The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-01-19
Tells Of ASYLUM
hlANNENG DESCRIBES BETTER
TREATMENT OF PATIENTS
THANKED BY assembly


State Hospital for the Insane
Conditions Hare Improyed-Ecoa
orny Without IneSficiency-Wha
the Governor Recommends.
Governor Manning delivered spe
cial uessag to the General Assemo.
Friday dealing with the State Hos
pital for the Insane. By his intense
interest in the State Hospital for the
Insane, by his apparent sincerity, 0!
his unvarnished statement or tacts
he completely captured the members
OF the General Assembly and wor
their sym pathies N cause that Is
already close 20 his heart.
Perhaps never before has per
sonal message been so convincingly
and sympaIhetica!iy presented to al
audience OF lawma kers. A2o when i
was all over it brought forth the
unanimous adoption Of the following
resolution offered by Mr.. Mccullough
Of Greenyille:
Resolved, That the thanks Of this
icint assembly are hereby extended
to his Exceliency, Gov. Manning, 10!
his most instructive, interesting and
soul stirring message, and we pledge
to him and those IN authority our
hearty support n their efforts TO pet
ter the conditions OF these unforsu-
nate wards OF the State confined ID
the State Hospital for the Insane.
We print below extracts from the
message, including:
l. A comparison Of present con-
6itions with those formerly exist
ing.
3. 4 financial report, showing
economies rracticed without les
sened efficiency.
g. 4 general account OF the
treatment Of patients, their cnans-
ed tempersnent and re-awaHeIeo
interest in SELF and surroundings.
I. The governors recommends
tions and appeal to the legislators
to provide for the unfortunates.
Gentlemen Of the General Assem-
bly,: In my annual message l stated
that I would transmit to you a spe-
cfal message dealing W. the state
Hospital for the Insane. Yea have
courteously invited me to Ce.4'eG -.
message in person. Permit me to
thank you for this privilege.
At the outset, I wish to state clear
" that in referring to the condlNoAs
which 7 found there when became
governor; it must rot be regarded as
a personal criticism, but rather
statement OF facts and conditions as
I found them. I would be dislnge-
nious II I cid not make full state
csr- to YOU CT this whole situation
and its needs.
. From pe-sonai observation FOUND
last wear the physical condition G.
this institution 70 be !n:o!araoie, /,
we are to consider the treatment o.
these unfortunates as solemn ootE
and as az act Cf hCnGneness an0
charity. TIE treatment OF shos"
pat:snts vas cuStoGiai, rather thao
that Of giving skilled treatment u
imp.ove the;r condition CT mid as
well as OF body.
This condition was fully revealed
TO you in an exhaustive report maoe
bv DR.. Herring last year through me
TO YOU, feel that It IS unnecessary
to repeat here what Was stated II
that document. You, in a body, at
nv invitation visited that INSTITUTION
then, and the condition as shown oy
that report. a>,d by what you iounc
there, convinced you OF the necessit!
for reorganization OF the !Hsutut.o--
and e change II the treatment OF t2e
inmates. ! am sure that you rec2i
vividly the picture O. what you Sa"
then.
Yesterday invited you to again
visit this institution SO that You cou-o
see for yourselves, IN a measure a.
least, what has been done, aud is be-
ing done, under the Acts which yoC
so wisely passed Gt the las: session oi
the legislature. The improvements
in the physical property are beln2
carried OF in g thorough and etf!-
cient manner. and when this work IS
completed l feel that it will be az
enduring monument TO your wisdom
and hunlaneress N providing for the
comfort and the improved treatment
of these unfortunate citizens OF our
State.
Last year you saw the wTetched
condition, the discomforts and dirt OF
the cells in which these people were
confined. ! saw, 22d you saw, no"
the meals served were cold and ua-
palayabie. You saw IN the women s
,iapartment-whi was then the CeS;
department in that inSt;trtio1-t
silent w;tnesseS--thcSe straps tAaf
were around tbs walls tcat we're Csec
,rsNlert T2iICnrS
Gentlemen, the temptation TO re IS
to 20 on ard enumerate the c't!eTea'
things that were revolving, but l h&'e
promised YOU not to do so. Bat J
can not refrain from saying t3Gt i.
that women's ward. and IS the w2ro
WIS then in best condition, you VII:
recall that il that ward for T;c!e2
pa.ients there were ninety-tWo 0:
these violent subjects. They were
confined in cells.
We found that the fire projections
was absolutely inadequate ana IN
oparative: we found that the fire hose
could not be attached to the hydraIt
because they 6id not fl, and 1t simply
IS appalling to think what q terrible
disaster would have occurred lad fire
broken out. II that fre h2d occurred
in the night time. with TWO nurses
onIv in charge Of the ninety-two
patients, it does not require any cs-
seriptior from me to tell Eou what
would have happened.
want TO say to you that unaer toe
changed treatment that restraint 10:
violent subjects is nc longer resortec
to. but, Instead. the kinder and aeorc
effective methods; where they ars
put in baths and treated in sinp!s
ways we fnd as the result tEat tcoFe
patients showed improvement coth ln
mind and IN body.
Gentlemen, these changes tha'
have been inaugurated there are the
result Of your wisdom IN enacuDs
laws which made the changes pos
sible. and I earnestly recon mend the
continuance OF this work as necessary
- re orc n discharge our Obligations