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~COUNTY NEWS] HEATH SPRING Evelyn Caroline, the infant da lighter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bowers, at the home, of its parents near YVestville, Wednesday, 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 J 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* j team and the Heath Spring, High School team was a very i interesting one and resulted as follows: Columbia 18, Heath [ 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 conferred on Prof. Armfield, of I Stoneboro. T* 4 IIT^n4T 4 /II r* i .inCimiAViiEi r The many friends of Mr. | James W. Plyler are glad to' have him home again. He is very much inproved after hav-1 ing undergone treatment at the! Fennell Infirmary for three weeks. Our minister, Rev. Mr. Merritt. who arrived at the parsonage some weeks ago, has his1 work well in hand. The people are very much pleased, arid are looking forward to a very successful year under his pastorate. The school of Tabernacle is in a flourishing condition. The work being done is very efli-1 cient, and by the co-operation of the pativns, this vssion bids' fair to be the best in the his-) tory of the school. Tills community can boast of having more school teachers! than any other of is size any-j where. Mr. C. H. Rowell isj teaching at this place. Mr. Geo. , F Carners at Union; Mr A. C. ] Rowell at Burord; Miss Carrie!' Funderburke at ^Jew Bethel;;' Miss Zulee Funderburk at Oak Hill, and Mr. C. A. Plyler at ' Tradesville, a former resident | of this place. Mrs. S. M. Funderburk. ofi< Birmingham, Ala., is visiting1 her mother, Mrs. Jane Plyler, of this section. > < Mr. Editor. I hope that your [ linotype machine won't "balk"' any more, as we feel lost with-1 ( ou The News. SCHOLA PUELLA. ___ ! i ANOTHER WONDERFUL RECOVERY FROM KID- 1 NEY TROUBLE. < For nearly nine years 1 was a great sufferer from what my doctor said was Kidney trouble and J my blood was out of order; enduring all that time excruciating pain in my back across my bowels. I < was drawn down so that I could only walk with my haiuks on my j knees. My doctor said he could do nothin.g for me. I tried many kinds' i of medicine but all all to no avail. ; A friend told me about Dr. Kilmer's, . Swamp-Root, and a* I had 'tried 1 everything else that I heard of, I bought a bottle of Swamo-Root1 and Lt did wonders for me. I prize J it higher than any other medicine; and I shall recommend it to my 1 friends. 1 wish to add right herei that, after using Swamp-Root for two' months I began to straighten up and am now sound and well, and feel like T might live a long time yet to tell what your medicine has done for me. Yours very truly, T. C. FLAY. 1 750 Sugar St. Marion. Ohio. I 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 ankl In fact. CHAREES W. HARERMAN, Notary Public, ^ Marlon Co., Ohio. letter tT> Dr. Kilmer & Co., niiiKniiiiiioii, .1. l Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You. Send ten remits to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bottle. ' It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuabe information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention The Lancaster "SemiWeekly News." Regular fifty cent and one dollaT size bottle for sale at all drug stores. PROGRAM OF NATIONAL MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN Laymen's Missionary Convention to be Held at Co'umbi:* i February <> to 9. Sunday afternoon, Feb. 6?t"> o'clock?"The_Task of the Mod ern unurcti," Dr. Worth, Al. Tiopy, New York City, pastor Madison Avenue Methodist church. "Spiritual Objectives for Men of Business," Dr. Edwin M. Potent, Greenville, S. C., president of Furman University. 7:30 p. m.?About three central union meetings. Monday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a. m.? Meeting of pastors for conference and prayer, led by Dr. Worth M. Tippy. "'A Tourist's View of Missions," Dr. John N. Mills, Washington, D. C. "An Adequate Missionary Motive," Rev. R. W. Patton, Atlanta, Ga., Missionary secretary for Southern Province Protestant Episcopal church. "The Big Brother Among the Nations," Dr. VV. W. Pinson, Nashville, Tenn., general secretary mission board. M. E. C. south. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 9:30 a. in.? The hour of prayer. "The Two Americas," Rev. J. G. Dale, Chester, S. C., secretary Laymen's Missionary movement, A. R. P. church. "Winning China for Christ," Rev. J. A. G. Shipley, Shanghai, China, missionary to China M. E. church, south. Member Baltimore conference, missionary since 1898. "Building the Kingdom in uuna, nev. J. k>. uowe, i an* ton, China, missionary for the Southern Baptist convention. "Financing the Kingdom," Dr. J. T. Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn., secretary Laymen's Movement for Southern Baptist convention. For five years president Woman's college at Bristol, Va. 3:00 p. m. ? Denominational conferences. Baptist at First Baptist church; Methodist at Washington street Methodist church; Christian a tY. M. C. A. hall; Episcopal at Jefferson hotel; Presbyterian a First Presbyterian church. TuooUoxr ? 7mo ? ,v. x. utoviaj ? x u| ,?iv j/. iii. "The World Crisis and Its Challenge to America," Rev. C. J. Thompson. Raleigh, N. C., field secreary for missions, Southern Baptist convention, Wake Forest university. "A Near View of the Far vnst," Rev. Wm. McDowell, D. D., Chicago, bishop of Methodist church. Wednesday. Feb. 9, 9:30 a. m. ?"Missionary Progress of Recent Years," Rev. J. 0. Reavis, Columbia, S. C., field secretary foreign missionary committee, Presbyterian church in United States. "Missions as a Personal In terest," Biship McDowell. "The Recent Missionary Opoort.ir. itv." the Rt.. Rev. William A. Guerrv, D. D., Charleston, 3. C., bishop of the diocese of South Carolina. "Getting Ready for World Conquest," Dr. D. Clay Lilly, Nashville, Tenn., field secretary Laymen's Movement, United States and Canada. Open Parliament. 3:00 p. m. ? Denominational conferences. 7:30 p. m.?"Wha I Have and What I Owe Thereby," Dr. J. Henry Harms, Newberry, S. C., president Newberry College. "Leaving Your Mark on the World," Lieut. Col. E. W. Halford, New York city, vice chair man Laymen's Missionary Movement in United States and Canada. "The Dedication of Our Money to Jesus Christ," Dr. J. T. Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn. The end of the convention is the beginning of the campaign. Workable plans for the coming years. The unchanging life purpose. Friendly Bird. An English lady residing in the country has a pet blackbird. l.ast 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 waa repeated again and again, until the caged blackbird and bis mistress bad to leave. The two birds had been separated for eight months, but recently the lady returnod to the country, and had not hung the cage up balf an hour before the same wild blackbird was seen flying down to >%is old friend. THE LANCASTER NEWS GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON STATE INSANE ASYLUM could not change his salary? there was no fund for it, no pro Vision to pay up, at the same time, to me, was I to let those patients cont'nu to sutler for the lack of that necessary skill in this institution; or should 1 make a personal contribution in order to relieve their suffering and improve their treatment? I determined, gentlemen, that I could not endure the thought of the continuance of the condition and the environment of those patients. ' Therefore, the only thing that I saw that 1 could do was to go to the b?nl and see what I could do about that money that was needed. I was well aware of the fact that the salary of an official of the state could not be increased during his term of office. Therefore, when I went to the bank and found it would take $2,375 in order to secure the services of a man who, in my judgment, would fill the position, the money was offered to me at he rate of 3 per cent, so that I determined that 1 would make that contribuion to this institution, giving my personal notes for $2,375 at 3 per cent interest, so as to pay the addi tional amount which was necessary in order to secure him. Then 1 determined to fix the I /,4" 41-.., 1....4 4. c\:t III wi lllC ^U|*CI liucimrill UJ run from May 1, 1915, to February 15, 1916, at which time this honorable body would be in session, and I would then put the question fairly and squarely up to you, whether you would make this provision for a competent and efficient superintendent. or whether you would be willing to let the institution lapse back into the condition and lapse back into the condition and treatment which prevailed here previous to his incumbency. Now, gentlemen, I feel that 1 have been justified in making that contribution. I want to say to you that here is no act of my official life that has given me more gratification. When I have seen the improved conditions in that instituiton, the improved treatment, and the results of that treatment on those patients, I feel that I have been justified in this contribution. I have done it cheerfully! I have done it gladly. I do not ask to be reimbursed for this personal contribution that I made to the alleviation of the suffering of these unforunate fellow citizens of ours. The consciousness of having done my duty fully repays me. Of course you realize that that condition can not continue. I could not go on through this next year, making provision for the salary of a state official, and that responsibility will now rest on you. I want to say to you that the benefits of that work are shown in results which you find by ar. investigation of that institu tion. I want to say further, gentlemen, that the cost of maintenance of that institution for the year 1914 was $316,443.59; the cost of maintenance of the in stitution in 1915 was $301,868. 42, saving in operating expense: $14,575 17. The a m o u n brought over from the appro priation of last year was $17, 885. Now, I want to call your at tention o the fact that saving ii operating expenses has not bee at the expense of the comfort ot tnose patients, rne averag daily number in that institi tion through he year 1915 ha been 117 patients more than i the year previous?than i 1914. With the increased avei age attendance of 117 patient the cost in maintenance hf been reduced $14,575.17. Tl per capita expense in 1914 wi JANUARY 17, 1916. j 6.18, and in 1915, $170.92. ! [ I want to call your attention; further to the fact that besides this increase in average of patients they had added for the , care of those patients 10 physicians, whose time is given en, tirely to the care of those patients, whereas before three regular physicians, giving all their time, were employed, and , three for a part of their time. One of the first, items that was taken up in the character or savings by Dr. Williams, after his inauguration into that j . office, was in the matter of the laundry. In 1914 the monthly' ; pay roll in the laundry was $702 in 1915 it was reduced to $227 a month, making a saving for ; the year of $5,700. That work, instead of being done by paid ' negro women, was done by the negro women who were in the institution, not by compulsion, nor by force, but simply by per! suasion, and being glad to get the opportunity of having occupation rather than in sitting around in idleness all the time. When Dr. Williams investiga1 ted further he found that thenwere 15 colored women scrubI bers, who took care of the white | women's ward at $10 each per month, and six men scrubbers, who took care of the men's ward at $16 each per month. Those were discharged and patients in the institution were glad to do that work. The sav'j ing in this item was $2,952 for ! the year. On the farm the cost of operi ating for 101 ."> was $9,127.49; ! the cost of operating the farm ; ;. > 1 a 1 .x ........ o i fioo / /? 1-: in i.i i > >vci.-> .p't,wo<i.i?u, iiiiiKiiiy a saving in the operating ex-' ! penses of the farm of $4,444.83. J i The saving in these items, j gentlemen, amount to $13,i 205.83. There was another item, the exact figures of which 1 did not remember to take from the re-j port of the previous year; but I want to say that whisky, priori to Dr. Williams being placed in i charge was bought at that in-; . stitution by the barrel. I want; i to say to you now that the con-! ! sumption of whisky, in that in j stituion its less han a quart per| month. Permit me to call your atten-j tion to cerain phases of this work which are simply obtained by personal inerviews, personal contact and from my personal visits to this stitution. When the plan was adopted of; Riving occupation and diversion to these patients it was found that patients there who were simply indifferent, who lay there supinely, who had no occupa tion or diversion, when they were approached and asked if they did not feel like doing some work, showed an eagerness to accept it. "I want to say that in the institution, following out the plan of giving occupation and diversion to the paients, they have now a printing plant where some of the inmates daily work; they now have a laundry where inmates do most of the work: they have kitchens where the the work is largely done by thej inmates. The inmates police thej grounds, they have a broom factory and a nmttress factory; they do knititng; they have a * sewing room, making clothes for many inmates; they have printers, and they are using many of the inmates on the farm, and in addition to that, gentlemen, there is established a departrt ment there of basket making n and fancy work. ?s Six weeks before the state 'e fair was held, they employed Miss Ausin in that department, Miss Austin came to look ovei n the field. After seeing the pan tients, she wondered if she coulc! r* do anything for them. The> ? were lying in their beds; she w could not induce them to get u{ >e for several weeks. She finallj interested them in fancy worfc ",w. ^ ?X?, . - .A. .. .. and basket making. They great- I c ly improved, and finally she in- W: terested 50 of those women, "J0 sir who had been more dead than w-', alive and not interested in any- ha thing, and they were eager in ({0< the morning when the hour fut came, at which time they could cal begin their work. Gentlemen, as a result of this, three of those ()U inmates have been absolutely tin restored ot sound mind and have a i left the institution and have Pr' arntiu hnplz f a fVwiiUnman mw<?v w viivii uMuitn. po< Now, I want to say this, that thi the number of patients who are tei now employed and given occu- $3, pation amounts to 809; that was (* V the figure given in the report a few days ago. pei It may well now be asked, after you have seen what the phy- an sical improvements have been, how that has been carried on. You have seen there in the wo words that have not yet been of * 1 : - lii.1 11 iuuuicu men cuuuiuons, mose of you who have visited them, t ell and I do earnestly urge that ev- ^ ery member of this legislature e(jj who has not been there will th< take personal interest in the th< work and feel that it is part of 1T1? his interest and see the benefits you are conferring on these peo- yo pie. ln Now I wish to say that since mj the report of the board of regent sib was made up?it was done about ry the 20th of December, at the request of the comptroller gen- ^ eral?they have found that they; ra1 carried over this balance that 1 rw have alluded to?$17,885. The gei request for annronriat.ions hv en the board of regents was based ten on their information and the figures before them on the 20th se( of December. ar< Having been in conversation re;; with some of the regents, I learn from them that inasmuch as J]v they have found that they will * cut out the item of $20,000 p which they have asked for1 th< this year for the matter of nu equipment. I, therefore, make no this recommendation that you th< will provide for the maintenance ,)r< of the institution the $325,000 m< asked for, which includes the jsalary of the superintendent and ve] all other expenses of mainten- thj ance; also provide for the $150,000 requested for the purpose sti of continuing the improve- ha ments. ^,e: . thi Just a word here in reference jyj. to their asking for $325,000,, ral where they used only $310,0001 as last year. Last year this work in* was all new to them, and they, foi knowing that their expendi- Yc tures could not exceed the ap- m? propriation, necessarily held nie down every item. They couM .vo not do certain things th?y felt kit necessary, because of this fear of exceeding the appropriation ha You can realize that the eight su months which this board and de: the superintendent have been of in charge have been active pei mnn tVia i n rloorl TU m* muvsui i ncy nave nitu VIII to go slowly having to make wa step and there are many things yo that they have kept down, but So those of you who have been to a < the institution and have seen Ca what is to be done there realize wc this work. liv As I stated to you. I feel re< that the results of the manage- to ment have justified me in the Gc appointment of Dr. Williams, rrve 4 Lancaster Sai t & Trust C I INSURi > v * + Office in !First Na I j T.ifa 1 | |A ?****>, i Glass, Accid J jT * lary and Su > * - ? lesire to say in respect to Dr. ? illiams being paid $500 a | >nth, that he does not have a ^ igle perquisite that went-- M th that office; he does noP* j ve. the use of the house; he \ bs not have water, lights, 1 ?1, vegetables, servant,horses, rriages and even automobiles lives in his own house, and does not get one cent in perisfites or anything else from xt institution, except the $250 month provided in the approiation hilLJb'flnH tVin m,>no,r ?v??\- uiuncj tich I paiff^ out of my own cket so I want you to bear is in mind that the superin ident heretofore reeled ,000 or $1,400 in these perisites, conservatively estimatwhereas Dr. Williams gets 00 a month and no a single rquisite goes with it. [ want to say just a word on other matter. I feel it is but e to the board of regents, to have given their time and ergies and thought to the >rk of this institution, to say them that I do not believe it I could have selected a ird who had more average ent along the several lines of sir training, and that knowl?e was only to be equaled bys*. 2 efficiency and ability whicffT 3se men have brought to that stitution. I have endeavored to give u a plain statement of facts inected with this institution, doing this I have discharged r responsibility. The respon?ility now rests on you to car011 efficiently and ably this ant. wnrW irr>n?nwt? ;* > 4-u:~ .. 4WVVI IV/I I I(V 111 11119 ititution will not consist in tting off expenditures, but ther in seeing that the >ney spent is wisely spent, tting a dollar's worth for ev/ dollar spent, in giving bet treatment to these patients. Remember that they come >m every county and every !tion of the state, and there ; few of us who are now repenting the people of the state 10 have not friends and relaes in this institution. Ts sre any work that can can apal to our human h.-arts to a aater degree than the care of jse unfortunates? These inites are in the institution by will or act 6t theirs, but are 2re by reason of ar. afflwtion Dught by causes beyond hum control. It is our solemn duty and obation to give these neonle the ry best treatment and skill at can be found. It is our unden duty to make this intution not only better than it s been in the past, but the *t in the land. I do not ijjge is work to the credit of the inning administration, but ther that it can be put down the result of your painsthkr, kindly and humane thought * the welfare of these people. >u can do nothing that will ike a more enduring monu>nt to your wisdom and to ur foresight, to your human idness and charity. I will leave his matter in your nds, with the confident asrance that, with the full unrstanding of the conditions this institution and itB im A. I * rauve needs, you will disarge that obligation in such a iy that it will be a credit to u, representing the people of uth Carolina; that it will be L-redit to the state of South rolina, and will show to t rid that we are Christians ing in a Christian land, and cognizing the highest purpose <! charge our duties, both to id and to our suffering fellow ;n. ?*v ^ zings Bank f ompany f \NCE | tional Bank. A' v lealth, Liability, Plate & lent, Automobile, Burg- A . I rety Bonds. ? | . I . tiUnw'...,., Mlil . M