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IXU/GLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920
LEGAL ADS
State of Georgia, Executive De
partment
A PROCLAMATION
the taxable property therein, without
me assent of two-thirds of the quali
fied voters thereof voting at an
election for that purpose, to be held
ing boilds of such municipality;” and
if a majority of the electors qualified
t) vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote
prescribed by law, provided said! l0 * ratification thereof when the re-
two-thirds so voting shali be a ma- j LurT1H shall be consolidated as now
jority of the registered voters, and ; required by law in elections for mem-
provided further that all laws, charter j hers of the General Assembly and re
finances heretofore ■ LLirn thereof made to the Governor,
ties; and thence south and southeast daring that the foregoing proposed! ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
along the county line- between Pierce amendment to the Constitution is j
and Ware Counties to the Charlton submitted for ratification or rejection I By virtue cf an order granted by
County line; and thence eastwards to the voters of the state, qualified the Ordinary of Cobb County, I will
along the county line between Pierce to vote for members of the General sell before the court bouse door at
and Charlton to the southeast corner Assembly at the General Election to Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., on the
of Pierce County, the point of be- be held on Tuesday,. November 2nd, 1 First Tuesday in November, next,
ginning aforesaid. I 1020. during the legal hours for sales, a
The county site of said new county, HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia to be j provisions and
voted on at the general election to be I passed be enacted providing special. . i. .1 + ' «
held in'November 1920, to amend registration of the voters of the adopted, and make proclamation of W county snail be attached to S. G. McLENDON,
counties, mumcinal corporations and tesuit by publication of the re-. the Eleventh Congressional District, Secretary of State.
Lnen he shall declare said amendment i Brantley, shali be Hoboken, Georgia, j By the Gove
Paragraph 1, Seclidn 7, Article 7, of
the Constitution of this State by add
ing thereto the following words:
Provided any municipality having a
population of 150,0(30 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 its
governing body, with these limiiu-
tions; First, the terni6 of such bonds
shall in no case exceed ten year.-.
Second, the amount of each issue
jjhall he limited to the amount asses
sed by such municipality upon each
improvement. Third, these bonds
shall be issued only for the grading
gnd 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 oe 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 #an
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
it its session in 1920 .proposed an
Imendment to the Constitution of this
Rate, 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
provoment bonds, without the said
assent of two-thirds of the qualified
voters at nn 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
suit of said election by one insertion: u> the Waycross Judicial Circuit; and
counties, municipal corporations and j
oilier political divisions of this State to ,
pass upon the issuance of bonds of j m one oi ^ papers of this
such counties, municipal corporations declaring the amendment rati-
and political divisions are hereby
dared to be null and void; and the 1 Be 11 furlhur enacted b y
General Assembly shall hereafter i the authority aforesaid, That all laws
have no power to pass or enact any; and I >arts * aws in conflict with
law providing for such special regis. lhis Act he and the same, are hereby
Iration, hut the vulidity of any and j repealed.
ail bond issues by such counties, i Approved August 17, 1920.
municipal corporations o other poll-! N<> w, Therefore, I, Hugh M. Dor- by the General Assembly.
house and 4 acres of land, more or
less, and being a ppart of land lot No.
324, in the 18th District and Second
Section of Douglas County, Georgia,
and bounded on the East by property
of Union Grove Baptist Church; on
North by property of Mr. Edwards,
tical divisions made prior to January I se y* Governor of said state, do issue
1st, 1918, shall not be affected here-1 proclamation hereby declaring
by, but any city the debt of which | tbat the forcRoing proposed amend-
does not exceed seven per centum of * * l '~ f
sessed value of the taxable
property at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution may be author-
teed by law to increase at any time | Rembl y at the general election to be
■ t lw.l/1 »»»» 'Pnnoflo,! MnuomKon 1000
the amount of said debt three per
to tiie Third Senatorial District, un- GEORGIA—Douglas County,
til changed by the General Assemb.y To All Whom It May Concern:
of Georgia. . II. I. White having, in proper form on West and South by property of
Jerms of Superior Court. sha l be applied to me for Permanent Letters Harper, and kno*n as the H..M.
two m num icr, h c on a u-s 1 on of Administration on the estate of Adair house and lot. Sold for the
ay m ' me > am on ic our i on Wyly White, late of said County, this; purpose of .paying debts and dis-
<ay in ovi.m ii, in cac year, un 1 j j s c j te a ); an< ] sinprulai- the credi- tribution among the heirs. Terms,
the number of said term, and time to ,. E and „ ext of ki „ of Wy]y White, : cas h. This October 4th, 1920.
jot holding the .amt shall be changed | to ^ and app( , ar . at my office ^; thip MR £ R M ada jjj j
the time allowed by law, and £how Admx. on the Estate of H. M. Adair,
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-
centum upon such assessed valuation.
Provided, any municipality having a
population of 160,000 or more can
issue and sell “street improvement
bonds” without the said assent of two-
ihirds of the qualified voters at an
election called thereon, but upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of
its governing body, with thrfjse limi
tations: hirst, the term of such
bonus shall in no case exceed ten
years. Second, the amount of each
issue shall be limited to the ameunt
assessed by such municipality upon
eacn improvement. 'Third, these
oonds snuil be issued only for the
gruUing 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
of more than fifty per cent of the
property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved.”
iSec. 2. Be it further unacted by'
the authority aforesaid, That when
ever tile above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall have been
hield on Tuesday, November 2nd, 1920.
HUGH M. Dorsey, Governor.
By the Governor:
S. G. McLENDON,
Secretary of State.
Stale 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, 1j920, 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, Chariton and
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 an
amendment to the Constitution of
this State, as set forth in an act ap-
e, if any they can, why Perma-
| nent Administration should not ; be
granted to H. F. White on Wyly
Justices of the Peace and Con
stables cut off into the new county,
shali continue to exercise the duties j
and powers of their respective offices i ^1”“ ~
until new militia districts are laid 1 ‘ * .......
Witness my hanl and official signa
ture, this 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
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 snail, on the second Wednes
day in December, 1920, elect an Or
dinary, Clerk of Superior Court, Sher
iff, Coroner, Tax Collector, Tax Re
ceiver, County Treasurer, County
Surveyor, County school Superinten
dent, and Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly, who shall hold office
until the next general election, for
county officers shall be held m the
State of Georgia, and until their suc
cessors are elected and qualified, and
said officers shall qualify, give bond,
and take oath as prescribed by law.
Said election shall be held at bhe
schooihouae at Hoboken, the county
cry, on the first Tuesday in November,
U920, at the Court-house dopr in said
County, between the legal hours of
sale, the following lands, to-wit: All
that iract or parcel of land situated,
lying and being in the First (1st)
District and Fifth (5th) Section of
originally Carroll but now Douglas
County, Georgia, being parts of land
lots numbers Ninety Two (92), Ninety
seat of said county, by managers ap-j Five (96), Ninety six (96) and Ninety
pointed by the Ordinary of Pierce: Seven, (97), and bounded as follows:
County for said purpose, or by three! 0n tbe North by the tends of j ohn
freenolders in event the managers so, and ,[oeseph Humphries; on the East
appoinU-n tail or refuse to hold said by f orm eriy the Dower of Mrs. M. M.
election; and said election shall be Whitley now T. R. Whitley's lands;
held under the laws now of force re- j OT) the South by the Chattahoochee
taring to tnc manner of holomg elec- Rjver and on the Wer . t by lands of C.
r tions for county officers. The of-| D HardaJfe and A . A Fowler and!'
proved August 14th, 1920, to-wit: Heers elected at said election shall, knowI) afi tbe Mrs v . A. Brown home 1
ADMINISTRATOR,S SALE
Will You Spend 50c On Rat-Snap to
SAVE $1.00
! One 65c pkg. can kill 65 rats. The
I average rat will rob you of $10 a year
! in feed, chicks and property destruc-
— jtion. RAT-SNAP is deadly to rats.
GEORGIA Douglas County. i Cremates after killing. Leaves no
By virtue of an order of the Court pass up meat, grain, cheese to feast
of Ordinary of said County, regularly j smell. Comes in cakes . ^11
granted at the June Term, 1920, of i on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c, 65c
said Court, will be sold at public 011- j $i.25.
ANAWAKA FARM
112 1-2 acres, 2 1-2 miles oi
Douglasville, near schools etc., 55
acres in cultivation, red land, 30
acres in creek bottoms, balance in
original forest, and pasture. Large
6-room dwelling, plenty outbuild
ings, including garage. 60 foot
bam, dairy barn to accomidate 15
cows, milk room concrete. Terms.
McKinley collins
Bx. 153, Douglasville Ga.
BRANTLEY COUNTY, CREATION
OF
NO. 626.
ten . years. Second, the amount, of agreed to by two-thirds of the mem-
each issue shall be limited to the
y /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 he 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-
elected to the two Houses of the.
General Assembly, and the same hits
been entered on their Journals, with
the Ayes and Nays thereon, the Gov
ernor shall cause said a mend merit to
oe published in at least two news-
paperf dn 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 proposer! amendment shall be
submitted for ratification to the
electors of this State at the next
general election to be held after the
Ing on the street or portion of street publication, as provided in the second
paved or repaved;” and for other section of this Act, in the several
purposes. j election districts of this State, at
Be it enacted by the General As- j which every person shall be qualified
sembly of the State of Georgia, and j to vote who is entitled to vote for
Jt is heroby enacted by authority of ’ members of the General Assembly
' thfe 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:
Provided, any municipality having
a population of 1/50,000 or more can
Issue and sell “street improvement
’ bonds,” without the said assent of
|wo-thirds of the qualified voters at
in election called thereon, but upon
• two-thirds vote of the members of
its governing body, with these limi
tations: First, the time of such
bonds shall in no case exceed ten
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
of amendment to Paragraph 1, Sec
tion 7, Article 7, of the Constitution so
afi to authorize any municipality hav
ing a 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
two-thirds vote of the members of its
years. Sfecond, the amount of each governing body, provided such bonds
issue shall be limited to the amount
assessed by such municipality upon
•ach improvement. Third, these
bonds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
fleets or portions of streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
Six per centum per annum. Fifth,
those bonds can be issued without re
gard to tffe 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 peti
tioned for in writing by the owners
of more than fifty per cent of the
property ^butting on the street or
portion M street paved or repaved;
lo tlj/t said paragraph, when so
yfiaended, shall read as follows: Para-
f praph 1. The debt hereafter in
curred by any county, municipal cor
poration or political division of this
{Rate, except as in the Constitution
provided fjr shall not exceet sevem
per centum of the assessed value of
pi. the taxable property therein, an 1
,lio such county, municipality or d:-
v»Utn shall in.cur any ne*/ derc, ex
cept for a temporary loan or loans
to supply casual deficiencies of reve
nue, not exceeding one-fifth of one
p^r centum of the assessed value of
An Act to propose an amendment
to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11
of the Constitution of the State of
enter upon the discharge of tneir res-| conUmin( . Two Hundred (200)
pective duties on the 1st day of Jan-I ^ ^ m )eRs
ua ,^’ 192 J. - ... . j Sold as the property of Mrs. V. A.
The ordinaries of the counties from . -
. Brown for the purpose of distnoution
which said new county . is laid out
shall furnish the managers of said
election with a list of the legal voters
Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How Ee
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn.
Georgia j re K ls tered in their respective counties
The General Assembly,of the State'"' 1 ' 0 reside Wlthln lhe territory in-
0f Georgia hereby proposes to the | “ >n »jd Section* | Administrator of Mrs. V. A. Brown.
among the heirs at law of Mrs. V. A
Brown, deceased.
Terms Cash.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
T. F. BROWN,
qualified electors of said State an.
amendment to Paragraph 2. Section 1, 829 to 848 . inclusive, of the Code are
Article 11 of the Constitution of the lhOT ‘’ b y made applicable to said new
State of Georgia, as heretofore amon-1 connt ' y: “ ,ld said ncw « 0 «nty, when
ded, so as to provide for the. creation | created, shall he a "statutory county,’'] n , , „ ntv
of a new countv to be known as ami su,, J l,ct a11 general laws of GEORGIA Doulglas Oount>.
Brantley, and for other purposes. ! lhis SUlte applicable to the counties I To All Yhom It May Concern:
o ia t t jj'g a au • thereof H. K. Forsyth having, m propel
Section 1. In addition to the coun- \ w 1 treoi. J _ _ ,
ties now provided for by the Con-! Sec. 3. The county authorities of, form, applied to me for Permanent
‘^Some time ago lent away ier
some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in
a gunney sack and hung it on a rope
suspended from roof. Rats got 5t
all—how beats me, but they did be
cause I got 5 dead whoppers in the
morning after trying RAT-SNAP.^
CITATION—APPLICATION . FOR Three sizes, 35c, 65c and $1.25.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION : Sold and guaranteed by Almand &.
! McKoy, Joe C. McCarley, and Harding
; Supply Company.
stitution of Georgia, as amended,
there shall be organized, by this fur
ther amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section 1, Article 11, 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 comer of Pierce County, at
the southeast comer of lot of land
number three hundred (300) in the
9th District of Piorce County, and
thence northwards along the line be
tween Pierce and Charlton Counties
to the southwest comer 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-
said new county shall have the right j Letters of Administration on the es-
to create a debt for and on behalf of j tate of J. E. Forsyth, late- of said !
said county to defray the public ex-j County, this is to cite all and singular i
penses thereof for the .first year the cre ditors and next kin of „.
without submitting the same to a; Forsyth to be and appear at my of-1
vote of the qualified voters thereof. ^ ce w ithin the time allowed by law, i
Sec. 4. Said new county, ^hen ^ show cause, if any they can, why
created, shall be. entitled to one rep-| anent adrn Oration should not
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
DR. R. A. RAINER
DENTIST
Telephone 175
Office in Hutcheson Building.
new county.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly is
authorized to corVect any mistake or
mistakes, or inaccuracies, in refer
ence to the boundaries of said new
county.
Sec. 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-
wards along the line between Coun- gressional District in this State for
ties of Chariton and Wayne to the 1 a P eliod of two months next preced-
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 ami Glynn to a
point on said county line one mile
north of the main line of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway;
thence westwards along a line one
ing the next general election; and the
Governor shall provide for the sub
jection. All persons voting in said
election in favor of ^aid proposed
amendment, shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
For the amendment to the Constitu-
shall not run for exceeding ten years
and shah be limited to the amount as
sessed by such municipality upon
each improvement and shall’ be issued
only for the grading and paving or
repaving of streets or portions of
streets and the interest thereon shall
not exceed six per centum per annum;
furthermore, these bonds to be issued
without regard to the amount of other
outstanding bonds of such munici
pality,” and nil persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment jshall
have written or printed on their bal-
creating the new County of
tLTK tof tefconstii aforesaid main line, of the Atlanta.; Brantley;” and those opposed thereto
so as to authorize any municipality
having a population of 150,000 or
more to issue ‘street ( improvement
bonds’ upon a t\to-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-
be granted to H. K. Forsyth on J. E.
Forsyth's estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
GEORGIA—Carroll County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinay of said county, granted at
the October Term, 1920, will be sold
at public outcry, to the highest bid
der for cash, within the legal hours of
sale, before the court house door of
said county, on the first Tueesday in
November, 1920, the following real
estate, to-wit:
Fifty (50) acres of land, more or
less, situated in the southwest corner
of lot of land No. 198, of* originally
Carroll, now Douglas County, Georgia.
Sold as'the property of James H.
mission of this proposed amendment 1 Ho!,and ' iat0 of “ ld count >'' defeased,
to the electors of the State at the |for the purpose of paying debts and
next general election to be held j distribution among the heirs at law
therein, for their ratification or re- 1,1 said deceased. This October 4th,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to j-'hall have written or printed on the lr
the Little Satilla River, and the line j ballots the words, Against the
between the Counties of Wayne and ; amendment to the Constitution create _
Pierce; thence southeast along the j mg the new County of Hrantley. ^ TerRp 1920
- - The returns of said election shall be
J. R. HUTCHESON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hutcheson Building.
R. H. P#ole C. V. Vansant
DRS. POOLE & VANSANT
Surgery and Chronic Diseases of
Women and Children a Specialty
Phones Nos. 24, 92 and 137
Office over Selmau's Drug Store
1920.
T. W. HOLLAND, Administrator
de bonis non, cum testamento
annexo, of the estate of James
H. Holland.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SELL LAND
Douglas Court of Ordinary, October
channel of the Little Satilla River to
the southwest corner of land lot 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 thdrty-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 Conn-
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
sey, Governor of said state, do issuej 4th day of October, 1920.
this my proclamation hereby de-‘ J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
Pittman, administrator de
bonis non of the estate of Jackson S.
Smith, late of Douglas county, de
ceased, having applied by petition for
lease to sell the lands belonging to
said estate. Said application will be
heard at the regular term of the
Court of Ordinary for said county to
be held on the first Monday in Novem.
ber, 1920.
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 P. M
Sunday—11 to 1.