The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-10-23
COURT HOUSE DEDICATED,
ExERClsEs SUCCESSFULLY CAR.
RIED OUT TO-DAY.
Large Crowd Present Heard Some
Exce1leas Addresses BY Leading Ju-
ris&s and Attorneys Of the State
Duild1ng Highly Con,plhnentcd.

pt1es and Attorneys Of the State
Duild1ng Highly Con,plhnentcd.
When the hour arrived on Mon
day fop tho dedication exercises Of the
new Court House. the large and splen-
didly equipped court room was packed
with one OF the most representative
and intelligent audiences ever assem-
blsd In Sumter. There were hun
drvds Of ladies' present and scores Of
visitors from other counties. Proba-
bly, over thousand people were pres
snt In the court room.
! u y needless TO say that the hand
soms building was thoroughly exam
insd by all present and everyone had
words Of praise for the temple Of
jus(ice" and for those In charge, Of
ne work OF erecting It.
Amer the speakers of the occasion.
the pres>dins judge, and the local bar
ssSoeiation had marched into the
room. the court OF general sessions
wa eonvsne1 with Judge Geo. p.
Prince prssidins. and Court stenog-
raphsr L E. Wood in his place. Un-
fortunately solicitor w. H. Wells was
detained from being present on &C.
eoupt of iilnss.
.x - ESHsttsd that Gov, Ansel
&rLn r1avo16ahev shs~nx Spnvvr th> ew
ercisos. e
The exercises were opened with
prayer By Rev. n. II. Covington upon
motion OF the president Of the Sumter
Bar Association. r. d. Lee. Esq.
Hon. II. L Manning. representing
the county commissioners. was pres
ented and made short but pointed
address on the work Of building the
Court Hpuee. His address was really
a short historical sketch of the build
ing. He then turned over the keys of
the building to Judge Prince, who
represented the department. Of justice,
and who accepted them in a few well
Judge Prince then charged the
grand jury. In the absence OF So
lScitor Wells. on account Of skness,
and as no bills had been presented.
Judge Prince simply charged the jury
men In general way on their du-
ties. His charge. as usual. was very
explicit and he laid great weight on
the oaths taken by them In assuming
the once Of grand jurymen.! The
Judge said that he would release any
man On the jury who could 0bt keep
his mouth shut on matters pertain
ing TO the states evidence as given
them by the solicitor. He said he
would prefer a mans wife on the
grand jury In place OF the man. IL he
could not keep from talking. The
fudge laid importance on the exan,in-
Ing of the county Offices by the jury
He said they should not fool the peo.
pie by making .he usual report that
everything I'm the Offices were al
right. The examination should be
made thoroughly. Supervisor Scale
received a high tribute when Judge
Prince referred to his office and the
beautiful court building which he had
the supervision Of In Its building. A
strong plea was made for better sala.
ries for the ofIice Of supervisor ant
superintendent Of education In all o.
our counties. and. also. for better sal.
aries for the teachers Of the State. Ir
conclusion. Judge Prince said tha
Sumter had the best court house II
the state. He said the magnihcen
building was an upllft TO justice ant
would encourage the people TO do whs
IN right. Judge Prince said he wished
Columbia would charter a train ant
send all Columbia to Sumter to ne,
what q decent court house looked like
He said that he was profoundly crate
ful that ne had been caused by Prov
idence 20 christen the Court House.
Hon. Y. J. Pope. chief justice o
the state supreme court. was mex
introduced and made an ajdres
which was very ntting to the occasion
He referred to the address Of Judg
Prince saying that his words wer
inspired by the handsome building. III
dwelt on the thought that such
beautiful building should inspire al
OF the citizens and make them fee