The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-12-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS or REGULAR
DECEMBER TERN. 1907.
FIRST DAY.
State of Mississippi
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FIRST DAY.
State of Mississippi,)
Lincoln County
Be it remembered that at a
regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of Lincoln county,
Miss, begun and held in the
Chanoery Clerks office in the
Court House on the first Monday
in December, 1907, the same be-
ing the fourth day of said month,
at the time and place fixed by law
for the holding of said court,
there were present, the Hon. q,
2. Jones, District No. /, Presi-
dent; Hons, w. FL. Furr, District
No. 2; G. M. Brister, District No.
3; Ed Smith, District No. 4 John
Walker, District No. 5; r. H.
Applewhite, Sheriff, and r. w.
McNair, Clerk.
The following proceedings were
had and done, to-wit:
1t is ordered by the Board that
the salary of the Superintendent
of the Lincoln County Convict
Farm aud Poor House be fixed at
$40 per month, and the salary of
guards fixed at 500 per month and
board.
The following communication
was received and read:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Lincoln County, Miss,
Gentlemen:-1 hereby recon-
mend that your Honorable Body
discharge one Rosa Smith, color
ed, convict on the County Farm,
she being physically disabled to
do manual labor.
Very respectfully submitted,
w. Fl. FRIZELL, Jr., M. d.
Health Officer, Lincoln Co., Miss.
r. G.. APPLEWHIT
Sheriff.
j. q. MILLER, Supt. Farm.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT.
Hon. Board of Supervisors, Lin
coin County, Miss.
Gentlemen:--I herewith make
my quarterly report for quarter
ending Nov. 18th.
The County Poor House and
Convict Farm and the County
Jail are in good sanitary condition
no sickness in either institution,
and the inmates are we'll cared for
by their respective oustodians.
Since my last report there has
been in the county two small pox
infected areas, one near Wesson,
one white man, Mr.. j. L. White,
one negro, Chas. Dean. These
we're called to my attention by DIR.
Nv. I. Little, and in whose care
| intrusted them after my visiting
them.
There have been twenty -one
other cases of small pox in six
other homes in Beat 2, all of
which are traceable to one in
fection brought into Lincoln
County from Smiths Ferry, by
one Ed Smith, colored. There
has been no spread from these
infected houses since my attention
was called to them. All exposed
were yaccinated by me. All ex-
cept one, Sim Cooper, coIored,
have been discharged, apartments
fumigated and mattresses burned,
six in number; two for Gene Con
ley, coIored, on Mr.. Virgil John
sons place, two each for Leon
Smith, colored, and Ransom
Smith, colored, on Mr.. Chas. II.
Moore's place. | ordered these
replaced. There have been nine
cases of scarlet fever reported to
me. These have recovered and
apartments have been fumigated.
At present no further contagion
or infection threatens the health
of the county.
Very respectfully submitted,
W. H. FRIZELL, Jr.. M. D.,
Health Officer, Lincoln Co.,
Miss.
j. G. Miller, Superintendent OF
the County Farm, submitted his
monthly report as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Lincoln County, Miss.
| Gentlemen:-I submit my re
port as superintendent of county
farm and poor farm for the month
of Nov, 1907. / have on hand Il
paupers and % prisoners. OF the
first class prisoners worked or
their fines and costs are:
Jack Northern, Henry Allen
Fred Bush, S. j. Wylie and vii
Marselus. 30 days, S6 each; Bot
| Allen and JEFF Mccullough, II
days, $500 each; Bill! Thompson
| 13 days, $3.50; Sam Hughes, II
days, 50; Tom late, 6 days, $1.80
Will Narren, s days, $1.60
Palmer Porter, Z days, S1.40
Frank Smith, days, SO cents
Geoorge Butler, days, 60 cents
Total days 1856; total fines tota
SAT. 20.
4 Second class hands worked:
/ Addie Williams, Less Ward
Sam johnson and George Cole
/ man, 80 days, So each; Bessie
king and Lucius Sanders, 2:
. days, $3.50 each; JEFF Mccullough
IA days, $1.40. Total days $50
total fines, SIS.
Prisoners serving days: Etti
Tullos, Marshall Rowan, Bol
Brown, Ed O,Neal and Isaial
Sanders, sc days each; JeB Nc