Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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STITE jjjgi PROBE. DR. TAY LOR PRAISES WORK. OF DR. MINDERS. J D. Biveo* Blamen Dr. Habcock? 4mjn That (.mrrimr's Lettern Should nut Hmtp Herri Made Public. Columbia, Feb. 17.?Testifying yes? terday before the legislative commit* tee. Julius H. Taylor. M. D., member of the board of regent*. State Hoe ptal for the Insane, paid u hitch tribute to the work of Kleanora B. Saundere. M. D. Following in the stenographic report of his state? ments: Dr. Taylor: Hut 1 do know that in l Nj Saun de rs* department every case coming In that department is given a 'borough physical examination and she ha* 100 women. Of all those wo? men she examined t very one. She has been over every case in her warda And 1 had occasion some time ago to bring before the board of regents just a casual history that I picked up on her denk of one of the cases, and It was so perfectly and inaunlf cently a ritten up in every sens*, sjf the word that I felt it incumbent upon me to bring to the attention of the board of regents what that lady was dclng, a complete record of that case from one end to the oher. and notes some la or 20 lines long, of the patient's mental and physical condition every few day*. And that wan just a case picked out at random from her work The record was better kept than some 1 g*t pay for. The Chairman Is that her system? , l?r Taylor. That is her system, and it ia the. only svstem in the institu? tion, so far ao 1 know. Q. By whom was that system in? stituted there? A. Dr. Saunders. I know of no accurate svstem of rec? ord of cases kept in the colored male or female department, and I believe Dr. Thompson sold the other day he had no me accurate records of some of bin cases but he was very much behind in It. Mr. Hunter: What have you to sa> about Dr. Maunders, as a woman doc? tor, doing the class of work that she I? doing out there? A. She does noth? ing more than any other woman doc? tor 4o*e\ TV. Outgi d here In the city, .r any* here Hse There Is noth? ing sffwornaab at her work. It makes her more womanly, If anything. J D. Mveaa\ ? ft of the board of regenta brought a prepared state? ment which he read us part of his tes? timony before the legislative commit? tee yesterday. He said that during December <?f last year complaint wasj made to the governor l>y u well known citizen of Hock Hill regarding the 'brutal or inhuman treatment" of his daughter. He said that the governor called this to the attention of the j board. He raid that the governor . lso! called the attention of the board to the constitutional requirement re? garding elections of physicians and ? employes by the regents. He told of the adoption of the election rule and said that It was for the good of the ? Institution t.nd that no reflection was meant on any one. "Much has been said," says the ? statement, "about the two resolutions passed by the board of regents at their j regular Januarv meeting, and criti? cised us being incompatible." He then j went on to give his version and stated that he tho tght they were entirely proper. Said that the first was the verdict of the board relative to the complaints against Dr. Saunders heard on December 12. Said that there was a month's interval, "which gave us1 ample time for deliberate considera-, tion and drafting our decision. We condemned the action of Dr. Saunders towards the other members of the medical staf', thereby sustaining the complaint. In this resolution we also condemned the action of Dr. liabcock in upholding Dr. Saunders*, in viola? tion of the request of the board." He said that he introduced this resolu-1 tion. Concerning the second resolution denying o. L. Sanderj a hearing on! tho charges brought against his daughter, Dr. Saunders, he says that the board considered the alleged re? flections to be matters between the governor of South Carolina and his appointee, l>r. Habcock. "The board of regents," says Mr. fiivens, "had never heard of these letters and probably never would have heard of them had not the pres? ent champion and chivalric defender of Dr. Saunders seen fit to publish these letters by shoving them to Col. E. H. Aull and reading them to the board of regents, which we did not think he should have done, if he had thought they had in any wise reflect? ed upon the good woman's charac? ter." Mr. Bi'-eni next blamed Dr. Hab? cock for not attending u meeting of the board when the annual report was to be considered. Said that Dr. Hab? cock went to a medical meeting "up town." "And another instance is where," said Mr. Bivens, "ha took some old damaged corn to the governor with? out our knowledge and complained against us to him that we demand e lie use (his corn For foodstuff tor! tho patients." Here the witness quoted tome statistics to show the use of corn at the asylum. The witness next mentioned the turning over of a personal fund of over $2,U00 to Dr Saunders to use at the asylum. Dr. Habcock, he said, was responsible for the money. He did not approve of this transaction. The money was later returned. Mr. Blveng thought that the super-, intendent of the asylum should stat? in close tOUOh with the board of re? gents. He read a letter received by mem- ; hers of the board from K. G. Black? burn, ||, D., assistant physician at the' asylum, In which it was charged that "handicaps" h(ul been "heaped in his way in the performance of the duties required." EMPTY BEFORE AUGUST 1? Govervoi Sends M More Convicts i From Pen to Gangs. Columbia, Feb. 17.?Gov. Hlease this afternooi commuted the sen? tences of 36 more convicts from the State penitentiary to the chain gangs of the counties from which they were sentenced. Of those sent back today, Orangeburi county gets ltt Darlington county 6, Marlboro 5, l^exington 1, Und Hampton 1. In addition, a ne- ^ gi'o convict was paroled, bringing the total number of convicts to whom eleitlpney has been granted by the1 governor since he assumed office up to 1.058. i "I promised to have the penitentiary empty by August 1, but if this rate keeps up it will be depopulated be? fore then," said the governor, as he was busy affixing his signature to the commutation papers. MORE BAD WEATHER. New York Encaged in Ice und Sleet. New York, Feb. 19.?Rain which had been falling during the night early today"Turned to sdeet, again making traffic dangerous throughout greater New York. Many persons and horses k$ye been injured by falls on the icy parement. RAILROAD MILEAGE BILL. Seiutte Discussing the Clifton Amend? ment Today. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The two-cent rate bill was reached in the senate this afternoon and the Clifton amendment, proposing to restore the old form mileage book was taken up for discussion. SAYS HIS COIKSE HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT. Kansas Senator Attacks Wilson for His View* on Panama Canal Tolls' Question ami Woman Suffrage? Senator McCtiniber Replies. ????? I Washington, Feb. IS.?Accusing1 President Wilson of inconsistency in his views of the binding effect of the! Democratic platform and charging that "greed of the railroads and the | audacious claims of Great Britain seem far more potent with our presi? dent than the appeal of the woman? hood of the nation," Senator Hrtstow (Republican) of Kansas turned dis? cussion of woman suffrage in the sen? ate into a vigorous debate on the pro? pose! repeal of the free tolls provis? ion Of the Panama canal act. Senator Hristows' attack brought to the defense of the president several Republican, a? well as Democratic senators, while it also served as the signal for opening the right within the Democratic party against repeal of the tolls exemption provision. Sena? tor Chamberlain of Oregon (Demo? crat) dramatically declared that he would not "stultify" himself by telling his constituents that he had not kept his platform pledges on the tolls ques? tion "because the president of the United States does not agree with me." While senators were thus engaged in the first open discussion of the ap? proaching battle in congress over the chief executive's desire for reversal of the Panama policy, the president himself was engaged with leaders of the house who are opposed to repu? diating the declaration of the party platform. He discussed the situation with Majority Leader Underwood and Representative K itch In of North Car? olina, but so far as can be learned, , did not convert them to his view that j the provision granting free tolls to I American vessels violates the Hay Pauncefote treaty and embarrasses I the administration in its foreign rela | tions. % I Senator Bristow based his charge j of inconsistency against the president on the ground that he had told the suffragists he could not advocate their cause because the Democratic party had not expressed Itself In the mat [ ter, while he proposed that ocngress \should reverse itself on the tolls I question? despite the fact that the ! party had indorsed its action. I In this connection the Kansas sen I ator mentioned the reference in the Baltimore platform favoring "a ?in-! gle presidential tertn," and asked whether the president would "inter? pret this plank in harmony with his position as to woman suffrage or as] to canal tolls." When Senator Rristow said that the transcontinental railroads had for years been behind the tight gainst free tcdl.s for American ships and in? timated that they had influenced the 1 president, Senator Lodge (Mass.),! Republican member of the foreign' relations committee, took the floor to declare that the president was I actuated in his attitude on the tolls question solely by his desire to re? store- the United States to its former prestige among nations "The presi dent does not like to .see the United ( States an outlaw among the nations," added the Massachusetts senator. Referring to the visit of woman suffragists to President Wilson last December, Senator Rristow quoted' this from the chief executive's reply jto their request for support of the ! suffrage amendment: j "When my private opinion is asked ; by those who are cooperating with j me, I am glad to give it, but I am ? not at liberty until I speak for some j body besides myself to urge legisla t tion upon congress." j When the tolls question came up, j th? Kansas senator continued, it was ! not brought before the president "by I the good women of the country, but I by a representative of the English government, whose action had been instigated by the American and Can? adian transcontinental railroads and ! Rritish shipping interests." He quoted j the Raltimore platform in its indorse? ment of the tolls exemption policy for American ships and declared that the president, in a recent letter to Mr. , Marbury of Baltimore, had declared J the exemeption to be "a very mistaken policy from every point of view.' Concluding after frequent interrup? tions, the Kansas senator declared that "the light to save the grip of the transcontinental railroads can not be hidden behind our relations j to foreign countries or the skirts of the president or the women." j Senator Owen of Oklahoma was 1 first to rise to the president's defense. He asserted that the conscience of : no Democrat was bound by the Bal? timore platform on the t ' tion because it did not repn? l the sober judgment of the part point. Senator Chamberlain of j who voiced the formal opposition to I the president within the party ranks, j said: j "It is a matter of history that the railroads of this country, particularly the transcontinental railroads pre? vented the construction of the Pana? ma canal for years, and when the question of granting c<.ustwise v?s f-elj* freedom from tolls was under discussion here in the senate, thoSJS of us who knew the lobbyists of the railroad companies could look up into any of the galleries and recognize the faces of Mr. Schwerin and other men who were lobbying for the railroad companies here and opposing this part of the Panama canal act. Hav? ing failed to defeat the building oC the canal they now invade the Held of diplomacy." Senacor McCumber (Ilepublican ) replied briefly in the president's de? fense, declaring he did not join with Senator Bristow in charging that the ! president wan the "tool of the trans? continental railroads." Senator Shively, acting chairman of the foreign relations committee, end? ed the discussion with the declaration j that there were two sides to the ques ! tion which congress would settle and that the president needed no defense. "The president's position," said be, i "is well understood by the country ', and the difficulties of the situation are J likewise understood by the countrv." - MADE SHIP A BATTERY. _________ Huge AVave Charged Liner With Electricity. Boston, Feb. 17.?How a huge sea which boarded the German steamer Wartenfield Saturday wrecked the j chart house, smashed a powerful I ' electric signal lamp, short-circuited j the wireless and for a time charged the ship with electricity today was re? lated by Capt Schov, when the steam : er arrived from Calcutta. Chief Officer Voigt was thrown from the bridge and a beam from the i demolished chart house pinned the Malay quartermaster to the deck. The ! vessel was reeling heavily and a hu j man chain was formed to pull away I the beam. When the end ma:, in the j chain took hole' of a steel stanchion \ he and all the others were knocked j down by an elect ric shock. j RATE CASE DECISION SOON. Interstate Commerce Commission W ill Decide Matter About .tune 1Mb. Washing! F< b. lt.?The eastern i railways ??? fanes rale case, provid? ing for ftve per cent Increase in ireight ra s, vrlll be decided by U>s ! interstate commerce commission SO* foffa the summer recess about June j 15th. This announcement was made ! today by Commissioner Harland. mmmmmmmmm j, .,?___ , ? STOP! LOOK AND LISTEN! BIG AUCTION SALE OF BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE LOTS IN THE Prosperous City of Sumter, S. C. ===WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,10:30 A. M. = Mr. C. L. Tisdale has authorized the Whitt Realty and Auction Company to sell at Public Auction that beautiful tract of land which is located in the most desirable section of Sumter, S. C. This land was heretofore known as the Winn Property. Just 1-4 mile from main part of town, and just a few blocks from a Graded School, one of the best in the State. These lots are located in the northwest part of the city and front on Hampton Avenue and Calhoun Street. We will make no mistake in saying that this is one of the best parts of the city. It is high and dry and has some of the best residents of city near it, in fact we think it useless to say more about it as the people know it so well. There may be just a few that don't know this prop? erty, if so just come out and look it over and be convinced that there isn't any better In Sumter. Act wisely and make some one pay you for your judgement. A word to the wise why you should own R eal Estate?Because it makes a better citizen out of you ; it pays good dividends; it is al? ways increasing in value, It is by far the safest form of investment?It doesn't eat, will not burn and can't be stolen. The population of America is increasing and no more Real Estate is being made. How much easier it is to look ahead and prepare than to look behind and regret. Please attend this whether you buy or bid. We will have good music by Brass Band? Good Auctioneering. Just follow the crowd, and bring the ladies by all means for we are going to have a good time in general. Don't for? get the date. Wednesday. February 25th 10.30 A. M? 1914. WE SELL RAIN OR SHINE COME ONE, COME Terms of Sale?One-fourth Cash, Balance 1, 2 and 3 Years. WHITT REALTY AUCTION CO., A. V. WHITT. M^ncger GR.EENSBOR.O, N. C.