The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-09-23
CHANCELLOR GRANTS Pc
TITION OF OFFICIALS
AND ATTORNEYS.
REASONS ARE GIVEN
Important Session of Board of
Supervisors Demands Post
ponement.

Hon. Albert Y. Woodward, judge
of the Sixth Chancery Court district,
has issued an official order postpon-
ing forone week the fall term OF
chancery court for Lowndes county,
which, under the provisions of the
stts. code, would have convened here
onMonday, October /, but which, in
compliance with the chancellor's or
der until Monday, October Sth.
The court term was postponed by
Chancellor Woodward in response to
petition signed by members of the
local bar and practically all the coun-
ty officials, who gave as reason for
making the request that the board of
supervisors will be in session during
the first week in October and that
matters which will come before the
board for adjudication will demand
the attention of both attorneys and
county officials.
At their meeting on Monday, Oc-
tober /, the supervisors are to take
up the work of hearing objections to
the recent advance in real and per-
sonal assessments which was recently
made by order of the Mississippi Tax
Commission, and as this is a matter
in which practically every citizen of
the county is interested the meeting
will be an unusually important one
There has been 4 considerable ad
vance IN the valuation Of both real
and personal property anh while the
new valuations, III TIE majority Of
cases, will probably stand, the board
hopes to be able to make reduction
II the levy which will practically off
set the increased valuation.
DR.. J. w. Lipscomb returned Fri
day from short visit to ST. Louis.
Ills many friends are glad to learn
hat he is much improved after sew
cral days illness.
State of Mississippi,
Lowndes County,
10 the Honorable Albert Y. Wood
ward, Chancellor:
We the undersigned citizens and
officers of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, and members of the Columbus
bar, respectfully petition and ask
your honor to postpone the conven-
ing of the October term, 1917, Chan
cery Court of Lowndes County from
me first, Monday in October, 1917,
10 the second Monday in October,
1917, for the reason that the Board
Of Supervisors of said county meet
IN the first Monday in October and at
this meeting of said Board there is
important matters to come before
aid Board in reference to the rev.
enue of said county and that it is
necessary for the clerk OF. said board
who is clerk of the Chancery Court,
to be present with said Board of SD
pervisors at their meeting in October,
1917, and that by postponing said
court for one week will not work a
hardship upon either client or attor-
ney and will be for the best inter-
est to postpone said court for one
week.
Respectfully submitted,
b. A. Lincoln, Chancery Clerk; Bat
tie Bell, VIM. Baldwin, Atty; Jas. T.
Harrison, Atty; Chas. L. Garnet
Atty. f. c. Owen, Atty; f. G. Chap
man, Banker; w. G., Meek, Atty; b.
| T. Sykes, Atty; T. W. Lewis, Atty.
J.W. Loving, Atty; J.R. Spann. Atty
Foreman, Const.; 7. M. Cummings
J. p; j. T. Robertson, Const.; R, NJ
Nickels, J. p; H. L. Bailey, d., R. W
Egger, f. A. Stanley, Supt. Educa-
ton; Frank d Ellis, A. A, Marshall
J. B. Williams, Sheriff; Frierson &
Hale, Attys.; c. l.. Lincoln, Atty.
L. II. Hatchett, Pres Board of Super
visors.
State of Mississippi,
Lowndes County
Board of Supervisors, September
Meeting, 1917.
Be it resolved, by the Board Of Su
pervisors of Lowndes county, that OF
: account of the meeting of this Boart
in October, 1917, conflicts with tn
. October Term, 1917, of the Chan
Gerry Court of Lowndes County, bot
meetings on the first Monday of Octo
Der, 1917, and as the October meet
ing of this Board Of Supervisors wi
be most important meeting, bein
the meeting at which the levy @
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