From Days Gone By Sept 23,1915

September 23, 1915.

    The Grand Jury Presentments for the September Term of court was released by the committee consisting of Henry Stephens, T. L. Martin, and J. L. Harrison. The road building and chain gang had a $4,078.00 total equipment value. Most of the property was 16 mules valued at $2800. There were 42 inmates in the gang, 39 males and one female colored, and 2 white males, 2 guards and the warden.

    The public building committee found the windows unsafe because parties from outside can easily hand instruments through the windows to prisioners to be used to make their escape. The jail was in good sanitary condition. The court house was in good shape, except for some slight repairs needed such as the plastering on the walls and overhead and the ceiling in the superior court room and the railing around the first deck. The stockade and barn was in good shape.

    The Clerk of Superior Court, the Ordinary, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, and County School Commissioners offices were all in order. The following names were added to the paupers list: Juila Copeland, James Mimbs, W. H. A. J. Thomson, Elizabeth Tanner, Elizabeth Taylor, Mack Copeland, Mahala Wilcher, colored, and Jane Snell, colored. The names of Susan Lord and Elizabeth Townsend were stricken from the list and Wright Parson's amount was reduced. R. E. Kitchens was appointed Justice of Peace in the 56th district and A. B. Douglas in the 1266th district.

    They recommended the county treasuers office be converted into a toilet and several stools be added. Bridges were recommended to be built across Swains Creek near Harold Horton's place, that the hill at the John Mayo place and the hill on the road from Isham Stephens to W. M. Anderson's, in front of W. I. Renfroe's house be cut down. The road to George Riners place be re-opened and worked and that the roads inand around Donovan be worked.

    The county needs a patch gang to be put on the roads to keep them from such bad condition after the regular gang has been over them. Also the two main roads running through the incorporated towns be worked regularly and all the worst sand roads be clayed. Asked Representative W. C. Brinson to pass a law abolishing the office of county treasurer. T. J. Powell was paid $3 for taking the committee to Price's bridge to inspect the convict camp.

    Grand Jurers were: John A. Douglas, Thos J. Powell, H. A. Hutcheson, T. B. Logue, T. O. Martin, John C. Powell, W. E. McWhorter, H. C. Mason, J. L. Harrison, R. L. Kent, E. A. W. Johnson, J. E. Cannady, T. L. Martin, Henry Stephens, J. H. Hutcheson, J. E. Beasley, F. W. Brantley, J. M. Blizzard, J. A. Fountain, J. A. Hall, L. J. Brantley, Z. A. Anderson, and E. D. Price. E. D. Graham was the presiding judge.