The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-01-10
GRAND JURY MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS
Six Bills Returned-Want An
Auditor-Substitutes for
Booze Being Used.

The grand jury made their Anal
report to the Court and were dis
charged Wednesday afternoon. Their
report in full was as follows:-
To Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge:-
We, The Grand Jury empanelled
at the January Term 1920 Of the Cir
cult Court of Lincoln County, Missis-
sippi, beg leave to submit to you
this our final report, upon the COM
pletion of our labors;
We have examined 3S witnesses
and have made diligent inquiry into
all the violations of the law which
have come to our knowledge and
have returned true bills.
Your Grand Jurors wish to call
your Honor's attention to the fact
that great many merchants in the
county are selling antiseptic, flavor
ing extracts, and other ingredients
that contain alcohol and that the
people are being made drunk by the
same. We want to ask the co-opera-
tion of, every good, law-abiding citi-
zen in the country to help us to stop
this practice. We hope that word
to the wise will be sufficient.
ers, but we have examined the books
and they are apparently correct.
But inasmuch as we are beginning
new terms Of all the county officials,
under a salary system, we think it
very important indeed, and earnestly
recommend that steps be taken at
once by Your Honor and the Honor
able District Attorney and the Board
of Supervisors to procure the appoint
ment OF competent, expert, relia-
BILE accountant to examine the books
of all public officials of Lincoln
! County, together with the -expendi-
lures OF the public money for all pur-
poses by the Board OF Supervisors
for the last four years and particu-
larly to ascertain and report the ex-
penditures for public roads, and the
condition Of all the funds of the sew
eral road districts of this county, and
to report in detail the expenses of
holding the Chancery and Circuit
Courts of this county for the same
| period. NE consider this matter of
Auditor of vital Importance. We do
not approve the expenditure on dis
trict roads. We are spending more
than the roads show for and ask that
this matter be looked after.
We have examined the Jail and
ind that 1t needs repair; that the
cutters of the same are leaking, and
water is running down the sides of
the wall and damaging it very much;
we find that the walls are white
washed, and salt used in the white
wash and the walls are being dam
aged and the water is wetting the
walls and the plastering is falling of.
We have visited the poor farm and
find that the buildings need repair
and only in fair condition; the floors
have large cracks in them and the
houses are not as warm as they
should be; the keeper is doing ev-
erything in his power, we be4ieve, to
remedy this and is trying to get the
lumber, etc., to do it with; he has
to do all of his own work and we
recommend that his salary be raised
to $4,000 per month. We would like
to see the Board of Supervisors give
both Jail and the poorhouse imme-
diate attention.
We suggest that from this on au-
tomobiles and vehicles of all kinds
are not allowed to be placed in front
Of the Courthouse and automobiles
parked all around the front door.
They are in the way and are OBJ
jectionable.
+ We congratulate the county on the
small amount of crime that seems to
be prevalent and trust that the good
work of obedience to law will con-
tinue.
We thank your Honor and all
Court Officials for your courteous
and kind assistance and beg to De e.
nally discharged.
- L. F. Mobiles, Foreman.