The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
PRESIDENT HALEY
EXPLAINS ACTION
Board of Supervisors in Holding Exc
cutive Sessicn-Says People Will Be
Given Hearing on April 23rd.

Greenwood, Miss.
Dear Sir:
The Greenwood News of March goth
published an article Board Excludes
Public and Holds Secret Caucus"
The writer of that article was misin-
formed as to the purpose of this meet
ing of the Board of Supervisors and
the Committee on that day.
You remember a meeting of the
Board was held 10 days prior to this
meeting at which time the Board on
sidered the Engineers report with
reference to all the roads that were
then ready for final adoption, and to
be advertised. At that meeting the
Board agreed to advertise all the
roads (Which you notice is now ad-
vertised) and further agreed that bids
be received for building all of the
roads gravel alone, except that
through the insistance of one men,
Der of the Board of Supervisors and
two members of the Committee that
advertisements be made for the
building of the main North and South
road through the county be made for
different types of roads including
gravel. Just as it appears in the adj
vertisement these things were all
agreed to at this former meeting.
Then came the question of specifi-
cations. Our Engineer stated that it
would take him 10 days to get up
specifications, then the Board adj
board met to adopt these specifica-
tions, and it vas this purpose alone
that the Board met on that day men,
toned in this article.
No question of material was to be
considered at this meeting. All these
questions were to be thrashed out
when the bids were received, which
was fixed at this meeting to be on
April 23rd.
Inasmuch as there was nothing to
be considered at this meeting except
the specifications, l felt it was best
to have the executive session in Or
der to get through with one duty. l
did not think it wise at that time to
allow matters to come before the
Board at that time that should prop
erly come before it on the 23rd of
April.
The majority Of the Board appre-
ciated keenly the presence of the peo-
pie of various parts of the county,
and felt that they were doing their
best to uphold our hands and aiding
US in carrying out the policy which
we felt to be the best interest Of the
whole county and that was the build
ing O. all roads Of gravel and not one
single raile of high priced roads.
The meeting on the 23rd viii be op-
IN TO the public and all will be given
a hearing. In the meantime I hope
every citizen Of the county will ex-
press himself either by petition or by
their presence in Greenwood on the
23rd. In am glad to see that the
people of the county are waking up,
and would be glad to see the bust
ness men of Greenwood and Beat 3
take this matter up as it would be a
sad day for Greenwood if Lefore
County should build 60 miles of road
in place of 200; it would affect every
individual and every line of business.
While I do not feel like the Board
will make his monumental mistake,
the views Of the majority of the Board
being together, at the same time what
is done now, whether wisely or un-
wisely, will be felt for generations to
come, and the Board will feel better
by having the support of the people.
l expect to be with you on the 23rd,
and this will be my last say until that
time.
In conclusion, I wish to assure the
people who appear before the Board
that it was through no discourtesy to
them it was not permitted.
J. L. HALEY. !
Itta Bena, Miss, 4 5 II.