The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-10
GRAND JURY APPEALS
FOR LAW enforcement
Corrects Report that the Finances of
Cobb County are not in
Good Condition.

port little out OF the usual and one
deserving the serious consideration
of the people of the county.
Briefly stated, it commended the
county officials, the Warden, keeper
of aims house and the court officials,
which is not unusual, but it went on
record with an appeal for the aid of
all good citizens individually and col,
lectively, to aid in enforcement of
the laws.
They went further, and asked all
the churches to make a special eff
fort on the 18th day of January to
bring the matter to the attention of
all good people. Concerted action it
is hoped will be more effective in get
ting results.
The Grand Jury also found that
the finances of the county are not
in bad shape at all, and that the last
three years has witnessed a reduction
in the county debt.
By agreement with the commits
sioners the recommend the employ
ment of a special county officer to
assist in suppression of certain vio-
lations of the Law incidentally they
returned large number of true
bills.
The presentments are short and
we give them in full below.
To His Honor, Judge D. w. Blair, of
the Superior Court of Cobb County,
Georgia.
We, the Grand Jury, at the Nov
ember Term, 1920, respectfully sub
nit the following report and recon-
mendations for the consideration of
this Court and the Citizens of our
County.
Through committees, we have ex-
amined the Jail and other public
buildings, the records of the various
County officials, including the JUS
tice of the Peace dockets, and con-
Wet camps, and these committees re-
port the records and buildings in
their usual good order.
Our committee reported on the
aims house and convict camp as fol-
lows:
We find the convict quarters and
aims house to be clean and in good
condition, the convicts to be we'll
cared for, and in good health and
doing good work. We heartily COM
mend the County for the good work
the convicts are doing on the Atlanta
road and the Mason-Turner Ferry
road
We find at the convict camp So
head of mules, wagons, harness etc.
The mules are in good condition and
are well-cared for.
We find at the aims house nine
teen white people and twelve color
ed as inmates, and all seem to be well
satisfied with the treatment they are
receiving, and the building in is good
sanitary condition. We find there
about 800 bushels of corn, 1900 bun
dies of fodder, tons of pea-vine
hay, $50 bushels of sweet potatoes,
IS gallons of syrup, 3 milk cows, 8
pork hogs, one brood SOW and pigs
800 pounds of pork already killed,
two mules, wagons and harness and
ample tools to carry on farm work.
We commend Mr.. Prather, super
intendent of the aims house for his
efficient management of the same.
We also heartily commend super
intendent Mayes for his efficient han
ding of the convict crews, we note
that convicts are escaping from many
camps in the state, and it is with
pleasure that we report that Mr..
Mayes has never lost a convict since
he has been in charge of Cobb Coun-
ty camps, and we earnestly recon-
mend his re-appointment as Warden.
The reports required of the Coun-
ty officers to be submitted to the
Grand Jury have been submitted.
There has been some talk that the
financial affairs of Cobb County are
in bad condition We are pleased
to say that from cordial conference
with the County Commissioners and
reports submitted by them that the
County is not in bad financial con-
dition, but that during the past three
years they have reduced the out
standing indebtedness of the Coun-
ty considerably.
We beg to report that the Grand
Jury and the Commissioners decided
20 recommend a special officer for
he protection of the County.
We hereby commend the policy of
building permanent public roads and