The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-06
Presentment of the Grand jury.

10 His Honor, w. T.. Benet, Presiding
Judge, june term, 1893, Sth Circuit:
The Grand Jury begs to report to your
Honor that it has acted upon all bills of
indictment submitted to it, all of which
have been reported to the Court, and
that there is no other business before us
demanding our further consideration.
by special committee, the Grand Jury
has examined into the management Of
the several county offices and the report
submitted to this body by that committee
has been adopted by us and made part
of our presentmcnt 10 which we ask
reference rs such
y committee from the Anderson County
Medical Association appeared before us.
consisting OF Drs. j. &. Harris. j. i.
Duckctt, r.. {. Fricrson and w. a. Tripp,
and reported To us that in accordance
with 4 resolution of said Association di-
recting them so To do. they had exam. !, ed
the Register of practicing physisiuns in
this county, rs kept in the Clerks office,
and find that the following named ply
sicians are practicing without having
registered. as required 10y law, viz:
eNamcs omitted 10y Clerk
1t is reported to us bv different mem
bers of our Jury that some of the roads
i'll different sections of the county havo
not been worked, and others not we'll
worked, and we recommend that the
chairmcn OF the several Township Boards
OF commissioners where such are re-
ported have same worked ont as early as
they can. We mention the following:
All roads in upper section of Hopcwcll
towTisi.in; road leading from Anderson
by Majors d Burns mill to Maxwell's
bridge; road in Centreville township
leading to Five Forks all roads in Pcndlc-
ton township; and, further, that tho
Honea Path township, ON road leading
from Holidays bridge to Honca Path
needs repairing.
We recommend that the County Com
missioners have additional steel cages
placed in tho Jail ut the earliest day
practicable, as the largo number of pris-
oners that have been confined there
makes 1t necessary to provide this addi-
tiOnal accommodation for them.
We beg to report that in accordance
with the Instructions given us by your
Honor yesterday afternoon, we have
summoned before us and examined six
teen witnesses in the matter of The death
of Ebert Harris, and we have been un-
able to elicit any testimony that would
enable us to present any person or per-
sons as having taken part in the causes
that produced his death.
We heartily depl0re this unfortunate
occurrence, and, in this our presentment,
we earnestly call upon all citizens to de-
sist from such violent. conduct, and to
assist In preventing recurrence of such
crimes, and we exhort the officers of the
law to do their full duty fearlessly in
protecting prisoners in their possession.
We beg to conclude by thanking your
Honor and all officers Of the Court for
continued courtesies shown us in the
discharge of. our duties.
JOHN B. LEvERETT, Foreman.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Your special committee appointed to
investigate the management of the sew
eral county Offices respectfully report rs
follows:
Your committee met on May 18th last
and spent four days in this work, and
was assisted by Jno. X. Hood, who was
employed by your committee, Is author
izeti by law.
We first examined the office of Judge
of Probate and Special Referee. We went
carefully through his cash book, aud cast
up the several amounts due thereon,
which we ascertained to be 81, ,7S5.77.
This sum was satisfactorily accounted
for, the greater portion Of it being On de-
post in the banks Of the city. We care
fully tested number of the individual
accounts which made up the whole, and
in each case we found thum correct We
think the duties of this office are being
intelligently and faithfully administered.
We found that this officer as Special
Referee had funds in his hands that were
turned over to him by his predecessors
and others are accommodating from year
to year, for which there seem to be no
claimants.
We recommend that the Act of 1894
authorizing and directing the Clerk of
Court and Probate Judge to turn into
the county treasury certain monies thus
accommodating in their hands, be amended
80 as to authorize and direct the Special
Referee to do likewise with all monies
that have remained in his hands, un-
claimed for a period, say, of two
years, or that may hereafter 80 long
remain unclaimed in his hands, and we
think that in some cases the claimants
might be found IL there were way pro-
vided for advertising for them.
In the Clerks Office we carefully exam
ined and tested his accounts of pensions
and all other monies passing through his
hands, and we found the same, accurate
ly, systematically and faithfully account
ed for, and we think all his duties are be-
ing performed with the Same care and
attention.
We found the Auditors office to be
model in neatness and efficiency in all ts
departments.
The Sheriff's office is we'll admins
tered, both as to general duties and cler-
ical detail; and the Jail, kept by the Shcr-
1T, is clean and comfortable; and tho
Sheriff is showing n commendable spirit
In keeping his department of our county
government up to high standard, based
on an Intelligent comprehension Of, and
faithful performance, of his du>ies.
The great volume of clerical work en-
braced in the duties Of the County Super
visor has been carefully systematIzed,
and is being performed carefully and ac-
curately with fidelity to the trust repOsed
in him by the people of the county.
Your committee recommended that
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