The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-09-22
NUMEROUS CASES
TRIED IN COURT
Court Adjourned Friday Evening After
Il Week OF ArduOus Labor.

Of arduous labor. a great many cases
were disposed Of during the session.
though the docket was not entirely
cleared The trial of VIM C. and
John Martin, charged with the murder
OF John Is. Mcpherson, which was to
be called Wednesday was postponed
until the next term of court because
of the illness Of VIM. G. Martins wife,
a material witness in the case. The
following cases were disposed Of in
addition to those made note Of in the
last issue Of this paper:
Collier Barksdale, assault and bat
terry, not guilty.
w. Il. Crews, former magistrate,
failure to make proper accounting
of county funds, guilty, sentence of
six months and $500, suspended for
thirty days to allow defendant to raise
the fine, on payment OF which the term
of Imprisonment to be suspended.
Watts Irby, 80 days for carrying
concealed weapon.
Sam MCGOWAN, assault and battery,
mistrial.
Gary Wells, assault and battery,
not guilty.
James Gaddy, violation Of dispen-
sary law, not guilty.
Ben Hill, guilty of larceny, is
months.
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with intent to kill, guilty, six months
or 500.
Allen Caldwell, assault and battery,
tried in absence, scaled sentence.
Willis Nance, assault and battery,
not guilty
Maggie Hudgens, murder, not guilty
Ike Johnson, obtaining goods under
false pretenses, mistrial and case later
mol pressed;
Ben Johnson, larceny Of bicycle,
guilty, one year.
Robert Cato, non-support of family,
guilty, 8 months or $100.
Frank Riley, violation of dispensary
law, guilty, 500 OF 3 months, sentence
suspended during good behavior on
payment of $26.
Gary Long, house breaking and lar
ceny, one year.
Final Presentment Of Grand Jury.
The following prescntment was
made by the grand jury, J. w. Wells,
foreman: 'sEa--A .,a. r.. 80 ..s,,,.,.
TO the Presiding Judge: "-fsf.,,
We have passed on all bills hand
ed us by the Solicitor and have re-
turned same. 'r,, 49, =. 81 -
We herewith present the annual rc-
port Of the Board Of County Commits
sioners which was submitted to us,
and in connection with this report we
submit a petition from citizens Of
Dials Township which was submitted
to us and we recommend that it have
the immediate attention Of the Coun-
ty Supervisor.
We report the roads and bridges
Of the county at large as only in fair
condition.; some being in good repair
and some being in bad condition and
in need Of immediate attention.
We recommend that the supervisor
look closely after the work Of the
chain gang on the roads and see that
the persons in charge exercise better
judgment in working the roads in the
future
We recommend that the supervisor
furnish the officers of the County Fair
association the labor Of ten cOnvicts
for a day, or more if necessary, to DO
necessary work in improving the fair
grounds.
We have inspected the County Farm
on the Thomas NJ. shaw place and
recommend that same be discontinued
after the present crop has been har-
vested.
We have inspected the County Poor
House Farm and find Same well kept
and some improvements made during
The year. We recommend that the
houses occupied by the inmates be
screened during the coming season,
tho screens to be prepared by the
chain gang Is possible.
We have inspected the county Jail
and surroundings We recommend
that the old wooden building in reai
Of Jail be moved Immediately, and
recommend that there be erected on
the jail lot building convenient for
the storage Of county chaingang sup