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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursdoy, Jonuofy 9,1941
MASTER MAGICIAN
BIRCH
COMING TO CLINTON
HATE TRAINING SCHOOL HAS BUSY YEAR
were discharged. Of those released
,—Uluring the year, 12 were returned;
leaving a net record of 57 released.
To avoid a repetition of discussion
Twenty-third Annual Report of Superintendent B. O. Whitten Shows InsU-; ,
tuU» Well Owl>«l «d ^,1.^. Rewhe. tit f«- Yw. Stton mTt S*
Future Needs C^ted. Present Stall of Weriiers GivMi.
Editor’s Note:—^We have just read
with interest the 23rd annual report
emor Maybank, Senator Ward and
Mr. Winchester Smith, functioning as
BRINGS NEW SHOW
OF WONDERS
the board under whose control the
school operates, consists of: Christie
^^The appeal of magic and magi- Benet, chairman, Columbia; A. W.
clans is genuine and universal. It is! Reynolds, Aiken; Daniel L. Sinkler,
confined to any .nation or people,! Charlestdn; E P.. Vandiver, Ander-
of the State Training school located j the contingent fund committee
near Clinton, as transmitted to the! The general assembly, in session
board of regents. The personnel of 1940, appropriated $15,000 for per
manent improvements. As this report
is being written, great effort is being
made to negotiate a WPA
is as powerfully exerted upon J son; John A. Zeigler, Florence.
Vrown-ups’ as children. Chddren de- i d-omnW*. rdmnrf in r^^tt
of which may be deveIopedlM^4 ad
ditional dormitory space and auxil
iary service. Much apprehension is
The complete report in pamphlet! felt over the outcome of present ne-
individuals, no further commmt
would seem appropriate, except to
say that it is found advisable and
necessary to exercise more and more
discretion and caution udien plan
ning to send boys and girls out into
a stream of social life ^at seems to
be getting deeper and swifter each
y^. It is .•enrpwr^ging. to. note that
not Ihnitad to' ap
preciation only but often contain!^
exhortation to other boys and girls
to make the most of the oj^portuni-
ties the'institution is trying to offer
__ , - - - rying to
rive pleasure from a magical enter-'form, also includes reports of the!gotiations, hdwever, it being foimdjthem, are sent to us by boys and
tainment that can only be equaled by I medical director. Dr. F. L. Webb; of that we can no longer procure liberal j girls whose release was attended with
the glamour of the circus.”- So as- the school department by Miss Nor-! WPA grants and other assistance as great concern and some apprehen-
part of their lives in a state institu
tion. We referred to our plan of in
terchangeable type of departmental
grouping, viz., the school department,
the hospital department and the col
ony or h<Hne department At present,
these groups are arranged approxi
atioii bjll, making a total available
for maintenance of $181,805.67. The
contingent fvmd committee supplied
$800 to assist in buying equiinnent
for a new dormitory. During this pe-
ary to
riod, it was necessar
furnish
mately as follows: 350, school depart
ment; 300, hospital department; 163,
home department. We ask the ap
proval and support of our board to
obtain legislative auffiority and rec
equipment for a dormitory and give
aid to our WPA building project in
whatever way possible, to hasten and
insure its completion, which makes
it a bit difficult to give an accurate
estimate of per capita cost for main-
ognition to operate these departments! tenahce during the year. However,
and any other the board might wish estiipates presented art substantially
to add or^institote in a nuyum that j rad almost identically correct. The
should' allord''the^eatest poariblejdiitly per capita cost for mainte-
serted Birch, Master Magician, whoima Hallett, director of training and.fomerly, national defense being the
arill present his mystifying array of: clinical psychologist, and other data, j primary objective of the WPA ser-
gricks and illusions to afternoon andi (The financial report shows re- vice; although delay in these nego-
«i^t audiences in Clinton on Friday, ceipts and disbursements for the year tiations is apparently operating
sion. Many of the individuals are un
able to objectify this vdiole matter
sufficiently to appreciate the inter
est and service of the institution un-
advratage and satisfaction to our
children and society. There is per
haps nothing more deeply and Justi
fiably resented by all humans able to
understand anything than to be con
sidered rad called inferior and,
therefore, socially unacceptable.
It is a source of satisfaction to us
that so many individuals should ap
ply for help and yet a source of deep
nance during the last fiscal year was
$.6568. For the previous year, the es
timated daily per capita cost was
$.661.
It is estimated that a gradual in
crease in costs of comm^ties rad
other expenses during the ensuing
fiscal year will raise the per capita
cost to approximately $.677. Iliis,
however, . is something anticipated
regret that, in spite of our willing- "o* necessarily a part of the re
port of last year.
The staff, all employees and chil-
lookiiig is not forthcoming to' them ‘^ren and the superintendent wish to
January 17, in Florida Street school | of $197,725.33. The total population ^ against us, it seems unavoidable by j til they pass from its borders, a com-1 ness to consult and console the en-
anditorium, under the auspices of the!of the school is 813; number of em- reason of circumstances and compli-jmon trend of human nature. The sig-Louragement for which thev are
Kiwanis club. ployees 118. cations with which the board is fa-jnificant part of-this is that it may looking is not forthcomina to thm
— 1 (f‘'or lack of space much of the, miliar. With regret, we are unable to take a comparatively long time to * and it seems difficult for many peo-! e’^Press very profound appreciation
NO’nCE detailed information is omitted. The mclude in our report any definite judge accurately the percentage of i pie to understand whv their^ the co-operation and tremendous
’s office at Lau- report of the superintendent is plans for consummating a building successes or failures and of what de-j^ren are not selected out of a large assistance of the board in connection
^n from the 1st, P^^^shed, however, by The Chronicle Program for which the sum of $15,-|gre€, when making a critical review Ust of waittog rapuSnts whra ^‘th all interests and activities of the
Al’DITOR’S NO’nCE
The County Auditor
rens. S. C.. will be open
day of January to the 1st day interest to the many 000 was made available. [of a long list of absentees.
March, 1941, for the purpose oT tak-; friends of the institution). j Some communications come to usj Here we want to frankly confess a
ing lax returns for the ensuing year;|_ _ i expressing surprise that the institu-1 feeling many times of deep concern
chance vacancies are being filled. Let! institution.
and for the transaction of all busi-; To the Board of Regents of the State
ness pertaining to the office. For the
convenience of taxpayers, returns can
be made at the followb^g appoint-
anents throughout the county-on dates
tion i^ not initiating any plans for a I over the possibility or probability'of
building program contemplated in an j our allowing boys and girls to grow
Training School: _ _ _ __
Gentlemen: The annual report of ^ct passed by the last session of the | up among us as “soft,” irresponsible
the State Training school for the fis- general assembly, this legislation au- i individuals. Here again, we must be
cai year July 1, 1939-July 1, 1940, is^thorizing the board to borrow $200,-
•lamed below for the purpose of tak- submitted. 1900 to be supplemented by federal
ing tax returns for the year 1941: | The board has visited the institu- grants or loans for construction at
Watts Mills, Wednesday, Jan.
0 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Clinton Mills, Thursday, Jan.
0 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Clinton City, Friday, January
0 A. M. to 4 P. M.
15,
ical plant, made acquaintance with j Training school. Developments since
many employees, studied some of the i this legislation was passed indicate
details of its functions and reviewed complications both in the matter of
16,
n.;
from time to time its needs and ob-
Ijectives, therefore the superintendent
I assumes that this report will serve its
j purpose adequately and meet the
T.. J T OA ! wishes of the board by supplying a
* i p 20,|eompilation of the more important
* n ^ T Ai i statistics and brief discussion of de-
* i i P 21,
* ^ ' J T oo ! To discuss the obvious by saying
4 8 P^M^ that th^ life of the institution
* Q \v n^-n e Tan 9*1 , consists mainly of the quality of its I committee of the general assembly,
[) A M t ^ 11 A I personnel and their relationship to'the superintendent presented for the
^ 'O • • the individuals sent ■ to us for care
an advantageous source from which
to borrow funds and the probability
of greatly reduced assistance from
the federal government. Since the
board will have this matter under
careful advisement from time to
time, it does not serve any useful
purpose to make further comment
here.
At the request of the board and a
10
Renno. Thursday, Jan. 23, 12
1:30 P. M.
to
and training is permitting ourselves
committee’s consideration a program
for developing the institution, to-
concerned with the overload upon at
tendants and teachers and the tre
mendous responsibility of selecting a
personnel that will meet these press
ing needs and help us to avoid these
all too^ frequent failures. Where boys
and girls must work in comparatively
large groups, if they work at all, it
it not be said that we fail to review'
and consider with much time and
serious concern those applications as
attempts are made to exercise dis
cretionary power in the right way. It
B. O. WHITTEN, M. D.,
>. Superintendent.
Staff of Workers
Several changes in the staff of
is conceded that some selections may workers have been made since tlto
close of the year’s report. The list of
employees as of Jan. 1, [1941, follows:
B. O. Whitten, M. D., Superintend
ent.
be wrong and some mistakes made.
The subject is mentioned to assure,
the board of our desire to meet this
issue as best we can rad it is the
foundation from which we develop
our requests for additional improve
ments, not to satisfy an ambition but
to enlarge our sphere of service rad
is difficult to have each one or a assist, if we can, those who really
large percentage of them take indi- seem to be in most need and in great-
vidual responsibility and perform
good and serviceable work and sus-
est distress.
Previous reports have recorded the
tain these efforts as they should be. j insufficiency of our dairy herd and
“f!*® »“*«”«< “<J. «>« otataclCTi Mrt. C. E. Hol»n. advanwd
Cros<; Hill Friday Jan 24 10 A.M zander a bit. However, this mat-,gether with the approximate cost,j we invite your special attenuon to
2 P "m ' * ' I t6r IS of such tremendous and some- | and included in that report was a j his report and the manner in which
these failures outside, but that is not; to overcome in eliminating Bangs
a fact which gives us any feeling of disease. There has been some pro
complacency. igress made in re-building the herd
The report of the medical director j since our last report but it has been
will cover the information desired i slow. Within approximately two
with respect to sickness, health, ser-, years we should have our beef cat-
vice of the infirmary, and so forth, j tie herd developed to the point where
1 We invite your special attention t6 j it will be a good asset.
*°Mo^nu‘iIle Friday Jan 24 3 PM I importance we find our-j record of what has been made avail-[th^ 'tostitution was ■fori:^”to"deai
. , p ,. ’ • ’ • I selves being propelled into a state of j able for permanent improvements with a tremendous number of chil-
Dr. Thompson's, Friday, Jan 24,'
apprehension when we take stock of
0 A. M. to 12 noon.
our resources, our responsibilities,
achievements and preparedness to
since the institution was established, j dren suffering with influenza. The
It is worthy of mention to say that: death rate is considered remarkably
the needs were not based upon spec- j jqw in view of tlje ravages of influ-
Waterloo Fridav Jan 24 1 PM ! w uw
•p* ’ •'’ • ’ discharge the obligations and make,ulative opinion or misguided ideas as enza and other epidemics which vis-
most of opportunities now atito what they might later be. The ba
the
25*^ 9^A M^*to*^l 2 ^^n being continually antici-lsis for the information, and the
E. E. Watkins’ Store, Monday, Jan.
ited our institution during the past
F, L. Webb, MD., medical director.
Miss Lois Blakely, secretary-book-
keeper.
Miss Norma Hallett, psychologiat
rad director of training.
Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs, supervisor of
academics.
Edward J. Bohan, physical educa
tion and recreation.
aca-
The farm yield was about equal
to that of the previous year. Dry
weather periods almost eliminated
some garden yields and cut seriously
the production of com, peas and hay. |
The main products from farm and
dairy during the fiscal year were:
Oats, 2,203 bu.; wheat, 265 bu.; pork^
87, 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
Princeton, Monday, Jan.
A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
27, 11
year and the increasing number of 27,866 lbs.; poultry, 3000 lbs.; eggs,
5,066 doz.; vegetables, valuation
27^1-30 P**M°to 3 PM 'trainable employees to carry on with I think the records will show that dur-
''Js. If an employee is released for ing the twenty-two years Interven-
- inefficiency, non-adherence to rules ina. annronriations for buiMinas.
Jan. 27, 3:30 P.M. to 5 P.M.
inefficiency, non-adherence to rules ing, appropriations for buildings,
and regulations, or other causes, we equipment, water supply and all oth
pated. Experience has taught us over source from which the figures were | hosp^al cases that are sent to us
and over again that one of the major | taken, was supplied by our applica- our last report gave some detail
problems of the institution has be-1 tion files. It was twenty-two years j regarding aims and efforts at group-
come that of finding and selecting last Febmary since the act establish- j^g and training children dnd the
the most suitable, best trained or ^ ing this institution was passed. X great' concern we have always had
for a proper understanding of and' priation of $174,308 was received
respect for any and all people that maintenance, to this was added
$1,500; ensilage', 110 tons; com, 500
bu.; oat straw, 50 tons; stover, 15
tons.
For the last fiscal year, an app^-
Hicko^r^TavermnTuesday, Jan. 28,ponder the question of whether er developments, except for mainte
may have spent or be spending a $7,497,67 in a deficiency appropri-
demics.
Miss Mamie Mcllroy, Mrs. A. £.
Cleveland, intermediate grades.
Miss Louise Cox^ Miss Pauline
Hartsell, Miss Rosa Keith, primary
grades.
Miss Mildred Cummings, music.
Mrs. J. R. Sloan, domestic science.
Mrs. Miriam Poteat, habit tratnlng
and kindergarten.
Mrs. B. Milling, handwork.
Tom Plaxico, business manager.
Miss Georgia Brooker, supervisor.
Miss Elizabeth Speake, stenog
rapher.
F. D. Jones, D, D., head of devo
tional activities.
D. O. Rhame, Jr., MD., S. C. Hays,
M.D., visiting and consulting sur
geons.
F. F. Hicks, DD.S., dentist.
RUBBER STAMPS
All SizM —4)aidi S4rvica
CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
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Reeves it Hipp’s Store, Tuesday,
Jra. 28, 12:30 P.M. to 2 P.M.
Bolt’s Store, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2:30
P.M. to 4 P.M.
Owings. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 10
A3I. to 12 Noon.
Gray Court. Wednesday, Jan. 29,
1 P.M. to 4 P.M.
Jones' Store, Thursday, Jan. 30,
10 A.M. to 11 A.M.
Cooper s Store, Thursday, Jan, 30,
11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Harris' Store, Thursday,, Jan. 30,
1:30 P.M., to 3 P.M.
his or her successor will be worth nance, have reached a total of $449,-
more or less to the institution. As a 000. We must not incline toward
general rule, people seek employment making invidious reflections or com-
with us for the purpose of earning a parisons; for meeting an obviously
livelihood. As an actual fact, not [big need, the help does not seem to
more than that is offered or expected i compare favorably with other func-
by salaries and the few perquisites. | tions of the state government and I
People seeking a livelihood do not ‘ suppose if that be a fact, most of the
"Often or tfor long cling to positions blame should rest upon the individ-
that are somewhat trying and exact- ■ ual who gives and acknowledges the
ing when it is possible to find satis- facts.
factory employment, receive suffi- i In spite of the great and continu-
cient funds on which to live and en- j ous pressure upon us for the admis-
joy freedom and time away from! sion of indivduals to our institution
91 ,o i to an extent scarcely (and no one can rightly appreciate
Lamora, Friday,Jan.31, 12tol.30ip„3^,j,,^
Ora Fridav Jan 31 2PM to 3 ’ changes in our personnel
ora, rnda>, Jan. Jl, H.M. to 3;have been relatively few and the
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These busy days • • •
pausis and
P31.
It is absolutely necessary for you
,to make returns as personal property
has to be returned every year. If not
this without having experienced it),
we must set ourselves more firmly
' against crowding our donnitories"'£ind
I quality of employees and service of a; auxiliary buildings and jeopardizing
standard' warranting approval and , the chances of doing better work and
praise. : meeting our obligations toward those
convenient to come to the County have attempt-
Auditor s office iri the court house, K- bear up under a load where
please meet me at one of the above
places. -
S. R. DORROH,
If Auditor, Laurens County.
ItHoi. liici Recipt Chtekt
Ihidnatie Paid Qaicklf
the ratio of children to employee is
relatively high. .It has not seemed
possible to give any serious consider-
for whom we are more definitely and
directly responsible. We see it devel
oping from year to year—a situation
which shows us thaL -in the end, th«
institution is more likely to be judged
ation to standards and recommenda-j by its mistakes and failures than
tions of national repute, and live [ what we would be so happy to call its
within our appropriations. It might | successes. When, at any time during
seem strange, but it is significant, j the year, we were fortunate enough
that the over-loading of children to to get a small appropriation for per-
employees and the subsequent and manent improvements, the dominant
insidious effect may not be noticeable idea and primary objective has al-
for months or years. One must take | ways been dormitory, and more dor-
the trouble to dig out of the popula- (mitory space. It does not take a
tion the names of various individuals j trained or deep thinking pierson to
who have sjient several years in the, know that, in all public life, the wel-
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tended by
Kellers Drug Store
If you suffer from rheumatic, arthritis or
■uritis pain, try this simple inexpensive home
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4>t water, add the juice of 4 leiqons. It's easy.
Mo trouble at all and pleasant. You need only
3t tablespoonfuls two times a day. Often within
t2Rs‘‘^^Std“*if UiTSV nSliuiek^ institution and evaluate or even spec- j fare and training and development
leave and if you do not feel better. Ru-Ex will ulate on the progress or lack of pro- , of individuals is not limited to the
it you nothin* to ti7 as It it sold by your gress shown by such individuals in i homes in which they live. This may
I the light of what we have accom- explain what we are trying to say
■ plished or failed to accomplish in i without further reference.
I their behalf and what might have; Permanent improvements needed:
[been done with 'more individualized 1T. B. pavillion $15,000
I care and training. This does not mean j 4 dormitories, capacity 35 [
.that we are too discouraged or com-i each (school group) 80,000
! plaining; the facts are before us, the ’ Extension dining hall and
task is ours and, as in the past, we! kitchen 17,000 j
accept the challenge but, as we face'Dairy 6,0001
these things, I am sure the board will Extension laundry and'
know and the patrons and friends of
our institution will realize that an
under-staffed institution cannot hope
to accomplish as good results as one
more adequately staffed. In view of
this, it is thought appropriate to rec
ommend that at least three or fou$
additional attendants and larger
Gray
Funeral Home
Ginton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
EMBALMERS
An balance Service
Phones 41 and 399-J
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgrs.
equipment 7,0001
15,000
Extension school building
Dormitory and service
building (infirm group) 55,000
Colonies (home group) 8,000
Equipment 14,000
Employees’ building ...
15,000
Extension water lines 8,000
BENJAMIN &
SONS
PLUMBING
•AeJUld***
HEATING
SERVICE
> TeleRhoiie ^268
WE ARB HUNTING
TROUBLE
medical service be included in our I Extension sewerage lines 10,00|0
budget for the next fiscal year. ‘
Record of an appropriation of
$21,000 made by the general assem
bly in 1938 cannot be made complete
without the following sQmmary: The
above funds were liberally supple
mented by grants of the federal WPA
out of which we were able to develop
additional w ater supply, build a dor
mitory bousing more than 90 individ
uals (but above capacity), construct
Total „...$250,000
June 30, 1939, total number re
ported in population .730, males 371
and females 339. June SO, 1940, total
number enrolled 813, malas 415 and
females 398. The increase was due
entirely to occupying a new dormi
tory on November 1, 1939. The daily
average population for the past year
was 771.03. The daily average popu-
an 11-room home for employees, and’lation for the pervious fiscal year
provide recreational center which I was 723.7. We mentioned being more
consists of swimming pool, bath
bouse, park, etc., the lart mention^
not being completed but not requir
ing funds of any consequence bg the
institution. It will be recalled tfeuit
dormitory above refened to was
occupied November 1, 1939, and this
was made possible by the cooperative
aod deeply appreciated spirit o< Gk>v-
than 20 per cent above normal ca
pacity in our last report and thi«
over-capacity preblem has not bera
improiked or altered to any anpreei-
able degree. There were 136. firrt ad-
misatons during tha year and 21 ra-
admiseions. Released 69.‘Of this num
ber, 31 were sent away as wage ah-
sratees, 2$ as home ab^tees and II
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