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Published to Furnish the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good.
VOL. XXVIII. NO. 42
Grand Jury General Presentments August
Term, 1922, Glascock Superior Court
We, the Grand Jury chosen and
sworn to serve at the August
Term Glascock County Superior
Court, 1922, do hereby make ilse
following General Presentments:
We recommend that E. E. Grif
fin be appointed as a member ot
the Board of Education to fill the
unexpired term of Thos. G. Kent.
We recommend that D. L. Bras
aell be appointed to succeed him
self as Ex Officio J. P. of UB7th
Dist., G. M. G. C.
We recommend that Leon L
Peebles and W. Tom Kitchens be
appointed to examine records of
the k county and report to next
Grand Jury and that they be paid
$2.00 per day for their services.
We find the court house in good
condition except window lights.
We find the jail in an unsanitary
condition and not fit for use or
occupation. We find the book*
of the Justice of Peace and Notary
Republics of each Militia District
has been properly and neatly kept
with this exception. The Justice
of the Peace of the 1169th District
has not itemized his cost bill on
account of docket book used not
being sufficient in size. We rec
ommend that tbis Justice purchase
a docket book not to exeeed $3,00
in cost and present bill to proper
authorities for payment. We find
also this Justice of the Peace has
bo form book. , We recommend
that be confer with the State U
book, £* *
We recommWd that the new
Board of County Commissioners
transact all business by issuing
county warrants supported by an
itemized statement. We further
recommend that all money coming
into or going out of county Kinds
from any source be bandied
through the County Treasurer.
We find the county in a deplor
able condition financially. We
find from the Auditors report ac
ces<*able assets for county to be
only $257 63, against this we find
the indebtedness of our county to
COMMITTEE’S REPORT
We, the committee aopointed by February, 1922, Grand Jury to
examine county records beg leave to submit the following report:
We have examined tbe records of the County School Superin
tendent and find; Debits
Amount on hand August 1921 report.......... .. ....$ 21.27
Amount received from State since August 1921.. ... 8,785 50
Amount received from county since August 1921 _ .... 4,378.23
Amount received from public subscriptions.______ ... 3,435.00
Amount borrowed............................ ... 12,196.55
Amount received freight overcharge............ 88 80
Amount received from J. P. Allen, former C. S. S. 14 90
$28,920.25
Credits
Paid out on proper vouchers... $27,659.93
Credit discounts state warrants 240.06
Balance on hand this report..... 1,020.96
$28,920.25
We have examined the records of the Tax Collector and find :
County Tax
debits
Amount county tax on digest 1921.. .$15,267.78
Amount county tax not on digest.. 91.22
Amount interest collected on fi fa’s 16.99
Amount corporation tax........... 2,127.13
$17,503.11
CREDITS
Amount turned over to County Treasurer ... $14,765.88
Amount corporation tax unpaid............ 2,075.61
Amount insolvent taxes.................... 252 86
Amount commission........................ 388 01
Balance on hand......................... 20.75
$17,503.11
School Fund
debits
Amount school tax on digest............. $4,490.52
Amount school tax collected not on digest 26,75
GIBSON RECORD
GIBSON. GA., WEDNESDAY. AUG. 30. 1922.
be $18,102.86—of tbis amount
$8,000 is for court house bonds;
uupakl warrants of county
$9,280.36; unpaid jury scrips
$822.00. Fellow countrymen,
where will vour county soon go
at this rate? We recommend
that the new Board of Commis
sioners take under consideration
submitting a bond issue to take
care g( the financial condition.
ltbas come to our attention
that the jury rooms on the upper
floor of the court house have
been used for private purposes or
living quarters. This does not on
ly endanger the building to de
struction by fire, but makes it un
fit for tbe purposes for which
they are intended. We therefore
respectfully ask that tbe Sheriff,
who is the proper custodian, re
fuse to permit any further prac
tice of this nature, We further
request that the Sheriff make
such repairs to tbe windows and
other parts of the building'as may
be necessary and present the bill
of cost of same to the proper au
thority.
We attach herewith a report of
tbe committee appointed by pre
vious Grand Jury to examine the
county records and adopt the
same aa a part of our report.
It has come to the attention of
this body that district court house
erf 1169th District has been moved
from or-urna! location and that
same ts now % lands of
part**. We request that Com
missioner see into this matter and
establish titles.
We recommend that jurors and
bailiffs be paid $2 00 per day for
their services.
We recommend that the Audi
tors report be preserved as part
of the records of the county.
We further recommend that
these General Presentments be
published in Gibson Record and
that tbe editor be paid $3 00 for
same.
Amount corporation tax 649.07
$5,166.34
CREDITS
Amount turned over to C. S. S........ ........$4,341.18
Amount commission.................. 89.16
Amount insolvent taxes............. 74.54
Amount corporation tax unpaid....... 633.33
Balance on hand..................... 28.13
$5,166.34
We find the books of the Clerk of the Court, Ordinary and the
Sheriff neatly kept.
We find the records show no bonds recorded given by officers
of the county except Tax Collector's and Tax Receiver’s bonds.
We have made no examination of the books of the County Com
missioner, except the road tax records, because of the fact there is
an audit being made now of all his other records and same will be
ready for the inspection of the Grand Jui|y.
We find upon examination of his road tax records : Amount of
cash collected $252.00; 84 persons having paid cash; 43 persons hav
ing paid corn, meat, etc.; 269 persons ot) list having not paid at all.
Records kept very indefinite and almost impossible to give an accu
rate statement
We have made no examination of the County Treasurer’s rec
ords because they have just been audited and we are informed that
a full report will be made to the Grand Jury.
Orestes L. Kelley.
Leon L. Peebles.
Committee.
AUDITOR’S REPORT:
OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER
We have carefully verified the
records kept by this official. Only
a few clerical error# were discovered
which were corrected.
The balance,in the County Treas
ury Aug. 10, 1922 by funds is as fol
lows : General Fund $1,240 76;
Road Fund Overdrawn $903.06; Pau
per Fund Overdrawn $80.06, making
a net cash balance of $257.63 accoun
ted for as follows : Bank of Gibson
a * nk ot $69. wi*
in hands of Treasurer $163.73.
We have suggested to this official
a few minor changes that would im
prove his records,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF
ROADS AND REVENUES
The records of this office were
found in very good shape, though
several clerical errors were discov
ered. We note that Mr. Sammon
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The Mine material*, construction and workmsnship
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quality, long wear, long service and complete de
pendability guaranteed by die GOODRICH otto
quality standard. Your tire dealer will supply ywm
today and save you money.
The SSvertown 30 x 314. For the I
Ford, Maxwell, Chevrolet, Wittpw
Overland and other light ears.
THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY, Ak~m, OUa
ESTABLISHED 1870
for AUTOMOBILES, MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, TRUCKS
drew two warrants payable to him
self covering his salary as Commis
sioner for the year 1920 as follows :
Aug It 1920 Warrant No. 1999 for
$321.00 and Dec. 23 1920 Warrant
No. 285 for $580.00 making a total of
$J01.$0. Mr. Sammon’s salary is
$65.00 per month, or $780.00 per
year. He is therefore overpaid for
the that 1920 in the sum of $121.00.
We . re
dm 1 •• mtorJM m on s ot
i June T922 to $40.00
per month. There appears on the
records of the County Treasurer a
warrant registered in the name of
Mr. J. W. Whiteley for $690.00 which
we understand was in payment for a
Tractor. This warrant did not appear
on the records of the Commissioner.
We note that it has been the prac
tice of the Commissioner to draw
warrants in payment of the County’s
bills and arrange with local parties to
finance them. Some of there trans
actions were not carried through the
records of the County Treasurer.
This is a bad practice as it subjects
the office of Cemmissioner to criti
cism and in fact all transactions of a
financial nature should be handled
thru the County Treasurer.
We could not locate the Road Tax
Collector’s stubs foe Road Tax col
lected. We could not therefore make
an independent verification of road
tax collected. Road Tax Collector’s
stubs and statement of road tax col
lected should be preserved, regard
less as to how paid, whether in cash
or with Corn, Syrup or other farm
products.
We mention the above in order
that this office may be impressed
with the importance of keeping a full
and complete record of every trans
action.
OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR
The records of this official were
found to have been well kept. A
small balance is shown due the coun
ty for the year 1921, $4.35 which is
due to errors in calculations.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE
COURT
The records of this official were
found to have been kept in a very in
telligent manner.
The balance of Insolvent Cost due
the Officials is as follows: Solicitor
General $745,00; Sheriff $369.55;
Clerk $407.30. This is less than one
half the amount shown as due Aug.
1» 1920, the date of our previous
examination.
GENERAL COMMENT
We did not examine the records of
3 ntfur,,Sheriff, Ordinary “«»***•' or County
Supt ,*«•<-*---«
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We find that unpaid warrants drawn
by the Commissioner of Roads and
Revenues amount to $9,280.36. Un
paid Jury Scrip $822.00. Total
$10,102.36.
The accrued Interest on your bon
ded debt to August 10th is $235.00
We again desire to stress the im
portance of a record of disburse
ments in the Office of your County
Commissioner in order that more de
tailed information may be had con
cerning expenditures, without the
necessity of picking this out from
the minute book.
Every courtesy was extended dur-
IT’S SCREEN TIME NOW
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advance guard has already arrived.
Insure your health and comfort by using our
substantially built DOOR AND WINDOW
SCREENS.
Prices on application.
Augusta Lumber Company
Augusta, Ga.
JAMES H. BATTLE
Warrenton, Ga.
Office Phone 28 Dwelling Phone 28
INSURANCE
Established in 1900
FIRE TORNADO
AUTOMOBILE CAUSALTY
LIVE STOCK
Companies that have been doing Insurance bus
iness in Warren and Glascock counties for a
hundred years. All losses for twenty years
have been paid promptly. Can you ask for any
better? Do you wish any more? The cable of
public confidence of which no strand has ever
been broken.
5ee Battle Before The Fire
$1.00 YEAR
ing the course of this examination.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm H. JAMES – Co.
Certified Public Accountants.
Respectfully submitted.
W. Terrell Kitchens, Foreman.
Martin L. Logue, Clerk.
Joseph A. Hopkins
Orestes L. Kelley
Leyi Kitchens
John M. Morgan
James L. Morris
Robert T. McGraw
Wilson Glover
U. A. Wilcher
Thos. G. Kent
Chas H. Wilcher
Thos. J. M. Kelley
Henry C. Kitchens
James T. McNeal
Wems B. Wasden
Joseph H. Cooper
James H. Thigpen
Robert McNair
H. Madison Kent
John B Land
Clinton N. Hiison
JoseDh F. Rabun
Ordered that the within General
Presentments be entered upon
the minutes of the court and pub
lished as recommended.
This August 23ra, 1922.
E. T. SHURLEV,
J. S. C. T. C.
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