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dcd by six respectable taxpayers 0
his nci"hborhood that he shall cnte'
into bond in thc sun OF II thoGsant
dollars, with threegood securities, 70
the keeping OF an orderly house
The bond must be filed in the Office o
the clerk OF the city or town council
and Il copy thereof be filed with tn
clerk Of the court Of general session
in the county where the bond Is given
When y0u come TO examine the couil
" clerks Office YOU Will ascertaI:
whether the corporate authorize
throughout your county have COM
piled with this requirement OF tn
law. As general thing, persons VIII
engage in the, tra!ic can by no mean
be considered very respectable, II IN
corporale authorities OF cities ant
towns would do well to reject aii ap
rlications recommend by persons en-
oarcd in the traffic. If You shoul'
find that any of these irregularltie
Go exist you will report it to the court
WHO ARE TO SELL LIQUoi:.
IF any person has filed his petition
| write the clerk for license to retail out
side Of incorporated cities towns, &c.
it wiz! he your duty to pass upon lH'
same. and recommend whether or no
the petitioner, should receivea license
and the price ut which the Same shall.
be uniform for all applicants. Hy this
act it is provided that if any person
shall wiliully furnish any intoNicat-
ing drink, by safe, gift or otherwise
toanv person. Of known intemperate
habits, or to any person when drunk OF
or intoxicated, or to q minor, ortO any
insane person, for use as Il beverage,
shall be held and deemed = misde-
and, upon conviction thereof,
the offender shall be fined not less
than ten or more than II thousand
dollars and imprisoned not less than
ten nor more than thirty days. Some
one or mor of your body may know
of persons engaged in this traffic, hay
ing violated the law in this respect,
If so YOU will present them.
SELLING LIQUOR OK SUNDAY PRO
NIBITEn.
The Court also desires to direct your
attention to the practice of selling,
trading or bartcring spirituous liquors
ON Sunday. Such practice is in viola
ton of the law, and you will present
all whom you may know to have Of
Tended against the law in this particu-
lar. This general direction ofyour at
tention to the liquor license law of the
State l trust may be sufficient to put
you in possession of your duty, but as
the Act is long it may he well for you
TO read it at your leisure.
WAS THERE FRAUD IN THE LATE
ELECTIONS.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, Our
people have just passed through a gem
cral election, characterized by an unus-
ual amount of enthusiasm and excite
ment, and The neglect Of the General
Assembly OF this State, to provide for
the registration of all persons entitled
to vote, has perhaps opened wide the
door for the preparation of fraud in
said election. The purity of the ballot
box ought by all means to be protected
against fraud, and, although we are
without a registration law, if your
body should address itself a%ssiduously
to the task of investigating whether
there was fraud. practiced in the late
election, such investigation would
have q most wholesome effect, and
tend greatly to secure us against much
of fraud in all future elections. |
trust, therefore, you will give this mat
ter your most earnest consideration.
CHARACTERISTICS PROCLAMATION.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, Your
term of office will last for n year and
until another Grand Jury shall have
been organized, and rs this is your
first term I desire to be somewhat fnll
and specific in my instructions as to
your various duties and powers. You
will remember that Daniel III. Cham
berlain was, by the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina, duly
declared elected Governor thereof in
November, 1874, and early in the viii
ter of that year, he was inauguratcd rs
of said State.
And as such Governor by his procla-
nation dated ut Columbia, 5. G., Octo-
her the 7th, 1876, he caused to be pub
lished and did utter and pIblish the
language in relation to the
people Of the State of South Carolina,
of which State the comfy of Abbeville
q d%ifltrential part; to wit:
"Whereas, it has been made known to
s'n:e by written and worn evidence,
"that there exist such unlawful OBJ
''structions, combinations and assem-
''blages of persons in the counties OF
Aiken and Barnwell, that it has be-
come impracticahle in my judgement
las Governor Of this State, to enforce
''by the ordinary course OF Judicial
proceedings the laws Of the State
''withiu said counties; by reason
''where0f it has become necessary, in
''my judgement rs Governor, to call
and employ the military fore"
''0f the State to enforce the faithful OK
''ecution of the laws; and whereas it
has been made known to me as Gov
''ernor, that certain organizations and
combinations of mGn exist in Al! the
of the State, commonly
known as Rife Clubs y and whereas
such organizations and combinations
''0f men are engaged in promoting
illegal objects and in committing
''open acts of lawlessness and vio-
"lcuce."
WHAT TIE JURY MUST DO.
Which is either true or false, as to
the people of !Abbcville county-a peo-
pie whom you represent, and rs such
representatives, to wit: the grand in
quest. 1t is cmincntly proper in JUS
lice to yourselves, as well as the pco-
pie of your county, to faithfully and
diligently inquire into affairs and a
true presentmcnt make to the Court,
whether or not, certain organizations
''of men did exist in the county Of
{ Il,n1i11n r,r thn r,,rp,csn IF nrnp,nt-
ing illegal objects and in committing
''open acts Of lawlcssncss and vlo-
Hence" If you should find, upon
full and fair investigation of the sub
iect given you in charge by the Court,
that the said proclamation of His then
EXcellency was true as to yourselves
and the people ofyour county, you will
% say; and il upon such investigation
you should find that the charges con-
in said proclamation DO not APP
ply to the people of your county, and
hat as to them false, defamatory and
Iibelous, you will so say. Libel is a
:~ensorious or ridiculing writing, pic
lure or sign published with Il mis-
chievous and malicious intent, towards
government, magistrates or indlvid-
lals.
DEAL FAIRLY WITH CHA RERLAIN.
The Chief Executive Of 4 State is her
officer, and ought not to libel
her whole people, except upon UNI
questionable testimony. The "written
land sworn evidence" upon which he
proceeds to pronulgate such rroclama-
ton, should be overwhelmingly con-
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