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DOUQLAB COUNTY BENTXWEL, DOUQLAgVXLLg QBOBOCA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920.
LEGAL ADS.
of Georgia, Executive
partnient
A PROCLAMATION
the taxable property therein, without ing bonds of such municipality;" and
the a3sent of two-thirds of the quali- if a majority of the electors qualified
fied voters thereof voting at an to vote for members of the General
election for that purpose, to be held Assembly voting thereon shall vote
as prescribed by law, provided said [ for ratification thereof when the re-
two-thirds so voting shall be a ma- turns shall be consolidated as now
ties; and thence south and southeast ( daring that the foregoing proposed
along the county line between Pierce amendment to the Constitution is
and Ware Counties to the Charlton submitted for ratification or rejection
County line; and thence eastwards to the voters of the state, qualified
along the county line between Pierce to vote for members of the General
and Charlton to the southeast corner Assembly at the General Election to
jority of the registered voters, and i required by law in elections for mem- of Pierce County, the point of be- , be held on Tuesday, November 2nd
Submitting a proposed amendment' provided further that all laws, charter; bers of the General Assembly and re- ginning aforesaid” 1920.
to the Constitution of Georgia to be provisions and ordinances heretofore 1 turn thereof made to the Governor, 1 The county site of said new county, HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor,
voted on -it the general election to be passed lie enacted providing special then he shall declare said amendment Brantley, shall be fiolioken, Georgia. , By the Governor:
held in November, 11)20, to amend registration of the voters of the adopted, ai*J make proclamation of Said county shall be attached to S. G. McLENDON
Pa
CITIES OF
GEORGIA GRADED
ti I‘aph , g cc tjon { Article 7 of counties, municipal corporations and the result by publication of the re- the Eleventh Congressional District,' Secretary of State.
e Constitution of this’state by add- other political divisions of this State to I suit of said election by one insertion to the Waycross Judicial Circuit; and
thereto the following words-1 pass upon the issuance of bonds of'in one of the daily papers of this to tne Third Senatorial District,
population of 160,000 or me
issue* and sell ‘Street impni
bonds, without the said assent
thirds of the qualified voters
election called thereon, but up
thirds vote of the members of its tration,
governing body, with these limim - j ull horn
tions; First, the terms of such bonds. municip.
shall in no ease exceed ten year
Second, the amount of each
shall he limited to the amount asses- by, hut any
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
. GEORGIA—Douglas County.
! To Mrs. Cimie New:
i You are hereby commanded to i>e
| and appear at the next term of the
X ^tTiho” following "words: upon the issuance of bonds of! in, one of the daily papers of this
Provided any municipality having a such counties, municipal corporations j Mate, declaring the amendment rati- t,l changed by the General Assembly
can and politicul divisions are hereby de- fied. - °t Georgia.
t ,;. U cd to be null und void; and the Sec. L Be it furthur enacted by; Term of Superior Court shall lie
t«„ General Assembly shall hereafter the authority aforesaid, That all laws two in number, held on the first Mon-
1, a,i have no power to pass or enact any and parts of laws in conflict with day in June, and on the fourth Mon-
two-1 law providing for such special regis- this Act be und the same are hereby day in November, in each year, until
1 ;i= tration, but the validity of any and repealed. the number of said terms and time t ,, m . , ,
niu. all bond issues by such counties.! Approved August 17, 1920. of holding the same shall be changed | ’ ; ’ td moM* .your answer
orporntions o other poli- 1 Now, Therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor- by the General Assembly.
I tical divisions made prior to January j *ejr, Governor of said state, do issue Justices of the Peace and Con-
issue 1st, 1918, shall not be affected here-1 this my proclamation hereby declaring stables cut off into the new county
ity the debt of which that the foregoing proposed amend- shall continue to exercise the duties
All of the cities of the United States
of over ten thousand population have
i recently been graded by our govern-
1 ment on the action they have taken
! toward the control of venereal dis-
: eases. The grades have not been an-
' nounced. This grading will be done
again in about six months, at which
! time we sincerely trust that our state
will show great improvement. There
is plenty of room for it. and if the
citizens o:m be brought to realize the
importance and necessity for more
stringent enforcement of laws, o!
which we have ample, a great step
Superior C ourt of said County, to be will have been taken towards the
heid on the Third Monday in Sep-1 eradication of these 'diseases.
hove named and foregoing
is required by the order (
in,
Bed by such municipality upon each ‘iocs i
improvement. Third, these bonds ;>, c a
.shall be issued only for the grading prope:
and paving or repaving of streets or
portions of streets. Fourth, the in- j
terest thereon shall not exceed six per
centum per annum. Fifth, these
bonds can be issued without regard
to the amount of other outstanding
debts or bonds of such municipality.
Sixth, these bonds not to be issued
except in case such pavement or re
pavement has been petitioned for in
writing by the owners of more than
fifty per cent of the property abutt
ing on the street or portion of street
paved or repaved.
By His Excellency
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas: The General Assembly
at its session in 1020 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State, us set forth in an act approved
August 17, 1920—to-wit:
MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVE
MENT BONDS
NO. 813.
An Act to amend Paragraph 1,
Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
of the State by adding thereto the fol
lowing words: Provided any munici
pality having a population of 150,00 or
more can issue and sell “street im
provement bonds, without the said I more than fifty per c
assent of two-thirds of the qualified property abutting on the
v ceed seV( . n . )er centum of ment to the Constitution is submitted and pow rs of their respective offices
iscssed value of the tavable for ratification or rejection to the until new militia districts are laid
■ty at the time of the adoption! voters of the state, qualified to vote off in sad new county, and until their
f this Constitution may he author-i for members of the General As-1 successors are elected and qualified,
iscd by law to increase at any time| sembly at the general election to be. The voters of said new county
the amount of said debt three per I hold on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920.; qualified t
in the
stated ca*
of said C
Witness the Honorable F. A. Inv
Judge of the Superior Court.
This 10th day of August, 1920.
T. L. PITTMAN,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
Dors
State of
w„ntum upon such assessed valuation.’ HUGH M
Provided, any municipality having a **y the Governor:
population of 150,000 or more can N- McLENDON,
issue and sell “street improvement j Secretary of State,
bonds” without the said assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters at ar
election called thereon, hut upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of
its governing body, with these limi
tations: First, the term of such
bonds shall in no case exceed ten
years. Second, the amount of each
issue shall he limited to the amount
assessed by such municipality upon
each improvement. Third, these
bonds shall he issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portion of streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
six per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds can be issued without re
gard to the amount of other out
standing debts or bonds of said muni
cipality. “Sixth, these bonds not to
be issued except in case such pave
ment or repavement has been pe
titioned for in writing by the owners
nt of the
Govern
rote for members of the*
mbly under the laws of GEORGIA—Douglas County,
hall, on the second Wednes- To Will Holmes
orgia, Executive
pari ment
A PROCLAMATION
i Gener
i Georg
day in December, 1920, elect an Or
dinary. Clerk of Superior Court, Sher
iff, Coroner, Tax Collector, Tax Rc-
De-, ceiver, County Treasurer, County
Surveyor, County school Superinten
dent, and Representative in the Gen-
1 eral Assembly, who shall hold office
Submitting a proposed amendment until the text general election for (of said Court,
to the Constitution of Georgia to be j county officers shall be held in thej Witness the Honorable F. A. Irwin
voted on at the general election to he State of Georgia, and until their sue-j Judge of the Superior Court.
cessors are elected and qualified, and This 16th day of August, 1920.
said officers shall qualify, give bond,
and bike oath as prescribed by law.
Said election shall he held at the
schoolhou.se at Hoboken, the county
held in November, 1920, to amend
Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11,
of the Constitution of this State, so
as to lay out and create a new county
from portions of Pierce, Chailton and
Wayne counties, to be known as
You are hereby commanded to be
and appear at the next term of the
Superior Court of said county, to be
held on the Third Monday in Sep
tember. 1920, and to make your ans
wer in the above named and foregoing
stated case, as required by the order
T. L. PITTMAN,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
voters at an election called thereon,
but upon a two-thirds vote of the
members of its governing body, with
these limitations: First, the terms
of such bonds shall in no case exceed
ten years. Second, the amount of
each .issue shall he limited to the
amount assessed by such municipality
upon each improvement. Third, these
bonds shall he issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portions of streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
six per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds tan be issued without I
regard to the amount of other out
standing debts or bonds of such muni
cipality. Sixth, these bonds not to be
issued except in case such pavement
or repavement has been petitioned for
in writing by the owners of more than
fifty per cent of the property abutt
ing on the street or portion of street
paved or repaved;” and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, and
it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same as follows:
Section 1. That Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
of this State be amended by adding
thereto the following proviso:
portion of street paved or repaved.”
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforfesaid, That when
ever the above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have been
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to the two Houses of the
General Assembly, and the same has
been entered on their Journals, with
the Ayes and Nays thereon, the Gov
ernor shall cause said amendment to
Ik* published in at least two news
paper^ in each Congressional Dis
trict in this State for a period of two
months next preceding the time of
holding the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the
above proposed amendment shall he
submitted for ratification to the
electors of this State at the next
general election to be held after the
publication, as provided in the second
section of this Act, in the several
election districts of this State, at
which every person shall he qualified
to vote who is entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly.
All persons voting at said election in
favor of adopting the said proposed
amendment of the Constitution shall
have written or printed upon their
ballots the words, “For ratification
Provided, any municipality having °f amendment to Paragraph 1, See-
a population of lifiO.OOO or more can tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution so
issue and sell “street improvement ®f< to authorize any municipality hav-
bonds,” without the said assent of ins a population of 160,000 or more to
two-thirds of the qualified voters at issue 'street improvement bonds.' upon
( GEORGIA—Douglas County,
seat of said county, by managers ap-i Xo W. F. String-fellow, Greeting:
* As an heir at law of W. J. String-
fellow, late of Douglas county, Geor
gia, deceased, you are hereby noti
fied that on the 20th day of Sep
tember, 1920, I, as the widow of W.
J. Stringfellow, late of Douglas
county, Georgia, deceased, will apply
to the Superior Court of said County,
I for the assignment of Dower, and the
appointment of Commissioners to lay
off and admeasure the same, out of the
lands and tenements of the said W. J.
Stringfellow, deceased, of which he
died seized and possessed, and of
which Estate I am the Administratrix.
This August 18th, 1920.
MRS. ALICE STRINGFELLOW.
Brantley County, with the town of (pointed by the Ordinary of Pierce
Hoboken as the county seat. , County for said purpose, or by three
By His Excellency, ; freeholders in event the managers so
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor. appointed fail or refuse to hold said
Whereas, the General Assembly at election; and said election shall be
its session in 1920, proposed an held under the laws now of force re
amendment 'to the Constitution of j luting to the manner of holding elec-
this State, as set forth in an act ap-1 tions for county officers. The of-
proved August 14th, 1920, to-wit: ficers elected at said election shall
BRANTLEY COUNTY, CREATION enter upon the discharge of tneir res-
OF ! pective duties on the 1st day of Jan-
NO. 626. uary, 1921.
i The ordinaries of the counties from
An Art to propose nn amendment j which said ncw count y is lllil1 out
to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 shaM furnish the managers of said
of the Constitution of the State of ‘-'lection with a list of the legal voters
Georgia registered in their respective counties
The General Assembly of the State who reskla wUhin the territory in-
of Georgia hereby proposes to the eluded in said new county,
qualified electors of said State an’ St ‘c. 2. The provisions of Sections
amendment to Paragraph 2, Section lp-*" to 818; mrlusive, of the Code arc! GEORGIA—Douglas County.
Article 1! of the Constitution of the hereby made nppl,cable to sanl new, ^ Qf ^ appraisers sfjt .
State of Georgia, as heretofore amen- <-ount> and sanl new county, when ttpart twe | ve months ’ support to
led, so as to provide for the creation jereat"-!. -hall be a statutory county , v Pounds, the widow of
' county to be known as »•><« subject to aU general laws of ^ ^ ^ chi|d of j. w . Pounds
CITATION—YEARS SUPPORT
Brantley, and for other purposes.
Section 1. In addition to the coun
ties now provided for by the Con
stitution of Georgia, as amended,
there shall he organized, by this fur
ther amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section 1, Article 1L, another new
county to be known as Brantley, the
same to be laid out from the Coun
ties of Pierce, Charlton and Wayne,
and shall include all of the territory
embraced within boundaries as fol
lows, to-wit: “Beginning at the
southeast corner of Pierce County, at
the southeast corner of lot of land
number three hundred (300) in the
9th District of Pierce County, and
thence northwards along the line be
tween Pierce and Charlton Counties
to the southwest comer of Jand lot
this State applicable to the counties
thereof.
Sec. 3. The county authorities of
said new county shall have the right
to create a debt for and on behalf of
said county to defqny the public ex
penses thereof for the .first year
without submitting the same to a
vote of the qualified voters thereof.
Sec. 4. Said new county, when
created, shall be entitled to one rep
resentative in the Lower House of
the General Assembly of Georgia,
and the membership of said House
shall be increased by one, so as to ad
mit of representation therein for said
new county.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly is
authorized to correct any mistake or
mistakes, or inaccuracies, in refer-
number thirteen (13), in the 2nd I ence to the boundaries of said new
District of Charlton County; thence t ‘ oant - v -
eastwards along the south line of
election called thereon, but upon 1 » two-thirds vote of the members of its i fifty-two (52)
land lots numbers thirteen
eventv-seven
(13),
(77),
hundred and sixteen (116), one
a two-thirds vote of the members 0 fj authorize any municipality having
its governing body, with these limi- population of 150,000 or more to issue hundred and forty-one (141), one limi
tations: First the time of such' ‘street improvement bonds/ upon a died and eighty (180), two hundred
bonds shall in' no case exceed ten' two-thirds vote of the members of its jand five (205), and fractional lot two
years. Second the amount of each governing body, provided such bonds I hundred and forty-four (241), and
issue shall be limited to the amount (shall not run for exceeding ten years | thence continuing in a straight line
assessed by such municipality upon j and shall he limited to the amount as- to Buffalo Creek, and thence east-
each improvement. Third, these! sessed by such municipality upon
bonds shall be issued only for tile! each improvement and shall be issued
grading and paving or repaving of only for the grading and paving or
streets or portions of streets. Fourth. I repaving of streets or portions of
the interest thereon shall not exceed j streets and the interest thereon shnll
six per centum per annum. Fifth,! not exceed six per centum per annum;
these bonds can be issued without re- furthermore, these bonds to be issued
gard to the amount of other out- without regard to the amount of other
standing debts or bonds of said muni- outstanding bonds of such munici-
cipality. Sixth, these bonds not to, pality." and all persons opposed to the
be issued except in ease sueh pave- adoption of said amendment shall
meat or repavement has been peti- have written or printed on their bal-
lots the words, “Against ratification
deceased, having been filed in my
office, ull persons concerned are cited
to show cause by the 4th day of
October, 1920, why said application
for twelve months’ support should
not be granted.
This 6th day of September, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
Real Estate
FOR Sx\LE
“'0 acres 1 mile of town, $5500.
vd acres, 1 mile of town, $4000
50 acres, 2 miles of town, $5000
50 acres, 2 miles of town,... .$7500
73 acres, 3 miles of town, $5500.
65 acres, 2 miles of town $55i0
75 acres, 4 miles of town $3000
112 acres, 2 miles of town... .$14,000.
72 acres, 4 miles of town $3500.
97 acres, 5 miles of tewn.... $10,000
60 acres, 10 miles of town $2100
63 acres, 1 mile of Lithia $6300.
80 acres, 1-2 miles of Lithia... .$7000.
81 acres, 1 mile of Lithia... .$9000.
292 acres, on River $23,000.
40 acres, 4 miles of town $2000.
50 acres, 5 miles of town $2500.
60 acres, in city limit $4000.
88 acres, 1 mile of town $5000.
25 acres, 4 miles of town $500.
65 acres, 3 miles of town $4500.
140 acres, 5 miles of Winston. .$4000.
100 acres, 4 miles of Winston. .$7500.
218 acres, 3 miles of Winston.$12,000.
40 acres, 2 miles of town... .$2750.
52 acres, 4 miles of town $1200.
80 acres, 6 miles of town $1200.
28 acres, in city limits $6000.
202 acres, 4 miles of Villa Rica.$6060.
40 acres, 2 miles of town $6000.
65 acres, 4 miles of town $4000
62 acres, 2 miles of town $7500.
1 acre, 6-room house $7000.
11-2 acres, 5-room house $5000.
5-room house $4500.
Vacant lots well located.
If you will sell list with us.
C. W. McLARTY
M. J MORRIS
I)R. R. A. RAINER
DENTIST
Telephone 175
Office in Hutcheson Building.
CITATION—DISMISSION FROM
ADMINISTRATION
tioned for in writing by the owners
of more than fifty per cent of the
property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved;
lo that said paragraph, when so
imended, shall read as follows: Para
graph 1. The debt hereafter in
curred by any county, municipal cor
poration or political division of this
State, except as in the Constitution
provided f>r shall not exceed seven
per centum of the assessed value of
ai. the taxable property therein, anl
no such county, municipality or di-
vr cn shall inpur any ittw derc.’et-
cept for a temporary loan or loans
to supply casual deficiencies of reve
nue, not exceeding one-fifth of one
per centum of the assessed value of
of amendment to Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
so as to authorize any municipality
having a population of 150,000 or
more to issue ‘street improvement
bonds’ upon a two-thirds vote of the
members of its governing body, pro
vided such bonds shall not run for
exceeding ten years and shall be lim
ited to the amount assessed by such
municipality upon such improvement,
and shall be issued only for the grad,
ing and paving or repaving of streets
or portions of streets, and the in
terest thereon shall not exceed six
per centum per annum; furthermore,
these bonds to be issued without re
gard to the amount of other outstand-
wards along the . line between Coun
ties of Charlton and Wayne to the
Big Satilla River and the western line
of Camden County; thence north
wards along the line between Wayne
and Camden Counties to the Glynn
County line; thence further north
wards along the line between the
Counties of Wayne and Glynn to a
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
Whereas, T. W. Tolbert, Adminis
trator of Peter F. McManus, repre
sents to the Court in his petition,
duly filed and entered on record, that
he has fully administered Peter F.
McManus estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors,
Sec. 8. Whenever the constitu- to show cause, if any they can, why
tional amendment hereby proposed Sil *d Administrator should not be dis-
shall be agreed to by two-thirds 0 f|<* a rtted from his administration, and
the members of the two Houses of receive Letters of Dismission on the
the General Assembly, and the same first Monday in October, 1920.
entered on their Journals, with the This 6th day of September, 1920.
‘Yeas” and “Nays” taken thereon,] *1- H. McLART\, Ordinary.
the Governor shall cause said pro-1 - —
posed amendment to he published in
at least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State fori
a period of two months next preeed-l
ing tin- next general election; and the (
Governor shall provide for the sub-1
mission of this proposed amendment
to the electors of the State at the |
next general election to be held
J. R. HUTCHESON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hutcheson Building.
R. H. P-eole C. V. Vansant I
DRS. POOLE & VANSANT
Surgery and Chronic Diseases of |
Women and Children a Specialty j
Phones Nos. 24, 92 and 137 |
Office over Selman's Drug Store '
thi
jection.
for their ratification
All persons voting in said
Dyeing
And
Dry Cleaning
SENT TO ATLANTA
point on said county line one mile electl ° n in favor of sald P r0pOSed
north of the main line of the Atlanta, j a ™ndment, shall have written or
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway; I P" ntad ‘heir ballots the words,
thence westwards along a line 0 ne | “ For !| ie amendment to the Const.tu-
mile north of and parallel with the | ‘* on gating the new County of
aforesaid main line of the Atlanta, j B u ra , , 1 U ^ ; a"!* 1 ! 036
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to!
the Little Satilla River, and the line’
Call
JOE C. McCARLEY
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “Against the
between the Counties of Wayne and
Pierce: thence southeast along the
channel of the Little Satilla River to
the southwest corner of land tot num
ber one (1) in the 3rd District of
Wayne County: thence southwards
along the west lines of land lots num
bers thirty-two (32) and thirty-one
(31), in the 2nd District of Pierce
County, to the channel of the Big Sa
tilla River; thence westwards up the
channel of the Big Satilla River,
through Pierce County, to the county
line between Pierce and Ware Coun
amendment to the Constitution creat
ing the new County of Brantley," j
The returns of said election shall be
made to the Secretary of State, who
shall certify the result thereof to
the Governor: and if said proposed
amendment be ratified by a majority
of the voters voting in said general
election, the Governor shall issue his
proclamation to said effect.
Approved August 14, 1920.
Now, therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor-
Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How He
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn.
*Some time ago ^ent away for
some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in
a gunney sack and hung it on a rope
suspended from roof. Rats got it
all—how beats me, but they did be
cause I got 5 dead whoppers in the
morning after trying RAT-SNAP.”
Three sizes, 36c, 65c and $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by Almand &
sey, Governor of said state, do issue; McKoy, Joe C. McCarley, and Harding
this my proclamation hereby de-!Supply Company.
Chronic Diseases of
Men and Women
I devote my entire time and
attention to the treatment of
CHRONIC and SPECIAL Dis
eases. Special attention given
to the combined powers of Elec
tricity, Light, Heat, Vibration,
Bacterines, Serums and Organic
Extracts, together with the
careful administration of se
lected medicines.
FREE EXAMINATION AND
ADVICE
Charges always reasonable,
terms arranged to suit patient’s
convenience.
DON’T GIVE UP
Call today and let me give
you my personal advice.
DR. M. U. NIX. Specialist.
130 (A) Peachtree St.
ATLANTA, GA.
Hours—10 A. M. to 6 A. M.
Sunday—11 to 1.