University of South Carolina Libraries
J|ije JeralD and Jems. Centered at the Postoffice ^ vVw S. C., as 2*xi class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, February 21, 1914. We think the house of representa rives was right in killing the Car lisle bill, which had passed the sei] ate, to repeal the income tax law. A The Herald and News pointed 01 wtoen this bill passed the senate a this session, an income tax law eir bodies a just principle, and if there i <-? ritrhtannc law which is nc*t t)ein (X J. i^Ulwu^ .? enforced, the remedy is not to kill t.h law, but to provide the means for it enforcement. The income tax law i South Carolina is far from perfect, bt we would have regretted to see Sout Carolina abandon the policy. We hop to see the next legislature perfect tb law and provide the means for its er forcement. It is in line with the jus and righteous policy of governmen that citizens should be required t .-^rvn^rf tho wwrnmptif according: t C luv w their financial ability to do so. The senate has been slashing the ap propriation bill. There is no doubt o the fact that the bill carried a start ling amount, as it passed the house and that a judicious reduction in several particulars would have been wise Taxes are very high in South Caro lina. Every department of the gov ernment ought to be run efficiently and there ought to be sufficient pa; to secure an efficient administratis of the government, bu't, as has beei said manv times before, there is sue) a thing as efficiency with economyor economy with efficiency, as om may wish to put it. No tax-payer cai justly complain of necessary appro priations, because necessary appro priations are in the interest of thi tax-payer, but a gr^at many times ap propriations are urged as necessar: which can -very well wait awhile, o; which we can very well get alonj without altogether. THE ASYLUM INVESITGATIOX The report of the committee to in vestigate the affairs of the State Hos pital for the Insane is published ii another column. It seems to us to b< a fair and impartial finding from thi evidence and the facts as they exis at the institution, and the committe< has pointed out the real trouble fo. the friction in the management of thi asylum, and the rules laid down ii a resolution offered for adoption . b: the legislature, if carried out by thosi who may be in charge of the institu tion, will go far toward making peac< and doing away with friction. Two other matters suggested by th< rnmrmttpp have been ereatlv needed The physicians to be resident at th< institution and to give their entin to the patients and a business manager, so to speak, who will look aftei the buying and the material interests The committe also recommends the continuance of the work at State Park It is too late now for any provisior to be made for this for the presem year, but the State will be the losei by stopping the work. We must be neve tnai me meniDers aia not realize how much money had already been invested in this work and how much il would cost by disorganizing the forces and the loss of equipment. The work couM have been continued at less cosl now than if it should be discontinued for a year. Another mistake made by those who were in favor of continuing the development was to connect the development with the sale of the property in Columbia. The two propositions are entirely distinct and one should nnt Ka TnoHo o on on H or? t nr? f Vi o rvtVl or rnuuv uv/yuuu^a u vu viic. . THE SCHOOLS. The discussion of the provision ol 'he appropriation bill relating to the educational department by the senate; it seems to us, showed a lack of information on the part of the senators aiding pari in tne aiscussion. rne legislature has heretofore passed four separate acts in regard to State aid for rural schools, and laid down certain conditions upon which the schools may i;articpate in this State aid. A great [ ~ f ! many schools in different parts of the tfc ! S:ate have complied with these con| ditions. So long as thes acts remain u c; - , on the statute book it is the duty of P< 1 the State to make provision to carry j I cut its part of the contract or condition j 1 1|b; iu ue To place this money in the h.inds ! ^ ~ i of the State board of education is ^' : j iC not a centralization of power and all i ^ ". the State board can do is to see that j i l" j the schools asking for aid have com- ! a I s i plied with the requirements of the act lt i of the legislature. i8 lt i We knew several schools i:i this j, l" i county that were induced to vote a y 3 | four mills tax on the condition that ? j by so doing they would get $200 a ; e j year for maintenance, and for the leg-! c J b ! islature to fail in making the appro- !, I I 11 ' priaticn would be bad faith with these 1 o t I j 11!'schools and put them whehe they ir I could not pay their teachers. The P ,ejSame is true as to high schools and ; 0 j the building and term extension acts. ^ l" J We are pleased to note that the p ;t-senate has left the appropriations in p ; the bill. The most important of all the a: 0 j acts offering State aid is the rural n' 0 i graded school act and that was the ' - 11J one that seemed to have the most opi position. j ui If it is not intended to give the a* f appropriation then repeal the law, but i " so long as the law remains it is the m duty of the legislature to make the ap- a. " propriation. j aj ^ fi] th The committee to examine into the . in affairs o>f the asylum made no report n{ ' as to the charge of Senator Tillman h( ' that the "hirelings and satellites" of, 1 the governor were trying to sell the pi CXI property in Columbia and at State ^ jar Park. Well, there never was any j ^ foundation for such a statement. 1 th B i It seems to ug the trouble at the ac 1 institution, and all agree there was u th f'iction, could be remedied as sug-j? ;fif gested by the committee, and if it can- cj. & i not be dnoe by a consurrent resolution,1 ar the regents themselves together with j ra y the superintendent, could formulate a ! r I Hi set of rules which would carry out the ! tr plan suggested by the committee, and ' . I ! j insure peace and cooperation on the n? j part of all who are connected with flc ! me lusLiiuiiuii m us iududgcmcxxi. |--? vc As to their finding in regard to Dr. . I m Saunders there was nothing else for m 1 them to do. There has never been any j 2 charge against her moral character | w 3 and no one could question her effi- jw 1 ciency. ' jin 3 The recommendation for resident j D r physicians for the wards is entirely | ^ a | proper and certainly in the interest of i oi 1 the proper care of the unfortunate in- i ti< r mates. 2 at - ASYLUM INVESTIGATING j?' fAMTIITTPl? PFPAKTS i;i v a (CO XT IXU ED FROM PAGE 1 ) 3 , re son to whom it is administered, and j more especially to the helpless pa- j1<3 tient, dependent only upon the wis- |01 dom of the physician and the pre- > 'scription compounded. Dentist. 1 S: What is said of the pharmacist may ; . j S? truly be applied to the dentist; he J should by all means be a licensed one ' S13 i with some experience. t Chaplain. We find, for many years the duties j ^ I of the chaplain have been faithfully j ^ ' I perlormed at a salary of $300 per an-1 1 til 5 num. or $25 per month; applications;^ were advertised for at said salary, but i when the board of regents met in July 1 ? I 01 last to elect a chaplain at the salary ( ^ 5 I Of stated, after electing the chaplain tney j ^ " changed the salary to $900 per annum, ' u I GS : or $75 per month. We think this .. ! i ne I 'wrong. If a raise in salary had been . I in: deemed justifiable and desirauic, no* | tice of it should have appeared in l"**' j advertisement ror applicants. rne j ^ $600 difference per annum would have j * gone far in the employment of a li- i ^ ' censed pharmacist and a dentist, and 1 co i we recommend that no salary be paid greater than the salary advertised T3. called for- in the advertisement. I co Rules and Regulations. j ea Th^re should be a rigid system of rules and regulations proposed and j ar ; promulgated by the board of regents, j , but there should also be some funda- ! mental rules and regulation adopted ! ' and passed by this general assembly ' to govern the officers of the State s Hospital for the Insane in their work i and duties. By the same authority , 06 interpreted by the supreme court qin the case of Pinckney vs. Henegan, 2 Strobart Law, page 253, and the State ex rel. Hay vs. Farnum, 73 S. C., page 170. The general assembly Si may lay down rules by resolutions for i ie guidance and government of State Ticials in the discharge of duties, and e recommend the adoption of the mcurreni lesolution that we proose and that will follow this repori. State Park. In the judgment of the committee, ased on the great preponderance of le evidence adduced during the insstigation, the Slate Park property is leal and admirably adapted to and >r the uses and purpose for which . was purchased, and ought to be nd should be developed as rapidly as le State can afford to do so, to the nd that the great congestion now ex ;ting at the State Hospital for the tisane may be gradually and comletely relieved. It is our opinion, based upon the sstimony, that all patients of the lasses which will be mostly benefited y the quiet a::d pure air of the county should be first removed thereto, nd those classes only which can be lost advantageously treated in the resent quarters in this city be relined. There is now a modern and splen;d building completed at the State a'k, which should at once be equiped and occupied, relieving as much 5 puooiuie Lilt; uioi i cooiiiij cunsvotiuii ow so universally deplored in the tate Hospital in this city?giving [ore and better room to those who re removed and to those who are afortunately left behind?and acting ; a double blessing. Dr. Eleanora B. Sannders. Your committee went fully and inutely into .the complaints, iiisinuion, inuendoes, inquiry and charges gainst Dr. Eleanora B. Saunders. We ' iri no pvidpnpp tr> sustain anv of lem. Sue is not guilty of any wrong .tenticm or wrong doing. There is ) breath of even a suspicion as to ir character?none against herETD ' >r moral character?none against her ofessional reputation and conduct id career in her 'ethical department id in all of her conduct in o^ out of j e institution?the State Hospital for \ I e Insane. The few and insignificant i I :ts on which complaints were based ' ere the direct result of requests from e superintendent?her superior of;er?and were executed in the dis: large of duty to sulferii g humanity j id a' e to be commended and praised ; .ther than condemned. Her work and labors in the State ospital for the Insane bears eloquent ibute to the remarkable initiative, I ded by tireless energy and domi-, ited by the womanly woman's over- , >wi::g love for unfortunate humany, which love, energy and tireless de)tion is manifested by her every ovement, of which she has been the ain spring and which is shown in te result in every department of ork, which she has touched and hir.h r^ven her eritics in nlmost pverv stance have admitted. We condemn the method of trial of r. Saunders adopted on December 5th, 1913, and hope that the records the State will never soow a repetiDn of such procedure. We refer to this merely to call the Lention of the members of the genal assembly to the necessity of proding against any repetition of such ? > /v Z ^ V? /\ %?/\ r> r? vt r-J ? a piuueeuing iu iuc iuuuic, da uuuci a oper and logical system of rules and gulations no such proceeding could tve obtained. Irresponsible power that power which is exercised withit rule or reason and from which ere is 110 recognized method of apsal. There should be no such power 's:ed in any person or persons in the ate cf South Carolina, and there lould be rules carefully prepared, !op:ed and passed to prevent another ;ch occurrence. Dr. J. >Y. Babcock. We commend the stand of the su Tinteadent, Dr. .j. w. Babcock, in is acute exigency and throughout e subsequent aftermath, when he ampioned the right, not only of his yal and true subordinate and staff freer, Dr. Eleancra B. Saunders, but a woman, whose every instinct is own to be for the right, the interts of the unfortunate patients under ir care and the best interest of the stitution. Recommendations. We recommend that this report he inted in the journal and that the port and the resolution under which g acted, the evidence taken and the incurrent resoluti'on containing the oposed rules be printed in a sepate report and at least three hundred >pies, one of which shall be furnished ch member of the genral assemy and the State officers and regents id officials of the State Hospital for e Insane. T. J. Mauldin, T J. Strait, Macbeth Young, N. W. Hardin, W. F. Stevenson, J. A. Hunter, )mmittee to Investigate the State Hnsnifnl fnr the Insane. Snhscrihe to The Herald and Jfews? .50 a year?the b^st newspaper in swberry Connty. AFTHOKIZES REGENTS TO A( ( KI T TAHK IU ILDINC (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) as may be fixed by the board ol* re\ gen:s, conditioned for tae faitbfu periormai.ee of his duti- s, which du ties shall not be of a medical nature His duties and salary shall be fixod b\ the board of regents. And he shall also reside within the enclosure and give all his time and attention :o hi< | duties. 8. A pharmacist who shall be dulj licensed by the Sta'e board shall b< ' appointed by the superintendent, b: land with the advice and consent ol i the hoard oft* regents, and who mai be suspended or dismissed be the sui :-? ,1 ?? * ?,. ul 4-\ v. , t pel inceiiueiiL. buujuti iu apin:ai LU mi board of regents, and who shall give his whole time to the duties of his department,, subject to the direc-tioi of the superintendent. 9. A licensed dentist shall be ap ; pointed by the superintendent, by anc ; with the advice and consent of tlu board of regents, and who may be suspended or dismissed by the superintendent, subject to appeal to the board, of regents, and whose ho::rs ol service shall be designated by the superintendent. 10. All salaries shall be fixed by the board of regents before the election and employment of any officer or employe. 11. These rules shall not operate to prevent a.iy additional rules not inmaking any additional rules not inconsistent herewith. 12. The pathologist shall be appointed by the superintendent, by and with the advice and coLsent of the board of regents; and who may be suspended or dismissed by the superintendent subject to appeal to the board of regents. His duties and hours for labor shall be designated by the superintendent. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, paster.) Nothing preventing, the following will be the programme of divine services at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer next Sunday: 11 a. m. The regular morning service. Special addresses regarding the "Laymen's convention," recently held in Columbia will be made by Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Prof. S. J. Derrick, Hon. J. B. Hunter and Mr. Dutton. 7:30 p. m. The services will be un Spec Covered Steak Dish Large 18 in Vases. ?One to a custome Sale promptly at 2 See Our 1 3 Boxes Matches 8 Bars Soap 3 Boxes the best T 500 Tacks, big heac 20 Nutmegs 1 qt. Household Ar 1 qt Measuring Cu A ir\ /"l OV^TT AW Ijfuiiu maiij uuicjlo. On next Saturdaj Cups and Saucers, Plates, medium siz< Plates, large size, e Other Dishes in pro] Prices on galvanize! you can find elsev Dw'/iao /-vr? THr-* o mal \n'. Wil J-JllalJilyyl vv * have been selling been better than bur new and up-tofor the price of 1 ( DON'T FORGET tc Coupons given with it to you The time will sooi TTT/wvfV> r\-p -f IWUIU11 VJ. be carried away ABi WAKE UP Robins* "l I ; Absolut :j ROYAL?Sie a !} of all the bald; M the world?eel ' i great leavenin purity. It ma& 1 biscuit, bread, < | Insures you as all forms of a*! go with Hie low 5 t" irssmmmmazmwnjuju'MmamaxmixammauaB'BapnmmmmwwBmmM der the auspices of the college Y. M. C. A. President Harms will preach the sermon. 10:15 a. m. The Sunday school meets. The "blue ship" is still leading the "red ship." To win means j work. The public is cordially invited to all ; services. I t r ctpcr; 10 AND' 15 I New lot of Box or Pou: regular 25c value, as long lasts, the pound for Good Cigars Ah Anne O. Rufi ____________ ? ials For Satu r. None sold to children, p. m. Window. Specials ? 'ooth picks Is, all sizes omonia P - Call and look thern over. Now Look At This. r our prices on Crockei-y will be set 9, set ach portion. i ware will be 5 and 1 Oc cheap phere. ire will be 5 and 10c cheaper o * i i _ I. _ them at, ana you Know mai 01 elsewhere. date Ladies'" and Men's Neckw )e. Get 15 and 25c goods here ) ask for and save your coupons every 25c purchase, no matte] i be here for the grand priz st, best, and most useful goo< 30LUTELY i REE by those wl WAKE UP!! r\r?'c Ton Ppr ImTJLJL O A WW y thing Every Time For Every ~ """J si ea^Ksmk m elyPure j lost celebrated mm ng powders in v lebrated for its 1 g strength and 1 ;es your cakes, alnst te and [alteration that rprfced brands. i 4 i i i i mi?i i hi ?im?mnrrr" S ticking to Facts. .Judge. j Waverly?I'll bet a cookie the bride ; wasn't pretty. | Marcella?Why do you think that? Waverly?Because newspaper accounts of the wedding put so much stress on her fine character and sweet disposition. i ? n a Paper! " :ents pound nd Paper, Fabric Finish, ;asi! 10 & 15 Cts. vays For Sale at * & Company I ( . II irday I 25c I > m Wery Day. .. 10c 25c .....10c 5c ' ioc ; like this: II 4 25c I ier 011 the piece than n the piece than WE ir prices have always rear are marvelous ; for.__ 10c II ? " how cheap we sell e drawing. $77.50 I Is in our store will bo have been awake. it Store ' body t