The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 16, 1927, Image 6
BLANKY SCHOOL OPENS
Cot Under Way Yesterday Moraine
With ljirie Attendance
liiaiiey, Sept. 10."?The Blw* >'
School Will open on 'ftrtirw?i*y nw>r?
ing September 15th at nine o'clock
with the regisUsiivn
cation of pupils. The enrollment i*
expected to be more than 300.
The formal opening exercises will
be held on Tuesday evening, September
20th at " 30 o'clock with a reception
for the new teacher* in the
chooi lobby under the direction of
the School Improvement Association
and an address by State Superintendent,
J. If. Hope of Columbia to the
pupils and patrons in the school
auditorium.
The following teachers will be in
the school for the 1927-28 term: In
the high school I^eonardo Andrea
will be superintendent and teach
hiatory; Miss Kulalie Sbeely will be
principal arid teach Latin and English;
Miss Virginia Doar will teach
English and French; Miss Myrtle
Laird will teach mathematics; Mr.
Denver W. Traxler will teach Science
and Agriculture.
In the grammar school Miss Connie
Andrea will be principal and
teach geography and hygiene; Miss1
Mabel Petersen will teach history and
supervise the art work; Miss Susie
Shannon will teach English and
supervise the music; Miss Blanche
Wyruihaiu will teach spelling and
supervise penmanship; Miss Myra
Pettigru will teach reading and third
grade; Mrs. Mary Simpson will
teach second grade and Miss Jean
Blames will teach first grade.
Many improvements have been added
to the building and the best session
for many years is looked forward
to.
The Richland grand jury on Wednesday
returned a true bill against
Alma Finklea, alias Stalvey, charged
with the killing of her husband, Joe
Stalvey, on the streets of Columbia
several week^ ago. A true bill has
also been returned against Patrolman
J. C. Dennis, charged with
murder in the killing of a negro
while trying to arrest him.
N. C. ARNETT
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TO HOLDERS OF
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
41 PER CENT BONDS
EXCHANGE OFFERING OF NEW
TREASURY NOTES
iMoad liberty Ix>en bond* have been catted
Mr papnMit on November 164b nest, end n?
InXwst will be paid after that date.
Netiee is given of a new offering of United
Me tee Treasury no lee. in exchange for Reoond
Liberty I-oan Converted 4 >?' per eent bond#.
The new nolee will be dated September 16, 1037,
mmm will bear internet from that date at the rate
ef per oent. Tbe notea will mature in five
peers but may be sailed for redemption after
Ihsse yeara
Internet oil Reoond liberty Loan Converted
g W per eent borvde surrendered and accepted in
rtresagr will be paid to November L6, 1027
TWprioe of tbe new issue of no tee, ie 100 Vj Holdera
surrendering Reoond liberty Loan Converted
4 t4 per cent bonds In escbange will receive, at
^be time of delivery of the new notea, intereat
ess each Reoond liberty loan Converted 4 per
awnt bonds frera May 15, 1027, to Novsmlier 16,
1M7. leee tbe premium on the new aotee iaeued.
Haiders of Reeond liberty loan Converted
4U per sent bonds whodeeire to take advantage
of thse opportunity to Obtain Treaeurv notes of
tbe new iaene, should arrange with tbeir bnnk
tee sueh eacbange at tbe earliest possible date,
ae tbee efler will remain open only for a limited
peeked after September 15th.
Farther information may be obtained from
teaks or trust sampan ire. or from any Federal
II Bank.
, A. W. MELLON,
tec ret try of tbe Treasury.
Wesbbsetew, D. C? September ?. ??21.
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Prompt is pleasing?Style is convincing?Cleanliness
is adorable.
There's an alertness in our delivery
that matches the happy
cleanl nes? of our service.
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For Appearance's Sak<"
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THE STATB HOSPITAL
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Vrtymtr*. Sryt M?A
trucked Vmi ibc> d>d ***'
The?* art in th# (tw of th* Soatk
C*t?))n? State Hoxpttal '.i4?y 2,$4#
people.
In the >'e*r> f<?w hj it *miW h*v<
be< n proper to **> that the*?e f?w?f4e
*/e tr. iW ?^U arid ;r t)* <Wu'4f
of the State HMfiUl for the !? !
Minij That time ha* fuucMsd With
j the change vrhvb ha? ooaae in the,
j manner of looking upon the mentally ,
afflicted and of caring for those ma j
wards of the State who are a?ck, even
I the name of the inatitution was, at
the insistance of the superintendent,
Doctor C. Fred Williams, changed by
the legislature in lfc&O, ?o that no
longer is it known as the State Hospital
for the Insane, or the "Insane
Asylum," as it used to be called.
And the brightest side of the picture
is that no longer is one who
comes here looked upon- as one who
will for the remainder of his days be
shut away from the world. Few of
them are shut ao away even while
they are here. But less than half
of thorn now stay here for the remainder
of thair liven. Twenty-two
to twenty-three per cent, go home
absolutely well, and an additional
thirty to thirty-five per -eetit. go
home as "socially recovered," which
means that constant care has improved
their condition to such an extent
that constant care is no longer
necessary and that they may again
take up their affairs on the outside
, world of men and women.
With the growth of the State, and
the larger realization which has
come of the high and holy duty of
taking care of the meptally afflicted,
the number of patients has constantly
grown. At the end of the past
year the total number of patients?
not "inmates," as they used to be
called,?was 2,558. Today there are
nearly 200 more. The number of attendants
is a little over 400?and
when the word "attendants" is used,
that means the superintendent and
those all down along the line. The
finest thing about Doctor William.*,
the superintendent, iR that he is one
of the attendants. There is no case,
however insignificant, that does not
receive his personal attention, so far
as humanly may be possible. Every
case is under his supervision. Everything,
including medical supervision,
business management, human sympathy.
social activities, religious
worship, keeping the grounds beautiful,
and the carrying on of the enlargement
program to take care of
the increasing needs?everything
centers in and radiates from his
office. How he stands the strain
nobody knows except himself. That
is, nobody except him and the Master
Physician who. Doctor Williams believes,
mu.st lean down from His
throne very < lose to an institution
of this kind.
Even with the constant increase in
the number of patients cared for by
the State Hospital, South Carolina
j is yet far below the average, and
there are others who ought to he
I cared for and who would he cared
1 for if the - facilities were there to
care for them. This does not mean
the Hospital ever turns a deaf ear
I to one needing its immediate care.
But cases must he sifted, and the
urgent cases cared for first, and
even this has led to serious over*
crowding. And over-crowded as the
institution is, today South Carolina
is caring for only 143.4 per 100,000
of population, while the average in
the natioh, according to the Bureau
of the Census, is 252.8 per 100,000.
This over-crowded condition *s
going to he considerably relieved by
October first, as the construction
program nears completion, and considerably
further relieved by next
spring. Even then the needs will be
far from fully met. The prograt^
looks toward getting all the colored
patients out to State Park, some
several miles beyond Columbia,
where some several years ago land
j was purchased and a plant there
j started. That was the dream and
| the program of a former superinten1
dent, Doctor J. W. Babcock, who,
I along with Colonel E. H. Aull, of
Newberry, then a member of the
I hoard of regents, worked incessantly
i along that line. Soon there will be
complete^ out there one building
which wNl take care of 250 negro
men, and two other buildings which
will house fifty colored rneiv each.
When these buildings are coftfplkted
and ready for occupancy, which it is
hoped will he not later than the first
of October, all the colored male
patients remaining at the main Columbia
plant will be sent out there.
The quarters now occupied by the
n?gro men here will be inmmediately
remodelled for white male patient^,
which will relieve the present overcrowding
in the quarters of the
white male patient,v They, at the
meeting of the board in * August,
CMrtfMto vm let for the roatudrUiag
of the Parker building
' m ColiuMi, far *Utt ?oa?n, ami
far lav- i4fid?Ml WlMisfi at Slate
Pari w take o?? af 1*4 negro
wwni in Varh bmkhag, aod when
t-hrwr budding* are uia|k W BUT "
*dd?tw>T?ai bttr#- wowmr. a ill
be move*, <w\ um, U> list rsmber
of tiC
The nf the i
' State HoufNtal mrhodoe. Wkit* i
j men. ; airie twmen, M6 rwgtv*!
i idhi U) State Pari bj tbe i irM of i
I Octv>ber, ami later, next ?pr,*?. of
i 1 SO arx.re jrjogro a-oara. At prevent
i there are ??f> ncgix> a v. men a*. State
| Park, and SOS ..ftejgvo men. T ^te im?
"mediate program ran not nxan the
removal of ail at fro wom< n to
State Park on account of overcrowded
conditions in <<>lumbu now.
from time to time, for instance,
temporary arrange menu have been
made to meet the ever . in<reaaing
demand, including the using of the
basement for quarters. Bui the ultimate
program, which wtH probably
go through at the next session of the
general assembly?or ought to-?will
mean the getting of all the negro
women out to State Park also?
which will mean the segregation of
the races at the institution.
The next legislature is going to
be asked to provide another building
in Columbia for white female path ^
ents. The maximum capacity of the 1
white's quarters now is 729, and yet
into these quarters the hospital auj
thorities have been forced to crowd
816 patients. Additional room for
white women is one of the most
pressing immediate needs.
When the ultimate aim to separate
the races by getting all the negroes
to State Park is carried out?that is,
in the carrying out if it?there is
also the necessity for a .laundry
building out there. There bps been
such a crowded condition that the
building put up for use as a laundry
is now being utilized for. JOO negro
men, and a laundry building out
there is needed, and will have to be
had when the entire negro, population
gets out there. It is sadly needed
now.
These are a few cold facts and figures
which carry their own appeal
to the people of the State and to "
the people's legislature. They are
more eloquent in themselves than
any embellishment which might be
woven around them. They speak for
themselves of the great work which
is being done by Doctor Williams and
his associates, and of the needs and '
demands of the institution. While !
this?k*?a?work?w?which?dollars?and cents
should not count, except in
their necessity, the records of the
State Hospital show that every
cent of the people's money which
is being spent is being carefully
scrutinized in the spending of
it, and that the effort is to make a
dollar do a dollar's work in this
great work for humanity. The hospital
is cramped, and has been
cramped. It needs the generous
support of the State. There is no
work in all the State for which more
return is being received for* the
State's money than at the State
Hospital.
As one walks or drives througn
the gates up to the administration
building, in which Doctor Williams"
has his office, he is impressed with
the beauty of the grounds and with
the care and attention which results
in that beau'y. Nor is this a vaingloi
ious thing. These people need
cheerful surroundings. Out on the
lawns surrounding the stately
grounds, nycn are at work. They
will direct you where you want to
go. These are the people whom it
was stated in the beginning have
been touched by the Finger of God,
but have not slept. They have forgotten,
and in their eyes ig the
tiagedy of trying to remember. It
is the greatest tragedy in all the
world. A poet has spoken of the
pathos-of remembering happier days.
?yen he did not go into the depths
of trying to remember?this constant
searching for * recollection. r
which will not come?this will-oMlpewisp
which dances before the vision,
meaning a realization of the things
?>f life which have gone before, if
only one could remember. If only
one could remember?the constant
mental reaching and trying to coordinate.
That more than half ()f these
people go back home, with recollection
cleared up, is all the argument
the State Hospital needs. That the
light of recollection finally comes
in the oyes of more than half ,of
them and certain to remain v In
nearly a fourth of them?is an argument
which can not be gainsaid.
There are those who have walked
through the valley of the shadow
who have prayed that they might
forget. Recollection has seemed to
them the final crOss?the crucifixion.
Th*y have not compared
their lot with at least one of itifcW
people. There was a woman out here
not so many years afco who had lost
her reason?or her recollection?
when her baby was born and did~l<jt
..Tim-^OTT-L - ' TTI
ive. She came here .and the spent a
ime. She could not recollect. Finally
the did. And when she did, and went
tack home, the recollection was with
Mr. It comforted her. There had
Men a baby. The recollection was
HI of a kind whfojj 'Us a parf of the
iratady of the aces. Bat it was
I*?**; in comparison with a failure i
o recollect, and a constant effort to j
recollect. Memories, after all, are |
(that people get out of life. And |
ill have a*>t is the memories with i
hem at the time of the final depart-!
ire. It i? to restore memories that J
i?e State Hospital strives.
Silling in Doctor Williams' office, j
facing him across his desk, one looks
pon a painting of Doctor Parker,
lHc first superintendent, who came
o the Hospital about 1836, and who
itayed there until he died. He was
lot superintendent during the whole
ime, because he gave over the reins
to Doctor Ensor, a younger man.
There have been other superintendents,
who have devoted their
lives to these people who are sick?
who have been touched by the
Finger of God, but who have not
dept. Great among them was Doctor
Babcock, who, with the assis.ancc
of Colonel E. H. Aull, of Newjerry,
started State Park. Not the
east among them is Doctor C. Fred
Williams, of Columbia?a scientist,
|n alienist, a Christian, a man, a
gentelman?every inch of him.
Squirrel Attacks Lady
A most peculiar thing-happened in,
Batesburg a few days ago. Mrs. J. \
R. Tilly had started to enter her
lome from the back yard and when
going up the steps a squirrel jump- 1
id upon her shoulders and before it
:outd be knocked off had severely
icratched and bitten her.
Where the squirrel came from and
why it made the vicious attack could
lot be determined. Several theories
were advanced, one being that the
iquirrel was suffering from rabies.
This was not considered seriously
jnough, however, to have the aninal's
head examined, and the mys- 1
ery remains afr to why an animal 1
;hat wHl usually beat a hasty reTeat
at the approach of a human
>eing, should make such an attack.
?Twain City News, 8th.
Miss Emmita Canton, 28, is the
inly woman consul in the world. She
s now visiting her sister in San
Francisco, before taking up her
iuties as consul for Nicaragua at
San Diego, Cal. i
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KEK8HAW NEWS NOTES
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Interesting News NoUn Gathered
I- rum The Bra of That Place
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John Hough, who resided in ) the
Plat?Rock section with his sister,
Mrs. Charity West and hi* nephew,
J. J. West, died Monday afternoon,
September 5, the date of his 79th
birthday, and was buried at Hanging
Rock cemetery Tuesday, following
funeral services conducted by
Rev. J. M. Neal. Mr. Hough hid
been afflicted nearly all his life
with salivation and subsisted principally
on liquid diet during this
affliction.
Mrs. Ellen Ingram, wife of Lester
Ingram, aged 83 years, died at her
home at Taxahaw Saturday'morning,
following an illness of about six
months' duration, and was burled
Sunday following services conducted
from her home by Rev. J. Hawley
Byrd of Jefferson. Mrs. Ingram,
while a great sufferer during her
long illness, bore the suffering with
resignation and cheerfulness. She
leaves, surviving her husband and
seven young children. A number of
Kershaw folks attended the funeral.
The Kershaw high and grammar
schools began their 1927-28 session
Monday morning with the full faculty
present and an increased attendance
of pupils. We have bad no
detailed statement of the opening but
are glad to be informed that it was ;
under most auspicious circumstances
with a most hopeful pros- i
pect for a good year. I
For the past three issues The Era
carried a small advertisement of a
sum of money found and left In the
hands of W. F. Mothershed, chief
of police, On last ^Thursday morning
the money found its way into the |
hands of the owner, D. B. Vick, ofji
Jefferson, a visitor in Kershaw on *
that day and mentioned his loss to (
a reader of The Era, by whom he 1
was informed that the notice of ,
money found was running in The ,
Era. Mr. Vick was easily able to
establish ownership by stating the \
amount of the money and describing
the denomination of the bills viz:
$50 in two 20 bills and two $5
bills. One of the $20 bills being a
gold certificate and the other a sil- i
ver certificate. The finder was a 1
young white boy, Eugene L. Cook,
son of Mrs. Minnie Cook, who have 1
their residence in the Kershaw Cot
ton mill village. He found the
money scattered along the sidewalk
on East Richland street near the ;
McNinch Marble work?7~2M
honest enough to report
He received $5 reward.
I'astor Law basts KujB*
The Buixtist. of Abh*?i^B
laai$st people in the world M
llcv. K. (). Lamoreux, puhtor^^H
church at the service Sundu^K.
ing. Mr. Lamojreux stated th^K
been over a great part of 5BS
States and that never hid^E
jthe utter indifference of ^B
that is evident in Abbevillfg
people, a number being viffl^B
present at the service lastB
the pastor, noticing the
ber of empty pews, he
statement. It is hard, htfl Wj
try to preach to conjprm^^^V
I am gettipg in the c^9
attributes the idss of lsiBllr.
desire of the memberi^^^H
pleasures. 4
^Vhen a people refuu to] I
the church or refuses
to the support of the c^M||
time for the preacher WjB J
he said, and both of
were evident in AbbevilleH^H
Press and Banner, " j /
A Million Dollar 8how^oriJ
Up at Hendersonvile, N. Cfll
% group of visionary miQ^V
began the erection of a n^K
18-story hotel on a inountfl ;
they are now attempting te^H
turns on the investment by?. '
tourists 25 cents admission
the unfinished structure iiS
range.
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