Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-03-15
Report of the Grand Jury.
To His Honor, R. w. Memminger,
Presiding Judge at the March
term of Court for Edgefrld cOun.

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We, tbs Grand Jury, having
passed on all bills of indictment
handed to us by the Solicitor and
reported same to your Court, now
beg to make the following recon
mendations and presentInent:
This being the first assernblage
of the Grand Jury for the year we
have not had time to make inves-
legation worthy Of report. but the
following committees have been
appoisted from our body charged
with special duties of investigation
Committee on Official Bonds:-
S B Mays, w R Holiday, L "
Reese and J B Adams.
Committee to examine BOOKS snd
accounts of county nfficials:-W R
Parks, S B Mays, N NJ Jones, a E
Padgett, 2 G Stevens, D B Hol-
lingsworth aid A J Mobley.
Committee on Poor House: P G.
Stevens, a Mnbley, N NJ Jones.
Committee on chain gang, roads
and bridges:-S 3 Strom, VIM S
Middleton, w T Kinnairi, j NJ
Mays and ] II Johnson.
Committee on Jail, Court House
and Office Buildings:-D B HoI;
Iingsworth. j G Shaw, S j Key-
nolds and G B Reynolds.
These committees are to serve
for the year aud are instructed tt'
make full and complete report in
their special line at the August
term of Court
We find that all county officers
have on file bonds in proper form
ana amount az required by law ex-
cept in the case nf the Auditor who
has recently been commissioned
and we are Informed that the prop.
er bond for his office is being pre-
pared and will be filed in a few days
AS to the condition of cur Court
House and Jail, We deem it unn"c-
essary to make any further recun.
mendatinn, but We do urgently re.
fqaest that the proper officers make
the very much needed repairs on
these buildings which h We been s.,
long and SO continuously recon.
mended by former grand juries.
The committee on Poor House
report that the county is caring fol
on its pauper farm twenty-one pau.
pers, ten being white, three males
aud seven females, and eleven col
ored, eight males, two females, one
child. The premises are c!eanly
and we'll kept. The inmates ap
pear to be we'll fed, clothed ami
contented. About the following
supply of provisions and feed were
found en- the premises: 50 to 81
bales of hay, 5000 bundles of fod'
der, 400 bushels OF corn, and $50 lbs
meat. These were all raised ON the
county farm. The following stock
was also found on the county farm
Two mules, one horse and five
cows, all in good condition. We
recommend that as there appears
to be more corn on the county farm
than will -be necessary to furnish
bread to the paupers and feed for
tile stock, that the> Steward be in:
.s.ructed to turn over the surplus
corn and other feed to the County
Supervisor to be fed to the cham
gang stock and that the proper &C
counting be entered for same.
Our attention has been called tc
the fact that foul murder was
committed in our county several
months ago upon the person of one
Moses Wells and that no papers OF
records of the inquest held have
been filed by the Magistrate hold.
ing the inquest in the office of tn,
Clerk of Court. We therefore re,
commend that if all the evidence
and findings of the Coroner's j.,
in 5his case be not forthwith
turned as required by law, I'll.
rule be issued against Said m ;.
trate to show cause.
Our attention has been called tc
the carelessness Of certain Magis
trates in the preparation of their
papers, to wit: their warrants and
bonds of witnesses and defendant.
in original cases; also to their fail
ure to file with the Clerk of Court
all warrants, bonds and records in
criminal cases within the time pre-.
scribed by law before the conven.
ing of the Court of General Ses
sions.
We have been requested! to cal
the attenticn Of the County Super.
visor to the condition of the bridge
across Stevens Greek known as the
Clark's Hill bridge, and ask thai
the same be repaired at once.
We desire to express our appre
citation to His Homer, the Presiding
Judge, the Solicitor and other
Court officials for the courtesies tx
tended and assistance rendered US
in the discharge of our duties a
this term of Court. Respectfully,
A. f. PADGETT, Foreman.
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