The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-05
FINAL PRESENTMENT.
The Grand Jury Touches on a Num-
Der of Important Matters.

court on Wednesday morning.
The presentment is as follows.
To His Honor. Judge J. y. Gull
breath, Presiding Judge:
!. The grand jury most respectful
" present that they have carefully
considered and acted upon all bills
OF indictment handed to us by the
solicitor. and have turned same into
court.
?. The committee OF the grand jury
APPOINTED at the last term OF court
to visit and inspect the public ofTlces
and institutions OF the county submit
that they have complied with the re-
ouirements OF the law in regard to
same and find that the books OF all
of them are properly kept, and that
all moneys. credits and vouchers arc
in a highly satisfactorily condition,
as evidences OF faithful performance
of duty: with the exception OF the
dispensary at Prosperity, S. g., which,
we are inormed by the authorities
in control of same, was short IN its
accounts to the amount of $1,000
or more under the management OF
A. l.. Bcdenbaugh. on or about the
eth of April. 1904 We have been
unable to ascertain the exact amount,
as the papers in the case are III CO.
lunbia in the hands Of the officials IN
charge of the accounts OF same. we
recommend that the solicitor be IN
structed to institute proceedings to
recover such amounts as may be due
to the state or county.
3. We find the jail and county home
in good condition, the sanitary con-
ditions of both being such as conduce
to the health of the occupants. We
also find that the farm connected
with the county home has been con-
Quoted in such a manner as to assist
materially in the maintenance OF the
inmates Of said institution.
4. We have visited and Inspected
the condition and management OF the
county chain gang and find the con-
victs healthy and apparently the OBJ
jects of proper management, at pres
ent. We have also closely scrutinized
the report Of the investigation held
by order of the court by F. H. Dom
mick, Esq, on the 9th. day of March
and divers days thereafter, in regard
to the treatment OF the convicts on
the chain gang; and, whilst we are
convinced that punishment was used,
in excess of the amount necessary
for the control OF same. by the tes-
timony contained, we are debarred
from further proceedings by circun1-
stances entirely beyond Our control.
At the same time we are gratihed to
believe that the institution Of these
proceedings has effected an ameliora-
ton OF the condition Of the parties
mainly concerned.
5. We would call attention to the
fact that Immediately east OF the
property OF the Mollohon Manufac-
turing company there is culvert
under the roadbed OF the c., n. & L.
and Southern railways that is made
quate for the purposes for which it
was constructed. for it does not per-
NIT the passage OF water from the
lands south OF the TWO roads. thereby
causing considerable damage to the
farms situated on the said Southern
side Of said railways, as we'll as en-
dangering the health. of the persons
residing nearby on the property of
said Mollohon Manufacturing COM
pany.
We would again call attention 70
the very unsatisfactory condition Of
the property Immediately in front
and south of the business portion of
the town of Pomaria, in this county,
caused by the embankments, dikes or
other distractions erected and used
by the Southern railway in the con-
duct OF its business in that town, and
insist upon such adjustment Of said
difficulty as will conduce to the
health of the Immediate vicinity. We