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THE MON TOR. By the Monitor Publishing Company. MORGAN, GA., FLB 19, 1897. Entered at the Post Office at Morgan as second-class mall matter. hates or subscription. One copy one year..... $ 1.00 One copy six months .... 50 One copy three months ... 55 Advertising rates made known on ap¬ plication. By all means let us havo a new school house, not an excuse for one. The Morgan Brass Band is still in the land of the living. It was re¬ organized Tuesday night in the Moni¬ tor building, and the boys, “right now,” give due notice to all parties concerned that they will, in a short time, be to engagements for first- class music. Full particlars in next issue and a little, sweet music later. Mrs. G. W. Colley plants an adverlise- meat in this issue of the Monitor. Bhe says advertising pays, and wtien she fails to advertise her business decrease*. Some jieople seem to think they can’t buy goods cheap unless they go to a railroad town. This is a mistake, and a visit to Mrs. Colley for millinery, notions, etc., will prove it Merchants of Morgan are not pnt to the expense of those of rail¬ road towns.in the way of rents, etc., con- seqnently can save yon money when shopping here. Fi.SEWHERR we publish the gen J,ra ' presentments of our last Grand L*» the second time. We ojnefit of the many ’'’Foiled since last week c the county news sub- the Monitor. The ...ion of the Grand Jury as ng the legal advertisements county is accepted by the manager of this paper, and he will do all in his powder to give efficient officers a first-class service'. We welcom “Tamo Hose” into “mystic circle” of ouv efficient cespondents this week. Wo soon have a beautiful bouquet if flowers continue to bloom. right here the editor of the paper all love and work for wishes to cerely thank his correspondents their valuable assistance in our readers the news, This is paper as well as ours, so lot it from you regularly A correspondent of the tion from Leesburg, Lee county, says: A party from Macau, in ’ Friday night on ■■ ri'riomhers a hs. The ' y ' " ace cun < ed jnco; editor, ^ return to .gia to a .r ■co his hand u_ wielding its ,!i,ce and care over you a copy lias regularly dropping Into my hands. * Georgia boy, I greatly appreciate newsy and interesting sheet each week. I, for one, think Georgia tho State in the Uulon, and Sothwest ,l10 8 *iden spot of the world. Of some of the Westom States havo a better soil than our*, but wo are troubled with snow storms, drouths grasshoppers. 4 os, there ate many sons why our section Is the “pearl of price.” Having been closely associated your new editor while he was In the tol City, I take great pleasure In mending liitn to the |>eople of Morgan well as Calhoun county ns a business and a hustliug newspaper manager. his care end the cooperation of the 1 see no reason why the Monitor not, in a short while, be the leading in its section. He is an old man, well versed In the social and cal situations of the day, and should how to please the good citizens of own and county. There is little here to brook the routine life in a great city. Every one looking forward to the grand inauguration, os it Is only three weeks off. 'The chants have began to decorate their windows for the occasion. The hotels fast being filled, so If any of your are coming they should write me at and I will take pleasure in securing a for them while hero. The l ave all been completed In regard to grand trail, nnd the tickets are now on at only $5 each, indicating a large crowd. The city is expecting at least sno dred thousand visitors to witness the auguration of Maj. McKinley. 1 wilt ctose for tuts time bv wishing editor and family a long and pto-pi i, :- wo’oam vfltb theMo-.-.T in. HIS’l OK V OF MORGAN. (oinpilctl ... and , fl ntlen ... . bjr of ..! one Morgan's School Children. ! ! The following w-ffN written ns e. school coinposition when the writer was only ! twelve years of ago. Her grandfather, i Judge J. J. Ragan, was Ordirtimry at tin; ! time, and from the records of tho county she gathered the data. Morgan ia a small town, founded and j laid off in 1854. It i* situated near the : center of Calhoun county, Ga.. and is : the county seat or site of the same. ; The town was find call'd Jasper, h it was known by this name for only about j one month. When the Inferior Court (it being the body then governing the finances of the county and the selecting I locating and lining of the land for n county site, composed of John Colley, Knocli G. Brown and William Price) found there was another tow n and post- office iu the State called Jasper, they changed the name to that of Morgan, after or for Gen. Henry Morgan, who then resided here. The first Inferior Court that was over held in Morgan (then called Jasper) con- vened on the 28th March, 1854, in a blacksmith shop near where Air. L. H. Davis’s residence now stands. During the May term (1854) of said court the name of the place was changed to Mor¬ gan, and it has been called Morgan ever since. At the April sersion of this court the grounds were selected, and on the 22 nd of May, 1854, the court passed an order to buy from John Price forty acres of land off of and out of lot of land No. 164, and almost in the center of said lot of land the court lionse was to bo and was ereoted in the center of said forty acres. Pour acres|! were laid off for a square around the court house. Around the square store house lots wero laid off, tbroo in each block 50x150 feet. Pour streets 60 feet wide were opened, running directly from the court house, one east, one south, one west and one north ; also a 60-foot street all around the 40 acres. There were eight alleys 30 feet wided opened, two from each corner of the court square, and 150 feet from and on a parallel with the four main streets lead¬ ing from the court house to where they intersect with the street around the 40 acres. There was laid off four different sizes of lots in the 40 acres belonging to the county; first 24 business lots around this square 50x100 feet. Thpy next laid off building lots 150x150 feet, 160x200 feet, and 225x225 feet. These lots were advertised and sold to the highest bidder at public outcry by the Inferior court at i times. Houses v.-ero creeled on - GTH them. On the lirsl Tuesday in J um\ U - l, the contract for tho buihling of the court house was let to one .1 anion B Love, ho being the lowest ami best bidder. !n February, 1856, the court house being completed by said Love, was turned over by him and received by the court, and ‘he court passed an < ter to him lor aiiont ! ' 00 for ()• t y . t iX , MU' V 'nU-» ..uli.it-t to iiui.i t»eqall 1 was h>4 to Jas. B. Love at twol v,< hundred doll,.w. It was finished, turned over, received and paid for m i-V.brmoy 1855. Old people who profess to know, say that J. B. Love was the first person looked up in that jail. In April, 1855, James Colson w as cm- ployed by the county to clear up and clean off the court boose sqnar;, which lie did, and was paid $348. At the same silting of the Inferior court was donated ' out of the county money by said court ■for the building of an academy $100, the citizens also giving the same amount, -viking the eosi of the school house $ 201 ) f for ,, the , l ouofit c, of .. ,, the rising geuerntions. ,. pis been is moved the same a short old distance house, across it having the street and rcmodlud. Calvin Cheshire was the contractor and builder. Iu February, 1856, J. M. Cooper was hired to put out shade trees on tbesquare and streets, receiving for all that lived $1.71 apiece. The first hotel was built about where Mr. Hub Davis’s bonso now stands. It was a two-story building. In the building of the court house n man hy the name of Redding Rimes was accidently knocked off of the top of the house, falling about thirty feet to the ground, but was not killed, so I have heard old people say that know. Tho old court house was burned on tho night of the lltli of December, 1891, having stood and been in use 36 years. This burning caused the county to build the present butiful court house, which all Morgan and Calhoun people are proud of. The contract for the building of the new court house was let to Mr. 8 . T. Lash tor $5,748. Ho commenced the worked September, 1892. aud completed the building in April the following year. Mr. TV. 11. Fark’ns being the architect received five per cent ou tho cost of said building, making tho total cost about $ 6 , 000 . The Morgan of to day is very different to what it once was. Old people say the town used to be a very rondy and bad place. Drinking, fighting, gambling and rondving generally seemed t* be the order of the day in the early history of Morgan. Several men have been killed in Morgan. Everett Mathis was killed by his cousins Hilery and Logan Mathis, James B. Love hy Neadam Arnold, Neadam Arnold by John Williams, Mai rion Price by">amos Aldridge, aud John Arnold by Negroes in a riot, (he was act - ing ns a police and protecting tho towtri. All those were white men. If then \vt u> anyone* dse killed in the town 1 do not know who (hey "ce c IJ: were hnngand killed iu jail. A Negro was hung here befofe tlie war -« *l«ve belonging to Williaj^J^ft—I ^ A!fl .., f ,„. m mia% ovcr . seer named Walker Another Negro, Bib jRoflctnan was hanged in 1875 for . the hilling of another Negro. 8 ml Pow- oil end Bob Richardson, colored, w:ia ex- : eentedfor the mimh i*of Johnnie Arnold. I'lien-lin her n two Negroes hilled in j ! : >d by bin riff Gladden, Bon Taylor and • i The Morgan of to-day is very quiet, j the people all bcingJaalK y, quiet .sociable and kind. I could w rite pages on the j history of Morgan if time and space al- I lowed me to do so, but 1 will not try to ' tell you all about our town, therefore j t will only add that Morgan is as pretty 1 a all place that as yon could find being any where; abig and j prevent it from town is plenty of people posses-edwilli push and enterprise. I will stop. Iris Lee Ragan. May, 1894. (Hand Jury Presentments. GEORGIA—Cai.hogn Cocnty. We, the Grand Jurors, selected, chosen and sworn at this term of coart, beg leave to make the following general pre¬ sentments. Wo find it impossible to examine, through want of time, the books of county offleers thoroughly, and as it seems that there is some irregularities in some of the dockets, we recommend and appoint Jas. Keel, W. B. Joiner and T. E. Cheney to examine tne various books of the county officers during vacation and report to next grand jury any errors or irregularities therein concerning said books. The Jail Committee reports that the jail is neatly and nicely kept. Wo futher recommend that James Keel of 626 G. M. district bo appointed to fill a vacancy of Notary Public Ex. J. P. Wo find that there is a vacancy for jury revisors, For said vacancies we recommend 8 . W. Mnnry, J. M. Wooten and Harper Daniel). We have elected the following board of Roads and Revenues: J. J. Kagan, J. M. Wooten and Henry Turner. We also recommend the small bridge on the road leading from Morgan to Wil- hamslnng on the I’aehilla creek to he i ,l, t on nearer a level w.lli the road-bed. W e recommend tcat J. M.and K. IV. VVndo pay seven dollars and a half ($7.50) tax on lot of land No. 137 in the. I'ourth district in 1896. Wo hither recommend that these gen- '' llu po rentmeuts be published in both ‘OV>»l f, v paper and that they each be paid $5.00 for same. Also that the legal adverlisetiV-ulK be published in both count.', paper.- at half price, and if said papers refuse to publish Mime it ahull be given to the paper having tho largest cir- cnlation. Hereunto attached is a report from a special committee last Grand Jury on tho various county books. „ i n -ion we return thanks to our Solicitor General, Hon. W. E. Wooten, f or jj , 0 n wll y favoiw rendered tho body during . their dchhemtiour,; , ... , also , to , Ins H( , ,j ( , - slu .| lid(1 , tot tlu; able ch ^ courterios extended ^ ^ ) K .,iy GoNpectiii)l,v, tlAMKS KlbKL, Foreman. Aycock, W. B. Joiner, T. E. Chcuey, Rufus Mote, ” Godwin. 8 . V\ . Maury, m. jt!!dan, P A.iriison, M,.« s Timmous, : !■. M, r>lill>». John Btriclriand, ! lls . T. Conley, ’J' Henry Turner, E. ; V,' i>. '/.'f’F lolson, 111 ' I. b. Maury, s0 ‘ 1 ' 14 py Collier, Sidney Paul. j\ s.-We also recommend the Board of Roads and Revenues to fix somewhere ,0 01 ' ucar I ho court house water closets for the convenience of the jurors during court. speoiau committee report. To the Grand Jury of Calhoun Superior Court, June term, 1896: We, the committee examine appointed and at the last term of oonrt to report on the records of the various county of¬ ficers, submit tho following . We find all the records required by law neatly and correctly hereinafter kept .stated. by each officer, except as Commissioner’s Our county School books show— Funds received in 1895, $5,262.89 Disbursed as per vouch¬ ors, $5,240.75 Balance to next year 22.14 5,262.89 Schools operated for this year, 15 whites aud 17 colored. Pupils enrolled, 1,564, General average attendance, 944. Amount roeeiviod for first quarter of 1896, $1,248 75. Disbursed as per vouch¬ ers, $1,218.75. The Tax collector’s books for 1894 shows : To amount of property on di¬ gest as per levy, $4,815.50 Amount collected not on di¬ gest, 25.70 Amount claimed to ho over¬ paid to Treasurer, 116.60 $4,957.80 By insolvent list, $44.35 Expense board, allowed by 28.35 the Treasurer's receipt, 4,096.87 Commissions 188.23 $4,957.80 On the Digest, 1895: To amount on property of di¬ gest as per levy, " ‘fiouD Railroad taxes, Collected not on digest, 1 1 & — 0 ,lot,... O o j j By insolvent list, A0.30 Commissions, 223.13 I Lxponso lfoand, allowed by 15.55 Paid Treasurer, 6,369.02 Tuv ti. ms as Wax- ] Pvt I alforuey’n l auds, 25 00 Treasurer’s receipt June 4, 1800. 71.28 £(*>,7)1.28 The Treasurer’s bonks show; To cash cm Uan<l reported by a. former coin., 8242. IS j Received from L. H. Davis, 1:5.00 1 Ittt’n Dr. Jcnuiu 7.50 j up'to V-ui collector 7189'’.' 4 ICd 55 from (ax on Jan. 7, 1896, 3.000,00 j 7,458.83 Hiabnrsod as per vouchers, $5,714.65 Commissions, 32 b. 25 Amount to balance, 1,‘L.O. J5 87,458.83 .tan a ary 27, 1896: To cash on hand, .ft, 420.95 I Received lrom lax Collector, 3.431.o0 , 4,852.25 Disbursed as per vouchers. $4,125.16 Commissions, 180.91 Cash on hand to bah, 538.18 ' 4,852.25 Outstanding indebtedness, $1,016.00 We find among the vouchers of the tax collector a receipt from the treasurer for $500.82 which does not appear on the treasurer’s books. The collector insists that it is a proper voucher, while the treasurer contends to the contrary. Taking treasurer’s receipts in collector’s report, $4,696.87, deducting amount re¬ ceived from collector in treasurer’s re¬ port, $4,186.05, leaves the amount in dis¬ pute or default $500.82. Taking the amount claimed to be overpaid by the collector to the treasurer, $116.60, and the amount of the county’s loss, $364.22,’ makes a total of $500.82. The Board, in examining this question, found $380.55 making a discrepancy of $3.67, which is accounted for by an error Jin the calcu¬ lation of the collector’s commissions. The Board has made judgment for the amount they found, and as the matter will be in litigation and the final result depend on the evidence, we desist from expressing any opinion that would he likely to pr< jndice either party. Respectfully. A. I. Monroe. W. E. Harvin, Committee. Calhottn Superior Court, December Term, 1896. Held February, 1897. The foregoing general presentments received, read iu open court and ordered filed and spread on the minutes of this court. All recommendations, elections and npoiutments herein contained are | hereby ratified and approved. Let the I general presentments be published as recommended. II. t', nHKlTUM.D, J. a. ()., P. O., Presiding, j Cuzhk’s Off;ok. Superior Court Calhoun Count j, (*a : I, W. J. Ragan, clerk of said court, do hereby certify that general the foregoing is of a j i true copy' of the presentments ad-! tho Grand Jury at, the December Jonriied term 1896, held February 1, | : 1897, as taken from the minutes of said ; court. This Feb. 8 th. 1S97. W. J. Ragan, 8 . 0.. C. C. Don't Tobacco Spit and Sinoko Your Lil’o Away. [ If forever, you want to quit well, tobacco using magnetic, easily : and be made strong, I , full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac, weak I the ivonder-ivorker, that makes men I strong. Manv gain ten pounds No-To-Bac in ten of days. Over 400,000 under cured. Buy to ado your j druggist, Booklet and guarantee sample mailed cure, f.-ee. Ati. or ■ $1.00. Mew York. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or (.’OXSI’AI i’TiON c an be ctreb. T. A. Slocum, M. 0., the groat chem¬ ist and scientist, will send tree, to the afflicted, three bottles of his Newly Discovered Remedies to cure Troubles. 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Con¬ sumption, and uninterrupted, means ... eedy certain death. Address T A Sioeum, M. C., 08 Pine street. Now York, and when writing the Doctor, give express prd post- office address, and ploate mention reading this article io the Monitor. MONEY TO LOAN QUICK. Liberal advances made on farm and city property in Southwest Georgia. We can give you cheaper money than ever, as our connections aie the beet and strongest op- atlng enables in the State. Our long experience us to examine titles and place loans on short notice. No loans made for less than one thousand dollars. We make a specialty of Eujns*, Selling asd Resting Heal Estate on reasonable commission, Have $10,000 In hand to purchase sev ,, n u Unproved farms for a lady in New York city. If you want to sell or negotiate a loan, call on s ni l . W. SMITH. At the Court House. Or address Jones A Sml.h, Attorneys and Real "state Brokers. Albany. 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