The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-04-09
COURT PROVIDES
FOR MAINTENANCE
OF COUNTY ROADS
Authority To Expend Eight thousand
Dollars In Repairs ls Given
County Judge.
STATE HIGHWAY RECEIVES
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
Tax Committee Appointed To Inves-
tigate Tax Rate For The
Present Year.

Present Year.
The County Court had the usual
busy day at its quarterly session on
Monday, passing upon all things with
in its august jurisdiction from re-
funding a So dog tax to a negro man
to appropriating and added $4,000
for the completion Of the Federal
highway, No. II, in the south end Of
the county, which was the big bust
ness Of the day, and which occupied
a three hour discussion of the af-
ternoon session. j. T. Calhoun &
Company took the bid for this high
way last year at 27 1-2 cents the
cubic foot on a $4,000 bond. Since
then the price of labor and materials
having risen above dreams, the con-
tractors declared themselves unable
to complete their work without a
$4,000 bonus one half Of which the
state pays, and the other half which
they through their representative,
Mr.. McComb of the state highway
department recommended the court
to authorize as the cost of letting an
entirely new contract would be an
added 100000.
Speakers for the appropriation
were N. B. Crisman, Esq. Steele, Esq.
Bushart, Esq. Reynolds, Gen. Lewis,
Esq. Doty, and opposed were ]. C..
Rainey, Arthur Alexander, and the
final vote stood 21 to 9, in favor.
An appropriation of $4,000 for
repair road work in the county on a
$3.50 basis was defeated the major
ity favoring a postponement of the
question until the July term of court
when the tax rate is to be determin-
ed, and when the court can better
tell how the county stands financial
ly.
Also a motion for raising the coun-
ty superintendent of schools salary
$500 was defeated.
Reports from County Health OFF,
Ger, the Supt. of Schools, the Reve-
nue. Commissioners were accepted
and filed.
The court elected the following
County Board of Tax Equalizers: J..
W. Tyson, J. L. Porter, Horace Rou-
ton, John Bumpass, and A. B. Lamb,
chairman.
Other court routine business in
cluded the usual refunds, releases,
appropriations, etc.
Ju| res Message.
The Judges message to the court
was as follows:
To the Honorable County Court,
Of Henry County, Tennessee: April
1920 term:
Gentlemen:
beg leave to make the following
report, towit:
find after making settlement with
the Trustee on the first day Of April,
1920, we have the following amounts
on hand:
County Fund, $6,011.13; School
Funds, $14,333.61; Road Funds, $12,-
311.69; Special Funds, $5,283.28.
We have paid off $13,000.00 of the
SCI, 100000 bond issue, which was due
at this time, together with the inter
est on full amount, which amount
including interest aggregates $14,-
$50.
Under the law we are required at
this term to elect County Board
Of Equalization.
We cannot at this term fix the tau
rate, as we will have to wait until the
State Board of Equalization make
their report.
Respectfully submitted,
d. T. Spaulding, Judge.
Appropriations, County Officials.
r. M. Hagler, boarding prisoners
$37O; T. M. Hagler, cash for requi.
sition and arrest of prisoner, SIS
w. |. Dale, quarterly account $500
C. L, Perkins, expenses arrestinf
prisoner s6.74; Jno. d. Coats, con
veying patients SIS.
County Home,
Gus Flake, mdse., $1.75; Jos
Weinbaum & Bro, mdse., $149.42
]. L. Holland, mdse., $20.85; DR.. ]
D. Weldon, dental acct, $3; L. L
Edgar, blacksmith acct, 81; Nc
Swain Bros, mdse., $4S.76; Arnet
& Lindsey, mdse., $202.70; B. G. Ice
blacksmith acct, $9.40.
Small Pox.
d. M. Brisendine, acct, $32.25
McSwain Bros, acct, $519,36; w
p. Melton, conveying small pox pa
tient, 81; DR.. r. ]. Perry, $25; DI
VIM. Walker, $40; DR.. G. D. Lee, $E
Inquests.
DR.. Henrietta Veltman, IS; DIR. G
R. McSwain, S.; DR.. C. H. johnson
IS; DR.. ]. H. McSwain, 500; DR..
M. Corum, IS.
Court House.
Elliott Fisher Co., repairs for boo
machine, $3.50; W. N. Porter Aut
Co, wood, 81; Peoples Coal & Ic
Co., coal, $107.98; Marshall & Bruc
Co., stationery, s237.71; John Ezel
wood, So; e. 8. Virgins, care Q
clock, $25; r. A. Johnsonius, acct
$3.50; McCowat-Mercer Printin
Co, $167.14; Thos. L. Nored, wirinl
$3.50; Dixie Chemical Co., $29.5(
Willard Products Co., disinfectan
s21.5O; The Partisan, stationery an
printing, s127.40.
Jail.
McSwain Bros, mdse., $4.S5; Eze