Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-11-15
ing good behavior after service Of 80

days. u,
Eugene Violation prohibi-
tton law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced
to serve twelve months in peniten-
tiary or on public works of Oconee
at such labor as he may be able to
perform. defendant claimed that
he was afraid of the ku Klux Khan
In the town Of Seneca and Jumped
his bond, was captured in Atlanta,
Ca. and brought back, but again
escaped and was again caught In At
lanta.)
w. P. Butler and Alfred Taylor
Violation prohibition law. Neithery
defendant answered when called. and
after the third call their trial in alb
sence was ordered. Verdict Of guilty
and sealed sentence left.
In the case Of w. r. Neeley, which
the grand jury was asked to recon-
slider, that body returned with rec
ommendation that .he Indictment be
remanded to the Magistrate Neeley
was charged with assault with intent
to ravish.
Grand Jury Makes Prescntmcnt.
State Of South Carolina,
County of Oconee
We desire to make our final pre-
sentiment TO the November term Of
Court Of General Sessions, as follows:
TO His Honor II. G. Tillman, Presid-
ing Judge:
AS grand jury for Oconee County.
S. c., we beg to submit as our final
presentment for tho year 1922, the
following: ,aa
! az. That we have passed upon all
bills that have been handed out to us
at this term by the Solicitor.
l. (2). We have examined. by COM
mittees, .he chain gang. poor farm,
jail and all otker public buildings,
and find same in good condition. We
find that the poor farm has twenty
inmates-eiGhteen whites and two
colored. All Of these inmates seem
to be we'll cared for and are in good
spirits.
| 60. We recommend that the
members Of our General Assembly
pass an act requiring the several Off
ces Of our county to be audited each
year by public certified account
ant. Our committee had the several
Offices audited, and reports Of same
are filed in the Office Of the Clerk Of
Court.
| ca. We recommend that the sew
eral officers that seize automobiles in
the violation OF the prohibition laws
that they discontinue the practice of
using said cars before they are le-
gally sold.
CO.. We have investigated the ed
ucational interests Of the county, and
the work done by our County Super
intendent Of Education. L.C, Speares,
and we wish to commend him for his
interest and untiring work for school
Improvement. We find that there are
quite a number OF teachers in the
county who are holding pay warrants
and that there are insufficient funds
on hand to meet said payment, and
we desire to recommend that our
delegation make sufficient appropria-
tion in their next supply bill to take
care Of all outstanding school war
rants.
(6). We recommend the following
improvements to be made in our
county. Jail: We recommend that the
cells which are now on the ground
floor be moved upstairs, and that a
padded cell be placed in the insane
room, as we find there Is no place for
the Sheriff to keep an insane patient
that he might not do injury to him.
self.
(O. We recommend that in the
future the steward Of the poor farm
shall keep a book Of accounts. in
which he shall ilemize all expenses
Of said farm and all money made by
said farm, whether same be turned
in as cash or turned over to the Su-
pervisor for county chain gang pur-
poses.
We desire to thank His Honor and
tho Court officials for courtesies ex-
J tended to us during the performance
Of our duties, and now ask that we
bo excused from further attendance
upon the Court at this term.
Respectfully submitted,
P. l.. Green, Foreman.
| Nov. Sth, 1922.
H0ld-Ovcr Grand Jurors.
The following grand Jurors were
drawn as hold-overs: II. w. Brandt,
J. s. Smith, G.. r. Taylor, J, A.White,
l. NJ. Griffith and ] l.. Brown.
Court Resumes Routine
The case Of the State vs.. Henry
Parker charged with assault! and bat
terry with intent to kill, was contin-
red by the Solicitor.
John Pitts, J. G. Staggers and An
thony Burch-Violation CT prohibi-
tion laws. Continued by Solicitor.
Furman Bray-Housebreaki and
larceny. Continued by Solicitor.
Ruben Brooks-Assault and bat
terry with intent to kill and carrying
concealed weapons. Continued by So
licitor.
The Solicitor mol pressed the fol-
lowing cases: state vs. Harmon Lee,
violation of prohibition laws, and the
State vs. Claude Pruitt and Younp