Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-20
CIRCUIT COURT.

The circuit court for York county
convened in the court house yesterday,
his honor, Judge Prince presiding, So
licitor Henry representing the state,
Stenographer McCaw taking the tes-
timony, Clerk Tate, keeping the rec
ord, and Sheriff Brown preserving or
der.
Upon the call Of the grand jurors. the
following answered to their names:
F.w. Hope, ]. A. Forsythe, w. B. VIII
liams, w. H. Stowe. Septimus Huey,
w. ]. Caveny, o. w. Hartness, ]. M.
Brian, ]. G.. Anderson, Mansfield Cor
don, r. B. Lowry, ]. e. Harshaw, w.
T. Baker, W. w. Miller, R. B. White, c.
l.. Moore, T. H. Bludworth, ]. e. Bur-
ris.
On presenting satisfactory reasons,
w. r. Baker was excused by the court
from further attendance.
The sheriff's return on the venire OF
first week Jurors showed the following
mot found" p. 8. Merritt, 8. A.
Clark, ]. L. Glenn, W. T. Duncan, w.
T. Ashe.
Upon the call Of the venire, all an
swered to their names except w. B.
Dunlap and those present were en-
paneled to duty as follows:
r. D. Hope, j. N. Benfield, Sam c.
Smith, ]. P. Moore, w. H. Moore, ]. j.
Scoggins, w. B. Dunlap, J. C. Lilly, j.
T. McAbee, D. L. Rawls, ]. r. Connal-
ly, E. N. Miller, G. r. McCarter, D. ].
Fitchett,. r. r. Love, S. ]. Clinton, j.
T. Smith, w. M. Anderson, D. j.
Forbes, ]. ]. Ormand, j. A. Steele, ]. G.
McCown, ]. L. Black, w. M. McCom-
man, w. H. Jones, w. r. Lynn.
The following were excused: ]. M.
Sims, w. B. Dunlap, ]. G. Brown, ]. N.
McIlwain, r. T. Fewell.
This left only twenty-one names on
the venire and fifteen additional jury
men were drawn from the seven mile
box as follows:
Geo. H. Sherrer, w. L. Caldwell,
Harry Neil, T. w. Speck, w. c. Lati-
mer, ]. F. Gordon. r. F. Lee. P. 8.
Thomasson, Geo. T. Schorb, Todd Low
ry, A. ]. PARROT, Daniel Whitener, j.
F. Adkins, Ezekiel Carson, R. T. Howe.
Because Of the condition Of the ve-
nire, the trial of the first case had to
be postponed until the afternoon In or
der to leave the sheriff time in which
to serve the extra jurors.
In the meantime his honor. delivered
an exhaustive and comprehensive
charge to the grand jury. He called
special and particular attention to the
evil of miscegenation, and instructed
the grand jury to use its utmost vigi-
lance in hunting out and Furnishing all
cases of adultery and fornication as
between whites and blacks. He in
structed the grand jury also as to its
duty in the matter Of investigating the
books Of county officers and insisted
that such examinations should not be
superficial. He also had some espe-
cial comments to make on the offices
Of county supervisor and supertnten-
dent Of education. After making 1t
clear that he meant no rejection on
the incumbents, he took occasion to
say that the supervisor Of a county,
having charge of the expenditure Of
funds amounting to from $50,000 to
100000 a year should be a man Of
affairs and business standing and that
he should have a salary Of $1,000 or
$500 a year. He thought the super
intendent Of education should also be
an educated man Of ability and that he
should have a much better salary
than is now being paid.
His honor then instructed the grand
jury as to a number Of bills prepared
for the solicitor and that body took
these bills under consideration.
After the noon recess. the cases Of