The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-19
Grand Jury's Presentment.


We have passed upon all bills pre-
sented us by the solicitor. During the
interval since the last meeting of the
court q committee of our number, con-
sisting of j. N. McAllistar: T.. M. King
and James A. Shirley, inspected the
county chain gang and report rs fol-
lows: That we visited the camp and
prisoners on May Z, and as no one con-
nected with the camp knew of our com
ing we found the camp in it's normal
condition. On our arrival just at noon
we found IN abundance of food, we'll
cooked, for the convicts. The cloth
ing OF the convicts was washed remark
ably clean. After questioning tne con-
victs privately and closely we found
that they are required to do good work,
put are notsabused, the lash being sell
dom used; that they always get plenty
TO eat and speak in terms of praise OF
capt. Nandiver's treatment OF them.
only one complaint was made. that of
a convict who wanted another pair of
shoes, but who said he had !orn ont
were in excellent condition. We saw
no evidence of waste or extravaganza
In feed Or provisions. We wish to
commend Capt. Il. NJ. Nandiver for his
good Judgment aud work in laying out
and making roads. Messrs. Earle and
Snellgrove arc always faithful in the
discharge of their duties as guards.
We are glad to submit this favorable
report to the court.
ty home and the Jail, consisting of Ed
ward Whitten, II. II. Gray and J. w.
Palmer, report that they paid separate
visits to the county home and farm and
carefully examined the same. They
found the inmates of the home we'll
provided for and we'll satisfied with
their treatment and cordial in their
praise. of the superintendent. Tho
committee directed our attention to
the fact tnat tho water supply at the
county home is insufficient, that lot
plements is exposed to the weather on
account of the lack Of shelter, and that
o lot of gears and harness was found
lying upon the ground instead of being
hung up in some suitable place. The
teams used in running the road ma
chimes are frequently housed hero and
perhaps some confusion has resulted
from the exchange of harness, etc.
We recommend that the county board
such shelters. 90 may be necessary at
this place and to furnish an adequate
water supply. The committee visited
the county Jail also and found it un-
usually we'll kept. They cOnversed
with the prisoners and found that they
had no complaint to make of their
treatment.
The committee appointed for that
purpose spent several days in cxamin-
ing the offices and books of the various
county offices and we find from their
report that the books are being kept in
a most excellent manner. The clerk,
auditor, county superintendent of edu-
cation, probate Judge, supervisor,
sheriff and treasurer were all found to
be gradually improving the system Of
keeping books, and this was especially
true in the Office of the treasurer, who
kept certain books in addition to those
provided by law and who had mis- ac-
counts SO arranged as to be Of very
books and vouchers of tho other offices.
In the supervisors Office we found that
the clerk receives O salary of only $3.50
per year, q salary that ie Ter from being
commensurate with the amount of his
work and the responsibility of his posi-
tion. His salary is fixed by law and we
hope that the delegation will take an
opportunity of examining into the char
acter Of his work and fix his salary at
y8OO 80 as properly to compensate him
for same.
The committee did not have time to
examine fully the accounts of the dis
penser and they ask the expert to COM
plete that work and hand his report to
the foreman at later day. The dis
penser has not complied fully with the
law IN the matter of having the blank
applications for liquor properly filed
out and signed, both Mr.. j. r. G.. Jones,
the dispenser. and Mr.. w. It. Nc
Gregor, the clerk, stating that on busy
pllcatlOns filled out and signed as re-
quired by law and at the same time
serve all customers, and that they have
at such times served the customers in
stead of complying with the law in that
respect. We insist that the dispensary
officials should comply with the law in
every particular.
In view of the valuable services Of
the blood hounds now kept ut the jail
by our deputy sheriff, j. A. Dillingham;,
we recommend that the county com
missioners purchase two blood hounds
to be kept at the Jail and fed at the ex-
pense Of the county.
We further recommend that the
board OF county commissioners take the
proper steps to stop certain leaks in
theroofing or coping of the court
house which are causing the outer walls
to become stained and discolored, and
also to have the court room made mere
comfortable by placing in tho court
rooms requisite number of electric
fans if in their judgment this can be
done at n reasonable cost to the county.
In conclusion we beg to extend our
thanks TO- his honor, the presiding
judge, to the solicitor and to the va
rious other court officials for their ae-
sistance to us in the discharge of our
duties. Respectfully submitted,
II. A. SULLIVAN, Foreman.
,June a. 1901