Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-19

OF all the reported instances OF the
present administrators negligence to-
ward the business duties Of the execu-
tive office and the business interests or
the counties of Georgia, here is the
most astounding This time 1t is not
the case of a Justice Of the peac or
notary public BUT OF THE TAX COL
LBCTOR OF WAYNE COUNTY.
ACCORDING to a communication from
Hon Joseph A.. Norris: of Jesup, for
merr member of the legislature and one
Of south Georgia's leading men, given
in full below, NINE SEPARATE Az
PEALS FOR THIS TAX COLLECTOR
COMMISSION WERE MADE IN VAIN
to the governors office and the admin
istration of THE COUNTY'S TAX MON
Ely WAS HELD UP FROM APRIL;
TO AUGUST 5 through the negligence
and carelessness of the executive de-
partment -ty 49,. -.
ON last Sunday an unsolicited. cum
plaint was published in The journal
showing that IN" TATTNALLaC COUNT
THREE FUGITIVES FROM JUSIlSE t.
CHARGED WITH HEINOUS OF-
FENSES, HAD ESCAPED The Law ?
on THE STATE BECAUSE OF The
GOVERNORS FAILURE TO ISSUE RE-
OTrTSITION PAPERS IN RESPONSES
TO A REQUEST FORM THE AUTHOR
I1STES OF THAT COUNTY. on MONDAY
there appeared in The Journal announcer
unsolicited complaint from Newton coun-
ty citing the instance, of notary pup
Iic,s commission which, had been deiayeo
viye months and which WHEN IT FL
NAII,Y ARRIVED WAS DATED A.
cTrST AGA, was blank so rar as tlre
name of the county and the .,.
n,era concerned and was hence worth
less. =. .o... o%
.,roiIar complaints from majority OF
t,,e counties In the state. The lhstance
si,an in the following communlcAt.oii
80. how the entire tax business OF q
oo,,rtv was blocked by the negnsenco
of the executive office. ,
Mr.. Morris letter in full 1oii0~s ,a,n
IVA JESUP, Ca, Aug. h. lSlo'
raditor Atlanta Journal: a.
I have read with mucn Ht S s.1,,,
,,ar,ous letters appearing almost oaly
q, ~ columns of The Journal ana otner
Georgia newspapers with reference 10 Inc
Sesrsnt neglect OF the executive oepar y
r,ent Of the state under the present au-
,.tntstration with reference to, senoins
a. aor,roissions to the different omcers
wtJO CANNOT PERFORM THE DU-
TIES DEVoLVING UPON THEM I'm
TIL, COMMISSIONED. 1nasmucn as
none of the counties OF the state mas
suffered in this connection as Wayne
has, 1 thought 1t not anappropiIa' -, ~
eli IN. neople of Georgia, Through your
columns. the, treatmArt. this county mas
received at the hands of this ,so7calleo
.sbusiness' administration" 4s. ~, e.
In January. 1910. Mr.. ST. O. Davis was
duly elected Justice of the peace OF the
screven district of this county; his cleo
tion was duly certified by Hon. ira M :.
Raybon. clerk of the superior court OF
Wayne county. TO the executive depart
ment. all according to the requirements
~ law but he never received reply OF
acknowledgement. He then wrote a per-
sonal letter to the secretary to the gov
ernor but he did not receive a reply
or an acknowledgment until after a
lanse Of six months and continuous en-
treaties Mr.. Raybon was advised by the
department that the originals had. never
been received, or II received had been
lost, and asked for duplicates. This re-
quest was complied with, and then after
continued efforts on his part the ordi-
nary received the compission for Mr..
Davis on June q, 1910.
On April 9Th, 1910, w. F. Knox was
duly appointed by the county commits
sioners OF Wayne county, tax collector,
to I'LL the unexpired term Of w. r.
Johns who died during his tenure of
once, This appointment was promptly
certified by the clerk OF the superior
court to the executive department but
he failed to receive an acknowledgement
or a reply. He then wrote to the gov
ernor's secretary but he failed to re-
ceive an acknowledgement or a reply.
HE THEN WROTE THE SECRETARY
OF STATE AND TIE COMPTROLLER
GENERAL BEGGING THEM TO AID
THE COUNTY IN GETTING THE COM
MISSION FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR.
POINTING OUT TO THEM, AS HE
HAD PREVIOUSLY TO THE GOVERN
OR AND TO HIS SECRETARY, the