Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-22
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of each year. Now, IL this additional
amount W as collected and carried for-
ward, 1t would be lying In the banks
OF Columbia until,it should be used,
while as 1t Is this amount Is borrow
ed at S per cent, for only a few
months, and then the collection OF
taxes begins and the money ia re-
placed. While the State borrows this
money at low rate of interest the
taxpayers, if they have to { borrow
money. pay per cent, and 1t Is the
money Of the tax payers which the
State lis using. SO from a business
standpoint the taxpayer under the
present system Is saving about 3 per
cent on the money that Is borrowed.
4 had intended to take up some
other departments OF the govern
so long that fear 1t has become wor-
risome. shall deal with them in
future letters.
AT the request of the COMMITTEES
of the Rural Carriers Association
of this State, have introduced a bill
providing that all roads used by the
r.. f. d. carriers shall thereby be-
come public highways, aud be MAIN
tanned by the county as other high
ways. %4e, tS a.
l have visited the State peniten-
tiary and the Hospital for the Insane,
and saw the inmates In each OF these
institutions from our county, and
find them all getting along as we'll
as could be expected. One sparticu-
lariy interesting character I'm the hog
pital is Mrs. Schaffrodt. She is in
good health, and with the exception
OF delusiye moments, IN which she
seems to believe that she is commu-
nicating with the spirit land, she
talks we'll and remembers her home
surroundings. She still delights very
much In Horticulture, and in speaking
of her neighbors. Dr.. Babcock, the
grand superintendent Of this institu-
tion, spoke to me the other day as
soon as he saw me, and recalled my
visits to this good old lady, and said
that If l was very busy man that
1t was worth my while for humanity's
sake to spend a few hours with her,
that q visit from, eouie of heT uiG az
quaintances is very helpful and graf.
flying to her. 1t certainly Is a plea
sure to me to visit her.
Another problem that the General
Assembly Is up against Is the de-
mand for the establishment of a san
ttarium for tuberculosis patients.
The physicians are making a very
strong appeal to the Legislature for
this, and it seems from the statistics
which they bring to us that the de-
mand should be needed. Tuberculo-
sis, or consumption, has become to
be regarded as contagious, or proba-
bly, a better and more accurate term
Is communicable. This Is probably
not true in the most technical mean
Ing, but on account of a lack of
knowledge of the nature of the dis
ease, 1t Is becoming far more gene
raj than 1t shonlu he throughout the
state. There Is new disease which
has just recently been diagnosed
by DR.. Babcock, and pronounced
pelegra. This is a very old disease
In Italy, but has never been recog-
nized before In England or America.
But DR.. Babcock is a man of such
eminent ability that his diagnosis
will be unQuestioned. The disease
has no. doubt occurred more than
once in this State, and took special
interest in going and making criti-
cal examination OF tho patient. The
first symptoms are red and scaly
hands, cheeks, elbows, and knees.
This increases and becomes more
yirulent as the disease progresses.
In its last stages it produces a con-
diarrhoea. It's course Is
usually from one to three years, and
If not arrested within the first year,
1t is usually fatal. This disease Is
not communicable. 1t is very pecul-
lar and Is generally found in connec-
ton with what is termed the hook
worm" Many of our readers will,
no doubt, at once recognize what the
hook worm Is because Of the extern
sive recent Investigations by the gov
ernment of the factory villages of
the State in order to determine the
health conditions.
Yours very kindly,
j. r. Earle