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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Minutes of the Town Board
Meeting In Augusta In 1783
Interesting Old Records Reveal the Business Life of
This City Nearly 150 Years Ago
This is the third of a series
of articles tolling of the early
days of Augusta as compiled
fr m minutes of the Board of
Commissioners of the Town of
Augusta, dating from 17*3.
In this Installment is told of
the order given by the commis
sioners for the lr.ylng out of the
Sand Bar Ferry road and the
road to line's Creek.
Death of William Candler.
Contractor for erecting the
Academy buildings.
Persons guilty of felling and
burning certain trees advised to
•'d’sist from such practice In
pnlH -jit being prosecuted ac
cording to law”
Rite for the church, the
Academy and the first ceme
tery, located.
NOVEMBER 9, 1784
Present at the meeting of the
board of commissioners: fteorge
Walton. William Glascock and
Bamuel .Tack.
It was ordered at till* meeting
“That the clerk do write to nil such
purchasers of lots whose first pay
ments have become due, and re
quire the same to be made.
••That the road be laid out below
the town from the Band Par In a
Straight direction to. and In a line
with Hrond street and bo thirty-two
feet wide; and be also continued In
the snme direction and width above
the town to the Hitt, near the house
on the land belonging to the Tint
nard estate: and from thence to be
continued of the snm" width and In
a direction to the best and most
convenient cros«lng place on Ttae’s
("reck. Intermediate old ford and
the Dutch Mill: from thence |n such
manner and direction na the com
missioners of the roads shall deem
proper.
''That, It be laid out by a com
pass and measured with a chain,
beginning at the Rand liar and
ending at the center of 'be town;
end tn like manner from l’.ae's
Creek, plarlng numbered oblong
pieces of rook each quarter of a
mils distance.
•'William Onndler. esquire, who
sometime since undertook to e *ct
the Academy, having lately dena t
ed th s life wherehv the contract
mav fall to t.e fu'fllled, nnd the >-ep
rcsentattves of the said deceased
having proposed to annul the con
tract nnd can,oft the bonds glvn on
either side: Ttrsolved. therefore,
•hat the commlssionrws, to prev’n*
as much as possible all delay in
completion of Mils interesting bu«'-
nes*. do agree to make void the con
tract entered Into with the said
William Candler In bla life time,
and to take hack and cancel the
bond given for payment.”
Monday, 21 March, 1785 i Pres
ent at the hoard meeting, George
Walton, William Glascock and
Samuel Jack.
"Andrew McT.enn, esquire, de
ceased. having In hla life time made
claim to h certain parcel of land,
alleged to be common land, ap
pertaining to the sale of lots of
Aug ntn, the House of Assembbly
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the said Andrew Mcl.can, hut this
board not having received any
amount or any return of any such
appraisement, or of any payment
on bonds for doing it, do order
that a copy of this entry be trans
mitted to the executors of the said
Andrew Mcl.enn together with a
copy of the the underwritten reso
lution that they make their repre
sentations upon the premises.
•'Resolved. That the next House
of Assembly bo informed of the
present uncertain state of the right
lit ihe said land, and be requested
to give direction In that regard,
either bv Instructions to the board
or by referring It to the determina
tion of tlie law.
"Ordered. That tits pres/nt oc
cupants of the adjoining estate of
the said Andrew Mcl.enn be ad
vised to place their western fences
In a line extended with the row of
trees Just above the storehouses
until such shall take
place, that being the line of the
most authentic upper fence of the
said estate.
"The board being Informed that
sundry persons have been In the
practice of felling and burpin'* the
trees on the South Common of the
town to the general Injun' of the
at their sessions In .January and
February, 1784, did by their reaolu
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lot holders. It ts ordered that all
persons deilat from such prac
tices In future, In pain of being
prosecuted according to law.”
Augusta, 25 March, 1785: Prea
ent at the board meeting, George
Walton, William Glascock and
• Hamuel Jack.
"The board having consulted up
on the employment of a Master for
the Academy, anjl Mr. William Rog
ers, late of the State of Maryland,
hnvlong been well recommended as
being of good fame and sufficient -
ly learned In the aclenccs. the board
contracted with and approved the
said William Rogers to be master
thereof In manner and upon the
terms following:
"That they assure nnd engage to
pay to the said William Rogers the
sum of two hundred pounds, ster
ling, for one year, to commence
from the second Tuesday In April
next, by quarterly Instalments In
lieu of all oiher perquisites and
considerations except the use of
buildings and garden.
“For which the said master shall
give hla whole time, shall teach the
Latin, Greek and English langu
ages nnd the common uractlcnl
branches of the mathmetlcks, ac
cording to the rules established and
practiced In the semirinrlea of learn
ing lri the United States.
"Resolved, That to Indemnify the
board and the funds of the county,
the following sums shall he de
manded for eduentloti:
”1. Children In the first stage,
learning letters, orthography and
reading, four dollars per quarter.
”2. Children In the second stage,
learning the principles of Kngllsh
Grammar and cyphering, five dol
lars per quarter.
"3. Persons In the third stage,
learning the Latin or Greek lang
uages or any branch of the math
maticka, ten dollars per quarter.
"Resolved that the said master he
empowered to employ a teacher of
the scholars In the first degree, for
a sum not exceeding fifty pounds
for one year, subject to the control
of the hoard.
"Ordered, That nil fences or other
obstructions In the streets of the
town he removed forthwith, or the
clerk be directed to mnke s report
of the same to the attorney genera!
for prosecution.”
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Augusta, 4 April, 17S5t Present
at the board meeting, George Wal
ton. Wm. Glascock, and Bamuel
Jack.
"The board having been In
formcll that the undertakers
of the church were prepared to
bring In the lumber nnd desired to
know the spot on which It wns to
lie erected. Whereupon It la order
ed. that tho square of the public
land lie precisely ascertained by the
county surveyor and be divided Into
four equnl parts, thus:" (diagram
showing the boundaries of the tract
of land with the river on the north,
Mclntosh street on the west . . .
street on the south, and Washing
ton street on the east Is drawn In
the record) "Then draw a line
parallel with the outer street sixty
feet within its border, upon which
the range of buildings shall front:
Vl*. 1: The Academy to he exactly
in the center; a Inrge gate, avenue
and court to lie In front, nnd a gar
den from the back to tlie* river.
"2 The church with an avenue,
elder or vestry house and gate in
front, nnd n grass field in the back
ground.
"J. The president'* house, pri
vate avenues and gnte In front, and
garden next the river.
"Ordered. That an acre of ground
for a cemetery, be laid out In the
common south of the town between
Center street Of the old tovn and
Washington street, to be admeas
ured as follows: The distance from
the front of the town of the width
of one of the pnraliel street shall he
first marked; then shall be added
and marked the width of one of
the squares, and thetn again the
width of another parallel street,
upon the south border of which
shall be the cemetery, laid out cen
trally between the streets before
mentioned and upon the principle of
a common lot. having In view the
future extension of the town thus:
"When th* limits shall he thus
ascertained tho clerk with the ad
vice and consent of one or more of
the old commissioners shall em
ploy a perron to fence it. in a plain
manner with common nails In tht
first instance.
"Ordered, That some person In
like manner lie employed to level
the old fortifications to the public
lots, and also to fence the whole of
of It In. . ."
(To lie Continued.)
HARRY WOODRUFF
Seriously Injured in Auto
Accident
ATIIKNH, Ga.—The condition of
Harry Woodruff well-known Co
lumbus business man and former
star quarterback of the University
of Georgia, who was injprcd in an
automobile accident, 12 miles from
Athens on the Atlanta-Athens high
way Friday night, was reported un
changed Haturday morning. Ills
general condition due to the passing
of the nervous shock, Is expected
to show some Improvement as tho
day advances. He Is In a semi
paralytic s'atc and x-rays will be
made during the day In an effort
to determine the extent of his in
jury.
The others Injured In the wreck,
Jim Wooruff, an cider brother of
Harry and Alfred Voung, both of
Columbus, are showing Improve
ment. Young suffered a broken
collarbone and Jim Woodruff was
injured about the hips.
The accident has caused much
depression and has cast a. damper
on the festivities planned In behalf
of the University's homecoming
celebration this afternoon, the fea
ture Is a football game between
Georgia nnd Tennessee. The Wood
ruffs are brothers of George Wood
ruff, head epoch at Georgia.
GEORGIA VOTERS
Have Choice of Five Pres
idential Candidates
ATLANTA, Ga.—Opportunity Is
offered at the polls In Georgia
Tuesduy to vote for five candidates
for president. The Dnvls-Rryan,
Goolldge-Dawes and UaFollette-
Wheeler tickets have full sets of
electors In the field while the Am
erican pnrty Is represented by can
didates for electors at large and
front five districts. The prohibition
party also has candidates for elec
tora at large but no district candi
dates.
WHITE'S CAMPAIGN
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Holds Chief Interest in
Kansas
TOPKKA. Kan*.—'William Allen
White's spectacular Independent
campaign for governor on a straight
out fight against the Ku Klux Klan
holds chief interest in Kansoa as
the campaign rushes to a close.
The Kmporla editor, opposing
Governor Jonathnn M. Davis, and
Lieutenant Governor Ren 8. Taul
cn, republican, has made the klan
Ills target throughout a vigorous
slumping tour, appealing to voter*
of all parties.
With a picturesque wffite hat and
the family touring car in which he
drives from meeting to meeting, ns
his only accessories. Mr. White de
fies ail campaign rules. He has no
manager, no headquarters or other
accepted campaign fixtures, making
his candidacy entirely personal.
Kreisler Recital
in Paris Cancelled
PARIS—The recital by Frit*
Kreisler at the opera, set for No.
vember It, which was to have been
his after-war debut In balance, has
been cancelled owing to the agita
tion against the appearance of A
former enemy 1n the State Theater
on Armistice Day.
MAIL UNCALLED FOR
Unclaimed parcels and printed
matter nt the Augusta Post Office,
wok ending. Oct. 31, 1924.
Adkins, Sid, Andonegui, Senor J„
Cnson, .lunlus (2), Chambers, J. JV„
('lark, Mrs. Ida, Cunningham, Mrs.
Ressie, Davis. Dr. Tj. L. (2), Deen,
l)r. J. K. Dean, Dept, of Music,
Kates, W. O. A- Co., Goodner, J. C„
Griswold, F. W., Hersey, J. M.,
Hoyt, Rev. Myron K , Hayes Hotel,
Jordan. Dr. A. N„ Jordan’s Phar
macy, Lindsey, A. 0.. Marlowe, It
D„ Patterson. J. P„ Renee, R. F.,
Wldener, 8. W., Wlgodner, Sam.
Champ Steno
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Chari** L. Bw*m, p*r»onal *t«-
nographer to th* lata Pr«»ld*nt
Wilson won tha Intarnatlonal
championship trophy In tha Nation
al Shorthand Importers' Associa
tion tests for the second consecu
tive year. He will retain It per
manently If he wins It again next
year.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
News of Colored People
In and Around Augusta
(By A. W. WIMBERLY)
The educational section of the
Commission on Interracial Co
operation with headquarters in At
lanta has released tho following
news Item which ought to Inspire
the colored people to greater ef
forts at self-help. I wish specially
to draw to the attention of thought
ful AugUHtans, especially that class
of would-be leaders among the col
ored people who seem to believe
that to stir up hatred is evidence of
leadership, this excerpt from Bis
hop Jones' address: "In God’s name,
let us have less of hate and more
of love, understanding and fellow
ship.”
HANDSOME NEW BUILDING
FOR GAMMON SEMINARY
SIOO,OOO Structure Dedicated with
Impressive Ceremonies—Bls
— hop 11. E Jones prin
cipal Speaker.
ATLANTA, Ga.—An Important
step in '.he progress of Gammon
Theological Seminary, this city,
was marked by the dedication, last
week, of Thirkiehl Hall, beautiful
and commodious administration and
class room building Just completed
at a cost of SIOO,OOO. Three bishops
of tho Methodist Episcopal church
took part In the Impressive cere
monies Hishop E. G. Richardson of
Atlanta presided, Rishop Robert E.
Jones of New Orleans delivered the
dedicatory address, and Bishop and
Mrs. Thirkield responded.
Bishop Jones In his address er
pressed the hope that the seminary
might continue to bo a center for
the promotion of a vital and ethical
Interpretation of Christianity, as
against changeless tradition and
Inflexible dogma. He also made an
Impassioned plea that It might be
always an netlve agency for the
propagation of interracial good will.
"In God's name,” he pleaded, "let
us have less of hate and more of
love, understanding and fellow
ship. Kurely there Is enough in
Christianity to enable us all to put
aside bitterness and rancor and
stand together in mutual good will
ami helpfulness.”
The new building Is three stories
THE AUGUSTA UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
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BOUND IN BLACK SEAL CRAIN, LARGE TYPE— ALL NEW, EAST ON YOUR EYES
high, of brick and stone, and very
impressive and beautiful in its
architecture. The work was done
by an organization financed aqd
managed wholly by negroes. “The
Rervice Construction Company.”
which secured the contract on com
petitive bid and carried it out to
the letter. Dr. P. M. Watters, presi
dent of the seminary, paid the con
struction company a high tribute
for their faithful and efficient work
and stated that the building would
ever redown to the honor of the
colored people.
Funds for the erection of the
new building were supplied In equal
parts by the Methodist Centenary
and from endowment Income. Bis
hop and Mrs. Thirkield, for whom
it is named, were sent to Atlanta
to open the school in 1883, at which
time there was but one member of
the faculty and two students. Since
then the school has sent out 1,500
alumni end now enrolls annually
more than a hundred men and wo
men preparing for the ministry and
other forms of Christian work.
Among its distinguished alumin are
Bishops Jones, Camphor and
Beckett.
After the dedication the beautls
ful dining hall recently erected was
formally named Bowen Hall In
Ifonor of Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, for
thirty-eight years a member of the
faculty.
From every section of t'he country
comes evidence of the fact that the
thoughtful, self-respecting colored
men anil women voters have re
solved to follow the course of other
groups and support that party
which will treat them fairly and
guarantee them a square deal, in
stead of allowing themselves to be
held and flouted as political chatel
and every four years only through
hired negro leaders(7) huddled for
the political auction block through
appeals to the brute Instinct. I cite
a case In evidence of this whole
some change In the action of the
Republican county committee of
Chatham county, composed as are
most of such committees In the
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southern states, of a large majority
of colored men and women
Here is the resolution which It
unanimously adopted* at their
meeting held in Savannah Thurs
day night of last week:
“Whereas, the Goergla port bill,
if passed by the Georgia Legisla
ture, will be of Inestimable benefit
to the farming section of this state
and will greatly Increase the value
of farm products made in Georgia
each year, and
“Whereas, three prominent citi
zens have been nominated in the
Democratic primary without op
position for the sole purpose of
working and voting for the Georgia
port bill which means so much to
Chatham county, and,
‘ Whereas, there are three can
didates for the Legislature who
have been nominated by a Lily
White element In Chatham county
whose sole purpose will be to em
barrass the efforts of the progres
sive citizens of this community in
their plans to pass the Georgia port
bill, therefore, \
“Be it resolved by the Republican
executive committee of Chatham
county, that we endorse the candi
dacies of Messrs. Lawton, Den
mark and Alexander as representa
tives In the Georgia Legislature and
ask all Republicans to vote for
them in the coming election.
"This 23rd day of October, 1924.
”F. B. Pettie, Chairman,
“Frank Callen, Secretary.”
Pettie, the chairman of this com
mittee, is a high class colored law
yer at the Chatham county superior
court bar. Callen, the secretary, is
a college graduate and probation
officer for Savannah. The days of
the hair brained fomenter of strife
in Savannah has passed and Is
passing here. Brethren, carry the
news to Jawn.
Willie Moss, the son of the late
William Moss, happened to a pain
ful accident one day during the
week by having his hand painfully
lacerated by» the machinery In a
local bakery. It was at first
thought that, the hand would have
to be amputated, but It is now
thought that that will not be neces
sary.
Madame Cook, the popular dress
maker on Thirteenth street, who
went to the University hospital a
few days ago for a simple opera
tion, after a stay of only three
days. Is again at home, to the de
light of husband and hosts of loyal
friends.
Is the tiegro loyal and trust
worthy? The following is an ac-
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count of the heroism displayed by
a colored young man in Atlanta a
few days ago in rescuing a whole
family from a burning building.
The act of Russell was so noble
and heroic. It was clearly an ex
pression of the heart of the
negro's and an evidence of the
truth that the black man has al
ways been the best friend of the
southern white man. Every
thoughtful colored person, and
likewise every white person in
Georgia, must feel proud of Rus
sell, and Join in the effort to have
him given that consideration which
his unselfish deed merits.
NEGRO YOUTH MAKES
THRILLING RESCUE
With Reckless Courage Enters
Burning Building and Saves
Lives of Three.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Southern news
papers are widely acclaiming the
heroism of Paul Russell, of this
city, a colored youth, who early
Sunday morning, repeatedly enter
ed a burning building and saved the
lives of three people asleep within.
Russell, who occupied a second
floor room at the home of his em
ployer, Mrs. Z. H. Culpepper, on
West Peachtree street, awoke to
find the lower part of the house
seething In flames.. Cut off from
the stairs, he leaped to the ground.
His first thought was for the
other occupants of the house, Mrs.
Culpepper and her two grandchild
ren, seven and nine years of age.
Bursting through a window into
their room, he found them asleep,
unconscious of their danger.
Catching up the two children Rus
sell bore them through the window
to safety, then went back into the
room and rescued Mrs. Culpepper.
Learning that there was a trunk
In the room containing valuable
papers, he broke away from by
standers who sought to hold him
back, climbed through the window
again and brought the trunk out.
With every entry into the flaming
building, said the fire chief, he had
taken his life into his hands.
The next day the story of Rus
sell’s heroism was on everybody’s
lips. The local papers and the As
sociated Press featured the story,
and the Constitution carried the
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youth’s picture, along with that ot
the family he had saved. The local
interracial committee is investigate
lng the case, with the view of rece
omrnending Russell for a medal.
The easiest thing In the wor A
to find —trouble.
News received by ber parenU,
W. J. Walker and wife, Thursday
evening brought the info^!
a**
&S3S. “H" “J
arms caught in the mang *
of a large circle ad "i‘ r ‘efi as her
nf the voung woman, as weu as “■*
immediate family. She was perhap.
‘the most popular >;°ung colored
tkmal*realm. I am glad to note that
later news Indicates that her urn
are not so serious as at nrsc
thought to be. and that with
care and medical attention she will
bt alright and able to resume her
studies within a short time, for
which countless friends will d«
voutly hope.
My advice to Henry Lincoln
Johnson would be to stop abusing
the southern people long enough
at least to answer or acknowledge
the receipt of letters from his con
stituents who made him national
committeeman from Georgia.
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As this is* communion day at
Trinity C M. E. church, Dr- Ander
son, the pastor, will conduct all
the services.
Nurse Hattie Walker entertained
the Nickel Club of Union church
Monday evening at her home on
Miller street.
Paine College and Claflin Unt.
versity will battle on the Pain* -
gridiron next Friday. These teams
are pretty evenly matched and a
battle royal may be expected. It
will prove to be a case of Greek
meeting Greek. All colored Augusta
will be at the game, while th*
Orangeburg rooters will conjest
Augusta.
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