The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29

VI LHC OOuLt AAOuSo VI AcO OUuuty
fixes upon the board Of Supervis-
ors the imperative duty of building
a new Court House. 1t leaves the
county without the necessary Of
fees in which the business of the
county may by transacted and
without places of deposit where
the papers and records Of the va.
rlous courts may be kept under
proper protection. The business
OF these courts is large and TO
them is superadded the papers and
records of the Superintendent of
Education, Treasurer and Assessor.
Lac county is now a large county
containing a population of twenty
five thousand people and having
seven important towns from which
business is drawn. 1t is not neces-
sary to go further into detail on
these points. The necessity for
the building is absolute and the
building Of it IL neither be avoid.
ed nor long delayed. TIE peoples
papers and records must be placed
IN n proper receptacle where they
can be given the necessary protec-
ton.
Lee county is growing very
rapidly aud The volume OF business
done within its borders is being
increased in a ratio in excess of
the increase of population. The
city of Tupelo is growing fast and
this may be said of all towns of
the county. Taxable values are
increasing in response to the in
pulses of the accelerated prospect
ty which marks every interest,
mercantile, agricultural and in
dustrial. The county Isl bee hive
of progress, lands are increasing
in value and every body is happy
under the upward bounding of ev-
cry industry. There is no cry from
any quarter of hard times. The
kicker and the growler r smil-
ing and every thing is smooth and
fine.
Under the conditions of pros
perity under which the people are
now prepared to meet the Issue 1t
seems to us that our board of
Supervisors should not hesitate to
meet the duty which confronts
them and proceed with all possible
despatch to erect such a building
as would do honor to themselves,
the county and the people. The
blackened walls of the old building
stand as a solemn warning against
the parsimony which was the
guide when they were built. They
stand there as mute, but strong,
evidences against the penny wise
but pound foolish policy which
led to their erection. When the
old Court House was built the
county was poor compared to
what it is now. But it has paid
the penalty of the folly of building
such a trap us it was.
Lee county is able to build
al up-to-date Court House. Its
cost in dollars and cents would
be more than met in the influence
which it would exert in promoting
a spirit of civic pride in our people.
The Court House is the property
of all the people of the county. 1t
belongs to no town Or clique, but
belongs to every body who pays
taxes to build it. The people of
the county should feel a pride in
haying a Court House fully up to
every requirement. The Court
House of such a county as Lee
should have every accessory of
comfort and convenience for the
courts, the officers and the people.
1t should be such a building as
would arouse pride in every tax
payers heart. Ours is one of the
richest and best counties in the
State. We should have a Court
House hat would stand as a
monument to the Intelligence,
wealth and pride of our people.