The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
GRAND JURY HAS
CONCLUDED LADORS
AND MAKES REPORT
COUNTY lNoUIsIToRs FOR sPE'
cIAL TERM STATE CONDITIONS
OF INSTITUTIONS.
DISMISSED BY JUDGE TURNER
"shae<s" at The Work House Were
Rather Crowded. - Recommended
Bonding Of Honds Save at Option
of Superintendent Be Discontinued.


l which many indictments were re
turned, the Grand Jury for the Spe
cial term of Circuit Court filed thei
report with Judge w. B. Turner to
: day and was dismissed. Included il
! the final report were one Indictment
charging murder, two charging assault
with intent to kill, one for selling
liquor, one for carrying pistol and
five for public drunkenness. The
docket for the May term of court was
set this afternoon.
| The report of the Grand Jury rela
tive to the condition of the public
institutions of the county follows:
To the Hon. w. B. Turner, Special
Judge Circuit Court, Maury Co.,
Feby. Term, 1909:
We, your Grand Jury have visited
the county institutions and examined
into the guardian and administrators
bonds in the County Court Clerks
Office.
There were no complaints present
ed us as to insufficiency of either
guardian or administration bonds and
none of us has personal knowledge of
the insufficiency of any of said bonds.
We visited the County Jail and
found the food wholesome, the cells
reasonably clean and the necessary
bedding in about as good condition as,
in our opinion, is required. The off,
GERS at the jail and the other institu-
tons were uniformly courteous and
polite, aiding in our investigations
when we desired and leaving us to
make inquiries wherever we wished, |
without their aid.
The Poor House contains IA white |
and 20 colored ones These |
dependents are properly separated as
to color and sex and their bedding
and rooms, we believe, are diligently
cleaned and kept in sanitary condi.
IAoh' LIZ lOOu SANOA bHOM AS pAdAA,
but wholesome. The water used by
the Poor House is taken from a spring
subject to overflows and we recon.
mend that the county either dig a
we'll or cistern to furnish drinking
water or properly wall said spring.
There are some repairs, especially i
encing which should be done on the
Poor House property. L
The Work House we found on the t
pulaski pike, about 10 miles south of
Columbia. On the day we visited this
lace we found 40 prisoners. The
'hacks' seem rather too full, but the t
lumber Of hands varies so much that O
his condition, under the present sys- I
EN-, seems unavoidable.
We feel that it is incumbent upon
8 to recommend to our members of
he General Assembly or the proper VI
lthorities whoever they may be, that d
,me method be adopted to prevent u
lie bonding of hands by farmers save L
the option OF the Superintendent
i'd also that some measure be enact g.
that will give the person who has
'ntrol over the county hands, COM
etc control of the wagons, teams l
Id equipment. We believe such =
easure will give results from the .
bors of the county hands that will y
much more satisfactory.
The superintendent of the Work
)use seems thoroughly interested in
9 proper treatment of his prisoners
d especially interested in their Ia =,
rs resulting In good roads.
We have seen all of the persons
10 are in the custody and under the
re of the county. at the Jail, the
Or house and the work house and
d none of them suffering from lack lik
food, lack of clothing or cruel ma
atment and no complaints have re,
IN made to us. no
March II, 1909. s,o
Respectfully submitted, off
]. R. WOODY, Foreman. inc
A. A. NIXON, Clerk. :
D. d. DUGGER. ~ a
w. d. WORKMAN. NO,
J. r. SMITH. ~
G. B. DODSON. g.,
F. NJ BROWN. foe
P. S. CHANDLER. ono
w. G. M'KISSICK. CIV,
J. w. M'GAW. tha
n P. c. GORDON. nh,
J. H. HUGHES n
DAVE HOLCOMB. no
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ullivan county has expressed an in Oar
ion Of spending 100000 on her the