The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-18
NURSES PAY TRIBUTE
APPEAL TO THE HONOR OF ALL
GALLANT GENTLEMEN.

GALLANT GENTLEMEN.
Issue Statement Giving Their Opin'
ion of DR.. Saunders as An Asylum
Official and as a Woman.
The following is a statement OF
q resolution passed Friday by the
nurses at the State Hospital for the
Insane:
Nurses of the State Hospital for
the Insane at a meeting held this day
passed a resolution asking The State
to publish the following, 80 that the
people of South Carolina might know
Just how they feel toward DR.. saun-
ders.
(Signed) Margaret D. Barnes, Jessie
p. Kleckley, Margaret Vera Parnell'
Rebecca Sharp, Lena Pound, Car
rie E. Watson, Kate Carter, Olivia
Busbee, Matte Simpson, Cora Work
man.. Fannie Parrott, Margarie Par
rott, Myrtle McLane, Carrie Book
man, Lizzie Watson, Annie Fergu-
son, Alma Doubley, Elva Young
blood, Ella Price Edith Easley, W.
R.. Steele, NJ. B. Stack, Annie Head,
Maud Queen, Ruth Love, Emma
Blakely, Nealie Barefoot, Cora Lee
Cornell, Natalie Bailey, Marie Long,
Ella Roof, Inez Hcgue, Eva 1delle
Cause, Carrie Belle Stricken, Kate
Hope, Emily RADON, Bessie Smith,
Virginia Buckley, Ernestine Fuller,
Emily Driggers, Lizzie Taylor, Ber-
tha Hayes, Rachel Abel, Cora
Smith, Addie Love, Mamie Duncan,
Mary LAWN, Hassie Graham, Mamie
A. Corley, Kate Tidwell, Marian
Smith, Rosa Lee Weimorts.,
Columbia, February13.
Statement of Nurses.
What the nurses Of the State hos
pital have to say about Dr.. Saunders:
We are a sad and gloomy body OF
nurses today at the State hospital
The shadow of an impending sorrow
and wrong has crept into our mist,
and we go to work with little zest and
dark forebodings.
We have been strongly optimistic
up to the present time, beliVing that
the good men of our State would
ability and noble womanhood would
stand by the right and that truth,
be recognized and strenuously upheld
against unjust accusers and misun-
derstandings.
We feel that We, who come In daily
contact with DR.. Saunders and know
every phase Of her life here, from the
joyful and hearty entering into our
pleasures and pastimes as friend
teacher, down to the SOL
emn and strenuous duties Of extreme
illness and suffering, have a deeper
insight into the heart and mind OF the
women than those who have only a
slight acquaintance, )r even per-
feet acquaintance with her outside OF
her work: IT'S in a woman's life
work that her true character and real
worth are seen and felt to best ad-
vantage. r
With one accord the nurses Of the
State hospital wish to say to the pub
lie that we consider DR.. Saunders the
soul of our undertakings here. With
out her our inspiration would be
gone. She holds up to US, in her OWL
life, in every step she takes here, an
example of what woman can accom-
plish for the good Of her State, fol
her work here among these patients
and nurses extends into homes In
every corner Of this State OF ours
Her influence Is far-reaching, and
there is nothing but good In that In
huence. We know that she has done
nothing wrong and are sorely grieved
that she should be misjudged.
Most Of US are young girls who de-
sire to hold to the belief in the chiv'
airy Of our Southern men, as ou1
mothers did before us, when 1t come;
to the question Of wronging noble
pure-hearted, true-hearted woman, II
her profession or in any other way
and we sincerely hope that the mer
who are ruling this State will prove
themselves to be the gallant men thai
their fathers and grandfathers were
before them in such points Of honor
that they will right about face anc
give the decision that Is the only JUS
and honorable one, not to raise fin
ger against the work Of DR.. Saunder!
in this institution.
DR.. Saunders is In every sense o.
the word a gentlewoman. Her quicl
and tender sympathy for her patients
is discernible to all who come In con
tact with her here. She Is the same
woman always, NO matter what he
own sorrows and grievances may be
dispensing cheerfulness and pleasant
kindly interest to every one Will
whom she comes in contact each day
We, the nurses of this institution
as a body, appeal to the men Of thi
State, who are sitting in judgment OF
our worthy friend, not to remove he
from our midst.
PUT TOWN IN DARKNESS.