The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-17
LUTHER THOMAS is
CHOSEN CLERK FILL
OUT UNEXP|RED TERM
MAGISTRATES MEET IN QUAR-!
TERLY SESSION AT THE
COUNTY MANSION.
RESOLUTIONS ON HARDIN THOMAS
DR.. Murphy Appeared Before Court
and Asked for the Appointment OF
Two Men to Assist In Enforcement
of Quarantine Regulations.

At the July term of the county
court, which met in quarterly session
today, A. Luther Thomas was elected
county court clerk to serve out the
unexpired term of Hardin Thomas
deceased The selection was unani
nous. Judge Mcknight then left the
chair, and moved that committee Of
five be appointed by the acting chair
man, Esq. r. H. Guest, to draft suita
! BILE resolutions upon the death Of the
deceased clerk and to present them
to the court at its meeting at z
o'clock in the afternoon. He named
as his committee, Judge ]. T. Nc
! knight, G. C. Ross, c. c. Denton
John M. Davis and T. e. Lpscomb.
DR.. B. w. Murphy appeared before
the court by invitation and asked the
court to make appropriation for the
employment Of two men to do quar-.
antine duty in the county, enforce
the quarantine regulations, see to the
burning of dead hogs, the protection
Of running streams, the prevention of
infected hogs coming across the
county's borders, the reporting OF
cholera outbreaks, and the proven
ton of diseased hogs from getting up
on the public highways. He spoke
of the work that he had done to date
in the county in the collection Of the
census, the amount of money that the
federal and state governments had
incurred to the present. and what he
expected to do in the next few
months for the eradication of the
disease in the county. His speech
evidently made very good impress
sion upon the members of the court,
as all expressed willingness to make
the appropriation, provided it were
! legal to do so. Mr. Greenlaw was in
structed to look into the legal aspect
of the appropriation and report back
to the court at its afternoon session.
The county trustee, Spence McFall,
reported that the tax aggregate for
the past year 1913 was $165,526.13.
He stated that he had collected for
the county during the past twelve
months $17S,355.14 BY unanimous
vote of the court, 1t was ordered that
he should be refunded whatever
amounts he had lost by reasons of er-
rors or insolvencies. sa4a
Esq. Guest spoke upon the condi-
ton Of the present jail. He stated
that 1t was in wretched state Of re-
pair and that 1t was but matter Of
time until 1t would fall. After some
discussion 1t was ordered that COM
mittee, Of which Judge Mcknight
should be q member. should be ap-
pointed to employ two competent
men to inspect the building and re-
port to the court. at specially call.
ed session Of the court il need be.
what they thought should be done in
regard to the repair of the present
building or the erection of new one
A letter from the county court Of
Davidson county was read, asking
that Maury county join in the move
ment to erect statues on Capitol hill
at Nashville to James K. Polk and
Andrew Johnson. It asked $500 as
Maury county's portion. On motion
OF Esq. English the matter was pass
ed until some future time.
The number of days to work the
public roads was fixed at five, ESQ.
C. c. Denton reported that there
were 81 inmates in the county poor
house and that things were In good
condition there. He asked that the
threshing and coal bills be allowed
at this term of the court. It was
unanimously ordered.
/ The report of the revenue commits.
sioners was read, and accepted. It
stataed that the county's finances were
in good condition. Sympathy was
expressed for the death of Hardin w.
Thomas, ex-county court clerk, and
that of Mrs. McFall, mother of the
county trustee.
All accounts and appropriations for
the quarter were allowed.
At the afternoon session of the
court, Mr.. Greenlaw, who had been
asked to prepare an opinion as to the
legality Of the county's appropriation
for the salary of two men for quar-.
antine work in the hog cholera eradi-
cation, read resolution that he had
drawn, giving to the county Judge the
right to employ the men to assist DIR.
Murphy. 1t was unanimously passed
nv fho nnurt