The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-01-06
ASKED CITIZENS OF
dis. / TO ASSEMBLE
Supervisor Mattingly Issued Call for
Conferences. He Gives Statement
of County's Finances. Resolutions
Commencing Mr.. Mattingly. Com
mittee on Law-Enforcement.

County from district i, issued cir
cular asking the tax payers of tn,
beat to meet him at the court house
Friday morning, December 80, at II
o'clock to discuss matters relative tx
county affairs. A representative
number of citizens was on hand.
Mr.. ,Mattingly called the meeting tt
es>ier and stated in some detail thai
he wanted the advice and the counse
of the citizens and that it was his
purpose to submit some figures as to
the county's finances. Accordingly
he submitted the following figures as
to the county's affairs and gave sun.
dry explanations:
ION January. 9TH, 1920, all road
taxes had been expended except
S27.27T.92. The incoming boaro
paid out for the December accounts
in January, SS,7S3.64, leaving bal
ance of 1S,494.2S with outstanding
contracts as paid by the incoming
board, S42,346.95 leaving the old
board owing S23,852.67 with all taxes
paid and spent.
I'm February, March and April
meetings, the new board paid out
$30,962.51, $4,000 of said amount,
being on contracts left over by the
OOsI III 4OIV- lSCNltlS tIlC pOcAId VII
the fifth day of April, 1920, the day
that l was installed, S54,S15.1s in
debt, on road account. The board
from that date until February 1st,
1921, spent $144, PIT. 68 part of this
caused by washouts but the greater
part caused by paying of high prices
and doing more work under the high
prices than should have been done.
" fro,,o Eabr,,av.xy until nonovo
ber 1st, we spent S40,177.41, leaving
the county in debt as to December
, LIST 49,644.94.. We will collect on
the road fund this year about $780,
10000, leaving the county in debt on
roads approximately $10,000.00.
'"Or in other words there,wa $780,
S66.71 spent on roads for the year
1920 and 8,33445 spent on roads
during the year of 1921 showing a
decrease of S107 ,532 26 for the year
1921 as compared to that of 1920.
This, of course, does not include hard
surfaced roads recently constructed"
Mr.. j. T. Thomas read and offered
the following resolutions which were
adopted:
Whereas there has been a most re-
markable improvement IL the public
roads of Grenada County within the
past year; the dirt roads of the coun-
ty are better maintained than ever
before; and,
Whereas there have been con-
structed during the year about twen-
ty-six miles of standard hard-sur-
faced roads in the County at mini
mum cost; and,
Whereas there seems to be a
marked DISPOSITION on the part of
each and every member of the board
to require contractors for the up
keep of the roads to live up to the
letter as we'll as the spirit of their
contracts and to be prompt In the
performance of that which they are
paid to do; and,
"Whereas we the citizens of dis
trict one assembled at the court house
today recognize in our own member,
Mr.. Kemp Mattingly, most potent
factor in developing this better bust |
ness spirit in regard to road work
and county business generally. MIR.
Mattingly has been untirlng IN his !
energy and unsparing in all his ef-
forts to construct the hard-surfaced !
roads, which are a credit to the coun-
ty and a piece Of permanent work
that inures to the benefit of the
state at large. He has given of his
time and his energy without extra
to a greater extent than
any other member of the board.
Therefore Be it Resolved, That
his meeting desires to go on record
IS expressing the most grateful ap-
oreciation of Mr. Mattingly's efforts
and the result of his labors.
Resolved further, 1st. That we
wish TO commend him for the marked
in the up-keep of the
.oads of the county while at the same {
;ime we also desire to thank the
,ther members of the board for their {
nlendid spirit Of cooperation. L
92nd, We also desire to especially <
commend Mr.. Mattingly and his fell "
ow members of the board for the (
policy Of retrenchment in expendi- t
lures and for The efforts they have I
made ito secure a, dollars worth of a
work and material for every dollar is
The supervisors, we are lie
'ure, realize the strained financial t
conditions of the county-their acts K
how this-and we feel that we can la
peak for them in saying that if pos IS
ible they will be even more diligent t
nd careful in the future. If
"Be it further Resolved, That we ?
elieve it a wholesome policy in all G
natters to praise and commend those
rho deserve it, hence we desire to
i've this public expression of our ap- i
roval to Mr.. Mattingly, member from I
ur district; if he has left anything
ndone to take care of the interests
f the County in road building, it Il
as been an oversight, and we think |
1at the record Grenada County has