Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-29
THE GRAND JURY.

The YORK county grand jury COIL
cluded its labors late Wednesday even
Ing and submitted the following signed
by W. W. Boyce, foreman. as its final
presentment:
To his Honor, John s. Wilson. Presid-
ing Judge, Fall Term, 1907
We, the grand jury of York county
respectfully submit to your honor the
following report.
First. We passed upon all bills OF
Indictment handed us by the solicitor
and have returned same to the court
with our findings thereon.
Second. That the reports Of Treas
urer H. A. D. Nicely and Probate Judge
L. r. williams which were handed us
by the court at the last term too late
for our examination, have since been
examined and found correct, and filed
on the clerks office.
Third. The standing committee on
county home submitted its report,
which Is as follows:
Your committee on county home beg
leave to report that the paupers are
reasonably we'll provided for.
That there is q family Of idiots In
the county home and that the eldest
child, a girl Of eighteen, has some men
tai ability and Is capable OF being
taught. We recommend that her case
should have immediate attention.
That we are informed that the su-
perintendent Of the county home is
charged with drunkenness and mis-
management, and we furnish you
herewith a list Of names Of persons
who will testify to same, namely-T.
L. Carroll. Roy Carroll; Robert Shill.
inglaw, Edward Shillinglaw. James
Simril, ]. L. Moss, J. w. Mcfarland,
DR.. John /. Barron, and o. w. Hart
ness. j. Il. Burns, CHAIRMAN.
From the above report We get suffi-
cient information to justify an investi-
cation Of the conduct Of Mr.. Brown
Gaulden, superintendent Of the county
home, as to the charges Of drunken
ness and mismanagement Of that in
stitution. AS a result Of this investi-
CATION we find the above charges sub
stantiated We recommend that If he
does not resign within the next thirty
days that he be prosecuted, but If he
resigns within that time that he be not
prosecuted.
Fourth. A committee appointed by
the grand jury to inspect the county
offices made said inspection and sub
mitted the following report:
We inspected the Office and records of
the clerk Of the court, and checked up
the notes, mortgages and cash and find
everything correct. The improved
methods and neatness Of the records
were very satisfactory. We found in
this Office the bonds Of each Of the
county officers. We recommend sys-
tenn to facilitate the checking Of the
clerk as to licenses received, that a
stub-b book with duplicate of license be
used and that the duplicate be filed
with the county auditor. Some pre-
vious grand jury recommended that the
old papers that were saved from the
fire when the court house was burned,
be worked over and arranged so as to
be of use as records. This has not
been done, we recommend that ]. F..
Wallace, Esq, who was employed to
do the work, make q report by the
spring term OF court.
I'VE find the sheriff's Office and
books in good condition other than a
few old accounts that have been set
tied, but not balanced up. We recon-
mend that these accounts be balanced.
I'VE find that the probate judge
makes a good showing of matters in
his charge, and books neatly kept. A
suggestion was made as to a clearer
method Of keeping certain accounts.
We find the books of the superin-
tendent of education correct. We find a
fund of five hundred dollars that was
previously given this office for the keep
ing Of a supply Of books for the use
of the schools and that $315.14 Of this
fund is on deposit in the Loan and
Savings bank, $13S.14 is invested in
new books such as are now in use In
the schools, and that $46.74 Of books
out of use and of little value. We re-
commend that these books be disposed
of by the superintendent Of educa-
tion, and that the money including the
cash in the bank be returned to the
fund from which 1t was taken and that
the obsolete books that cannot be sold.
and that are taking up room and are
useless in the office, be put in circula-
tion by the superintendent at his dis
cretion as circulating library in such