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'^^?feasaBaBsi*?KS5SBH?a=aH5?M The Port Hill Times.!: DEMOCRATIC. ] P jblishevl Thursday Mornings. _ . ' < B. W. & W. R. BRADFORD... FUBI.ISIIFKS ( W. R. Bradford . Editor B. W. Bradford Manaof.b ' Subscription Rates: One Year $1.26 Six Months... 66 ' On application to the publisher, advertising rales arc made known to those interested. 1 The Times invites contributions on live subjects, j but does not agree to publish more than 20o words on any subject. The right is reserved to edit ' every communiratiort submitted for publication. ( Telephone, local and long distance. No. 112. FORT Mil.!,. S. O.. JANUARY 27. 1!?10. ] ????????????????? Deplorable Asylum Conditions. < ? While the press of South \ Carolina had prepared the pub lie to expect disagreeable re vela- ] tions in the report of the committee appointed at the 1909 session of the Legislature to investi- gate conditions at the State I Hospital for the Insane, the public was not prepared for the: astounding disclosures of the j ' inexcusable state of affairs which the committee alleges exists. The grossest violation of the ordi-; nary rules of decency and sanitation are pointed out in the committee's report. In the negro wards, where the death rate is is abnormal, filth and squalor abound everywhere and there is little pretense of treating the pa- _ tients. They are simply herded j ^ like so many cattle in a slaughter pen. The report is illustrated with photographs of various departments of the hospital and these photographs depict more impressively than the language of the report, plain and unreserved as it is, the horrible situation which has come about as the result of mismanagement, crimi- i nal carelessness and incompe- e tency. F The regents of the hospital seem to have had little regard a for the welfare of the institution, e doubtless exercising more care in F collecting the mileage and per diem allowed by the State for * services which were not rendered J than in conscientiously perform- j ing their duty. It is outside of reason to conclude that the in- j ~ decent, filthy and brutal con- i djtfons which the committee points out grew up in a day, a year or five years. This being (rue, there is no escape for any member of the board of regents1 who has served during the last half dozen and more years from a share of the opprobrium which the report carries. All seem to have accepted the State's pat- | ronage under false pretenses. j; They have not earned the com-. pensation the State has paid them for faithful service. If the present board of regents do not resign at the earliest possible moment, the governor should rise to the occasion and remove them. Such a course would be in the | interest of humanity and the 1 governor would be generally(' commended. Superintendent J. W. Babcock is to blame not one whit less for the state of affairs at the hospital "than are the regents, past and present, and if he does not lose his position it will be surprising. The friends and apologists of Dr. Babcock may rush into print with appreciations of his worth as a physician?none will be brave enough to claim any executive ability for him?and allege that he has remained with the institution at a great personal financial sacrifice, but all this will hardly offset the bald statement that he has allowed the affairs of the institution to drift along regardless of the health and comfort of the inmates, upon the specious plea of economy, and has come precious near destroying the usefulness of the hospital by failing to attend to his du . ,>S LJIi W:"' ? - * ;ies. He seems to have spent to( much time searching for rare old pieces of Chippendale furniture ind running to and fro over the country proclaiming the direful things threatening from pellagra, this last phase of his wasted energy resulting in untold damagt to the South, with accompanying neglect of the patients undei his care. Of course it is imperative that the Legislature make financial provision to pift the hospital ir better condition to care for the 1,500 inmates. It is of no great moment whether the money foi the purpose is raised by taxation or a bond issue. It is unthinkable that present conditions be allowed to continue. The public demands that immediate steps be taken 10 relieve these unfortunate and helpless wards of the State. To refuse thorn the consideration they deserve, would be inworthy a humane people. FOR SALE -One horse, one mule am a one-horse wagon. Cheap for casl or will sell on time. Also, I will bu\, 100 bushels corn, in ear. L. A. HARRIS. t.OST?On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, bate! of notes, aggregating in amour I $1,900. Reward for return to Times office. J. L. ADKINS. Come one and all and see "CJrippIed Jim" for your Cabbage Plants. Also fresh Oysters and Hot Lunches for sale by J. H. Patterson. ro our friends and customers: HERE'S OUR HAND. 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