Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-08-20

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rate of interest than is now being
paid.
Respectfully,
w. L. Dunovant,
Jas. r. Cantelou,
w. H. Dorm,
P. B. Day, Jr.
J. w. Stewart,
A. E. Padgett,
Committee.
We the committee ON public
buildings make the following recon-
mendations.
lst. The iron windows in the jail
be put in a safe condition at once.
end. That the Jail be covere /
with metal roof.
3rd, The tightening rods be remov'
ed at once from the Jail roof.
4th, The Supervisor have the
back yard of the court house clean
ed and thoroughly renovated.
We further recommend that th :
supervisor and commissioners make
some provision to protect and pre-
serve the records of the Judge of
Probate and Auditor Offices.
That the stairway in clerks office
no ramoved from the inside of the
building and placed on the outside
on the south side of said building to
lead to the offices of superintendent
of education, and county commits
sioners, and that the office Of clerk
of court be enlarged by taking out
the pal tition next to the present
stairway to make room for records
and books which are accumulating
in said Office of the clerk of court
for which there is now no room.
Respectfully,
Jas. r. Cantelou,
J. w. Stewart,
J. R. Strother.
Edgefeld, S. c., Aug. IA, 1918.
To His Honor, H. F. Rice, Presid-
ing Judge August Term of Court,
Edge6eld County, South Caro-
lima.
We have passed on all the bills
handed to us by the court, and re,
ported same, excepting the follow
ing;
The State vs. Charlie Hammond
for murder and carrying concealed
weapons. We were unable to inves-
tigate this case from the fact that
we had no witnesses. From what
information we received the Coro-
ner of this county. J. E. Holmes,
held an inquest over the dead body
of Tom Sullivan Oct. 23rd, 1912,
said to have been killed by the said
Charlie Hammond, and the follow
ing verdict was rendered by the iu-
ry of inquest: We the undersigned
Jurors decide from the evidence of
the witnesses that Tom Sullivan
came to his death from pistol
shot wound in the hands of Charlie
Hammond" (Signed) H. w. Nc
Kie, O. D. Prince, J. E. Ham
mond, Louis Tucker, E. Ham
mond, T. w. Hammond, Jonas
Stuart, Ed. Henderson, Johnnie
Glover, Robt. Collier, Gus Ham
mond, D. T. Mathis, (Foreman)
Jurors before US. No witnesses ap-
peared in this case and we found no
evidence that any of tue witnesses
who testified at the coroner's in
quest were bould over to appear at
court. We are informed that the
party charged with the killing is
now living in Edge6eld county and
has never been arrested.
We present the coroner j. +.
Holmes, who is the present coroner
of our county for failure to dis
charge his duty in not issuing a
warrant for the said Charlie Ham
mond and in not binding over the
witnesses to appear before this
court as was his duty under the
law We hold the indictment in
this case for further investig alton.
The other two indictments held for
further investigation, which we
hope to return to the court at the
October 1913 term are indictments
of Jim Henry Norman and Carrie
Norman for murder, and of J Ohm
Murray for murder. We commend
that the parties charged under these
two indictments be held in jail un-
til the October 1913 term of court
for further investigation of the
charges against them.;
We acknowledge the many COM