Evening journal., 1915-10-09
sussex Grand JURY
URGES some REFORMS
Deplore Conditions at Aims
house and Advocate Mod
ern Prison on County Farm
POINT OUT SERIOUS
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN. Del. Oct. 9.-After
considering a volume of business
brought to its attention the grand
Jury for the year of 1915. has con-
cluded its business and made report
that presents several subjects for con-
sideration of residents of the county.
I'VE have visited the almshouse and
county farm and find that the agri
cultural interests are looked after
with as much care as is possible with
the limited force, implements and
teams allowed. The condition of the
1 inmates is deplorable, due TO the anti
quated methods of treatment and the
general lack of sanitary arrangements
for comfort and convenience.
I'VE condemn absolutely the coun-
ty Jail as a place OF detention for hui
man beings, and would respectfully
recommend the disposal Of the prop
orty and the erection on the county
farm of a modern prison.
I'VE have considered during the
year for which we have served 1888
separate indictments and have re-
turned 179 true bills.
I'VE find that by far the largest
part of the business that has come
before us has been the result either
directly or indirectly of the illegal
liquor traffic in the county, and we
wish to record It as our deliberate
judgment that. if the will OF the peo-
pie as expressed at the polls in this
county at the special election in 1907
could be carried out by the enactment
of such legislation regulating the ship.
ment of liquor into the county as will
! prevent the possibility of any cOnsid.
cradle quantity of it coming into the
possession of any one individual, the
criminal business of the county could
be very materially reduced and the
expense to the county for court costs
and maintenance of criminals would
be correspondingly reduced.
Our attention has been painfully
called to a condition In some sections
of the county resulting in the abuse
of girlhoOd of very tender years. We
are led to believe. as a result of oul
investigations. that this condition is
largely due to a failure on the par
of parents or others having the care
of such children to properly restrain
and control them. as in some in
stances our attention has been Gale,
to cases where little girls have beef
: allowed to roam the streets unattend
b ed at night as late as II and II O'Clock
p The results that have followed woul
/. be simply unthinkable we're we no
e confronted with proof. We woul
n therefore like to commend the wor
q of an organizations and societie
Il whose object is to procure the bette
IS care and protection of neglected chi
l. dren. especially of girls, and woul
l. bespeak for such organizations th
cordial cooperation and financial SUI
IS port of all loyal citizens of the count
r. Another matter regarding which "
d feel constrained to speak is the nj
s. usually large number of cases of d.
nestle infelicity that have bee
d brought to our attention. We fin
lie that i'm many of these cases the II
a. Felicity has followed a hasty marriag
n While we recognize the fact that
is not within our province to la
down rules for the government of OF
people in such matters. We do fe
=, that il is incumbent on US TO ca
!, attention to any cause that has le
n to any considerable extent to Grim
: nal prosecutions and to the consequel
a expense to the county. and to su
~ gest that our citizenry shall in evel
- way possible discharge the repetitic
~ of such conduct. of whatever natur
= as will lead to such criminal actiC
W and the consequent disturbance of Il
70 peace and good order within Of
n county and to the resultant expense