The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-19


sad saaut thst suthorites differ, it is
.e,T II ais1,!tecle 1Nc, that the State is
I'D aacn 70 provide yesrly for a
-r.. ?. !s--or rgcoG cf patients than
T1;s IS clearly shown in
10, tSal2, Gac sven more instcuc-
.a5le sa0wiog the date on
ua e@ca i1ousa-Gth patient was
Gssor&.;sat vas admitted De-
csasae" u, 1925.
IgEs@ p&s!ert was admitted June
% 81 20 years later
3G.@z2 paSes: was admitted April
1872 = years iata-.
&915 2s'ia2s wGs admitted April
1873. Gya2,s later.
t.9..} ps.ieGl vas admitted Jane
= - > CesTs .2tec.
:, ya!:anc wSs a3guitted July
s. 1851 ! years Las.
G,C@Q,5 Qa;j",c, v2S admitted Febru-
acr - 7J5I, years later.
7.g#0s.1 ra!is4I vas sdmit:ed April
!, 1924 3ye&rs later.
S0aG.h palien. wss ednlitted April
;. 1891. ) lcGES I2,er.
:: KS sD-e&rS ma: we now admit
n -sree : as the sane number that 1t
.>re1s!iy required thirty years to
olrE 70 sur oQGTs.
l. 3 sc1:S:cn cf the alleged in
a-e@se 10 i.sality IL the last report
s. H.Sl s:e& 5r the New York luna.
s.v c-e2-o:ss n. i is stated that: The
g. U.s. 5na ccasiderations which enter
. s11 qr-sS:;oG N Us fail scope are
O. e,l2lt Giscernible On the surface;
r. t!!sa--cr AID reasoning are sure to
gsI t1e hi,h il will be ssen de
.7e S4sra cf sttsution." As bearing
@rc0 esu5iectthe same report quotes
re = nom he English commission,
SIT 4 ziYts, anccg other reasons for the
&Ily5eG iucrs2Se CT insanity. the FOL.
io3i. Q, which may be applied to South
Carolina:
! More extended views as 10 what
constitutes il sanity requiring confne'
El5Qt.
? The gradually increasing popu-
lSrity G. ssyiUrns.
:: TIE Increasing proportion OF old
4nG bI0Esn.dowa cases.
The increased number Of inebri.
ats un2e2' treatment.
). 4 decrease N the death rate.
{ Dluirution IN the discharges OF
Uu-scoverea cases.
I. Because OF reasons stated il No.
IS decrease IL the rate Of recoverles.
Al these causes have been in opera
,icn hsra. The fnal conclusion Of the
English commission is true also, in
m7 ap;Gica, for South Carolina. As
re haya a21eady stated. we are well
swsrl TIA. tAat there has been a
vcr7 faTGa aG& seriously progressive
.jECresSe n lEe number Of officially
known peySaus OF unsound mind, but,
>S @e 1ave tried to Demonstrate, this
hss b.em chiefly due to accumulation,
5i!a -sG3c Jfseyeral causes, which with
.j1eir modes cf operation, we have en-
eavcraG 20 describe
ISEBRIATES.
Fora lis foundation the hospital has
&aai i.ted violen: inebriates. To pre-
vent au abuse CT this privilege a a-law
vas enacted IN 1854, requiring that
.pcrSo4S suffering from the abuse of
alcohol, opium Or chloral be received
only IS patients, being supported by
their friends or, when they were not
sole, from the county treasures; in
ether words, it was clearly the intent
Of tie law the: these cases should not
ae be2e6ciaries Of the State in. the
sace sense as the insane. In its pur-
pose !ais is q, wise and jus! law. It is
not specific enough, howe-er, IN It's
Il, ,QI&sm$It OF county support, nor
Gees !. s2ecify the minimum length OF
TINS such patents may be KEEP. here.
I s Of little use for ineoriates to be
sent here for = week Or ten days, till
!1eY recover fron the effects of de
I@Gch. ard then discharge them to re-
turn 10 their evil habits.
Inis pclicv hsS in the past, as your
board knows tco well, reHsc.eo little
crsGi. upon the ine5riate Of the man
asemeD: OF the hospital. AS g rule,
county oticers ignore the require
mems Of pay for this class of patients.
! wopId, therefore, suggest that your
0card recommend to the General As
seub:y The enactment OF law requlr.
iuc fce detention of en inebriate for
rot less than sixty days, and exacting
iron the family OF the patient or the
county supervisor the payment OF the
full rates required of pay patients, that
IS $50 SIS per month.
CRIMINALS.
During the J ear several criminals
were sent here IS insane. It appears
that the number OF this class is increas.
ing. TIE commitment Of such cases
70 the hospital serves more frequently
20 ev&Ge the jlsI penalty of crime than
il fUl f:lS the humane purposes OF an
asylum ;or the unfortunate. Without
here discussing at length the serious
q QteStion, 7 would suggest that law
oe enacted providing for the con6ne-
ment in q separate department of the
Pao;teoita1tiary Of insane criminals,
IS tas been done within the past year
ty the State Of North Carolina. I
would also raise the question OF juris
d;c.ion OF Probate Judges over persons
accused CT crime. The decision OF
such cases would seem to me to be
outside the pale of the Probate Courts
and TO belong rather to one OF the
higher Courts.
THE PARKER BUILDING.
At its last session the General AS
sencly appropriated 1880 for new