The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-28
MAKING PROGRESS.

finds itself in agreement with the
county court of Maury county and WIFI
the element of the people who have
for many years administered and di
rected the affairs of this county IL
spite of the disgruntled politicians and
the chronic soreheads who cannot Do
come reconciled to the fact tnat u
majority of the people will not &C
claim them country saviors, Maury
county has made remarkable strides
during the past dozen years. Inc
county court has generally been in
agreement with and followed the pro-
gressive and wholesome policies adVo-
Gated by The Herald. 1t has urged
the court and element OF the people
who have controlled the government
of the county to adopt practically all
of the reforms that have been
achieved. Assuredly The Herald is
eratifed and could hardly refuse to
commend a course that it so earnestly
advocated
Notwithstanding the critics who
hike the poor, we have with us always,
Maury county has one Of the best ana
most efficient county governments In
Tennessee. It's county court, In the
high personnel Of the members, In
their devotion to public interest and
their freedom from unworthy infiu-
aences, will compare most fayorably
with any county governing body IN the
,entire United States. The members
of the county court of this county are
representatives of the best element OF
ahe citizenship of their several COM
,munities. The large majority are well
to do, successful business men who,
having made a success OF their own
affairs. are the better qualified to ad-
minister the business of the county.
Taking the membership as whole 1t
is distinctly creditable to any county.
Tennessee has not had, the past TWEEN
sty years, a senate Of higher order OF
spatriotism or numbering within its
membership more we'll to do, substan-
fial, progressive and upright citizens
than are numbered in the county court
of this county.
While The Herald does not always
agree with the court, in the main II
and those who have elected its ma
jority have moved along every year
toward higher ground and better gov
eminent 1t cannot be successfully
denied that with a tax rate ana an
assessment comparing favorably with
those of any county in Tennessee
Maury county has in the past fifteen
years very greatly improved its roads
it's bridges, its schools and has added
largely to the support and care OIL
those unable to do for themselves
In spite of all statements to the con
strarv. it is nevertheless a fact, thai
In the past dozen years many good
and useful roads have been opened;
old roads in creek beds abandoned;
Others Strengthened and made to &C
commodate a greater number of peo
ple It is easier to get from one part
of the county today than 1t has ever
been.
In educational matters the county
mas made wonderful strides; marvel
GUS progress State officials have de-
.clared that In achievements In the
past eight years in educational mat
fers it surpasses every other county
OF Middle Tennessee. It spends large.
ay more than 1t ever expended for the
spoor and the unfortunate. The laws
within the county are better enforced,
there is a healthier sentiment for law
enforcement than is the case in the
average county of the state. Its coun-
Sty officials have been citizens of integ-
rity and painstaking in the discharge
of their duties
These are some of the reforms which
The Herald working with and through
the county court and the dominant
,Alement in this county, who have been
and are now the main support OF The
Herald, have accomplished the past
dozen years:
The membership of the county court
has been reduced from over fifty to
,twenty-four; its business transacted In
,one-half days session instead of two
to three days;
The old district director system Of
school control abolished and in its
,place a county board of five members
adopted, working an immense saving
10 the taxpayers and being tremen-
,dous factor in school progress;
The tax rate levied by the county