The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-16
Prcscntnirnt OF Grand jury.

! State of South Carolina, County Of Pick.
ems.
70 the Honorable l. D. Withcrspoon, Pre-
siding Judge Sth Judicial Circuit:
we, the Grand Jury, in making this f.
nal report, beg to submit the following:
| LIST. Would state that we have acted ND
on all the bills that have been handed ms
by the Solicitor
2d. That committee Of our body since
the last term of the court have visited nll
'hc county Offices and find them we'll kept
| ana Inc books IN good condition. Ii hav-
| ing brought to the attention of the Com
! milicc that there was something wrong in
the office Of the School Commissioner, we
took special pains to cXnmine into tho mat
ter, ana report the matter is entirely salts
factory to us. An apparent mistake had
nrch made III the apportionmcnt of the
school fund IN this township, No. ), but
| upon CLOSE examination we found that the
| clerk OF the Board of School Trustees for
this school district had made a mistake in
nlak'h% inc average attendance of the chill.
oven upon The public schools, making the
| Ial,poEllonmcnt OF the school funds for this
| sch',ol dlStrict TO appear to be only about
onc-halt what 1t should be, but the money
lad been applied property, and we make
! thlS explanation in justice To the former
commissioner, j. II. Glazrncr, us the ru
! NOR may have been spread that he WAS
| short in his office.
we have not mace detailed report of
lnc hllanccS or the county for the reason
That the Comptroller General will he here
on the 10th of this month to make n final
settlement with the treasurer, auditor and
county commissioners, and the foreman of
,hc grand jury, being by law, rcuuircd to
bc present mt the settlement, have lhourht
1t DrSl 10 dc1er our report on these books
ui'il allcr That settlement and will make a
report at the next term of this court.
we nave examined the hooks of all the
trial justices that nave been presented to
Us some Oh the Trial justices have failed
10 hrlhg their books for examination and
we desire them to present their hooks at
the next term of court. Those books that
we have examined we find correct.
We call the attention Of the court TO the
TACT the Rlchmond e Danvillc Railroad
company continues to run frcirht trains
'nrouEh flckcns County on the Sabbath
ailer t. a. m., contrary to the Act of the
Legislature to the contrary. This contin-
ual passage Of freight trains il not only
contrary TO law but is Il great ANNOYANCE
ana nuisance TO persons going TO or rcturn-
ing from public worship, and we earnestly
request 'ile Solicitor to take such steps as
IN his judgment may be proper and ncccs-
We recommend that the .risIoture ,t
It's next session pass an Ac. -. o.. ,rizinr and
the County Co. .. .Innnrs nf |
llcNchS county to levy tax sufficient To |
la'Sc sum necessary TO build two briducs
across hcowcc river. There arc now nine
(?) bridges in this county across Saludo
river, and only one across Kcowcc river
ne country on the west side of this conn. |
~ Is rapidly filling up with population and |
II Is nothing but just to that section tbnt
thcy should he provided with good roads |
and bridges to enable them to reach 8 mar
kct. . ''"'-
we ask our representatives in the Icris-
latarc to SO amend the law in relation In
the salaries Of the School Commissioner
ana Auditor SO that their salaries will not
DC So out ot proportion TO the services rem
dcrcd. The schools in this country are RIM
ON average about two or two and one
Hall months IN year, and the Commits
Sloncr IS allowed pay for travelling EXPENSES.
ne roads IN the county are generally i'm
hhd condition, but Owinl' to the bad wcoth.
'ilh lhc Spllng ana the farmers being bc
'ilnd hahd with their work will he some cx
ruSc Tor their condition, but farm work hr
lng about through we hope the County
commissioners will have the roads put in
thorough repair as soon as possible.
we recommend that the Commissioners
have an old well in Pickcnsvillr ti,lcd m
This well is very near to the
public road and is dangerous to the travel.
ng public.
We thank your Honor. the Solicitor md
'ilccrS Of court for courtrSirs extended to
Dur h"ay., Is. }. JOHNSTON,
mn July, 1871. Foreman