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L Treat States' ~ With Moi \ OUTLINE OF PLANS OF SUPERINTENDENT DlYERSlONAL OCCUPATIONS TO BE PROVIDED FOR INSANE. Special Levy For Asylum Will He Used to Remodel Dormitories and Erect Auxiliary Buildings. i I The State, 29th. ?<J. t\ Williams, supennienaeni 01 me State Hospital for the Insane, made yesterday a partial announcement of the changes in the management and improvement in the plant of the institution. The reorganization and enlargement of the medical staff is un- i der way. The staff will be Leaded by W. C. Sandy, M. D., an alienist of ten years' experience in institutional work. The physical improvements to be made at once in the plant include the* rer modeling of the dormitories which are in the worst condition and the erection of auxiliary buildings. Dr. Williams has already found that it will be possible to cut down the cost of maintain-1 ! ing the State hospital, but it is t'..e| policy of the board of regents to usei j the money saved in increasing the staff | of nurses and attendants, thereby giv-1 ing the patients more attention. In the past the hospital has been; subjected to investigation by a num-; ber of legislative committees. TI).ese committees made various reports on conditions they found, but undoubtedly the cause of much of tl e trouble at | 4-V.^ Vvim'+o 1 ii-oc! tViq lQr>lr i-\f ppnfV3.1!- I I tuc n liiv iuviv Vi w ~ - I zation in its management. The last' general assemHy remedied this defect j l by passing an ict making the super-1 L intendent of t':e State Hospital for! I the Insane responsible only to the. i board of regents and placing every em. j ploye at the 'hospital under the direct control of the superintendent. 1 Using Special Levy. Realizing also tf.at almost the en-' tire plant of the State hospital was| antiquated and in part absolutely un-.! fitted for the purpose for which it was; used, the last general assembly appropriated $500,000 for the rehabilitation and remodeling of the present buildings and for the erection of auxiliAr-v hnilrtines. The aDDroDriation was divided into four parts, the first | of which became available this year. I A special State levy of 1 mill was P placed in tJ:e appropriation act to raise the fund for the improvements at I the asylum. Architects are now at work on the plans for remodeling the buildings at I tie State Hospital for the Insane. The ground plans have been completed already. From them the board of rem gents has been able to get an idea of how the $150,000 appropriated this year can be expended to best advan tage. ^ 2 f V> a on v?lio \J11H Ui LlltT ill SI UJ. I..LIC auAuiai; buildings to be erected at the State H hospital will be a model dairy. It will r be erected according to plans furnished by the federal department of agriculture. The dairying experts at ClemI son college will give the board of re| gents the benefit of their knowledge of proper methods of construction and I management. In the building of the I new dairy the board Qf regents has I in view the creation of a model which i * farmers of the State can follow. The ^ hiiildine will cost about $5,000 and | s* will house 150 milcfn cows. It will be modern and as sanitary as it is possible to make it. ' Auxiliary Buildings. Other new auxiliary buildings which the board of regents propose to erect at tte State hospital this, year from the j fund appropriated for the purpose ink elude a central kitchen, cold storage | and ice plant and a central heating plant. The remainder of the appro^^priation will be used to remodel and Bienlarge the wards in the various buildings which are in the worst condition. rAt present the food or tne pauems is cooked in different kitchens. In a central kitchen it will be possible to preI pare the meals of t):.e patients more L economically and palatably. The board W ards ? dern Methods] 1 v,;' regents be.itves that a great sa\-j i in? can be mad-' in the cos; o: .= t' , J , and other perisha'.)> foods by buying < i .em in bulk and keeping them in c<> a : storage at the hospital. The same 1 lam; , used for cold storage will al.-o man-' ufacture ice for less than it can be j j | bought. i ' When the present board of regents j undertook ? e direction of the State j hospital and its rehabilitation they found in the building ST different | heating units. There were, steam and r ot air furnaces, stoves of every type, ( gas, electric, wood and coal?fire- a places and grates. Each one of these j units was a separate fire menace. It is hard to imagine anything more horrible than a fire in one of the old ( buildings at the State hospital. The , ! central heating plant will reduce the ? fire menace exactly S6 units, besides ( promising an economy in the cost of ( fuel. 1 New 3Iedical Stan. t Far reaching and important as the improvements in tv.e physical plant of j t the State hospital are, they are really j f secondary, as far as the patients are I ^-rr>nri +r? tiiA fhnnsrps in manage-' tuuv-tiuv,u, <1 ment which the new superintendent,!,. C. F. Williams, >1. D., has already put! , V I 1 into effect and intends to put into ef-; { feet. Realizing fully that a disease of j the mind requires treatment just as does a disease of t'' e body, Dr. Wil- s liams is determined to make the State t hospital a hospital in reality as well as in name. j j "The percentage of cures effected on j c those diseased mentally is low," said j c Dr. Williams yesterday, "but the State | hospital wants to cure w' en it is pos-j s sible and when it is impossiDie men j ( to do the next best thing?make the \ j remainder of the life of the patient just as pheasant as can be made." T .e new medical staff will be headed by W. C. Handy, M. D., an alienist of 1 ten years experience in institutional ; work. He is a graduate of Cornell * university and of the College of Phy- 1 sician and Surgeons of Columbia uni- ? versity. He has worked in the State c hospital for t'.e insane at Trenton, X. c J., and will come to Columbia from the State hospital for the insane at 1 Kings Park, X. Y. Dr. Sandy will be medical inspectosr c of the South Carolina Hospital for the 1 Insane. He will take the position in * ten days. Ftflminp HI Patients. I * Besides the medical director, the t f members of the medical staff will be a senior physician, a woman physician, c a pathologist, two junior physicians 1 and three internes. The internes will * be selected from the graduating class c of the South Carolina Medical college. * It is the policy of the management of the hospital to employ as internes ? graduates from t!~e State college. In < this ways it expects to build up its * medical staff from physicians trained 1 in the State . When the present bord i of regents took charge they found i six physicians to care for the 1,750 in- j 1 mates of the hospital. Manifestly, so J t small a staff was not enough for the j t needs of the institution. t As soon as the new medical staff is t chosen every patient in the hosiptal 1 will be carefully examined physically as well as mentally. The patients will be classified for treatment according t to the type of disease of the mind from 1 wtich they are suffering. This will enblea toe sufferers to be treated for t thpir mental ailments according to z the most advanced methods. ' r Diversional occupation is going to ^ be given henceforth a prominent part 2 in the lives of t'^e patients at the 2 State hospital. Alienists everywhere | j have come to recognize that idleness! 1 is one of the worst things for t):eji insane. They need amusement and' 1 recreation. One of the easiest and best: c ways to furnish them is by providing occupation which diverts the patienes' minds. c Accordingly, a big work sibop will | t be built immediately at the State j > hospital. In this shop patients will do! ( repair jobs, make shoes, brooms, mat- c tresses, socks and stockings. T:.ere i will be no forced labor in the work ( shops, but patients able and willing to < i ^ ^ HH ]gc B .vork will bo allowed to jmase tln-m-: id.es by doina so in the shop. The ; :aii< nts will be in charze o:' a;t*: nil-. :nts in iiie shop as t .< y an- now when i dling in the ward.4-:. DhKion 01 i'a-ii'n-s. Dr Williams loan 1 on hi- roca-ni ' , .1 r.<)i 10 w::i/irals M;I i:I\-aD' \A several Sta: -s t' at it was a uni\ a 1; *ule 10 give patients employmentvhir-h vv.'m: (' mverr tiicm. i '! , ! C arrying cut tne ne <x policy 01 a:u-t cloying patients about ilu- plant \\h n' t was possible to do so, Dr. Williams j las discharged all but ten 01' t..e paid) aundry wcmen at the hospital auJ put j )atients in the places of the others, j n a s'. ort time these will be dismissed, rhere were 43 employes in the launiry, drawing a total of S669.~>0 in saltry every montn and doing work which s done just as efficiently by patients. r':.e patients'do the work in the launIry gladly and well. The only paid *-.1 ni-nc. rlioro nr?\V hpsidf><? thp 10 :iu.yivj co uitiu nw ? , ?w oundresses, are the mechanical engineer and two people to check the :loii.es when they come in and go >ut. The same policy has been carded out in other departments and parents have supplanted paid employes. The same system of employing parents '":as also been adopted on the arm connected with the hospital. The )atients are sent out in details of 10 >r li' in charge of attendants. Tliey ;eem to enjoy the farm work. A rad' ~ ~ 1 n r\ n in cai cnange us itiso uctii ma.uu ah i he kind of crops grown on the hos)ital farm. Heretofore it has been ievoted largely to the production ol staple crops. Now it will be devoted o growing truck crops w>. icli will be ised to feed tne patients. T. A. Brown, an experienced truck grower, )f Beuiifcrt, has been made manager >f the farm. He has a good crop of | egetables under way, all of which will ; jo to the patients' tables. The bulk j ;f t1 e vegetables used at the hospital j lave been purchased for years past. [ More Attention. "The voluntary work of the patients ' n the shop, in the laundry, on the arm and on the grounds means a savng in money for the hospital," said 3r. Williams yesterday. "The money >aved in this way will De used 10 m;rease the efficiency of the hospital md to enable it to treat the patients nore effectively. For instance, the lumber of nurses and attendants has >een increased. The basis of attendance for the future at the hospital s one nurse or attendant to 10 or 12 jatients. T:.e number of patients in j :harge of a nurse or attendant will de- j >end, of course, 011 the condition of re patients, the worse off they are the ewer the number to be assigned to me attendant. Comparatively few lurses or attendants are needed by .he chronically insane, w:hile acute :ases need close and constant attenion. Dr. Williams is devoting most of his | ittention just at present to working' )ut a system of daily reports from ?very branch of the hospital which vill enable him to know exactly what s taking place. T'_e institution is be-: ng diveded into departments, the I leads of which are directly responsi- J )le to Dr. Williams. With a good sys- j ? wiii i em of daily reports, ur. wiiuauis winj )e able to give everybody any informa- j ion they require about the State hos-1 )ital witli minimum of time and ef-! ort. Dr. Williams thinks that there are >etween 200 and 300 patients in the lospital who are not insane ana yiiose mental condition is such that hey could be cared for in county ilmshouses, if they have no homes or elatives. Most of these people are veil advanced in years. Their minds ire dimmed, but they are not insane md have not place in the State Hos-j >ital for the insane. It will be im)ossible to tell how many of the 1,700 nmates of the asylum are not insane mtil the examination of patients is I completed by t):e new staff. reiiagnn rroDiem. Dr. Williams said yesterday that one >f the greatest problems confronting he management of the hospital now ,vas to guard against the admission >f patients in extremis. This is espe- . lially true of pellagrins, many ol jvhom are brought to the hospital in a lying condition, when there is absolutely no chance to save them; t'.:er are too sick to travei and snould bo | kept a?. home. Recently patients haw! died on the way to the ospital. Ir is j apparent, that patients too sick to; travel are harmless, although their; minds are affected. Consequently, the management of the Suite hospital i-i tiying to prev nt the s 'ndiug of taeni; I to the institution. ; During us meeting recent .v in C | lumbia tlie State board o:' c ariti: and corrections inspected the State j hospital and State Park. The mem-j bers of the board of regents and the: board of charities went over the plans j for the changes in t! e plant and discussed the reorgauization in the management. The board of regents of the hospital and t e State board of charities and corrections are cooperating closely. The fiscal agent of the State board of charities and corrections, who is to be appointed soon, will inquire into the financial status of patients-at t'.'.e State hospital and make a report to f a >?/-i r\ f rnannf C! oo-flnt Will 111 VJ UUUi U \J 1 I tQV/iUO. JL 11 V_ " li* go to ..is work under the act creating the State board of charities and corrections. RAILWAY MAIL PAT FROM I . S. GOVERNMENT Atlanta, May 27.? Railroad executives representing 90 per cent of the entire mileage of the country, among them officials of leading Southern roads, at a recent meeting approved the course of the committee on railway mail pay in its efforts to secure from t' e United States government adequate compensation for transporting the mails, and urg^d that congress enact a law giving the interstate commerce commission the same jurisdic tion over man tramc mat 11 now nas over other classes of traffic. Unanimous approval was given the following reforms of the present law which the committee has urged: 1. That the mails be weighed, and the pay readjusted, at least once a year, on every railway mail route, instead of once in four years, as at present. 2. That the railroads be paid for, or | rolipvori frnm fho rlntv nf rrvin ^ A \/HV T vu 14 W U W VJ Vi. vt** * , ***3 I the mails between railroad stations and postoffices. 3. T<:.at the railroads be paid for apartment postoffice care?for which; the present law allows no pay?on aj QAlltln Ai*n uvruuivi AX Premier Carrie Announces Low I to .Charles The Southern Railw; excursion tickets from al to Charleston, S. (J., on J return limit June 10, ac Benevolent Protective Or The following fares named: Columbia $4.10; Winnsbo Hill $6 00; Fort Mill $6.25, Spartanburg $6.go; Greenville; $7.50; Greenwood $6.55; New ? - ? < 1 _ r? _ Johnston $4 70; /UKen $3.05; $2.65; Branchville $2.25; St. M; Sumter $3.^.5; Camden $4.15; ately reduced fares from other These fares are opei and will afford an unusu few days at the seashore For further informa agents or write to? S. H. McLEA> I nnnc For the Easiest, Quickest, I Lasting Shine?Choose 2 in 1 ? " Easy-Opening'' Box. All D< The F. F, DALLEY BUFFALO, N. Y. HA pro rata basis with the compensation for full railway po.-toffice ears. Among the lines operating in t :e South represented at the meeting were Southern railway. Norfolk and WestU . ..li.Adl.n 0,1,1 in;.., i ill, iir.- a i\v *ix:u v/nxv/, j Central. Loui-.iile and Xashvillc. X. and Sr. Lo.. R. F. and P., Atlantic Coast Lino and Seaboard Air Line. The Gen-' oral Managers' Association of t< o Southeast and ihe Short Line Railroad association were also represented. ? AFTER SUFFERING TWO LONG TEARS Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Minneapolis, Minn.?"After my little one was born I was sick with pains in : my sides which the mmmm ^?ct?rs sa^were caused by inflammation. I suffered a great deal every ||| month and grew very |(? Jjpj| thin. I was under the j liSik ^ doctor's care for two j years without | Iany benefit. Finally / / / after repeated sug/ r^kX-^J / gestions to try it we I ft -"W / g0t Lydia E. Pink- i ham's Vegetable Compound. After tak-j >ng the third bottle of the Compound I; was able to do my housework and tod?y j V?/^O1 "fViTT T TITlll ! X <3.111 JLiUilg ailU licaiui^ again. j. ??m : answer letters if anyone wishes to know | about mv case. "?Mrs. Joseph Aselin, 628 Monroe St.,N.E.,Minneapolis,Minn. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and today holds the record of being the most successful remedy we know for woman's ills. If you need such a medicine why don't you try it? If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will help you,write to Lydia E.Pinkliam jjieaicinefjo. (confidential) Lynn,Mass., for advice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence. Railway sr cf^the South i j T_:_ 17_ vouna i rip i aics iton, S. C. iy will sell low round trip I points in South Carolina une 6, 7 and 8, with final count State Association der of Elks. will apply from points ro $5.25; Chester $6.00; Rock Yorkviile $6.50; Union $6.05, 57.45; Anderson $7.75; Gaffney berry $5.40; Batesburg $4.85; Blackville $2.95, Oiangeburg atthews $3.05; Lancaster $5.35; Kershaw $4.80. Proportionpoints. a to the public generally al opportunity to spend a at small cost. tion apply to local ticket J, Dist. Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C. lUjH IniB 5nfeK&r WSBS BBS SSshBH ^mSaSSPP i i VTost Brilliant and Shoe Polish! In the ialers, 10c. per Box, CO.,. Ltd, - - . . -r ^ d XI IYI i L i y ni i ^ ? 11 NOTICE OF ELECTION IX FORK SCHOOL I) I.ST KM T, No. SS. Whereas, one-t frd of the resident j electors and a like proportion of tne resident freeholders of the ago of 21 years. cf Fork School District, Xo, <j-> ui me ^oumy ol .\ewoerrj, siaia : oi Souf.. Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Xewberry County, Sout-i Carolina, petitioning' and requesting that an | election be held in said School District on the question of levying a speI city annual tax of two mills to be coi1.i j._ i ? J.-1 it. iculcu uu me propeny iocaieu in me said School District: Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County. Souti'a Carolina, do hereby order the Board of trustees of the Fork school district, Xo. 55 to hold an election on the said question of levying a two mill tax to be collected on the property located in said school district located in tlhe the said school district, whicfa said election shall be held at Fork school house, in said school district Xo. 55, at which, said election shall be held at Fork scfrool liouse, in said school distritc Xo. 55, on Saturday, June 5, 1915, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of said school district shall act a3 managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said school district and return real or personal property for taxation, and Who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to 'vote. Electors favoring the levy of such tax shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" written or printed tfiereon, and such elector opposed to sucfi levy shall cast a ballot containing tfce word "Xo" written or printed tnereon. Given under our hands and seal on May 15, 1915. GEO. D. BROWN, S. J. DERRICK, J. S. WHEELER, County Board of Education for Newberry County, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry.? Court of Common Pleas* Prin<rlp Rrntl'-prs a fnrnnrnHrm Plain tiff, against I. H. Compton. Defendant. J. W. Norwood, Plaintiff, against I. H. Compton, Mary J. Carwile and Summer Brothers Company, Defendants. By virtue of executions to me directed in the above causes, I have levied on and will sell on the 7tb day of June, 1915, the same being salesday, within tf:e legal 'hours of sale, at public auction in front if the court house for the said county of Newberry, State aforesaid, tne rouowing aescriDea real estate of I. H. Compton, to-wlt: All those lots lying and being situate in the county of Newberry, ?tatp of South Carolina, near the station of Gary's, as follows: One lot being known as Lot Xo. 6 of the Nine Acre Tract if lands of James J. Reeder, deceased, containing one and 8-100 (1 8-100) acres, more or less, bounded by the C. X. & L. railroad, lot Xo. 5 o i C:e Xine Acre Tract, the Laurens road 3.UU 1UIS ->US. i, a auu */ ui .Acre Tract; being the same lot conn-eyed to I. H. Compton by A. C. Whitmire by deed recorded in Book 16, at page 665. Also, one other lot, being known as lot No. 5 of said Nine Acre Tract of James J. Reeder, deceased, containing one and 10-100 (1.10) acres, more or less, bounded by the C. N. & L. railroad, lot Xo. 4 of the Nine Acre Tract, the Laurens road and lot Xo. 6 of the j iXine Acre Tract same being the lot j conveyed to I. H. Compton by N. C. Whitmire by deed recorded in Book i ^ - /?/?/? l ib, page odd. Also, two lots conveyed tc I. H. Compton by D. P. Boyd by deed recordi ed in Book 15, page 582, said lots conJ taining 92-100 and 96-160 of an acre, more or less, respectively, being lot Xo. 4 and lot No. 5 of the "Polly Patdh" i of James J. Reeder, deceased, and i bounded by lots Nos. 3 and 6 of said I "Polly Patch," the Laurens road and land formerly of Mrs. S. E. Kennerly. The said two last mentioned lots will be sold subject to a mortgage tfhereoa I to D. P. Boyd. ! Said real estate being levied on and sold as the property of I. H. Compton. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, revenue stamps and ! recording same. | CANNON G. BLEASE, ! Sheriff for Newberry County, S. C. ii Barbecue at 3It. Pleasant. A barbecue will be served at Mt Pleasant church on July 17 for the beneft of the Methodist parsonage at Pomaria. Every one is invited to come and get a good dinner and 'help a good cause. G. H. Cromer, Chairman of Committee. NOTICE. ! Oil account of the small commutation tax paid this year, there will be no more money for dragging roads. J. . SAMPLE, 5-19-2t. County Supervisor. j > '