The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-05
Court Proceedings.


The trial consumed nearly all of the
defendant.
The Grand Jury submitted the fol-
lowing prcscntnrnt that day and were
discharged:
rRESENTME>r oI TIL .EA>p Jury.
TO his Honor, Geo. W. Gage. I'resd-
ing Judge, June Term. 1890:
The grand jury beg leave to report as
follows:
Since our last session. a special com
mittec of our body has investigated the
county offices and submitted its report to
us, which we adopted and have made a
part of this presentmcnt. We are pleased
to say that it shows very satisfactory
condition Of the public affairs.
1t is with sense Of pleasure and glat-
ification that we report that this body
las unanimously resolved that we rec
Ommend to your Honor that our courts
bc opened with an invocation to Al
mighhty God that he grant wisdom and
fidelity to every officer Of the court in
he responsible and solemn discharge Of
he high duty of administering Justice
between the people.
The presence of All unusual uuanfityn Of
insects that are harmful t" the crops and
whose ravages cause no Small damage to
every section. emphasizes the necessity
for the laws providing penalties for kill
ing any one of great variety of our
birds. or for destroying their nests nr
young and the even greater necessity for
their rigid enforcement. We desire tn
call upon all officers Of the law, and all
thoughtful citizens to unite in enforcing
these laws. and thereby protect those
useful lit lie creatures that have been aptly
tlescribrd a> the "farmcr'S fcathcrcd pO-
lice
Every person VIII" may have business
in this court, and especially jurors and
other officers whose duties compel them
t. remain here SO long and continuously.
doubtless appreciate the many comforts
furnished by the new court house. but
since Our last term Il sewerage system
has been put i'll by the Supervisor and.
hence the comforts and cOnvtnience> arc
increased. and the building thereby made
Il model in all its departments.
We renew our former Recommendation
That permanent roads be built as rapidly
as the county's finances will permit. real
izing tho impossibility of constructing
permanent dirt roads out Of soil common
80 this county.
We renew our recommendation. as ear
nestly as we can make it, that new steel
cells be immediately placed in the jail il
being made to appear t" us that those
now there are Insufficient to hold the
prisoners, neccssitating the mixing Of
the races, and is being condemned by
the board Of health of the city and the
Jail physician because of tho crowded
condition frequently happening there,
and the resulting unsanitary conditions.
We wish to extend our hearty thanks
to your Honor for the courtesies extend
cd to us during this term, and also to our
able solicitor, and to all the other officers
of the court for their uniform courtesy
and attention.
We lave considered and reported on
all bills submitted to us by the solicitor,
and considered all other matters laid be-
fore us by different persons and made
such disposition Of them as we thought
best All of which we respectfully sub
init. J.. +. CAMPBELL,
Foreman Grand jury.
Anderson, :. G., June 2S, 1900.
REPORT or SPECIAL. COMMITTEE.
To the Grand Jury:
Your special committee appointed at
the last Court to examine and report OH
the condition of the several public coun-
ty offices, beg !eay. TO submit the fellow
ing:
We employed .Jno. X. Hood to assist
MS in our work, and we made as careful
an examination into the public affairs rs
the too limited time ut our disposal
would permit.
1t is impossible in four days time to
make anything like thorough inyesti-
cation of the offices. for that much time
would be necesessary to make n complete
examination of any one of the three or
tour of them, as the County Supervisors,
EEea5uroTs 0r Dispensers, for instance.
But we think the tests made would be
likely to disclose any improper methods,
unless aconspiracy existed between some
of the officers to defraud the public, and
then screen each other in so doing.
We speak thus only by way Of illus
tration, for we haven't the slightest sus-
picion of any such thing, as will be shown
iStor Oh.
We found the Clerk of Courts Office
admirably kept and admirable in arrange
mcnt. The clerk Is progressive with the
age in keeping his office, and we wish to
commend him fov the zeal he shows in
keeping his indexes lexicographically up
to date as nearly as he can, even at the
same extra expense to himself.
This Office acts as pension agent for
the county, and we find that he received
for the pensioners last year 1902. 20, for
all Of which lie issued checks, but there
remained in his hands $4,000 uncalled
for, which he will return to the State
treasurer, as required by law.
The Auditors Office continues in the
same excellent condition reported last
year. and the same is true of the Sheriff's
Office, both of which officers seem to take
much pride and interest in their work
The County Superintendent of Eduoa-
ton reported to us that his predecessor
fnrnP6 over hig hNO(yS in, ~Grsc CT,
condition, thereby putting some extra
labor on the incumbent, There are some
discrepancies between the books Of this
Office and the Office of the County Treas
urer. which seem to be of purely clcr-
.al kind, as for instance, n difference in
the amounts credited to some of the
school districts.
This seems to arise from two causes:
LIST. When apportionments were made to
the school districts, the treasurer would
give certain district credit by one
amount and the County Superintendent