The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-02
TO WORK PUBLIC ROADS.
Ware County's Grand Jury Makes
Important Recon- lamentations.


Waycross, Ga. May 1.-The grand
jury, which has been in session the
past ten days, adjourned this after
noon. In their general presentments
they recommended among other things
that the misdemeanor convicts of the
county be worked upon the public
roads, under the alternative road law
and Communication tax system. They
recommend that an advalorem tax of
not more than one-tenth of l per cent.
or 81 on the thousand be levied and
that the road hands of the county, out
side of municipalities be required to
pay a communication tax of 81 each, or
in lieu thereof work ten days on. the
roads. Taking the tax returns of 1901
as basis, the grand jury figures that
one-tenth of l per cent will give an
amount of something over s., 900. They
estimate that there are 1000 road hands
who will be subject to the commuta-
ton tax, making $1,000 more. To this
they recommend the addition of an
amount from the general funds not
exceeding 81 $50, which is the average
amount spent by the commissioners per
year the past three years in building
bridges. This will make a total of
over S. 400. They recommend that the
County Commissioners organize the
system at once, and that they make
some equitable division of the county
convicts with the city of Waycross,
which uses most of them at present
They recommend the appointment of
D. r. Walker and BENZ. Simans to sue
coed themselves as members of the
County Board of Education. They rec
ommend William Guy to succeed him
self as notary public and eX-ofticio JUS
tice of the peace from the One Thous-
and, Four Hundred and Fourth dis
trict. They recommend that the names
of John F. White. William p. Green
and Nathan Deem be added to the pen
sion roll of the county. They recon-
mend the payment of $40 each to w. w.
Sharpe Foreman and d. B. Sweat,
clerk, for extra services.
The grand jury report the present
indebtedness of Ware county as SIS, 700,
with something over $4,000 in the treas
ury, out Of which must come the eX
pense of the present term of the court,
which has been a very heavy one.
They report the public property of
the county in good condition, and the
public roads in fairly good shape. They
| recommend some repairs to the bridges
across Cane and Hog creeks, and the
| building of a new bridge across Perch
creek, near Wildwood. They call atten-
| ton to the fact that ]. r. & T. Bum,
| have not left sufficient space for timber
to pass by easily at the point where
their railroad crosses the river a short
distance above the mouth of Seven
teen-mile creek. 1t gives timber men
considerable trouble and the grand jury
recommend that the span be widened
at once.
The grand jury recommend the pay
ment of $25 to the Industrial Home at
Macon, of which Rev. w. E. Munford
is founder. They say, I'VE take great
pleasure in making this recommended
| ton inasmuch as a number of unfor-
tunate children from Ware county are
| being cared for by that institution"
They recommend Hon. Simon w.
Hitch for judge of the Brunswick cir
cult. Neither of the candidates asked
for a recommendation at the hands of
the grand jury, but inasmuch as the
opposing candidate was endorsed by
the grand jury in his home county, the
Ware county jury felt it a duty and
pleasure to make this recommendation.
The grand jury investigated a large
number of cases, and considered a
| great volume of business of vital inter-
| est of the county. They returned about
| forty true bills. and twelve or fifteen
| no bills" in cases considered by them.
To-day about noon the barns of Mrs.
! j. L. Thompson and DIR. j. H. Latimer
We're destroyed by fire. Mrs. Thomp-
| sons is about 500 and DR.. Latimer's
! about $3.50 loss. 1t is supposed the fire
| originated from where a negro was
| burning some trash.