The news & observer., 1905-12-13
Governor Glenn Urges
This on Hospital Board.
WILL PULL TOGETHER
At Conference Yesterday Goyernor
Says INDECENT Insane in jails and
County Homes Must be in State
Hospital and New Building Must
be Completed.

Face to face Cor a full and free dis
cussion of the matter of wedding out
the non-indigent insane. and putting
i'm the State Hospital the INDECENT in
eane. and first Of all those in jails and
Tho Board of Directors. of the Central
State Hospital. were in conference in
the Governors office yesterday.
The conference was held a. the re-
quest of Governor Glenn who has
given out that it is his determined
purpose to use the full capacity of
the State Hospital for the INDECENT in
sane. anG 10 press for the early COM
pletion of the new building here. as
well as TO use al means in his power
10 see that the law of the State is car
ried our. His present endeavor is to
have removed from the Hospitals all
who are not INDECENT and to put in
their places the INDECENT insane now in
fails and County Homes.
The conference was somewhat III
the nature OF a round table talk, and
from the Governor on one side and the
Directors and Superintendent Mckee
on the other there was agreement thaI
.he low as i stood should be obey
ed. though Governor Glenn held in
shin ~ man~ who wsa6 to keep their
insane close at hand and not send
them out Of the State to places OF
which they knew little. AZ the close
of the conference the agreement was
that the list &C tho insane be carefully
strutiniZed, different counties being as
signed to different members Of the
board, and that whenever IT was
found that the financial condition o.
the responsible kin Of a patient pu,
that patient out Of the INDECENT class
he must be removed from the Hospital
At the meeting Dr Mckee and tho
directors announced that there was
only one in the Hospital but at q
meeting later IN the afternoon another
was found. ard these two. with one
nurse will haze to go elsewhere al
once.
Another matter that was settled was
that the rev bui,dino n tho Hospital
here this 20 cost $4,000 and TO ac-
Comnodate 100 patients will be push
cd 20 completion. Tho Governor III
the name Of the Councl of state auth
crizod the inIfn6diate expenditure OF
tho 81 $50 needed 70 put in steam heat
81 90 . make = possible TO work IL
The building IN winter Alread- $20,-
OGO TO- il hes been available, and or
the FIST of January go 900 mora vii
be, this the sum appropriated for the
two years 1905 and 1906. Govarno;
Glenn s1id he would recommend thai
the expenditure for steam heating fix
turos come out of a fund for furnishing
and enuiopine the building. The Gov
ernor declared in plain terms that II
there was no other possible Wa| &c
proceed. that rather than have the in
digent insane amin IN falls and Coun-
tv Homes he would cal a special s2s-
sion of the Legislature.
There were present at the conference
the entire membership Of the board
these being John w. Thompson. O.
Raleigh. chairman; DR.. r. ii. Stan
GILL of Marearettesville; DR.. l.. j. Pie
OF &C Littleton: DR.. j. D. Biggs. OF
Williamson; Dr.. j NJ Parrott o1
Kinston: DR.. w. H. Whitehead o!
Pookv Mount: M. S. o. Middleton, o.
Hallsville, and Mr.. Edward Smith. O
GCdwin At eleven o'clock the boarc
was called to order h-r Mr.. Thompson
and after noting that it was not neces-
sary for a regular procedure. Governor
Glenn porceeded at once 70 explain
that he had asked for the meeting g
day ahead 50 as 20 go 70 Margantor
to tho meeting Of the bo1re there OF
"Wednesday. aS he desired to discus
the matter Of the INDECENT insane witt
both boards. Then Governor Glenf
pIunged ar once into the matter.
The Governor first discussed the
matter of the incompleted new building
at the state Hospital and was inform