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CONDENSED N2ASENGER SOHEDULES 3et een -Anderson, Greenwood, Green rUI and Greer, 8. C., effective Suln 2,~ Decembeor 7th, 1913. TraIns .av4 and arrive corner Main and I Wasl ington Streets, to. Time No. Time 1 :00OA. M, 2 8:10 A.M. 3 ' , .M. 4 10:10 A. M. 5 10 0o A. M." 6 12:25 P. M. 7 11 0 A, M. 8 1:40 P. MU. 9 1: 5 P. M. 10 3:55 P. M. t I 4:'5 P. M. 12 6:33 P. M. .5 7:3~ P. M.'- 1 9:40 P.M. Dietiteen Greenvilie and Greer so. ime No. 'Time 0 8:2~ A.M. 71 7:40 A. Mv, . 2 10:1~ A. M. 783* 9:55 A. MA. 4 12:91 P. M. 75 11:40 A. MA. '6 .'1:50 P. M, 77 1:45 P. M. 8 8:35 P. MA. 79 3:15 P. MA. ~ :0 6:20 ~(. MA. 81 4'55 P. M. II Tickets ~n sale G. S. &A. Terminal, r' 01 North Main Street. - 0. 9: ALLIDN, Gen's Pass, Agent. Orwii fsIENO RP~n e State.) fr Feb. 8.-Following is the Qaphic repo-t of the tilt between Babcock and the governor in the course of the legislatie inquiry yes terday into the affairs of the State Hospital for the Insane: N. W. Hardin--Doctor, after you re ceived the letter from the governor, on the 10th of November, I believe It is Dr. Babcock-The letter wag dated the 10th and I received it on the 1th. Mr. iardin-Well, after you re ceived the letter dated the 10th, did, you have a conversation with him about the contents of the lettert Dr. Babcock-No, sir; he asked me not toconle. I tried' to 'have. Mr. Ilardin-Have you had a don versation since about the contents of the letter? Dr. Babcock-'.No. Q. lie says in there be heard some conversations between some' ladies re flecting upon the character of Dr. Stunders. A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you ask him who they were? A. No, sir. Q. Did you try to follow that up? A. I did. I tried to find out what I could about-. Q. Well, here is an ac'busation against a lady.' Don't you think as su perintendent of the hospital you ought to- have gone td the governor and r~tk.. .': l th give you the names of s..eu ni. at you could ascer the witnesses so tL pot? A. tain whether it is true o Read tie last sentence. C H does not reflect upon her at all. I am asking you as the super intendent of the thospital, having -this information before you, don't you think you ought to have (followed it up and seen whether It was true or untrue. A. I came down to try to see the governor but could not see him. Q. Have you asked him since the date of the letter? A. I have not asked him what he meant. Q. Don't you believe that if you had followed this up and investigated this thoroughly that this investigation that we are having today would not have taken place? I. I do not know how it would have prevented it. Q. Well, suppose you had seen the witnesses and found out that the ac cusation was unfounded, that would have been the end of it. A. You think that was my business to find out who the accusers are? Willing to Tell. Q. 'Well, you were the superintend ent and it was your duty to find out whether it- was true. A. Well, the accusation was made by the governor. You want me to tell you what I konw about that? ' I am perfectly willing to tell, because I know what the refer ence is. I know and I will tel). Q. We will be glad to have you tell. A. All r'ight, you call have it. Q. 1 am trying to be fair With you. Trho governor gave you some informationl that he hleard seome con versation reflecting upon a ladly. Now the p)oint I want to know is if yeou asked him to disclose the name to see W~hat foundation there w~as for thlat rumor. A. I did not ask Gov. Blease, but I learned from Col. Aull exactly whlat it was. Now do you want to know .Q Yes. A. Well, GovC Blease wvas 1t his sister's or half sister's house it Newber'ry and lhe heard Mrs. Elson 11nd Mrs. or Miss Fulmer talking about Dri. Saunders--. Governor Interrupts. 0ov. Dbase-That Is false. Dr. Blabcock-That is what Col. Aull old 1me. Col. Aull told me that 0ov. 31ease--. (Gov. Blease-Mr. Chairman, I ,ob ect to drawing my sister's name in tore 'by Dr.\ 'Babco'ck or anybody else'. fou1 let my sister's name stay out of Is. Now, Mr. Chairman, my sis er has nothing to do with tIs trans ection and if Elbort Aull said anly hing to liim it is hearsay and not evi oence. Now I wanlt my sister's name oft out of tis investigatIon, t .D~r. Babcock-I said nothing. These eonlemen are tryinlg to .push1 me in a erncr. - a Gov. Blease-You leave my sister's a Lame ouit of this or I will put you a thlere you won't be able to talk. g Mr'. Hlardin-What Mr.. Aull wouild S ay to you, of course, would be 11ear- 'g ay, even if what Mr. Aull says is true. Other Matters. n Othler poertionls of Dr. Blabcgck's o nstimoeny are given as follows in the tenograpic report:o Q. State. Dr. Babcock, whether r our authority and your powvers have een interfered with in recent years s lore than before. A. Up to the r' rst of last July tile appointment of aistants at thle State hospital have b sually beet made by the board of oge:sts aftet' consultation withl me and a enerally upon my recommendation. a1 ly a rle of the. board of regents - rhichl the nnanne there last-ei.the.. Fri. V TILT I&tO ASbeee*leseeitTo oceinber, 1912, or January, 1913 no, regen$hdssuned the right and wnounv4 thAt on the first of . JAly :hey would elec.'all. shbordinate offi ers of the Instittion. Q. They chaiged the rule from. the ld board? A. If the old board. had any specific rule I am not aware of it; but the old board were Q. 'Who were the old board? A. When I went there She board con sisted of, nine memlgOrs. The legis lAture in the fall of 1891 reduced .that board from nine to'five. Of that five I think -Dr. B. W. Tayppr, Dr. Talley, Capt. Iredell, .fon's, Mrs Anthony White and Maj. Adoding, if I recol lect them, were' the five men. Q. That was when you went on, you say? 'A.--By law: they were taken from the: nine that had. been pre viously in. oflic. Q. 'Well, now, Dr. - Babcock, since July of laat/ year you say the board ;f regents have promulgated a rule A. fince',ja uary or December a year ago, . 7 es, sir, they promulgated that rule. Q. In which they elected your sub oi'dinates? All. Was Not Consulted. Q. yWithout consultation with you? W Well, they didn't say $o, but when it came to the first of Jtily they. had no cmmunication with me. Q. In other words, do I un'derstand you' to say that your lieutenants or subordinates out there, assistants, are put there -without recommend tion or. consultation, with yourself? *'llutely. I made one ap .'e R. .Abs " " on. I r ar cal be fore tIn.. ded Elca nora B. Saunucui.. . he best official of the institution. I made a personal appeal to Gov. Blease and he most heartily responded in recommending to the r'egents the reappointment or reelection of Dr. Emaunders. Outside of that I had no voice in the appoint ment of any of the others. Q. Doctor, do I understand from that that ones whom these ap nointees superceded were not notified or you consulted as to their dis missal or loss of office or call for their resignation. A. I had no in formation at all from tUhe 'board of regents. Q. 'Did the board of regents make any complaint to you that those as sistants or subordinates were inca lacitated in any way to perform the functions of their offices? A. Never. Q. In fact, had the subordinates under you up to the tihr of any changes that may have neon mnade, ere they satisfactory to. you in their services? A. 'They were, entirely. Friction Discussed. Q. And you had made no complaint? A. Well, I had made some complaints -that is, the officials who were not reappointed were entirely satisfactory to me-A had made some complaints to Dr. Carrothers of' the b)oard of regents, and he had 'discussed the netter with me, of what he called rriction. ie had toldi mie Q. About what time was this, (lec ~or? A. This was previous to the rst of last .January. Dr. Carrothers iad told mue that he was aware of riction there, practically existing be ween Dr. Thompson, Dr. Griffinm and lyself; that Dr. Griffin had coin )lained to him of my not supporting imn in some reflection he had made n certain nul'ses, and that 'Dr. Grlf a wasu very sore about that. Dr. :arrothmers said that he hop~ed that 'riction might be removed. I told urm I was perfectly willing to do my art. 'but I was never called into any onference about it. These were sitm ly discussions between Dr'. Carroth rs andI me. Q. Yes. WVell, doector, who comn '08e the board' of regents now? A. 'he board of regents P.s now con tituted consists of Drm. TV. R.' Carroth 's of liock 11i11. ipresident; Mr. J. A. umnmersett of Columbia, vice -presi eat; 'Mr. J. D. Rtivens, Dr. J. HI. Tay r of Columbia and Dr. W. IL. Sot iomoyer of Gaffney. Appeinted by Governor, Q. Now, (10 1 undlerstand that you Uin tihe asylum, hospital for the in mne. are all undler the julrisdilction nd the power of .this board of re eats? A. The sup~erintendecnt of the tate hospital is an appIointee of the overnor. Q. Yes, sir. A. After his appoint Lent he is subhordinate to .the board fregents. Q. Ile is subordinate--? A. All hers are appointed by the board of gents. Q. Now, the governor appolints a tperintendent andI~ tihe board of 3gents appoints his assistants; that t'le way you run it now? Now, I slieve you have already statedl that a 1'd not heetn consulted abuout the >pointments of your assistants or ibordinates A. I had not as to the (Continued on Page I~ight.) .li G7XdS Are Now oin And oing so Cheap 'than every purchase means m rade for the buyer The Real Clearance Sale At H. Terry's has been a nota= ble selling event that' has brought customers from every section of the County and They are Satisfied Customers n i redthe Prices on every- 7 Hecause edown to almost thing are u " sare all nothing and the Go r. " style. of the best grade a ntl. Trade Now With (rry Where Your Money Buys The Best at Lowest Prices. NOTICE 1" ELECTioN. -BIG Stae of Soulta ('11roliaim, (1ouny of' LIIrens. \Vhereas, petitions signed by a legal a ~~numb er of thle qual11fied electors and Ca~~I (n v W e kL u e s1lioold. res(idig I Waterloo CcarovaWeek at Laurenstrict No. I South Car.uolina, ahsking for an election t upo i ti ti qustion of votit n adi ionmal " mill tax uipon the p roperty in said school district to be used for scool p~urj)oses, hay e been fi1l(1 with Commencing Monday Feb. 16th t y'fa'n * election is herohy ordered upon said qnestion, said election to be held on ,.... the 2-It.h day of February, 191.1, at .lt. a..Illulgher in said district, under the management of the trustees of said B* D .E school district. 0f iL 4 s Only such electors asr return rel BI g Days! 6 Br isonal ropert for taxation and who e.\hibit their tax receipts and registration eertificvtes as required in the general election shiall be allowed ' to vote. Those favoring the 3 mill additional tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "Y S" written or printed there "I1on. Those against the 3 mill addi tional tax shall vote a ballot contain ing tlhe word "NO" written or print ed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of S o'clock in the forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon when they shiall be closed, and thke ballots count ed. PR S N S 1The truetiol :;hall ret th' resut 0 HI H-LA S HO S the 'lctto to the county atu(itor Pand 01Scounty superintendent of eiluca tion within ten days thereaftor. SHJA.S IT. SULALIVAN, 28-2t lly order of County Board. Clean, Moral id Up-to-Date Piles! iIes! Piles! ill i I t 'o uintmn ' t wIII curo "t'2.1 Bleeding and Itchinig fi les. It ab sorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, aisn ap~lin"o gontat irelier, Ferris Wheel and Merry-GofRouid o l .,( ?und paredt for PuIe1s and itching o vthe privato i eparth. Drunnists. manil 50c and $1.00, WiILLIMnts MPG. CO.. Props., Cleveland, Ohio iAnURENS DlRUti ,,o. L..-.renas :. C, 3-Free Acts Twice Daily-3 AL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise Bank Bilding, Laurene, S. C. Eland Concrts y t PRACTICE IN ALL "COURTS Band Concerts by the Royal Noney to lon on Mem Estate-Long * ~Me. Italian Band on the - B. R. TODD Public Square Engineering and Contracting Land Surveys a Specialty ancrete Work Skillfully done or in. spected. Drawings and estimates of all Kind. Telephone No. 346 ONEBIGJOY WEEK Laurens., S. C.