The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-06-15
Presentment of
Grand Jury.
The State of South Carolina

COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE
Court of General Sessions.
To his Honor, Robert Aldrich, Pre-
siding Judge:
We, the Grand Jury for Abbevil
County, at this, the June Term of Il e
Court for 1910, beg to make the follow
ing presentment:
AS stated in our presentment al the
February 1910 Term of the Court, a
committee of our number was appoint
ed to make an investigation OF the
several County offices, the result OF
such investigation to be incorporated
in our presentment at the present
Term of the Court.
AS authorized, this committee EN-
ployed R. E. Hill as an expert to as
sist them in their work to whom was
largely entrusted the execution OF the
same.
Being aware of the fact that COM
DialnI Ilau Oetu ulduC hSiSso''S 49,
presenlmepts of the Grand Jury, thai
a good many of our Magistrates failed
to comply with the law in reference to
turning over to the County Treasurer
the fines and costs collected by them,
our committee determined to look
closely into that matter. This they
did and are pleased to report that in
the main, the spirit if not the strict
letter of the law, has been comp'led
with.
The other County offices seem to be
conducted in q satisfactory matter.
The indeb,edne of the County be-
ing a matter in which our people are
naturally interested, and as it has
heretofore been question upon which
no two of our County officials were
agreed, our committee were instructed
to thoroughly look into the matter,
in order that we might be prepared to
make q definite statement in reference
to the same at this time.
The result of such investigation dis
closes the following facts,-the same
being what will be approximately the
County's financial status at the end
of this year:
Bal. due Sinking Fund Com
mission, loan July 26, 1907. 7.$lS, ass Sc
Bal. due Sinking Fund Com
mission, loan May 20, 1908, 4,473 Al
Amt. due Sink. Fund Com
mission, loan Aug. %, 1908, l3,4l4 94
Amt. due Sink. Fund Conn
mission, loan Nov. q, 1908, 3.4G5 IA
Amt. due Sink. Fund Com
mission, loan Dec. 81, 1908, 500 OO
Amt. due Sink. Fund Com
+, mission, loan April H. 1910, 2O,722 q
The above loans are from
tho cumulative Sinking
Fund, for reduction.
Balance remaining unpaid,
including interest thereon
from Nov. 9th, 1908, on
loan of that date from In
surance Sinking Fund. 2,65l 33
Total indebtedness .$69, ,725 95
Toward the payment of the above
indebtt dness the proceeds of levy OF
four mills on the taxable property OF
the County, which will raise in round
numbers about $24, 600 90, will he ap-
plicable; leaving the Indebtedness Of
the County Dec. 81, 1910, S39, 1855.
We would mention that the County
Supervisor in anticipation of the col.
lection of the taxes Of the current tis-
cal year, has borrowed from the Banks
in this place apd other sources the
sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dol
lars 1925, 5,OOOOt) for which the taxes
levied for County Current Expenses
are pledged. This levy will raise fully
a sufficient sum to pay off this loan,
30 that the above stated amount oi
$50, 1856 should represent, approSi-
mately, the actual Indebtedness of the
County on the 1st day of January,
1911.
We have passed upon ali bills hand
ed out to US by the Solicitor, and feel
disposed to congratulate the County
upon the fact that violations of the
, criminal law seems to decrease, judg-
ing from the small pumber of cases
brought before us.
Respectfully submitted,
John H. Bell,
Foreman.
Builders and farm hardware at
lowest possible prices.
The Dargan- King Go.
The Conservation of Natures Resources
Applies a. we'll TO our physical state as tc
material things. G. j. Budions, Washington,
r. realized his condition, and took warn
ing before IL was too late. he says: II sui
tered severely from kidney trouble, The dis.
care being hereditary In our fsmtly. l nave