The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-24
.FORIY-EIcHT TRUE
Bills RE TURNED BY
The GRAND JURORS
FINAL REPORT BRINGS TOTAL
FOR THEM UP TO SEVENTY
FIVE.
MISTY FOR MIAUR UFFfNsEs
institutions of the County Come In
for High mendation-Praise Is
Given the Office Of Sheriff J. Walter
Griffin.

In its final report to court Saturday
morning the grand jury returned a
total of forty-eight true bills. This
added to the number heretofore re-
turned, makes a grand total of seven
ty-fve for the term. Most of the in
dictments returned this morning were
for minor offenses, the liquor laws,
trsspassing, larceny, drunkenness,
etc.
In its last report the grand jury
commends the work holse the poor
house and the manner in which the
other institutions of the county are
kept. 1t found all of the bonds of
the county officials satisfactory and
the same was true of other bonds ex-
cept one for guardian, which had
but one surety where there should
have been two. The report of the
jury follows
I'VE, the members of the grand ju-
ry for the November term, 1915, re-
specially report as follows:
I'VE have examined into the merits
of 101 cases all told, and of this num-
Der we have returned rs true bills
and presentments, and have returned
26 no true bills. Our work has been
greatly helped by the sherihf's force.
and also by the police force of Colun-
bia and of Mt. Pleasant.
We hase examined into conditions
at the county work house and find ev-
erything there satisfactory. On as
count of rain which fell on the day
of our visit to the work house, We
could not inspect the work which has
been done; but our information il
that it has been done well and with
dispatch
I'VE have had a committee VISIT
the poor farm and found there tw@
white male inmates, six white To-
males, seven colored females and ten
colored males OF the property ON
hand there are: milk cows and
calves, 2 dry cows, 90 head of hogs.
Is hogs killed this year, enough to
do 20 barrels corn, 80 acres clover
sown, Is acres wheat sown, rs acres
corn land, $50 gallons lard.
I'VE found everything in sanitary
condition, the rooms and inmates are
clean and seem to be we'll treated We
would recommend that the we'll be
covered. Also we would suggest that
separate quarters be arranged for
those brought to the farm suffering
from loathesome diseases.
We found conditions at the jail per-
fectly satisfactory, and congratulate
the county and the building commit
tee for securing such fine and in ev-
cry way desirable Jail residence.
We have examined the county Of
fcials bonds and find all solvent.
There is one guardians bond, that of
c. M. Murphy for $40O, which has
only one surety on the bond, W. M.
Overstreet The law provides for
two, and another surety should be
added to this bond.
1.-THE court house is clean and we'll
kept by the janitors; but we would
suggest that the pigeons who rooak
and nest around the building, be kill
ed, as they keep the balconies and
the walls in filthy condition.
Respectfully submitted, This Dec
Is, 1915.
Rush Gresham, Dick Culberson, j.
! H. Thompson, Albert Smith, G. M. D.
Alexander, Geo Davidson, w. W..
Pinkston, M. E. Walters, A. r,
4Thweat, E. Conner Kinzer, Geo. s.
Harris, Horace Cayce, Lee Alexander.