The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-06-07

Your grand jury for the present
term of this court, for final report,
says:
We have been in session seven
days. Through diligent effort we
have returned into open court 5S in
dictments for various crimes and Of
lenses. During our sittings our at
tention has been directed to several
dastardly crimes, and when the evi-
dence was sufficient to make an in
dictment, we did SO.
Before closing our work we felt 1t
our duty to examine the public
buildings and public offices, which
we find in good condition and well
kept, except that the county jail is
in need of a bath-tub for the in
mates, and the office windows and
women's department of the county
Jail should be supplied with suitable
awnings, thereby making all the
rooms more comfortable. We recon-
mend that this be provided at once.
We have made an examination OF
the county barn and the machinery
owned by the county, together with
general investigation of the fiscal al
fairs of the county. We are deeply
pratified that the business OF the
county is entrusted to men Of integ-
rity and untiring in their efforts to
promote the county's welfare.
We then proceeded to an examina-
ton Of the County High School. The
superintendency of this school under
the management Of the County Su-
perintendent, deserves the highest
praise and commentator. TINS
means much to the good citizenship
of the county, and under such eff
Gent management its value cannot
he estimated. 1t is, therefore, the
hone of this body that the present
standard will not be permitted to
wane or driven into ruthless control
Our next observation was the hos
pital. recently established in the city
Through enterprise and public gen.
erosity this has been made possible
and now stands equipped with
everything necessary to bring com
fort. medicinal and surgical aid &c
the suffering. An indispensable neeo
has been supplied in the establish
ment of this hospital and to the peo-
ple who gave of their time and then
means, all of the people owe deb
of gratitude.
We believe that every citizen has
the right to exercise his own Judg
ment when it comes to casting his O.
her ballot, but the vote of the Roa'
Bond Issue, in our opinion, has re
Elected great credit upon the judg
ment of our people. The re-construc
. ton Of the proposed roads and tn
state thereafter to MAINTAIN then
will enable the fiscal court to expen'
the sum of money heretofore use'
on the roads within the road proJec
to be expended upon the tributar.
roads, ultimately bringing to tn
county a splendid road system ant
thereby increasing the propert,
values, business opportunities ant
contributing largely to school ad
vantnyes and the general welfare o
the county.
j We desire to call the attention o
the law abiding citizens of the coun
ty to n method whreby they can as
sist in the enforcement of the Grim
inal laws of the state and especial.
the prohibition laws and providing
against the evils growing out of tn
same. The grand jury may exhaus
all of its powers and the Officers
lend all the help they may-and W.
believe this is being done-yet, i
the good citizens OF the county vii
make il their BUSINESS to give thu
names Of witnesses and such mfor
nation as they may from time tt
time receive to the attorneys for thu
commonw eaffh or to the grant
iuries, violations of the law can b'
very thoroughly investigated. In
other words, a citizen who has in
formation or knows of The evils and
coneeals the truth obstructs the pro
cess of the law. A bootiegger OF
sympathizer has no place in the
maintenance of our government and
should not have peace hereunder
The law is adequate if every citizen
will do his part, and our investiga-
ton has fully convinced us that
every citizen is vested with The duty
of giving information, instead of