The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-08

~, Il was found that ii out Of every
.ho%s&nd OF the 1852 mcn mustered
INTO Shrvic" at Camp jackson from these
hrcc States we're rejected as being men
tally defective. Of the South Caro-
'il,ians, Is out Of every 900 were thus
rejected. Advocates Of the institution
for the feeble-minded have only claimed
lhatthree persons out OF every 1000 OF
the general population were feeble
thte general population were feeble
minded, but these official rccorus j;rdi-
cate proportion four times as great
The State Board of Charities and Cor
rections.
No more fundamental piece of legis-
lation has been enacted in the past tif-
teen years than the creation Of the State
board of charities and corrections three
years ago. This board has viNdicated
your wisdom in establishing it as we'll
as your continued generous support. In
fact, it HIS COST only about one-haif Of
The actual cash rryenae it HI. brolgA:
to the State institutions it serves.
It has made 7 7,I44 fiscal Investigations,
effected an increase in the potential rev.
enues Of the State supported institu-
tions concerned Of more than 100000
with tuition recommendations for the
current session involving nearly $1,000
vet to be added, Of which between $55,-
900 and 100000 has actually been col
the end of the present college year
There has been appropriated for the use
of this board since it's creation total
of $31,670.
This fiscal work has had a strikingly
salutary effect upon the scholarship and
tuition abuse at the State colleges. The
percentage Of students voluntarily pay
ing tuition at Clemson this year is AS
per cent, nearly three times as great
as in 1915-16; at the University, it is
59.7 per cent, nearly twice as large as
in 1915-16, so that with an enrolment
of more than 200 fewer students the
amount being collected is greater; and
at Winthrop it is AS per cent, or near
lv four times the proportion in 1876.
More than two and one-half times as
much, namely $4,000, will be collected
in tuition fees this session by the four
State colleges than was realized i'll
1856.
I have seen so much of the work Of
this board in discovering and fearlessly
pointing out serious conditions IN our
penal and charitable institutions; in CO.
operating with the officials IL charge in
improving matters as far as the manage
ment was able, or could be persuaded,
to do 50; in studying out the best mod
ern methods of handling the problems
in it's field and applying them to the
problems in our State; in informing, de-
yeloping, and guiding public opinion in
these matters so that you could count
upon the endorsement of your progress
7sive action by the constructive citizen
ship of the State; in counseling you and
me in needed social legislation, that,
based upon this frst-hand knowledge
and experience of my own, it is my
frank and deliberate conviction that no
governor and nol legislature can rightly
organize and direct such public work
without having at their service such an
educational and advisory agency as the
State board Of charities and corrections.
State Board Of Health.
OF the many activities carried on by
the State board of health in protecting
the people Of our State against disease
I shall direct your attention to rev
Of the more important features. There
is the work being done in the rural dis
tricts OF this State in the education OF
the people generally as to the necessity
of proper sanitation in their homes; this
work has been carried out in Orange
burg and Greenwood counties with good
results. 1 recommend that adequate
appropriation be made for carrying on
the work Of suppressing and tr@atlng
infectious diseases, such as d!phtheria,
typhoid fever, eerebro-spinal meningitis
and rabies, with serums kept by the
State board of health. We have the
smallest death rate from diphtheria OF
any State in the Union, due entirely to
the fact that diphtheria antitoxin can
be obtained free by anybody.
The Care of Tubercular Patients.
The work that is being done by the
State for the treatment of tubercular
patients at State Park is bringing COM
mendable results. This work, partly ed
ucational, has done much to arouse the
public mind, and has laid the ground
work for the determination of this dis
ease. We should see to it that this
work grows year by year, and I there
fore urge it's continuance on a larger
scale. Can we excuse ourselves if every
effort to this end is not made7
The decreasing number and the in
creasing age and infrmities Of the Con-
federate veterans in South Carolina
make it tle care of the State to see that
their comfort and well-being are given
every attention. I commend the faith
full and tender care you have and will
continue to bestow on these men, whose
sacrifices and services in the past en-
title them to every consideration at
our hands.
Prohibition.
The national congress has recently
passed joint resolution referring to
the legislatures of the various States
the question of writing into the United
States Constitution the absolute prohi-
bition of the manufacture or sale of in
toxicants in the United States. This