The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-16
PREsENTMgNT OF THE
GRAND JURY.
To His Honor D. a Townsend, Presiding

To His Honor D. a. Townsend, Presiding
The Grand JurT respectfully report to your
Bonor ,ha, all bills of indictment givea US
by The Solicitor have teeu passed upon.
The County TreasureT's repor, has been
e1am,ned and found TO be correct. The
Treasurer called over attention to The fact that
many of rhe school checks paid oy him and
fled in his Office were written with peuci aod
gre almost iliegioie We therefore recon-
mend that all checks given by School
Trusie s, or others; be written WITH in6, and
fha, larger and "e,.er Blank checks be fur
oishea for school purposes.
The Office OF County School SnpecinteD
dent, which was not examined at last Term,
Fsreceived our attention. and was fond to te
resonans well arranged, and the books prop
e,ly kept.
AT the March tenn $ committee from the
Grand Jorv, composed of P N Pitts, S ".
Rafie;d and Joseph Muldrow, was appointed
to investigate certain charges concerriog Dis
penser Warrec's management Of the Mayes-
vile D spensary, and TO examine The Bishop
vile Dispensary, and they report that after
carefulinvestigation Of the Mayesvilie Dis
pensary they 6nd the charges relating to the
dispenser not sustained; and this Dispensary
10 neat cendition and the books appear to be
correctly kent. This Goa mittee also reports
the Bishopville Dispensary in nest condition.
ani the hooks kept as required By law We
recommend ehat this committee be paid the
nena, per diem and snd mileage, for Grand
Jurors, for the TWO days consumed in making
the investigst as above stated.
We have inspected the jail, aod 6nd The
sleepers and floor of the private apartments
occupied by the keeper ro7ting away, and
de asding prompt affection. We therefore
recommend thst necessary repairs be made a:
once, and that six yeniilators be placed in the
walls. of the Jail near the ground, to vii
two on each side and one on each end The
Jail proper we fad in fair condition There are
.eigh, prisoners in the Jail and they appear to
be ia good health, except one, boy. whose
time expires, we are Informed, on the 18th
instant.
Wefsd that there is great dissatisfaction
| wath reference to the eys,em put in force by
the Board of Comfy Commissioners, of psy-
ing overseess Of the public highways, and,
owing TO the apparent injustice of this sys-
TEN and the expense attached thereto, we
would recommeud that change be made,
to he1ormer plan, of appointing oyeiseers
without pay.
We feel bound to call your Hooors atten-
ton 10 the fa,lure of Coroner Moses to biod
over witness examined by him at ipquests.
This neqlec. On the part of the Coroner has
greatly delayed the progress of the Court at
the present as well as The last term-ihereby
greatly increasing the expenses of the county,
possibly working injustice to citizens charged
with crime We therefore recommend that
the Coroner be required 10 discbargehis duty
in this particular, and biod over all material
witnesses at inqoests held by him
Atiention was called at the March term to
infringement upon the pn5lic roads by the
placing of Postal Telegraph poles witbin the
limits of said roads a, different points on he
highway leading from the Conrt House to
Providence in this county particularly this
is alleged 20 be the csse at a point on said
road near TirEah Church. The Grand Jury
bad reason TO believe that the Infringement
complained of would be remedied by those
who were responsible for the obstruction, but
the matter stands rs it was then. Therefore
We recommend that the County Supervisor
be instructed to have said highway cleared OF
all obstroctiors, particularly those complain
ed Of.
The docke,s kept by Magistrates jennings,
Scale, Bradley, Rhauae, Wei 8 end Ingram
were e1aui ined and foond correc; and neat
Magistrate Scarborough uade written re-
port of his dockei. showing that the fines i'm
posed and collected bY him bad been paid to
the Treasurer Magistrate Kelley's docket
bas not been propsiiy kept, and be failed to
furnish necessary vouchers, although The
amounts collected by him seem 10 be small.
Were,urn thanks 10 your Honor for in-
duigence extended to the Grand Jury.
Respectfully submitted,
"A RHAME. Foren an.