The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-12-14
18TH SECTION FUNDS.
Treasurer suhmit Report b Bo ard Cover
Ing Tern.

OOdIO Oh 81 VASOlS ShCAC WdS ouD
mitted for their inspection a de-
tailed statement of the various
10Th section funds of the county,
covering the four years that Treas
urer Stafford has been their Gus
todian. This report was carefully
complied by Hon. w. B. Roberts,
vice e-president of the VALLEY Bank
of Rosedale, which institution has
been the depository of the county s
funds. Mr.. Roberts is splendidly
capable of preparing this report,
and it may be taken for granted
insofar as his knowledge of the
condition of these funds goes, the
showing made is correct. 1nas-
much as there has existed for years
a desire on the part of the people
of the county that showing OF
these funds be made, the board
deemed it nothing less than its
duty to have same published in
the county papers.
It is claimed by those who are
in a position to know something OF
the shape in which these funds
have been kept for many years
that their present status presents
an extremely tangled spool, and
one that it will be utterly imposs-
ible to straighten out; that tor the
reason that care has not been ex-
ercised in properly separating
them, and because of the fact that
the records are so meager as to
whom, when and in what amounts
they have been loaned; the failure
to separate the interest as 1t has
been loaned; the failure to separate
sfhe interest as it has been paid in
30 that each fund might receive its
proper amount, has rendered the
task of checking them up at this
late day a matter of impossibillty.
And the one thing sought by the
hoard in the publication of the re-
. purt is to direct the attention OF the
neople of the county to the various
items covered in the hope that per-
sonal recollection may aid in cor
recting errors that may exist.
That the funds are in their pres
ent condition is to be regretted,
but regrets will not remedy the
matter. The thing is to work and
employ the best material for their
correction. This should be one
of the first acts of the new board
and we express the belief that they
will do it. 1t is suggested by Sen
ator Moore, and we believe tina
the suggestion is as practical a.
anv that the board could adopt t.
employ an expert accountant ant
Mace him in charge of the work o
going over all the available dat
back as far as any information cal
be cleaned. Let him correct tn
condition of these various funds a
far as possible, and then let his re
port form the basis for new start
ing point in their accounting
Profit by the experience OF the pas
and in the future see that the Gus
todian of these funds renders
complete and exact report OF thei
condition, making the same mat
ter of public record.
The school fund of this state i
a sacred one. Upon it depends II
a large measure the education o
our children. That it has beer
prevented and grossely neglected
in the past is unfortunately true
These sections in the past hav
been leased for song, denuded o
their wealth of timber and fund
that have been derived from varl
Gus sources laxity guarded. If al
of them were in cultivation toda
the county would need no othe
money with which to finance II
schools for nine months in th
year. Let all future boards OF su
pervisors rise to the full heighth {
their duty in guarding the interest
of our school sections. Will
much ground has been lost tina
can meyer be recovered, we can !
the future guard against any tar
gled and unsatisfactory condition
-cleyeland Enterprise.