The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-18

services and diet. The el2ct oi si-~9'
and other improvements is seen IN the :
fact that the death rate has Deer
reduced 20 ;,bo4t onehalf.
';'ne State has not con1peted its task
1T IS hospital fer the insane. MucA F:
rsr:.a aims TO be done for the hospital ,
p..hose, patients now number over TWO
thoasana and whose admissions 2V-
e:ase nearly 100 q month. The
work is progressive and is in realty
nevcs, finished. i>1t We can now pom!
to ou2 state Hospital with pride, 1oS
We maze .Y:lNe q wonderful advance II
providing {. :nodcln plant adapted 10
tioa needs Of the patients.
For The Management Of the hospital
lhe Board Of Regents, and Dr. Will
Jams. the superintendent, nave
nothing but The highest praise. These
men haze given their best to the M
s1itntion IN q snirit Of self-sacE:hcin;s
devotion ana consecraton. and in the
Utmost loyalty to their unfortunate
Yards ana he interest Of the State.
state Board OF Charities and Cor
rections.
7 wish to call your attention, with
the utnn ost earnestness, to the WORK
of the State Board Of Charities and
Corrections, which WIS created IN
1915. This board is composed OF five
irnsalfsh. unpaid, public spirited mon
! i. has Been generously and worthiy
>upported Like similar agencies IN
other States. it Is wisely without adj
! nain;strativc authority. It is purely
! vIs;9or;;,l anG advisory with general
supervision ovc- the prisons. jiits,
o!!.:. eyra;,,ees. reforI3aatories. poor nous
os. other charitable institutions and
work throughput the STATE. whether
;!loy :3re Supported b.. public funds or
yrixGta p!1iian:,lropies. IN the begin
ming Tie board announced, and has
oyer siace maintained, the policy OF
i! !synlpathctic cooperation with officials
in hctte:ing conditions. Ii has stud
led the problems OF its field II South
Carolina. II has Informed itself Of
the best means and methods e1nploy-
ed in other states 10 meet similar diff
Ificult;es. and VII. Intelligence and de-
,,otion it has exhausted every effort 10
apply to our need: such remedies as
{. are proved TO be the best. 1t has
\ worked with tact and restraint.
The people oj the state and the
legislature have Responded in q strik-
ing mann1r To 9heil. leadership. In
witness thereof point you 10 the Act
erecting the State Training School
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49,. ooo .o,.a ,,n
va no cow,
80 >-o,,.,,o,..,, ,,,d 1.,,ra,s pailroads
90. (,li,,+on l.raoTv tho eft Of the
,,eon,e. IF C1into, Consumption is
an7er wav # will care fer the men
,,1,v 5Afacivc Of both sexes and both
...no,
1rie., =, cau cou,, aitantian to The
,... I,.o...;no. "a. sraf. y,ausfrial
s,.,,..,.1 4l,. Cs;,.,> IN ;,,4.-:e,1tion which
.,,5,i=c..,... fn, ....7sno,cn: white s,.rlS
bo,,o va, ,y.;Il make similar provision
f,,,. ,1c..,.,, .;,1S tn. 4,etlera! Govern
,,7..n1 has hei,,e3 she State TO the OK
s,..n+ Of FORTY thousand dollars. and
s,..s e,i,.an u:sa and eynnrt counsel
l,;,.Is .,,.n he;o~ cared fer in q rented,
inl;lG;ag at Canpobc!lo. in Spartan
l.7,.lr Cnoo,y- unf;, the state building.
!aov lnde;. construction is comp!etcd
Again the legislature divorced the
state Reforamtory Off Negro BoEs en-
.ireiy from the State Pa2iientiasE, OF
which ii had been g part. The South
!Carolina Industria.! Schoo! at Florence
.or white boys. and the State Indus
rial schooi for Girls. and the State
PeroI,natory for Negro Bc:,s are now
under the management of one obaId.
In taking over the Doctor John
Dc La Howe Industrial School.
! near Mccormick, the bill for
which was drafted by the State
Board Of Charities ard Corrections,
the State has expressed it's, ap-
probation Of this valuable property,
virtually igven it more than a hun
dred years ago, but never developed.
and has begun a system of State care
for a certain type of unfortunate
children for whom there is no ade-
quate provision otherwise in South
Carolina.
a proposition from the Federal
Government to provide q building On