The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-26

purchase of the Sumter Hospital by
the board of Trustees of the Tourney
Hospital for the purpose Of convert
ing it into the hospital which the late
Timothy j. Tourney in his Will order
ed built. The consideration set forth
in the decree is 10000. The present
building and lot therefore changes
hands from the Sumter Hospital
Board To the Board of Trustees of
the Tourney Hospital Additions
amounting to $50, 1000 will he made to
the present building.
In arriving at the decision to pur-
chase the sumter Hospital to be con
verted into the Tourney Hospital it is
understood that there was difference
between Col. Il. ID. Lee, the former
chairman of the board, and the other
members of the board. Col. Lee re-
signed as chairman of the board when
will of the late II. j. Tourney would
be OVCrriddcn by the other members
of the board and his opinion set aside
for that of other members of the
board.
In order to make the sale legal
that matter was taken before Judge
Gage, who ordered the sale requested
by six of the members of the board.
He further ordered the old Catholic
Church lot on Liberty street sold to
the Sumter Hospital Board, or any
person whom the hospital board
might direct, the funds of course to
so L" the purchase and maintenance
Of the Tourney Hospital.
The complaint is made by Ncill
ODonncll, an executor of the will OF
i. j. Tourney and trustee of the
Tourney Hospital Board, and Dr. :. c.
Baker an executor Of the will of T. j.
Tourney and member of the Toum-
ey Hospital Board, and also a large
shareholder and president of the
Sumter Hospital Company against r.
-. Lee, an executor of the will of
Il. j. Tourney and a member Of the
board: j. NJ. Kolb, a member of the
Tourney Hospital Board. l.. -. Jcn-
nings, Mayor: {. 6. Rowland and j.
Il. Booth, Councilmen, members of
the Tourney Hospital Board by virtue
of their Offices; and t.. X. Wilson, II
Nj. StuCkcy, j. y. Mood, t. IS Hol-
man, \. e. Dick, w. T.. Mills, G. j.
Lennon, III. \. Mood. X. f.. lIayns-
worth, and Archie China for himself
and as executor of the estate Of the
late y. J. China.
The reply of all of these except
Col. Il. j. Lee is that they agree with
statement in the complaint and are
I'm favor of il. Col. Lee makes Il
statement of why he does not agree.
The complaint states that the lot
which was purchased for the Toum-
ey Hospital, the old Catholic Church
lot is undesirable for such a hos
pital. that there is not sufficient funds
considerable time To build and opcr-
ate hospital successfully, as such an
institution costs a great deal of mon
ey and the operating expenses are
heavy. The Sumter Hospital could
he converted into a hospital such as
that directed to be built under the
terms of the Tourney will and used at
once. That there are about $47, 900
now on hand and that the annual in
come from the Bells Mill plantation
is about $1,000. That about $50
900 would be expended on repairs and
additions to the Sumter Hospital in
converting it into the Tourney Hos
pital.
1T is further stated that the Tourney
Hospital under these conditions
would have no competing hospital.
that it would he for charity with
rooms for pay patients. that the train
ing school for nurses, which is now
being conducted i'm connection with
the sumter Hospital would be con
tinucd, and that the institution would
have the backing and cooper
alton of all of the doctors i'm tn" city.
This hospital would have private
ward for the patients f"om Bells Mill
plantation, as directed IN the will of
TuVmcv.