The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-03-06
GRAND JURY PRESENTMI
Some Important Recommt
tionS for the Counfy'S Welt,

we, Iue VI Idlu jury lOT LHe SpTlQS
term of court for Williamsburg
county, do hereby wish to make our
report.
We wish to thank your Honor
for his kind and courteous express
sions of his feelings towards our
town and people, and for his indulg-
ence and aid in assisting US in the
discharge of our duty. We wish to
report that we have acted on all
matters brought to our attention by
the Solicitor and others, and we beg
to call your Honor's attention to the
following facts that we feel worthy
of investigation:
First,a case of assault and battery
with intent to kill in which warrants
have been sworn out against one A
w Ward and John R Matthews, but
which we have been unable to locate
or get further information than
what was given us before your
Honor in open court this morning,
except that Magistrate R K Wallace
that he delivered these war
rants to Sheriff G ] Graham. We
respectfully recommend that your
Honor have new warrants drawn
and the accused parties brought to
trial at the next term of the court.
We wish to report that in the 9TH
er eases brought 10 your Honor's at
tention in open court, we have acted
upon them in accordance with your
Honor's instructions and will en-
deavor to have the parties brought
to trial.
We beg to report that some of our
Magistrates have been reported to
US for not making proper returns of
fines collected. Your foreman has
appointed a committee of three of
the grand jurors to make thorough
investigation of all magisterial books
in the county and of the different
county officers, to be reported back
to the grand jury at the fall term Of :.
court.
We wish to call your attention to
the rural police that are appointed
in our county. They are bringing q
lot of worthless cases into court that
are burdening the county with un-
necessary expense, and we recon-
mend that these police be instructed
to be more careful and in making
arrests to ascertain before doing so
whether the case is worthy the
courts attention.
1t has been further called to our
that some of the rural po-
lice are conducting themselves in a
manner that is not becoming an Of
fcer or citizen; and, in fact, in some
cases unlawfully, and we recommend
that those who have the power of
recommending or appointing these
police investigate all complaints
made against them, and if they find
the same to be true, or substantially
so, that they remove the officer at
once. A part of the grand jury has
visited the Jail and report it in a
sanitary and fairly good condition.
The prisoners complain, however,
that they are poorly fed, that they
are fed only small amount and at
times. We have been re-
liably informed that forty cents a
day is provided for the dieting of
these prisoners, and we think it a
plenty to give each prisoner a sub
stantial meal three times day, and
we recommend that our Sheriff look
into this matter and have the pris-
oners better fed. We also wish to
call the Sheriff's attention to tho
fact that there is prisoner now in
Jail who has been there for several
weeks with loathsome and conta-
gious disease, who claims that he has
had no medical attention since his
confinement, and we recommend that
the Sheriff have the doctor call to
see him at once and proper treat