The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-06
GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS THE
ERECTION OF A RESER-
vOiR THERE.
INSTITUTIONS IN GOOD SHAPE
Jail. Work House And County Farm
Are Commended in Final Report OF
The lnquisitors Of the county--The
Recommendations.

erection of reservoir. Attention is
called to tine poor facilities afforded
for bathing the inmates. The Jail and
work mouse are both found in good
shape. The following is the report in
fun:
ITO the Honorable Circuit Judge:
I'VE, the grand jury for the May
Term, 1917, respectfully report as fol.
lows:
We have had committees visit the
poor farm, the work house and the
county Jail, and we submit their re-
ports, attached hereto, which we
adopt.
I'VE have examined the guardians
and officials bonds and find them all
good and solvent, except one.
The guardian bond of ]. W. Wat.
son, with E. J. Davis as surety. This
bond needs another surety.
az P. TURNER, Foreman"
Work House.
I'VE a committee of the grand jury
Of Maury county May Term, 1917, ap-
pointed to inspect the county work
house, beg leave to report our findings
N follows:
% white male persons, S negro fe.
male persons, 80 negro male persons
Total 46 prisoners. 4 prisoners sick
and ~ at work.
we also find 8 mules in good con.
Aition. 2-horse wagons and harness,
i one-horse wagon and harness, 8
shoats, good condition. l large hog
weight about 200 pounds. 36 hens
and several small chickens, quaint.
ty OF bacon, lard, molasses, hay, corn.
and other supplies.
I'VE find sanitary conditions in re-
gard to kitchen and dining room, food
stuH good, but we would recommend
that the bedding and sleeping quarters
.of prisoners be cleaned up and new
straw put in beds, which the superin.
( aendent informed us would be done as
soon as possible.
"We would also recommend that the
superintendent OF work house be fur.
nished with pass key to fit all locks to
the cages where prisoners are kept.
We would also recommend that the
cage where sick prisoners are kept be
moved to shade, as the cages are built
of steel and sheet iron, and are very
hot when standing out in the sun. We
would also recommend that if possible
the iron shackles worn by prisoners
be removed when they are locked in
their cages. as some Of these persons
haven't had these iron shackles off for
six months, and some of them have
very bad limbs from wearing them.
I'VE also visited the county work
house hands out on the Santa Fe pike
and found them doing good work re-
pairing the pixies. Committee:
H. W. MCKEE,
u. D. DOBBINS,
u. w. VOSS,
j. W. ANSTON."
Poor House.
ITO the Honorable w. B. Turner,
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Cir.
cult:
I'VE, the grand jury, duly sworn, do
hereby beg leave to submit the follow.
ing report of conditions found at the
county farm Cor poor house.) Upon
our visit to this institution we found
that theer weer twenty-seven inmates
al follows: One white man, seven
white women eleven negro men and
eight negro women. Three in the SUI
, perintendent's family, making thirty
people on the farm. We found 120
acres of land in cultivation as follows:
Thirty acres in corn, thirty acres in
oats, and five acres in millet, the bal
ance of the farm is in grass; 19A
acres of woodland about three miles
west of the farm. We also found the
following live stock: Twenty-four
head of cattle, eleven calves, twenty
nine head of hogs. Probably wheat
enough at the mill to run the farm a
month and half, about forty barrels
OF corn in crib, meat and lard to dc
them until they kill this fall. Every
Thing in tools necessary to run the
farm.
I'VE found the house occupied by
the inmates clean and very well kept
inside, nicely painted on the outside
The yard clean and well kept We
wish to recommend that a part OF the
cattle be sold.
We would also further recommend
fhsf . reservoir be built on the hill
lust hack OF the houses. and pipes laid
xzserefrom to the houses. and q showe-
Aake be put In for The men and one