The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-14
utmost loyalty to their unfortunate

utmost loyalty to their unfortunate
wards and the interest of the State.
The welfare Of the inmates of the
State Hospital for the Insane weighs
heavily upon ny heart, and | COM
mend them TO you rearnes; and abid-
ing consideration
State Board Of Charities ard correc-
tons.
| wish to call your attention, with
utmost earnestness, 10 the work of
the State board OF charities and cor
rccticns, which was created in 1915.
This board is composed of five unset
fish, unpaid, public spirited men. 1t
, has been generously and worthi:y
supported. Like similar agencies in
ether States, it is wisely without ad~
:ainistrative authority. 1t is purely
; yisitorial and advisory, with general
supervision over the prisons, jails,
chain gangs, reformatories, poor
houses, other charitable institutions
and work throughout the State, wheth-
er they are supported by public funds
or by private philanthropies. In the
beginning the board announced, and
has ever since maintained, the policy
of sympath tic cooperation with Off
cials in bettering conditions. 1t has
studied the problems of its field in
South Carolina. 1t has informed it
se:f of the best means and methods
employed in ether States to meet SIM
liar difficulties, and with intelligence
and devotion it has exhausted every
effort to ap ly to our needs such rene
i.ies a. are proved to be the best 1t
has worked with tact and restraint.
The people CT the State and the leg
islature have responded in striking
manner to their leadership In wit
ness thereof ! point you to the act
creating the State training school for
the fseole-1inded passed a year ago.
This institution has secured splen-
did site OF about 1900 acres, on the
Seaboard Air Line and the Columbia,
Newberry AID Laurens railroads, near
C'intcn, largely the gift of the people
cf Clinton Construction is under
way. 1t viii care for the mentally de-
fective of both sexes and both races.
l wish to call your attention to the
act creating the State industrial
school for girls, an institution which
Will care fer delinquent white girls.
hope you viii; make similar provis-
ion for negro girls. The federal gov
ernment k:.s helped the State to the
extent Of forty thousand dollars, and
has given wise and expert counsel.
Girls ere being cared for in a rented
building at Campobello, in Spartan
burg county, until the State building,
now under construction, is completed.
Again, the legislature divorced the
State reformatory for negro boys en-
tirely from the State penitentiary, of
which it had been part. The South
Carolina industrial school at Florence
for white boys, and the. State indus
trial school for girls, and the State re-
formatory for negro boys are now
under the nlanagements of one board.
In taking over the Doctor John De
La Howe industrial school near Nc
Cormick, the bill for which was draft
ed by the State board of charities and
corrections, the State has expressed
its appreciation of this valuable prop
erty, virtually given it more than a
hundred years ago, but never develop
ed, and has begun a system Of State
PROMINENT WOMAN OF WAL
nut GROVE HELPED BY DREC0.
Husband Tells of Quick Relief After
1e Years of Suffering-@Dreco Has
Brought Joy to Our Family ae
Says.
Here is a story told by A. A. Rover,
the prominent jeweler of Walnut
Grove. He he's consented to give It
to the public through this newspaper
in order that other sufferers who
might think their cases hopeless may
read and act accordingly. Here is his
signed statement:
"My wife broke down in health &c
years ago She was a victim Of stonl-
ach and liver trouble. constipation.
and severe pains in the back and