The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-06-04
E>resentment Of the Grand Jury
S te OF South Carolina,


E>reSentmcnt OF the Grand Jury
S te OF South Carolina,
Coun = of Ncwbe !.
| Court Of C neral Sessions, May Term, 1878
To Ills Honor, N. Moses, Presiding Judge.
The Grand Jury would submit the follow.
ing prcscn nent:
The time of his body has been so much
| occupied with the bills Of Indie uent handed
to us d. il g the Te. n, that We have been
unable to estow 4 the attention which they
merit other matters Of great interest to the
County which properly comes within recog-
Nance. Tie brief oppor unity we have had
to look into the offices and man" cement OF
the various CCuu Offices. would not allow
| Of as full IN investigation Is might be con-
SiStent with Of dIty, bu! we would state
that the cXanima on we have made has been
| to Us in the main SatlSfActo.
The offices Of the Clerk, She # and Judge
| of Probate are all in good condition, ar" so
far us we are info. lcd the duties thcreo: are
properly and faithfully discharged. The re-
! cent fitting up Of the rooms occupied by
these officers has added vr = much to the
inner appearances OF the building, and give
an air of neatrcs' which was previously
| greatly wanting. These repairs, we believe.
! were ordered by the Court at its last Term
| but the officers feeling assured that the work
| could be done more chcap!r for cash, have
paid the charges. We recommend that the
same so expended by them be refunded 70
them by the Coun
| The jail, in our opir on, ' III proper pains,
| is secure. The lower part OF the building is
| ,t.,tn ord, -
| had to the cleanliness Of the cells, il would
| c,!I to the comfort Of the prisoners. The
wall around the grounds nee IS slight repairs,
| and we would recommend that the line be-
-wccn the Jail lot and that OF J. 3. SmitI be
| established. and that the whole lot be en-
! closed by substantial fenc ug.
The sa 'Sfactory condition of the Poor
House and of its inma' is know l TO the
Court We are glad 70 state that the number
| of paupCr5 has been reduced 10 thir five
much less than it has been for several years.
So far as we are ir "ormcG the Conn : Com
missioners have discharged the du .cS.
Their books seem to be properly and cor
rectly kept. The scarcity Of funds, and the
Indebtedness of the County, prevent them
from keeping the roads and b..dgcS in proper
repair The condition Of the roads through
out the County is recently very much i'm
residence Of Colonel Hair to Men: IS Ferry
is almost npassable, and should be mended,
and the Columbia road, near Major John H.
Nance's, is in bad plight, but could be re-
paired ~ ve little expense.
In this connection, we would recommend
that the To-, Council Of Newbe : be re-
quired 10 repair that por on Of McKibbcn
street from the Jail Pratt street. and also
Johnstonc street from the Methodist CHI ch
to Calhoun street, and also Caldwell street
frop the Public School House south Scott
Creek, making good side walks for the con-
venience OF pedestrians. We would suggest,
too, that they take steps for the proper drain
age of the streets and streams, as well as Of
cellars and pools within the corporate limits.
Ii would not be amiSs . they would require
all gates to be sT ng so as not to open on
the side walks.
The County School Commissioner las en-
rolled on his books the names of sixtythree
teachers of public schools. The expense Of
these schools to the County is 81 $40 per
month. We have at present no plan of re-
trcnchmen: in this particular to suggest, but
as soon as the Coun , is laid off into School
Dis ictS, which we learn is being done, this
enormous expenditure should receive prompt
consideration. The Commissioner informs US
that he has received instructions from the
State Superintendent 10 close the public
schools in this County on and If the first
of June next, for the want of funds. There
is in the County Treasury 81 ,079 81, funds
belonging to eight Of the different townships
for school purposes. Three Of them, Nos. l,
2 and II, have exhausted all that they were
er titled to.
The Coun.,r Treas er's Office we have
examined For the informal on of the public
VIC give the following synopsis of the report,
which was youcheG before US:
Assessed value of all taxable prope y in
Newbe v coun -. "a Az, 900
County tax, 3 mills. .Sl3 .266 60
Additional assessment G,473 O0->13, 1881 SO
Whole amount taxes,
fines and licenses
collected. .......... $1,000 50
Amount paid out of
Treasury as for
vouchers ......... 1896 80
Halrncc in Treasury 1892
The examination of the transactions Of the
various County Offices would be less lNborious
and mo efficiently done, if the officers were
required 70 submit to each Term Of the Court
4 iull and true account Of their receipts and
expenditures, together with all matters con-
nee with their respective Offices requiring
public attention, so that the Grand Ju =
could the more readily pass upon them.
The Grand Ju ! would e i the attention of
the Govt to the Outstanding indeb' dncss Of
the County, for the payment of which spc-
cial tax is be Ley and, which, from all
the information they can gather, is large be
yond any consideration rendered, and would
respectfully recommend that the County Com
missioners take proper legal steps to reduce
the same.
We have du. ng the present Term found
various bills Of Indictment against persons
for retailing spi .lous liquors without license.
The law has been violated in this regard, but
Under circumstances (Which we deem it i'm
proper before l. al 10 comment upon) so cX-
nua,ing that We would respectfully ask Of
the Court that the said bills be withdraw J,
but that the penalty of the law be strictly
enforced against any future violation thereof.
Rcspectf lly submitted.
Y. Werber, Foreman.
II Whitmirc. Jacob Summers.
c. +. Boyd. \. Singleton.
J. D. Ho. -lSby. Harry B. Hco1t.
Levi Pain. Nester Luis.
Albert Williams John Griffin.
Abc Sims. Anderson Daniels.
Nu'nun Snodor Wilson Waits.
J. P Hudson.
FowLEK's BAZAAR OF FASHION for June
is rrceircd, and We find il well filled with
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