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DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY OCTOBER 29, 1920.
LEGAL AD«
jit e of Georgia, Executive De
partment
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proposed amendment
the Constitution of Georgia to be
ed on at the general election to be
^ld in November, 1920, to amend
Vragi’ttph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of
be Constitution of this State by add-
lg thereto the following words:
ovided any municipality having a
opulation of 150,000 or more can
|isue and sell ‘ Street improvement
onds, without the said assent of two-
hirds of the qualified voters at an
|lection cnlletl thereon, but upon two-
drds vote of the members of its
governing body, with these limita
lions; First, the terms of such bonds
khall in no case exceed ten year,-.
■Second, the amount of each issue
■shall be limited to the amount asses-
Ised by such municipality upon each
■ improvement. Third, these bonds
I shall be issued only for the grading
I and paving or repaving of streets or
I portions of streets. Fourth, the in
terest thereon shall not exceed six per
centum per annum. Fifth, these
bonds can no* 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 titan
fifty per cent of the property abutt
ing on the street or portion of street
paved or repaved.
By His Excellency
HUGH M. DOBSEY, Governor.
Whereas: The General Assembly
It its session in 1920 proposed an
imendment to the Constitution of this
Jtate, 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
^eaeh issue shall be limited to the
amount assessed by such municipality
|pon each improvement. Third, these
bids shall be issued only for the
■ding and paving or repaving of
or portions of streets. Fourth,
interest thereon shall not exceed
er centum per annum. Fifth,
bonds can be 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
ihe 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
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 limi
tations: First, the time 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
bpnds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portions of streets. Fourth
the interest thereon shall not exceed
eix per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds cap 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 peti
tioned for in writing hy the owners
of more than fifty per cent of the
property abutting on the street or
portion of street paved or repaved;
:o that said paragraph, when so
imended, shall read as follows: Para
graph 1. The debt hereafter in-
;urred by any county, municipal cor
poration or political division of this
jstate, except as in the Constitution
provided f)r shall not exceed seven
•jer centum of the assessed value of
*i< the taxable property therein, an 1
no such county, municipality or d!-
vi‘ cn shall incur any now do: c, 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
ihe 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
aa prescribed by law, provided said
iwo-thirds so voting shall be a ma
jority of the registered voters, and
provided further tnat ail laws, charter
provisions and ordinances heretofore
passed be enacted providing special
registration of the voters of the
counties, municipal corporations and
oilier political divisions of this .Mute to
pass upon the issuance of bonds of
such counties, municipal corporations
anu political divisions are hereby de-
jiared 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-
irntion, but the validity of any and
all bond issues by such counties,
municipal corporations • o other poli-
divisions made prior to January
nib, shall not be affected here-
mg honds of such municipality;” and
a a majority of the electors qualified
l ) vote lor ntemoers of the General
/vssemoiy voting thereon shall voce
a or raiiiication thereof when the re
turns shun be consolidated as now
required by law in elections for mem-
oers of tne General Assembly and re
turn thereof made to the Governor,
men he shall declare said amendment
adopted, and make proclamation of
the result by publication of the re
sult of said election by one insertion
m 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 AI. Dor
sey, Governor of said state, do issue
this my proclamation hereby declaring
but any city the debt of which i that the foregoing proposed amend-
does not exceed seven per centum of! nient to the Constitution is submitted
assessed value oi the taxable ■ for ratification or rejection to .the
[ierty at the time of the adoption voters of the state, qualified to vote
of Ui.s Constitution may be author
ized by law to increase at any time
me amount of said debt three per
centum upon such assessed valuation.
Brovided, any municipality having a
population of 159,000 or more can!
issue and sell “street improvement
bonus” without the suid assent of two-
thirds of the qualified voters at an
election called thereon, but upon a
two-thirds vote of the members of
.ts 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
oonds shall be issued only for the
grading and paving or repaving of
streets or portion ol streets. Fourth,
the interest thereon shall not exceed
six per centum per annum. Fifth,
these bonds cun be issued without re
gard to the amount of other out
standing debts or bonds of said muni
cipality. ‘‘Sixth, these bonds not to
he issued except in case such pave-
members of the General As
sembly at the general election to be
held 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, 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, Chnilton 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
ment or repavement has been pc-! this State, as set forth in an act ap-
tiHoned for in writing by the owners proved August Nth, 1920, to-wit:
of more than fifty per cent of the BRANTLEY COUNTY, CREATION
property abutting on the street or OF
portion of street puved or repaved.”! NO. 626.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by 1 : —
the authority aforesaid, That when-j An Act to propose an amendment
bv
ties; and thence South and southeast
-.u*ig tne county line between Fierce
aim Ware Counties to tne Charlton
County line; and thence eastwards
along the county line between Pierce
and Charlton to the southeast corner
of Pierce County, the point of be
ginning aforesaid.”
ihe county sue of said new county,
Brantley, shall be Hoooken, Georgia.
Said county shall be attached to IS. G. McLENDON,
the Eleventh Congressional District,; Secretary of State,
the Wayeross Judicial Circuit; and!
daring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted for ratification or rejection
to the voters of the state, qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 2nd,
1920.
HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor.
By the Governor:
to the Third Senatorial District, un- 1 GEORGIA—Douglas County,
til changed by tne General Assembly To All Whom It May Concern:
of Georgia. j H. F. White having, in proper form
Terms of. Superior Court shall Tie, applied to me for Permanent Letters
two in number, held on the first Alon- 0 f Administration on the estate of
day in June, and on the fourth Mon-.Wyly white, late of said County, this
day in November, in each year, until j g c jt e a jj anf j Mnguhir the credi-
ihe number of said terms and time tors and next of kin of Wyly White,
ot holding the same shall be changed.^ an( j a pp Car a t my office within
oy the General Assembly. the time allowed by law, and show
Justices of the Peace and Con
stables cut off into the new county
shall continue to exercise the duties
the above proposed amendment I to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11
to the Constitution shall have been j of t he Constitution of the Stute of
agreed to by two-thirds of the mem- i Georgia.
cieu to the two Houses of the ', The General Assembly of the State I w * 10 il s ‘^ e
and powers of their respective offices
until new militia districts are laid
off in sad new county, and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
1 he 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, eiect an Or
dinary, Clerk of Superior Court, Sher
iff, Coroner, lax 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 in 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 the
schoolhouse at Hoboken, the county
seat of said county, by managers ap
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 be
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 tneir res
pective duties on the 1st day of Jan
uary, 1921.
The ordinaries of the counties from
which said new county is laid out
shall furnLh the managers of said
election with a list of the legal voters
registered in their respective counties
ithin the territory in-
Guieral Assembly, and the same has) of Georgia hereby proposes to the I ‘duded in said new county,
been entered on their Journals, with ! qualified electors of said State an! See. Ihe provisions of Sections
cause, if any they can, why Perma
nent Administration should not be
granted to H. F. White' on Wyly
White’s estate.
Witness my hanl and official signa
ture, this 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
By virtue cf an order granted by
the Ordinary of Cobb County, I wiU
sell before the court house door as
Marietta, Cobb County, Go., on the
First Tuesday in November, next,
during the legal hours for sales, a
house and 4 acres of land, more or
less, and being a ppart of land lot N*.
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,
on West and South by property oi
Harper, and known as the H. M.
Adair house .and lot. Sold for the
purpose of paying debts and dis
tribution among the heirs. Terms,
cash. This October 4th, 1920.
MRS. H. M. ADAIR,
Admx. on the Estate of H. M. Adair,
Deceased.
GEORGIA—Douglas County.
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, regularly
granted at the June Term, 1920, of
said Court, will be sold at public o’, t-
cry, on the first Tuesday in November,
1920, at the Court-house door in said
County, between the legal hours of
sale, the following lands, to-wit: All
that tract 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
Five (95), Ninety six (96) and Ninety
Seven, (97), and bounded as follows:
On the North by the lands of John
and Joeseph Humphries; on the East
by formerly the t)o>ver of Mrs. M. M.
Whitley now T. R. Whitley’s lands;
on the South by the Chattahoochee
River and on the West by lands of C.
D. Hardage and A. A. Fowler and
known as the Mrs. V. A. Brown home
place, containing Two Hundred (200)
acres, more or less.
Sold as the property of Mrs. V. A.
Brown for the purpose of distribution
among the heirs at law of Mrs. V. A.
Brown, deceased.
Terms Cash.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
T. F. BROWN,
Administrator of Mrs. V. A. Brown.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SELL LAND
Douglas Court of Ordinary, Octo
ber Term, 1920.
Or, G. W. Wallis, administrator tk
the estate of Mary A. Morrow, late of
Douglas county, deceased, having duly
appled by petition for leave to sell th*
lands belonging to said estate.
Said applicaton will be heard at tin
reguar term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county, to be held on the firsS
Monday in November, 1920.
This 4th day of October, 1920.
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
Will You Spend 50c On Rat-Snap te
SAVE $1.00
One 65c pkg. can kill 65 rats. The
average rat will rob you of $10 a year
in feed,’ chicks and property destruc
tion. RAT-SNAP is deadly to rata.
Cremates after killing. Leaves a*
pass up meat, grain, cheese to feas’:
smell. Comes in cakes. Rats wiu.
on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c, 65c
$1.25.
Mr. Vaughan, Farmer Tells How He
Lost All His Prize Seed Corn.
the Ayes and Nays thereon, the Gov
ernor shall cuusc said amendment to
be published in at least two news
paper^ in eacn Congressional Dis-
j irict in this State for a period of two
; months next preceding the time of
holding the next general election,
i Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by
| the authority aforesaid, That the
! above proposed amendment shall be
I submitted for ratification to' the
j electors of this State at the next
general election to be hold 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
dod,
of Georgia, as heretofore amen
o as to provide for the creation j
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, ns amended,
829 to 848, inclusive, of the Code are!
hereby made applicable to said new I
and said new county, when j
ndment to Paragraph 2, Section 1,
Article lli of the Constitution of the ,ie,L ‘b
en „ I county; and • said new county, when
i on 'j created, shall be a “statutory county,”
and subject to all general laws of* GEORGIA-
this State applicable to the counties:
thereof.
Sec. 3. The county authoritie
said
CITATION—APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
there
ther
Doulglas County.
To All Yhom It May Concerns
H. K. Forsyth having, in proper
of! form, applied to me for Permanent
new county shall have the right Letters of Administration on the es-
hall be organized, by this fur-1 tw l ieate a debt for and on behalf of| tate of J. E. Forsyth, late of said
amendment to Paragraph 2, count y 10 defray the public ex- j (bounty, this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next kin of
*Some time ago ^ent away for
some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in.
a gunney sack and hung it on a ropi
suspended from roof. Rats got i*
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 &
McKoy, Joe C. McCarley, and Hardin?
Supply Company.
Section 1, Article 11, another new
thereof for the ,first
nty to be known as Brantley, the j wi,hout submitting the same to a
same to be laid out from the Coun-: Vl,u - >»' thL ' qualified voters thereof,
ties of Pieree, Charlton and Wayne, *' Said new eounty, when
and shall include all of the territory 1 created, shall be entitled to one rep-
embraced within boundaries as fol- i tentative in tho Lower House of
vote who is
embers of the
entitled to vote for lows, to-wit: “Beginning at the
General Assembly. I southeast corner of Pierce County, at
Forsyth to be and appear at my of
fice within the time allowed by law,
and show cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration should not
be granted to H. K. Forsyth on J. E.
* i Forsyth’s estate.
Witness my hand and official sig-
DR. R. A. RAINER
DENTIST
Telephone 175
Office in Hutcheson Building.
| amendment of the Constitution shall
i 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
its 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
(governing body, provided such bonds
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 all persons opposed to the
adoption of said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words, “Against ratification
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-
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
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
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
Pierce; thence southeast along the
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 thirty-one
teD, 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-
ing the next general election; and the
Governor shall provide for the sub
mission of this proposed amendment
to the electors of the State at the
J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
llu* General Assembly of Georg
ind the membership of said House
All persons voting at said election in I the southeast corner of lot of land s * la ^ increased by one, so as to ad-j
favor Of adopting tho said proposed number three hundred (300) in the mk of representation therein for said j nature, tms «n aay^ol uctober, lj.u.
9th District of Pierce County, and ll0 ' v count y*
thence northwards along the line be- j ^ ec * * * 1e General Assembly is
tween Pierce and Charlton Counties! authorized to correct any mistake or
to the southwest corner of land lot ^stakes, or inaccuracies, in refer-
number thirteen (13), in the 2nd 1 l ‘ nce to the boundaries of said new
District of Charlton County; thence count y*
eastwards along the south line of ® sc * b. Whenever the constitu-
land lots numbers thirteen (13), j ,ional amendment hereby proposed
fifty-two (52), seventy-seven (77),i slm11 be agreed to by two-thirds of
one hundred and sixteen (116), one i the members of the two Houses of
hundred and forty-one (141), one hun-1 the General Assembly, and the same
died and eighty (180), two hundred entered 011 their Journals, with the
and five (205), and fractional lot two I ^ eas ’ and “Nays taken thereon,
hundred and forty-four (244), and ^e Governor shall \cause said pro-
thence continuing in a straight line P° se 4 amendment to be published in
to Buffalo Creek, and thence east- at least two newspapers in each Con-
wards along the line between Coun- Sessional District in this State for
ties of Charlton and Wayne to the a P® lao ^ tw0 months next preced-
Big Satilla River and the western line ^ 1 1 * A
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.
Holland, late of said county, deceased,
for the purpose of paying debts and
J. R. HUTCHESON
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hutcheson Building.
R. H. Poole C. V. Vansant
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
next general election to be held. distribution among the heirs at law
therein, for their ratification or re- of said deceased. This October 4th,
jection. All persons voting in said 1920.
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
amendment to the Constitution creat- Dq Court rf 0rdj Qetober
ing the new County of Brantley.” T iq9n
T. W. HOLLAND, Administrator
de bonis non, cum iestamento
annexo, of the estate of James
H. Holland.
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
SELL LAND
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
sey, Governor of said state, do issue* This 4th day of October, 1920.
this my proclamation hereby de-! J. H. McLARTY, Ordinary.
T. L. 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.
Chronicl Diseases of
Menfand; 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.