The leader., 1905-01-11
BOARD of SUPERVISORS.
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Ethe stock and agricultural imple-
lments the snln Of 81 100. making
Ia total outlay of $4,000. The
farm today is easily worth $40,
1000 and can be sold for that
amount, and the stock and agri.
cultural implements are appraised
lat the sum Of 81, 7S2. 65, for which
the present superintendent, Hon
| j. G. Miller, has given his receipt
| to the Board Of Supervisors and
has accepted the same as fair
land reasonable valuation thereof.
The farm is now supplied with.
| fine graded stock and with reason
ably good and up-to-date agricuI
Itural implements, thus rendering
| the labor, cultivation, gathering
land marketing Of the crops less
lburdensome. The stock is we'll
fed, we'll groomed and d pleasure
to look at. The corn cribs are
filled with good and wholesome.
corn. The inmates Of The farm
we are proud to state are comforta-
bly, clothed, furnished with neces-
sary and suitable beds and bed
ding and are we'll fed with pure
and wholesome food. Within the
last 6 months we recommended
the purchase Of four fine milch
COWS and the farm is now the pos
SCISSOR Of S cows, the natural In
crease of SAID investment. So.
that the paupers and prisoners
/ have plenty OF good rich milk and
butter, which shows d marked de-
crease in the consumption of.
other edibles.
We conVersed with the unfortu-
nate Inmates, and aside from the
fact that our new jail is of
more comfortable and mod
ern. structure, the prisoners and
paupers are as healthy, happy and
contented as persons similarly
situated could or should expect to
be. Acting On this suggestion,
while we do not deem it a necessi-
ty, we recommend that the Board
have one comfortable new jail
erected as early as it is practica-
BILE to do so.
In conclusion we beg leave to
state that when it is known that
the county convict and poor farm
fell behind in the year 1908, tAe
sum of $1,827.58, Whea cotton
sold for 13 cents per pound, we
feel that the good people Of Lin
coin county have something to ho
thankful for when tho county
auditors books this DAY show that
after making all legal and proper
charges against the county con-
Yict and poor farm, that tho farm
has not only saved the taxpayers
|of tho county last year in the way
of Feed for prisoners in county
JAIL as heretofore, the sum Of
s., ,620, but has actually paid all
running expenses and instead Of
falling behind $1,S27,5S as Ia
1908, it only fell behind last year
the sum oil 1855. SO, and this, too,
with 8 cent cotton, as against 49,
cent cotton ID 1908.
All praise is due the former
Board Of Supervisors for the pur-
chase of the county convict and
poor farn and its management un-
der adverse surroundings and cir
eumstances. It is an investment
of which the good people Of the
county may we'll feel proud, and
from a financial and business
standpoint is without parallel in
1.-THE history Of Lincoln county.
We most respectfully submit
that we do not take all the credit
to ourselves for the prosperity of
this enterprise, which was merely
an experiment, but we let the
facts and figures speak for them
selves and let the public render
its decision.
Respectfully submitted,
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