NATCHEZ &8212; Property owners along Cemetery Road are sick and tired of the unlawful litter dumped there. And they are doing something about it.

Searching the trash and finding identities through envelopes or receipts, they are contacting the illegal dumpers and asking them to remove their trash.

It is working, said Adams County Supervisor Darryl Grennell. &8220;Mr. David New had gone out Cemetery Road and had a crew of people pick up trash and garbage. Four or five days later, there was more,&8221; Grennell said. &8220;There was all kinds of garbage and even things like old refrigerators.&8221;

New refused to give up, Grennell said. &8220;He has found names in the trash and called them, and the people came and cleaned up what they had thrown out.&8221;

Sad to say, a legal dumpsite is only three to four miles away, one of two provided at no charge by the county, Grennell said. &8220;And there is a $500 fine for littering in the county.&8221;

And some of the trash tossed off the side of the road will not be identified. That&8217;s the pity, he said.

The closer waste convenience station to Cemetery Road is on Foster Mound Road next to the volunteer fire station; the other is in Kingston at the old District 2 road barn.

The problem on Cemetery Road is an ongoing one, said Leo Joseph, who, along with his wife, also owns property on Cemetery Road. And it is more than household refuse.

&8220;People doing work on their houses are dumping construction debris, too, things like sheetrock and wood&8221; Joseph said.

Recently, he tracked trash to a family who had paid someone $35 to haul off household debris. &8220;They didn&8217;t know he was dumping it illegally. They were very nice about it and came and cleaned it up,&8221; Joseph said.

People who pay to have trash taken away should be sure the debris is going to a legal dump, he said. &8220;They are responsible for where it goes.&8221;

About 15 years ago, the county opened the two waste convenience stations, Grennell said. &8220;We wanted to prevent litter in the county. It costs the taxpayers a lot of money to have litter picked up off the roads.&8221;

The county waste convenience stations will accept old appliances, limbs and any other kind of debris, Grennell said. &8220;And it&8217;s totally free.&8221;