addition, A. H.
Jackson and Theo. S. Day as a
®pecial committee to examine the
public offices and report to the
Grand Jury at the July term,1908,
°f this court.
REPORT of special com
mittee .
To the Honorable Grand Jury of
^all Superior Court, f January
te nn, 1903.
Gentlemen: Wo, the special
^mmittee appointed by the grand
l Ur y at the July term, Hall Su-
P eri °r Court, to examine the
county officers, their records and
°j ber blatters pertaining to their
? lces ’ keg leave to report as fol
lows *.
We find the records in this office
in good shape and neatly kept;
the fees charged by the ordinary
are only such as are allowed by
law.
W r e call your attention to the
fact that only a very few of the
dealers in pistols, cigarettes, pawn
brokers and such others as are re
quired by law to register m this
office have complied with the laws
and we recommend that you give
this matter prompt attention.
clerk’s office.
The records in the clerk’s office
are as near perfection as it is pos
sible to make them. We find
everything complete and up to
date in this office with one excep
tion, and that is a revenue index
is needed for the last five or six
deed records, and we ask that your
body recommend that the county
.commissioners contract with the
clerk to have this index made.
TREASURER.
We find that the treasurer’s
books are neat and correctly kept.
We have checked his books, item
by item, both receipts and dis
bursements, and have examined
the vouchers upon which he has
paid out the county funds and
find them all correct, and his bal
ances tally with his vouchers to a
cent.
The treasurer had on hand Jan. 1st,
1903 - $ 4,359.84
He has received from taxes 1901 and
1902 21,508.32
He has received from old taxes 199.95
He has received from convict hire .JL57.ll
He has received fiom road tax (fall of
1902 2,189.06
He has received from Pauper’s Home
farm — 91 00
He has received from sundry items 80.57
He has received from borrowed money. 4,587.00
Total to be accounted for $33,172.85
He has paid out on proper vouchers
as follows:
For superior court $ 4.507.96
For borrowed money 7,195.98
For incidentals 3,488.05
For city court 1,978.36
For jail 1,205.06
For Pauper’s Home 1,373.41
For paupers outside of home. 946.43
For repairs to publie build
ings 104.96
For officer’s commissions , 713.73
For officer’s salaries 1,270-90
For roads and bridges 9,453.77
Making total disbursements of $32,241.61
Which left balance on hand, January
1st, 1903 931.24
We find that all the notes made
by the county commissioners for
borrowed money during 1902 have
been paid, and the treasurer start
ed off the year with $931.24 in his
hands. Since Jan. l9t, 1903, the
tax collector has paid him over
$9,000.00 and we now have about
that amount in the treasury, with
the county entirely out of debt.
SHERIFF.
We have examined the books of
the sheriff and find them correctly
kept. We find from his execution
docket that he has sold only nine
tracts of land during the year
1902. While this is rather hard
on the sheriff it speaks well for
our county.
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We have examined the books in
this office and find them kept in a
neat and systematic manner. The
entire business is kept in such a
way that a moment’s glance will
show amounts received and
amounts paid out.
On January 1st, 1902, the commissioner
had on hand $ 652.37
He has received from state school com
missioner — 12,727.67
Borrowed money 1,482.00
$14,862.04
He has paid out on proper vouchers.—$14,463.32
Which leaves balance in his hands Jan
uary 1st, 1903 $ 898.72
TAX RECEIVER.
The tax digests for' 1902 are
complete, very neat and reflect
much credit upon Mr. Cox, our
tax receiver.
TAX COLLECTOR.
We find that the tax collector
is now actively engaged in collect
ing up the taxes for 1902. Mr.
Charles is using his best efforts to
wind up his collections without
putting the taxpayers to any un
necessary expense, and we com
mend him for so doing.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
We have gone through the books
of the county commissioners and
find a perfect system of bookkeep
ing kept in their office. Following is
the amount levied for the year
1902, showing for what purpose the
amounts were levied, tq wit:
Total taxable property of the county ,
for 1902 r _ $4,878,901.00
The county’s per cent, of the levy is
47 cents on the $100.00, and upon
the above amount will raise 22,930.80
and is divided as follows:
For superior court $5,044.78
For city court 1,834.46
For jaii 1,605.15
For paupers 2,522.39
For roads and bridges 6,879.24
Incidentals 5,044.78—
Which makes, as above...— .—$22,930.80
The account for incidentals is
one that has never been clearly
understood by the people, and
after going fully into this account
we desire to state that the same is
made up of such items as can not
be properly charged under any
other account which is required by
law to be kept, and for the past
year consitsed of over $1,500.00
for expenses of the smallpox epi
demic, $96.00 for rent of the
building known as the “Woman’s
Rest;’’ election expenses of over
$150.00; burial of paupers over
$150.00; insurance of court house,
jail and bridges over $150.00;
lunacy trials over $100.00 and
many such other items. The in
cidental account is kept in such a
way that any taxpayer may see at
a glance the items for which each
payment i9 made by calling on
the clerk of the board.
In closing this report we desire
to say, without throwing any bou
quets, that Hall county can boast
of as efficient and accommodating
officers as any county in the State
of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
W. W. Roberts,
W. E. Bolding,
J. B. Gaston,
Special Committee.
We have received the report of
the Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Hall county for the
year 1902 and it compares m
substance with the report of the
special committee hereto at
tached.
We have elected W. D. Hawkins,
Commissioner of Roads and Rev
enues for the full term, to succeed
T. W. Staton, whose term has ex
pired, We have elected Jno. T.
Waters, Commissioner of Roads
and Revenues to succeed and for
the unexpired term of John A.
Smith, resigned.
We recommend that the bill
passed by the last Legislature,
known as House Bill No. 129—
“The Thompson Drainage Bill”—
become effective in Hall County.
We find the Dockets of the N.F.
& J, P.’s are accurate as to legal
entries, with the exception of some
few irregularities, to which we, in
such cases called the attention of
the judicial officers concerned;
but in point of neatness, a decided
improvement is desirable. We
recommend the appointment of
the following N. P. & J. P.’s.:
John L. Vickers, 565th (Wilson’s)
District; R. T. Mauldin, 392nd-
(Clinchem) District; W. B. Buf
fington. 403rd. (Glade) District;
J. F. Hurley, 569fch. (Bark Camp)
District.
We have examined the lists of
Confederate Pensioners, and find
that all drawing are entitled to do
so, with the exception of William
Hulsey, whose right to draw we
deem doubtful.
Owing to the very rapid increase
in the population of our county
since the last school census was
taken, we recommend that a
school census be taken during the
present year, that no injustice be
done the teachers and pupils in
our county schools, and that they
may have their just proportion of
the funds set aside by the State
for that purpose, and the Board
of Education of Hall county is
recommended to take such steps
as will put this recommendation
into operation.
We recommend the following
repairs at the County Home,
to-wit:—Roof of church needs
some repairs; new floor needed in
building occupied by the Turner
sisters; the remainder of the
buildings are m good repair and
condition. We recommend that
some of the inmates be furnished
with better clothes and shoes.
We find the Court House and
Jail in good condition, but we
recommend that said buildings
and the grounds surrounding them
be kept cleaner in the future. We
recommend another heating stove
for the jail and also that a parti
tion be built therein so as to sepa
rate male and female and white
a ad black prisoners.
We recommend that tlie County
Commissioners make such adjust
ment of the claim of Washington
King on account of Brown’s
Bridge, as to them may seem juBt
and equitable.
Recognizing the fact that our
City Court is a necessity under ex
isting circumstances, we recom
mend that our Senator and Repre*
sontativesin the General Assembly
withdraw the Bills now before the
House to repeal the Act establish*
ing the City Court of Hall County
We are convinced that this court
lightens the burdens of the tax
payers of this county on account
of speedy trials and keeping the
jail clear, and is therefore a potent
factor in suppressing crime. We
further recommend that the Judge
and Solicitor of this court be
elected by the people.
We take pleasure in endorsing
Judge G. H. Prior m his adminis
tration of the law in the City
Court, and in the faithful and
efficient manner he has dispatobed
the business of said court,
and commend him as a con
scientious and diligent officer in
the discharge of the duties of bis
office, and we hereby endorse him
for re-appointment as judge of
said court.
In pursuance of an earnest re
quest from our County Commis*
sioners and the officers of the City
of Gainesvills for certain recom
mendations touching the smallpox
question now agitating our county
a ad the towns thereof, it is the
sense of this body:
That our County Commissioners
do all in their power to suppress
this epidemic, and that in so doing
they co-operate with, the proper
authorities of our several incor
porated towns and cities.
We respectfully recommend
that the County Commissioners
permit and authorize the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy to erect a
monument on the county’s prop
erty in the public square, to the
Confederate dead. We know that
no greater good can be done with
the property} and there is no more
meritorious cause, and nothing
which is dearer to the hearts, of
patriots, than to show a proper
appreciation for heroic actions
done in defending home and prin
ciples. There is no greater re
ward than that paid to brave sol
diers by a grateful country, and
this matter has long been deferred,
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