The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-16
PREsENTMENTs

June Term OF 1880.
M His Honor, Robert Falligant, Judge
oftbs superior Court of Chatham County:
~ the grand jury, for the June term of
,s8s respectfully submit the following
General presentments.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The books of all the county officers have
hon examined and found 10 be corr ectly
and neatly kept. It was found by the
%l1IFs of the receiver of tax returns that
enc business firms had not returned, in
tJsopiuiOn of the committee, full values
nj stocks and debts, and all such parties
we're required TO appear and amend their
returns.
JUSTICES DOCKETs.
The dockets of the justices of the peace
of the county, except for the Third dis
trirr. have been examined and found to
ne correctly and neatly kept. The Justice
for the Third district being out Ofiathe
state his books were not examined.
PUB LIo SCHOOLS.
Chatham Academy-Condition good,
and building well kept.
cathedral School-Condition good, and
rooms clean Should have ventilators in
ali rooms even with line of ceilings
should have escape pipes for sewer gas
from the water-clOsets; should be put in
before school is opened again.
EOtuOOl-1lOOllS
kent. Should have ventilators in rooms
even with line of ceilings Stairways
wanted from southwest room; should be
attended to at once. Overflow pipes from
sinks in halls of building connect with
sewer pipe; should be changed, as odor
presumed to be sewer gas can readily be
detected coming from this source. The
same applies to all the buildings where
this defect exists, and while not so APP
- HI Z
10 the health of the occupants where it
does exist.
Barnard Street Condition good,
and well kept, but wants Yentilators in
rooms, and stairways from one upper
room
Henry Street School-Clean and well
kept. Already this school is being crowd
ed and the room intended for hall has
to be used for class rooms, divisions hav-
ing been made with cloth curtains.
St. Patrick's School-Condition good
and an additional building is wanted for
the accommodation of the children, and
we recommend be provided before the
school will be opened in October next.
East Broad Street Colored School
Clean and well ventilated, but not large
enough to accommodate the pupils. The
four lower rooms should be made into
two, and additional rooms obtained by
erecting a suitable building on same lot,
to the south of the present building.
West Broad Street Colored School
Condition good and fairly well kept The
building is too much crowded, and we
recommend additional provision be made
for the accommodation of the children.
We do not mean to imply that any of
the school buildings, except the Henry
Street school, is in tirst-class condition,
as all the others want more or less paint
ing, embarrassing and some little re-
pairs.
We must call special attention to the
fact that the doors of the school houses
and the rooms open inward; there may
be few that do not, but we do not recOlz
lect having seen them. The Henry Street
school building we expected to find free
from this defect, but it was not, and even
had its main entrance doors closed when
we visited it. AT all the other schools
the main doors were open.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number pupils enrolled in city
(Whlte).... ........................3 $3.50
Number pupils enroledtn city (col-
oredl ,.......... ISL 1877
(Whlte). .................s.- COS
Number pupils enrolled in county
(colored. ,............... ,525-2 1888
Grand total for 1892. .............. 6,g7O
1893
Cwhite) 3D.. ...........;.......,...s ,5s2
Number pupils enrolled in city (col-
GRAB; ......,. -. 1,5ol-5, O38
.Cwhitep.............'..............-.'. sos
Number pupils enrolled in county
cOIoreu)' .......-...,. l, 49, OSO
Grand total for 1898 .............. 7118
Admission has been refused no white
applicant during the year just closed, but
many Of the classes were greatly crowded.
In some instances teachers were com
PEELED to take charge of seventy pupils.
From the reports of the principals we
learn that more than l 900 colored children
IN the city were turned away for want of
school accommodations The board, how
ever, have called for estimates for the
erection of an additional building for col
ored children.
Was carefully inspected and its physi-
cal and sanitary condition found to be ex-
ceilent. There are sixty-one prisoners in
IAN; twenty-four of these will be disposed
oil by trial in the next few days by the
superior and city courts most of the re-
malnder are from the recorders court for
petty offenses.
Three of the number in Jail are lunatics,
recently placed there. AS has been done
frequently before by other grand iuries
ana by the press of the city, we call at
Ieutlon to the fact that persons bereft of
reason should have better accommoda-
lions and receive better attention than
Gan De given them in the common iail
economy Is unwise and misapplied on the
ParO Vi legislators, that prevents sufficient
enlargement of the state institution to
care -'
IN the female ward there are three
ooIoreu and one white prisoner, the latter
81 Young and so devoid of the usual out
war %aru signs of depravity that we could not
oHy regret the entire lack in this county
u an Jhmg like refOrmatory institution.
Ill ma case like this, if the subject is not
%oISG Than her appearance would seem
~ ~ noicate, we would suggest her separa-
otou IRON the more abandoned This
SoeuS entirely possible with the ample
'"SahC room in the jail at present.
Among the males are two very young
r 10y s, one of them already convicted. The
, Uut res lrlcted intercourse of these boys
c "i.n Ihose prisoners more advanced in
rll,le gives no promise of any beneficial
i oo. Jus from their punishment. The OBJ
H. VI punishment is to prevent repeti-
''T Tl oy improving the moral sense.
~, iue general physical condition of the
ImISQhers calls for no unfavorable COM
uent from US.
IN COURT HOUSE.
o,,- rle condition of the plastering through
O"SAO Inc BUILDING calls for poraful in