The morning news., 1899-12-30
TlFTON WANTS COUNTY COURT.
An Effort VIII Be Made to Have a
New Comfy Created

New County Created.
Ilfton, Ga, Dec. 29-The spring te-m
OF school at the Triton Institute cpens
next Monday. Prospects were never so
good for large attendance. Three years
ago, the school only had ffty-nine pupils
last fall the roll was 17S, and there is ev-
cry indication that the spring term will
open with zoo
The school building is owned by the city.
ana the school is supported by the munich
pal government only a small matricula-
tlon lee being charged The institute is
under the charge of Prof. w. L. Har-
man. principal, with four assistants. Miss
Ruth kirkpatrick of Hepzibah has charge
OF the intermediate grades. and Miss Ju-
liza Pinkerton of Columbus the . imary
grades. Miss Belle Willingham of Atlanta
has charge of the classes IN elocuti- IN. and
Miss Goodman Of Tifton a graduate o.
wesleyan, succeeds Miss Lenie Hurst as
teacher of the classes in vocal and iustru-
mental music.
The holidays passed off very quietly in
Triton, although marked by a number of
social games and amusements, b ginning
with an egg-nog at the home OF Mayor
Elect c. w. FulWcod Christmas mo. nlng.
There was not an accident in town dur ng
the week or a single arrest by the police
for disorderly conduct
A strong effort will be made before the
next general assembly to get an act pass
ed establishing City Court in Tifton. At
present, the nearest temple Of justice is
he county court held at Nashville, the
county seat, situated twenty-siX miles
through the country from Tifton. There
is no railway line within thirteen miles
of the court house, and attending either
county or Superior Court is a great hard
snip on the citizens of this district There
is ample litigation arising from the Tifton
district TO support a city court, and one
would also greatly relieve the over-bur-
dened Superior Court docket, having a
larger jurisdiction.
A movement is also on foot backed by
some of the most representative men of
this section, to also secure a constitutional
amendment, or in event of failure, TO set
on foot a movement for a constitutional
convention, by means of which a new
county may be created, taken from dis
triots of Berrien, Irwin and Worth coun-
| ties lying nearest to Tifton. The line of Ir-
win county is only one mile from Tifton,
and that of Worth only two and a half
miles. In Berrien, the citizens of the Tiff
ton district pay one-fourth the taxes of the
county, amounting 10 over 5000 per year,
receive not one cent in return, and have
10 travel twenty-six miles by private con-
veyance to attend 10 any county business.
In Worth, the citizens of the districts
nearest to Triton have to travel sixteen to
eighteen mics TO reach their county seat,
while in Irwin they have to drive seven
teen miles for the same purpose All OF
these districts are within an hours drive
of Triton, and the suggestion for creating
a new county is taking like wildfire all
through this section.
Such a step would hurt neither of the
counties from which the districts are TAX
en-, their courts being already overburden-
cd with business and their territory large,
while it would prove of inestimable value
20 the people of this section.