The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 19, 1916, Image 5
?TATte HOSPlTAX HAS EXPER
. OBMCBD MANX BENEFICIAL
GRANGES.
off Regents Makes Report on
Wesse Hen free? Done During Ycnr
for Carrying on Work In
William*. Praised?
Wonid Ha% > Special Cere tor Pel
?ml Rcgsove Negroes to
Columbia. rtn. 14.?This has been
tike meet even.ful year In the history
tthe State HoeptUI for the Insane.
St Is the declaration made In the
Outset by the toard of regents In their
annual report to the governor. The
regents are R. B. Scarborough of Con
fjfey, president; Dr. S. C. Baker of
femter, Christie Bsnet of Columbia, B.
ff. Segars of Oswega and J. E. Sirrins
et Greenvllie.
The report begins with a brief dec?
oration as to the change in sentiment
Ilk the State as to the manner in which
die lnsanse should be treated, it is
alleged that tho treatment of the hV
igtne wss not In accordance with
lern Ideas and methods. "Tsars
dark rooms, straight Jackets and
tied cells were to be * mud in most
rlums for tho Insane.The
fts vision ths public has acquired is
Sv measure of freedom from restraint,
4*11 lighted wards, sun parlors, open
Mr accommodation* and social pleas?
ures?stepping stones to recovery."
"In this enlightened day It Is ab
?rrent to right thinking men and
in that those who have been
leered by disease should be lock?
up and denied the comforts of life,
4er the mistaken Idea that they
tifeltger need nor could enjoy the
fringe normal people hare.
"Some restraint la necessary, of
and It Is eminently proper
this class of people should be
ted from family and home for
m, not because people are ta?
li and de not sympathise with
bat In order tnat they may be
fee? receive at the hands of
list *ate the beet efforts of modern
science for their restoration."
The regents commond the general
assembly for its action In im when
definitely "committed South Caro?
lina to an enlarged, mere humane and
mere Intelligent care of the mentality
ssek.** The board gives credit to
fassest boards and to former legisla?
tures) fee Use efforts welch have even?
tuated In the things that ware ac?
complished In "1h!s epochal year."
$ae reform* instituted In compliance
?Ith the onggeetions of the expert
whom Governor Manning brought to
South Caroline, Dr. Herring, ere but
the eelmtnfJtloa of perpssis and plans
In Use making for yearn.
After reettlng that the present
board wee appointed by Governor
Manning and tooic charge en the Ith
et March, last, the following state?
ment le mads with reference to the
new superintendent. Dr. C. Fred Wil?
liams, who was ippolnted by Dover*
nor Manning en tie 14th of April:
"He has filled t!ie position so splen?
didly In every Wty that your excel?
lency Is to be congratulated upon his
selection. No better man could have
found. He stands at the head
of Ms profession 1.1 this state, and has
already given ample proof of his ps
oullar fitness for this responsible po?
sition. He le conscious of ths magni?
tude of the task Imposed upon him,
bot ata great sympathy for ths af?
flicted, his earnest desire to be help?
ful, his singleness of purpose to bring
this Institution up to the front ranks
of similar Institutions throughout ths
country, coupled with fine executive
ability, le a guarantee of great things
for the hospital.
"None of the present board of re?
gents, before their appointment, had
had occasion to study, especially, the
aeeda of hospitals for ths Insani
and had only an Indefinite and cur?
sory knowledge of such Institutions,'
says the report. "So. before under?
taking th? task Imposed upon us, we
considered It Important to Inform our?
selves ae to hospital accommodations
and management elsewhere. With
that end In view, several of us visited
other hospitals and gained valuable
Information and suggestions.
"We found that conditions here
were well known In hospital circles,
and the contrast we found in equip?
ment and general management was
sufficiently striking to Irnpreas ue with
the needs of our Institution.
"The superintendents of the insti?
tutions ws visited treated ue with
great oourtesy, gavs utt every oppor?
tunity for observing and helped us
with timely suggestions.
"We feel that this tour of Inspec?
tions has been of great benefit. What
we learned was first-hand Informs
? ?ton. acquired by careful, personal ob?
servation of up-to-date hospitals.
"In all the Institutions we visited,
We found that, as far as possible, all
patients are allowed to engage In
some form of work, and that oe
eupatlon of some kind Is considered
of greater efficacy In treating patients
than drugs."
Ths report then goee Into details
as to the matter of reorganisation,
Stating that the rulee and regulations
observed 4*?|so forme* beard wer*
adopted und that Supt. Williams had
?elected hie tuff of assistants, as was
his privilege, that Cgpt. Bunch had
been retained by the board as secre?
tary and treasurer and that Dr.
Thompson had been retired from prac?
tice and given an office position. Mr.
Geo. E. Lafaye was engaged as ar?
chitect and had submitted plans for
remodelling the main building, etc.
The board had been particularly
careful In the matter of buying sup?
plies and has come to the conclusion
that all of the vegetables needed can
be produced on the hospital farm, in?
stead of buying them as heretofore.
A cold storage room has been add?
ed and will aid In preserving perish?
able food stuff. The board is also
much pleased with the success of its
new laundry.
The regents explain at length the
association of their work with that
of the State board of charities which
Is In effect an auxiliary* It :is re?
viewed that the new board with, the
cooperation of the board of regents
set out to ascertain if there are any
patients in the hospital who should
be paying the State of South Carolina
for their keep and attention. The
board has made no new law on this
subject, hut merely is endeavoring to
carry into effect the provisions of s
law of long standing. The amount
named as the price for the board per
month of a pay patient is 120.85. The
law. not the board, requires that all
who are able to pay for their support
must do so. Inebriates and those who
have become Insane from the use of
drugs or liquor must pay.
The State heard of charities.is em?
powered to sas that the law Is en?
forced and the board of regents has
nothing to do with that except to see
that all patients are treated In the
same manner. South Carolina is defi?
nitely committed to the policy of pay
patients. The majority of the hoard
I of regents is of the opinion that "all
Insane persona, regardless, etc,
should be admitted to the hospital
without money and receive at the
hands of the State the most scien?
tific treatment which this modern age
affords and be furnished with the
most comfortable surrounding which
a hig b-minded and prosperous peo?
ple esn afford to these unfortunates.'
Under an opinion from the office ol
the attorney general, the regents have
made no effect to collect buck pa}
from patients who have been treated
at the Bute hospital this rule being
enforced beginning May 8. lttf. The
report says that "an laaasj itdcrabl*
sum'* nas been collected and that in
a number or cases the data has been
turned over the office o 1 attor?
ney goncral, as required s> statute,
hat that It will require some time foi
this procedure to take definite shsjx
and produce tangible results.
The regents comment tupon th<
alarming statistics with refejenco to
pel lagi a and urge that steps be taken
h ythe State to segregate and care for
all persons afflicted with this mal?
ady. It to claimed that as this to s
rttoean that requires suitable diet,
there should be some specie:, provi?
sion for the pellagrins. One reason
why there are so many deaths at the
hospital from this disease to that the
patients are not sent to the State hos?
pital until they are In the last stages.
With reference to negro patients, it
Is stated that there are now in the
buildings provided at State Park, 844
females and 84 males. Many of these
patients are given light occupations
on the farm with beneficial results to
themselves. The purpose of the
hoard is to remove all colored pa?
tients ultimately to the State Park.
The buildings at the old plant In the
city are being remodelled an*j reno?
vated In order to care for the in?
crease in the number of white pa?
tients.
'There are In the hospital a consid?
erable number of both male and fe?
male feeble-minded or idiotic chil?
dren, kept In the asms wards with the
adult male and female patients. The
superintendent has been glvlr.g spe?
cial attention to this class and has
discussed the situation with our board,
lie has recommended that this class
of patients he placed in a separate
buildlnr. whsre they can be better
cared for. His efforts have demon?
strated that many of them, by direct
effort, can be greatly improved in
their mental faculties and their con?
dition greatly ameliorated."
AGAINST NEW OFFICES
Columbia, Jan. 14.?The senate
went on record today as opposing the
creation of new offices when the bill
for the establishment of a library
commission for the State was killed
by a vi? e of 24 to 0.
The Carlisle measure prohibiting
the publication of whiskey advertising
In Soutt Carolina went to third read?
ing. The Wightman bill repealing
the law requiring two years study In
a law school or law offlco before be?
ing allowed to stand a bar exuinlna
lont passed third reading and was or?
dered sent to the house.
A mats of new bills was Introduced
in both the senate and the house to?
day.
Columbia, Jan. 14.?The legislature
Is ako wing an aar neat desire to ac
compltih expeditlously the business
which brought the members to Colum?
bia ami not waste time "playing poll
tics," us freely predicted before the
general assembly convened. While
there it; the usual "lobbying" of those
with aspirations for office visible, yet
it is merely an undercurrent and has
not, as yet, reached a full flow. Both
calendars have a number of bills on
them, carried over from last session;
and today the calendar of the house
was sounded and many of the meas?
ures, some important, were laid on the
table. T ie other side of the house also
has killud a number of bills.
Some of the members continue to
aspire t) a record for bill introduc?
tion, and already, while the session Is
In its infancy, the committees have
all kindii of measures to consider. It
Is said that a large number of mem?
bers want to be the author of a rural
credits measure, and there are many
bills of this sort being contemplated.
The one which has received the most
attention so far, however, is that by
Senator Sherard authorizing a ten mil?
lion dollar bond issue for long time
loans and low rates of interest, which
is yet to be introduced. Many bills
for the tightening up of the prohibi?
tion law also are contemplated.
There Is a bill in the house aimed,
said Its author, Mr. Brigham, of Alk?
en, at the roving Gypsy bands; it!
Is a measure to license itinerant horse
traders. It was favored by the house, ]
but recommitted for necessary amend?
ments.
When the house sounded its cal?
endar yetterday the following were
some of he important bills inherited
from last session that were tabled:
A bill creating a State highway
board.
I A bill to change certain sections of
the code relating to Confederate in?
firmaries.
I A bill providing for compulsory ed?
ucation.
I A bill far the registering of certain
diseases.
; A bill ts prevent fraud In the sale
I and dispoMitlon of stock, bonds and
other securities sold In South Carolina.
A bill to investigate the Institutions
of charities and corrections.
MONEY lXm WINY AH CHANNEL.
War Department Wfll Pat in $12,000
on Waterway From Georgetown to
Oomvay.
Washington, Jan. IS.?Congress?
man Ragsc.ale has been informed that
112,000 will at once be used by the
war department engineers for work
on Wlnyah bay. A channel 12 Xeet
deep will to dug fror Georgetown u>
Uonway.
IIOY H. WINGO KILLED.
lineman Sleets Death from Contact
With Wire.
Spaitano arg, Jan. 13.?Hoy H.
Wingo, a lineman employed by the
South Carolina Light, Power & Rail?
way Co., was killed here this morn?
ing, supposedly from coming in con
tcat with a live wire while at work
In the plant of an ince cream manu?
facturing company on Ezell street.
The young man was heard to scream
and when .hose near by ran to his
assistance he was found in an un?
conscious condition on the floor under
an incunde* cent drop light and died
within a few minutes, before a physl
I ian could reach him.
A jury empaneled to investigate
the death rendered a verdict this af?
ternoon to he effect that he came to
his death from causes unknown, but
supposedly from coming in contact
with a live wire.
Mr. Wingo was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Wingo of No. 255 N.
Church street. Besides his parents
he is survived by a brother, John j
Wingo, a student at Clemaon college,
and two sisters. Misses Lucy and Rose
Wingo. H > had attended Clemson
college, taking a course in electrical
onglneering and had been in the em?
ploy of the local power company
for two ye.ira. He was popular and
regarded as a most efficient young
man.
AGAINST EDISTO PLAN.
Engineer Cblef Report* on Springfield
Project.
Washington, Jan. 13.?Tho chief of
engineers of the army today made
a report to congress on the develop?
ment of the south fork of the Edlsto
river opposite the town of Spring?
field. It is his opinion that at the
present time improvement of this
river Is not warranted.
CONVICT ESCAPES IN COLUMBIA.
One of Bleasc's Freed men Back on
Gang Gets Away.
Columbia, Jan. 15.?While work?
ing with r.. detail at the State cai
this morning. Will ltlvers, a n(
convict, mule his escape. Bh
hounds are on his trail. TMh n<
was paroled by Former Gov. HI
in 1914 whtlo serving a sentence
burglary and larceny. In the sp
of last year lie was convicted of a
similar offeni? and given ten yea
WIM Ml TO BUKE.
EDISON ENGINEER MAKES
STATEMENT CONCERNING
EXPLOSION ON SUBMA?
RINE.
Hutchinson States That Storage Bat
tery in E-2 Was Not Injured in the
Least?-Board of lnjuiry Busy.
New York, Jan. 16.?A statement
indicating that the new Edison stor?
age battery was not in any way re?
sponsible for the explosion on the
submarine E-2 at the New York navy
yard yesterday was made tonight by
Miller Reese Hutchinson, chief engi?
neer for Thomas A. Edison and a
member of the naval consulting board.
The preliminary inquiry Into the ex
plosion was held In secret today by
the board of inquiry appointed by
Rear Admiral Usher, commandant of
the navy yard. Persons on board or
near the E-2 at the time of the ex
plosion were questioned at length.
Rear Admiral Usher made the follow
ing formal statement tonight:
"The board of inquiry met today
and went aboard the submarine where
they conducted a thorough investiga
tion. The investigation was not tin
ished and therefore the board will
I again meet tomorrow. No conclusion
was reached."
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who
is expected to appoint tomorrow a
board of inquiry to conduct a formal
investigation, left for Washington to?
day without making any statement re?
garding the explosion.
At the hospitals where the injured
I were taken it was said several of
them were in a serious condition and
one is expected to die.
Nothing approximating an official
inquiry as to the cause of the explo?
sion, which resulted in the death of
four workmen and the injury of ten
others, was obtainable.
The only light shed on the disaster
was contained in the statement of Mr.
Hutchinson, who absolved from blame
the Edison battery designed to mini?
mise the danger to submarine crews
resulting from accumulations of gas.
The E-2 was the only boat thus far
equipped with these batteries, the
tests of which were reported to be
thoroughly satisfactory.
"I have made as complete inspec?
tion of the interior of the submarine
E-2 as conditions will admit," said Mr.
Hutchinson. "This inspection I made
as Mr. Edison's chief engineer and
personal representative. I have form
ed a tentative opinion. It Is subject tu
revision wn^n all the racts art
brought forth."
Mi'. Hutchinson declined to ga)
What bis UnUtUv? opinion was.
"As to the Edison battery, with all
the facts and conditions before me, I
see no reason to recommend to Mr.
Edison any changes or alterations in
the theory, construction or method of
installation of the Edison submarine
type storage battery," Mr. Hutchinson
continued. "The battery in the E-2
does not appear to have been injured
in the least."
FOR THE PEACE BOARD.
Ford Expedition Picks Four Alter
nates.
' The Hague (via London), Jan. 14.?
The Ford peace expedition today
completed the membership of the
American peace board by the elec?
tion of the four alternates, who will
act in case the other members of the
board are unable to serve: Dr. George
Kirchwey of New York, Miss Emily
Greene Balch of Wellesley university
the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chi?
cago and Judge Ben B. Lindsey of
Denver.
We wish to thank our cus?
tomers and friends for their
liberal patronage during the
year 1915.
And may tills bo for you a
year of wortliy desires fulfilled,
healthy success gained and high
ambitions gratified.
W. A. THOMPSON,
Jeweler and Optician
Phono No. 333 0 S. Main St.
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Machinery, Mill {and Plumbing Supplies,
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during the year 1916.
Let yours be among them.
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business?does he? Whenever you have business dealings with
any one you prefer those who make you welcome?make you feel
> you are welcome. You lind in your own business that a smile goes
further than a frown?don't you. We welcome you here with a
w holeeole, hearty welcome. It is not measured by the size of your
bank account. The welcome is for you. Old men or young men,
women or children will Bnd B cordial greeting awaiting them here.
We are a Bank ol Personal Service.
Our Saving! Fund for the Year 1916 is Still Open.
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