The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-07
Court.

MoOudN WIFI all OF lNe COutb oilCct:
present. The grand jury presented
the following bills:
J. B. Taylor, assault with intent t
kill and carrying concealed weapons.
J. B. TAYLOR. assault with intent Il
raviSh-true bill.
Jesse \. Adams, assault and battery
with inten. to kill and carrying con
cealed weapons-true bi!l.
Ben Rhame. larceny OF live STOCK
cow-true bill.
BosSy Ward. burglary and larceny
true bill
Dan Meyers. assault and carrying
concealed weapons true bill.
William James, grand larceny-true
bill.
W. Zeke Brown, violation dispensarS
law-true bill.
Noslev Nelson aud Maude Nelson
arson-no bill.
Henry johnson. assault with intent
10 ravish and assault and battery OF {;
high and aggravated nature-no bill.
The first case tried was Eugene Rich
bourg charged with murder. Guilty o.
manslaughter, sentenced totem years
on the gang or peuitentiary.
The following pleaded guilty:
W. Zeke Brown. violation dispensary
law, sentence suspended until first day
of next court.
Bossy Ward, burglary. sentenced
one year on chaingang.
Ben Rhame. stealing q COW. Sen
fenced one year and one dollar tine.
Jesse Smith, assault and battery, one
year on chaingang or $50 fine.
Dan Meyers, assault and CARVING
concealed weapons, renanded back tc
Magistrate Ragin.
The trial of j. B. Taylor began this
morning, and by consent both cases
against him were tried together. AS
there are two white men in this county
of the same name we will state tha'
the J. B. Taylor on trial IS the man
who while drunk created considerable
CONSERVATION IN the Foreston section,
and is comparatively stranger IN this
county. J. II. Lesesne. Esq. represents
the defendant.
PREsENTMENT OF GRAND JURY FOE
JUNE TERM OF COURT 1905.
To His Honor r. 0. Purdy Presiding
Judge:
We report that we have considered
and passed upon all bills OF indictment
given US.
The committee that we appointed al
the last term of court TO visit the cham
eanr and report thereon, made two
visits and found the prisoners wei!
cared for and good wholesome 1000
furnished. They report that on their
first visit, cnly FIVE prisoners: on their
second visit only six prisoners: They
also report S mules on hama ID gooc
condition. :.
The educational committee reports
the educational work of the county N
good condition.
The committee to examine the ccun-
ty offices employed Mr.. G. J. Lesesne
to make a thorough Investigation wnlch
he did, and we recommend that the
county Supervisor pay him the sum OF
twenty dollars for his services.
We find the Office of Judge OF Probate
Supt. of Education and County Treas
urer correctly kept. We ind in the
Clerk Office indexes torn and badly
worn and in some instances letters to
indexes lost. rendering it difficult to
trace records and would recommend
that the records of said Office be rein
dexed from 1882 to the present time.
We find the Auditors Office oehlno
for 1905 the penalty abstracts TOR Jan
uary, February and March having not
as vet been forwarded to the Compt-
roller General. We must insist upon
the Auditor keeping closer up with his
work. We present the County Auditor
for failure to present the County, DIS
penser for non-return OF request oooks
bv the 10th of each month as required
bv law. We present the County boaro
of Control for failure to make the DIS
penser turn over all certificates and re-
quests on the first Monday OF each
month as required by law.
We present the County Dispenser Tor
not observing the Dispensary law, IN
not requiring all applicants for hquor
to sign request blanks:
We find in the Sheriff's office num-
Der of tax executions not reported upon
10 the County Treasurer as required by
law and urge that he give this matter
his prompt attention.
We recommend that the supervisor
paw the Sheriff for fuel used IN jail
After a full and thorough investlga.-
ton of the Supervisors Office we IND
the county's money handled IN an IN
businesslike, careless, and, mildly
putting it, extravagant manner.
We present the Supervisor and the
County Board of Commissioners
for not making an itemized report to
the presiding judge the first day OF the
last term of court.
We present the Supervisor for not
making the proper entry for note gwen
amounting to over $500 for machinery
bought for chaingang purposes. There
is absolutely no record OF this transac'
ton, nor can the Supervisor tell US the
exact amount OF this claim, nor the
rate of interest that it is bearing.
The most serious eXtravagance Is
shown in the expenditures for the
changing, and roads and bridges. The
amount expended during last year for
roads and bridges amounted to1 4S5. 81;
for chaingang, s4,740.5l, exclusive OF a
note for 81 500, or more dollars for road
engine which is now, and has been Tor
the past two months. out OF tx and en-
posed to the weather.
In our opinion the changing is j
dead expense. and has been for lhe past
Two years. We feel it our duty to cen
sure the Supervisor and County Com
missioners for not leasing the few con-
victs they have had, and could have
done under the law, to another county.
We feel that it is our duty to recon-
mend to the County Commissioners
that they follow our suggestion and
lease the convicts to another county Tor
to our mind the county will be run
heavily in debt if such extravaganza
is continued.
We find that the county is owing the
following amounts:
Ra1anc, or, iail hpildino above amount