The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

" aAA ttl hNNal wv tfAfAS''1 WV
official papers which he has indexed I
and to which he can turn az I
moments notice. a CONSPICUOUS
feature Of his office is 4 large map nj
Lincoln county which Mr.. Warren !
drew himself. and which is Tie best
and most accurate map Of the kind
cx,ant, including, as it does, all
towns, railroads, streams. division
of lands, etc, etc. A splendid
feature of the new court house,
which distinguishes it from the first,
is the fire proof vaults provided for
the Circuit and Chancery Clerks
offices, in which are to be stored all
Of the valuable records and books of
the county. These vaults are side
by side, the one opening into the
Circuit Clerks office by heavy
iron door, and the other into the
office OF the Chancery Clerk, and are
burglar proof as well as fire proof
the doors being secured at night by
strong combination locks.
The next call made was upon DR..
J. NJ. Grafton, our county Supt. Of
Education, who occupies the first
room TO the right of the hallway.
We found the Doctor pleasant and
agreeable, but deeply cngrossed in
the duties to his office. For the last
three Saturdays he had been engag-
ed in the examination Of teachers
and was not altogether pleased with
: the result of these examinations. He
stated that the questions sent to
him by the State Board to be pro
pounded to applicants TOR license to
J teach, indicated disposition on the
e part Of State Superintendent to
e raise the grade of qualifications and
efficiency in public school teachers,
e and put an end to the old slip shod
. way of teaching, and as result of
e this, more than one applicant who
expected to receive a first grade GER
r tificate, has only been able to obtain
S a second or third while other APP
l plicants for second and third grades
E. have not been able to pass salts
e factory examination for either
: grade, and have had to turn sorrow
fully away to go about acquiring
D more knowledge, or else to devote
i themselves to some other calling to
D winch their lack Of education better
e & It's them.
Our reporter next dropped into
the Sheriff's office, the next and last
, door on the light OF the hall, where
! he found Sheriff McNair and his
D obliging deputies, Messrs. Tom Nc
Nair and Tom keenan, snugly quar-
tered, and getting every thing in
e readiness for the collection OF this
: years taxes, which the Sheriff in
: formed us he would begin October
LIST. The Sheriffs Office is vast
Improvement on his late one, and
like all Of the other Offices is provid
ed with a coal CRATE. Since the
building of the fire proof vaults in
the Chancery and Circuit Clerks
offices, the large fire and burglar
proof safe belonging to the county, has
been turned over to the Sheriff, and
this now occupies a place in his
office and furnishes q safe and con-
venicnt receptacle for all moneys,
books and valuable papers he may
wish to deposit.
Our reporters next and last call
was upon Chancery Clerk +, NJ.
Martin, from whom, besides passing
the compliments Of the season, he
desired to obtain some accurate in
formation about the condition OF
county finances, and lie was not dis
appointed. Ever affable and accom-
modating, no sooner had our report
err made his wishes known, than
Mr.. Martin began to refer to the re-
cords Of his office and favored us
with the following succinct state
ment which we reproduce in his own
language for the information of our
hundreds of interested county read
ers
A detailed statement of the county in
debtedness as far as can be ascertained
with the data at hand is about as follows,
| tO-wit:
Registered" general county
| warrants. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S6S9O ~
Registered" schools warrants. 3400 90
General county warrants of 1886 5000 IS
School warrants of 1886. ........ 3746 81
Jury and witness certificates. $50 25
| 1otai ................ .....' .SZZoSz Oh
From this amount deduct school
warrants now in Treasurer's
| hand. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOO w