Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-16

D c Ferris, printing and pulling IL s
S A Lever. 1892 ft. lumber 20 A
A Boykin, lumber, nails, etc. 9 81
Jim Cotton, trees for sleepers. 6 O
R J Cade, lumber ........ 10 Oh
Lagrone, framing bridges. 3Ot
J A Tyson, copying personal
rolls .................. 131 A
Jno. Stages, shop work k--...---.-..-.. s.
Gus Mcleod. lumber ..... IL 81
G L Ferris, sundry supplies ,... II 4E
] w Rogers, Jr.. two plow points l 8C
] J Price & Co., supplies ... % 81
c. NJ Scales, court allowance =. 1873 sc
A d Binion, .-. SGT OF
Brookville Hdw & Fur. Co.,
road supplies ......- 80 174 81
P Swami, bal. on water trough OC
G c. Kinard, lumber -. 1850. 13 %
Leland Hines. frt. on road mach. "a Ot
Contract for furnishing legal blanks,
stationery, etc. was awarded to The
Macon Beacon.
Warrant for $50, payable to A Klaus,
was ordered drawn, for balance due
him for mule.
Sheriff was credited with fine and
cost for prosecution of Peter Richard
son, and was ordered to notify peni-
teeCiary authorities to come and get
Peter,
The account of J F Shelton for S. for
5nrying pauper was rejected.
The following accounts, petitions etc.
we're continued:
FOOte, Davies & Co.
Contract for wood for poor house,
r f Boykin, contract for lu "ber.
L H Showers, account for repairing
bridges $50.
Petition of w T Conn, ct al, was fl
ed until next meeting of the board.
Jim Creek Baptist church was allow
ed $50 for maintaining water trough
IN public road,
John Thomas and George Harrison
we're released from poll tax for the
year 1909.
Board adjourned.
WEDNESDAY SEPT. Z,
Board met pursuant to adjournment;
all members present
w. J. Hubbard, ct al, petitioned for
new road. Was ordered granted if
practicable, and Leland Hines and
Allie Swami were appointed committee
to inspect and report on same.
r A Bryan, ct al, petitiOned for
new public road and Leland Hines and
c G Thompson were appointed commit
tee to inspect and report on same.
Certificate of acceptance for personal
roll of 1910 for NOXuber county was
received from Auditor and same was
ordered spread on minutes.
Petition of Ben M Boggess for new
road was rejected as same did not con-
form to law.
Account of Noxubee Lumber Co., for
$9l "a for lumber was allowed.
Officers of court was allowed SIS in
case of Jack Hyde.
Misses Rosa c. Swami, Susie Lee
Hagin, Mary Clyde Holt, Ella May
Hunter, Mary Adams, Addie L. Skin
ner. Marion Patty, E. R. Pagan, Lizzie
Jamison, desiring to: attend the Indus
trial Institute and College, and their
being endorsed by J. r.
Jackson, superintendent of education.
The County Treasurer was ordered to
transfer the sum O. $6, 767. C6 from the
C urt house repair fund to the General
County fund, this amount having been
taken from the General Fund and uti-
lize1 n making repairs on court house.
Henderson Sherrod and JAS Cockrell
were released from poll tax.
On petition, L. l.. Cole had assess
nent of So, 500 against his ginnery re-
duced to 81, 500.
Clerk was ordered to advertise for
bridge across Macon and Memphis road.
Nelson Griggs was released from
double assessment.
George Douglass was appointed
overseer of road in place of Jno. Doug
lass.
Road link No. 46 was established and
hands on Mcqueen and Bill Dismukes
places were assigned to same. Lacy
Conner was made overseer.
Sam Meekin was released as over
seer on road No. SO and M. c. Crabb
appointed in his stead,
w. NJ. Dowdle was: appointed over
seer of Dowdle road.
In the matter of the levy of the
county taxes for the year 1910. it was
that tax of nine mills on the
dollar for the following purposes, to-
wit:
General County purposes, eight and
mills.
Court House purposes, two-eights of
mill.
Jail purposes, two-eights of mill.
Agricultural High School, two-eights
of mill.
J. G. Horton agent, was allowed
$2.25 for express on load machine
blade.
A. C. Fant, allowed $658 for making
personal assessment roll.
w. T. Conn, 81 for lumber.
Account of F. Hopkins for $3.50 for
court house repair
work was continued until October
Rubush, Dabbs Con. Co., were allow
ed $1,SOO for repair work on court
house.
The consideration of all road ever
seer's reports were continued until next