The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-07-05
'SQUIRES
IN SESSION
ROAD COMMISSIONERS UNDER
THE NEW LAW ELECTED
COURT ROOM WAS CROWD
4. ED WITH SPECTATORS.

An onlooker. who wished to gail
admittance to the County Court room
Monday morning had a strenuous time
for Quarterly Court was in session
and had several important elections
before them. The chief matter up a
the morning session was the election
of the County Road Commissioners
as provided for under the law passed
by the last Legislature. Heretofore
the county has had district road com
missioners and a Board of Turnpike
Commissioners, Under the new law
the Board of Road Commissioners,
comprising three members, has
charge of every road and turnpike in
the county and has charge of all the
road money of the county. In the cleo
ton Mr.. James A. Sanders was elected
commissioner for the first division of
the county, comprising civil districts
l, and 3. j. T. Petty was elected
commissioner from the second divis-
ion of the county, comprising, civil
districts 4, and 6. Mr.. T. ]. English
was elected commissioner from the
third division of the county, comprls-
ing civil districts T. 8, 8 and 10.
Messrs w. B. Greenlaw, J. w. c.
Church and C. s. Jackson, the COM
mittee appointed to arrange for the
sale of the $2OO,O funding bonds or
the county, reported that they had nor
been able to place the bonds. They
stated that the rate of interest, 40,
was low, and that the sale of bonds
at low rate of interest is slow at
present, money being in great demand.
A number of cities larger than Column
,ia have experienced the same diff
guilty.
Messrs. Greenlaw & Whitthorne,
attorneys for the county in the
,ase of H. A. Brown ct. al VS.. E. E.
erwin, recommended that action in
he case be deferred until the County
revenue Commissioners can make an
Investigation and state an account be-
ween Judge Erwin and the county.
'he report was received and con-
urred in.
At the afternoon session of Quar-
erly Court Monday the most impor-
ant matter up was the election of the
ounty Board of Education DR.. NJ
!. Walker was elected from division
ne, consisting of civil districts / and
; Daniel Williams was elected from 9
vision two, consisting of districts {
nd 4; w. c. Renfro was elected from
vision three, consisting of districts 4
and s; e. M. Kindel was elected from Y
vision four, consisting of districts
and 10; c. P. Hatcher was elected
ON division five, consisting of dis
lets and 8. The salary of County
Iperintendent of Public Instruction
'aham was raised to 81 900 a year. Il
The district road commissioners, b
no will form the advisory board to IL
e County Board Of Road Commits g
,ners, were all reelected. Il
A petition was presented from the CT
liens of the Water Valley. country N
king the court to build a bridge la
ross Leiper's creek at Water Valley. fe
The Jail Committee was instructed CT
have the Jail repaired and closets hi
t in for the female prisoners. de
NJ. T. VOORHEES,, M. J. Orr, DR.. w. H.
ttrell and T. H. Nixon were appoint n
a committee to investigate the adj "
ability of building two bridges
'oss streams on the Mt Pleasant
e and report at the next meeting of
court.
t was ordered that the l.. & N. :.
ilway Co. and the Hampshire Turn -
e Co.. construct an underpass at 49,
crossing OF the turnpike and the
road at the Columbia Military Acad-
Y. This is dangerous crossing
the need for an underpass has
n recognized for some time.
he sum of 800 was appropriated
the construction of bridge across n
ID creek at the r. X. Dawson place.
committee of three, composed of
'srs. E. H. Hatcher, r. H. Guest
J. w. C. Church, were appointed
the right of G. X. Y
an to remove the furniture from rib
old court house, find why he did vic
nd recover the same. the
he settlement between the city ten
the county in the court house VIII
k question was adjusted. by
lie report of the Grand Jury on the ant
lition of the county institutions the