There is now due from the State to the jailer of this county four hundred and fifty or five hundred dollars, every cent of which has been doubly earned, as he furnished food for prisoners and devoted time and attention to their wants. We learn that the bill has been presented several times and as often put aside on mere pretext. Will the disbursing officers of the State attend to this? Surely the laborer is worthy of his hire, and it little becomes those who are so lavish with the people’s money to keep the jailer of Hardeman county out of his dues.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 30 March 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.