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.. t'aESENT
MEN’S S.
September Term, 18S8.
Georgia, Banks County,
Banka Superior Coart, September
Term 1888:
W\r, tko Grand Jurors selected,
chosen and sworn for this term of the
court, make the following present
ments:
We have by appropriate committees
examined the books and papers of the
various county officers, public build
ings. paupers home, eto.
We find that the books and paperß
of the ordinary, clerk and sheriff’s of
fices are neatly andoorrectly kept.
We have examined the tax books
and find them neatly and correctly
kept.
Wo hava examined the treasurer’s
book and iiud amount on hand at the
March term, 1888, $1,704 67cts.
Amount received on E. J. Dyar’s note
$24 20; borrowed from Mrs. Victoria
Shankle 400 dollars, making a total of
128 87 dollars and cents; on hand
dollars and 20 conts; the balance
1 out and property accounted for by
hers.
have jecommended that the or
'V pay Jas. H. Brooks the foil
&mcr.nt for building the bridge across
Grove River, near B. F. Saddath’s, oo
the read loading from T. D. Sheri*
dan’s to Gillaville.
Wa bare examined the dockets of
the justice# of tho peace and notaries
public and find them correct.
Wo find that tbo jail is in safe con
dition and that the colls are keptolean
and healthy. Wo fiad that there aie
souio leaks in the roof, which wo re
commend that the ordinary luva re
paired at ones.
We have examined the court house
and find the gutteriog in bad condi
tion—a portion of it down. We re
commend that the ordinary have the
guttering repaired with now guttering
and put up in substantial order, the re
Braining guttering repaired if necessary
Wo find the buildings at tho paup
ers home in good repair with the ex
ception of loft in one room; also the in
mates are well cared for.
We iind the public roads not in
good condition, from the incessant
rains, and we recommend that the prop
er authorities have them pat in good
repair as soon as possible, and we re
commend that the commissioners come
up to a faithful and strict performance
of their duty.
We recommend that the ordinary,
clerk and sheriff make an inventory of
all the property under their control,
belonging to the court house and re
turn the same once a year to the Grand
Jury as the law directs.
We recommend that a bridge be bnilt
in accordance with the grade of the
read across Webb’s Greek on the road
leading to Homer to the Line Bridge
on Middle River.
We recommend that a bridge be
bnilt across Hudson Hirer, near J. H.
Bowlings, on the road from Homer to
Cleveland, White oounty.
We recommend that a bridge be
built across the Gfiov* river on the
road leading from Sam Mania’s (col.)
to Maysville, said bridge to be in ac*
cordance with grade of road.
Wo recommend that the ordinary
have hitching posts set in convenient
places near the court house and the
posts set firmly in the grouad, that the
shade trees on the pnWio square may
be protected.
We recommend that the ordinary
. * county tax sufficient to defray
the expenses of the oonnty for tho cur
rent year.
We recommend that the ordinary be
paid twenty eight dollars and sixty
cents for extra services.
We recommend that the clerk be
paid ten dollsrs and twenty five cents
for extra services.
We recommend that the ordinary
pay W. W. Jordan ffifeen dollars for
bnrial outfit for John Sailors, pauper.
Wo recommend that the ordinary
pay S. A. Ayers, coroner, seven dol
lars and thirty cents balance due on
bnrial and inquest expenses of C. 3.
Weld, pauper.
In taking leave of his Honor C. J.
Wellborn, we desire to return to him
oar thanks for his able and effioent ad
ministration of the law.
And to onr Solicitor Gsneral we re
turn oar thanks for his attendance on
onr body. We also recommend his
return, believing that our circuit can
not secure a more faithful solicitor
general.
Also we return our thanks to Henry
Green, bailiff, for his faithful attend
ance on our body.
We recommend that these present
ments be pnblished in the Banks Conn
ty Observer.
W S Mize, foreman, William J
Comer, Jas II Glazure, Thos G
Smith, Augustus P Bryant, John
R Brewer, Asa S Pool, William E
Bennett, Mose Hydes, George W
Smiifa, Talman I Harber, Matthew
W Cox, John Wiley J
Threlkeld, William D Moss, Elisha
M Pool, Thos B Griffin, James M
Kesler, Crawford T Burgess, John
Jackson, Richard L Miller, Hiram
Cash, Littleton Cash.
It is hereby ordered that the fore
going general presentments be pub
lished in accordance with the re
commendation of the Grand Jury.
Sept. 21st, 1888.
C. J. Wellborn, J, S. C.
E, T. Brown, Sol, Gen,
Communicated.
Belton, Sept. 19—Messrs. M. M
and S. S. King of New Albany. Miss,
are vifeitinpj their parents, Mrs and Mr
John B Iving of Belton.
Hon. A. D. Candler and Picketf
will speak on Saturday 29th. Every
body is invited. Come out democrats.
Three candidates raided our town
last Week. Oae was for sheriff, one
for solicitor-general two years hence,
and the other never told hie business,
but we learned afterwards be was a
candidate for the legislature in Hall.
Dr. C. C. Wholohel is the hardest
worked doctor in north Georgia. His
praotice is very heavy. Bat he never
refuses to respond to the calle of suf
fering ham anity. He is oar old time
friend of boyhood days, and as we
grow older onr friendship grows bright
er and better.
Hon. J. n. Coggins, onr worthy
postmaster, now woari a pleasant
smile; it is a fine girl baby, born 17th
inst.
Dr. J. W. Oslin paid oar town a
short call Monday. The doctor is quite
a favorite here.
The legislature contest in Banks ie
getting very warm. Hon. J. x. Cog
gins, democratic nominee, is working
in the lead in this end of the ooanty.
There is more reason than one why
Coggins should be elected. First, he
ie th 9 poor man’s friend. Ha holpa
them to live in many ways, j
Belton, S*pt, 22, 1888.- Some of
the Hail county independents wen 1
down to Homer to work tor the inde
pendent candidates for the legislature.
Semo of them got a set-back. It men
li v e in glass honßes, they should nov
or throw stones.
A Hall county man, looking after
“Dock's” case ia politics, lost hie owd
ease in Banks Superior Court, ar.d
now has a bill of cost tacked on to
him. It is always best for every man
to toto his own skillet.
Now ia tk9 time for every democrat
in Banks to staud to his colors and
vote solidly for Coggins, and save the
statoroad property from Icing gobbled
up by Joe Brown and oompany, snd
keop the etock law from spreading all
over the county. —When a man votes
for a stock law in the Georgia Legis-
lature and then votes for the same in
his home district, and then goes rounl
telling tho people that he is not a
stock law man, what sort of a man is
he? Can ha be trusted in the legisla
ture, to legislate for u*? We say no,
he is not to be trusted.—As this is the
o ill, before the election, we urge all
true democrats to rally to the polls
and forever blot oat the ventage of in
dependentism in Banks. Brick.
Farmers’ Alliance.
[For the Observer.]
Nearly every business interest in
our countyr is now regularly organiz
ed, forming a combination of greater
or less magnitude, from the mammoth
railroad corporations, down to the aim
pleat trades union for the ostensible
purpose of self-protection. But one of
the greatest, agriculture, is without a
national organization. I am convinced
that an organization of our agricnltnr
tl associations is absolutely necessary
for tho protection of the farmer against
the combined efforts of monopolists.
N o further arguments or illustration#
are necessary to convince the most
oasual observer that there is no clas*
of business men upon which greater
burdens are unjustly placed. Railroad'
and other corporations form pools.
Advance rates are put npon, and tar.
mete quietly submit without hope of
redie**s. The great labor organiza
tuns demand and obtain their rights
fr- m these capitalists, and I see no
renson why farmers should not confine
them to the same. There is no good
reason why the farmers should not
form a combination. Then they would
have power which will be felt ia state
and national halls. Farmers have too
few representatives among onr law
makers. From the census of 1880 we
find that real and personal property
are about eqnal in ralne. Bnt real es
tate ie taxed nine-tenths, and person
al one-tenth. The farmer bears the
heaviest bnrdea. The capitalist es
capes bis just proportion. Many farms
are nnder mortgage, yet the owners
mast pay the fall smoant taxes assess
ed on the entire valuation. A. B. M.
The prohibition speak er bad oooa
pied a half hoar while waitieg for the
prinoipal orator of th<* evening and had
closed a long sentence with, “But the
reasons I have give you are bnt a few
of those that eonld be given te show
the benefits of cold water,” when a tel
egram was pat in his hand. "Ladies
and gentlemen,” he said, after reading
the telegram, "I regret to annonnoe
that Mr. Thncnper, who was to ad
dress yon to night, is detained eleven
miles east of hereby a washout.”
Yellow fever has scared all the
towns along the Mississippi roast. Peo
pie have left as fast as oars could take
them.
The oold wave struck this section
Monday, Looking somewhat wintry.
Gunnels, Power & Cos.,
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