The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-14
CHATHANSTAX RATEFIXED
A Heavier Rate Than Last Years
Found Necessary.

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House-After Pooler's Constable.
The Sanitary Board Did Not Meet
The Commissioners-Ma Bland
ford's Report for the Last Six
Months.
At the September meeting of the county
commissioners yesterday afternoon the
rate of taxation for Chatham county was
fixed at So 30 on 81 900, and the tax col
lector was authorized to make his collec-
tions in accordance with that rate.
The fact that this rate would be made
was predicted in the MORNING News yes
! terday. The commissioners had been
considering the matter for some time and
| had come to the conclusion that they
! would make that rate in case the board
| of education reduced their budget to the
| extent of s., 900.
| The report from the board of education
| reducing its budget to that extent was
| the first thing received by the commits
sioners, and, as they had made all calcu-
| lations in accordance with its budget,
| they at once fixed the rate at the above
figure. This makes the total rate, state
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cents less than it was last year. The col
lection of state and county taxes will be-
! gin at once.
| Until a sufficient amount has been col
| leCted for the current expenses of the
county, the chairman of the commission
| ers was authorized to borrow $4,000 to
| pay current expenses until a sufficient
| amount has been collected for that pur-
! pose.
! BAILEY CARPENTERS LICENSE REVOKED.
| The commissioners had before them the
matter of the revocation Of the liquor IL
| cense granted to Bailey Carpenter, who
| has been doing business on the Ogeechee
road next to the Bryan county line. A pc
| tition for the revocation of this license
| from number of the most prominent cit
| liens in that section has been in the
| hands of the commissioners for some time.
| All parties had been cited to appear yes
terday and show why the license should
| not be revoked on the ground, as claimed,
| that it was granted Illegally.
Carpenter was on hand, as was also Mr.
Clay, representing the prominent citizens
Of that section, to ask the revocation of
the license. The matter was brought up
at the beginning of the meeting but as
several other witnesses were to appear it
| was deferred for half an hour or more
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| and did not return to defend himself
When the matter came up again Mr.
| Clay was sworn as a witness and showed
among other things that the saloon was
| within three miles of a schOO-hOuse and
| also that the nearest residents to the
place had not been consulted with regard
to the petition for license, which mace it
an illegal one.
WITHIN THE PROHIBITED DISTANCE,
He exhibited plat made by the sur
veyOr of Bryan county, showing that the
place was.within less than three miles of
a school house, and stated that Carpenter
had been indicted on two charges by the
grand jury Of the city court, one of sell
ing liquor without a license and the other
Of selling within three miles of a school
house.
Mr.. Haskell, who also has a plantation
in Bryan county near to the place, stated
that it was dirty groggery and chat it
was put there only TO defeat the ends of
the citizens of Bryan county who had
adopted prohibition.
He said that there were nightly brOils
about the place, and that liquor sold to
drunken negroes led to violence and
crime. He cited the case of the murder
Of John DraytOn which occurred only a
few days ago. which he said had occurred
on account of drunken row which was
the product of that saloon. He said that
Elijah DraytOn, the father of the
murdered man, and Harry Bush, who
had formerly signed the petition, wished
that it be revoked.
The commissioners considered the mat
ter only few minutes, when they ordered
that the license be revoked. Clerk Dillon
| will serve a notice on Carpenter through
one of the court officers to-day that the
| license has been revoked by the commits
| siOners, and he will have to close up his
place at once He will also have to an
swer to the indictments of the grand
jury for selling liquor unlawfully,
AFTER PooLER's CONSTABLE.
A communication from Justice of the
! Peace Bevans OF the Eighth district, with
regard 10 the conduct Of Constable w. A
Jones of that district, was read ard
acted upon.
Justice Bevans stated that the conduct
of Jones was such that it precluded the
| idea of his retaining his Office much
longer, and that he had therefore ap-
pointed w A. SOlomOns to take his place
Justice Bevans asked that the appoint
ment of SolomOns be confirmed, and that
he be qualified.
F. X. Blakely, one of Jones bondsmen,
| stated that the constable was so often un-
der the influence of liquor that he would
| like to be relieved from further surety.
The county attorney was consulted and
he stated that a justice of the peace had
no right to remove a constable, and that
the only thing that could be done was TO
relieve his bondsmen, and then, if he could
not give other bondsmen his Office would
have to be declared vacant and 4 new ap-
| pointment made.
The commissioners instructed Clerk
Dillon to notify Jones that his bondsmen
had asked to be relieved, and that he
would have to furnish a new BOND. In
case he fails to do this a new appointment
will be made.
TO CONFER WITH THE SANITARY BOARD.
The drainage committee of the commits
! siOners was TO have held conference
with the city sanitary board at ; o'clock
with reference to the drainage of the
! Springfield plantation and the NIusgroye
Greek watershed.
A letter, however, was received from
| the mayor stating that he had found il
impossible, on account Of the pressure of
official business, to be present and hold
| the conference. He asked, however, that
the commissioners submit whatever plan
hey had with regard to the drainage of
that section, and stated that the council