The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-29


Chester. q. c.. July 18th. 1914.
Ar. W. ID. orist. Editor. Yorkville. 8
c..
Dear Sir: I am enclosing herein q
communication which I am going to
ask you TO publish. and trust you
win be able to give 1t space in the
Friday edition Of the Enquirer this
week II. for any reason. you should
decline to publish It. will ask tha,
you return Il to me as promptly as
possible In the within enclosed
stamped addressed envel:ne. How
ever. I trust you will be able and clad
TO sivs the information II contains
% your readers.
Yours very truly
L. d. Childs.
Editor Yorkvilis Enquirer:
In your editorial Of July 7th head
"a The Plan Of Battle" you ques-
tion the motives Of Messrs. Jennings
and Pollock In their declared sena-
sortai aspirations. They attack Gov
srnor BleaSs's record. and you ask
what they are paid. or promised; /;
Standing sponsor for Governor
Blsase. Il 10 presumed that you de.
fsnd his record. and there are those
who ask what YOU are paid. or prom
issd. I am not one OF them; I con-
csds Il your right to choose your
ideals. neither am I defending these
gentlemen. but In order tn determine
the justice Of your Charge or the
question Of your sincerity. at least.
. PARTON Of Governor Blease's record
shoulA bs reviewed: that Ia fair to
A'sssrs. jennings and Pollock. 1t Is
jsistics to the governor and yourself.
Let ~ take one small part Of the
governors record and. to make II
more pertinent to your case. let II be
IN instance Of that record affecting
? cisisen OF your own county-Dr.
Eleanora> b. Saunders All OF your
readers know In . general way Of the
Asyium investigation brought about.
chiehy. by certain charges and insin-
uations made by Gov. Blease against
DR.. Saunders. but very few know the
details Of those charges. I have be-
fore me the on,cial stenographic rec
ord Of that investigation from which
the following facts are taken. In
showing his attitude toward this lady,
] shall use only the governors words
and. as the governor says he has ut
tered no word. penned no sentence
nor committed any act within the past
three and half years which he re-
Grets or for which he has apology to
make. evidently this record fairly rep
rsssnts the governors purpose and
character and. since he In proud Of his
record, I trust you will willingly give
u 60 your readers. I will ask you to
smphasise where indicated and give
psss references.
In his letter to DIR. Babcock, in
which he peremptorily demands that
DR.. Saunders be discharged. Governor
Blssse says: IL do not intend by
this letter to impugn the motive Of
saunders for moment. From
what can learn Of her. there Is no
question that she is a good woman"
(Pass SoJ Thus Acknowledged
that he has no foundation In
fact for his miserable insinuations
but. a. the record reveals. because
he lad heard that she had no re-
spsct for the Dicaseite members OF
that Board" (Pase sD he wrote In
that same letter: 81 had hoped tina,
the Dr. saunders-Cooper episode ou,
there would pass over without my TAX
ing . hand. but from conversation
which I could not help overhearinl
In q room next to mine. In house
away from Columbia recently. en-
asged In by some ladies. I am forced
tn request you to see that Dr. Saun'
ders quietly rctires from the hospita
for the insane at a. early "A date a.
you can make Il convenient. My In
formation is that Dr. Cooper is still
there hanging around. and that h,
eats his meals there. and that ne an,
DR.. Saunders are frequently seen to
sethcr." (Pase 90 When DIR. Bab
cock declined to discharge DIR. saun
dsrs. stating that such an actor
woud result In the white nurses lcav
ing the hospital. this man who pro
claimed: 81 have always been care
fui Of the names and the handling @
any suspicion In reference to an
lady" page SD replies; "ss for tn
white women nurses withdrawing fror
the institution. that would 90 bad. bu
N they knew the talk that is going o
Wv think the decent women woul