Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-01-19
SOLONS Do
SPLENDID WORK,
County Sanitation Provided for Free
Lime for Farming TESTS and Tax
Committee Appointedto De-
wise Better Assessment

!
wise Better Assessment
! When the January term of county
court convened last week all justices
were present. An unusual amount of
business was transacted and the tenn
extended to noon of the second day.
Judge G. +. Burnett made his usual
quarterly report, which was accepted
| by the court.
The report of the county judge show
| ed SIG, 600 railroad bonds outstanding
and $4,000 court house bonds out
standing. There being available funds
on hand for the purpose the court dl-
rected that Judge Burnett take up
So, 900 IN court house bonds. After the
So, 900 court house bonds are cancelled
the total remaining Indebtedness OF the
county will be close to $76, 600. OF
this amount $2,255 is bridge warra-lts
that were issued for building bridges
and are not yet due.
County Health Officer r. w. Mitchell
made his report, which was accepted,
and it shows that there are now no
contagious diseases prevalent in the
county. he recommended that practi-
cally all the bedding used by the prls.
oners IN the Jail be burned and new be
supplied as d sanitary measure He
reports the poorrouse IN good condition
and the inmates dong well.
Poornouse Commissioner H. X.
| Webb's report was read and accepted.
SCHOOL FUND
| Superintendent OF Public Instruction
j. S. Cline made his report for the
scholastic year ending June ~, 1915.
| In this connection Judge Burnett took
occasion to correct an erroneous state
ment that had been publicly made by
one OF the county board OF education
wherein the charge had been made that
| CrossvllIe Is receiving more than Its
due share of the school fund OF the
county. Judge Burnett stated that the
entire school fund was divided by the
total number of scholars enumerated
and on that basis the amount due per
scholar was turned over by the trustees
to the city authorities of Crossvllle,
which showed cOncluslvely that Cross
Vile does not receive more than its just
| mart of the public school fund. The
statement by Judge Burnett was veri-
fed by Superintendent }. S. Cline and
Chairman M l.. Taylor of the BOARD of
education. Judge Burnett further ex-
planned that he reason why the school
term IN Crossville is longer than IN the
rural schools is that the corporation of
Crossville levles a tax fer school pur
poses to supplement that obtained from
the county and ny that means the peo-
! ple of Crossville pay for the extra
schooling the children get over that
enioyed by the rural schools.
ROAD REPORTS
/ ROAD Commissioners H. Z. Handy
made his report. which was accepted.
It was ordered that blanks be furnished
the road commissioners and overseers
on which to make complete report.
Mr.. Handy was reelected for the ell
SUNG year.
Francis Myers was elected road com
missioner for the second district and L.
l.. Hale tor the third district and j.
K. Suth for the fourth district.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
On going into an election tor county
physician the names of DR.. Y. L, Lewis
and DR.. W. A. Reed were presented.
The vote stood six tor Reed and five
for Lewis. DR.. Reed was declared
elected.
The salary Of tie county physician
was fixed at $3.50 and his duties pre-
Scribed.
]. E. Converse appeared before the
court and presented some very convlnc-
lrg figures as to the advlsability of US
ing lime TOR better crops. He also
asked that the county appropriate SidU
for county agricultural demonstration
agent. The proposition was lost by
one vote, the vote standing five for and
SIX against.
COUNTY SANITATION.
DR.. r. @. L1llard. secretary of the
state board of health, appeared before
the court and urged that an appropria
t,0n of $500 be mFde for sanitation
work throughout the county. The ap
n,.rrlation was voted on the under
standing that the state would turnlsE
$500 tor the same purpose.
Seven hundred dollars was transfer
isa1-;.s