Americus times-recorder., 1919-06-08
WARHURGEDON
LARD CAN STILL
BY GRAND JURY
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We find that the books and records
of the clerks Office are correctly kept,
and congratulate our Board of Com
sioners for having purchased suitable
equipment for this office.
We find the books of tax receiver
neatly and accurately kept as far as
we can ascertain.
The books in the sheriff's office, af-
ter careful examination of the same,
have been found to be neatly and cor
rectly kept, and all of the entries on
the record of fees appear to have been
fully made as well as all other records
in this office. We respectfully rec
ommend that this office be provided
with steel filing cases in order to Sc
cure the safekeeping of the valuable
records from destruction by fire or
theft.
We find the books of the treasurer
neatly and correctly kept. His books
were audited by w o. Martin & Co.,
of Atlanta, Ga, through March 81, 1919,
and were found correct and approved
by them.
We find the. court house and Jail in
good condition. In the jail we find that
one iron rod which is sawed in two
and bent in one of the windows on the
second floor should be replaced at
once. There are no white persons and
only few negro male prisoners in
Jail now.
The court house has been thorough
ly inspected and we make the follow
ing recommendations. That electric
lights be placed in the basement to
assist the sheriff in taking prisoners
through without trouble and delay, and
that lights be put in the solicitors
room and in the jury rooms. We also
advise that as soon as possible cleo
trio lights be installed in the whole
court house building. We notice that
the plastering on the ceiling in sew
eral parts of the building needs re-
pairing We also recommend that
all walls be repainted where the paint
has peeled off, also balcony floor in
front of court house be repainted at
once. The awning in grand jury room
and solicitors office be replaced at
once by new awnings, chairs in Judge
Littlejohn's office and solicitors office
should be re-bottomed at once. They
are needed very much.
We think that mating on second
- floor of court house at top of stairs and
NAN at entrance to court room should be
sreplaced at once with new floor COW
: ering. We notice one sash in jury
/ room needs repairing at once but the
/ court house is in good condition other
! than the above recommendations.
We examined the county farm and
J find four papers in good condition. Nc
1 feed stuff except oats in field in shock
al in fairly good condition, consider
ing recent rains. The 100 acres OF
I land planted will yield about thirty
! 600 bushels per acre. Number OF
hogs on farm twelve, these hogs are
in good condition, weighing from ~ tc
Moo pounds. Two Mowers and rakes
one harrow, one binder, one separator
one grain drill, seventeen sacks o
$50 guanO.
We find to top of barn on this farm
in bad condition and leaks sufficient Il
y damage contents. We recommend th'
top to be looked after at once
The crop on this farm is in good con
! dition, and vegetables plentiful.
We find the roads and bridges o
] the county in the following conditions
The roads are in BAD condition due Il
] excessive rains ana heavy traffic "
think, however, a proper and tmcI
use of drags will MAKE considerabi
improvement in them.
We would call especial attention Q
commissioners to the following place
which we consider dan gcr0uS or unsa
to traffic; Approach to bridge Bea
Branch, Dixie Highway; wash in nj
at Carter Branch, Dixie Highway
wash on Kennedy Hill; sunken place
on Lee Street road, at Common
place; hole in culvert, Mt. Hope negr
church. and approach to Line Cree
bridge on road leading from j.
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We recommend that these places b
fixed promptly.
We have examined the annual repor
of Sumter County Rural School com
mission for year 1919. Twenty-fiv
white schools with an enrolment o
1345, these were taught by forty-on
teachers who did excellent work, dur
ing the spring term. The fall term wa
not so good, most of the schools wer
closed from two to eight weeks on ac
count of the "flu' scare,
We had forty-two negro schools
taught by forty-seven negro teachers
] They were well attended and are do
ing good work. They enroll 3424, TIL
census show 1869 white children be
tween six and eighteen years with 90f
in school during the year, while out o
476S negroes about 1910 were il
school. Seven districts voted loca
tax for school purposes during 1915