Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
Ben Hill Grand
Jury Presentments
GEORGIA.. Ben Hill County

Adams, clerk, J. B. Jones, L c Harper
l. l. Mercer, J H Order, NJ NJ Steph
ems, J A Parrot, J H Benton. w N
Rawlins, F ] Hunter, J D Powell, L
H Simons, d F Young, G C Dixon.
Z K Adams, H. M. Paull1, A L Will
hanson, G A Troup and c M Ander
son, Grand Jurors. chosen, selected
ana sworn to serve at the July term
OF the Superior court of Ben Hill
county, Georgia, herewith submit to
the honorable court, these our general
presentments and recommendations as
follows, towit:
We have diligently and faithfully in
vestigated all the bills of indictment
that have been submitted to us for
our consideration and have returned
into court Sc true bills and 20 no bills
We have investigated the case of
Mrs. Susie Hopson and respectfully
recommend that she be placed on the
pauper list of the county and that she
receive $500 per month.
We respectfully recommend that
Clerk, D w M Whitley, be paid $3.50
| tor issuing 48 Grand Jury subpoenas.
We also recommend that Mr.. E. H.
Dorminey, Sheriff, be paid $2400 for
servini 48 Grand Jury subpoenas.
We recommend that the foreman and
clerk of this body be paid the sum of
$500 each per day. for their services
during our sittingsJ
W respectfully recommend that
our bailift,, Mr.. less Griffin, be paid
the sum Of 500 PEI cay for his ser
vices.
We wish to express our hearty ap-
probation to His Honor, Judge D. A.
K. Crum for his able charge to this
body and his manifest interest in the
welfare of the ctidens of Ben Hill
County, and for his great interest in
the public schools of this county and
his desire to promote same at every
opportunity.
We also desire to take this oppor-
tunity of thanking the Solicitor, Mr..
]. B. Wall, his assistant Mr.. Jesse
Grantham, for their uniform courteous
treatment of this Grand Jury and for
their Willingness to give any informa-
ton requested by this body.
In this connection, we would not
forget to thank our bailiff Mr.. Less
Griffin for his faithfulness to duty
while employed by us.
We recommend that these present
ments be published in the Fitzgerald
Herald and the Leader-E Enterprise AID
that each OF these publications be
paid the sum OF $500 for same.
Realizing the great need for lie
wees to protect the ballot and in or
der that the voters may have oppor-
unity to cast their ballots in secret
and according to the dictates OF their
own best judgement without interior
ence OF anyone, we hereby recommend
and urge the adoption of the Austral-
an Ballot System, under the general
election Law.
Having before us the presentments
OF the previous Grand Jury, and noting
their recommendations we called be-
tore us the several county officials
concerned and questioned them as to
whether or not they had complied with
same. We are glad to note that they
have considered the recommendation
and have, so far as is practicable, COM
piled with same. We wish to commend
the sheriff and county commissioners
tor this and urge them at all times to
give due and careful consideration to
all recommendation of each Grand
Jury as they are made The men
composing the Grand Jury have the
best interest of their county at heart
and they go into these matters very
carefully and any recommendations
they see fit to make should never be
treated lightly by those officials char
ged with the responsibility of CARRYING
them out, and in this connection. we
respectfully recommend that, in fut-
ure, all Grand Jurits, secure copv of
the presentments OF the previous grand
jury, note the recommendations made
and call before them each of the coun-
ty officials concerned and ascertain
whether or not the recommendations
have been complied with, and if not
why not.
Upon being advised that vacancy
existed on the Board of Education of
the Ben Hill County Public schools,
the term of Mr.. Gordon Roberts, hav-
ing expired, and having had before
us recommendation from the county
School Board that the vacancy be
titled by the appointment of Mr.. w.
h. Roberts, and there appearing no
reason why the recommendation
should not be carried out, this Grand
Jury desires and does hereby recon-
mend his appointment to fill the va
cancy thus created
The Superintendent of the Ben Hill
County Public Schools, advised the
Grand Jury that the commissions of
the members of the Board of Educa-
ton of the Ben Hill County Public
Schools, had expired, and that it be-
came the duty of this body to make
full appointment for another term.
He accompanied his information with
a recommendation that +ba ,,a,,ho-.