The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-28

only two, and the defence objccting to


Chas. Tidmarsh, Thos. u. Adams, Il
a. Wclch, w. ID. Bundrick, job. II.
Ringer, Alex. II. Brown, Edw. Il. IIipp
and j. a. McGraw.
The Solicitor withdrew the charge
of carrying concealed weapon.
The defendant was allowed to sit in
the bar with his attorneys and all the
| witnesses were excluded from the cOur,
room, except the main prosecuting
witness.
All day yesterday was spent in hear
i"g The evidence, sho state resting
its case about five o'clock.
1t will likely be Saturday before the
case ends. Much interest is manifest
| ed in the case, and it was our intention
to publish the testimony Of the main
| witnesses, but vhcrc are so many wit
| ncsses and there will be SO much Of it,,
| VIC found that we would not have the
space.
The grand jury finished their work
on Thursday and handed in the follow
ing prcscnlmcrt:
GRAND JUNN'S pRESENTMENT.
State OF South CarOlina
Ncwbcrry County.
The grand jury respectfully present
to your Honor that they bavc acted
upon all the bills Of indictment handed
to them by the Solicitor, and have re-
turned them into court.
In our prcscntmcnt ut the February
term OF court we mentioned the fact
that the road bridges in the county
were in bad condition and recommends
ed that they he repaired at once. We
find that many Of these bridges arc
stll in dangerous condition, aud
wo"'d again recomm9iR9 a, that they be
repaired at once.
We learn that there is no HAT at
Hendcrson's ferry, on Enorcc river.
In our opinion there should be one
there for the convenience Of the people
in that vicinity and the travelling pub
lie.
The grand jury at the February
term OF court appointed Il committee of
three of their members, viz: j. l..
Epps, II. ". Fcllcrs and b. b. Schum-
pert, to examine the condition of the
county Offices. The committee has per-
formed that duty and reported to the
grand jury. We have carefully exam
incd each Of the county offices and find
them well kept, with one or two cXcep-
E,l h,,
ty Supervisors olicc, for TIC year
1898, badly kept. There are many
clerical errors, and the figures and
writing, in Il great many places, unin-
tclligibc.
We find the plastcring over bead in
the superintendent of F.ducation's Office
falling, and wUlld recommend that it.
be repaired.
We find that trustees Of mIblic
schools draw on the Superintendent OF
Education for teachers pay. This i'm
our opinion slrLld not be done, but the
teacher only should draw his or her
pay. We find the enrolment in the
public schools in the county incom-
plctc. We wuGld recommend that the
members Of the General Assembly from
NcwbcrrV County be urged TO cndcavor
to remedy this evil by having II law en-
acted authorizing the superintendent
OF Education 10 withhold the last
months pay Of teachers m each scho-
lastic year un' II complete enrolment
is handed him.
We find that the operation of the
dispcnsary law does injustice to many
counties in the State. Those counties
in which dispCnsarics are located arc
forced undc" the law to contribute q
share OF profits to those counties that
refuse to have dispcnsarics. AS IA mat
ter of Justice the whole profit should
be divided among the counties having
dispensarics, and we respectfully urge
the members Of the General Assembly
from Ncwbcrry County to cndravor to
have the law changed so us TO remedy
the injustice.
In the Masters Office we find no pro-
vision for the safe kccping Of the books
and papers OF the Office. We would
recommend that IL safe be provided for
this Office.
We find the Masters 0ncc inconvc-
nicntly situated for the aged and in
firm who have business to look after in
this Office. We would recommend that
the County Board Of Commissioners be
authorized TO provide q Suitablc 0ilirr