The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-12

s from w. L. Meyer at 80 cents per
pound.
On March 1, coffee was purchased
for District No. from w. L. Moyerj
at 25 cents per pound. and on the same
day.for District from Lewis Bear at
20 cents per pound. IL 20 cent coffee Is
good enough for one camp it ought to
be good enough for all If 80 cent cof-
fee is good enough for one camp, why
pay As cents for another camp?
Likewise in buying tobacco for Dis
trict during the months Of January,
February and March, eight cartons Of
Bull Durham and two caddies Of plug
tobacco We're bought, at an aggregate
cost of s30.54. During the same per-
iod for District a. six sacks OF Bull
Durham, one caddy and two plugs of
plug tobacco were bought, at an ag-
gregate cost of $3.50. During the same
period for District 5, two caddies plug
tobacco cost s15.65. 1t will thus be
seen that In District the prisoners
got both plug and Bull Durham for
makings, while in the other districts
with exception six sacks Of Durham
in Dist. ~ they got only plug. They
also be noted that the expenditure in
District was almost twice that in
District a, and that the expenditure in
District was almost twice that in
District 5 and almost four times as
much as in District A. I am informed
that the average number Of prisoners
in District and District 5 for this
period was about the same. 1t cost
- a.. ~. 90
over 60 cents a day for tobacco for the
prisoners about ~ in number.
In District 5 purchases Of groceries
have. been made from Mrs. L. s. Gil
more 1t does not appear that Mrs.
Gilmore has taken out a license, but
license No. 1875 was issued to L. s.
Gilmore. The prices charged for these
articles are generally high. In one
bill the extension Of amounts and to-
tai of bill is 80 cents more than the
sum Of the items on the bill. This bill
is O-K'ed by L. 8. Gilmore. Whether
the store belongs to Mr.. Gilmore or to
Mrs. Gilmore, under the law we have
no right to buy from it, and each OF
us must protest against this practice
as wrong in principle, even granting
that the county got as good goods al
as low prices as from others. can
not vote to pay any more SUCH olils,
as I might be liable under the law 10
criminal prosecution myself; that is
one reason why wanted this board to
investigate the expenditures for the
camps.
PAY ROLLS.
There appears to have been a good
/ - u. fx,y
! rolls for labor on the roads, both in
connection with the convict camps
and with free labor.
The month of January, 1921, is par
ticularly striking in this regard. In
District there were six labor pay
rolls altogether, and not one OF them
gives any of the dates on which the
men worked. In District a there were
| five labor pay rolls, and only one gives
dates for the work. In District there
were six labor pay rolls, and only one
| gives dates for the work.
| P. j. Pickren, in District 8 pay roll
lis down for 20 days and in District
1 for 10 days, making a total of 30 days
| in January, although there were only
26 working days, counting New Years
day as working day. The dates of
the 20 days in District and the 10
days In District are not shown.
On pay roll for District for jan
uary (no dates of work shown, which
pay roll bears date Feb. 2, E. A. Nc
| Arthur. teamster, is down for eight
DAVIS. A. L. Steel is down for "a days
and J. Langford is down for days.
on the pay roll for February, dated
March 2, E. A. Macarthur is down for
six days in January, A. l.. Steel is
down for three days in January, and