The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-03-22

continued it for about one year
During that time l had quite al
amount of road graded and ma.
cadamized, in addition to the
other road improvements.
This convict work, for which
the MOI ey was borrowed accord.
ing TO the grand jury's direction
together with the machinery and
other necessary implements, was
what caused high tax rate of 1904.
The two steel bridges on the Chat.
tahoochee river were also built and
paid for in 1904, Cobb's part of
the two bridges costing about
| Sc, 10000.
Something has been said about
aims house expenses. Under my
system of county warrants, all
pauper expenses are charged to
the same fund, whether 1t be at
the aims house or elsewhere. A
large portion of the pauper ex-
penses has for many years been
outside of the aims house. NV
predecessor adopted the policy of
assisting needy people at home,
and / continued the policy until
last year, when the grand jury
recommended it's discontinuance.
Then, all small pox expenses,
which are often heavy, are charg-
ed to this fund. In view of the
above facts it will readily be seen
that such expenses will vary from
year TO year.
Another item that goes TO this
fund is the purchase of pauper
collins. And this calls to mind a
matter that has been the subject
of considerable discussion recent
ly. A short time ago / issued a
warrant to F. NJ Hembree for
the use of Crowley, Weaver & Co.
for $11.00 to pay for a pauper
coffin and outfit. The next heard
Of it the Treasurer was stating in
an interview that he would pay
no more like it. The history of
it is just !this: Mr., Mayhem, a
respectable white man at Ros-
well, was killed in Mr.. G. J. Per-
RVS we'll. This was in August,
1904. Mr. Lyon, then coroner,
held an inquest. The family was
entirely destitute and had no
means to pay the expenses of the
burial The good people of Ros-
we'll made up money for the i'm
mediate necessities of the family.
Amember of the firm of Crowley,
Weaver & Company consulted me
over the telephone about the bu-
rial outfit. / told him to bury the
man il a decent manner and /
would treat him right about it,
The bill was brought in a short
while ago by Mr.. Hembree. as
stated, and paid. l paid it because
it was right to do go, and would
do the same thing again. The
1915 cotfins furnished by Black
and Henderson are plain pine
boxes, without lining Or trim
ming of any kind.
/ never have buried white man
in one of them, and 80 long as [
am Ordinary | NEVER INTEND sTo
DO so. | shall continue to give
such unfortunates decent burial,
regardless of the County Treas
urer. Judge Stone took the same
view of this matter that | do. The
records in my office show that he
paid all the way from 81. 80 to
5000 for pauper burials.
A CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
In the last issue of the Courier
Mr. Morris Issues u challenge TO
anyone to show that any of his
figures are incorrect.
| accept that challenge, and
shall undertake to show that he
has either wilfully falsitied fig
ures with the purpose or deCelYIng
the public, or has committed gross
errors through ignorance of the
facts. I shall take his figures on
pauper expenses fer an example.
He publishes what he alleges were
Judge Stones pauper expenditures
for the last four years be was III
office, and compares them with
what he alleges were mine during
my first four years, His figures
were as follows:
1897--$622 .04
1898 1929
1899 5000
1900 6S8.26
These figures may represent the