The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 17, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
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COUNTY JVEWS|
HEATH SPRING
??Evelyn
Caroline, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Bowers, at the home of its par-i
ents near Westville, Wednes-j
day, January 12th, aged three!
months and ten days. The
little body was laid to rest by
tender hands, the day following
in the cemetery of the Westville
Baptist Church.
The Rev. R. D. Garland, of
Richmond, Va., was a visitor at
Baptist pastorium Friday
and Saturday of last week. His
sermon at the Baptist church
Friday night was most inspiring
and helpful to those who
heard if.
The game of basket-ball between
the Columbia High Schoo*
team and the Heath Spring
High School team was a very
interesting one and resulted
as follows: Columbia 18, HeathI
Springs 11.
Mrs. O. C. Croxton returned j
from the Fennell Infirmary ;
health.
At a regular communication ;
of Barron Lodge, No. 261, F. &
A. M., the first degree was con- 1
ferred on Prof. Armfield, of
Stoneboro. ,
TABERNACLE ,
The many friends of Mr.
James W. Plyler are glad to .
have him home again. He isij
very much inproved after hav- !
ing undergone treatment at,the' J
Fennell Infirmary for' three1 '
weeks. ( J
Our minister, Rev. Mr. Mer- L
ritt, who arrived at the, nnr.!
sonage some weeks ago, l>as hisi!
work well in hand. Thi? people '
are very much...uUTiseri. and are ,
looking f?r^ircf t? a very suecesslul
^ear under his pastor,
The school of Tabernacle is ,
in a flourishing condition. The \
work being done is very efficient,
and by the co-operation t
of the pntivns, this -essioii bids'
fair to be the best in the his- ,
tory of the school. t
This community can boast (
of having more school teachers 1
than any other of is size any-j *
where. Mr. C. H. Rowell is11
teaching at this place, Mr. Geo. j.
F Carners at Union: Mr A. C. 1
Itowell at Buford; Miss Carrie 11
Funderburke at New Bethel;
Miss Zulee Funderburk al Oak '
Hill, and Mr. C. A. Plyler atj
Iradesville, a former resident)
of this place. I
Mrs. S. M. Funderburk. of|(
Birmingham, Ala., is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Jane Plyler,
of this section. c
Mr. Editor, 1 hope that your;
linotype machine won't "balk" '
any more, as we feel lost with-i *
ou The News.
SCHOLA FUELLA.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL
RECOVERY FROM KID- P
NEY TROUBLE. i
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For nearly nine years I was a
great sufferer from what my doe- ,
tor said was Kidney trouble and
my blood was out of order; endur- ?
ing all that time excruciating pain J
in my hack across my bowels. 11 t:
was drawn down so that I could I*"
only walk with my hanta on mvj
knees. My doctor said he could do j
nothing for me. I tried many kinds! c
of medicine but all all to no avail j
A friend told me about Dr. Kilmer's, .
Swamp-Root, and a* I had dried | J
everything else that I heard of. T 1
bought a bottle of Swamp-Roo! i j;
and it did wonders for me. 1 prize
it higher than ativ other medicine!,
and I shall recommend it to my ,
friends. 1 wish to add right here 1
that after using Swamp-Root for two i
months I began to straighten up j
and am now sound and well, and /
feel like I might live a long time
yet to tell what your medicine has
done for me. (
Yours verv trulv.
T. C. CLAY,
750 Sugar St.. Marion. Ohio.
State of Ohio
Marion County
Personally appeared before me
this 19th day of December. A. D..
1914. T. C. Clay, who subscribed
to the above statement and made
oath that the same is true In substance
anld in fact.
CHARLES W. HARERMAN.
Notary Public.
Y Marlon Co., Ohio.i
Letter tf>
Dr. Kilmer Co.,
Rlnj<hamton, S. V.,
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do
For You.
Send ten cents to Dr. KMmer &
Co., RinKhamton> N. Y., for a sample
size bottle. ' It will convince
anyone. You will al?o receive a
booklet of valuabe inlormatlon,
? ~ 1-1 .1 - * ?
iciiiuk riiiuui me mtineyn Hllll lliauder.
When writing, be sure and
mention The Lancaster "SemiWeekly
Mews." Regular fifty cent
and one dollar size bottle for sale
at all drug store*.
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PROGRAM OF NATION AL I
MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN
Laymen's Missionary Conven- (
tion to be Held at Co'umbia
February (> to 9. 1
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Sunday afternoon, Feb. 6?|
o'clock?"The Task of the Mod- ,
ern Church," Dr. Worth M. Tip- j
py, New York City, pastor Mad- .
ison Avenue Methodist church.
"Spiritual Objectives for Men '
of Business," Dr. Edwin "M. Po- (
f.... 4- :i!.. o r* ^
ll'iUi VUCUI1VIHC, k). Vy., [JICSlUl'Ill J
of Furman University.
7:30 p. m.?About three central
union meetings. 1
Monday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a. m.? (
Meeting of pastors for confer- t
ence and prayer, led by Dr. i
Worth M. Tippy.
"'A Tourist's View of Mis- (
sions," Dr. John N. Mills, Wash- c
ington, D. C.
"An Adequate Missionary t
Motive," Rev. R. W. Patton, At- v
lanta, Ga., Missionary secretary t
for Southern Province Protest- s
ant Episcopal church. :
"The Big Brother Among the
Nations," Dr. W. W. Pinson,
Nashville, Tenn., general secretary
mission board, M. E. C. $
south. s
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 9:30 a. m.? j
The hour of prayer. *
lhe 1 wo Americas, Kev. J.
G. Dale, Chester, S. C? secre- 1
tary Laymen's Missionary t
movement, A. R. P. church. n
"Winning China for Christ," '!
Rev. .J. A. G. Shipley, .Shaug- n
lai, Chinat.yp, 1?f *.or.ary" to China },
"church, south. Member ^
Baltimore conference, missioniry
since 1898. s
"Building the Kingdom in
Dhina," Rev. J. C. Lowe, Can- p
.on, China, missionary for the
Southern Baptist convention.
"Financing the Kingdom," 1
Dr. J. T. Henderson, Chatta- tl
looga, Tenn., secretary Lay- s
u n's Movement for Southern p
Baptist convention. For five j
fears president Woman's colrwr
ii ?it \"*i
3:00 p. m. ? Denominational I1
conferences. e
Baptist at First Baptist
hurch; Methodist at Washing- j.
;on street Methodist church; '
Christian a tY. M. C. A. hall; {
Episcopal at Jefferson hotel;
^resbyterian a First Presbyte- h
ian church. b
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p. m.?
'The World Crisis and Its Chal- ^
enge to America," Rev. C. J.
Thompson, Raleigh, N. C., field
lecreary for missions, Southern
Japtist convention, Wake For- n
st university. n
"A Near View of the Far i
ist." Rev. Wm. McDowell, D.
)., Chicago, bishop of Metholist
church. P
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 9:30 a. m. sl
?"Missionary Progress of Re- p
ent Years," Rev. J. O. Reavis,
Columbia, S. C., field secretary ^
oreitfn missionary committee, .
resbyterian church in United
itates. b'
"Missions as a Personal In ct
erest," Biship McDowell. a]
"The Recent Missionary Op- (i
lortunity," the Rt. Rev. William
V. Guerr.v, D. D., Charleston. ?
i. C., bishop of the diocese of h
iouth Carolina. p;
"Getting Ready for World tl
Conquest," Dr. D. Clay Lilly, ^
Jashville, Tenn., field secretary
jaymen's Movement, United .
itates and Canada.
Open Parliament. ci
1 '(1/1 r? m nonAminrtiminl
onferences.
7:30 p. rn.?"Wha I Have and
Vhat I Owe Thereby," Dr. J. b
lenry Harms, Newberry, S. C., ir
resident Newberry College. i,
"Leaving Your Mark on the l>
Vorld," Lieut. Col. E. W. Hal- 1
ord. New York city, vice chair*
nan Laymen's Missionary n
Movement in United States and a
Canada.
"The Dedication of Our Monly
to Jesus Christ," Dr. J. T.
Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn. f
The end of the convention is 4
the beginning of the campaign. {
Workable plans for the coming 1
years. The unchanging life ,
purpose.
Friendly Bird.
An English lady residing In tbs
uuuuu / uon a jici uitu.Auiiu. i ?v
summer the bird's cage was placed In
the open window and a wild blackbird
flew down to it, looking through for
a minute or two at the prisoner and
then flying away. A minute afterward
the visitor returned, bearing a worm
In Its beak. This act of friendship was
repeated again and again, until the
caged blackbird and his mistress had
to leave. The two birds had been separated
for eight months, but recently
the lady returned to the country, and
had not hung the cage up half an
hour before the same wild blackbird
*u seen flying down to >%is old friend.
THE LANCASTER NEWS
GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON
STATE INSANE ASYLUM
L'ould not change his salary?
:here was no fund for it, no provision
to pay up, at the same
;ime, to me, was I to let those
patients continu to suffer for the
ack of that necessary skill in
his! insii itnf urn /-??- ..U/n.l.l f
.MUV4VUW1UII ^ \J L OXiUlllU 1
nake a personal contribution in
>rder to relieve their suffering
ind improve their treatment?
I determined, gentlemen, that
could not endure the thought
>f the continuance of the condiion
and the environment of
hose patients. Therefore, the
>nly thing that I saw that I
:ould do was to go to the b?nl
md see what I could do about
hat money that was needed. I
vas well aware of the fact that
he salary of an official of the
tate could not be increased durng
his term of office.
Therefore, when I went to the
?ank and found it would take
12,375 in order to secure the
ervices of a man who, in my
udgment, would fill the posiion,
the money was offered to
le at he rate of 3 per cent^s'V
*
hat I determined that V"would
lake thttt contribuion to this
Institution, giving my personal
otes for $2,375 at 3 per cent
iterest, so as to pay the addiional
amount which was necesary
in order to secure him.
Then 1 determined to fix the!
erm of the superintendent to,
un from May 1, 11)15, to Febuary
15. 11)1(>. at which time
his honorable body would be in
ession, and I would then put i
he question fairly and square )
? up to you, whether you would \
lake this provision for a cometent
and efficient superintend*
nt, or whether you would be
rilling to let the institution
ipse back into the condition and
ipse back into the condition
nd treatment which prevailed
ere previous to his incumency.
Now, gentlemen, 1 feel that I
ave been justified in making
hat contribution. I want to
i.v to you that here is no act of
ly official life that has given
le more gratification. When
have seen the improved condions
in that instituiton, the im
roved treatment, and the re
jus oi tnat treatment on tnose
atients, I feel that I have been
jstified in this contribution. I
ave done it cheerfully! I have
one it gladly. I do not ask to
e reimbursed for this personal
attribution that I made to the
deviation of the suffering of
tese unforunate fellow citizens
f ours. The consciousness of
aving done my duty fully reays
me. Of course you realize
tat that condition can not connue.
I could not go on through
lis next year, making provism
for the salary of a state offiial,
and that responsibility will
ow rest on you.
T want to say to you that the
enefits of that work are shown
i results which you find by ar.
westigation of that instituion.
1 want to say further, gentlemen,
that the cost of maintennce
of that institution for the
ear 1914 was $316,443.59; the
ost of maintenance of the inititution
in 1915 was $301,868.12,
saving in operating expenses'
?14,575.17. The amount
r>roncht. over from the annro
priation of last year was $17,885.
Now, I want to call your attention
o the fact that saving in'
operating expenses has not been
at the expense of the comforts
of those patients. The average
daily number in that institution
through he year 1915 has
been 117 patients more than in
the year previous?than in
1914. With the increased average
attendance of 117 patients,
the cost in maintenance has
been reduced $14,575.17. The
per capita expense in 1914 was
, JANUARY 17, 1916.
$176.18, and in 1915, $170.92. ja
I want to call your attention 1;
further to the fact that besides t
this increase in average of pa- v
tionts they had added for the a
care of those patients 10 physi- t
cians, whose time is given en-1 t
tirely to the care of those pa-, c
tients, whereas before three ^
regular physicians, giving all a
their time, were employed, and j]
three for a part of their time. r
One of the first items that 1<
I WOO fnl/nt. ?'? - ? A1 -1 1 '
"mo tuncu u^ in me cnaracier g
of savings by Dr. Williams, af-|
ter his inauguration into that t
office, was in the matter of the n
laundry. In 1914 the monthly1 p
pay roll in the laundry was $702 i\
in 1915 it was reduced to $227 i f(
a month, making a saving for
the year of $5,700. That work.
instead of being done by paid s
negro women, was done by the ^
negro women who were in the -y
institution, not by compulsion, ^
nor by force, but simply by per- t(
suasion, and being glad to get
the opportunity of having occu-i j
pation rather than in sittimr
ei
around in idleness all the time. %v
When Dr., Williams investiga- f.
further he found that then- vv
were 15 colored women scrub- ^
hers, who took care of the white j v,
women's ward at $10 each per pj
month, and six men scrubbers,
who took care of the men's;
ward at $10 each per month, w
Those were discharged and pa- tl
tients in the institution were n
glad to do that work. The sav-j CM
ing in this item was $2,052 for t..
tne year. Iv
On the farm the cost of oper- r<
ating for 1915 was $9,127.49; tl
the cost of operating the farm'oi
in 1915 was $1.882.06, making fi]
a saving in the operating ex- ol
penses of the farm of $4,444.83.1
The saving in these items, w
gentlemen, amount to $13,-!'1
205.83. tl
There was another item, the;
exact figures of which I did not; ^
remember to take from the report
of the previous year; butj^j.
1 want to say that whisky, prior!
to Dr. Williams being placed in j ^
charge was bought at that institution
by the barrel. 1 wanti
to say to you no?v that the con-1 aj
sumption of whisky in that in- J ai
stituion its less han a quart per Of
month. ol
Permit me to call vonr ntten-l m
tion to cerain phases of this J
work which are simply obtain* tc
ed by personal inerviews, per- w
sonal contact and from my per- la
sonal visits to this stitution. w
When the plan was adopted of J*1
giving occupation and diversion j ?
to these patients it was found I
that patients there who were|n<
simply indifferent, who lay there j n<
supinely, who had no occupa- 9*
tion or diversion, when they
m
were approached and asked if
they did not feel like doing some in
work, showed an eagerness to m
accept it.
"I want to say that in the institution,
following out the
plan of giving occupation and tl
diversion to the paients, they w
have now a printing plant where "
some of the inmates daily work ;
they now have a laundry where i ni
inmates do most of the work; a]
they have kitchens where the ^
the work is largely done by the;3
inmates. The inmates police the i *5
grounds, they have a broom ^
factory and a nmttress factory; ^
they do knititng; they have al<j
sewing room, making clothes for 4
many inmates; they have print-'4
ers, and they are. using many 4
of the inmates on the farm, andi^
in addition to that, gentlemen,, <|
there is established a depart-!?
ment there of basket making 4
and fancy work. 4
Six weeks before the state 4
fair was held, they employed 4
Miss Ausin in that department. <
1 Miss Austin came to look over <
the field. After seeing the pa-;<
tients, she wondered if she could 4
do mything for them. They 4
were lying in their beds; she 4
1 coulc not induce them to get up 4
' for leveral weeks. She finally 4
1 interested them in fancy work 4
tnd basket making. They greater
improved, and finally she inerested
50 of those women,
yho had been more dead than !
live and not interested in any
rung, ana iney were eager in ,
he morning when the hour
ame, at which time they could ?
legin their work. Gentlemen,
s a result of this, three of those (
n mates have been absolutely
estored ot sound mind and have ;
eft the institution and have 1
one back to their homes.
Now, I want to say this, that i
he number of patients who are
ow employed and given occu
ation amounts to 809; that was *
he fitTUre ffivPll in thf? rpnnrf n
ew days ago.
It may well now be asked, afjr
you have seen what the phyical
improvements have been,
ow that has been carried on.
ou have seen there in the
'ords that have not yet been
)uched their conditions, those
f you who have visited them,
nd I do earnestly urge that evry
member of this legislature
ho has not been there will
ike personal interest in the
ork and feel that it is part of
is interest and see the benefits
ou are conferring on these peole.
Now I wish to say that since
le report of the board of regent
as made up?it was done about
le 20th of December, at thej*
"quest of the comptroller gen- 1
ral?they have found that they' ,
trried over this balance that I i
ave alluded to?$17,885. The y
?quest for appropriations by (
le board of regents was based 1
n their information and the
crures before them on the 20th v
r December. f
Having been in conversation
ith some of the regents, I learn
om them that inasmuch as
ley have found that they will
it out the item of $20,000
hich they have asked for'
lis year for the matter of
luipment. I, therefore, make
lis recommendation that you
ill provide for the maintenance
the institution the $325,000
*ked for, which includes the
dary of the superintendent and !
1 other expenses of mainten-j
ice; also provide for the $150,-,
i- - J ! - ?
/v requested ior rne purpose j
f continuing the improve- 1
lents. *
Just a word here in reference ;
) their asking for $325,000, 1
here they used only $310,000 ;
st year. Last year this work i
as all new to them, and they, f
lowing that their expendiires
could not exceed the ap- i
ropriation, necessarily held i
)wn every item. They couhl }
it do certain things they felt 1
scessary, because of this fear
? exceeding the appropriation 1
ou can realize that the eight J
onths which this board and <
I d an nori V* /
iv IIIV^IIU\;II t UttVC UCCII I
i' charge have been active i
ionths indeed. They have had c
> go slowly having to make i
ep and there are many things j
nit they have kept down, but i
lose of you who have been to i
le institution and have seen (
hat is to be done there realize i
lis work. 1
As I stated to you, T feel i
lat the results of the manage- !
lent have justified me in the (
i)pointment of^Dr. Williams, i
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I desire to say in respect to Dr.
W'illiams being paid $500 a
month, that he does not have a
single perquisite that went
with that office; he does
have the use of the house; he
does not have water, lights,
fuel, vegetables, servant,horses,
carriages and even automobiles
He lives in his own house, and
he does not get one cent in perquisites
or anything else from
(hat institution, except the $250
ii month provided in the appropriation
bill, and the money
which 1 paid out of my own
pocket so I want you to bear
this in mind that the superintendent
heretofore received
$3,000 or $1,400 in these perquisites,
conservatively estimated,
whereao Dr. Williams gets
?500 a month and no a single
perquisite goes with it.
I want to say just a word on
another matter. I feel it is but
lue to the board of regents,
who have given their time and
energies and thousrht to the
,vork of this institution, to say
if them that I do not believe
hat I could have selected a
xmrd who had more average
alent along the several lines of
heir training, and that knowledge
was only to be equaled bv
he efficiency and ability whioMr
hose men have brought to that
nstitution.
1 have endeavored to give
roil a plain statement of facts
connected with this institution,
n doing this I have discharged
ny responsibility. The responsibility
now rests on you to car*y
on efficiently and ably this
rreat work. Economy in this
nstitution will not consist in
utting off expenditures, but
ather in seeing that the
noney spent is wisely spent,
.retting a dollar's worth for ev
*ry dollar spent, in giving bet:er
treatment to these patients.
Remember that they come
*rom every county and every
section of the state, and there
ire few of us who are now representing
the people of the state
,vho have not friends and rela.ives
in this institution. Is
here any work that can can appeal
to our human hearts to a
rreater degree than the care of
hese unfortunates? These innates
are in the institution by
to will or act of theirs, but are
here by reason of an affliction
iroupht by causes beyond hunan
control.
It is our solemn duty and ofH
igation to give these neonle flip
;erv best treatment and skill
;hat can be found. It is our
lounden duty to make this institution
not only better than it
las been in the past, but the
lest in the land. I do not ijjge
his work to the credit of the
Manning administration, but
*ather that it can be put down
is the result of your painstakng,
kindly and humane thought
'or the welfare of these people,
k'ou can do nothing that will
nake a more enduring monunent
to your wisdom and to
four foresight, to your human
cindness and charity.
I will leave his matter in your I
lands, with the confident assurance
that, with the full un- I
ierstanding of the conditions
if this institution and its im- I
lerative needs, you will discharge
that obligation in such a 3
vay that it will be a credit to I
fou, representing the people of
South Carolina; that it will be I
i credit to the state of South
Carolina, and will show to tJhe W
,vorld that we are Christians
iving in a Christian land, and
ecognizing the highest purpose
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