Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-02
To the County Court.


Court has constituency, whose
interest he should look after and
unless it is done by him, there is
surely someone neglected and in
many cases to hurt. The mem
Der from the most remote district
in the County, when he has ridden
to town, and lost his time and in
many cases been at an expense,
always draws his pay and OF
right should have it. 1t is equal
ly so with his neighbor, who upon
q summons attends the Courts;
he should be paid we'll for his
trouble and time. But such is
not always the case, he usually
gets county warrant but owing
to the financial condition of the
County the warrant will not bring
him more than 75c in the dollar
which makes it very poor pay
This state of affairs works a hard
ship and in many cases it is upon
those who are least able to bea
it. We can see where there is
good in such a system of bust
meas, but not to the poor fellows
whose circum stances are such
that he must sell his warrant of
attendance. The Spectator who
is able to pay license and deal in
County and other warrants can
pick them up and hold them for
an opportunity to place them at
par, thus making a nice profit.
1t appears to us that this manner
of business is purely discrimina-
ton in the interest of tho man
that has money to invest, against
the poor fellow who is made to
bear the wrongs.
Every warrant that the County
issues is expected to be paid in
full, then why not conduct the
County affairs in fair and legi'
mate way: 1t is a known fact
that the branch farmers of Hardin
County are taxed to their full
worth and in many eases it bur.
dens the holder heavily to meet
them. A profit is what specula-
tors arc handling warrants for,
and from whom are these profits
drawn9 1t certainly is the indis-
bensible duty Of the Court to
make provisions for the current
expenses of the County, and in
such q way that equal justice can
be given to all. The County
owes between $4,000 and $20,0OO
that must be paid and shold have
the attention of the Court at this
term. We have been paying in
terest on part Of tn is, and it will
be demanded on the whole if not
settled. The question of what to
do must be determined by the
court and each members siturtiOn
makes it incumbent upon him to
consider we'll the situation.
We notice under the heading The
County Conrts in the Centennial
! News. a paper published in Nash
vile, the follwoing: @All interest is
now conferred in the probable act
ion of the County Courts of Tenn.
essee at the January meeting in
regard 10 providing funds for the
county exhibits at the Centennial.
This word appropriation" sounds
very familiar; and we might say,
has thrown Hardin County where
she stands to day: hopelessly in
! debt. The Centennial is of inter
est to the state, and doubly so to
! Nashville and the railroads; but
us, we fail to see the sources from
which a profit is to come to the
laboring men and women of Har-
din County. Our resources are
so undevloped that we could not
make an exhibit that would be
worth anything to us, unless at
very great expense. But to get
us identified, we, more or less Of us,
would be the subjects of a public
traffic, for whose good the history
of such things shows they are RIM.
The public schools Of our county
are in a most deplorable condition
compared with other counties
adjoining us. The present court
has done much toward building
up the schools, and we hope to
see them double, their efforts.
Yes, county guardians, what will
you doa
CORRESPONDENCE.