The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-01-07
GRAND JURY RETURNS
THIRTEEN INDICTMENTS
General Conditions Better-No Cooper
alton TO stop "Lightning" MAX
ers-Tip to Pool Bettors.

BroolIhaven. Miss. January Term. 1922
Hon. d. M. Miller, Circuit Judge of the
14th Judicial District:-
We, your Grand Jurors empanelled at
this. the January Term of the Circuit
Court of Lincoln County, beg leave to
make this report to your Honor:-
we have examined SO witnesses. we
have referred l case to the Justice of
i the Peace Beat 4.
We have referred another case to the
Mayor of the City of Brookhaven, Miss.
l case has been continued. we hope that
the continuance of this matter will
cause good results.
We have found 10 true bills, which
have been returned into Court.
The Grand Jury has made as dill
gent inquiry as it was possible to make
about the finances of the County We
find that all accounts of the public Of
ficials of the County are being correct
ly kept and that the funds that have
been spent out of the several public
funds have all been accounted for. We
are not expert accountants, but after
an investigation which we considered
| thorough we are attaching hereto a
statement of the Chancery Clerk who is
the County Auditor, which sworn state
ment speaks for itself and we make It
part of our report.
Our Committee has visited the Jail
and Court House. We are of the opin-
ion that the Court House is being kept
as well as it is possible to keep it
under the circumstances, the building,
of course, is old, and needs some repair.
We are advised that the Board of Su-
pervisors intend to make such needed
repairs as will be necessary and we be-
l;eve will be very helpful, making the
Court House more comfortable and more
useful. We note that the jail is in
bad repair but we also note that in the
Semi Weekly Leader of Jan. 4, the
Board is advertising for bids for repair
ing the Jail which meets with our en-
tire approval.
The roads of the County, both gravel
and dirt are in a very good condition,
however, there are some dirt roads,
small stretches of it, we are glad to say,
that will need immediate attention. We
hope that the Board Of Supervisors will
give these roads the attention that they
so richly deserve. Your Grand Jury has
had this matter up with the Board of
Supervisors, and they have assured the
Grand Jury that all matter with refer
ence to the roads of the county, both
gravel and dirt, should have the needed
repair as speedily as possible. With
reference to the drainage and narrow
ness we recommend that both these
matters be given immediate attention.
We have investigated the poor house.
We find the inmates are being well car
ed for and the conditions out there are
generally good However, we under
stand that some of the paupers are not
being kept at the poor house. We re-
commend as a matter of economy that
all paupers be kept at the poor house
under one supervision and one manage
ment.
We are glad to report to Your Honor
that there is much less crime of a Sc
rious nature at this term of Your Hon
orable Court than there was at the last
term. In other words, the conditions,
generally, are better
1t is astounding to Your Grand Jury
that the law abiding citizenship Of the
county will stand for the manufacture
Continued on 4th Dage.l