The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-01-31
PRESENTMENTS
Of GRAND JURY

journed Term, 1917.
| We, the Grand Jurors sworn and
served the above term respectively
submit Our presentments
| We recommend that Mr.. George w.
Pridgen be appointed as Notary Pub
hector 452nd district G. NJ. Ben Hill
county
We recommend that G.. NJ. Young
be appointed as Notary Public III
District G. NJ. Ben Hill county, Ga.
We recommend that T. A. Dorminy
be appointed as member OF the
County Board of Education.
| We recommend that our Represent
tativc pass bill in the General As7
senbly placing the Solicitor General
on a salary, and further recommend
that our Representative favor a bill
placing all county officers on salary.
! We recommend that our Clerk. Mr..
S. &. Pryor, be paid 100 per day for
his services.
We recommend that Mr. A. M.
Brett, our Bailff. be paid $500 per
day for his services.
We recommend that Clerk D. w.
M. Whitley be paid the sym of $27 90
for issuing 1874 subpoenas to come be-
fore this body before court conven-
ed
We recommend that Sheriff F. H.
| Dorminy be paid the sum OF $1,000
for serving 1874 subpoenas before this
body before court convened. The
committee appointed by the Grand
Jury at the October Term of this
court have made their report and we
submit the same as part of our gen
eral prcsentments.
We recommend that these present.
ments be published i'll the Fitzgerald
Herald and Leader enterprise and
that they be paid the sum of $1,000
each for publishing them.
We have returned ~ true bills and
10 no bills
We desire especially to commend
His Honor, Judge D. A. r. Crum for
the manner in which he has conducted
this court, both civil and criminal. He
has insisted upon a trial or disposi-
ton of cases appearing on the civil
docket, and has not accepted excuses
: for delay only.
His attitude towards the criminal
business has been of inestimable value
to this county. He has disposed OF
business when less hrmness on his
: part would have meant delay for the
guilty in receiving punishment if not
8 escape from it altogether.
We commend his disposition to i'm
pose real fines and sentences.
We believe that punishment should
,, follow the commission of crime, swift
and sure, and that the guilty should
be made to pay the cost of his con-
viction and to suffer for it. contiua-
ton OF his present policy will lesser
crime in our county.
We also wish to extend our thanks
to the Solicitor General. ]. B. Wall
{ and his assistant, Col. Jesse Grant
ham, for the able assistance rendered
this body during the present term.
r. " HANDLEY,
Foreman
S. G. PRYOR. JR.
Clerk.
To the Honorable Grand Jurors for
the January Term, 1917:
We, the undersigned committee ap-
pointed from the Grand Jury of the
. October Term. 1916, to examine the
books of the various county officers
of Ben Hill county and report to YOU
: Honorable body, beg leave to make
our report.
We have examined ,he Ordinary's
! Books. Tax Collectors, the Clerk O
the Superior Courts, Sherif's, County
. School COMMISSIONER and Count,
commissioners and we think that al
the books are very neatly and accur
ately kept. and we find that the foot
ing of each months work seem to b,
IN balance We desire to say that w,
think the system used in the keepin.
OF the County books by the Clerk o
y the Superior Court is one of the hes
d systems we have ever seen and w,
G think that our Clerk is to be congratu
$ lated on the system which he ha
S adopted.
I Respectfully submitted,
d H. G. POWELL.
X o. H. MINTER,
p F. Stone,
Il Committee.
4 10 the Honorable Grand Jury for
= the January Term 1917.