Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t le c re d it (f th e b UI l )t 1 A , .1 (I CI) CS it 1 (11 S t 4 -2 per cent. bonds Whose liarket - was t 'Ia tol of the loan. a 'walirt nth ;u 1 The effect of the Act Was to caISe )anlks to pa- 111) these .CCICk 4 1-2 PCr cent. loans, and to obtainy Sinking [1p p rilese seene ing 5 per cent. oi sectred loans, but b -v und oy not at on1Y 4 per cent. sterest, >nd lsect,1_Vd except on the cre it of te bank wherever deposited-ths kweril" tle sectl'it v and at he samne time also the rate of interest on bank dep_)its. ''lhis is trated by the fact that on Dec. j1 , 8(;', T wa5 lue d to banks, at S per cent., secured by Collateral dapn;it af bund". loaned to Counties, at 5 pe, cn t o ily 4 per cent. interest, and l s-ur e xc ep s it in ba k,t $131.262.78. And un be cept by (lit of hai cent., $28,484.022; oaned t i C mi ics t ; ent.. Secuo <7 . 1t5 per p sited inl banks at 4 per ce nt. i ste 's at ld llp'er Ce IIm y NC. CNc I t b \ credit of bank, $1-7,322.51.. Since 1898 the securedo 5 per cent. h>ans to b hav Continued to decrease and the 4 per centl. leaosits ecoctiued to increase until at this time there are 0o 5 p .) eit. loaes o tainuks scure a s collateral deposits, while there is o1l leposit in ba n ks:, 1.1isecuIrl Cb cept by the credit of the bank $2410304. .\s the .i1miredlt ( the 4 per cent. deposits iml banks is the balai c e nlt ie ded by te lxr rowing Counties or State H1 ou1se CoimImliission. whose needs do not keep pace with the increase of tih( Sinkintl Fi, im order to raise tile security without lowering. the interest on this "halaice on de posit, it might be well for the law to ihe so chaiged as to allow loans at 4 Per cenlt. oin collateral deposits of . i1-2 pC- Cent. BI-OW1 and Blue S. C. Bonds of such of tle Sinkiig Uuds as i cnot ederw to supply the requirements of the St ate I [()Its( Commission and of the borrowing C ounties. As it is, under the law a bank is required to deposit collateral and pay 5 per cent. interest, aild obtains the same monev without collateral at 4 per cent. interest, payable monthlv. The only pos sible objection to this proposed Call-e in tile law is that it will give a monopoly of loans of this balance finot ineeded hv State House Colmnissionl nor borrowing Colities) to banks and individ Lials wh0o own State bonds; but it makes the loan absolutelv secure. Application was made by the City of Charleston, thrmigh Mayor J. Adger Smyth, to grant said city certaileton rsh lands on the Cooper River, on condition that the same Iay be Ceded to the National Government for the p1wipose of a drv dock and navv yard. The Commission decided to refer this matter to the General Assembly, and I respectfully ask oir favorable consideration of the petition. The Commission for the completion ()f the State .1liouse provided by the last General Asseibly%, which also includes the Coiimlis Sione]rs of the Sinking Fund, adopted plans and specifications for tihe completion of the State I louse and let the contract at S165,oo6. Tihev also agreed to pay the architect for drawing- plans and sipei vising the work the usual fee of 5 per- ceIt. on the ('Cst, or $8,250.3 -. making the total cost for completion of the building I73,.256.30. Woirk is now in pro0ress, and tle building is to be completed by the eid of the present vear. STATE 1hOA RD FI I I-:L* 1. The report of the State Hoard of Health which will be sub imitted to you should receive your thonghtful attention. It con tains suggestions which should receive action on yoUr part. WE ASK THAT LET THE11' Ti tEATi'MENT' 1ENTrn'.\ I. WI i Tll' AT ADalIN ISiit1i l'Al:I'NTi [NSTl'TUTioN. WiStKEY, MOPhi'.OilP .IIN( A NE. 01 G,A'oniE It i'iTir1': A NI ('O) ADITi('NS THiIiOl'UG HLY ANi) SAFE'LY <'I'lt 3i1KE' itAFTS, ('JI.c'NS AND AloNEY OiCiDEiS P'AY.\iII C ~~SALJEI OILLE'S1.tIE, GhIeerni Ma.nager'. Uinder De~w anagem It is not necessary to discuss the in every State in the United Stat< thoroughness. So wonderful ha' lives of the greatest usefulness thr tions and large business enterpris< of Gold remedies, and are now s of drink or drug, to Keeley Instit, drug, the result is inevitably the ~ ing their duties and functions und longer perform those duties and f cell cries out for whiskey. The desire for the accustomed "d be dreaded than the cutting off of Keeley has demonstrated otherwi thought consecutive, appetite goo the former life. These remedies condition, the same as before be 19% Army have been cured, and we I p mending the Keeley Cure. We nervousness, sleeplessness and ne corner Lady and Marion Sts., C< ments and conveniences. Our p1 ond to no Keley Physician admin shall be second to none in the Un laillaj(x ha beln Iure or less prievaleit inl the State for the past u vearn. al(d wlile it has been. as a rule, of a mihl type, there is io telling how son it imaY assumie a naligiat forir if authority is not given >r M, more vig'Wous anIid positive action on the part of the State Board. So that it ilay be suppressed and statiped out. Inl Ic gIRd to this disease the Secretary of tle State I'loard inl his report 1ts tne says: IlieC is Iil re oi less of tle discase ill the Coulnties of il'airield, Laurens. L'nion. Spartatiburg. Barnwell, B1eaufort, and Orange bu.i F1I a Short period duriing the sinler it was confilned to m'iion Cta y i, where it has been )rcselit fOr the past year. This Countv has betn the focus from which the adjoin'ing Counties have ))c.I (n"ml tiie to time initected during the presetll year, with the (Mleptiol (.f One case froNi North Candina, inl Cherokee Counltv. Ii tie early part of the slimmlcr it was oil :enlwyck and IIlistO island", but it was suppressed inl these 1l(catiolls b y tie vaccination el the le pulII40atio. TIRe are a imuniitbet of cases now oi 1P -;s and St. 1flelena Islands, the originl of which I have not beel able to trace. "The difliculity experieilced by the State Board of I lealtih in the cotol and suppression of the <lisease has [ben chiil (hue to two causes: n(It being invested with authority to direct and supervise ie action ( of the local 11oards of 11ealti' in incorporatcd towns11 and cities, and the power, to eiforce gcieral vaccillatiom through the St;ate, especially inl localities in which the inlfecti"on prevails. To Cunre these evils I would sug-gest that ilte State Board of Hlealth be given the power to enforce gentral vaccination in lcalities where the inifection exists: aid it is absolitel necessary, inl tite opinion of the State Board of I lealth, for tile preservation 4f the healtil and lives of thle people. that this icasure shoul e en forceId withot dela.. It wold bc a preventative Imeasure of the highest value for tle S tate to require vaccilnation as a prereqtuisite in everv child he foCre it is aill]wed 1o enter the public schools. or a pupil before en tering any institutiol of learning in) the State: and that In) railway, m:ainulactory or industrial establishment "hal employ aivy operativc 11111ess thieY ca:i sitow sliccessful vaccination. T:' disease is assul im- im tis, as in) otlier States inl the Cnion, a more virulent type re centl, and appeals to every interest for Inlore strinigent lleiastrC t" its suppression. D)r- 1. R. l'ittle inforimed ile that the cases inear the inills inl tile vicinit v of Splartantburg were of a nre serios f1 t thail any lie had hitherto seen sinlce the close of the war. :\it. Ither physician who resides at Pacolet had a case )f the i nalignant hemiorrhiaric form, whichl destroyed tile patient ('1n tle fourth day, even before the appearance of the cruption on tle body. Comlpti Sot vaccinationi is enforced in German before the expiration of tle hirst year 'If life of tie chil, tih taga in 1 before it enters school, at the sixth ycar. again whell it leaves school. and, if a male. on etlteriig the army, :m1d the ldischarge from tie service. In isy) inl an Empire f 54,000,000 there were but I- cases of smallpox, and 8 of them were on tle frontier of Russia and Ielgillm, where the law in regard ti. vaccination is very lax.'" I recominend to your favorable consideration tile g e laimed above. and quoted thus fully from the report because Coil itions arc such that this becolmes a very important Imlatter to tit health and lives of the people of the State, and stritingeilt leo,asures sen iecessary to suppress the disease, and should be resorted to. I would suiggest to your favorable consideration an amendment to tle healh laws, of the State which will enable the State floard TE;RS BE ADDRESSED TO THE~ KEELEY INSTITUTT D) A'T I ) TIOOA<' ent. I nwe 12o. 1329 Eorner r.ady aud marion streets. merits of this treatment, for the many thousands ~s, in England, Canada and Australia, are livin! ;e been the cases where utter wrecks, from drink ough the KEELEY CURE, that Railroads, IF s have been attracted by the efficacy of Dr. Les ending employees who have been useful to th< utes for treatment and Cure. It makes no diffe ame, a condition wherein the nerve cells have be Ler the influence of alcohol or drug, that they unctions properly and painlessly except when un ose" of drug dominates all other desires, and eve the usual supply. These DISEASES have been se. When our patients leave the Institute th d, eyes bright and complexion clear; morally cha are reconstrulctive nerve tonics, which restore th< ing poisoned by alcohol or toxic drugs. Hun, iave letters from offcers of all ranks, from Majo also have Institute treatment for neurasthenia < rvous prostration. WVe invite correspondence an >lumbia, S. C., one of the finest residences in the 1ysician, J. P. Ott, M. D., a practioner of 25 y istering Dr. Keeley's Double Chloride of G( ited States )f Ifealtt to collect statistics froI every county, towI, townslip anld city il the State. 1.en the meager statistics which are now inade by sume of the iticorporated towns of the State are considered by ultsiders ai vcry valuiabic. and are much sought after. They are seit to ill-ope. South Anterican Republics, British America, and Mexico. Thie Secretary of the State 1.1oard of Ilealth says that not. long ago the lDirector of the Imperial Library in Berlii wrotc to him for statistics. stating, that he had frequent re(luests for infor Imlation regardinlg cliiate. m11eanl temperature. m1ean rainfall, the prevalent diseases, the birthII alnd deatl rate---inforina1tionl much de sired by persnills coitemplating emigratio to this State. Beside this coubl be ivenl tite population, area inl square rtmiles of tite town, area of parks :1l lakes, cable and city railway, river front, inlabited loutss ill tie citY. mttilcs of paved wood ad asphalt paveient, lenth f sewerage, Wite pipes, the aittounit of Water supply, length (f citv railw.". and electric railways. .\lany towns are neglecting to make theec. repovrts, and it i' inmprtalt to aMield the law so as t') compel tIemti to d1o it. lhe secretarV of the State board also sa \ that he has frequent equests from the uni iversities. colleges an. publi, libraries in all of tlie North and Northwesterin cities to be put up])oll his exchanIg,1l e list for such inlforaittionl. I statistics as indicated were collected and available the.\ would bring emi"igrants to the State and contribute to its wealth and plrw; peritv. I Would also suggest and recouniiettd that tle Board of Health of each count v town, or city be subordinate to the State Board of I lealth: and it should be made the (lty of the health 'fficers of these local Boards to report such facts and statistics as may be re (ptired under instruction frotm, an1d inl accordance with, blanks fur nishied by the State Board: and it should be the dlty of such Boards to enforce all Iuiles and regulations issued bv ihe State Board for the preservation of the public health, atd for tie prevention of ci demlic. epientiic and contagioul diseases. The State Board of I lealth should have power to remTtove health oliet-rs of any of these l(ocal lo( . Is for failIre to keep a IecoI of these statistics, make te pots, answer letters of inqidry concerning the health of the people, and likewise a line should be imposed for neglect of duty. If suci powers were g'ranited to the State Board of Health it would be a com1lparatively easy matter to suppress smI)allpox inl any of the towns 4)f the State. There is no more importatt subject to command your thoughtful attention and to demand wise legislation than the preservation of tle health and lives of the people. If a State Board of Ilealth is to lie maintained and mtt appropriation made for its operations, authorit y shlould be givenl it to use this funld to the best interests of the people. CONCLVSION. I have tlits endeavored to review .)riel v the different departitetit; (i tle State govelnm1eit. and to Ilake such suggestions as htave 5emed to ile to be proper and deianlding your attention. In expediting-1 the business tihat shall coie before vou 1 ain ready to give YO u snecl1 assistatnce aidI co-opeirati(in as itn"av be iin Imly power. I trust that yur1 session may be a pleasant andI hIaM1oniots One, anda thaut inl yvour deliberationls yIu tmlay be gIided by an eariest and sin C(1re desire to (o thOse things which shall redouid to the advaicc Itent and happiness of the peo)pIle wloi you have tle honor to rep eset t.. l. McSWL0NEY, O~(R P. 0. BON . w. u . I n'n wna .. lina. a me at Columibia, S. E. who have been treatedl and cured Switnesses to its true worth and and drug, have been restored to anks, the managers of corpora lie E. Keeley's Double Chloride m, except when under influence rence why people drink or use come so accustomed to perform are dependent on it and will no der their influence. Every nerve n death itself is scarcely more to considered "incurable," but Dr. e head is clear, mind active, and nged because of' their disgust for nerve cells to a normal, healthy Ireds of soldiers in our Regular r-Generals to Lieutenants, corn r nerve exhaustion, including d visitors to our new Institute, city, with all modern improve ears in general Oractice, is see >ld remedies, and our Institute ~t