The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-02-24
W. IF. Caldwell in News and Courier.

sion, which means that tAe members
of the committee will be worked off
their feet if an extensive report is pre-
sented before adjournment, which will
likely take place Wednesday.
Speculation is rife here as to what
recommendation will be embodied in
the report, From all indications some
change in the present system of man
agement, generally. spoken Of as the
dual government" Of the asylum, will
be urged upon the legislature.
DR.. H. H. Griffin made the following
statement. before the asylum investi-
gazing committe this afternoon:
DR.. Griffn's Statement.
''Mr. Chairman, I desire to trespass
upon year time for few moments and
Flask your earnest consideration as
matter of justice to myself
There appeared the following in
newspaper of February 18th:
That DR.. H. H. Griffin, a medical
officer at the State Hospital for the
Insane, in charge of the colored male
ward, and regarded as one of the prin-
cipal complaints aginst DR.. Flea
nora B. Saunders, a woman ply
sician at the hospital, had passively
listened to insulting remarks and
criticisms from negro attendants
against her, was the principal devol-
opment at the session.
''Now, Mr.. Chairman, I desire to
most truly state that from my testi-
mony delivered at the time, and from
my feelings in the matter, that I think
wrong has been committed upon ne
be this publication.
81 would not Intentionally allow any
insulting remarks made about any
lady in my presence, and I have never
done, nor hope can never be so low
as to submit to such disgusting re-
port spread abroad without my most
vehement protest.
Referred to Nurses.
''The statements to which my testi-
mony referred were simply those of
some nurses, many of whom mad been
are employed those who employ the
who felt for reason that they gace,
whether good or bad, that DR.. Saunders
did not treat them in the way they
thought they Should be treated as
nurses of the hospital
"All over the South where negroes
are employed, those who employ the
negro of today may hear them say
some word Of praise or Of censure
about former employers or those whom
they had worked for the day before.
AZ never for a moment believed nor
heard from them that any insulting
remark was made or suggested or
meant, and neither for moment
would I have tolerated such a remark
by them or by any one else. All those
who know me know this
Wants 1t in Record.
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin:
You want to file this as your testi-
mony.
The Witness, DR.. Griffin I want to
file this, yes. /
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin.
Mr. stenographer, will you take charge
of it?
The Witness, DR.. Griffin: Mr.. Chair
man, ther is another little matter
that I want to-tnat I feel incumbent
upon me for the third time to make
some explanation Of it will just read
from the stenographic notes taken at
the meeting at The institution on Dec
cember u. The question was this:
''Dr. Saunders is a single day." My !
e1ASn0A ncS. SUPPOSE IudI sue IS.
Now, gentlemen, I did not say thai
she was supposed to be. Now, these
two statements carry different mean
ing, and, furthermore, 1 am in the
habit of using just this expression.
think that probably in my testimony
may have used it many times. My
friends all know that; they have come
to me and said that they knew and
understood; but for some Of those I
don't say this
Says Don't Mean Insult.
Now, wnen DR.. Saunders evidently
misconstrued the meaning of that an
swer, my reply was this: "I did not
mean it that way, if you so under
stood it. did not mean it as an in