The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Grand Jury Report
Is Given Here
Ten True Bills
Are Returned;
Jurors Named

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the Fourth Circuit Court District Of
Mississippi:
We, your Grand Jury, duly elected,
empanelled, sworn and charged at and
for the regular April 1943 Term of the
Court of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, beg leave to submit this our re-
port of the acts and proceedings had and
done by our said body.
We have been in session two days,
and during said time have made the
inspections enjoined upon US so
to make pursuant to Your Honor's in
structive charge, and have had appear
before US q witnesses, and from our
examinations and deliberations have
found 3 "No Bills" and have found, and
now return into open court, 10 "True
Bills" which we herewith present to
Your Honor with this report.
The County Records, from our neces-
sarily limited investigation, we found to
be kept in order, and the County Jail
was a~scertained to have been salts
factorily kept and maintained, the food
and facilities furnished the prisoners
adequate. The County Farm and Poor
house was being we'll managed, sub
~stantial food furnished the inmates and
no complaints registered from
either, and conditions in general good
Additional labor is needed, and If Your
Honor car consistently with law send
any prisoners there instead of other
places Of confinement, the labor car be
ton Of the Mississippi State Penitentiary
located at Belmont, in this county, q
from this body made a thor
ough and detailed investigation, re-
ported back to this body as q whole and
their report unanimously adopted, and
communications have been made directly
to Governor Paul B. johnson and Mr.
M. p. L. Love. Superintendent, concern
ing the findings, and report will be made
public at a later date during this term
of court, this report being made by
Messrs. D. C. Lundy. Chairman; r. C
Cohoun, Jr., and F. H. Barnwell, al
practical farmers.
On this date we had the various
Mayors, Marshals and Night Marshals Of
the cities and towns Of ~ county ap-
pear before US, and we state that a very
satisfactory and cooperative informa.
conference was had, to the mutual bene'
fit Of all Of the citizenry Of the county
1t is the sense of this body, and like
wise the sense of said officials of thu
towns and cities, that every able bodice
man and woman of our county should
literally "work or fight" In these tur'
buelnt times, it is high time that there
should be a sustained and genuine en-
deavor on the part of each and every
citizen, Of our county and State, to gel
behind. periodically and intellectually
the war effort. 1t is no time for loaf
ing or lettering, or for the indulgence
by anyone in activity not promotive OF
the united cause of our country. Within
the law. 1t is the sense of our body that
We shall do everything that we can te
further this cause.
We intend to be in session., though
tciupoToNiy III EeCcSSp LOE pTdCtICaIby
the entire term of this court. and shall
meet at a later date in this term. the
date known to our body. to check back
upon situations and conditions then ex.
listing in our county. We invite con.
structive criticism and complaints from
any and all citizens in the meantime,
and shall give these attention.
And now having temporarily reported,
we beg to be discharged until our body
shall re-assemble, during the term, at
such later date or dates. known to US,
or as may be ordered by Your Honor
Respectfully submitted. this April 9Th
1943.
II. P. WATSON, Foreman,
w. O. THOMPSON. Clerk.
Members of the Grand Jury were: H
P. Watson, Foreman; Frank Calender
W. G. McMullen, F. H. Barnwell. J. X
Barwick, r. F. Byrd, A. B. Clements
II. L. Brock, w. B. Jones, d. C. Lundy
Walter Durham, E. c.. Buford, r. C
Colhoun, Jr., T. L. Smith, W. 0. Thomp.
son, W. H. Irby, w. c. Worthy, ]. N
Hearn, Hyman Schur. w. d. Wilson.
T. A. Barrentine was Bailiff.
Hathcock. J. D. Parrish, Jr. J.. D. Will.