Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-14
COUNTY COURT.
justices Completed the Work of the
Quarterly Session In One Day
and Adjourn,

The quarterly session of county court
convened Monday with all justices
present. They completed the work of
the session and adjourned the same
day. The business was handled with
dispatch, there being about the usual
volume.
Judge G. P. Burnett made his quar-
terly report as did E. W. Mitchell,
county physician Both reports were
accepted.
A bill for Sl8 was presented for
holding an inquest over the body of
George Golliher, who was killed by
the I. c. train few weeks ago not
far from Ozone. Esq. J. T. Ashburn
stated that officials of the Tennessee
Central urged that the inquest be held
and had they not been so insistent he
would not have held the inquest for it
was clear to the people of his section
generally that the man was not of
sound mind and that his death was due
to accident. The feeling was general
with the court that the railroad should
pay the cost of the inquest, owing to
the conditions and the clerk was direc-
ted to furnish the railroad with bill
of the cost of the inquest with re-
quest that it be paid to the county.
Since last term of court seven steel
cots have ! en- provided for the Jail
and installed at total expense of
little over S D.
The report the county judge showed
that there is omething over $6, 600 in
the sinking md for redeemng the
outstanding 5 900 in court house
bonds. Under ire provisions of the
bonds all or az part of the bonds are
lredeemable alter July | 1915. Ac-
cordingly, Judge Burnett was directed
by the court to purchase Sc, 200 worth
of the court house bonds, which he will
do, thus leaving only $19, 900 of the
bonds to draw interest.
TAX RELEASES.
Trustee Jas. Smith was released from
taxes on land amounting to approxi- |
mately So, 900 because of errors, double |
assessments, etc. He also reported
list of about ST, 800 in picked up taxes
that he asked to have charged to him
as trustee. The picked up taxes were
greater than usual SO that the actual
releases were some smaller than is
usual.
RELEASED FROM ROAD WORK.
The following persons were released
from road work and the payment of
poll tax because fo physical disability
G. c Detherage, G. w. Elmore, Mike
Burgess, Oscar Hyder, Talmade Wat
son, Morris Rector, General Hayes,
Emmett Selby, Lee Reed.
All the foregoing releases were per-
Chas. Handy was released
for one year.
Chairman u. s. Rose, Of the High
School Board, made his report, which
showed less funds on hand for the COM
ing year than usual. He also reported
to the court that there was a bill
to S167 for repairs on the
dorinitory unpaid that would put add-
tional strain on the High School fund
and asked that the county pay it. AT
ter considerable discussion a vote was
.aken and the payment of the bill from
any other of the county funds was de
;lned. The feeling seemed to be that
each department of the county, incud-
ng the High School, should bear its
,wn burdens.
DEMONSTRATION WOBK TO
CEASE
The question of retaining Prof.
Crank s. Chance tor another year as
agricultural demonstration was taken
p and freely discussed. 1t was de-
ided to dispense with his services this
ear and to employ no one in his place
ecause of shortage in finances. The G
eport of Prof Chance was read and !,
he court was highly pleased with the
esult of his labors and would have
ked very much to retain him, but as
was impossible for the High School
una to bear the burden and owing to
he shortage in some other departments
was thought best to dispense with
ne agricultural demonstrat work
le coming year. The present year of