The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-01-06
JUDGE LOONEY ....
REELECTED
Chairman of the Maury
County Court,
AND J. NJ. NICHOLSON, ASSISTANT.
Prof. p. w. DOdsOn Reelected County
superintendent, and w. Ii. Greenlaw,
County AttOrney.-Other Business
Transacted.

County Court met in quarterly
session last Monday. This being
the time for the annual election Of
officers, the Squires were kept quite
busy and were forced to remain in
session Tuesday.
Judge E. ID. LoOney was elected
Chairman by acclimation, and John
M. Nicholson was elected Chairman
pro tempOre. The vote for Chair
man pro tenn. was as follows: J. M.
icholson, %; It. H. Nixon, former
incumbent, %.
w. B. Greenlaw, Esq, was re-
elected County Attorney by accla-
nation.
Prof. p. w. Dodson was reelected
County Superintendent of Public
Instruction by reclamation. Prof.
A. g Allen, who had also qualified
as candidate, did not present his
name.
T. E. Lipscomb was reelected
Coroner.
J. Il. Tucker was elected Ranger
by reclamation.
Plummer Webster and Tuck
Caruthers were candidates for Jani-
tor. Plummer was elected by a
vote of 40 to 8.
J. II. Gipson and ]. G. Goad were
elected officers to wait on the next
term of Circuit Court.
The salaries for the various county
officers were fixed as follows: Chair
man, 81 900; Chairman pro tempore,
SIS; County Superintendent, $500;
County Attorney, $3.50; Janitor, $240.
The following road commissioners
were elected: District No. |, r s.
Mcknight; 2, J. H. Kennedy;3, F.
J. Hardison; 4, w. n. Fitzpatrick !;
5, r. N. Moore, 6, J. M. Andrew; Z,
T. P. Murphy; 8, N. E. Due;9, W..
H. McFall; 10, A. Z. Hill; IL, l. s.
West; IL, Webb Williams; 10, E. NJ.
Kindle; IA, w. J. Kinzer; Is, R. E..
Akin; Is, w. E. Kirkpatrick; II, r.
@. Pickett; Is, r. g. Mullins; 49, g..
q. Goodwin; 20, John H. Murphy; 81,
J. A. Loftin; %, j. A. Sanders; %,
H. A. Parham; "a. r. N. Primm; %,
J M. Reynolds;26 w. V. Thompson.
w. A. Lindsey, J. T. Petty and j.
P. Harris were elected Turnpike
Commissioners.
The tax assessment for 1898 was
continued for 1899, as follows: Coun-
ty, 30 cents; Sinking Fund, 2 cents;
school, IL cents; road, 8 cents;
bridge, cents; poll, 81; privilege
taxes, One-half that of state.
1t was ordered by the court that
an additional voting place be es-
tablished at Southport, in the 18th
dist.
The sum of $88 was allowed for
special deputy sheritfs who served
while the soldiers were here; 50 per
day being allowed each man.
The Revenue Commissioners re-
ported that they had carefully
examined the books of the various
officials Of the county and found
them to be all we'll kept, and that
they were pleased to report the
financial condition of the county
much improved during the past
year, due largely to the economy of
the court and the workings of the
Jarvis law.
J. q. Dexter, G. w. Hayes, ]. F.
Fike, J. l.. Williams, H. G. Hendley
and H. l.. Hendley were elected
notaries public.
1t was ordered by the court that
w. B. Wood be appointed to assist
in surveying the county line with
Marshall county, aud establish the
line between the two counties.
On motion it was ordered that the
action of the court in appointing
Ed. Hight turnkey at salary of $50
per month be reconsidered, and that
he be appointed deputy sheriff at $50
per month.
Julius Caesar Bragg was allowed
SIS as a charity fund for this year,
and several other charity allowances
and releases from poll-tax duty were
granted.