THE ANDERSON DAILY INTELLIGENCER
VOL- *' NO- 39- Weekly, Established I960, Dally, Jae, 18,1914, ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRU ARY 2?, 1014. PRICE FIVE CENTS, $5.00 PER ANNUM.
IS ?BC03
Assassination of American by
Federals Adda Further
Complication*;
BRYAN SUMMARIZES
Attitude of Washington \nf (hanged
mid Investigations Will He Car?
ried (Inf Through liv:
ular Methods.
(By Associate! Cress.)
Laredo, Mexico, Feb. 25.-Aesur- j
anees that thc men responsible for
the execution of Clemente Vergara,
an American citizen, hanged by Mex
ican federals near Hidalgo, Mexico,
will be punished have been given
United Slates Consul Garrett at Nue
vo Laredo by Col. Alvarez, command
ing thc Nuevo Laredo garrison.
Just what steps are being taken
was not mode public, but it la under-j
Ktood the federal officer told the con-j
sui that the case would be thoroughly
threshed out.
Vergara leavea a widow and three
children, the oldest a young man of
20. Ills friends here are greatly
aroused and citizens are preparing to
make representations to Washington.
N Body Still Hanging..
Consul Garrett, with S. J. Hill, Ver
gara's brothcr-hx-law, expect to visit
the scene of the execution ear'v to
morrow. In view of the fact tn it the?
body has been reported still hanging
no opposition IR anticipated to their
demand, authorized by the suie de
partment, that lt te surrendered to
the family for burial.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 25.-A. ML
chr.elis, who ?ac his address as
s:i(5 Vernon street. Brooklyn, and
who said his father was a direr,
tor of the Cnihu Trust Company
of Brooklyn, late today wan re
len Ked from (he Junie/. Jail. He
snld Gustar Rauch was still there.
Mllliaelis was arrested eleven . j
days ago, he ?aW, after a Hst tight,
tn Jail, he sn td, were the follow
ing A merle: tn besides Ranrbt
Kdward Tra bard. Mart Giddens,
H. T. Davis, V. i:. Goodman and
a railroad man named Thornton.
AMERICAN C?N81L
- TO INVESTIGATE KILLING.
Washington. Feb. 25.--The Mex'.can!
situation, which in the last few days|
has centered chiefly on efforts to de
termine how and why the rebels exe-]
cnted William 8. Benton, a British!
subject, toda.? waa broadened when j
Consul Garrett at Nuevo Laredo was]
Instructed to inquire Into the hang
ing by Mexican federals of Clemente'
Vergara, an American citizen. j
Thc consol ?ras directed by the
state department to demand the body |
of the dead American from officers ot,
the Huerta government In the vlchvf
Hy of Hidalgo, Mexico, where Ver
gara was killed.
Karly in the day American Consul!
Letcher had been lnstiv <.:& to insist
that Gen. Villa permit the delivery of I
the body of Renton to the widow for
burial where she may wish.
Gen. Villa'? message of last night
offering to permit the widow, of Ben
ton or relatives and an American of
ficial to see the body when exhumed
is taken by the American government
to mean that a complete medical ex
amination may be performed. Gen.
Villa late today had not replied to the
last request of Secretary Bryan, for
the surrender cf Benton's body, but it
is understood Slr Cecil Alprlng-Rlce,
the British ambassador, for the pres
ent will be satisfied if there ia an op
portunity tor an autopsy to determine
whether Benton waa shot by a pistol,
bullet or by rifle bullets from a fir
ing squad. 11
The British ambassador early today,
bad a brief conference with Secretary i
Bryan, and later waa kept Informed
of messages received by the state de
partment.
No Change of Folley.
That no change of policy In con
nection with treatment of the Mexican
problem was discussed in the senate
conference with Secretary Bryan be
come known afterwards, it is appar-'
ent, however, that While officials are
not prejudicing the Benton affair and
are watting tor facta, the danger to
the safety of, foreigners tn northern
Mexico and what ia .being construed
aa inability of a part of the rebela,
at least, to prevent International com
plications, is receiving deep consider
ation by high administration officials.
It has developed that the American
.government la informally looking to.
Gen. Cananza as titular head of the!
rebel movement to clarify the situa
tion In connection with the Benton
killing. The news that Luis Cabrera
? waa at Juarez conferring with Villa's
friends, urging Immediate delivery of
; the body, waa significant.
Cabrera ls understood to be an em
issary from Carranza, and lt ls Bald
the etat? dane riment on nrevlous oe-,
Inued on page 6.)
TUATION
UNG ACUTE
AN INVASION OF
STATE'S RIGHTS
Lever Bill Killed by House of
Representatives After All- ?
Day Debate.
(By Associated Press) (
Washington*, Feb. 25.-Attacked as i
an invasion of States' rights, the Le
ver bill to authorize the commissioner 1
of education to co-operate with State <
educational a- Delations or individu
als in plans .r the elimination of i
adult illiteracy in the t'nited State3. j
today met overwhelming defeat in the j
House after un all day debate. ?
In the course of debate Representa
tive Fitzgerald, chairman of the ap- <
propriattons committee, produced a 1
mass of letters from college presi- i
dents and educational workers (
throughout the country, tirglng that i
the Increased appropriations asked by '
tho bureau be alleged. He said they (
were the resudt of a campaign car
ried cn by the commissioner of educa
tion, i
APPROPRIATION BUL j
BLOCKED IN SENATE !
_ ?
Eurleson's Action sn Extending
Low Rate ?Son? of Parcels 1
Post Criticised.
Washington, Feb. 25.-Criticisms of
Postmaster C-ereral Burleeon's action
in abolishing the fifty mile parcel post
zones and extending the lew rates of ,
the service to territory within the 150 .
mlle zones, today blocked passages of J
the postofBce appropriation bill in the
Senate. ?
Senate r i Bryan :vnd Bristow led tho ,
attack, the latter quest.onlng other j
senators, one by one, aa to. whether ,
A ^'-"regarded t.ie rates a; fair to the ,
places having the short haul. ,
"The American people have bene
fitted from thc postmaster general's .
change." replied Senator Vardaman,
"and anyway, no system is perfect."
'Senator Williams disagreed with
his colleague and declared the express t
companies would not be permitted for <
a minute to discriminate against the <
short haul as the government was do- 1
lng. <
"Oh, Ute, empress companies soaked 1
them both on thc short and long hauls 1
when it had a chance." interrupted 1
Senator Lou- I
Senator Bristow was speaking when 1
the b'H was ir ,d aside Tor the day. 1
NCLZKR TO TAKE STAND. ,1
^?ew York. Feb. 25.-Former Oover-J
nor William Sulzer, is expected tn'
take the stand again when District
Attorney Charles S. Whitman's John
Doe Investigation of political graft ls
resumed here tomorrow. Sulzer has ,
notified the prosecutor he will be ,
present Several contractors are un- '
der subpoena to appear. ,
CONCLUSION BEACHED I
IS NOT.VERY DEFINITE i
-
Murder and Anon at Barber's i
Junction May Forever Re- I J
main a Mystery. jj
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 25.-In the I
' light of evidence submitted* to a cor- 1
loner's jury at Barbers Junction lo- 1
I day, the moat probable explanation of
the charred body found in the ruins
of H. T. Smithdeal'a store laat night
seems to be that a robber surprised
by Manager Preston Lyerly In thc
act of rifling the safe killed the mer
chant, upset a kerosene oil tank, fired
the building and fled with a email
amount of money taken from, the cash
drawer. |
, Doctor Burns, who was first to dis
cover the body, testified that blood In
profusion had issued from wounds in
thc skull, one'seemingly made by a
pistol, bullet and another by a blow <
from an axe. i
f Two elements Indicate a possible
, motive for the killing other than rob- (
bery. 8o far as is known the mer- i
i chant hud no eaeuUew. but it was
i brought out before th.e coroners Jury '
?that be had prosecuted a man lately
?and it la believed that thia mtav throw I
I some light on the murder mystery. |
SStilXE ANO COACHES DERAILED
-- i
Dayton, O., Feb. 25.-<An engine and (
five steel paasengcr coaches on the i
? Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton 1
railroad today went over a twenty- I
five root embankment two miles
south of Troy. None of the passen- i
?CTS a* crew, wa*! seriously, h"r* Th? i
i train, it waa stated, Struck a defec- I
'tlve rail. ?
THE WESTON BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Requires Medical Examination of
Students-Other Legisla
ture Matter.
Special Correspondence. |
Columbia, Feb. 25.-The Weston bill |
providing for a system of medical In-j
ipection for school children und stu-1
lents in the colleges of the State, was
.assed to third reading by the Mouse'
last night hy a vote of 52 to 00, after I
unsuccessful efforts had been made j
:o exempt varloUB counties from Its
irovislons. I
Thc bill was vigorously opposed at
loth the morning and night sessions |
if the House.
When the Honne resumed eonsldo
?atlon of the Westdn bill luHt night at
1:13 o'clock, Mr. Fortner, raised the
point of no quorum. A roll call show
id that 85 members were present.
The various amendments were tak-1
;n Up. The House refused to exempt'
Berkeley, Hampton, Plckens, Lexlng
:on, Laurens, eLe. Japper, Morry, An-'
lerEon, Abbeville, Cherokee, Spar
enburg from the provisions of the
Weston bill. Several roll calls were1
lemanded.
Message From (lovernnr.
The House received a special mes- ;
Jago from tim Governor Wednesday ?
light about thc report of the special
committee appointed to Investigate
.he management of the State Houpltai i
'or the Insane. The message said
ho concurrent r?solution adopted lo
provide rules and regulations for the
state hospital is really null on ac
count of the powerB conferred on the
mperintendent and Board of Regents
jy thc State constitution.
rebate Bitterly Factional.
The Lumpkln-McM.wter resolution
irovidlng for the appointment of com
nittes from the general assembly to
nvestigate any claims presented by i
I. M. Braham of J'olumbiu. WHOSO
:ontract with Cae board of directors to
iperate a hosiery mill at the State
icnitentiary was abrogated by the
.?.lierai aS-'em/bly, waa killed this
norn.ng in thc House by a vote of 4G
o 43 despite the eo'rts of the Richland ,
lelegation and others to save it. De
bate on the resolution was acrimon
ous and bitterly factional at times.1
The Senate bill providing fur substi
ution of stenographers and typists in
he engrossing *-o'el>uY?notit for: the
levy of young ?omen employed there
ivaB killed by the House this morning.
>KLAHOMA PROORKSSIVKS .MKKT
_ j
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 25.-Af
.er adopting resolutions disapproving
>f any form of amalgamation with
?.iiother party, and electing John M.
Hale, an Oklahoma City banker. State
.hairman, the convention of progrcs
dve party in Oklahoma, which met
jere today, adjourned tonight. The
platform reaffirms the Chicago pint
ona, favors woman suffragette, na
:ional banking laws, guaranteeing de
posits, and the prooosed immediate
lase of puniic school lands In this
State. Stringent laws against usury
also were urged.
RIOT AUA INST CHINESE.
(By Associated Press.)
Nocales, Sonora, Mexico, Feb. 25.
The anti-Chinese riots in Cananea,
Sonora, yesterday grew out of a wash
erwoman's war, according to infor
mation received, here by Mexican offl
.luis. The Woman's Protective League
pf Cananea, recently organized by
women who earned their living at the
washboard, ia auld to have been form
ad to attack the Chinese, who were
accused of usurping the women's em
ployment.
Women took the lead In tho rioting,
which resulted in the flight to the
hills of virttually all of Cananea's
aundrymen and many Orleutlal res
taurant keepers and common labor
;rs. Most of the Chinks returned to
'?manoa today.
PLEA FOR BELIEF
OF DRUG VICTIMS
Drug Habit ns Predominant sn
Higher Circles of Society as
tn "Underworld.''
(By Associated Press)
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 25.-A plea for
the relief of drug victims today was
made by Dr. Charles A. Towns of New
York, before a legislative hearing to
lay, principally cocaine and IC? de
rlVfcCove*.
"The druI problem In the under-'
world ls one for the police to cope
with," Dr. Towns auld, "but drugs
liave worked greater havoc In the 'up
per world' limn in the underworld,
?nd here and there havoc har, been
wrought upon men and woaven who
ire really worth while, whom lt ls the
Ju ty of the medical profession, the
Irug trade, and everybody who lays
the slightest claim to decent humani
ty, to conaerve."
A feature of the proposed laws ls
i provision designed to treat those
who obtain dm rs in violation of the
law se victima of airease and not a?
.rlmir.als. ?
Appointed by Governor Slaton to
Succeed the Lamented
Bacon.
. -4.
VALDOSTA LAWYER
. g
I Will Serve Tittil Next November,
' When State Election Will lie Held.
Many I'rospectlvdj i'midl
dilles for l'Ivre.
(Uv Associated Press, i
I Atlanta.. Ga.. Feb. 25.4-W. S. We?t.
a lawyer of Val dost a. tia., late today
was appointed by Gov. iiolin M. Sla
ton cs Cnited States eenator to suc
ceed the late Senator A.p. llaeon. Mr.
i West will serve until next November.
when a slate election Wi!! be hold, j
I Indications are that .there will bo a
? multitude of candidatos for thc Geor-'
! gla vacancy. Senator Bacon's term1
would not have expired until 1919.
i Mr. Weat was a delegate at large to
the democratic national convention at
I Denver in 1808. From 1$92 until that
i yeer he served in both houses of the.
state legislature and waa1;president of.
; the. state senate in 1905-0?. The new
ly appointed senator is 65 years old.
He was horn in Marion county. Geor
! gla. After he was graduated from the
academic department of Mercer uni-'
I verslty Mr. West taught .school for ?
: several years, returning .later to the.
same institution and tatting a degree
' in the law department.
No contest over the seating of W.
S West a? senator from Georgia, to
pucked the late Senator, Baron can:
dt velor? in thc Senate, cathe appoint
if:i>v rr {eui aar ?taf amf abwp obfac
law recently enacted, tojr^guch emer-j
gcnc.'es. s?*. '
i Senator K?:rn. chairni?niaf the prlv- i
i lieges and elections -"omvnitco. eaid
. tonight? that Mr. West^i ?credentials
, would*' hp considered as spoil as Gov
ernor Slaton forwarded them io Wash
ington, and that tho coiTMIH? ?vonhl
.favorably 'ref?rt them to; thc Senate.
?PROM?I?RIR
HAS OISAPPE?RED
Many Features S.'milar to the
Lee Case.
TAYLOR IS MISSING
Lust Seen on Hobday and Now No
'I'. ....j. (';;;; U. V&..??.l ..J Ula
Whereabouts.
Remarkable on account of the fact!
that every . detail is almost exactly
similar to those surrounding the fa
mous Ixse mystery, is the latest dis
appearance sensation for Anderson
county. Joseph Taylor, a well known
farmer of this county left his home
last Monday and has not been seen
, cr heard from since that date. Mem
bers of his family arc almost frantic
from anxiety and say that they are
sure he has met with foul- play, al
though no Indication of thia bas yet
been brought out .
of age, is married and has two chll
of age, 1 snVirrled and has two chil
dren. He ls respected in the section
of the county where he lived and
friends and neighbors say that he
ls an earnest, hard working* young
man. They are loath to believe that
he would voluntarily leave his home
and at the same time they do not
want to consider foul play as haying
been possible.
He Hvei on the plantation of C.
D. Watson, near Dean's station, and
laat Monday he came to Mr. Watson's
Ihome. He arrived there in the morn
ing, left his team at Mr Walton's and
told that'gentleman that he-Vas com
(Continued on page 6.)
LITTLE HOPE
FOR MR LIGON
-
Message From Greenville Said
That He Waa Not Essmcted
to Survive Night.
I A message was received in. Ander
.eon yesterday afternoon by Mrs. W.
j A. Hudgens saying that .lohn T. Lig?n
.was at the point of death In Green
ville an dthat he waa not expected to
live through the night. Mrs. Hudgens.
I who ls a sliter of Mrs. Ligen, left at
once for Granville.
I Mr. Ligon Is suffering from, pneu
monia and ha? hoon v*?rv ill tnv MVA
rai ?uyn. However, ail hope, had not'
(been given up until last night.
FORMER CHIEF
CLERK ON TRIAL
?t - .-- : '.
Charged With Embezzling Fifty
Thousand Dollars of State's
Funds.
<I!y Associ?t ed Press)
Montgomery, Alu., Feb. 25.-Harry
Dixon, a chauffeur, witness for the
prosecution in tlu* trial of Theodore
(.ney, former chief clerk of thc state
convict department, who ls on triitl
chnrged with embezzling $60,000 of
stale funds, today told on the witness
stand of driving Lacy to various
hanks the day he disappeared len
month? ugo. Dixon said he did not
know his.passenger the day lie drove
him through the streets, but today he
identified Lacy as the man. ll" also
told of u mysterious pine box thin has
ligttred prominently in the case.
Dixon said be was hired liv Lacy
und drove him to the banks, where
money got secured by the former chief
clerk. Lacy, he suld. distnlsseJ him ut
a prominent downtown saloon, paying
him $?0, nnd told him to keep the,
change, lt is alleged that Lacy placed
the $92.000 of Htate's money in the
pine liox in order to .get away with lt.
When court convened this morning
Judge Drown overruled the demurrer
flied by the defendant und ordered
the case to trial. Lacy was arraigned
and pleadel not guilty, and the hear-j
ing of testimony was immediately be
gun.
.NO CAUSE FOI*. ACTION.
tBy Associated Press)
Trenton, N. J., Feh. 2."?.- -A verd ct
of no cause for action in the United
States district court tate today ended
tho suit of the Buckeye Pcwdor Com
pany against K. I. Dupont De Nemours
Powder Company for $"..0(i?,ou0 dam
ages. The suit was brought under
the Sherman nnti-trust law. charging
unlawful Interference with the busi
ness of t'.'.e prosecutors thereby de
priving them of business and substan
tially forcing the Buckeye Company
from the field as a compct tor; be
cause the Dupont Company was alleg
ed to be a manopoly and to have used
unfair competitive methods against
the Buckeye concern.
Thc Jury dolebirated 27 hours. Tho
case was placed on trial Sept. 23 last,
and consumed nearly seventy court
day?.
\OKD WOMAN FATALLY Bl RNF.D
-
(By Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., Feb. 25.-*-Miss Ellen
Kelley, aged 79, sister of Bishop
Kelley, of Savannah, and of the late
Anthony M. Kelley, former mayor of
Richmond, and later judge of the In
ternational court at Cairo, died this
morning of barna received yesterday
while stirring a fire in her sitting
room.
A live coal, she said, fell upon the
skirt of ber dressing gown, and she
strove In v tin to re nove them. A ne
gro maid fovnd nor semi-conscious
on a blazing ruj. .
(Ol'RT KART!AL OF OFFICER.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Fe"). 25.-Secretary
Daniels today ordered tro trial by
court martial of Lieutenant Comman
der Charles P. Huff, of the Navy,)
charged w.th assaulting J. Philip
Kicseckcr in a hotel at Newport News,
Va., on February 15. The alleged as
sault was committed the morning af
ter a valentine party in the hotel at
which the naval officer lu said to have
objected to Kiesecker dancing with
Mrs. Huff.
The olllcer, vho said the dunce In
cident did not cause the attack, was
fined In the police court.
He ls now charged In naval terms
w,th "maltreating an inhabita.nt"and
"scandalous conduct tending to the
destruction of good morals."
The court martial probably will be
held at the Norfolk navy yard.
' FLYING SQUADRON OF
AMERICA" ORGANIZED
New Movement for Advance
ment of Prohibition
Completed.
(By Associated Press)
Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 35.--A new
movement for Ute advancement of
national prohibition, to be known as
the "flying squadron of America," has
been completed, according to an an
nonneement made here today by J.!
Frank Hanley, former governor of
Indiana, who is chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the squadron.
Among those associated with Mr.
Hanley in the movement are Eugene
diann, twice prohibitionist candidate
for president; Dr. Ira Landrlth'. of
Nashville. Tenn.; Clinton N, Howard,
of New York: Daniel A. Poling, vice
president of the National Anti-Saloon
league, and Mrs. Mary Harria Ar
mour of Georgia,
The squadron, it ls planned, will
travel about the- country spending
about th/ce days In whirlwind cam
paigns In each o? thc largest <*H.?a
and state capitals.
ASYLUM RE
READ TO
NEW MODEL WORK
LAW FOR WOMEN
Now in Operation in Nation's
Capital-Will Cause Girls to
Be Displaced by Men?
Washington, Pcb. 2.Y -rim ne*
model olg'n nour law fin' Winnen
workers in the national capital, went
Into operation today with Inundarles
and many oilier service establish'
monts threatening Increases In charg
es to the public and moderate priced
restaurants preparing lo replace
their girla with men '.walters. De-1
partaient store., prepared to comply]
?with its terms by lengthening tho'
lunch l our and five ?/dock closing, I
The law provides that uo woman'
under IS years old shall be employed
i before 7 a. m., or Hiter t! p. m. i
I -- I
j \T THF KND OF THE RAINBOW."
j The above title IR t ienamc of a play
to be presented nt iMoUJDtiin View
schoolhouse on Saturday evening, Feb.
28'. 1014. beginning'at ?::;<> o'clock.
Admission 25 ard 15 cents.
BEF?SETOGBI
FRANK REHEARING
Unanimous Concurrence of Su
preme Couti Against Ap
peal for New Trial.
Atlanta, <!a., Feb. 25.-The supreme
court of Georgia, today refused to'
grant a rehearing of the appeal for at
new trial for I.eo M. Frank, under)
death r?nteme for. the murder of
Mary Phagan.
Chief Justice Fish and Associate
Justice Deck, who dissented from thc
cern's decision lan week denying tho
appeal, concurred, in today's decision,
a tilt h ? au unanimous.
Thc motion for a rehearing was
filed : esterday, and was Imsen on the
contention that certain Important
counts in the appeal had^ been disre
garded by t'.'c court. It ia expected
that au extraordinary motion for a
new trial will (be nled within a fowl
dava lu the puperlor .court
Notice was (lied m the superior
court todny by attorneys for James
Conby, thc negro convicted yesterday,
of belli? an accessory to the murder,I
that (hey would aBk a new trial for j
theil* t Ile?*-1. Conley, who wat? the
principal ..ltness against thc young
faeiory superintendent. Is under sen-|
lonee of twelve months on a convict
cha.n gang.
Fritan, lt 1B Bald, received newB of,
today's sentence with the same calm
!ie ?- he lias e '. ii i bil.-ii ri?'n >: his .ii'ie.-.l
last April, two days after the murder
cl tho little factory girl. He express
ed confidence that his death sentence,
UUieflnHely stayed pending final dis
position of his case, would nexnr b?
executed.
British Officials Suggest Gold
Coast Might Be Unsuitable
for Location.
(Dy Associated Press)
Washington. Feb. 25.-At the re
quest Of the lilith li government the
State department has asked the de
partment of justice to inquire into the
proposed establishment of n negro
kingdom on tae gold coast of Africa
by "Chief Sam," of Oklahoma. An
investigation will be made, although
lt Is not believed tie American gov
ernment cap take any action to pre
vent the emigration of negroes.
The Drithh officials suggest that J
"Chief Sam", and bia followers might
find thc gold coast unsu.table * - their
kingdom. I
FF.DERAI, APPROVAL*
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 25.-Federal ap-(
' proval of railroad Becur.ttes, pr.or tn
Issue, would carry a moral obligation.
of the government and Inferentially j
give a certificate of good character to
preceding IB.UOI, Interstate Com-i
mere;. Commissioner Meyer declared
today at a hearing on the Sim? bill.
Commissioner Meyer proposed
amendment pf the Intersuite Com
merce law to give tho commission au
thority over transactions and dealings
of railroads holding contracts.
That amendment with enactment of
the recommendations of President
[Taft's railroad commission, be said,
W?il?d ..?o?ble IS... . .-'..MI v" r?TT.
f?nate stock and bond watering.
PORT IS
? ASSEMBLY
Legislative Committee to Inves
tigate Conditions Makes
Its Report.
PRAISES SAUNDERS
Their I'crnmnicndnllous um) Huies
Adopted for flu* Government and
(.uhhince of Ofllrcrs of
thc Instit ul ?on.
Special t<> Tho Intelligencer.
(Joluinhiu, Keb. 25.-The report of
the legislative committee to investi
gate the State Hospital for the In
sane, read to the general assembly
this morning, suggests chancoa in th?
methods of managing the asylum,
completely exhonernto.i br. i.leanor n.
Saunders and commends Dr. J. W.
Babcock.
The recommendation of the Investi
Kating committee in regard to changes
in the methods of conducting the
asylum were embodied tn concurrent
resolutions which the house adopted
without demur and sent to the senate.
1'ialKp Bather Than Condemnation.
Thc section of the report dealing
willi thc chargeB against Dr. Saun
ders, the woman assistant physician
at the hospital, follows:
"Your committee went fully and
minutely into the complaint's insinua
tions, inuendoes, inquiry and chargea
against Dr. Eleanora B. Saundera. We
find no evidence to sustain any of
them. She ls not guilty of any inten
tion of wrongdoing. There is no
breath of even a suspicion as to her
moral character, none against her
professional reputation and conduct
und career, In her ethical department
and In all of her conduct in or nut the
Institution-the State Hospital for the
Insane. Tne few and Insignificant
acts on which complaints were based
were the direct result ot requests
from the superintendent, her superior .
officer, and were executed in the dis
charge of duty to suffering humanity,
and are to be commended and praised
i rather than condemned. Her work
and labora in the State* Hospital l?f
the Insane bears eloquent tribute io
the remarkable Initiative, aided by
tireless energy and dominated by toe
woman's overflowing love for unfortu
nate humanity, which love, energy and
tireless devotion in manifested by her
every movement of which she haa
been the mainspring and which la
shown In the results in every depart
ment on worx which she has touched,
and which even her critics tn almost
every Instance have admitted.
Condemns .Vethod of Trial.
"We condemn the method of trial
of Dr. Saunder? adopted on December
12. 1913. and hope that the records of
the state will never show a repetition
of such procedure. We refer to thia
merely to call the attention of the
members of the general assembly to
?.ho necessity of providing'against any
repetition cf such a proceeding tn the
future, as under a proper and logical
system of rules and regulations no
such proceeding could have obtained.
Irresponsible power ls that power
which ls exercised without rule or
rouser, and from which there ls no
recognized method of appeal. There
should be no auch power vested In
any person or persons In the state of
South Carolina, and there should be
rules, carefully prepared, enacted and
pa?;?-ed to prevent another auch oc
currence.
Dr. Hal-cork Commended.
"Wc commend the stand of Ute su
perintendent. Dr. J. W. Babcock, In
the acute exigency and throughout the
subs?quent aftermath, In which he
championed the right not only of hts
loyal and true subordinate and staff
officer. Dr. Eleanora B. Saunders, but
of a woman whose every Instinct la
shown to be for the right, the Inter
ests of the unfortunate patients under
her care and the best Interests of the
Institution."
Criticises Board of Hegen ts.
One of the most pointed criticisms
by the committee of the board of re
gents was the following:
"We find for many years the duties
cf the chaplain have been faithfully
performed at a salary of $25 per
month. Applications were advertised
for at said salary, but when the board
of regents met In July last to elect
a chaplain at the salary stated, after
electing thc chaplain they changed
the salary to $900 per annum, or $75
per month. We think this wrong. If
a raise in salary had been deemed Jus
tifiable and desirable, notice of lt
should have appeared tn the adver
tisement for applicants. This $600
difference per annum would have gone
far In the employment of a licensed
pharmacist and dentist, and we rec
omme&U that no salary be paid great
er than the salary advertised for la
the advertisement."
Canse of Discord Fundamental.
In regard to the cause of discord
at the asylum the committal aw:
"We find the cause of much ot the'
discord, trouble and friction leading
up to and resulting In thia Investiga
tion to be fundamental. State com t<
tutlon 1896. article 12, paragraph 2,
reads: 'Thc regente for the State
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