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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1920.
LEGAL AD»
State of Georgia, Executive De
partment
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be
voted on at the general election to be
held in November, 1920, to amend
Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of
the Constitution of this State by add
ing thereto the following words:
.Provided any municipality having a
population of 150,000 or more can
issue and sell ‘‘Street improvement
bonds, without the said assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters at an
election called thereon, but upon two-
thirds vote of the members of jts
governing body, with these limita
tions; First, the terms of such bonds
the taxable property therein, without'ing bonds of such municipality;” and
the assent 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 bo a ma
jority of the registered voters, and
provided further that all laws, charter
turns shall be consolidated as now
required by law in elections for mem
bers of the General Assembly and re-
provisions and ordinances heretofore turn thereof made to the Governor,
passed be enacted providing special j then he shall declare said amendment
registration of the voters of the! adopted, and make proclamation of
counties, municipal corporations and
other political divisions of this State to
pass upon the issuance of bonds of
such counties, municipal corporations
and political divisions are hereby de
clared to be null and void; and the
General Assembly shall hereafter
have no power to pass or enact any
law providing for such special regis
tration, but the validity of any and
all bond issues by such counties,
municipal corporations o other poli-
shall in no case exceed ten year*, tical divisions made'prior to January
Second, the amount of each issue 1st, 1918, shall not be affected here
by, but any city the debt of which
. ,, OOUQS, IS cents on each one hundred
ties; and thence south and southeast-daring that the foregoing proposed' doUars of the taxable propeerty o£
along the county line between Pierce; amendment to the Constitution
said county.
Making in all a tax levy for county
and Ware Counties to the Charlton submitted for ratification or rejection
County line; and thence eastwards] to the voters of the state qualified j mTentfonTaW "oUTun-
along the county line between Pierge|to vote for members of the General, dred dollar , of the taxable property
and Charlton to the southeast comer ■ Assembly at the General Election to ot - =a ; c j countv
of Pierce County, the point of be- be held on Tuesday, November 2nd,j° ^ father'ordered that there be
ginning aforesaid. 1920.
The county site of said new county,* HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Brantley, shall be Hoboken, Georgia, i By the Governor:
Said county shall be attached to S. G. McLENDON,
shall be limited to the amount asses
sed by such municipality upon each
improvement. Third, these bonds
shall be issued only for the grading
ami paving or repaving of streets or
portions of streets. Fourth, the in
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 Lian
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
%t its session in 1920 proposed an
Amendment to the Constitution of this
>tate, as 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
assent of two-thirds of the qualified
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 be limited to the
amount assessed by such municipality
upon each improvement. Third, these
bonds shall be 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 can bo issued without
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 ns follows:
Section 1. That Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution
of this State he amended by adding
thereto the following proviso:
Provided, anv municipality having
a population of !i5Q,000 or more can
issue and sell “street improvement
bonds." without thy said assent of
two-thirds of the ojjmlifietjl voters at
tin election called thereon, but upon
n two-thirds vote of* the members of
its governing bodvj; with ithese limi
tations: First, the time of such
bonds * shall in no $ case exceed ten
years. 1 Second, thejj amount of each
issue shall be limited to the amount
assessed hv such ljhunicidnlity upon
each imnvovamentj Third. these
bonds shall he issued onay for the
grading and nnvinjjj or ppnaving of
streets or portions ojf streets. Fourth-
the interest thereon- shall [not evened
six per centum per annum. Fifth.
does not exceed seven per centum of
the assessed value of the tasable
property at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution may be author
ized by law to increase at any time
the amount of said debt three perl
centum upon such assessed valuation. |
Provided, any municipality having a j
population of 150,000 or more can
issue and sell “street improvement i
bonds" without the said ass’fent of two-1
thirds of the qualified voters at an j
election called thereon, but 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 be 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 synch pave
ment or repavement has been pe
titioned 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."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, 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
ho 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 be
submitted for ratification to the
electors of this State at the next
general election to he 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 be qualified
to vote who is entitled to vote for
members of the General Assembly.
All persons voting at said election in
favor of adopting tlYe said proposed
amendment of the Constitution shall
have written or printed upon their
ballots the words, “For ratification
of amendment to Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Articled, of the Constitution so
nfs to authorize any municipality hav
ing n population of 150,000 or more to
issue ‘street improvement bonds,' upon
a two-thirds vote-of the members of its
authorize any municipality having a
population of 150,000 or more to issue
‘street improvement, bonds,’ upon a
t Wo-thirds vote of the members of its
governing body, provided such, bonds
shall mV rim for exceeding ten' years
and shall he limited to the amount as
sessed by such municipality upon
each improvement ahd'sTiall be issued
only for the grading and paving or
repaving of streets . qr portions of
streets' and the interest thereon shall
not exceed six per centum per annum;
furthermore, these bonds to he issued
the result by publication of the re
sult of said election by one insertion
in one of the daily papers of this
State, declaring the amendment rati
fied.
Sec. 4. Be it furthur enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with
this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved August 17, 1920.
Now, Therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor
sey, Governor of said state, do issue
this my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the state, qualified to vote
for members of the General As
sembly at the general election to be
j held on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920.
! HUGH M. Dorsey, Governor.
! By the Governor:
! S. G. McLENDON,
I Secretary of State.
Secretary of State.
the Eleventh Congressional District,
to the Waycross Judicial Circuit; and
to the Third Senatorial District, un- LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
til changed by the General Assembly ’ GEORGIA—Douglas County.
of Georgia.
Terms of Superior Court shall be
two in number, held on the first Mon
day in June, and on the fourth Mon
day in November, in each year, until
the number of said terms and time
of holding the same shall be changed
by the General Assembly.
Justices of the Peace and Con
stables cut off into the new county
shall continue to exercise the duties
and ppwers of their respective offices
until new militia districts are laid
off in sad new county, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
The voters of said new county
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly under the laws of
Georgia shall, on the second Wednes
day in December, 1920, elect an Or
dinary, Clerk of Superior Court, Sher-
! iff, Coroner, Tax Collector, Tax Re
I)e-1 ceiver, County Treasurer, County
1 Surveyor, County school Superinten
I dent, and Representative in the Gen-
I oral Assembly, who shall hold office
Submitting a proposed amendment, until the next general election for
to the Constitution of Georgia to be county officers shall be held in the
voted on at the general election to be State of Georgia, and until their sue-
held in November, 1920, to amend i eessor- arc elected and qualified, and
Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, | said officers shall qualify, give bond,
of the Constitution of this State, so | oath as Prescribed by law.
as to lay out and create a new county ; Said election shall be hold at the
1 hoolhouse at Hoboken, the county
at of said county, by managers ap-
State
Georgia, Executive
parlmcnt
PROCLAMATION
from portions of Pierce, Chaiiton and f
Wayne counties, to be known as
Brantley County, with the town of
Hoboken as the county seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas, the General Assembly at
its session in 1920, proposed .in
amendment tto the Constitution of
this State, as set forth in an act ap
proved August 14th, 1920, to-wit:
BRANTLEY COUNTY, CREATION
NO. 626.
An Act to propose an amendment
To Mrs. Cimie New:
You are hereby commanded to be j
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 make your answer
in the above named and foregoing
stated case, as required by the order
of said Court.
Witness the Honorable F. A. Irwin,
Judge of the Superior Court.
This 16th day of August, 1920.
t. l. Pittman,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
levied on the following school dis
tricts for schools of said districts of
each one hundred dollars of the tax
able property of said districts to-wit:
2nd school District 40 cents; 3rd
Sshool District 50 cents; 5th School
District 50 cents; 9th School Dis
trict 50 cents; 10th School District 50
cents; 11th School District 4o cents;
14th School District 50 cents; 15th
School District 50 cents; 17th School
District 50 cents; 18th School Dis
trict 50 cents; 19th School District
50 cents; 20th School District 50
cents; 21st School District 50 cents;
22nd School District 50 cents.
For interest on School House Bonds
of the 22nd School District 27 cents
on each one hundred dollars of the
taxable property of said District.
For maturing School House Bonds
of the 22nd school district 18 cents
on each one hundred dollars of the
taxable property of said District.
It is further ordered that there be
levied on each one hundred dolars of
the taxable property of said county
40 cents on account of public roads
of said county.
Order granted, this the 7th day of
September, 1920.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
To Will Holmes:
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 ] jqe S. ABERCROMBIE Chairman,
stated case, as required by the order j j. H. WILLOUGHBY, Commissioner,
of said Court. j s. L. HEMBREE, Commissioner.
Witness the Honorable F. A. Irwin, j GEORGIA—Douglas County.
Judge of the Superior Court.
This 10th day of August, 1920.
T. L. PITTMAN,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
pointed by the Ordinary of Pierce
County for said purpose, or by three
freeholders in event the managers so
appointed fail or refuse to hold said
election; and said election shall l>e
held under the laws now of force re
lating to the manner of holding elec
tions for county officers. The of
ficers elected at said election shall
enter upon the discharge of their res
pective duties on the 1st day of Jan
uary, 1921.
The ordinaries of the counties from
which said new county is laid out
, _ . * * .. . . .. , 11 (shall furnish the managers of said
to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 111 „
... ... .u„ ol „,„ j election with a lust of the legal voters
registered in their respective counties
these bonds can ho issned ^ithout re-
gnrd to the nrnount of other out- " t
standing debts or bonds of. said muni
cipality. Sixth, these bonds not to
he issued except in ease such pave
ment
repavement has been peti
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:
■° that said par ^ rap ' ,i " h0 pa r a" mow "to issue -street improvement
outstanding bonds of such numioi
polity.” and all persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment Khali
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, “Against ratification
of amendment to Paragraph 1. Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of th<f Constitution
so as to authorize any municipality
having a population of 150,000 or
l.j bonds’ upon a two-thirds vote of the
intended, shall rend ns follow
rrnnh 1. The debt herenfter ... ,
, ... members of its governing body, pro-
furred by nnv county, mumeip.nl cor- ‘ >
. ......... - xi •_ ; vidod such bonds shall not run tor
porntion or political division of this j: __ ■ „ .i,„n i,„ lim.
of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia.
The General Assembly of the State
of Georgia hereby proposes to the
qualified electors of said State an
amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1,
Article 11 of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, as heretofore amen
ded, so as to provide for the creation
of a new county to be known as
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 be organized, by this fur
ther amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section 1, Article 11, another nevf
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 corner of land lot
number thirteen (13), in the 2nd
District of Charlton County; thence
eastwards along the south line of
land lots numbers thirteen (13),
fifty-two (52), seventy-seven (77),
one hundred and sixteen (116), one
hundred and forty-one (141), one hun
dred and eighty (180), two hundred
and five (205), and fractional lot two
hundred and forty-four (244), and
thence continuing in a straight line
to Buffalo Creek, and thence east
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-
waVds along the line between Wayne
and Camden, Counties to the Glynn
| County line; thence further north
wards along the line between the I
Counties of Wayne and Glynn to a
point on said county line one mile I
north of the main line of the Atlanta, ^
Birmingham * and Atlantic Railway;
thence westwards along a line one
mile north of and parallel- with the
aforesaid main line of the Atlanta,'
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to
the Little Satilla River, and the line,
between the Counties of Wayne and
who reside within the territory in
cluded in said new county.
Sec. 2. The provisions of Sections
829 to 848, inclusive, of the Code are
hereby made applicable to said new
county; and said new county, when
created, shall be a “statutory county,"
and subject to all general laws of
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 defray 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 he 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
ence to the boundaries of said new
county.
Sk?c. 6. Whenever the constitu
tional amendment hereby proposed
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members of the two Houses of
the General Assembly, and the same
entered on their Journals, with the
‘ Yeas" and “Nays" taken thereon,
the Governor shall cause said pro
posed amendment to be published in
at least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State for
a period of two months next preced
ing the next general election; and the
Governor shall provide for the sub
mission of this proposed amendment
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
To W. F. Stringfellow, Greeting:
As an heir at law of W. J. String-
fellow, late of Douglas county, Geor-
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,
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.
j I, .T. H. McLarty, Clerk of the
j Board of County Commissioners of
I Roads and Revenues of said County,
! do certify, that the above and fore-
i going is a true extract of the Min-
| utes of said Board of Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 7th day of September,
1920.
J. H. McLarty,
Clerk Board County Commissioners.
Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How He
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn.
CITATION—YEARS SUPPORT
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
The return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months’ support to
Mrs. M. E. Pounds, the widow of
and one minor child of J. W. Pounds
deceased, having been filed in my
office, all 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.
CITATION—DISMISSION FROM
ADMINISTRATION
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,
to show cause, if any they can, why
said Administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration, and
receive Letters of Dismission on the
first Monday in October, 1920.
This 6th day of September, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
‘’‘Some time ago lent 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, 35c, 65c and $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by Almand tc
McKoy, Joe C. McCarley, and Harding
Supply Company.
DR. R. A. RAINER
DENTIST
Telephone 175
Office in Hutcheson Building.
J. R. HUTCHESON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hutcheson Building.
R. H. Poole C. V. Yansant I
DRS. POOLE & VANSANT
Surgery and Chronic Diseases of
Women and Children a Specialty |
Phones Nos. 24, 92 and 137 |
Office over Selman’s Drug Store 1
DOUGLAS COURT OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS
AND REVENUES OF DOUGLAS
COUNTY SITTING FOR COUN-]
TV PURPOSES.
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
It is ordered, considered and ad-
he electors of the State at the, j U( jged, that there be levied as coun
ty taxes for the year 1920 the fol
lowing per centum to-wit:
For general county purposes, 18
cents on each one hundred dollars of
the taxable property of said county.
For bridges, 30 cents on each one
hundred dollars of the taxable prop
erty of said county.
For support of the paupers, 10
cents on each one hundred dollars of
the taxable property of said county.
For jail fees, 7 cents on each one
xt general election to be held
therein, for their ratification or re
jection. All persons voting in said
election in favor of said proposed
amendment, shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
“For the amendment to the Constitu
tion creating the new County of
Brantley;’’ and those opposed thereto
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words, “Against the
State, except
provided f>r shall not exceel seven
•jc*r centum of the assessed value of
ai‘. the taxable property therein, an 1
v no such county, municipality or d!-
vn.tn shall incur any now derc. ex
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
the Constitution | exceeding fen.years and .shall bq lim
amendment to the Constitution creat-
si*
tv of said county.
! f.v Sonratnrv. or Mtate.. WHO
tho southwest corner of land lot num
her one (1) in the 3rd District of
Pierce: thence southeast nion e ine ^ of gai(J eIection sha ll be
channel of the Little Satilla River t. 0 | made to the Secretary of State, .rvho
shall certify the result thereof to
the Governor; and if said proposed
C XI v dill II I i. II - j lilt* VJUVCIIIU1 , I --
ited to the amount assessed by such j Wayne County: thence southwa • , amendment be ratified by a majority
municipality upon such improvement, I along the west lines of land lo snum-. nf thg voterg voting in said preneral
and shall be issued only for the prnd. hers thirty-two (3.1 and Llirty-one ,., etjorli the Governor shall issue his
inp nnd pavinjr or ropnvinq of streets
or portions of streets, and the in
terest thereon shall not exceed six
per centum per annum; furthermore,
these bonds to he issued without re
gard to the amount of other outstand-
(31), in the 2nd District of Pierce
County, to the channel of the Biff Sn-
tilla River: thence westwards un the
channel of the Bip: Satilla River,
through Pierce County, to the county! soy, Governor of said state, do issue; the taxable property of said county,
line- between Pierce and Ware Coun- this my proclamation hereby de- For sinking fund for principal Road
! proclamation to said effect,
Approved August 14, 1920.
Now, therefore, T, Hugh M. Dor-
For court house and jail repairs,
15 cents on each one hundred dollars
of the taxable property of said
county.
For salaries of officers, 10 cents
on each one hundred dollars of the
taxable property of said county.
For interest on Road Bonds, 30
cents on each one hundred dollars of
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. 1. NIX, Specialist.
130 (A) Peachtree St.
^ATLANTA, GA.
Hours—10 A. M. to 6 P. M
Sunday—11 to 1.