The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-15


Several Notaries Public Are Elect
ed-Appropriations for the Coming
Quarter Made.
Quarterly Court Te-ccnvened Mon
day az 1880 O'CLOCK according to
adjournment the FIST Monday. Judge
Go.dcn was in the chair ana there
sge onl, Two of the Magistrates abb
sent. Esquires c. S. jackson and K. E.
Erwin.
squire George W. Hayes opened
Inc court with a prayer AMI then came
usual line o. business between the
'Sqaires, but nothing sensational was
pulled Of
The apprC riauons for the quarter
were approyed. After this had been
disposed of Squire Ballanfant threw
a bomb in the court by introducing a
motion to cut down the appropriation
allowed for the making out of the tax
books for the county from $3.50 to
$500 There was a second made to
the motion and then the discussion
begun. Clark Thomas has just fin
ished the making out Of the book and
in defense of himself made little talk
and demanded that he be allowed the
$3.50 as heretofore. Squire Denton
made a motion in lieu that the appro-
priation stand as heretofore and the
motion in lieu was put before the
corut and carried by vote of IL to
3.
Then Squire ]. w. G. Church made
a motion that hereafter the clerk shall
be allowed only $500 for the making
out of the tax books and this motion
carried by 10 to g. But before 1t was
voted on Squire Denton made mo-
ticn to table and lost by 10 to 7. The
court then asked that the motion be
drawn in writing, which was done
and signed by Squire J. w. G. Church
and Squire Jno M. Davis.
Judge Gordon was called out at TINS
! iuncture and Squire Denton was
asked to take the chair and Squire
Rallanfant made a motion that Squire
Denton be declared a candidate fol-
county Judge and that no one else be
allowed to run, but failing to get
second. withdrew the motion.
Squire Denton made motion tha'
,Sauire Ballanfant be reimbursed fol
money paid out of his personal pocke'
for shingles for the covering of the
county poor house The motion car
ried unanimously and the judge was
ordered to issue the warrant covering
the cost
A resolution was here introduced
for the appointment OF a commltte'
to investigate the erection OF a pedes
trian way across the river bridge
at the foot of North Main street Z
connect with the concrete sld'
walk being built by the citizens 0
Riverside from that little town up u
The foot of the bridge on the Nortl
side of the Nashville pike. A motion
was also made to embody in the reso
Iution giving the committee the rlgn
to investigate the substitution of stee
stills in the bridge in the place OF TN
wooden ones now in use. The resolu
ton passed without dissenting Vot
and the chair appointed the Mint
District Magistrates, H. F. Fariss
chairman. R. H. Guest, E. E. EVIL
and r. H. Guest. A motion was ais
made that the chair name County Al
torney w. C. Whitthorne on the CON
mittee which wa: done. The commit
tee was instructed to investigate Tn
advisability of doing this work an
securing the possible cost of the wor
and report back to the next meetin
of the court
A letter was read from E. w. Maple
asking for the privilege of the use 9
the public highways of the county 10
, the purpose Of erecting telephone poll
along their routes for the purpose 9
establishing telephone system BE-
tween the counties of Maury Law
renee, Lewis, Wayne and Giles.
The letter stated that the serVlc
was known as the secret service sy
tenn and as the Squires did not unde
, stand the system and as they did nc
care to get something on their const
tuition that they did not know tn
workings Of the matter was dropped
Free merchants licenses was gran
ed to Miss Mary Muierhead of Sprin
4 Hill for the sale of groceries in Sprln
4 Hin. Jim Tyler and w. B. lsbell wer
freed from license for hawk and pei
ding. Clawrence Crews was release
4 from roll tax and road duty.
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