The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-14
i:mant oftbe Grand Jury of Fair
iielL tor the MAJ Term.

re ~ .!!"h; 0t.tpe trand Jury Of Fair
slelt tor the Ma7 TERM.
10 rs i'onor I: j. .1"clry, Presiding
J"'y1,
H"e Gronl Jury Of r.iGcll coun.
'...I IAy term re>pcclfu!ly beg leave
g n'Ae The following presentment
. . t'"'n'ttce was appointed to visit
- Yror house.
@hey report that there arc OF pros
t.. wa"ty one white, and eight c,l-
- 'nMAtes, who express themselves
-. aaUslied with thoir pro,ent con.
,:t;; nndcr,tho supervision Of tho
'H.s'""n, Mrs. Robt. Smart, and es.
Ye>l,'.y with tho treatment they have
y c, Il from tho proscnt Board cf
Io'.H'.r Commissioners.
y snall farm is attached TO Ike
"mI>as, which is carried on chiefly
~ mtcd laborcrs. The garden is
NoEs'i by the inmates themselves,
''i X in u fourisliDg condition. We
'r 81 mend that nlothcr house bo
CT t for tho moro comfortable ac.
D., n.n1aation Of tho inmates, as they
"a '"S too much crowded.
! ,c services Of 4 skilful physician,
-. :. D. Palmer, have been secured
!r nc sick.
"" have also visited the jail, and
have found it kept in as good condi.
tIor Is circumstances will allow. The
prisoners, four in number, all oolorcd,
v r' quc'tioncd closely, and reported
IT, nm.clvos fully satisfied with the
tr mtmen. they receive. We. renew
tbs recommendation of tho last Grand
J'ry, TINT another Jail be constructed
a"t'.; present one is Insecure, und
PT!""Iors cannot bc comfortably
qNa 'y"rcd in inclement weather. Tho
oxp $50 TO the county would bo small,
M 'napr"cccds from tho salo of the
n~tG>nt Jail would almos be su III cicnt
t" T., Id another in moro retired
'"'a! ty.
so of tho County Commissioners
= cared before us, and made II full
iii, oftho affairs Of tho >o0'!nty y
40 difficulties they meet with in
- performance Of their duty.
Sc resent every public highway
|" t"e 'unty. Svme arc in an al,
'"n:' i.Npas: able condition, and all re.
lujrH ,ttention. We believe that
-: = 'scnt Board of County Com>
n't''" ,rs arc doing the bost they
'a'. unler tho circumstances, but it is
Iln''si impossible to compel tho citi-
zens q: tho county to do road duty.
La " my Instances, responsible men
en-, vt 30 induced to act as ovorscers.
NJ 'ieqnate means arc provided for
r"'is"'nG delinqucuts. Every action
J. yNght pgainst an offender before q
lr'"' Justice entails an expense of
isi':al d"!l"rs on the County Trcaeu.
=. w9'~ ihan tho work il worth. The
+ 'hut aslinqncnts can eScapo with
i"ru"'ty, causes those who would
h'""''c work chcc1tully, to neglect
i.'..r duty.
''n 'nrHratire necessity exists for
" hit"ra nves Morris' Geek, on the
''A' leading from KincaiG's bridge
4 >''ini"hia, and we recommend that
o.r b" erected. Tho Creek has been
d!tHhc below tho present crossing,
sd Iho bod has b.cn washed out at
aSl four feet. As this is a lead,np
'loreughfare, much Inconvenience has
H~rn ocoasi"ncd thereby.
We fnl that this years tax of
:. mills for county purposes, amount.
.11 90 $4,000, is wholly mad, qnato to
'""ot demands, cspeciAlly as tho for
u.cr Board Of Commissioners, after
.r'mS expended sixteen thousand
"o''us in 1871, and nearly fifteen
r.NnS"nd dollars in 1872, lett'a'dtiici,
{. lhreo Thousand to be paid by the
resent Board. We learn that the
-, Of ! mills was ordered on the
I'll "ositlon that n highway tax of
'r same amount could be collected,
,",ch snpp"sition proved erroneous.
"" brl'cve that tax Of thrco mills
W uld be ample to meet all the wants
Che county, as tho present Board
rH%n iacilucl to practice die eoono.
i4y.
We find that tho retiring Board
'regWlty of lavish Expenditures,
sd received and paid for work done
- H'e most imperfect manner. Al.
'.ough over thirty thousand dbllms
YER" expended by them during their
term of oitice, they left Lchjud but
&c" improvements, and those OF
the poorest description.
The board received pay for five
Thousand miles Of travel done in 1872
~ the business Of the county; and
not single member cf the Grand
Jury, composed Of persons from al
part of the county, hns ever heard o.
Their making an ofliciAl visit.
No recommend that com
"'"eo TO appointed, assisted by
," expert, to examine closely int,
:e'E transactions, as the limited tim,
'lloHcd is insufficient to discoye,
'scrcparcics which wo believe cx
.st.
Dur limited time prtcluded us from
m'king that close investigation j,
l,