Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-02
GRAND JURY REPORTS.
York Body Touches Upon Matters of
Peculiar Interest.


A number Of matters OF import
ance were recommended by the York
county grand jury in it's final present.
mcnt at the November term of court
in York last Wednesday and SO we'll
pleased with the report was Judge
yMcIver that he complimented the
body by saying that 1t was one Of the
most intelligent presentments he had
ever heard
I'VE beg to call the attention of
the court" began the report, ito the
iiagrant and persistent violation Of
the prohibition laws of this State,
and to express our. conviction that
these violations are not due to any
lack of zeal on the part Of those
charged with their enforcement, but
rather to the lack of adequate pun
ishment being meted out to the vio-
lators on conviction. Usually COM
paratively small fines or short terms
on the chaingang are the sentences.
which. we presume, are In accordance
with the laws as they now stand,
therefore we beg to recommend to
our representatives in the Legislature
that at the approaching session of
that body they strive to have the pro-
hibition law so amended as to elm
mate the fine alternative and have II
provide that in case of conviction
the convicted person shall be sent
creed for not less than one year on
the chaingang for the first offense,
rot less than five years for the Sec
one offense. and not less than ten
years for the third and subsequent
orfenses, If there be any. with no
part OF any sentence suspended Fur
thermore we recommend that the law
mt
other concoctions containing over Q
per cent alcohol may be sold on GER
tif1cate be either amended so as to
provide the same punishment to the
seller when sold for beverage pur-
poses as the seller of any other intox-
icant. or repealed"
The chaingang committee OF the
grand jury found the stockade in
good condition, clean and sanitary.
the convicts properly clothed and
everything in excellent shape"
Generally speaking" said the
school committee. reporting on the
condition Of the publich school build
irgs In the county, they are in good
condition, well equipped with black
boards and single desks and built
with due regard to light, air space
ana ventilation. In only n few in
stances do we find the old style
building and Unsatisfactory equip
ment. We recommend that wore at
tention be given to the water supply.
outhouses AMI the general. sar.itary
conditions surrouding the schools ard
that gool locks be provided aod all
tuildings kept securely fastened
| when school Is not in session.
The one teacher school has out :.
f,,I.
have an educated citizenship SO long
| az one teacher Is expected to tescn
anywhere from four to ten grades
az is the case in many Of our schools
we recommend to our people their
most serious consideration of the
| question of school consolidation and
| transportation OF pupils"
The roads of the county," said thu
| report OF the committee on roads and
| bridges, are not In good condition
and many of the bridges are badly
in need Of repairing. Possibly on ac-
count OF the continued wet weather
rather than on account Of negligence
! there has been very little work done
on our public roads during the pres
ent year and many roads have not
been worked at all. In our Judgment
we have entirely too many road off,
cials In York county and what is
| eNerybody's business Is nobody's bus
| mess. we have county commissioners,
| township commissioners a special set
or road commissioners in Broad Riv-
er township. n western road commits
sion and State highway commission
| ard dozens OF road overseers. So
| many road officials in fact that It
| takes entirely too much money to paw
| thelr salaries and does not leave
| enough to go on the roads We do
| recommend that the law be changed
and all these officials be reduced to
| three competent. efficient men. And
| IN this connection we wish to saw we
do not approve Of the plan of plac-
| ing the automobile tax and a special
| levy OF two mills on the county prop-
| erty in the hands of the State high
| way commission. as we consider a
great deal OF the work done by this
commission as impracticable and ex-
| travagant"
After reporting that the county Jail
| was well Kept and clean and MAX
| ing recommendations as to repairs on
| 'he court mousse and suggesting that
| the clerk OF court keep certain rooms
in the building locked, the court
house and Jail committee said: The
grand jury Of York county have time
ana again requested the town council
o. the town Of York to remove the
stand pipe from its present location.
and the said town council has paid
no attention whatever to the FREQUENT
recommendations. We are informed
that the life OF a stand pipe In Is
years and the stand pipe at the rear
or this court house Is now over 81
years old. and Is a constant danger