The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-06
PRBSBDIMBDI
GRAND JURY.
OF
JANUARY TERM, 1895.

JANUARY TERM, 1895.
To His Honor, o. w. Buchanan, Pre-.
siding Judge, at January Term Of
Court, 1895, for Abbeville County:
The Grand Jury would respectfully
make the following presentment -
I. We have passed upon all bills
handed to US by the Solicitor, and have
found "True Bills" or "No Bills" as
the facts in our opinion warranted.
II. We have visited the several
county offices, and so faras we were able
to determine, in the limited time at
our disposal for that purpose, the same
are efficiently and properly conducted ;
but in order that there may be full
and thorough examination of the
same, we have appointed committee
of our number to make such investiga-
ton, the result of which we will en-
brace in our presentment at the June
term of this Court.
III. We visited the Jail and Poor
House by delegation. AS regards the
former institution, we are pleased to
state that everything was found to be
satisfactory, SO far as relates to the man
agement Of the prisoners, sanitary ar
rangements, &c; but there are certain
repairs needed, notably in the matter
of the we'll house and the roof Of the
Jail building, which we recommend, be
at once attended to by the County Su-
pervisor.
In the matter of the Poor House, we
are sorry that we cannot make 30 fav-
orable report. The maintenance of
the paupers Is to the lowest bidder,
(the wisdom Of which we very much
doubt and while the contract for such
maintenance, if properly fulfilled.
might insure reasonable comfort to the
paupers, we are compelled to state that
such is not the case.
The clothing and bedding are of the
poorest quality, and in our opinion to-
tally insufficient to keep the paupers
comfortable and from what we can
learn, the contract is not carried out
in this particulars, as regards the
quantity of firewood to be furnished.
We would, therefore, recommend
that the Supervisor see to it that the
contractor be held to rigid compliance
with his contract.
w. We are of opinion that there
are more Constables i'm attendance
upon the Court than there Is any ne
cessity for, and would recommend that
the Clerk of the Court investigate the
matter before issuing the pay certifi-
Gates to such Constables, and see wheth-
er or not the law has been complied
with in this particular.
V. We would recommend, for the
comfort of the Petit Jurors, that some
disinfectants be used in the urinals in
the jury rooms.
vi. The several Trail Justices of
the county have filed transcripts of
their dockets, except Trial Justice Mar
tin, of Donaldsyille.
Those filed are satisfactory, except
those of trial Justices Edwards and
Gilbert, which. in some particulars are
defective. Believing that if the oppor-
tunity be given them, these defects
will be supplied, we shall expect said
Trial Justices to make the needed ex-
PLANTATION at the June term of Cenrt.
VII. 1t has been formally brought
to our attention that one Jasper Bobo
was caught in the act of stealing corn
from the crib of John Pettigrew, and
that sal d Pettigrew compromised said
felony.
We recommend that the Trial JUS
tice of that vicinity take cognizance of
this matter.
VIII. We recommend that the use
Court room be rendered Mrs. Lille
Devereaux Blake on the evening
of the 5th Of February, for the
purpose of her address on the subject
Of "Wife, Mother and Citizen"
TX. AS the Guardian, for the time
being, of the good order and quite of
our County, it affords VA pleasure to
note the salutary effects of the dispen-
sary law.
The marked contrast between the
present, in the matter of drunkenness
and that under the license system, is
indeed encouraging to all lovers of 30
briefly and good order.
From our observation during our at
tendance upon the Court, and from the
testimony of numbers Of the best cit
izens of Abbeville, we are satisfied that
the dispensary law is faithfully OBJ
served In said town.
In our opinion, this law is the best
solution of the liquor question that
could have been devised.
Respectfully submitted,