The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-09-27
GRAND Jury pSESENTMENT
State Of South Carolina,
County of Piokens.

u. @sgE@ County of .Pickens. h
We, the grand jury, beg leave to y,
lake this, our fiunl presentmont, ut
lis term of tue court: seS III
!. We have passed on oil tho bills q
andcd us by the solicitor and rem. d
cred snch returns thereon as in our q
is'emcnt tn" evidence warranted. t
2. 4 committee from our ho " has I
isitcl thu rnnr farm, nuu this CON
n'te', 10y this Etner"l report, rep II,
ha. they desire /" c,'mm nd the gen
ral improvements elected since Mr..
Hurphree assumed control rs stew
srd ct tive rnrr farm, yet we were
unable to aetermina, from what we !,
could le IN, as 10 the wisdom of cut |
ting and enwing the timber from this
farm, aud especially Il, I'VE desire to
call ;tteutj ~ to tln fact that we cnn
find no sufficient explanation rs to
the disposition made Of this timber.
Its removal from the lands Is u cause
OF regret, rs no improvements in the
wy Of new buildings are visible, and
the land is somewhat iessened IN
value hv r"uson of the removal of
this timber.
3, We find the ja, well kept and
in good condition, except We have
heard some complaint, ns to the
sewerage coudit ons at the jnil, and
Mo recommend thnt the county com
mssloncrs take tho ne"ossary steps
to correc, any troubles that may exist,
especially that Immediate steps be
taken to provide against disease to
the jailerH family aud the prisoners.
i. We respectfully call your atten-
tion to the report Of our special com
mittco appointed to look into the
finances Of the county, and herewith
attach their report as II part Of this
report, the same appearing as Ex
hibit "A", and We also refer to spe
cal presentment appearing attached
hereto as Exhibit "B', and made q
part Of this report.
Wo beg to extend our thanks to
His Honor, Judge Dantzler, for ex..
pllcIt instructions ~ t. the law affect.
inS our duties, and to the other
officers Of the court for the courte.
sizes extendcdlto us, and ask to be
discharged from further attendance
at this term of the court.
J. Saml Wilson, Foreman.
September 26, 1905.
Exhibit "A".
This State Of South Carolina,
County of Plckens.
TO the Honorable Grand Jury Of
Pickens County: We. the unicr.
signed, constituting special com.
mi,tee appointed Mt tho first meeting
OF your honorable body in this year,
l905, to examine into the condition
OF the various Offices Of Plckens
county, and into the general financial
conoltion OF tho county, beg to re-,
port as follows:
We havo made an examination into
the different Offices Of tho county as
thoroughly rs our limited time en-.
abled us to do. EXcep ting the Office
Of supervisor aud county commits
sloners, wo beg to report that, 50 iar
as wo have been able to ascertain,
everything is in proper condition,
but our limited examination of the
! supervisory office assures us that
more thorough examination is re
quired in order to determine lust
what the condition of affairs in that
Office is
We mean no reflection upon any
officer now holding or heretofore
connected with this Office, but vari
us rumors have reached us, and our
| examination has not satisfied us as O
the truth cf these. and We think the
interest Of the county would be pro-
noted by q thorough examination of
the affairs Of the supervisors office of
this county.
10 this end we recommend to this
grand jury that the grand jury rs a
body in it's final report TO the conrt
'ge upor our representatives. in the
legislature to provide some means by
W ch the finances of Pickens county
may bo investigated and tho true
condition be made public. We rec