The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-06-13
TAKES THE SUPER
WSORS TO TASK
"Citizen and Taxpayer' Does Some
Plain TdIking-.InSistS on Audit
of County Books.

Editor Sentinel: | have been watch
ing county finances for a long while
and have kept pretty close tab on the
action of the board of supervisors, but
| must say that for extreme carlessness
and absolute indifference as to what the
county owes and the manner of its con-
tracts, the present board of supervisors
of Grenada county are entitled to a
brass button. They wire in and wire
out and leave much Of their doings still
in doubt. Their paths are as crooked
as snakes tracks; their minds certainly
must be as pliable as rubber and as
soft as mush. There seems to be little
trouble in getting an idea into their
craniums, but it is no very small task
to get it out in working shape. l speak
of what the official actions of the body
shows. will wager that there is a
majority of the board who can not tell
you today the amount of the county's
bonded Indebtedness, what it has in
outstanding warrants or the assessed
value of the property of the county;
and yet these men are the ~custodians
of the county's finances. doubt if
the county has ever been in such a
mixup as it is today. | am sure that
the county has never been so to the bad
financially as 1t is today, and the worst
of it is that every time the Honorable
Board meets it inst makes the stu
ation worse. appreciate the fact that
the members of the board are men of
great minds" and that little things"
are rather distasteful to them. | know
that they have been ''men of affairs, -
and that even the five dollars per day
paid them by the county for their SER
vices is a matter of no moment.
But | want them to lay aside ''big
things for a while and If they can not
think about the county affairs, to get
somebody to sit with them who is ca
pable of thinking and who can tell them
what to do and especially what not to
do. Perhaps it will be claimed that the
fact that they have bungled everything
they have undertaken, is an incident.
Perhaps it will be asserted of those
who have collected so much for inspect
ing roads that are not yet up to the
standard. the fact the dollars collected
for inspecting roads is greater than the
number of miles of road-all this Just
happens, but Must happens rarely
becomes habits.
Lets begin anew. Why not order
an audit of the books of the county of
NoA "a 1ItllfAAa tpd.iNl lilflE Has
not been an audit of the books of the
county for years. The banks of this
county. in fact all well regulated banks.
demand it; have their books audited
once a year. and our county is but a
big financial Institution in which we
are all interested. Let the public know
that everything = absolutely correct
and that all expenditures are made in
accordance with the law and are backed
by proper vouchers. This is no %reiec-
ton or any officer; it is just common
sense business. If ! were d county oil
tcer. | would demand it. The books of
the city of Grenada have been audited
by an audit company. and recently by
an officer CT one of our banks. and
why not those of the county? 1t is
time to get down to business. Let us
nave a showing of VI and liabil-
tiles. The thing looks bad. Who will
join in this demand? The people who
make the matter of executing the laws
and who carry the burden of taxes
need to wake up and speak out. Let US
hear from somebody else.
Citizen and Taxpayer.