The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-23
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DR.. Babcock and his lady assistant,
DR.. Saunders, as these men must have
some excuse, you know, and are not
at all scrupulous"
l herewith quote in full resolutions
adopted by the board OF regents on
the 18th day of January-this very
Iaonth-1914:
whereas, Mr. o. L. Saunders has
presented a petition asking for re-
opening of the investigation of charges
against DR.. Saunders for interfering
with other members Of the medical
staff of this institution; and,
Whereas, This matter has been
paroughly investigated at previous
meeting as resolution this day adopted
shows; and,
} whereas, There were Sno charges
from any source before this board, or
under investigation by this board, as
10 the moral character of the said Dr..
Saunders, or as to her ability to per-
form the duties of the Office which she
IS holding;
sBe it, Resolved, That this board is
of the opinion that it is for the best
interest of said institution, and for the
best interest of this lady, that this
entire matter be closed, and that the
same be dismissed.
Resolved, futher. That this board
puts itself upon record as stating that
no charge whatever from any source
has been made to them, by them, or
through them, as to the moral
character or personal standing Of DR..
Saunders.
Resolved, futher, That the petition
of Mr.. Saunders is respectfully de-
Lined, and that, so far as this board
is concerned, the entire matter stands
Kat an end"
AS to the statement that these
gentlemen are mot at all scrupulous,
I presume that Drs. Babcock and Will
son, and Messrs. Payne, Aull and
Johnson, and the board of regents
DR.. julius H Taylor, Hon. James A.
Summersett, Hon. John D. Biven, Dr..
". L. Settlemeyer, and DR.. T. R.
Carothers-are willing for their per-
sonal and public careers to have the
light thrown upon them.
The letter says: 81 am writing
:his letter to you to beg that you will
bend all your energies and lend all
your influence to hep DR.. Babcock
in this crisis
What this crisis" is, Of which he
speaks, I know not.
Now, gentlemen, here is this letter
containing these serious charges that
these men are attempting to manipu-
late the sale of this property, and as
10 their being unscrupulous, written
and sealed under the seal of an en-
velope of the UnitoI States senate,
by United States senator, marked
in writing, Personal and when the
letter is opened it is found to be
marked Personal again. call the
letter to your attention, and | state
the facts to you here, merely for the
purpose of showing to you that have
done my part to keep this property
from being sold, and that the gentle
men whom this man has seen fit to
term as my "underlings and satellites"
are not doing what they are charged
in this letter with doing. I realize
that there is no action which you can
take in the matter, so far as the
writer of the letter is concerned, and
that the only thing which this message
to you can possibly accomplish is pub
licly to expose this personal at
tack upon these gentlemens char
acters-an attack which might have
been used against them without their
ever even knowing Of It, had not this
muchly marked personal come into
my possession-in order that they may
nave the right to come before you and
demand a full and free Investigation,
in order that they may show to the
world that this personal attack is
uncalled-for and unwarranted.
- If further proof be needed to show
the errontcousness of this United
States senator's letter, cite you to
the fact that / attended a meeting Of
the sinking fund commission last year,
at the request of Drs. Babcock and
Robert Wilson and Gel. Elbert H. Aull,
and that l asked Attorney General
Peoples to go with me, which he did.
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