The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-27
Baldwin, c. H. Price, G. Thornton

BALDWIN, y, II. liOS' -
Lee.
We. the committee appointed to in
spect the court house, jail and the
dispcnsary building, beg to report as
follows We find that the dispensary
building is in good condition. The jail
needs considerable repairs to floors,
etc. The court house is in good condi-
ommend be put in first class condition
ton, except the clock which we rec
as early as possible. w. D. Davidson,
/ !. l.. Murray, W. L. Battle.
/ We, the committee appointed to eX-
anime the books of the justices OF the
peace, find them neatly and correctly
| kept as far as we were able to deter
mine. In some cases, however, we
| find that the cost is not itemlzed, as
it should be- We recommend that the
cost be itemized in each and every
case. H. G. Massey, d. Z. Brim, f.
c. Gammage.
We. your committee on convict
camp and property, beg to report that
we find the following items: | build
! ing 100x60 feet: l car Of hay; tons
OF sweet feed; tons OF guano; AZ bar
re1s OF syrup; II large hogs; 10 pigs;
! 2 mules; 9 army wagons, some IN good
condition. some in bad condition; /
old binder; grain drill in good con-
dtion | mower; / guano distributor;
/ / Cole corn planter; | 4hOrse wagon
old, in good condition; l 1-horse wag-
on, new;1 barp with 2 sheds 3Ox60
feet; steel bridges, "A feet each; 3
steel convict cages; 2 wooden cars
10x20 feet; / hospital car l0x20 feet;
3 wooden cars Tor guards; | shelter
for convicts; l prisoners mess hall in
good condition; 3 sanitary closets, l
for guards, for prisoners; | shower
bath for colored prisoners; l shower
bath for white prisoners; l shower
bath for guards, all in good condition;
80-gallon kettle with furnace for
laundry; all bedding in good condi-
ton for 100 men; l mess hall and
kitchen for whites 30x12 each; large
range stove with 50-gallon tank dam
aged by fire, worth $50; 10 drums OF
creosote; 1 80-horse boiler for heating
creosote and boiling syrup, heating
water for bathing purposes, etc; /
cane mill, run by gas; l juice vat; l
steam vat for making syrup / syrup
vat; wood saw; 10000 feet OF pine
lumber; 10000 feet of oak lumber; l
cane mill and creosote shelter 20X70
feet one 3-room pauper building; one
Groom hospital building; paupers,
man and woman, colored; l 4-room
dwelling house; | blacksmith shop
with tools, value about $500; 2 giant
road machines; p car corrugated sew
I
Is 2-horse John Deere plows; three
| l-horse Hamon plows pillow tools; |
Monarch tractor engine for grinding
cane; sets drag harrows; 4 Sway
maintaners; 10 wheelers in good con
dition; | acre in cabbage; 21A acres in
sweet potatoes already set; 2H acres
OF sweet potato plants to be planted;
| ~ acres in Irish potatoes; 3A acres
in onions; 81 acres in cane; z acre
/ in watermelons; Z acre i'll snap beans
! Il acre hog pasture, well dltched; e
acre sowed in peas; | 3room house
rented, outside Of prison; 3 Groom
houses rented, outside of prison, all in
good condition; wagon scale; mule
out on trial; 6-horse power engine;
z road plows; | gas tank, $50 gallon
capacity, ulutI ground, IU-lOH E1Oll
tractor traded in, value 81, 345; 5-ton
Holt tractor traded in, value $780, 4
scrapes in good condition; 81 mules
in good condition; 4 plug mules; 2
wagons with feed troughs; 81 sets
harness in good shape; merchandise
in commissary valued at about $1,000;
9. white prisoners; IS colored prison
ers about 500 worth OF parts and
tools in storage; 10 barrels of asphalt
paint 5 barrels of coal tar; l garage
40x40; 9 barrels of oil and grease
6 55-gallon oil containers full OF oil
Ford roadster | Ford coupe; Fore
truck;"2 2-ton Packard trucks; l 31a-
ton Kelley Springfield truck; 5-tor
White truck; l 3-ton White truck;
Fordson tractor; parts and tools il
shop valued at $500; government prop
erty as follows: | 2-ton PerceArroW
truck; 81 ton Kelley Springfield
truck; 5-ton White truck in bac
condition; | 2-ton Pierce-Arrow truck
worn out; 2-ton Nash Quad trucks
w. H. Miller, w S. Flowers ]. d
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