The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-07-06
The Police Jury.

SOSoOii ot L T.. III. VII viz -ii't Nsht
of July. All members present
except ID. III. Shumate. L Ii e
first business IN order was th,
election of officers for the ensuing
year. j. Nj. Webb of ward six
was elected President, w. w.
Hilburn, Clerk, j. w. WasSon,
Treasurer, and Earl f. Kidd,
Attorney. At this juncture the
President of the Police Jury
submitted IL communication to
the body which was read as
follows:
Winfield, La, July 2, 1906.
To The Honorable President aud
members of the Police Jury
of the Parish of Winn:
Gentlemen: Having addressed
a communication to each of you,
stating to you that | would be an
applicant for the position of
Parish Printer and now make to
soHr honorable body, in session,
the application outlined IN my
communication to eacL individual
member. | need no introduction
to the members of your honorable
body, hence, any long winded
promise or references would be
out of place. On September 19.
1883, l published the first news
paper that was published in Winn
paaish after the civil war, and
three years after | sold my
interest. On January 1st, 1906,
| bought out d. B. Coates who
was then running The Sentinel
and since that | have been run
ming The Southern Sentinel for
my own account. How well |
have succeeded in carrying out my
pledges remains for you to say as
| have sent my paper to you reg
uIarly. / can say to you, gentle
men, that | am prepared to do
any work that will be required to
be done for the parish as we'll and
with as much dispatch as any
plant in the parish. There is no
character of printing that l am
not prepared to do. Although l
am not willing to work for
nothing, / can do the work as
cheap as anyone in the parish.
l am making this application
upon my own merits, without
making any combination with
any one. l simply come to you
and ask that / be given a fair
chance and should you elect me,
/ will do my duty, thanking each
of you in advance for whatever
you may show me.
l am very truly yours,
WILL A. STRONG,
Editor of Southern Sentinel.
The election of Parish Printer
was taken up which resulted in
the election of w. B. Smylie.
The following report of the
committee appointed at the last
session of the police jury to carry
into effect the ordinance in regard
to working convlcts ON the public
roads was read and filed:
To the Honorable President aud
members of the Police Jury
of the Parish of Winn:
Gentlemen: We your commit
tee appointed at your April ses-
sion for the purpose of carrying
into effect the ordinance passed
by your honorable body at that
session, directing and providing
for the working of the cOnvicts
on the public roads, beg leave to
report that Immediately after our
appointment, we proceeded to
organize by electing A. j. Long
chairman and w. f. Cooper
secretary. We then selected j.
M. Leeper as guard and road
overseer and authorized him to
purchase the necessary tools to
work with and provide the
necessary shackles and cuffs
to secure the safety of the
prisoners. Weofonnd that some
of the men in Jail had no clothes
except those which they had on,
and 1t was necessary to purchase
clothes for some of the men. |
We authorized him to buy
for some of the prisoners,
that were absolutely necessary
for them to have and work in |
public. We also directed him to |
see that the men on the public |
work were provided with good
food, as it required
more for men working than for
those lying in Jail. We then
directed him to commence to
work ON the lower Alexandria
road, and did all that could be
profitably done with the tools
and appliances we had TO work
with the work will show for |