The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-10-21
Presentment of the Grand Jury.

To His Honor I. D. Witherspoon, Presiding
Judge
The Grand Jury respectfully submit this, their
third and final esentrnent:
We have given our careful attention to all mat
ters prop rly brought before us, and have passed
all bills handel us by the Solicitor at this torn
Of the Court
It matter Of congratul ,tiou tn we are ablo
to repnrt an inc easing degree Of prosperity
through ,ut the county There seems TO be less iu-
debted ness among our people than for many years,
roads better than ever before and lands are
bringing better price on an average than ever
before.
We have by committee visited tho various
county Offices, the poor house, jail and convict
camp
The poor house and farm are kept in the same
excellent condition NIB formerly, and wc especial
ly commend the judi ious and kindly care given
the In. ates by the -ieward. The cotton acreage
Of the farm hxs been reduced from about 81 to
about 10 this yea- and other crops rubstitu-
of about 81, 100 .0U has resulted from the change.
We folnd that the present barn Is iuguficient for
the keeping OF the produce, &C., made on the
place tnis year, and Te recon- mend that now
barn be erected of sufficient size to answer the
At the Dispensary we found the books accurate
ly aud neatly kept and the Law strictly complied
with since our pre- euttnent In Juno.
The overseer Of tho con Victs who are working on
the public roads 10 keeping the camp In excellent
condition and doing good work. A con sersation
with ONE OF the con, lets sho cd them to bs en-
tirey satisfied with their treatmeut and With tho
fare ri ven them The public roads leading 10 the
countv seat have all bsen worked for dis ance Of
ten miles, by the county chain gang and could not
be improved upon without being uacs amiz-d. We
heartily commend this ysten OF working the
roads us we'll as tho man nsgement Of tho County
Supervisor and the overseer.. IN some places IN
the County The roads established lead over steep
hills and we susEent that It would be well In such
stances for tho Supervisor to see whether It
would not bs better TO lay out neu roads or make
changes as to avoid steep grades.
An exam nation OF the MAgistrates' books re-
veals the fact hat too mady frivolous cses are
brought at great exps~ SO to tho Co 'nty.. The
Magistrates ahou IGOR we'll into the facts of cases
before Issuing their warrants, and not 10 ue them
III cars wher, here Is probability OF dismissal.
We observe too that many magistrates are accus-
toned to issue warrants for pa.t.es committing
often es III the townships OF other Magistrates,
thus adding to the costs Of uileage and entail ng
additional expense on the County Again we no
tice tha. many witnesses whose testimony IL Who'll
ly valuaeess are bUuad over at tho expense OF the
County.
Th 4re Is nerd Of some new leIico aphcal in
dexes AID indexing in the Jerks Office, as we'll
as Of funds to reDini some Of the old records, and
NO recommend that tho attention OF the member
of tho Lrg.Ia,ure be called TO this that they may
confer with tho CIerk and have y bill p 'ssed for
the approprin ion OF such amount as may be ne-
cossary for that purpose.
Tho Grand Jury has had its attention called to
tho f-ct that IN some sections Of tho county .
considerable amount of shoot nd drinking Is
guid on duriug Sunday. and while we have b. EN-
unable to locate the guilty parties, We Gu upon
tn good ctizens of the cou ty to aid US In ferret
ing out and bringing tho guilty parties justice.
Again the matter Of tho violation Of the Sabbath
in tho Carrying on OF secu ar business This, we
unds stand is especially true OF public eutorpris-
es, AID ve shall attempt TO Investigate the mat
te and report the guilty parties rs soon as posSi-
ble :,
We again call attention to the miserable condi.
tion of our ourt House and Jail. and urgo upon
our citizens tho Importance Of having these I'M
portant public buildings erected.
In COZ cusion, We beg leave TO express our thanks
10 his Ho tho Prading judge, TO the So iei1or,
and the various ofcero Of III, Court for the cuur-
te,ie, and assistance they have extended IN In the
discharge OF our duties.
Respectfully submitted
Il. E. PARKER, Foreman.
Oct. 16, 1896.