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Hf PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at BP Other Points. ?Mrs. W. I. Johns, of Baldock, spent yesterday in the city. ?W. D. Bennett, Esq., is among the court visitors this week. ?James E. Davis, Esq,., of Barnwell, was in the city on Tuesday. ?A. H. Xinestein, Esq., of Black ville, attended court in Bamberg ^ Tuesday. ?Mr. Thomas Black spent several days last week in the West purchasing stock. r-?Herbert E. Gyles, Esq., of the r Aiken bar, is attending court in Bamberg this week. ?Mrs. J. B. Black, of Beaufort, is spending two weeks in the city with her son, Mr. J. G. Black. ^ ?Mr. G. Frank Bamberg has returned to the city from the West, where he went to buy mules. ?Mrs. Walter pukes and children, of Branchville, are spending some time in the city with relatives. > ?Dr. H. J. Stuckey, who has been spending several weeks with relatives at Bishopville, has returned to the city. * ? -* r T T _ 1 O "D Mrs. IM. JLi. UUiuia, :U19. o. XV. Wilson and little Louise Johns spent ^ last week-end in Baldock with rela tives. L ?-Mrs. J. A. Byrd, Miss Lalla Byrd and Mr. and Mrs. E. b. Henderson and Miss Franke Folk spent last week-end in Aiken with friends and I W Bamberg Delegation. Among the new measures introHP duced in the general assembly are the following offered by members of U \ the" Bamberg delegation: \ Dr. Black?To require the State ^ >hoard of health to make the Wasserh^an blood test without charge. * \Mr. Carter?To amend section 3,812 of the code of laws of 1912, vol ume 1, as amended by an act related to penalty for failure to, pay l discharged laborers. L Mr. Carter?Defining the liability W of railroads for injuries to emr ployees. Methodist Missionary Meeting. The women of the Methbdist Missionary, society had a delightful.and profitable literary and social meeting at the church on Tuesday afternoon. The hostesses were Mesdames ^ E. O. Kirsch and John Barr. Every woman present assuredly is grateful to these two ladies for their thoughtfulness to us. I Mrs. Still kindly played for us. The meeting was opened with prayer, followed by the devotional, business and literary programme, and lastly, the meeting took the form of ^ ? a social. The president, Mrs. E. 0. Kirsch, was in the chair, and a majority of W-'- our members and five visitors came 1\ to ;this first meeting of the new year, f Second Corinthians, 8:7-9 and Mark, 14:1-9, and comments on these lessons were read by Mesdames Adams, Rowell, B. W. Simmons and Miss Wf '-' ' Cleckley. _ B| We were exhorted to abound in W. grace and were shown a conspiracy J against our Lord and how that, while - "at mealT' in the home of Simon, of>, Bethany, a woman, who loved greatly, came in and broke an alabaster box of precious ointment on Christ's head. Some one complained at this waste, so called, but Christ showed how, that with a heart of compassionate love, the woman was preparing him for his burial. We have the p6or with us all the while and we " may do them good if w?" will, but I Christ said: "Me ve have not always." The treasurer's report for the year 1915 amounted to $522.80. We are sorry to see this falling off, but . trust that/we shall do great things this year. Mesdames Adams and John Jones r were appointed to fix communion fop V next first Sunday. f The officers, with the exception of Mrs. Herbert Delk, agent of "The Voice," resigned, were reelected. Mrs. W. D. Rhoad was elected to fill the one vacancy. T An excellent paper, prepared by IL Mrs. Kirsch, was read by Mrs. W. L P. Jones. "Earth's Voice," a poem, was read f by Miss B. L. Black. I The president spoke of our duty and privileges this year. She urged us to pledge liberally, in view of the ' great- need, and further challenged the women to a system of tithing. Pledge cards, appropriately worded, were distributed. One hundred I and forty-six dollars was pledged, and we have reason to expect much from some absentees. i Mrs. Fowler joined our organizaf tion. We welcome her and others ' who join us. A delightful salad course, with coffee, was served at the close of one or uui uest njeeuug&. BESSIE LEE BLACK, K Recording Secretary. SPEAKS OF STATE HOSPITAL. ("leoi*, Lucid Exposition of Condition of Asylum by the Governor. Columbia, Jan. 14.?It was a grea personal victory that Governor .Mai ning accomplished today. By his ir tense interest in the state Hospm for the Insane, by his apparent sir cerity, by his unvarnished statemer of facts, he completely captured th members of the general assembly an won their sympathies in a cause ths is already close to his heart. Ther has been much misunderstandin about Governor Manning's course i connection with the appointment c Dr. Fred Williams as superintender of the hospital for the insane, an in-other phases of the governor's a; tivities in connection with the hof pital for the insane. Today, by ir vitation of the general assembly Governor Manning presented in pe] son his message on the hospital fc the insane, particularly devoting hin self to a statement of the reason that made it necessary for him to ai parently go counter to the law fixin the cimpensation for the superintend ent. it was reaiiy a l eincti rvauic pi* sentation; there was no attempt e eloquence, for the facts themselve were sufficiently eloquent as relate by the governor. It was a perfectl plain, unvarnished, clearly.presente statement that compelled convictioi It removed cobwebs of doubt eve though there were questions of pol cies, and whatever criticism thei may have been has been overshadov ed?completely so?by the realizj tion of the fact that-whatever Go> ernor Manning did in connection wit the employment of high salaried an efficient officials at the asylum wa done as a result of the absolut needs, as he saw them, of an institi tion that was caring for eightee hundred helpless souls. nA Precedent Indeed. Perhaps never before has a pei sonal message heen so convincing] and sympathetically presented to a audience of law-makers. And when it \Vas all over brought forth the unanimous ado] tion of the following resolution offe] ed by Mr. McCullough, of Greenvilli "Resolved, That the thanks of th: joint assembly are hereby extende to his Excellency, Governor Manninj * ? ? inforoctin 1UI Illfi iiiuai niau vi>wu and soul stirring message, and w pledge to him and those in authorit our hearty support in their efforts t better the conditions of these unfo: tunate wards of the State confine in the State Hospital for the Ii sane." Governor Manning said that coi ditions at the asylum were such whe he was inaugurated governor thj they could not continue, and, whe he cast about for a man of such e: ecutive febility and such humanit that he could handle the State Ho: pital efficiently, he found that tli salary must be increased. He mad the necessary increase, paying tfc money out of his pocket. "This sa< rifice I made willingly, gladly," t said, but stated that it was now u to the legislature to relieve hirfi ( the burden that he could carry r longer. The present administratic of the asylum has improved the ii stitution in efficiency of administration and of treatment, $14,000 alor v J i? ?i-,f 1, Demg saveu vy rcui&inuuuuu ui *? bor. He gave instances where occupj tional treatment had cleared tfc mental cloud of many of the pj tients. The board of regents, finding th? they had a balance of $17,885 o hand, agreed to eliminate the appr< priation of $20,000 for improv* ments, but the governor stressed tt necessity of allowing the $325,00 asked for maintenance. The senate went on record toda as opposing the creation of new o fices when the bill for the establisl ment of a library commission for tli State was killed by a vote of 24 to < The Carlisle measure prohibitin publication of whiskey advertising i South Carolina went to third reac ing. The Wightman bill repealing th law requiring two years study in law school or law office before bein allowed to stand a bar examinatioi passed third reading and was ordere sent to the house. A mass of new bills was introduce in both the senate and the house t( day. Joint Assembly. Gov. Manning, who has the prope development of the State Hospital fc the Insane very much at heart, ai peared before the joint assembly th: morning to make clear the real coi ditions as viewed by him. The a: sembly invited the governor to ai pear and deliver the message in pei son. x Gov. Manning was received wit applause and thanked the assembl for inviting him. He wished to sa that he had no personal criticism t make of any one, but he wanted t speak of actual conditions. All li wished to say was that when he b< came governor he found the physic, conditions at the asylum intolerab! and that the treatment of the patients was unsatisfactory; in fact, is the patients were merely in the custody of the authorities. The present conditions, he said. Lt were very much improved. Last year the members saw cold and unpalatable food and this year the members j tj found good food. Gov. .Manning re-! viewed the changed conditions brought about in a year. The fire e protection there was inoperative and d useless because the hose would not; fi * nil f Kin lino lioon olian croH Til ^ lit ail lino 1IQO ugwi viiuugvu. ? j e the then prize woman's ward two! a nurses had charge of 92 patients, j ^ T1 Restraining treatment is no longer j used and today the improved treat- 4 ^ ment has brought much good. i d - He earnestly urged the continuance of the good work already au-j 5_ thorized. Important changes were * made in the management. It was j < necessary. The asylum act was sign-: < r_ ed and submitted to him on the last ^ ,r day of the session. There is no act! fixing the salary of the superintendLS ent. It is provided for in the ap- i )_ propriation bill and that fixes the < g salary. He reviewed how he tried 4 to find a competent and efficient phy- < sician for the salary fixed by the apLt propriation act.* He explained that >s perquisites of the position amounted ^ d to $1,300 and even with this he could 4 v not secure the man he wanted. He 4 d sought a man of high executive abili- < ! ty, efficiency and skill. When he n thought of the 1,800 patients he realized the necessity of securing a man e combining the ability he thought 4 necessary and demanded. < t. There was no provision for in- i creased salary. The question with h him was whether he should make the d personal sacrifice. i ? - ~ ? _ 1? 4 LS Made Sacrifice wimngiy. e When he found what was necesi_ sary to fill the position he borrowed n $2,375 at 3 per cent, to insure the employment of such a man as he felt necessary. The arrangement was made for one year and it is now up r~ to the assembly as to the future. y This he made as a personal contribun tion cheerfully and gladly, but he could not continue to make this arrangement. The expenditure has proven satisfactory in every way. He r_ was rejoiced at the splendid showing e- made as a result of the change of is administration and the employment d as superintendent of a high grade officer. It is now up to the general ? assembly to relieve him of the will's ing burden, he said. y Gov. Manning explained that with:? out hurt to the patients there was a r" saving of $14,000 for the year. The d number of patients ha^increased. In 1_ addition there have been added 22 trained nurses and the services of 10 ' 1_ additional physicians has been sen cured. Gov. Manning then explained ; how the saving had been brought < !n about, by the employment of patients ; as scrubbers, washers ,and on the ; ;y farm and the patients were delighted < s" to do the work and it was good for ie them. In former years the asylum ; bought liquor/ by the barrel and now ie it was less than a quart a month. c~ (Applause.) ie Little Liquor. P He emphasized one item in particular: Before the advent of Dr. 10 Williams the consumption of liquor ,n had been large?purchased by the barrel?now only one quart of liquor l~ is used monthly in the institution. ie Gov. Manning, in illustrating the l~ effectiveness of occupational train- t ing, told of an inmate painter who l~ seemed to take no interest in .anyr ie thing. When Supt. Williams found l" that the man was a painter he put the patient to work, wno aia jous around the asylum enthusiastically? n and before long the man's interest in < > his labor so cleared his clouded men- 1 tal faculties that he was soon disie charged from the State hospital a \ 0 cured man. Could Multiply Instances. Gov. Manning said that he could ] multiply instances of improvements 1_ of the inmates under the present re- ( 1 ^ ^ gime, but the ones that he gave were < ") ? sufficient. . ] ^ The chief executive specified < n the various efforts being put forth ( for occupational training of the pa- J tients, and told of the rapidly awak- < ie ening interest among the patients < a under the new treatment. Those pa- ? tients now having congenial occupa1 * ' tions number 809. < ^ Gov. Manning'"stressed what can 1 be accomplished with care and effort. J ^ He then gave the story of a little ! seven-year-old child from Dillon suf- ] fering from pellagra. He had per- 1 sonally watched this and other cases j ?r and how this child has been restored < k >r to health and she is now a healthy 3- and beautiful child. The little girl 1 is had bound herself to the nurses and J l- all and the child did not want to go 5- home and the physicians had to turn > away to prevent the tears coming, r- One other case was related of how a mother was cared for. He related h how every morning there was a con|y terence of the physicians and how y the doctors went to the root of ;o things, and how such study was ac;o complishing real good. In this case ip overwork was the primary cause and 3- the cure has been permanent. ? i\ Some Statistics, le Gov. Manning said the regents I Fresh L !r:Tn ii ilie r \ " f ? Will arrive Saturday and wil f morning. It will pay you tc f animals before they are pick I WE CAN SAVE % t W13 kairA a nnnnkoi* of etvloc in Run TT w " "W1IWVI ? that we can meet your requirement > are. We have the styles. X ? | THE PRICES f X Come to see us; you a jjONES f ? Bamberg, - - yr'w 4r 4r 4r 4r ir found they had a balance of $17,885 j| ? and the board would drop the request of $20,000 for equipment. The board, VVI asked for $325,000 for maintenance; I VTV%/1 and he earnestly urged that every! I VI cent of this be appropriated. All this . J money was needed for the best and; proper treatment. He felt fully jus tified in the employment of Dr. Wil-j liams which ran up to February lo,j 1916. He explained that Dr. Williams received no perquisites and on- j ly a straight salary of $500 per' month and not a single perquisite. JUSt Y ?Mr-. B. F. Morris, of Culverton, j.-- 0>u? Ga., is attending court in Bamberg ^ ? this week. Mr. Morris is a former AUm Bamberg citizen, having resided in the Ehrhardt section. All MASTER'S SALE: . r I ton to State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. Bamb R. L. Farrell, et al., plaintiffs, vs. Mrs. A. C. Farrell, defendant. By virtue of a decree of the court of common pleas for Bamberg coun- j ty, in the above entitled case, dated January 19th, 1916, I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberg county, will sell to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday, February 7, 1916, during the legal hours of sale, at the court mm w bouse door, Bamberg, S. C., the fol- II lowing described property, to wit: 1. "All that certain piece, parcel, A or tract of land lying, being and sit- j late in the county of Bamberg and j ? State of South Carolina, containing * , line and nine-tenths (9 9-10) acres,! ? ? ind bounded on the North by lands ! 1|. ' ~ ?1 if John Cooner; on the East by lands if Mrs. A. C. Farrell; on the South' by the public road known as the Charleston-Augusta public road, and i m the West by lands of the estate of ! \ngus Patterson." 2. "All that piece, parcel, or tract if land situated in Fish Pond town- j sliin iii tli o nnnntv nf Barn well (now I 3HX J lil VVf V?*A V/? ? ? - N - -Bamberg) and State a foresaid, containing fifty acres, bounded on the Vorth by lands of Mrs. Ann Tucker and J. G. Smoak: on' the East by ; lands of Mrs. Ann Tucker and es- j :ate of J. C. Miley; on the South by j lands of the estate of J. C. Miley; on :he West by lands of Aaron Rentz, |^^N| 3. "All that piece, or parcel of and lying and being in Fish Pond :ownship, county of Bamberg, containing thirty-five acres, more or ess. bounded as follows: North by ands of D. B. Rhoad and John Booner; East by Branchville road; South and West bv lands of D. B. ithoad." I Purchaser to pay for papers, and i ^HB f cnppoccfnl hirldpr fails to com- ! )ly with his or her bid within a reasonable time, then the said Master ^ shall readvertise the said land and ;el 1 the same at the next salesday, ind so on from time to time, until a )idder is found to comply. The resale to be at the risk of the former m.*?viuw?c >urchaser. H. C. FOLK, nt^LMjy s Master for Bambersr County. _ Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 19. 1916. ? ~ n . oad of | j : I dulesl > Ill????? A I -i I be on exhibition Monday ^ > come in and, see these y ed over. r - X ^aaM HMMMMMMMM Yftll MONEY t less, Lap Robes, Whips, Etc. i I ==f ] s, no matter how exacting they ARE RIGHT | J re always welcome I BROS. | South Carolina ^ ! writer Ribbons J ,iv4?^ V J*. eceived full stock best qualiiranteed typewriter ribbpns. akes machines. Don't send , d gusta, Columbia or Charles- .5! r you ribbons. Buy 'em in : | erg. . , .;? ?^fj ild Book Store i' - x ? s=j| J I "N MINERAL | SPRINGS? 1 BAMBERG, S. C. * X I r 1 ?.. . 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