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FOR A SOLBIER'S HOME. Recommendations That Will Deeply Interest the Veterans. The annual report of Dr. J. W. Babcock. the efficient superintendent of the State hospital for the insane, has been ' made public. The. report is not only interest in? from the facts about the institution that it contains, hut it gives a suggestion as to the Confederate sol- i diers' home, which will doubtless com- < tuand the careful attention of legicn- < tors and olu soldiers alike. Here is the import: To the JJocrd of Regents: 1 In accordance with law and custom I 1 hciet.y present the TSth annual report i of t:.e hospital for the year ending i December SI, 1901. I -\n examination of the statistical ta- i blcs accompanying this report shows 1 the steady increase in population whVli 1 lius characterized the history of the institution for several years. The >*)cr^aso in the daily average number ha? been twenty-five <2-3). the total admissions four hundred and fifty-nine (453). and the total under treatment fourteen hundred and ninety-three (1,493). The d est serious obstacle to the operation of 'he Institution has been the frequent occurrence of smallpox in our wards. Since its first introduction hero thirty-two (32) cases in all have appeared, und while most of them buva tieou mild, the usually serious nature of the disease has added much to the < anxiety of those intrusted with the care and protection of the patients. So litf.e has the seriousness of the situation here been appreciated outside the institution. and 30 little cooperation has been given in the way of vaccination r\f nn-.v nAfianta hpfnre admission, that at times absolute quarantine has ] seemed necessary. Fortunately, how- i over, this step has been avoided and the i year closes with the absence of small- < pox from our midst. In May and June < an unusual number of cases of typbcid i fever developed. So far as investiga- < tion discloses its origin the epidemic ; probably originated in the drinking of water from old wells previously above j suspicion and now abandoned. The | continued prevalence of tuberculosis i among our patients, and especially i among the negroes, serves to empha- i size the opinion expressed in former i reports that the only method of proper- i ly handling cases of this malady in | overcrowded asylums Is by as rigid i isolation as can be obtained. In build- ] ings now available it has been Imposink onorrnffotft /Mir POT1* f fiiuiu piupcn/ tKj 0^1 , aumptivee. This problem is a serious ( one and demands a better solution than \ has been given it here and elsewhere. ] If we may learn from the history of , this hospital during the 80 years of Its j existence, and more especially from the j experience of the last 20 years here as j well as elsewhere, we must expect an j ever increasing population to be provided for. It Is therefore our duty to j direct our attention "so 'ar as possible to the future growth of the institution i as well as to the consideration of pros- j ent needs. When the purchase of the j Wallace property was under consideration it was decided that the level , field comprising 50 acres and known , as the Bellevue place would at no very , ' ' ,->*5 /v 00 tl^ft , distant naip Dfj u^futu u scuc i**v j site for the development of a series r>f . rottares or wards constructed upon the pavillion plan, such as arc required lor this climate and are reaily better for the housing of the insane in all climates. As a study of such a pi an a plate rs annexed by permission f:o:a a recent number cf "American Medi- ( cine." While the time for the entering upon . this solution of the problem of provi.1- " ing for the insane of South Carolina has not arrived, yet it may not be as . distant as we expect or hope. Since, , however, there are rumors that at its , next session the-general assembly will take up the question of providing a home for Confederate veterans. I would respectfully suggest that your board ^nvite the attention of the governor and j the members of the legislative bodies, as well as the committees of the South ( Carolina division of the. United Con- , federate Veterans, to the possible ad- j vantages of this site for the purposes ( of such a home. Taking as a nucleus the farm house now upon me oeuev ue place a few wooden buildings could at once be erected for the Veteran's home ' at small expense. In the next few years, If the number of homeless veterans provided sufficient to warrant it, ! upon this sight could be developed a aeries of permanent hospital buildings 1 which would afford the veterans such a home as they deserve, and when, in ' 4ue coarse of time, the veterans shall fcave joined the great majority, the tltate will have need of these buildings, made sacred and historic by their first occupants for other of her children who shall claim her succor and protection. To give in more tangible form ray ' Idea of what such" buildings should be, and which will answer the needs or our successors better than some or the buildings we now occupy, I append a plate of the hospital recently constructed by another State. It Is along lines s?ch as are here shown that the future growth of this hospital should be deYeloped. The details of the plans for a Veteran's home are not within the scope of this report and I only presume to make suggestions regarding the matter since it seems possible to combine yhat the general assembly may deride to he a present duty with what 1 bellere the future requirements upon -.bis hospital may demand. With the completion of the portion af the Taylor building now being constructed there will be temporary relief for overcrowding In the department for white men. The wards for women, both white and colored, are now excessively overcrowded. The only method of relltfl I can suggest lies in the erection of a new building for white women somewhat on the lines of any symmetrically located with the Taylor building. Upon the completion of such a structure the r.liite women now occupying two wards of the old asylum could be moved tJ the new building, thus providing two more wards for negro women and eivine: up to them the entire old asylum, ?.? would have properly been done Jong ago but for the greater necessities of mr white female patients. The concentration of many structures back of the main building has heretofore been necessary, but further development upon the same line3 will lot be advisable. The erction of a much needed workshop for patients, the removal of the wooden buildings now occupied by the mechanical department and the location of new stables at a distance from the dormitories require that we should at this time consider the proper sites for t'neir location. The best sites would appear to lie ilong the railroad track in the rear of the institution. Part of this land only 9 owned by the institution. A portion if the other land has from time to lime pital supplies by tbe tinned auuea su?crnment many necessaries at low rates." In view of this small balance your board was unwilling to ask for an Increase in the appropriation for maintenance for this year, although such a request was proposed and considered. But the increase in our daily population as well as the general increase in the market price of all food stuffs and hospital supplies, approximately amounting to an increase of 35 1-3 nor cent, has brought about a shortage in our income under our expenses of inn nn ?o n o triyrpcrntO iDOUt Jl.WV.'JU pt-l Uiuiiiu, ?... IVC.-,. deficit of $11,520.11, of which sum $1,500 was paid for insurance. It is not so much a surprise to those familiar with the finances of the hopsital, that there should be a deficit, as it is remfj^alde that since 1800. with a daily population of seven hundred and fifty-four (754), through a decade with a daily increasing census Up to 1900 with an average of one thousand and forty-three (1,043) Inmates, a total Increase of two hundred and eighty-nine (289) patients, we should have been able to keep within the annual fixed appropriation of $1C0,)00.00. It was not to be expected that this appropriation of $100,000.00 for maintenance, which has been practically the same for nearly 20 years, could indefinately meet the demands of an over increasing population. It certainly :ould not have been done for the lust 10 years but for the economy and prudence of Mr. J. W. Bunch, the treas j?_ vonr hoard. urer, uuuci mc md it would have proved inadequate two years ago. as was shown in these reports but for the fortunate occurrence of the auction sales of government property in this vicinity. I feel assured that your board, as well as the special committee from tho genral assembly, who have looked carefully Into every item of our expenditures, must feel satisfied that the usual rigid economy has during the past year been exercised by the resideut officers in administering the affairs of tho hospital. In view, however, of the experience of the past year it is not to be expected that the general expenses can be reduced unless some means can be devised of limiting the number of admissions. The ileasurcr's report shows that for but two months only did the expense* fall under $10,000.00 per month. A brief tabulation of the llnancia] and numerical hostory of the institution for the last 25 years makes instructive reading: Total Daily Total Per Year P'n'ts. No. Ex. Capita 1875 .... 428 312 $ 83,182.00 9210.4C 1880 ., .. 541 397 84,000.00 211.01 1885 .... 914 593 196,977.00 146.34 m Deen tendered by its owners to the board, and last fall you passed a sot el resolutions regarding its purchase by ,he general assembly. Soon after this the land was put up at auction and bid In for $3,905.00 by a friend of the hospital and is now held subject to The lecision of the governor and the general assembly. The ownership of this property would now be of great advantage ;o the hospital and In the near future it ~M1 "? otienlllfo nncp?!5itr. In advo Win UC UU auov/iuw uwvw...# _ eating its purchase, I would recommend the method pursued in regard to the Wallace property?that is, the placing of a mortgage at six per cent, on the property, and the annual payment of $500.00 or $1,000, with interest, till the whole indebtedness is covered. So small a sum annually for Severn 1 years is insignificant in comparison with the benefit to the hopsiial as a whole. In these reports for several years suggestions have been made regarding the admission and discharge of criminals. and the determination of "settlement," or the basis upon which persons may claim rights of beneficiary support in the hospital. These questions are exceedingly important and I :rust that they may at length receive the attention they deserve from the egislature. In the report of last year your atientioh was especially directed to the difficulty of keeping the expenses of he hispital within the appropriation, fn that report I expressed the opinion that it was "doubtful in view of the present prices of food stuffs and supplies, whether the maintenance or support of the patients can again be met .'or $100,000.00. For the next year it is probable that the sum total for this Item win be above $105,o00.u0." The balance last year was $1,104.SI, but It was explained that "as in the previous year we have been again fortunate in securing from sales of hos ??????n 1 1800 .. ..1.014 754 100,74*4.00 131.0s! ' 1395 .. ..1,157 827 113,332.00 11K.7G 1900 .? ..1,461 1,043 127,181.00 102.71 1901 .. ..1.493 l,Ut>8 l3a,3io.uv IWJ.UQ So far as I am able to judge the appropriation required for the coming ' year will be: Maintenance J120.000.00 1 Improvements and repairs ... 15,00.00 > Deficit 11,520^1 Regents 1.200.00 The iteiu3 of insurance and the purchase of the Jones land cannot be specified until passed upon by the general assembly. In conclusion T beg to express my obligations to your board and to the resident officers for cooperation and :.r, f nn,.n HnHnsr a verv trving year in the history of the institution. J. W. BABCOCK. Physician and Superintendent. THE LEGISLATURE. The Child Labor Bill Passes In Tha House. HOUSE. Twelfth Day?The house of representatives remained in session only abo.it two hours, ard very little business was transacted, but there was a long and rather interesting discussion of a bill to regulate the manner in which the State's funds ace to be deposited in banks. The bill was sent to a special committee consisting of Messrs. Sanders. W. H. Parker and Gaston, to get it into proper shape. As it stands prepared by this committee. it gives the Governor the right to name and appoint r.o more than eight banks in the State, to be known as State Depositories, wherein all the moneys belonging to the State and used by its officials shall be deposited. These banks are to be appointed for four years, and shall execute a bond, with good securities in the sum of $50,000. Also that no sum of money belonging to the State shall be deposit' - j ~~~j Gffa Ann auirftfrv hnnrl tU IU KAL'Ut'U II1C Ot/v,wv oiMUk/ unless an additional bond be inude; th*at they shall render monthly statements to the Governor and Stats Treasurer; that no official shall receive any ! commission or interest on such de! posits; and that when the Governor is I assured that any bank is in an embarrassed condition, he shall have au. thority to withdraw the State funds ; from that bank, and appoint a new de: posltary. Thirteenth Day?The House of reprcI sentatives passed Mr. Rucker's bill to 1 increase the pension appropriation to ; $200,000. A number of members took i occasion to express their disapproval ! of the proposition to erect a solider's home. The Houso by a very decided I vote killed Mr. Klblw's bill to repeal i the Hen law and Mr. Bostick's bill to ' provide that a suit on a mortgage net ' ?1 3 ' hartnma nnn ruiurnuu lur iciAiiuuu ouaa uccviuw ?w? I suited. j Fourteenth Day?The House of representatives passed the "biennial ses sions" bill which has been on the ! calendar every session for a long time. : It also passed Mr. Kibler's bill to cre' ate the office of insurance commission; er. A noteworthy incident In the 1 House was the fact that the committee ; on coramccce nnd manufactures made a favorable report, with modifications, j cn the bill to prohibit children under ; ten years of nee from working in cot; ton mills. The committee proposed j .amendments to the effect that the age j limit fixed by the Senate should be 11 : years instead of 12. The committee j proposes that section 1 of the bill shall , read: "That from and alter the 1st day j of May. 1902. no child under ago of 10 : years shall be employed in any textile manufacturing establishment of this ; State and that from and after the 1st ; day of May, 19u2, no child under the ago of 11 shai! be employed in textile establishment of the Slate; and that after May 1, 1902, r.o child under the ' age 01 n snail ue periuilluu iu num after eight o'clock at night, until after six o'clock in the raornin,; in any textile inanufacturtory of this Stats." The committee further changes the Senate bill so that a child at 11 instead cf at 12 could work in a mill if he or she could show a certificate cf having attended school for three months. The Senate provided that the child must be 12 befcce the certifrate was admissable but the House committee changed the age to 11 years with the three months' certificate. Fifteenth Day?The House was In trouble. The lawyers were discussing whether to adopt the code as reported by Mr. Breazeale in 1901 or as corrected in the report of Mr. Townsend in 1902. There were but two third-reading bills, Mr. Efird's resolution to provide for biennial sessions, and Mr. Kibler'a | bill to provide for the office of insurance commissioner. Mr. Efird's resoluI lion received 79 votes, four less than the required two-thirds majority, ana as. there was not a full attendance of the House, Mr. Eflrd secured the floor before the vote was announced and' moved to postpone further consideration. This was carried and the matter left in surpense. Sixteenth Day?The house of representatives gave second reading to the senate bill to enact a new jury law for the State to supplant the one recently declared unconstitutional. The bill was just printed and laid on the desk of the members, but by common consent tho rule of the house was waived. This rule requires a bill to be printed and on the desks of the members 24 hours before being read a seci ^nd time. A number of new bills, mostly loI cal in bearing, were introduced. SENATE. Twelfth Day?The senate was in session more than two hours, and the greater past of the Jlme was spent in 1 discussing Mr. Raysoy's bill to amend 1 the law known as the Lord Campbell I Act. Thftjjresent; law^llows the childMS. ai 1 - i f ren or a dependent" family of a ma; killed by the fault of another to recov cr damages, both actual .and vindictive It was moved to strike out the word "dependent upon him for a support. The proposed amendments were linal!, adopted and thri bill passed Its secon reading. The vote was 21 to iO ii favor of the amendment. Various bills passed their third read ing. among the most important boin; one by Mr. Aldrirh, to provide for th rMieoKoCft r\f onri vnlnmhc nf ti!f> hi3 torieal records and rolls of voluntee troops furnished by South Carolina ii the Spanish-American war, compile and published by Gen. J. \V. Kloyd, am lo provide fee the preservation of valu able documents and papers of the Stat of South Carolina. Also one Introduced by Mr. Olenti about winding up' estktes, makin, premiums paid surety companies valid credit against the estates, wkic passed by a vote of 29 to 2. Thirteenth Day?The Senate was i: session two henrs and a half. Most o the time was spent in discussing th bill to regulate the salaries of count; officers. The bill as reported by th [ special committee is not satisfactor; to many of the Senators, but a motioi to recommit the bill was voted down l.afcp a motion was made to strik out the enacting words, but after som discussion further discussion was post poned. Fourteenth Day?The Senate heli both morning and night sessions am worked hard at both sessions. At tta Tncrning session the bill fixing the sal aries of county officers was the prin cipal matter considered. A'ter a ion discusison it was decided to place ai county officers on straight salaries am to do away with the fee system alto gether. Fifteenth Day?The Senate met at 1 o'clock and was In session an hour an a half without accomplishing anythin, The bill fixing the salaries of count officers was up for consideration agair A number of new bills were intro duced. A few passed second and tblr reading. Sixteenth Day?The senate eaugt up with most of the business on ban and adjourned until Monday nigh The proceedings were purely routim mottpre hoinfaVo UUIJ UUlUUKQtVU v~.u up. A number of bills got their secon and third readings. Senator Aldrich's bill to provhl punishment for those who negligentl expose children to danger of fin which was under consideration whe the senate adjourned Friday nigh was passed over until next week. The committee to whom was r< ferred the salary bill to see that it wa properly engrossed reported that sei eral errors had been found, and Sent tor Graydon pointed out these errors There were so many amendments tha it is surprisng that so few errors wer made. It was finally decided to hav the bill printed even with the errors which will be corrected on third reac ing. There are many more amenr ments to be offered on third readin? and the bill is in such shape at pres ent that senators hardly know wha it does provide exactly. Prince Henry Leaves. Berlin. By Cable.?Admiral Princ Henry of Prussia, left here Sunda: morning for Kiel. Andrew D. Whit? the United States ambassador, cam to the railroad station to bid farewel to the Prince, who will probably no return to Berlin before sailing for th United States. Mr. White told Princ Henry that the city of Chattanoog desired to present him an album o views. The Prince said he would b delighted to accept the album. Cigar Strike is Off. Tampa, Fla., Special.?At a confei cnc e between a committee of the stril ing cigar makers and the officers c the Americaii Cigar Company here, i. whose factories the recent cigar m: kers" strike is effective, held Sunda) an agreement was reached by whic the strike was called off and all of th tviii return to work Sunday. Th UtVU II i ? ?... strikers did not get their entir demands, it is said, but a compr< misc for the present was res.ched. Th exact conditions of the agreemen' however, has not been given out fo publication. Hesce in South Africa. Londln, By Cable.?The British re ply to the note in regard to bringin about peace in South Africa, was dis patched Friday to The Hague. The con tents of the note are kept atiratly se cret, as the first publication of the tex is intended to be made In Parliament Monday, February 3. Great Britain' reply .Is not in the nature of direct neg atlve, though it is not unlikely that i will have tliat effect. While Lord Lens downe probably will leave a loophol for further suggestions, he doubts th ability of the Boer delegates to contro their fellow countrymen. Tlie Biddies Captured. Pittsburg, Special.?Edward Biddi in jail, dying, and his brother riddlei with buchshot and in precarious con dition, and Mrs. ePter K. Soffel dyin in the hospital with a bullet wound ii the breast, is the sequel of the sensa i tional escape of the Biddle brother i from the Allegheny county jail, by th i assistance of Mrs. Warden Soffel. Th story of tbe close of the Biddle traged whloh came at 7:45 Friday afternoor is a thrilling one. Since a St. Louis surgeon has sut cessfully sewed up a wound in man's heart there may yet be hope fo the broken-hearted jiKed young me of the land who are going about in listless manner waiting for death o some other girl to relieve then c their suffering. 1 a ' . V- WT.r . v " ? -|v. *V : . ^ r ' V a Whore the compensation for serviee# " rendered by husbands for their wire? s in the management of business belong " ing to the wives i3 pnore than sufficient >' to support and maintain their families, 1 and there is no contract as to the amount of compensation, the Supreme - Court of Appeals of West Virginia in 5 the case of Catlett vs. Alsop (40 S. E. c Rep., 34) holds that the excess is a debt due from the wives and subject to ^ claims of the husband's creditors. rl fcoufconrd Special Kate*. ecn.oo Chnrlot'o to 5iew Orleno?, La., and return; ?18.75 to MobiTe, Aln., and return, - I and $18.25 to PeDsaeola, Fla., aud return, I ai'count of Jfiii i Giia* at above mentioned i- point*. Ticket* on *aie February 4rh to 10th. g inclusive, good to return until- February a 15 h, iucitudve. [l Stl 05 Churlotto to Wilmington, N. C. and return account of the Poultry and Liv? Stock Show February 4tb to 7th. Tickets on f sale February 3rd. 4th. 5th. Clh. 7tb. witli ' lluul limit February 3th. For further ine formation, call on or addre*3 A. Y. HurriiJ, y P. T. A , 23 South Tryon St.. Charlotte, N.C. e y "la "Worth It* Weight In Uotd." a "Ilad Eezoma for three years: tried thre? , doctors and every advertised remedy, without ' effect, till I tried Tetterlne. Half a box of TetJ terine removed all signs of the disease."?C. e H. Adams, Columbia, S. C. 50c. a box by " mail from J. T. Shuptrine. Savannah, Ga., it your druggist don't keep it. j There is quite a difference between having a heavenly voice and having an uac earthly one. Cupid and the burglar both laugh at lockT smiths, go. fi. I ?? III llll ! ! ! ?!! ? - MISS BONNIE DELANO 1 g A Chicago Society Lady, in ? y Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says: i. d "Dear Mm. I^kuam:?ui au io* gTatcful daughters to whom you hare it given health and life, none are more d glad than I. t. "Aly home and my life waa happy i- MISS BONNIE DELANO. . T !' until illness came upon me three years j ago. I first noticed it by being irregular and having very painful ami scanty menstruation; gradually my general health failed ; I could not enjoy my meals ; I became languid and nervous, with griping pains frequently y in the groins. " I advised with our family physe ician who prescribed without any imj provement. One day he said.?'Try t Lydia Pinkham'f Remedies.* I did, thank God ; the next month I was e better, and it gradually built me up e until in four months I was cured. This a is nearly a year ago and I have not ,f had a pain or ache since.Boffin: c Dei.ano, 3343 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111.?$5000 forfeit If c!tovc testimonial Is not genuine. Trnstworthv proof is abundant that Lydia E. Pinkhani's Vcgetable . Compound saves thousands of ' young1 women from dangers resulting c" from organic irregularity, suppression j or retention of the menses, ovarian or n 1 womb troubles. Refuse substitutes. 0 fflwlI large quantities of ; &A Potash, The fertilizer ap8 Umx"^ P^C(^? must furnish L|??a enough Potash, or the y land will lose its pro\ \ ducing power. 1 ^_T\ R*?d carefully oar books ViG&jP&jKm ) oa crop*?mm firm. ^4 GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Mum 5c, N?v TuL c taBaau?.?^ s ^So7taiMH6c^j ? m. It 1* a fact thai Salon's Tei?t*blean?B?w?r^0 u seeds wo found In store rwdeflo M ?nd on more farms than * / dim Sft ^M(-\ Lb America. There la moon nl tUs.?^n S ^H ?J<\ Waowr. and oprrale orer SOOO nitedlar ^SJ _ A Ifca production of our rhou-eoeelo. tn /M Wfjo^ or,^er t0 tadoee roatitrr Wta JnH| e StaSedeo?rCT-?UOWlIia *38 7 H "TVl For 16 Cento Pootmstd l? m I i / tfl H11 f nrnl liiiln I nmitil QuD H III 11 Mpllml NlOotMhUi TIM j?L Lr 7 >0 xrtf |Mnt imOn. M(l " 1 \ It oowi?? Mint wihllOb n}MS I /. ' " llffMlOMitrti, WB1 5" mr-'l OS o>rti?o?ly WmKil Willi ttj a B A hi oil ISO kinds KotthrolTfoMihinir fB. 3 A besfceU of charm in* tiotvps hind JJftM r Efl loU and lots of cMrs ri*t?tilr?,/Jffl| 1 t?B toc.nbcr with our rreot n 1 0 tciUmcall about TMkn ?fi hrtT VvCS a H H Oat and Rromoo and Spclta, eufm JflB a ? iced at *or. a poiiad,ete..ell#giy |UB <* r rortflc.uotajiipo. wnu ic-&r. |f 'OHM A. SAUEJl SEECT?D? V