We believe we speak the sentiments of the masses of the people of this county when we say that the new court-house should be built as soon as possible, and that too, in a substantial manner. The plan selected by the commissioners is an improvement upon any one in the State, is beautiful in its proportions, and will amply accommodate the entire business of the county. Would it not be well for the work to be put through at once?

We hear that the structure can be completed by the first of next January, provided the means are furnished the contractors as the work progresses. If the payment is to be made only as the court-house tax is collected, it will be two or three years before the records of the county, worth hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars, can be placed in position for safe keeping.

The old log hut in which they are now exposed is a rickety shanty at best, and one little match in the hands of a careless child or evil-disposed person might be the means of reducing them to ashes in a few moments. No one will say that a court-house is not needed, and no one is foolish enough to desire its erection deferred. We do hope that the court will see that steps are taken to build the court-house and that too at an early day. If they do this they will receive the thanks of this community, and do an act of justice to every man who has a valuable paper filed away in the old rookery call the “court room.”

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 23 March 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.