The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 06, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
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BOARD CONDEMNS HOME
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American Rescue Workers, Orangeburg,
Lose License.
The American Rescue Workers'
home, located at Orangeburg, has
been investigated by G. Croft Williams,
secretary, and LeRoy M. "Salvo,
fiscal agent for .the state board of
public welfare, and condemned. Mr.
/ Williams says in his report that he
does not believe that this institution
is serving any worthy purpose and
that it should not have the support of
either the citizens of Orangeburg or
those of the other parts of the state,
from the results of this investigation,
this board has withdrawn the
license of the Kescue worKers 01
Orangeburg.
Sanitary Conditions Bad.
Mr. Williams says in his report that
sanitary conditions of the home are
so bad as to be a menace to health
I in the city of Orangeburg. He also
says that some of the former inmates
were diseased and did not receive
medical attention, especially was
this the case among women inmates.
"The plant of the Rescue home is a
two and a half story frame dwelling
house, which is old and.unpainted,
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I according 10 -\ir. wmiamss re^un. it
has a drab and forbidding appearance.
There is no running water. Oil
lamps are used. Heating is done by
Stoves.
"The first floor contains a dining
toom, kitchen, bedroom for children,
and an office. The walls are soiled
and smoke stained. The second floor
contains four bedrooms. The walls
of these rooms were lately calcimined.
They are furnished with double
beds, several dressers and other
odd pieces of furniture. The third
floor contains two bedrooms. The furniture
of the house consists of 16 double
beds, a few chairs, two dining
tables and other pieces of various
types and patterns. Cleanliness,
cheerfulness and comfort, conditions
that should contain in all rescue
homes, are lacking.
"The front and back yards and garden
were clean^ but there was a lack
of flowers. Indeed, the whole lacked
color. A spigot in the side yard furnishes
water for .the institution. '
<(The Rescue Workers' home is not
for the permanent care of inmates, it
only takes emergency cases. Its occupants
therefore are transient. This
must be borne in mind in judging of
the plant and its facilities. We were
informed that the inmates came not
only from the city of Orangeburg but
also from different parts of South
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I Carolina ana iruxu aajumiug sia^o.
Staff Workers.
"The staff workers consist of Major
Griggs, Mrs. Griggs, Captain Griggs,
the major's 16 year old boy, and Captain
Holland. The inmates consist
of a feebleminded woman and her.
four months' old child. We were informed
that religious exercises consisted
of a blessing before and after
meals and prayer meetings when
emergencies arise. Major Griggs reported
that he had placed out 12 children
in the last year. We found
no records of these children's foster
homes, nor how they were progressing
in them. As far as we could
ascertain there is practically no supervision
given to them, nor is there
any one on the staff competent to do
this work.
"Only one record book is kept.
This is an account in a weekly report
book. It is impossble to audit the
accounts of the American Rescue
Workers of Orangeburg from the
meager facts now in their possession.
The report sworn to by Major Griggs
is evidently only a general approximation
when it comes to the spiritual
treatment and the reports of the relief
department and rescue department.
The major was evidently enamored
of the decimal system of notation
when he made out this report,
as most of the items are in tens or
multiples thereof. Recently the mayor
of Orangeburg forbade the American
Rescue Workers of America to
solicit funds on the streets of that
city. This action was taken because
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the mayor believed that the Rescue
Workers' home was not properly conducted.
We commend the mayor for
this action, as it was done in the best
interests of the citizens of Orangeburg
and of the social agencies there
that are endeavoring to help those
who are dependent or delinquent.
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"For the reasons set forth in the
preceding paragraphs we do not believe
that the institution is serving j
any worthy purpose, nor should it |
have the support of either the citizens
of Orangeburg or those of the
rtfhoi. narts nf fhitj stfltp On these
grounds the state board of public
welfare has withdrawn the license of
the Rescue Workers of Orangeburg."
A Lower Pitch.
She rang and she rang: "I will
hang mv ham on a willow tre-e-e. I
will hang my harp on a willow tree-e."
each time breaking on the high
note.
Finally rhe patient father from the
next room ventured: "Better hang it
on a lower branch, Liz."
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WELL REVEALS TRAGEDY.
Former Columbian Estranged From
Wife Nearly 27 Years Ago.
The filing of the will of Richard
Lloyd Clarke, international lawyer
and author, in New York recently revealed
a domestic tragedy that has
has been kept secret 27 years. Mr.
Clarke was a native of Columbia
while Mrs. Felicite F. Clarke, the
woman in the tragedy, was the
daughter of John Fox, a former resident
of Charleston. The New York
World tells the story as follows:
"The will bequeathing the greater
part of the estate to Miss A. Coralie
Hallett, whose address is given as the
Hotel Richmond, Atlantic City, makes
no reference to a wife, but the petition
accompanying it discloses that
Clarke left one in Mrs. Felicite F.
Clarke, who is living at the Rutledge
Hotel for Women, Thirtieth street
and Lexington avenue.
"At the hotel last evening a reporter
for The World found a brighteyed
woman, who married Richard
Floyd Clarke, then a young attorney,
In 1888.
"She and Miss Hallett, she said,
were schoolmates more than 40 years
ago in the Sacred Heart convent in
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then Miss Felicite Fox, daughter of
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he cared for Miss Hallett, but Mrs.
Clarke never took legal steps against
him. She had preferred, she said, to
live apart on money inherited from
her parents in silence. Her own life
since then, she described, as 27 years
of starved existence. Yet her chief
concern last night was that people
would not say unkind things about
Mr. Clarke.
" 'He was my husband and I loved
him dearly and 1 wouldn't want to
have people say anything that would
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"Miss Hallett is made the beneficiary
by Clarke of two trust funds totalling
$50,000. In addition she re-1
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corporation, his house furnishings,
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and four-tenths of the residue. The
remaining six-tenths, after bequests
to friends and employees, is divided
among seven women described either
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Clarke says was owned by his father
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