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MAjnaxo gEXDe mnunKG’s rb* PORT TO LBOULATURB. VIAT HOSPITAL NEEDS -Expert ot Old Ooveraor’a larltedon to LegUUtnre to Visit Aijliun and Study Its Nec* aaoary Needs Is Accepted—Ex; Recommends ImproTement Asylum Property. Fair and impartial in every detail was the report sent to the general assembly by Oov. Richard I. Manning, dealing with conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane. The special report on the asylum was prepared by Dr. A. P. Herring of Bkltimore, sec retary of the Maryland lunacy com mission. Dr. Herring acted as the personal representatives of Qov. Manning. Ac companying the report was a mes sage from Oov. Manning, in which he asked the members of the legislature to visit the asylum on Thursday af ternoon and see what is needed there. The Invitation was accepted by the legislature. In general, the report recommends the Improvement of the old asylum property; declares that the present institution is fifty years behind the times; calls for the removal of all negro patients to State Park; states that recreation Is needed for the pa tients; calls strict attention to the immediate Installation of the proper fire protection. The report is the result of an un biased probe. Dr. T. J. Strait, the present superintendent, is commend ed for his kindness. It is stated in the report that Dr. Strait has not suf- flcisot executive ability to adminlster< the affairs. In general, all of the present employees are commended for doing their best work under pres ent physical conditions. A thorough and unbiased report on conditions existing at the State Hos pital for the Insane was sent to the general assembly by Oov. Richard I. Manning. “I invite your honorable body to meet at the hospital ob Thursday af ternoon at S o’clock, so that'you may see for yourselves the needs, and can the better understand the changes In the buildings that are contemplated and desired,” said Oov. Richard I. Manning in a message to the general assembly, which was sent in with the report of conditions at the State Hos pital for the Insane. The message follows: T have the honor of submitting herewith the report of Dr. A. P. Her ring on the condition and needs of the Hospital for the Insane. You have doubtless read In the public flints of my purpose to secure a thorough, scientific, non-partisan In vestigation of this Institution. I realise that we have been fortunate la securing the services of Dr. Her ring. who has both technical train ing and practical experience neces sary for such work. He has a na tional reputation and is endorsed by the highest authorities. “I requested Dr: Herring to give a calm statement of existing condi- tlon»; I wanted nothing sensational or hysterical. In the accompanying report you will find a strong pre sentation of what I want you to in spect personally and verify for your selves. The general requirements for treatment of patients nuff ring from mental diseases, and suggestions for improvement in the physical condi tion of the hospital, and treatment of the Insane os offered by Dr. Herring, will, I am confident, commend them selves to you as wise and practical, and nothing short of a plain and man datory duty—a sacred debt to these suffering Impotent patients." Here is the keynote of the investi gation: "The duty of South Carolina to its insane is a cardinal, a surreme obli gation to do all and everything with out stint for their benefit that its financial resources possibly permit or enable it to do; to exercise in their interests, through the public officials, every effort and kbor they are cap able of, and to put into effect all the means and resources at its command to perform most effectually this great debt to humanity, this direct and im mediate obligation to its people and this noble duty to all the future.” Dr. Herring says that the funda mental principles underlying the en tire plan of reorganization proposed in the report is to make certain changes in the law, relating to the control of the State Hospital for the Insane. The following amendments to the constitution governing the asylum are recommended: 1. The superintendent should be appointed by the board of regents, and not by the governor, removable only for cauce and after a hearing. 2. The board of regents should consist of five members, appointed by the governor, with the sanction of the Senate. They should be appointed, at first, one for two years, two for four years, two for six years, subse quent appointments to be made for a period of six years. The members of this board are not removable except for cause and after a hearing. 3. The superintendent to make all appointments, with the sanction of the board of regents, and to have the power of dismissal of same, to be ap proved by the board. The superin tendent 16 to report to the board of regents the activities of the hospital, and the bolrd of regents to repqyt to the governor and general assembly. Briefly, the governor will appoint a board of regents in whom he has ab solute confidence. They in turn will sefret a superintendent in whom they have every confidence, and who. of eoarsa, has had training in thf care treatment of the inaese and la Ital management and it will then My should bo asked to approve or re ject the rules governing the conduct of a hoepltal for the insane. 5. To change the name from the “State Hospital for the Insane" to the “ColumMa St.te Hospital.” while the hospital for the negroee will be known as “State Park Colony." I. To provide for voluntary admis sions. 7. To provide for a fiscal agent, whose duty will be to see that every patient who has relatives or an estate responsible for his support wilL. be made to reimburse the State. This might well be done in connection with the “State board of charities." 8. No female patient to be brought to the hospital unless accompanied by her father, husband, adult son or brother or by some relative, friend or nurse of the same sex. 9. To provide for a system of after care or placing out of patients who* are ab].e to leave the institution, and, while not entirely recovered, yet are able to live satisfactorily under pro per supervision away from the hos pital. 10. To provide for the admission, care and treatment of Inebriates. According to the report by A. P Herring, M. D., under the present plans a colony for the negro insane of both seves would be established at State Park. There is a building at this place which is now occupied by less than 100 negro women. "None of the work on this build ing,” says the report, “was done by the labor of patients. Under our pro poned plan at least 100 able-bodied negro male patients would be trans ferred to State Park and housdd in the small wooden building now on the place. These patients would be utilized in doing all of the general labor, such as excavating, clearing the land, unloading cars, mixing cement, etc. This would save the State a great deal of money and by erecting a permanent and compara tively inexpensive building all of the negro patients could be housed in the aear future and at a comparatively small cost. I would say within 9400 a bed. This, to my mind, is one of the most important things connected with the entire plan of reorganiza tion. "The negroes could be used for farming purposes, and there is no reason why most of the produce used In the hospital could not be produced on this farm by the patients' labor By occupying the negroes in this manner restraint could be absolutely abolished; the patients would be hap pier and more contened; there would be a large number of recoveries, and at the same time they would become a valuable asset to the Institution and the State. "In addition to the colony for the negroes there could be erected at Bute Park a building for the idiotic and Imbecile children, who are now living with the patients in the State hosptal. The Importance of segre gating the Imbecile and feeble mind ed children from the adults haa never been questioned There should also be constructed at State Park a sepa rate building for cases of tuberculo sis and pellagra. There Is a splendid opportunity, both at the present hoe pltal and at State Park, to develop farm colonies." STORMS SWEEP COUNTRY. Wisconsin Train Is Snowbound From Sunday to Tneeday. One of the worst storms of the wloter is general from the Middle West to the Middle Atlantic States, New England and throughout Can ada. Rain, sleet, anow and wind have disrupted railway traffic, ham pered wire communication and in some sections raised rivers to the flood point. There have been heavy anow storms in the northern tier of states, and railway traffic there has been almost suspended or greatly re tarded. One Chicago and North western train, filled with passengers, was held in a high bank of snow near Maribel, Wls., from 10 o’clock Sun day night until Tuesday afternoon. Western Missouri, Kansas and South ern Nebraska report that a heavy snow has set in. In the Middle West manv wires have been carried down and a fall In temperature is causing additiona’ trouble. Wire communication from Chicago to many points was ditt'cult. Northern and Western New York and New England have been hit hard and traffic of all kinds has suffered severely. Ogdensburg, N. Y., reports that business there has been almost entirely suspended by a gale and drifting snow. Senator Sheppard's Life Threatened. Senator Sheppard of Texas has turned over to the Washington police a letter, threatening his life if he did not cease agitation against the sa loons in Washington. British Are Interested. The British government has in quired into the state of affairs at Panama, requesting Information as to how long the canal would be closed. Hi ting in Italy. The high price of bread is causing serious rioting In Italy. At Sassari crowds went dtrwn the streets break ing into stores. Villa Takes Presidency. Gen. Villa has proclaimed himself president of Mexico, according to news received in El Paso Wednesday night. Jesus Carranza and Son Killed. Oen. Jesus Carranza and son have been killed by Gen. Santlban'ez, who deserted the Constitutionalists to go to Zapata. British Mole Deposit. . Fifty thousand dollars is being spent sack week la Lathrop, Mo., for tW footing of 1>,«00 males dtottned 'or the Brlti**' army. GREAT BRITAIN NOW REGARDS IT AS CONTRABAND. flmh—sador at London State Department Decision of Eng lish Government. W i r Ambassador Page at London cnblsd the stats department Tueedny that the British fleet had been ordered to treat grain and flour cargoes destin ed for Germany or Austria aa condi tional contraband subject to seizure and confiscation. This step, the am basaador explained, was taken be cause Germany had decreed confisca tion of all grain and flour to conserve the nation’s food supply. Since the publication of the Ger man order the ambassador, Vount von Bernstorff, has personally assur ed the American government that no foodstuffs imported, from the United States or other neutral countries would be seized by the German gov ernment, and press dispatches have announced the issuance of a modify ing decree making such exemptions by the government. Ambassador Page said Great Brit ain had agreed that an exception would be made in the case of the steamship Wilhelmina, now bound from New York for Hamburg with grain yind other food, because she had sailed before the German decree was issued. The vessel would be seized, it was said, but she would be released and her cargo purchased at Invoice price by the British govern ment. Warning was given, however, that similar shipments hereafter would be seized, as well as the ves sels, and confiscated. This announcement gave a new phase to negotiations that have been in progress since the beginning of the war in regard to the right of neu tral states to ship food to belliger ents. In the British note regarding the Dacia it wag stated that It had been decided not to interfere with such shipments provided they were intended for non-combaUnts and not for the army or government with which England was at war. It was Intimated then that exceptional con ditions might warrant spme change in this plan. The state department has not de elded what shall be done. Aa .a, pre liminary it haa advised the W. L. Greene Commtsson company of St. Ix>uis, owners of the Wilhelmlna’s cargo, of the British government s determination to appropriate the cargo and pay for it. Ambassador Page has been asked for further in formation on the general subject V1MITH ENGLAND. 81r John French Hees King, NUMee- men and Officers. Sir John French, commander in chief of the British forces in France and Belgium, haa paid another secret visit to London. He conferred with the king and the war council and re turned without a word of hla trip ap pearing in the newspap< rs. Contrary to precedent the king called on Sir John at hU residence Sir John reached London Tuesday morning. January 12. No one recog nized him In citizen’s clothes Hla first caller was Premier Asquith, who was followed by Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, and he by Lloyd Georg*. It was evening when the king arrived by motor. No one knew of his coming. It is doubtful even whether Sir John’s butler for the moment recognized the visitor. The king remained alone with Sir John for more than an hour. What they discussed will remain for some future chronicler of the war to dis close. Next day Sir John left from Char ing Cross station for -Dover. There he boarded a cruiser for Calais. To guard against mines or sudden at tack a destroyer preceded the cruiser and at each, side of her steamed a battleship. MAY GET DISTRICT, House Committee Favors Second Ju dicial District for S. C, Prospects of legislation for ap pointment of district judge, attor ney and marshall for the Western Federal District of South Carolina brightened decidedly Tuesday, when the judiciary committee of the House, after a hearing attended by several members of the Palmetto delegation, voted to report favorably the bill in troduced by Congressman Wyatt Aiken on the 14th of last month. It is believed that if the measure can be put through the House with out having the celebrated Cullop amendment attached to it, as It has been to similar bills during the past few years. It will be possible to se cure action by the Senate at the pres ent session. The effect of the Cullop amendment hitherto has been to pigeonhole bills in the Senate judici ary committee/This amendment pro vides that the president shall make public all the recommendations he re ceives in connection with the nomina tion of a judge. Cora Hava i Fiva timaa as much whaat and tlx Mmea os much com war* exported from tb* United State* in December as in the same mon’h in 1913; flour exports increas'd more than 88 per cant, for the same period; freak beef increaaed more than twelvefold, and generally the exports of breodstuffs, which Includes practically all the sta ple grains. Increased five time*. Those figures were disclosed Thurs day by the department of commerce In response to inquiries as to what extent foodstuffs were going abroad with resulting abnormal prices at home. The departments summary says: "Wheat exports in December ag gregate 28,875,217 bushels, or five times the quantity in December, 1913. The average export pricelast Decem ber was 91-25 per bushel, against 93 cents in December one year earlier. Of flour the month’s export move ment as 68 1-2 per cent, more than in December, 1913, being 1,818,317 barrels, compared ith 1,079,240 in the same month a year ago and the value thereof was 29,473,660, com pared with 24,903,223 in December, 1913. Oats showed a larger total in December than In the entire calendar year 1913. "Corn exports in December, 1914, amounted to 4,582,006 bushels, val ued at 93,554,592, against 749,124 bushels, valued at 9560,165, In Dec ember,* 1913." EXTENDS WAR ZONE. Germany Warns Neutrals to Stay Away From English Waters. The German admiralty Thursday issued the following communication: ’’The waters around Great Britain and Ireland, ncluding the whole Eng lish channel, are ijelared a war zone from and after February 18. "Every enemy ship found In this zone will be destroyed, even if it is impossible to avert dangers which threaten the crew and passengers. "Also neutral ships In the war zone are in danger as in consequence of the misuse of neutral flags ordered by the British government on Janu ary 31. and in view of the hazards of naval warfare, it can not always be avoided that attacks meant for enemy ships en 'nger neutral ships. ’’Shipping northward, around the Shetland Islands in the eastern basin of the North Sea and In a strip of at least thirty nautical miles in breadth along the Dutch coast Is endangered in the same way.’ Bible S4wly Taag for particulars. Barneeville, Ga. * by Moll—Write Rev. Clem. Ivor. Soy Beans for Sato—Write for prices and particulars. . C. C. Comb*. Oua Neck, N. C. White Wyandot tee—(Fltchel Strain) Nice lot of cockerels for sel* at f 1 each. I. I. Sewell, Envllle, Tenn. Cabbage Plante—85c per 1,000. Ship' ped from Younge’s Island. Leading varieties. L. M. Pooser, Box 274, Orangeburg, S. C. General Agents—400 per cent, profit introducing Herb Tablets—great system renovator. 4 Dollar sample, 25c. Autrey Sales Co., Cuthbert, Ga. Marry—Large list of wealthy mem hers wishing early marriage. Con fidential description free. Reliable club. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 26, Oak land, Cal. Fresh Caolina Rice Meal—Manufac- factured from new crop Carolina rice, packed in new cotton bags. West Point Mill company, Charles ton, S. C-’ For Sale—Handsome Single Comb Rhode Island Red cockerels and pul lets. Also Buff Orpingtons. Write for prices. J. R. Cooner, Green wood, S. C. For Sale—Cabbage plants; Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, 91 per 1,000, by express or parcel post. Strong, healthy plants, grown In the open, cold proof. Thos. H. Peters, Norfolk, Va. WAITING ON ADVICE. Mann lag Herwr-s I/egal Advice on Militia’s Stains. ’T am with you and will be glad to issue an order rescinding the or der of the former governor under which you were declared disbanded, but I am waiting on legal advice and can not take action now," was what Gov. Richard I. Manning told a com mittee from the National Guard as sociation that presented a resolution to him asking him to take action to reinstate the militia. In addition to conferring with the committee. Oov. Manning appeared before the association and urged it to submit a definite proposition to Liira. The request that he rescind the order that disbanded the militia was the proposition laid before him FRENCH ARE STARVING. Inhabitants of the Valley of Mease Are Dying for Food. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the American commission of the Ameri can Commission for Belgian Relief, returned to London from a tour of In spection in Belgium and issued this statement: "An appalling situation has been presen dtetNtheSS-etaoln etaoin etaoi presented to the commission with re gard to the French peasantry in the Valley of the Meuse, where there are 10,000 persona absolutely without food. Our investigation there show ed a large number of deaths already from starvation.” ESC.,PED IN CAB. No Spanish SRlps to Come. Fearing that the presence of Ad miral Dewey might cause-manifesta tions unpleasant to the Spanish sail ors that government has decided not to send a ship through the canal to the exposition. Steamer Dacia Sets Sail. The steamer Dacia, loaded with' cotton, has set out from Galveston, bound for Rotterdam, via Norfolk. This Is the ship which England is ex pected to stop, , Sevea Workmen Killed. ~ Seven workmen of Oread Rapids, Mich., war* killed Monday while clearing'ewey tb* debris of * burn ed building. Augusta Man Kills Another oa Street Corner and Rides Away. William McCullough, about 26 years of age, was shot and apparently Instantly killed by an unknown white man in Augusta Sunday night at IT:40 o’clock. Two shots were fired, and the slayer, seeing that he had hit his man, jumped into a closed cab, which was awaiting him, made the cabman lash his horse into a fu rious pace and made his escape. Girls Hurt When Wall Falls. Twenty boys and Girls from four to sixteen years old were Injured in New Orleans Sunday when a wall of the orphan asylum in which they were quartered fell in. Villa Said to be Wounded. According to a rumor current in El Paso, Gen. Francisco Villa has been desperately wounded by 'one of his personal body guard. A denial has been made. ' i Mexico City is Quiet. State department advices from Mexico City are that the city has be come quiet. Persons owning more than on heouse are being forced to sell extra ones to the government. Carrier and Money Disappear. A mall carrier with a pouch con taining 93,900 have-disappeared from Wtnston-Sale, N. C. His wagon and overcoat have been found. Cabbage and Lettuce Plant*—Frost proof, grown in open air from stan dard seed. Parcel post 500 delivered 91. Express f. o. b. Burton. SL C 1,000, 21; 3,000, 90c per 1,000; 5,000, 80c per M; over 5,000, 75c per M. C. Bacon & Co., Burton. 8 Earley Jersey, Wakefield and Succes sion Cabbage Plants—Shipped fresh from the soil; every on should live; Parcel Post, 20c per 100; 75c 500; 91.20 1,000; first snd second zones; for third zone add 10c; fourth zone 20c; fifth.zone, 30c cn the 1,000. Clark Wlllcox. "Hermitage Farm,” Murrells Inlet, S. C. TO STUDY AERONAUTICS. I'm man Resolution Suggests Ap pointment of Committee. Appointments of an advisory com mlttee on aeronautics' to supervise scientific study of flight is proposed in a joint resolution Introduced Sat urday by Senator Tillman, chairman of the naval committee. The com mittee would consist of fourteen members, to be named by the presi dent, two from the war department, two each from the bureau In charge of military aeronautics and bureau In charge of naval aeronautics, a rep resentative each of the Smithsonian Institute, weather bureau and bureau of standards and seven civilians skill ed In aeronautics. All would serve without compensation. "Establishment of such a commit tee," said Senator Tillman, “would be In the line of the best practice of European nations, such as Great Brit ain. France snd Germany, all of which have made remarkable pro gress In aviation." UHtVS ASSAULTS GERMANS TRY TO BREAM LOCK BOTH sides. COTTON PRICER BREAK. German Market Goes Down With Ar rival of Ships. The break In German cotton prices from 19 l-2c to 16 l-2c a pound, is due, American Ambassador Gerard stated in a dispatch Thursday, to ar rival of cotton steamers at Bremen, opening of the port of Rotterdam, slackening of demand from spinners on account of freer offerings and an ticipated decline in prices, and sale of captured cotton stocks from Lodz and Antwerp. Cotton mills in Germany are run ning three-quarters capacity, and us ing 150,000 bales a month, Commer cial Attache Thompson at Rotterdam reported. “This amount is apparent ly provided by ships arriving and afloat," he stated. “Coiton prices are declining. Shippers are coutlon- ed against expecting continuation of high prices. They should go slow about chartering ships at the present inflated charges." Woodsmen Burned to Death. Ten woodsmen were burned to death and five others seriously injur ed when a lodging house of a fuel company at Kane, Pa., was burned Wednesday night. Gen. Pan to Lead the Russians. It is reported in Berlin That Gen. Pau has been' sent to Russia to take command of one of the Russian armies. Airmen Bombard Dunkirk. Thursday night six German avia tors paid another visit to Dunkirk, and dropped fifty bo’nbs. Belgian Relief Ship Held Up. Great Britain has stopped the re lief ship Lynorta because in it'were some tents, which were intended for the homeless. Tents are contraband. Bandits Make Good Haul. * Three masked men held up the cashier of the bank of Avant, Okla., Friday and robbed the bank of91,- 000. They escaped. ■i ■ i. ^ ^ i Canal Opening Postponed. Formal announcement haa been made that the opening of the Panama canal will be postponed from March until July. ATTACKING AT WAKAr London Reports Activity Upon Both Fronts—German Submarine Attack Affects Shipping—Attempt Made to Sink Hospital Ship—New Army Near Servia. > . - London reports: "The Germans have been making desperate effort* the last few days to break the extend ed deadlock on Eastern and Western fronts. They have delivered a series of attacks, always preceded by artil lery activity, on the allied lines in Flanders and France and, while in almost every case they have thus won a preliminary advantage, before the fighting was concluded, the French, British or Belgians havo regained the trenches temporarily lost and in some cases have occupied the German posi tions. ' “The German artillery has subject ed the Belgian positions in Flanders to a severe bombardment, which sug gests that the moment has arrived for another effort to get across the Yser and thence to the French coast ports. "In return the French have bom barded the railway station at Noyon, one of the German military centres, behind their advanced lines. “Heavy attacks have been made against the Russian lines in central Poland. Faced by flanking mov*r_ ments both north and south, Fi Marshal von Htndenberg made a c perate effort, which apparently li be renewed to break through to saw and thus not only gain a gi military and political advantage Germany, but at the same time re-'" lease the pressure on Hungsry snd East Prussia, in each of which re gions the Russian troops are slowly pushing forward. "The fighting west and southwest of the Polish capltsl has been of s desperate character and the Germans at first were successful but the Rus- sion official report declares that the Russians by a counterattack regained moat of the lost ground. The report adds that the German losses were ‘colossal.’ The German official ac count simply says of the fighting there: ‘Making progress ’ "London news from Dover la that five Zeppelin dirigible balloons, pre sumably moving Inland, Monday had been fired on uy the forts broke the monotony of news from battle fronts.' where none of the armies haa deliver ed a blow sufficient to cause any shift of Its alignment. "While It was learned from tb* police that the war office had Issued orders to prepare for on air raid, it was Impossible to ascertain whether this precaution was tsk«n because air craft really had been lighted, or as a rehearsal. Parts of the city of London, warned, had blinds draw* for more than two hours, but noth ing happened. ‘‘German submarine attacks on British merchant ahtpa again were the paramount topic of discussion, and predictions were made that food prices, already advancing, would go still higher If more raids ore accom plished West coast shipping atlll is somewhat upset, the Dublin Steam Packet company announcing tempor ary abandonment of all sailings with Belfast. Liverpool and Glasgow. On* other Dublin company also has sus pended sailings, but other schedule* are being maintained. “The- chief solace Great Britain finds In the German submarine at tacks is that the craft thus used can not take part In regular naval opera tions * ‘LA German submarine still wa. large in the English channel Tue?- and the French officially report attempt to torpedo the hospital ship Asturias. The German submarine submarine U-21, which recently sank three steamers in the Irish sea, haa not been seen since Sunday, and it T» presumed she has withdrawn. Traf- flee in those paters, however, con tinues somewhat restricted, ship owners preferring to keep in port ait hut the fast steamers which it ia be lieved can elude the submarines. "The Germans have issued a warn ing that an attempt will be made to sink their transports an<) have ad vised neutral shipping to keep away from the north and west coasts of France.” Petrograd reports: “Russian mili tary authorities believe Field Mar shal von Hindenberg is planning an other thrust at Warsaw and that, In fact* he already is developing a gen eral attack along the Warsaw front.- Especial significance is attached to the violence ^with which the German* are resuming their attacks in the Wyszogrod district, at the junction of the Bzura and Vistula rivers, and further south near Bolimow.” Nish repprts via Paris: "Confir mation has been received of the re port that a great Austro-Germ&n army under Archduke Eugene, of Austria, intends to attempt a third invasion of Servia. The troops ac tually have been concentrated along a line from Tekia to Schifka on the Danube. Schifka is the junction point of 'the Hungarian-Roumanian and Servian frontiers. The attack has been delayed by the rising of the Danube and the Save. "The Servian general staff is fully confident the issue will he favorable to Servian arms, as the troopt declared to be in excellent condii » irt 5* oops aye .d.MY >.oooM» England Lends Rumania 923,( An agreement was signed in Lon don Wednesday in which 125,000,009 was lent to Rumania, which will he ased, It is supposed, for war mate rials.