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Newspaper Page TextTHE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD 'VOLUME XIV., No. 127. STARTLING AND HORRIBLE ARE CONDITIONS IN ASYLUM Patients Are Dirty and Neglected. Conditions Are Almost Unbelievable Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C.—The following is a more complete account of the tes timony given by Dr. James L. Thornp son, an offtoial of the South Caroline State Hospital for the Insane. The story appeared in Thursday's Herald in brief. Dr. Janies L. Thompson, of the of ficial family of the State Hospital for the Insane management, was on the stand at the legislative investigation yesterday, and he disclosed some sit uations and conditions which are ap palling. Among other things he said is an swer to questions by members of the committee that there were no lire drills, no instructions with regard tr fire except that the watchman was toid to turn in the city alarm in case of tire. “In case of fire,” said he, “a panic would ensure and patients would burn like rats.” He said the wards were provided with fire hose, but they had not beer used in a iong time. Patients Neglected. He said the institution received al most every known form of disease ir additlon to insanity, and in some in stances patients have died between the station and the asylum outei gates. When patients come in a weak condition it is the custom to examin them and give them aid at once, hut some time tlfis was not accomplished as promptly as it ought to be. There is no system of charting the pati ents, and weighing has been aban doned. In fact there is no real mod em treatment of patients. Fresh air, dieting and restraint and amusement were all that were used. A history book was kept in which the records of patients were kept. For two year? baseball has been in use and this was encouraged all It was possible to enoourage. The women patients were taken to the games twice a week. There was no organized form of amusements except cards and danc ing, except that the patients were taken on walks frequently with at tendants. < Nurses Careless. Dr. Thompson went over the sys tem of employing and handling nurses. This revealed that nurses are so poorly paid that they soon find other jobs and are lost. The re sult was that nurses were discharged reluctantly as if was difficult to get others in their places. Two nurses in charge of a patient who by the carelessness of one of them was al lowed to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor bad never been discharged. Another he report ed as beating a patient without causa was retained for six months. Asylum Cemetery Overcrowded. Dr. Thompson had not heard of pa tients being burled two in a grave, but he understood that the institu tion’s plat, at the cemetery was over crowded and that an effort was made to bury between the present graves. He understood that on one occasion some bones were dug up. Witness said he had charge of 357 patients In his ward. About a year ago the regents walked through the place on an inspection tour, but did not look closely at the beds and in spect other conditions. He said the institution was doing all it could with the means at hand, but he could not call conditions good. The per capita allowed is only $lO9, whereas when he went there in 1881 ft was $l3O to $l5O, and should he at least $l4O. He said the lack of cleanliness was due to the lack of discipline and general lack of system. The superintendent did not make , regular visits to his ward and he made no regular reports to him. Patients Dirty. Witness said patients often came to the institution from the jails filled with vermin. There were some bugs THE WEATHER Forecast for Augusta and vtoinlty: Fair and slightly cooler tonight and Saturday. For Georgia and South Carolina: Showers and cooler tonight. Satur. day fair. Showers predicted by Observer Fisher have not materialized yet, al though it Is somewhat cloudy. The breather is exceedingly warm, and the Hephzibah Sunday school chil dren, who are pienicing at the Lake View- Park, are lucky In having se lected an Ideal day. Thursday’s max imum temperature was 84 degrees, but today’s high mark will probably rise s<ren warmer than that. Occasional showers have occurred in Bout* Texas, also in the Central Gulf States with considerable cloudi ness overhanging the central cotton belt districts. Houston reports a rain fall inches. Th ' upper Mississippi depression has moved to the lower Lakes, at tended by rain in that section, also In New England, while little or no precipitation occurred In the western half of the country. Pressures have fallen materially throughout the Rocky Mountain dis tricts attended by generally higher temperatures over the western coun try’, while cooler weather prevails In the’ middle Mississippi Tilley, thence northeastward to New England, caus ed by the Rocky Mountain high pres sure area moving eastward to the central districts. MRS. BOYLE, OK TRIAL, IDENTIFIED 0T ‘‘BILLY” MERCER, Pa —The court room was packed Friday morning when the trial of Mrs, James Boyle, indicted as .vlary Roe” as an accessory to the kidnapping of "Billy” Whitla, was re sumed. To avoid any repetition ol Thursday evening’s demonstration of hostility toward the woman, when the women or Mercer applied opprobrious epithets to her, the prisoner was driven to the court house in a closed carriage. "Billy” Whitla, the kidnapped boy repeated substantially his testimony of Thursday, given in the case against Janies Boyle. In referring to Boyli the boy called him "Jonesey,” havini been toid at the time o"f the abduc tion that the man's name was Jones. He testified that when he arrived at the house in Cleveland with "Jones ey” they met a woman. The boy wit nss identified Mrs. Boyle as the wo man who had cared for him in eleve n'll and whom he had known as Mrs. Jones. On cross examination “Billy” was asked but one question, as to whether Jones alone went with him to the street car when he was sent back to bis father. His reply was that Jones alone had gone with him. Several other witnesses gave practically the same testimony they gave Thursday in regard to the kidnapping. TUlty RAPIDLY REGDVERIHD FROM BIOT Martial Law Soon To Bo Removed. Starvation Threatens Many. CONSTANTINOPLE.—WhiIe fully thirty thousand have perished in the reign of bloodshed in Asia Minor, pos sibly a greater number now face death by starvation, exposure and pestilence. Meanwhile conditons at Constanti nople continue to improve and prob ably within a few days the martial law will be removed. The new Suiton it developed was re sponsible for the cessation of public execution. Thursday he sent for the grand vizier, Tewflk Pasha, and Gen eral Schefket pasha and it is under stood took them severely to task for the summary' manner that they have been meting out punishment. He de-, manded that all sentences to death be transmitted to him for approval. TRY THE PURE FOOD LAW CASES SOON ATLANTA, Ga.— Cases against the Southern Flour and Grain Co., of At lanta, for violations of the pure food law by misbranding flour and oats, will be certified to the federal courts as the result of a conference between Com missioner of Agriculture Hudson and At torney General Hart, fVenneaday, when the evidence in the cases was gone over. RICHMOND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The regular meeting of the Rich mond County Agricultural society will be held at the chib house on the Savannah road, Saturday, May 8. The subject for discussion is "Hog Food Crops,” and some Interesting talks will be made. The usual bar becue dinner will be served, and a large attendance will be present. TARIFF DISCUSSED IN SENATE AGAIN J WASHINGTON.—The session of the senate was begun Friday with the speech by Senator Clapp, of Min nesota, who commented upon the pol icy of protection and referred to the distinctions between protective tariff and tariff for revenue only. on the beds. They could not be regularly sunned. About a year ago colored women took all the beds out and thoroughly scrubbed them, but he had never heard of this being done before or since. General conditions are not conducive to good health at the institution, and the deaths from tuberculosis were seriously large There was no way of segragating these patients. Patients do not realize the general conditions or they would complain more. Cases of suicide are reported to the coroner, but were not given out so publication for fear of exciting mem bers of the family. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1909. Sons of William E. Annis These are the two sons of William E. Annis, the publisher, who was shot to death by Capt. Peter C. Mains. At the left is William and at the right Howard Annis. UNDERLINGS IST STAND THE BRUNT Dock Keeper and Six Oth er Employes of Sugar Company Indicted By Grand Jury. NEW YORK. —Indictments for con spiracy were found by the federal grand jury against Oliver Spitzer, who was superintendent of the Am erican Sugar Refining company in Brooklyn, and six other employes of the company alleged to have been im plicated in the sugar underweighing frauds charged by the government in its recent suit against the sugar com pany. Y. M. C. A. EXHIBITION FRIDAY EVENING Will Mark the Close of the Gymnasium Season. The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium will close Friday night at Armory hall, the occasion being a grand athletic carnival, with a program Including events in practically every branch of indoor sport. A most entertaining program has been arranged, and a large crowd will attend. The program is as follows: A selection by the Amphion quar tet. Aerial bicycle riding, by lilcEwen. Dumb-bell drill by the various de partments. Bag punching, by Prof. Ockert, of the association. Tight wire walking, by Hook, Mo- Ewen and Newberry. Indian club drill. Tumbling, by “Dusty, the Clown,” and McEwen. Horse exercises. High kicking, by Ciaussen. Parallel bar exercises. Elephant jumping. SMITH MAY HELP POOR CONVICTS ATLANTA, Ga.—lt is very prob able that Governor Smith will visit the state farm at. Mllledgevllle before he retires from office, in order to see for himself the conditions there and to consider the cases of several In mates who have been reported as worthy of pardons, but who have no means or knowledge of procettffm that would enable them to file peti tions. Sunday's Herald Advertisers desiring space in the columns of The Sunday Herald are requested to have their copy in The Herald Office as early as possible on Satur day. It it impossible to guarantee poslton, proper display and in sertion in Sunday's Herald, for late copy. It is for the inter ests of the individual advertiser to co-operate with The Herald, by sending in Sunday’s copy early Saturday morning. com WITNESS IN HAINS TRIAL FLUSHING, N. Y. —Anticipations of possible further developments re garding the feeling in army circles over the case of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., suggested by Thursday’s testimony of the army officers called by the prosecution, stimulated Intel est In Friday’s proceedings at the trial of Captain Hains for the killing of William B. Annis. District Attorney Dewitt procured a writ of habeas corpus for the ap pearance as a witness of John Sher iden, who is serving a sentence at Sing Sing for shooting a man at Far Rockaway. Shoridon was with Capt. Hains in the Queen’s county jail and observed him for some time subse quent to the shooting. After putting the witnesses on the stand to testify that Captain Hains was rational at the time of the shoot ing, the state called Dr. C. G. Brink of New York when the state hypothe tical question, consisting of eight thousand words, was read. He testi fied in reply to the hypothetical ques tiou that Captain Hains was sane and knew the nature and quality of his act, and that It was wrong when he shot Annie. Captain Hains simply displayed an emotional outbreak when he shot Annis, the physician says. On cross examination Dr. Brink said lie had never made a physical or mental examination of the accused and had not seen him before he ob served him in court. CAROLINA YOUTHFUL FARMERS DO GOOD Mr. O. B. Martin Making; Progress and Interesting Boys in Agriculture. Many Counties Organ ized Boys Clubs. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C,—Good reports are being received here of the suc cess ex-Stato Superintendent of Edu cation O. B. Martin is attaining with his hoy farmers, under the direction of the federal agricultural depart ment. In a letter to Superintendent Swear ingen, Mr. Martin says: "Enolosed you will find announce ment in regard to prize which Is be ing offered in South Carolina (a free trip to Wasnlngton for the boy who gets the best results on bis acre or half-acre in corn). Perhaps you will have some Inquiries in regard to It as you are traveling over the state. We have only five counties organized for this year, Florence, Lee, Claren don, Newberry and Marlboro. About 300 boys have joined the clubs, plant, ed their acres or half-acres, and en tered the contests for this year. "We also have a local club In Anderson county. These boys will furnish a fine nucleus for extending the work all over tlii state next year. We hope to use these counties, and especially the more successful ones, as demon strations to other counties next year.” FRUIT CROP SMALL. ATLANTA, Ga.—State Entomolo gist, E. L. Worsham, In art interview given out <#t Dalton, Ga., says that the peach yield in Georgia this year will be about half an average crop. "The fact that there are fewer peach es on the tr#es this year should help the growers get better prices,’’ adds Dr. Worsham. ■lira is MOB OH IT MBS. IBM MERCER, Pa.--A mob of more than 100 women set upon Mrs. Boyle as she was leaving the court house Thursday on her way to jail and onl the prompt action of the sheriff and his deputies and I lie counsel for Mrs Boyle prevented what seemed io I) an effort to harm the prisoner. OrV of "Tar and feather h r," "Get a rope,” and other remarks were sereati. ed by women in the crowd. Mrs. Boyle appeared calm through out the disturbance and said “My, I ought to be flattered by thi. reception.” The sheriff and counsel for the ac cused woman finally succeeded in get ting her to a place of safety. CITI EXTENSION COMMITTEE GETS BUS! Held a Meeting Thursday Night and Decided To Get Actively To Work. The city extension committee has taken its first step toward nnnexing Augusta’s suburbs. A meeting was held Thursday night. In Chairman Kalbfleisch office, and Fridny after noon the committee will make a tour of inspection along the southern and southwestern boundaries of the city. Councilman Kalbfleisch, who Is chairman of the committee, was in conference Friday morning with May or Dunbar, for the purpose of going over the details of the plan mapped out. Commissioner Wlngflold was In structed by the mayor to accompany the committee, or detail Assistant En gineer Ferguson. At 5.30 o’clock Friday afternoon the committee will start. They pro pose to begin at the intersection of East and South Boundary streets, and follow the line of the city limits along South Boundary street for a distance, then diverge in a southwesterly dlrqp tlon. After proceeding along that course to a point beyond Harrison ville, they will turn again and hear towards the city limits again, skirt ing the boundary line of Summer ville. The purpose of the committee in making this tour is to locate exactly the section that would make desirable additions to the city. At some places there is practically no settlement be yond South Boundary, while at others the city’s growth has pushed farther out., and suburbs are flourishing. These upbuilding neighborhoods will he in cluded In the proposed extension, to gether with the suburbs of Nellieville, Harrisonvllle and others. When this preliminary survey has been made, the committee will be able to form some accurate idea of the city extension scheme, and a map will be drawn up accordingly, by engineers In the public works department. Then a bill will be drafted, In which will be explained In detail every extension that the city of Augusta desires the general assembly to authorize. The committee consists of Messrs. Kalbfleisch, Branch and Stafford. SUMTER WOMEN FIGHT GREAT WHITE PLAGUE. Anti-Tuberculosi* League Want Quarter*. Great Work In Almshouse. Special to The Herald. SUMTER, S. 0.- Devoted women who have Interested themselves Ip the tuberculosis problem in Sumter county are accomplishing results of Interest to other counties. Negotia tions are now on between the local anti-tuberculosis league and the Sum ter county board of county commis sioners looking to a separate provis ion for the eare of tuberculosis pa tients unable to care for themselves. The county almshouse there, as is the case in a number of counties throughout the Htate, Is being pressed to take in tuberculosis cases. The league has asked the county commis sioners to donate a lot on the court house grounds for an executive build ing for the league. For several years back one of the most serious problems the peniten tiary management, here has had to contend with is tuberculosis infection from convicts gent, in from the chain gangs A few years ago there were 27 tuberculosis deaths out of a total of 31 Laat year, however, only four died of the disease. The penitentiary is now operating one of the finest tuberculosis hospitals to be found in the South. THE TWO-STATES CASE. RICHMOND, Va. Ttie proceedings in the Virginia inquiry were entirely routine, consisting of a presentation of figures, tables and statements. DAILY AND SUNDAY, 56.00 PER YEAR. Investigations Show Much Lack of Discipline in Asylum Justice Harlan • 1 —— Supreme Court Justice Harlan, whose picture is here shown, dissented front the recent decision of the supreme court on the com modities clause of the Hep hum trust bill. TREASURER PARK BIER FRIGS! AFTERION Special to Tlio Herald. ATLANTA, Ga. Captain R. E. Park state treasurer, died shortly before 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. BIG PRESBYTERIAN MEET ATGLINTON Special to Tho Herald. CLINTON, S. C- The first South Carolina state conference of the Laymen’s missionary movement In the Presbyterian church, will be held at Clinton May 17 and IS, In response to (he call issued by the general com mittee of the movement. The people of Clinton have pro vided free entertainment and those who will attend are requested to at once send In their names to Mr. n. C. Ostrom at Clinton. Among Hip speakers already prom ised are: Mr. .). Campbell Whits, New York, general secretary of the Laymen's Missionary movement; Mr. 0. V. Vickery, New York City; Dr. D. Clay Lilly, Nicholsville, Ky.; Dr. J. 0. Heavls, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Al exander Sprunt, Charleston; Mr. Cbas. A. Rowland, Athens, (ja.; Mr. H, C, Ostrom arid Mr. Chas. H Pratt., secretaries of the Laymen's Mission ary movement., Athens, Ha. The assembly's chairmen, foreign missions, are: Rev. 0. O. Brown, Ches ter, Bethel presbytery; llev. Alex. Sprunt, Charleston, Charleston pres bytery;’ Itev. F. C Ftankin, Laurens, Enoree presbytery; Rev. W. S. Por ter, Summerton, Harmony presby tery; Rev. J. J. Brown, MeColl, Pee Dee presbytery, and Rev. W. II Fra zer, Anderson, South Carolina pres bytery. The general committee of the lay men’s movement are: Messrs. Wil liam F. McKinnell, Chester; W. F. Koddey, Rock Hill; W. A. Clark, Co lumbia; Robt. C. Lobby, Charleston; C, E. Craham, Greenville; A. E. Spen cer, Clinton; Robert. M. Cooper, Wlsacky; F. P. McNeil, Florence; S. C. Hodges, Greenwood, and F. Adgor Smyth, Jr., Pelzer. SELLING TICKETS FOR HICK’RY FARM Everything is in Readiness For a Good Production on May Eleventh. Tickets for Hlck’ry Farm, to be pre sented on the night of May 11, are being disposed of in a manner which Is very flattering to the management of the play. The cast Is made up of very strong amateurs, who have re hearsed the play until everything Is In readiness for the rise of the cur tain. Tickets can be obtained from the following places: Prontaut.'s Ives, Rice Hr, O’Connor, Renkl's, Dorr’s, Schweigert’s, Kenny's, and Miller’B cigar store. Man Who Filled Prescrip tions For Patients Took Pharmacy by Corres pondence. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C.-There was a lit tle row among the asylum commit tee at the meeting Friday. Dr. Saw yer objected to the examination be ing conducted by Mr. Harrison, on the ground that the committee had agreed nn Lawyers Carey and Bates to do the questioning. On motion of Representative Hardtu Messrs. Carey and Bates were put back on the work. Supervisor Mitchell resumed the stand Friday. Tin’ only feature In his evidence was that he had been fill ing prescriptions for several hundred patients twenty years. He was a pharmacist by correspondence course. His salat was forly dollars a month but was recently raised to (lfty-tlve dollars. At the afternoon session of the committee Thursday afternoon Dr. Thompson resumed ihe stand under Cross examination from Dr. Babcock. Dr. Thompson went on to explain the various forms of physical restraint used, mechanical, physical and chemi cal. He said the Institution could not get along with it. He would prefer any to the chemical. The form of release was brought in from New York tty Dr. Babcock and the witness re garded it as very valuable to protect the stale and the inslliulion. Wit ness thought the study given pellagra well worth while. It was one of the problems of the institution. Babcock Overworked. Replying to questions witnesses said Dr. Babcock had taken only two vacations since he has been with the institution, eighteen years, both times being urged to do so by the board of regents on account of overwork. Dr. Babcock kept, posted on sales and saved the Institution hundreds of dol lars In the buying. He also saved much in designing buildings and did extra work that was not required of him. The next witness was Supervisor J. M. Mitchell, who had been with the institution 4 years. He filled pre scriptions and looked after the nurses. He said be did not regard the food palatable and had his meals sent to film. He did not regard the man In charge of the mess hall competent, and the man In charge of the kitch en did not know how to cook. Two in One Grave. A grewsome feature of this witness’ testimony was what he had to aay In answer to question about the Institu tion’s plat at Elmwood cemetery. He confirmed the report that Ihe ground had been used l wlco for burial pur poses, and In making graves between the old ones hones of former patients were dug up. The Institution now, however, Is using Its own burial ground on its own property. Though there had been no fire drills there bud been fires without panics. Witness never heard of a case of two patients bathing in the Bnirie water. Patients were supposed to bathe at least once a week. Witness said that Nurse Johnson had admitted kicking a patient In the fact . saying afterward that he had lost his temper. Johnson resigned several months later. Wit ness dressed the patient’s wound. THROWN FROM BUGGY ON WAY TO BALL GAME Special to The Herald. DUE WEST, S. C While going to a baseball game at Duo West with a young lady escort Wodnesday af ternoon Mr, P. H. Mclnwaln, a mer chant of Abbeville, was thrown from Ids buggy and seriously injured In a runaway which was caused by his horse becoming frightened at an au tomobile. A Sound Business Principle—lts Application to Advertising. Kevory business man knows there are two departments to his busi ness —the producing, and the non producing. Both incur expense. The business mat is based on sound principle, spends money more freely on the producing end than on the non-producing. In the ease of a retail store, everything that has not to do with selling, is an expense, or non-pro ducing feature. Under this head come, buying, stock-room, deliv ery, accounting, ole. Here's where Judicious curtailment of expense should bo practiced. The earning, or producing feat ures of a retail business, In Ihe order of Iheir Importance, from leu;.t to greatest, are show rooms, show windows, salesmen, ADVER TISING. Advertising Is of greatest Im portance, because It spreads Infor mation concerning your goods and service; this brings buyers, with out which there can be no busi ness. Insure success by developing the producing features, partclularly, ADVERTISING. IF YOU WANT RESULTS IN GOOD OLD AUGUSTA USE HERALD ADS. DAILY.