The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-09
To BORROW $4,000
CHATHAM COUNTY WILL NEED
THAT MUCH IN ITS BUSINESS.
ELECTION FOR ORDINARY.
COMMISSIONERS WILL ORDER 1T
HELD ON OCTOBER "a.

Loan of $4,000, or Such Part of
This sum rs May BE Needed.
Money to BE Used to Tide County
over Until Fall. When Taxes VIII
Begin TO Come in-Date of Election
for Ordinary Informally Fixed.
Primary Likely to BE Held About
October 1-COnvict Force and Fair
Grounds.
In the course of the next few weeks
Chatham county will be in the market
to borrow $4,000 The chairman Of the
Board of County Commissioners or in
his absence the vice chairman, has
been authorized to borrow that sum,
or such part of it as may prove to
be needed, to meet the current expenses
of the county.
This action was taken at the meeting
of the County Commissioners held yes
terday and is designed to provide for
casual deficiencies in the public reve-
nue.. Taxes for the current year will
not begin to come in until the fall and
in the meantime there is not enough
money in the county treasury to pay
the accounts that are due and that will
be due shortly.
The loan that is to be secured will be
in such quantities as may be needed
from time to time, not to exceed in the
aggregate the sum of $40, 900. 1t is be-
heved that this amount will be ample
to meet all demands that can be made.
The chairman or vice chairman of the
board is authorized to secure the loan
on such terms and for such periods as
may be found most advantageous and
convenient.
The necessity for the loan does not
indicate that there is anything the
matter with the finances of Chatham
county The situation merely is that
somewhat unusual demands have been
made upon the county treasury during
the past few months, and the loan is
necessary to relieve the pressure. The
finances of the county are in excellent
shape, its credit is good and there will
be no difficulty in securing the loan on
favorable terms from any of the local
banks.
Taxes will begin to come in during
the early fall and with the money so
secured the loan can be readily and
easily repaid. 1t is not known even
that it will be necessary to borrow the
been conferred on the chairman or
vice chairman of the board; the
amount has been fixed at $40 900 to
meet possible contingencies.
The Election for Ordinary.
The commissioners decided, definite
ly though quite informally. to hold the
election for ordinary of the county, to
fill the uneXpired term of the late
Judge Thomas Screven. on Thursday
oct &c ln4o
after a conference with the committee
from the Executive Committee of the
Democratic party in Chatham equity,
which waited upon the commissioners
at the meeting.
The committee consists of Merrs. A.
A Lawrence, E. G. Gleason and w. P.
LaRoche. 1t was appointed at the
meeting of the Executive Committee.
held last Friday, to wait upon the
commissioners and learn when they
would call the election, so that some
thing could be decided upon by the ex-
ecutive committee, in reference to the
primary.
Some of the commissioners wanted to
put the election off until November.
but they were brought to see that IL
the candidates for the office of ordi-
nary were compelled to suffer the
pangs that come of hope deferred fer
any such length of time. there would
be danger that some of them would die
of impatience and enforced self-re-
straint The selection of Oct. "a as the
date of the election was a compromise
measure.
1t is probable that the primary will
be held about Oct. /, three weeks ahead
of the general election. BY that time
most of the citizens who are spending
their summer away from Savannah will
have returned and be in a position to
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The subcommittee will probably re-
port to the acting chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, Mr.. A. L. Alexan-
der, to-day and meeting of the Exec
utve Committee will be called by him.
At this meeting the effort will be made
to fix upon a date for the primary and
to arrange rules for it's government
that will be satisfactory to all the can
didates and that will insure to all OF
them fair and honest chance to win
If they have the strength.
Leave Tomorrow Night.
The force of convicts that has been
employed at the State Fair grounds
in grading the grounds and in the con-
struction of the race track, will be
moved away tomorrow night. This
was the ultimatum of the commission
ers.
The time was thus long extended
Chairman Dale and the other members
of the board. The chairman wanted
the convicts moved away at once anG
put to work resurfacing the Water:
road.
II don't think those convicts ought
to be kept at work on the State Fail
grounds" said the chairman, "wher
there is county work that demands at
tention and should receive it, Wher
the force of convicts was first put tC
work at the Fair grounds they were
to be there only four weeks. Then the
time was extended to five weeks
which brought their stay down to July
81. When that time was out. they were
permitted to stay on, without any or
der of the board, but by a species Of
tactic consent, on the theory that there
was work to do in surfacing Waters
road. which would be begun as soor
as the gravel was received. There wa.
no use, II was argued. in taking the
force of convicts back to the regular
camp and then bringing 1t back to the
place where 1t is now encamped wher
the gravel came in.
"Well the gravel has come and
think those convicts ought to be pu
TO work on county work OF cours,
the question is with you gentlemen. bu
] think they should be moved from
the Fair frounds at once. There ar,
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