The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-29
MUST WORK OR GO TO JAIL.
DELINQUENTs IN ROAD DUTY GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE.

A Crowd of Them Plead Excuses for
Failing TO Answer the Superin-
tendent's summons Seven SENT
enced to Thirty Days ImprisOn-
ment, But Sentence Suspended on
Condition That They Go to Work
at Once.
The delinquents who failed to respond
promptly to the summons sent them to
come out and work the Montgomery cross
road and the Buckhalter road we're be-
fore the roads and bridges committee of
the county commissioners yesterday after
noon to explain why they did not put
in appearance. or in other cases why they
did not put in the fun number of days
work required by law.
Sickness and all sorts Of excuses were
made, but seven of them could not salts
fly the committee that they had a right
to neglect the duty for which they were
called out. They were John CHG, Jack
Ferrabee George Wellbrook, Bran VIII
son, Abram Brown and Scipio Waldburg,
colored, and Frank Doval. white. Under
the law the commissioners are empowered
to fine delinquents from 81 to s. for each
day on which they do not put in an ap-
pearance, or to sentence them to spend
not more than ninety days in Jail.
The judges decided to sentence the
seven dellnquents mentioned to thirty
days each in jail, but agreed to suspend
the sentence on the understanding that
the delinquents are to go out at once
and put in the time required of them on
the roads. Unless they go out and put
in their time on the MONTGOMERY cross
road next Tuesday they win be arrested
and made to serve their sentences The
judges gave all delinquents to under
so lenient.
The law requires that the men work
the roads, and they will be expected to
respond promptly hereafter when the
summons are Issued. Otherwise the pen
alties will be imposed unless, of course,
there is a good and reasonable excuse,
and hereafter they viii be enforced.
Superintendent of Roads r. J. Wade
has so far summoned out men TO work
both the Montgomery cross roads and the
Buckhalter road In the first instance, the
responses to the summons were not sat
isfactory and very little work was done
In the case of the Buckhalter road, how
ever the responses were more prompt
ana considerable was accomplished The
net road to be worked will be the Augusta
road, from the six mile post out to Mon>
teith, and summons for citizens liable for
road duty in that section will probably be
issued within a few days. No distinction
is made between white and colored citi-
Gems liable for road duty, though the white
men sometimes hire a substitute, which
the negroes do not seem to like, because
they are not able to do it.
Supt. Wade says about 100 feet of ebert
has been laid so far on the Ogeechee road,
between the city limits and the Charleston
and Savannah railroad crossing. This,
however, is only the first coating The
ebert is coming in right along now, and
the cars are Kept on the siding until IL
is unloaded. There will be put down
about 1000 feet of ebert and about 200
feet of crushed rock In order that the dur
ability of both may be tested. AS the por-
in length this will leave 140O feet upon
which other materials may be put, in or
der that it may be determined what class
of paving will give the best results.