The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-03-07
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OFFICIAL PROCEEDING OF THE REG.
ULAR MARCH TERM 1908.
FIRST DAY.
State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.

Supervisors of Lincoln county, il
the State of Mississippi, begun
and held in the Office of the Clerk
of the Chancery Court, in and fol
said county and State at the Court
House thereof, in the city o1
Brookhaven, Mississippi, on the
First Monday in March, A. D.
1908, the same being the End day
of said month, it being the time
and place fixed by law for the
meeting of the Board of Super.
visors of Lincoln county, Missis.
sippi, there were present, Hon.
Z. P. Jones, member from Dis.
trict No. 1; Hon. W. H. Furr,
member from District No. 2; Hon.
Calvin M. Brister, member from
District No. 8; Hon. W. Henry
| Moak, member from District No.
4; and Hon. L. F. Noble, mem
ber from District No. s; Hon.
r. W. McNair, Clerk, and Hon.
j. L. Greer, Sheriff.
j. G. Miller, Superintendent of
the County Farm, submitted his
monthly report as follows:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors,
Lincoln County, Mississippi.
Gentlemen:-I make my report
as Superintendent of the County
Convict and Poor Farm for the
month of February, 1908.
Of the first class hands worked
on their fines and costs are, Will
Warner, John Banks, Buck Mos
es, Will Williams, 80 days, each,
$5.58; Jeff Mccullough, 6 days on
farm and % on cost, 80 days, S.
80; Tim Bryan, 21 days. $4.2O;
Henry Willis 81, days, $4.20;
Frank Smith, Ed Robertson, b.
ma Jackson, Bill johnson, Bill
Baggett, Fred James, Robert
Allen, Geo. W. Shaw, S. j. Wy
lie, IA days each, 50. 80; John Fin
ley, 8 days, $1.8O; Judge Paxton,
s days, $I.60; Sam Barden, So
days, SLIGO; Phillip Brewer, 6
days, $1.20. Total days, 374;
amount, $6S.80.
Second Glass Hands -Lucius
Sanders, 80 days, $3.50; Addie
Williams, % days, $3.50; George
Coleman, % days, $3.50; Sallie
Brown, 19 days, $1.90; Rosa
Griffin, II days, $1.70, Frank
Schiedlen, 16 days, $1.60. Total
days, 1873; amount, $3.50.
Prisoners serving days-Milt
Moses, 90; Hartwell Scott, 20;
Garfield Purser, 90; Eugene Jupi-
ter, 20; Ella ChampIin, %; Sam
Barden, IA; Frank ScheidIen, 13;
Rosa Griffin, -; Clarence Poach-
es, 10; Jessie Dunn, 8; Willie
Blue, 2; Gus Williams. %. Total
number days, 1919.
Escapes Geo. w. Shaw, S. j.
Wylie, Frank Smith, Bill Baggett,
Bill johnson, Fred Jones, Ed.
Robertson, Robert Allen, Bona
jackson, Gus Williams escaped by
breaking jail on the night of the
14th. GUS Williams and Fred
James have been returned to the
Farm. On the 18th Jesse Dunn
escaped from Bob Smith, Guard.
On the 28th Fred James and
George Coleman escaped from
Ernest Sutton, Guard.
Discharged-Phillip Brewer,
Henry Willis and Tim Bryan by
working out their fines. Sam
Barden, by cash, $42.52; Pink
Renfro. $9.85; Judge Paxton, $8;
Lewis Watkins, $685.; Fred Bush.
$3.50; Ella ChampIln, $1.40; Syl-
vester Longino, 81; John Finley.
40 cents. Total, $73.25 Rent
from R. G. Applewhite, $25; la
Dor done by prisoners, 1890.
Total, $110.85.
Since last report ] have built 2
bridges in Beat Q, under the sup
e~ision of Mr.. Geo. W. Moak.
The prisoners built one bridge in
Beat 4.
j. G. MILLER, Supt. Farm.
1t is ordered by the Board that
the road beginning at OF near B.
2. Reeves to intersecE the Viii;
liams road at A. M. Summers be
laid out so as to run on the west
side of the Topisaw Graveyard
and the Woodman Hall; said road
to be laid out and opened up and
put in the condition that roads of
the second class are required to
be worked, at the expense of the
petitioners, and without any ex-
.pense to the county; and in the
event said road is not laid out on
the west side of the above mem
toned grave yard and Woodman
Hall, the said road shall be dis
continued.
The petition of |. N. East and
SO others for a public road, from
the Union Church road, comnenc-
ing at DR.. Applewhite's place and
leading to Franklin county line,
was this day filed.
The petition of Robert Criscoe
and 19 others to grant a continua-
tion Of the road known as the
.Jahn Smith road ~ er0cr sthn
lower Brookhaven and Monticello
road a half mile from the Law
renee county line, only about "a
mile and intersect the Iyey road
near Pleasant Church, was this
day filed.
Ordered, that the Board do
now adjourn until tomorrow
morning at 3 o'clock.
2. 7. JONES, Pres.
SECOND DAY