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THE FRICTION WAS PERSONAL
SAYS ASYLUM PHYSICIAN
? -
DR. GRIFFIN TESTIFIES
Mays His Differences With Dr. Kleanora
Saunders Ilegan With Misunderstanding
and Could Have Dcen
Itemoved by a Frank Talk?Traces
<?rowth from Incident to Incident.
Following is the otliclal stenographic
report of the cross-examination
Friday of H. H. Griffin, M. D.f
by Eleanora Ik Saunders, M. D., the
young woman physician?both being
members of the medical staff of the
State Hospital for the Insane:
i>r. saunders: You never lu\d any
disagreement with any of the nurses?
Dr. Griflln: When you ask mo
that question, they aRk me, as I understand
it, among the several
Q. And you feel that you have always
been agreeable to everybody?
A. Never had?1 failed to mention a
while ago that little incident in regard
to Miss Hertsel.
Q. You never had any dispute with
any other nurses? A. I do not recall.
Q. Nor with any stenographer? A.
Not particularly.
"Disagreeable."
Q. Then you feel that 1 am the
only one that has been in the least
disagreeable to you? A. Well, yes,
ma'am, I think 1 felt that way.
Q. You never had any hard feelings
toward Miss Allen? A. You
mean Miss .Allen, the stenographer?
Q. Yes. A. Well, 1 did think at
one time that she stirred up a little
strife there.
Q. How long did it last? A. IIow
long did what last?
Q. That disturbance with her. A.
As far as 1 know, our relations were
very pleasant when she left there.
Q. Yes. You always gave her die
tatlon, though? A. is'o, I gavo the
other stenographer dictation sometimes.
,
Q How long did you discontinue
giving her dictation? A. I think I
gave her dictation a day or two before
she left there.
Q. Well, was thero any time when
you avoided her and gavo the other
girl dictation in preference? A. I.
think that I did for a few days.
Q. For a few days? A. I might
have been for a week or so.
44Professional Courtesy."
Q. You think the hospital work is
made up of professional courtesy?
A. I think it ought to exist.
Q. It ought to exist, l?ut it is not
the main work? A. Well, no, I think
a great deal more can he accomplished
if thero is unity, peace and concord
in the family.
Q. How many hours a day do you
come to the hospital? A. Varying
from an hour and one-half, possibly
some day I wasn't thero more than
an hour, and again I have been there
three. It depended on when I got
there. There was no specific time.
Q. Then, when you leave the hospital,
you turn your patients over to
somebody, whether in tho ward or
not? A. Of course, necessarily somebody
would assume charge.
Q. When things wero going along
well, who was supposed to relievo
you in your absence, in the 2 4 hours,
other than those three? A. I considered
that Dr. Thompson relieved
mo.
The Other 131 Hours.
Q. And when he was away who relieved
you of the other 21 hours of
the day? A. Probably you, if you
were there and you wero the only
other one there.
Q. Well, have you over known I)r.
Thompson and I to bo away at the
same time? A. If I mistake not, you
wore both sick at the same timo.
Q. Did you ever make rounds in
my department? A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. Will you tell me when? A. I
made rounds on your department one
morning, and I think Miss Irwin will
tell you so.
Q. Nurse? A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. In how many years? A. It is
me htbi umo since i nave Deen there.
I wan called upon to do bo. You
were absent. My recollection la that
Dr. Thompson was absent.
Q. You feel that you are well paid
for your from one to three hours a
day work? A. Well, now, that has
got nothing to do with this.
Q. Have I ever refused to do your
duty while you were away, In your
absence? A. Not that I know of.
'Not a Great Deal.**
Q. When you are on duty, how
does our work conflict? A. Not a
great deal.
Q. How many hours did you say
you spent in the hospital a day? A.
Now, you havo asked me that question.
Q. Oh, well, I am sorry that I repeated
it. May I ask you how you
spend your time while In the hospital?
A. That is another presumption.
Q. I want to ask you how mnch
we conflict. A. I told you that there
hould be no conflictlon.
Q. Dr. Griffin A. Yea, ma'am.
Q. How much does your work and
a
i^ll. r ' r , '
my work overlap? A. They ought
not to overlap at all.
Q. May 1 ask him, then, where ho
spends Ills time while at the hospital?
A. Well, I spend part of the
time in the building and part of the
time in the office.
Q. May I ask how-long^you*spend
in the office? A. That time varies. I
Q. What are you doiug while you
are there? A. I am attending to
my duties as I consider them.
l>r. Griffin's Duties.
Q. We", will you tell me, for the
good of those who do not know, what
aro each day's daily duties? A. For
myself?
Q. Yes. A. I am expected to look
over commitment papers for any patient
that has been added in the 2 4
hours previous. I am expected to
answer correspondence, and very frequently
friends or relatives of the
family or patients to bo dismissed
come up, and those to be sent home
on furloughs and various other little
tilings of this t^ort.
The Chairman: It is done at the
general office?
Dr. Griffin: It is at the general
offico; yes, sir.
Dr. Saunders: How long does it
take you to mako your ward rounds?
A. I do not know. That varies; depends
on how many.
Q. Give a general average. A. I
could not undertake to say.
Q. Then your stay in the general
office is not long, after all? A. it is
not very long. I should say a half an
hour, sometimes an hour, sometimes'
longer; it depends on the condition.
Sometimes I have a bunch of letters
and again 1 may not have more than
two or thrco.
Q. Am I always in the offico when
.vmi air merer a. wen, you generally
are, I think, part of the time
you arc.
Q. llow many stenographers,
there? A. There are two.
Q. Now, do you recall mo ever
telling a stenographer not to take
your dictation? A. I certainly do.
Q. Which one? A. Well, if it is
necessary I can tell her.
The Chairman: What is the question
she asks?
Dr. Oritlin: She wants wo to tell
the name of the stenographer I refer
to. I would rather not bring this
lady's name into it.
The Chairman: If it is just a
question as to stenographer's service
there
Dr. Oritlin: May I tell her quietly
and if she insists on it being made a
part of your records then all right?
Tho Chairman: You might tel 1 ^
her, and if she wants it to go into the
record it is a matter of cross-examination,
you know.
Dr. Oritlin: Well, she is not there
at present. She has been away from
there for somo while. You know
who I mean.
Dr. Saunders: You arc suro of
that fact, then?
Dr. Oritlin: Well, she assured me
of it. T spoke to her day before yesterday
and asked her did she remember
that incident. That is the way
she remembered it, that is tho way I
understood her to say.
The Chairman: I will state here
that if that is a matter of contradic
mm yuu win nave io iay me proper
foundation by identifying the stenographer
in question so the stenographer
can testify. I am saying that
as a matter of information.
Dr. Griffin: I spoke to this lady
day before yesterday and asked her
if she remembered that incident and
that is the way she remembered it.
Hetween Individuals.
The Chairman: The object hero is
to get at the main facts. So far as
involving a little controversy between
individuals, the committee is not so
much interested in that. Wo want
to get at the salient facts which
make up he crux of the situation out
there.
Dr. Saunders: You do receive
food from the diet kitchen?
Dr. Griffin: Yes, ma'am, I do now.
Q. How long? A. I think that has
been done for some little?I know
within the last year or so. I remember
your giving me a little list. Don't
you recall that? I do not know
whether you did that personally or
sent it to me as a list of things that
could bo gotten?
Q. Do you remember in relieving
Dr. Thompson you were asked to
leavo a list of patients you did not
want to receive visitors? A. I do
not recall that.
Q. You do not deny It's being
done? A. Ask that question again.
Q. Do you remember being asked
to leavo a list of peoplo whom you
objected to having visitors? A. No,
ma'am, I do not. I remember making
a request verbally, though that <
hub iiauoni not again be allowed to
receive viBitors. I could go on and '
give you my reason, but those things
had best not bo spoken of hero.
Q. You say you were doing bac- 1
teriologlcal work at one time? A. i
Yes, ma'am, the best I could with
practically nothing to do it with, i
Don't you remember my going over
to your department? I
Q. You always did what was asked
and required? A.' As far as I )
know. As far as it was within my t
means.
Purchase of Apparatus.
Q. When tho first of the labora- <
tory apparatus was bought, do you i
remember who did it? A. Who did I
the work? 1
Q. Who did the buying? A. I was
under the impression, Dr. Saunders, 1
that you came into the room when
the agent was in there and gave most
of the order. Now that is my impression.
Q. Yes. A. If I am mistaken
Q. Are you sure it was bought
through an agent? A. Yes, I certainly
remember it. I know I did
because I had the agent to take my
mechanical stage, tho thing that
slides the wall over tho aperture, and
he took it at the same time back to
Philadelphia to be fixed.
Q. May I ask, do you know what
company tho apparatus was brought
from? A. I think it was bought
from Thomas, Arthur or It. Thomas.
That is my impression.
Negro Male Department.
Q. When wo were making ward
improvements, did you object to your
ward being improved? A. No,
ma'am. And I grant you that tho
conditions in tho colored male department
wore not as I would liked
for them to have been. I am sure
that I appealed to tho superintendent
to have this old man, Perry Stevens,
removed. I thought ho was decrepit
and altogether incapable. Now I have
thought all of tho time that it would
he best to have men down in that department,
in that dining room, capable
men, younger men than we had.
1 do not know what the result would
be of having some of those men who
are quite vicious coming in contact
with women down there.
Q. Well, the plan has worked out
very well? A. Yes, 1 do not say that
there has been any great mistake. I
still feel and think, though, that I
would rather have a man down thore,
because I can have better control of
them. It is in my judgment necessarily
O- 1)1(1 von nulr *><"(
-v . ^ W ?. iiuit V \ / II Cl YO 111(11
ehango made? A. No, ma'am.
Q. Will you toll mo when I have
been on your wards? A. I heard
you say the other day, and I also
heard (hat you had visited there one
time, in the wards. You would go
down in the dining room of that department
every day or two. I have
seen you down there several times.
(J. Did you object to my being
down there? A. I would rather?1
felt that when you made visits down
there you had assumed charge of it
and I was in a way brushed aside;
yes, ma'am.
Didn't Itoport Incident.
Q. Did you object to the superintendent?
A. To the superintendent
doing so?
Q. Did you object to him, did you
make complaint to him that 1 had
been down there? A. No.
(J. When you felt that I had treated
you rather unfairly about the
diet dinner sent to a sick male nurse,
did you ask me not to do so again or
did you mention it to me at all? A.
I do not think 1 did.
Q. Well, don't you' think that
might have adjusted it without going
to Dr. Tlabcock? A. Well, Dr. Saunders,
your attitude had not been
friendly to me and 1 knew that you
would not receive me in the right
spirit. Now, that is the reason why
1 thought the right tiling under the
circumstances was for me to go to
tho superintendent, that is why 1 did.
Q. You remember when that han
pcncd? A. I do not remember the
year. I n^membor that it was during
one of 1) Thompson'H illnesses
or either Dr. Thompson was ill or he
was off on his vacation. You know
ho takes a month vacation every
year. I do not know just when it
was.
Q. Is it my custom to give contrary
orders to your nurses? A. No,
I have never heard of your doing it.
Differences Personal.
Q. And you will agreo with mo
that when you leave the hospital you
leavo it in charge of somebody? A.
Yes. I know that Dr. Thompson calls
me up nearly every day in regard to
some little matter in regard to my
department.
Q. So you feel that all of our differences
have been personal? A.Yes.
I feel that they have been differences
and that somo of them were misunderstandings,
and I think that if we
both could have gotten together we
probably could have adjusted them.
Q. Did I ever report you for them?
A. I have heard that you went to I)r.
Dabcock soveral times.
Q. You have heard, but please say,
do you know that I have ever reported
you? A. Well, I could not say. I
could not answer positively yes or no.
Q. Then, after all, the differences
were probably as blamable to you as
to mev A. I do not know how you
feel about It.
Q. Don't you think that if wo woro
not willing to livo undor tho conditions
at that tlmo that one of us
ought to have resigned? Would that
have been fair? A. I think that
would have been a good solution of it.
"No Great Tilings."
Q. So our differences after all have
been personal? A. There havo been
ao great things, no ma-am.
Q. So our wards are separated, so
that wo come in conflict very little?
A. There should havo been no conflict
at all.
Q. It has been but little? A. Not
a great deal. But enough to make
things unpleasant for mo.
Q. Did you feel from your dally
visits to the hospital that short time
that you were embarrassed by my
antagonism? A. I must say that 1
felt rather bad that I should be
treated that way.
Q. It didn't Interfere with your efficiency
In your duties, did It? A.
TRY TO SLIP PAST
AMERICAN SOLDIERS SEARCH FOR
MEXICAN RAIDERS
FAILED TO CATCH THEM
IfuortA Hand In Said to Havo Gone
Across the Border, Intending ti)
Make a Detour and Kojoin Kwloral
Troops Now Opposed to Villa
?Travelled in Autos.
Sharp-eyed United States troopers
searched through stunted brush along
the sandy plains stretching back from
the Rio Grande Thursday for tho
Mexicans who started on an automobile
expedition from American side
of the border Wednesday night with
the probable purpose of joining Federal
forces south of the border or
harassing the rebel garrison at Juarez.
The alarm reached Gen. Scott, In
command at Fort Bliss about 10
o'clock Thursday night. Ranchers
along tho road near Ysleta telephoned
into tho city to find out the causo
Tor the appearance of an unusual
number of automobiles some of which
were covered with canvas and apparently
carried boxes.
Counts of the number of these var
lod irora 10 to 50, but inquiry at
Ysleta, Texas, Indicated that there
wore more than a hundred. Mrs
Mary O'Neil, telepliono operator at
Ysleta, saw six of them, seemingly
laden with boxes under their canvascovers,
turned toward the river. They
were without lights and she thought
that the machines disappeared in '
some of the numerous corrals in
Yslota and were there unloaded.
The only soldier so far to have
seen any of the alleged lluorta re- }
omits was Corporal Kauffman of
troop A, 15th cavalry, lie was sta- (
tioned at a village each of Ysleta and
when the alarm sounded he was (lis- '
patched to Ysleta to guide other t
troops hurrying to that point. He s
arrived ahead of tho reinforcements t
and lay In a ditch from which he 1
says he saw the detachments of about ?
I men each make a rush toward the <
river.
All night the Americans searched (
along tho Rio Grande but did not
catch sight of their quarry. To all j
appearances they had escaped. Ac- j
cording to Mrs. O'Neil strange Mexi- (
4
onus had been collecting since Tuos- (
day. They came in small groups and j
were reticent about their business, i
Refucrees ;i re not iinpninmnn
? ....V M.ivwiiiiuvill 111 Llllrt >
part of the country, but the number
was unusual. I
Hon oral Francisco Villa, command- 1
ing the robol forces, received an in- i
timation of tbe situation at Ysleta i
and sent small detachments oast \
along the Mexican bank of the river
to capture 10 men, but six of theso <
proved to be harmless peons and the
other four were hold for further investigation.
Villa during tho night
sent out reinforcements and as they
are mounted ho said Thursday that
they should not havo great difficulty
catching up with tho dismounted recruits.
Oeneial Villa said ho hoped that
tho recruits got across tho river for if
tho Americans captured them they
would only bo imprisoned while he
could shoot them. Tho movements
of the automobiles constitute one of
of tho mysteries of the night. Every
road into El Paso was watched after
tho alarm but no prisoners were taken,
although several persons insisted
that thero were many machines and
that most of them carried armed
men. There is direct evidence of
only thoso seen by Mrs. O'Neil.
In tho adobo hut which formed
part of tho corral at Ysleta, American
troops found a largo stock of saddles
which appeared nearly now. To one
of the saddles was attached a box full
I
of fuses. Theae subbested that the (
f
Well,if I asked the stenographer to t
take my letters and you toll her not J
to do It, It would have Interfered 1
with mo.
Q. You are suro that that oc- t
curred? A. That Is what she said, i
She told mo that. 1
Once in Nino Years. t
r? tr^i.r ? ->' > 1
^c. ..wyt nuvu uiu Liiiit nappen7
A That happened only onco In nlno (
years, most ten.
Q. Tho differences havo been per- *
sonal? A. Doctor, there has never y
been any great thing, but enough to
make It disagreeable and unpleasant. *
Q. And after all, you have carried '(
on your ward work as you like It and
I havo carried on my ward work as
I like It? A. Yes. Now, Dr. Saun- "
ders, I will say this, If you had not r
been, as I said, unpleasant and a lit- 1
tie discourteous to me and If you had r
not gone beyond your bounds In go- c
lng over to another department, you t
would not have a better friend than c
myself, and there would have been
no friction. Understand, I do not t
claim that I do not make any mis- I
takes. I know I have been guilty of I
many Indiscretions In many ways, but t
I have done tho best that I knew how. I
Q. But I have not complain- f
ed ? A. You askod me that j
question a while ago and I think that c
I answered it; yes, ma'am. <
NURSES PAY TRIBTUE
APPKAL TO TIIK HONOR OV ALL
GALLANT GKNTLKMKN.
Issue Statomont {living Their Opinion
of Dr. Saunders am An ANylain
Official and an a Woman.
Tho following Ih a statement of
a resolution passed Friday by tho
nurses at tho State Hospital for the
Insane:
Nurses of the Stato Hospital for
tho Insane at a meeting held this day
pasaed a resolution asking Tho State
to publish the following, so that the
people of South Carolina might know
just how they feel toward Dr. Saunders.
(Signed) Margaret I). Barnes, Jessie
IV Klerk ley, Margaret Vera Parnoll,
Rebecca Sharp, Lena Pound, Carrie
K. Watson, Kate Carter, Ollva
Busbeo, Mattie Simpson, Cora Workman,
Fannie Parrott, Margarlo Parrott,
Myrtle McLano, Carrie Bookman,
Lizzie Watson, Annlo Ferguson,
Alma Doubley, Elva Youngblood,
1011a Price lOdlth Fasloy, W.
K. Steele, M. B. stack, Annie Head,
Maud Queen, Ruth Love, Enuna
Blakely, Neallo Barefoot, Cora Leo
Cornell, Natalie Bailey, Marie Long,
Ella Roof, Inez Hoguo, Eva Idelle
Cause, Carrie Belle Strlcklen, Kate
Hope, Emily Rabon, Bessie Smith,
Virginia Bickley, Ernestine Fuller,
Emily Driggers, Lizzie Taylor, Bertlin
M'lvnu ?> '
. .i.jnr, UUI.IIUI A DI'll, I'OFil
Smith, Addle Love, Mamlo Duncan,
Mary bavin, llasslo (irahani, Mamlo
A. Corley, Kato Tldwcll, Marian
Smith, Kosa Don Weitnorts.
Columbia, February 1 3.
Statoiiiont of Nurses,
What the nurses of the State hos>ital
have to say about Dr. K;iurt<lors:
Wo are a sad and gloomy body of
Hirsos today at tho State hospital,
rhe shadow of an impending sorrow
md wrong has crept into our mist,
ind we go to work with little zest and
lark forebodings.
Wo have been strongly optimistic
ip to the present time, beliving that
lie good men of our State would
ibility and noblo womanhood would
itand by tho riglit and that truth,
jo recognized and strenuously uphold
igainst unjust accusers and misunlerstandings.
We feel that we, who come in daily
contact with Dr. Saunders and know
very phase of her life here, from thejoyful
and hearty entering into our
ileasures and pastimes as friend,
'ompanion, teacher, down to the sol-J
mn and strenuous duties of extreme
llness and suffering, have a deeper
nsight. into the heart and mind of the
.voman than those who have only a
-light acquaintance, or even a per-J
ect acquaintance with her outside of
ler work. 'Tin in a woman's lifcAork
that her true character and real
kvorth are seen and felt to best advantage.
With one accord tho nurses of the
State hospital wish to say to the pubic
that we consider Dr. Saunders tho
Mini in our unueriaKings here. Without
her our inspiration would bo
*ono. She holds up to us, in her own
ifo, In ovory step slio takes here, an
example of what a woman can accomplish
for the good of hor State, for
jcr work hero among these patients
md nurses extends into homes in
?very corner of this State of ours,
tier influence is far-reaching, and
:hero is nothing but good in that influence.
Wo know that she has done
nothing wrong and are sorely grieved
that sho should ho misjudged. I
Most of us are young girls who dedro
to hold to the belief in the chiv\lry
of our Southern men, as our
mothers did before us, when it comes
to the question of wronging a noble,
pure-hearted, true-hearted woman, in
ier profession or in any other way,
ind wo sincerely hope that the men
A'ho are ruling this State will prove
ihemselves to bo the gallant, men that
'heir fathers nnH wrom.1 c..n.
? ..> > ni uuiii aiuri n WtTIl
joforo them In such points of honor,
hat they will right about face and
;ivo the decision that is t*he only Just
ind honorable one, not to raise a linger
against the work of I)r. Saunders
n this institution. I
Dr. Saunders is in every sense of
he word a gontlewoman. Her quick
uul tender sympathy for her patients
s discernible to all who come in conact
with her here. She is the same
woman always, no matter what her
>wn sorrows and grievances may ho,
lispensing cheorfulness and pleasant,
cindly interest to every one with
vhom sho comes in contact each day.
We, the nurses or this institution,
is a body, appeal to the mfcn of this
Uate, who are sitting in judgment on
>ur worthy friend, not to remove her
rom our midst.
ecrultB, if euch they really wore,
lad in mind the deHtruction of the
allroad south of Juarez in order to
lelay the movement of additional
roops south for the impending attack
>n Torreon.
American cavalry officers bolieved
hat one part of the expedition's plans
nvolved the capture of a corral of
lorses at Ysleta about a mile from
he Rio Grande and rush them into
dexlco. It appeared this miscarried,
or the rush to the other side, as re>orted
by citizens of Ysleta, was precipitated
before many of the horses
could be obtained.
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ANOTHER REGENT HEARD j
I>It. HKTLKMKYKK TESTIFIES RB*
FOItK COMMITTEE.
Hays lie IlCKftrdwl I?r. Rahcock m tb*
2
Equal of the Hoard of Ilrgento U
Authority Over the Institution.
Dr. Eleanor B. Saunders, the lady
physician on the Asylum staff, whom
Superintendent J. W. Habcock is
backing up, and whom the majority ?<
of the regents hold responsible for
the friction which they state would
have ended among tho medical staff
had Dr. Habcock dismissed her, was t
not allowed to have a stenographer u
present during tho executive meeting
of tho regents in December when Got.
Hlease was present with his prlvato '
Secretary, Col. John K. Aull, who k
Is a stenographer, and Mrs. Bessie l
Sanders was present also as a stenog- >
rapher, according to the cross-exami- L
nation of Dr. W. L. Settlemeyer, one
of tho regents, Thursday afternoon
by Dr. Saunders.
This was tho meeting at which complaints
of certain members of the
medical staff against Dr. Saundert j
w?ro taken by the regents, and her
father, Mr. (). I,. Saunders, was not
allowed to be present, it has been
testified to, and resolutions condemning
her for interference wero passed
by the regents. Dr. Settloineyer went
on the board of regents last April,
succeeding Mr. Fred H. Dominick,
and ho stated that in selecting persons
for the vacancies filled by tho
board duly 1, he voted for those ho
thought best fitted for tho positions,
land that there was no previous underI
standing among any of tho regents as
to who were to bo elected.
Corroborating tho testimony of
Chairman Oarouthers, Dr. Sottlemeyer
was of tho opinion that tho trouble
at the asylum came from tho friction
between members of tho medical
staff and tho complaint by certain
subordinates that Dr. Saunders was
infringing on their duties and rights,
lie spoke highly of tho work and efficiency
of Dr. Saunders and stated
that he had inspected her work, that
of tho white women, only twice and
found everything in fine shape. Personally,
lie stated, lie knew no charges
against Dr. Saunders and those made
by tho other members of tho medical
staff wero only general.
i
Under questioning from Dr. Hab!
cock, Dr. Settlemeyer stated that he
thought it was the duty of tho male
doctors to lend every assistance in
their power to tho female doctors;
that tho profession was very arduous,
and that he considered from a question
of ethics that all of the male doctors
at the asylum should co-operate
with Dr. Saunders in every way possible.
He praised both her and tho
work she was doing highly, said there
was no chargo regarding her moral
: character, and stated that ho and Dr.
Habcock had gotten on well together,
lie did not consider Dr. Habcock a
subordinate, but the equal of the regents
in authority, and said ho
thought Dr. Habcock ought to hare
come to the regents with the whole
matter and the trouble might have
been avoided.
The witness, in roply to a question
from Dr. Saunders, said that ho did
not know why Representative O. L?.
Saunders had not remained when the
regents went into executlvo session
to hear tho complaints against his
daughter, and certainly, ho said, he
had no objection to his remaining.
He said ho did not know why Mr. A.
M. Deal, tho stenographer for Dr.
Saunders, was not allowed to remain
at tho meeting and why Col. John K.
A nil and Mrs. Sanders stayed, except
that Mrs. Sanders, ho thought, had
been Invited to come as tho stenographer
for tho board. Just why tho
lady physician under Investigation
was not allowed to have her stenographer
present, ho said, ho could not
explain, and did not know. He stated
ho did not hear Gov. Rlease suggest
to Mr. Deal that he leavo after it was
stated tho board was going into executive
session.
Col. John K. Aull brought in the
minutes of tho executlvo meeting of
tho board of regents on December 12,
and reading from them Representative
Stevenson asked Dr. Settlemeyer
if tho regents wore trying to oust Dr.
Saunders because sho was not a
Hleaaelte. The witness denied that
politics had anything to do with the
matter, or that they had over been
discussed by the regents at any of
their meetings.
Dr. Settlemoyor had stated that
Drs. Taylor and Rabcock, Messrs.
Rlvens and Somerset constituted a
committee of tho rogents to revise the
rules under which the regents were
working and to present them to the
general assembly for their approval,
as required by the Act. Dr. Rabcock
Immediately arose and said it waa a
r~
tho first time ho had over heard that
he was a member of any such committee.
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Meets Serious Accident,
C. B. Llndler of Irmo met with &
serious accident Monday. While he
wan winding up a beef preparatory to
dressing it for market, one of the
levers of the windlass broke, causing
it to revolve rapidly and the other
end of the lever struck Mr. Llndler
a severe blow on the heed, knocking
' him senseless.