The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-06-12

! tence SuSpenCeO, IN OrQer 70 give ulul d
chance to pay the fine, had not paid the
promised fine and was surrendered by
his bondsmen and put on the chaingang
to serve a sentence of months. Robt.
A. White one of the bondsmen went
after and arrested Epperson in Camden.
Lewis Griffin charged with grand
larceny pleaded guilty, and was SEN
fenced to one year on chaingang.
Frank Reed convicted assault and
battery of high and aggravated nature
sentenced to pay fine of $40 or serve
months on chaingang.
The case of Eugene Lowry for murder
begun yesterday, verdict not yet rem
dered.
There were true bills found in the
cases of Tom Kelly for assault with In
tent to kill and carrying a concealed
weapon and against Charles A. Brad
ham and Martha Mccall for adultery.
GRAND JURY PREsENTMENT.
To the Hon. o. W. Buchanan, Presid-
ing Judge, June Term of Court, 1901:
We, the grand jury drawn for the
year 1901, would beg to hand you this
| our SeCOQQ pr6SeQImenI.
First-All bills of Indictment handed
us by the solicitor have had our careful
attention and reports have been made
thereon.
At the last term of court committee
was appointed to investigate the con-
dition of the county jail, court house
and records. This committee will re-
port at next term of court their findings
as to the county records.
We find that the court house is kept
in fair condition, but the county jail is
in deplorable condition-a disgrace to
our county and civilization. We are
aware of the fact that the question of a
new Jail was submitted to the people at
the last election and voted down, be-
cause comparatively few Of the voters
of this county have ever been in the
iail to inspect it and very few know
ANYTHING of its condition. If they knew
the present condition of it not another
year would pass before they would pc
tition our Representatives for new
jail at the earliest time possible to Sc
cure same. We ask our Representa-
tiyes to try to formulate some plan by
which they can secure for US new
jail without burdening our people with
too much taxes.
We can assure our Representatives
that any action taken by them towards
securing new jail will be approved by
every decent and respectable person IN
Clarendon county.
We feel positive that no respectable
voter of this county would oppose or
even vote against new jail if they
would spend ten minutes inspecting the
present one.
This is a matter of great and grave
Importance and we sincerely hope our
Representative will investigate 1t and
take immediate steps looking toward
some legislation at the next meeting OF
the General Assembly.
We have been handed by the honor
able Court charges made against a GER
tain magistrate of this county, and not
having the time to give this matter the
proper attention at this term OF court,
we have appointed committee to IN
vestigate same consisting of Messrs. r.
J. Alderman, R. S. Fleming, W. T.
Blackwell, I. J. Tomlinson> and A. l.
Barron. This committee will report It's
findings to US at next term of court.
All matters brought before the grand
jury not herein reported upon will DE
reported at next term of court.
A charge brought before the grand
Jury at the last term of court, charging
the County Commissioners with having
committed an illegal act, has had our
careful consideration. We appointed
committee to Investigate and report
at this term of court. We find, throue h
legal advise, that the County Commits
sioners did not, commit an illegal act,
but we have found by an investigation
as follows, hereto attached and made
part OF this presentment:
Manning, S. c., May "a, 1901.
We, the committee appointed by the
grand jury of Clarendon county at the
March term OF court to investigate the
matter of Public Printing, find:
I. Two members of the Board OF
County Commissioners appeared before
us and stated their reasons for award
ing the public printing to THE Man
ming TIMES" Mr.. Louis Applet, editor
and proprietor, for the sum of S22o,
when they had made them bid by The
Manning Publishing Company, as fol-
lows:
1--WE ask at your hands that all pub
lie printing for this county be offered
to both papers alike, each getting one
half the usual prices paid. Should this
plan not be acceptable to your honor
able Board, then we would make as our
bid, one-half the prices now prevailing,
and do all the printing, binding our
selves under any reasonable contract.
"Respectfully,
"THE FARMER
"Published by Manning Publishing
Company, E. J. Browne, Editor.
''P. SIN case your Board requires
a definite bid, intending to give the
printing to the lowest bidder, regard
less of the above proposition, then we
would make our figures for the entire
printing for one hundred and fifty $3.50,
dollars"
They stated that their reason for do
inc so was that they did not consider
1.-The Farmer" printed by the Man
ming Publishing Company, to be an es'
tablished paper, but we find that they
did not investigate to ascertain if it was
a responsible paper and could carry out
any contract or contracts it made.
1.-The members who appeared before u:
claimed that if they had known "The
Farmer" to be a responsible paper they
would have endeavored to save the
county the difference now paid to "The
Manning Times" and the amount
1.-The Farmer" offered to contract tt