The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-08

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-, . ifhe could. He was granted TINS
and on each ballot be woold
I - from his seat and before placing
his vote no. 90. hat pasF-= ty the Sherin
y, c,,,..t the ballots, be would read on
bis ballot. who he voted for, etc., se-
cording TO law" be would say. Ihis
csnsed much amusement in the court
room. - tha
Sscond District on the third ballot over
four or five other candidates.; ~
Fraser, c. II. Gray, W. L. GasSiil' L H.
Taylor. A. rb;rd
District on the third ballot, over MaJo'
II T.. Jamison, Joe whitney, ~.
Walker, G. L. Buford, Tom Johnson
and Chas Cheairs. ;. AZ
w. II. Swami was elected 10 the
Sixth District without much oppos'tion.
Webb Williams was elected on Sne
first ballot in the Seventh District, use
feating Robt. Boardman by vote OF 10
to 1. a.. ola
conrt. was elected in the Eighth us
trict over James Dobbins and Chas
Hamilton, on the second ballot
What it was About.
The list of the struggle over the
method of electing the assessors was
that in all the districts there were from
thrae IN five or six candidates and the
y, a o;strates did not want their constit-
vents tn know how they voted. For
instance, one member stated conn.
dentially that in his district there were
five or six candidates, and that all y,
them we're his friends and that ne quo
not want to be put in the attltuue VI
having to vote for one OF them, Openly,
and thus make the other ones angry
with him.
Work House Commissioners.
Ouite warm contest prevailed IN
the election of the Work House Com
missioners, eight ballots being re-
n,ired before they were chosen. The
Candidate were r. G. Mullins, j. M.
Grove, J. t. Petty, I. j: Shaw =. .;
Davis. Petty was elected on the UNITY
ballot, r. G. Mullins on the elghtl
ballot.
Board of Equalizers.
The election of a Board of Equal
izers also afforded an interesting con
fest There were seven or eight candl
dates. and the following were hnaliy
successful Mumford Smith, w. A.
HAYES. ID. D. Digger, John Hunter:
The CITY of Columbia will be entltleo
to the fifth member, and he viii ,pe
elected nv the Board of Mayor an6
Aldermen. !, CT.
The officers to wait on the Circuit
Court at the May term We're seiectet
as follows Messrs. W. j. Goad an'
, Guy Thompson.
The court then adjourned unit
| Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Morning.
The new court house question wa
taken up Tuesday by the County
Court Immediately on convenlng. Ihs
question was discussed until IL O'CLOCK
when court adjourned for dinner. Afte
dinner the discussion was resumed ant
continued until 2.30 o'clock.
Court was opened with prayer o,
ESQ. J. w. g. Church, at the reques
nf Judge Gordon. ct is the custom Q
Judge Gordon to open his court VIII
County Surveyor Wood asked for TIN
election of a deputy Surveyor, ant
Marshall McKissick was elected.
Mr.. church Demands Protection.
J. W. C. Church appealed to tn
coort for protection. He said that u
had been lnsulted two or three times u
former member of the County Coui
who had appeared in the room drums
and by others who had "put INN up
to saying insulting things to MN. MI
Church said he was law-ablding GU
zen. and was there as the representatlv
of his people, and he wanted to be trea'
, ed right. IF this is mob, Mr.. Char
man he said, land I've got to be Il
suited and tainted, then I'm going
oct out of it," Judge Gordon assure
Mr.. Church that he should be protected
and gave orders to the Sheriff to arret
the member, and called his name,
he appeared in the Court again
, The Great Question Up.
ESQ f. M. Ricketts,. of the Sevent
Distii let, then arose and presented res
. lutions indorsing and ratifylng the a
! ton of the old court at the Octope
term, in appropriating 100000. for
/ new court house, and its action IN a
/ pojntipg the court house committee,et
/ endorsing all the committees acts, al
empowering said committee to max
, contracts for the erection and constru
ton of said court house, with power
: make contracts with an architect, al
to act as agents for Maury County
carving out the purposes of the resol
tions. that 500, 900 be set aside and
v propriated or so much thereof as m;
4 be necessary, for the new court nous
y that the committee shall audit all q
v counts and when approved shall
4 fled with the County Clerk and wh'
r. approved by the County Judge' shall
a paid by warrants issued, bearing 8
d per cent interest. -.
The resolutions further provided tn
y the court house committee shall keep
4 account of all expenditures and ma
y reports to the court from term to teri
( that the committee sho, Ia let the co
y tract for the erection OF the cou
house by public advertisement, and ha
Ia the right to reject any or all bids.
i uuire Of the contractor good bono
Is ample and sufficient security to indei
) nifty the county against sub contra