The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-08-03

ment that will bear serious thought.
They received no remuneration, but
day and night they made the rounds
seeing to the condition of every pa
tient. In other words, the medical at
tendance upon the patients was some
thlng that no man not a Rockefeller
could afford to buy. When DR.. Kneece
had to leave on Friday DR.. w.
II. Carrigan Of Summcrton took his
place in administering ether to the
patients. This is work for which DR..
OF long experience in Riverside Hos
pitall, Charleston, and DR.. Crosby was
emphatic in his praise of DR.. Car
rigan's skill. In addition to taking his
turn in staying OH duty with the
other physicians, DR.. Carrigan gave
his services for two days in this con-
fining and important work.
Credit also should be given Rev. l..
B. McCord, Rev. Easlcy, S. Oliver
O'Bryan, ~. f. Cotfcy and J. B. Cantcy
all of whom stopped business for the
whole week and spent practically their
entire time in attendance upon and
work for the Clinic.
Special thanks are also due Prof.
Helms. He had all desks removed,
floors secured, walls busted, telephone
and plumbing installed, screens pro-
vided and everything necessary in the
prcpar; ton of the building. This in
Volvcd constant work for about two
weeks before Tie Clinic. He was in
constant attendance during the Clinic
from o'clock in the morning until late
at mig ght and always busy if there was
anything to do-as there usually was.
Having no children of his own, he
seemed to feel a personal and patcr-
nal interest in every child in the build
ing and did as much work as if he
had been the father of the sixty-two.
Some Of the young ladies of the
town made good Office clerks, and all
day one of them would be found ON
duty enrolling patients, answering
questions, answering the telephone
and doing Il multitude of other neces-
, sary things.
Much more could be said, and there
are many moro who gave their time
and effort freely, but it was felt that
the matter should not be closed with
out some public acknowledgement for
the success of the Clinic to the splcn-
did work done by those mentioned
above.
In addition to the siXty-tw child
rcn operated on at the school build
ing, the following had their tonsils re-
moved at private residences.
j. w. Wideman, P. B. Nelson, Miss
Jessie Mclean, Miss Margaret Will
son, Mrs. r. f.. Broadway, II. |. Ellcr-
be, Miss Jenkinson Of Silver, Mrs. w.
G. Bigham of Summerton and a
daughter of j. w Heriot
The Clinic was by request Of the
prom oters under tie direction and
control of DR.. j. A. Hayne, Sccrc-
tary Of State Board Of Health, who
spent two days in Manning to insure
its cuccess.
The idea Of having the clinic origi-
mated with Mr.. Charlton DuRant, and
it was due to his untiring efforts that
it resulted in such success. At the
beginning of the movement many OBJ
stacles and objections were encounter
ed, but with persistent work and plan
ming by him all of these were met and
over come. 1t was through his efforts
that the State Board of Health sent
the four nurses and Dr. Kneecc. For
several weeks prior to the clinic and
during the week he gave practically
all of his time and talent in it's behalf
The entire organization was planned
by him with the assistance of Miss
| Moore. Too much praise cannot be
given Mr.. DuRant for his foresight
in conceiving the clinic and for his
work in planning it and seeing that il
was q success.
The Clinic is over. We are glat
we had it-glad of the good that il
has done, and we think it should be
repeated next year.