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.. . CIIABLOTTE DAILY . OBSERVER, MAY 30,1D0C. MEDICAL ; SOCIETY, MEETS SOME INTEKESTINO INCEDEXT Close to SOO North Carotins Portoc In the wty A lirire nooy o y rroentatlvo Mm li P. I Murphy ItMd a Paner That Owinrd Ooosid- ' erable Oomroeut Ir. Parrot, l of v" Ktnaton, Make Bold fiuttmeat Many rapnr Krad and rleMe-- Mr. T, C CJuthrte Make Welcoming . ' Aodrea Pre. Register' Speech. Th Slrd annual meeting of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina- waa called to order in the criminal court room of the county . court house yesterday morning at 1 0 o'clock by Dr. Robert 1 Oibbon, chairman of the committee on ar rangements. Dr. Oibbon introduced Dr. J. K. Howerton. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, who opened the meeting with prayer. In the absence of Mayor 8. 8. Mc Klnch Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie of the Charlotte bar. made the address of welcome. He said: MR. T. C. GUTHRIE'S ADDRESS. Mr President and Gentlemen of the Medical Society: This gathering of the leading men of your noble profusion is sn event of Importance. In the marvelous prog ress and development of our country. DR. R. i. c.rnnov. ok charlotte, chairman of the local COMMITTEE OK ARRANGEMENT. WHO CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER YESTERDAY. Its resources and Its people, tho medl- I cat profession haa more than kept up I with the procession. The rld-tlme I saddle-bsg dm tar, w ith his lancet and leeches, hla slue pill and blisters, hla ! been superadded by th thoroughly- j educated, highly-trained scientific phy sician of to-day. Among the Influences which have contributed to the advancement of your profession and Ita elevation from empyrlclam to a science your society deserves a high place. Our law-mak-ers. recognising that you are beat fJt- tjt ti if thui 1ufla huvA you the examination and licensing of doctora and the control of their pro fessional behavior. The wisdom of this legislative action has been w.-ll demonstrated by Ita tent for nearly i a half century. There never has b.-eu a time Jn the history of our State When the atandnrd of the prnfralm have been no high mm they are to-diy nor when the Individual lo tor waa well prepared and ao competent. it haa conin to pan that a lit enae hsu"I by the board of medical examiner;, appointed by your body la a pax-port to public confidence and u proof of professional effli lent y. TENDENCY TO HI'KCI Al.l.K. The tendeni y of the present time i In all branch- of hunmn enrlnivor l to specialize The all-round ninn of all work who run do u little of every thing Is a gentleman out of ti Job .11 place has 1m-en taken by the man who rsn do one thing or a few things ex cellently well. The medlral prof u sion la no exception to this leridcn . t atanda to reason that the surge n. who has performed some particular operation or rlnaa of operations hun dreds of times, has gnliied skill from hla experience and ran do better work than a doctor who has had little surgi cal work to do. Ho by a proi ess of evolution, epeclsllsls In vurlo'ia branches of surgery ami classes of ilu enncu are ailrartlng to themselves par ticular lilies of priirtli v. The time I, coming. If It has not already come, when you will all he .e, i,iiiis Th'i result may be ouiited a dlsilnrt k-iIii to humanity and the il torn. Ti r are more people to be i. k nml mon doctors to serve them line path-m may be panted around anions, mi l contribute hla suhstam e to. never. il specialists and be run il In the Nulli fying knowledge that he has hail lht top-notch Of nierllral e P-hi e in re- , turn for his mone Thus the nnti : .1 are better served and moie t . t . . i make a living j THE DOCTOR'S i EN i:U -HIT Y. J When a great discovery or Inv. n- I tlon Is made In ma hlm-i y or no-i h m ! that will benefit niunklml the ii'.t ' thing tne inventor goes arter is n patent. Jiy means of the monopoly created by law the Inventor seeks to reap the money reward of hla briln nd ta'enta. No matter of what n ceaslty or Importance to the lomforl or happiness of humanity the Inven tion or discovery may be, it la brand ed with the dollar-mark and protected by law and tribute levied for the en joyment Ofi.lt. Theae things are men tioned, not for the purpose of saying it Is wrong for a man to get money re turns for his Ideas, but for the pur pose of emphasising the aboundlng ' generosity and unselfishness of lh medical profession. When a doctor, . by means of his study, research snd .labor discovers soma remedy 'hat will cure or prevent dlsesse, or wm surgi cal process or Instrument that will benefit humanity, he freely and g'lidly gives It to the world not for Ms -wn , glorification, but as a mere matter of coarse. , HOW TO MAKE MONET. ' I asked a medical friend to tell mo something to talk to you about thwt you would like to hear, tie said: "Toil them how to make some money." This truck me as very practical, but It oc curs to me that you do not nl any such advice, even If I were qualified t- give it. - Our Charlotte doctora tor tafnly do not heed It, with their auto mobiles and other evidences of pros perity. The medical profession has discovered that the secret of making money not to try to make atone at BlL r v-' .. ,';' V ' , . DEATH OP NOBLE MAN.' Some twd ysara ago there diet In a North Carolina town a doctor "who through long days of labor and night devoid of ease" tor years had mln. istered to the sick and afflicted. It was not his lot to command "the ap plause of listening senate." Hti lent was not spread "on fame's "eternal camping ground." He' lived the aha Mo life. Rockefeller's - millions did. not cause him, to lose any sleep. lie d " voted his" life to hla profession. He did not stop to bother about the patlnt ability to pay. Hoa only knew; th.it some one was suffering and -he was willing to do what he could to reltove the sufferer He-never, pressed any body. , Tet he had , a comfortable home, drove good stock, lived well, educated his: -children' and left his family In comfortable circumstance. The church and church-yard would not hold the people who came to hit runerai. They were his friends among whom he lived and labored and vho loved him. His grave was strewn with their flowers and water 1 rr their tears. Who would not rather live the life and die the death of this noble - man, this devoted physician, than be a millionaire with a colonal fortune built up, perhaps by greed and graft and treachery? A TTPK OF DOCTOit. While this skotch refers lo a per sonality. It Is also a type of the success ful North Carolina doctor of to-day. The all-embracing charity of the phy sician whose feet are guided by the grand Ideal of your noble profession doe not d-generate Into burnt Inrenne offered ut the altar of the golden calf. Iiovntlon to professional duty bring Its rrwurdx In money and fume, mid the doctor la one man to whom both money and fume come, more ahund antly without being sought. Among matters of vital Interest to your eoclety may be mentioned hoa pltala and medical schools. The time Is very recent since any surgical oper ation of Importance meant tho wor ry and expense of a trip to New York. Philadelphia or Italtlmore. Now It Is different. Almost every Important town In our Htate haa Ita hospital and able surgeons. i)ur afflicted ones ran be looked after right here ut home to the mutual advantage of both them selves and the doctors. KEEP HOYH AT HOME. There Is no more reaxon why our boys should be sent out of the State to get a medlral education than there la that our ah k ones should be sent abroad for treatment. You are not mere theorists, hut you have behind you experience and the prestige of KiKress anil achievement. There ought to be and i an be built up un der your ausplceH and with your co- operation and support splendid medl ral schools where flrst-claaa Instruc tion (Hti he given In all branchea of medical science I am not unmindful of the work that has been dona In Wi V i "J-.y-4 v i -sf '.., - X' r V .;: i'-. I DIL W. (. KPENCER, OV W I N KTO X I .E3I, THIRD DENT OK THE MX'IETY. this direction and I am not minimis ing or depreciating that. Hut there la a Held for much larger work. A NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The doctora examined In our courts qualify themselves aa experts by say ing they are graduates of this or that celebrated Northern medical college. 1 want to hear Ihem say with becom ing pride that they are grsduates of this or that celebrated North Cam Una Institution. Year after year, our boys are going away from homo spending North Carolina money to help build up big medlral schools and big doctors who teach In them. We might lust is well keep the boys and the money at home and build up great msstlcsl schools of our own and great er reputations for our 'own doctors. Thank God North Carolina la no longer good Stat to move out of. but she Is a good State to stay In and te move to, and h U getting big ger ana better. Hue i bo longer r chiefly noted for tar. pitch and tur pentine, and for. Ailing all the census blanks relating to raw materials. We are becoming a great manufacturing But and the wonderful progress for thepat 48 years is not a marker to what the nest 1$ . years will show-. What we have don is but an earnest of what wo will do. And It Is not to be doubted but that the doctors will do their ahare In this great work of developing and building up our Bute. "OUR CITT IS HONORED." I have been selected to perform the ar-aabla function of bidding tyou welcome to Chsrlotte. Our city Is hon ored In having so many distinguished members of your profession within her gates. We sre glad you decided to meet here. We extnd to you our heartiest welcome and hope your pleasure during your stay will be as great as ours In having you. Dr. W. A. Oraham, of Durham, was to have made the response, but could not rxarh here yesterday. Dr. B. K. Hayes, of Oxford, spoke In his stead and made a clear, bright speech, re ferring to the far-famed hospitality of Charlotte. These Drellmlnary matters over, Dr. E. O. Register, president of the so clety. made his address. PRESIDENT E. O. REGISTER'S ADDRESS. Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentle men: The eminent men. who, through your confidence and through your courtesy and good will have been per mm oil to ocrunv this Dosltion. have rfrr to the honor of this office, to the responslbllltes attached to it, and. moat feelingly, to those who have preceded them. When I rra.ll to mind these beau tlfui references, when I think of the brilliant men who have been presi dent of this society, men who have preceded me. 1 feel more than ever my anxiety and my timidity, the need of your assistance and your advice. There has never been a time In the history of this organization or in the hlHtorv of medicine when the medical progress was more active than It Is now when facts and theories sre appear ing so fast. One Is started at what he has missed if he fall to read medi cal journals and attend medical so ciety meetlnsrs for only a few months. Hlnrn th relation of bacteria to disease has been discovered much of pathology has been revolutionised and many changes In the treatment of medical and surgical cases have fol lowed. Our ability to observe has been greatly aided by the numerous mechanical and physical mea now at our disposal. With these nuns a correct diagnosis of many diseases once obscure is now easy, their path ology understood and the treatment simplified and effective. Chemical rilaroverles are now throwing new light on many physiological processes snd appropriate therapeutic agents sre fast multiplying. Specialists In the several branches of medicine and surgery are being developed and fos tered: they have their organisations and departments of Investigation; they are achieving results that arouse our admiration and enthusiasm. Without their skill and without their accomplishments many cases would be. neglected and many lives sacri ficed that are now relieved and made strong. FACULTIES FOR ORIGINAL RE SEARCH. Within the past two decades, throuKli the aid and influence of a few of our greut men, many special facllltes for original research have been established. We can think Of no heneflceiice from which a greater good can emanate than from labora- torles and eatabllahments of this kind where- arlentltlc principles are coined und w here w have a basis to achieve a more perfect techlncal develop ment. For several years the activi ties of the medical profession have not been confined to medical princi ples alone. We And that through the influence of medical organisations like this and through their er -rgy and wise direction many laws for the protection of the public and for the prevention of many kinds of disease and for the care and cure of the af flicted have been enacted. Scattered through nearly every paragraph of thea enactments we see evidences that our legislative committee has done it great deal to elevate the stand ard f medical education, to make effec tive our sanitary and puarantlne regulations and prevent the adulter- niton of food and drink and to care for the Insane and feeble minded. It lias occurred to many of us. no doubt, that our lay friends, the gen eral public, do not, every time, under stand our efforts, the high motives of physicians, or appreciate their sac rl flee m. Prominent officials some times deprecate our work and do not VICE PRE8I- Interpret correctly our motives. It would be much better for the people of the State If some of our Judges could he be msds to believe that our methods tend to better principles, to higher ideals, and to a more perfect professional development. Vy address, therefore, will. In a way, deal with the relation of this society to the people of the Stat. : RELATION Or THE SOCIETT TO THE PEOPLE. Socially, and In a way profession ally, each of us satsbllsh our own so rial and professional position thl r will not discuss. It Is our rla tlon to th Stat collectively a a body, that we are specially Interest ed. Our united effort, which are th effort of thl body, have accomplish ed a great deal. ...;.,. .."'.,; In llll our General Assembly enact d a law creating the board of med ical examiner of North Carolina and Untitling only licensed phylcUni to testify In our court a experts.' This wa in oeginning of maicai leglsla tlon In' thl But. ! . . : . In Ills the law waa amended In sucii m w7 uiai il was a misaemean or to practice medlcln In th Stat without first obtaining a llcena from our medical examining board, and In HIT all applicant for examination befor thl board had to posses a dl ploma from a reputabl raadlcal school. " : , Th establishment of a board of health with sanitary and Quarantine regulation are still further evidence of the Important relations we hav created and that now exist between this society and the people of thl commonwealth. While w have through thl body brought about these essential rela tions we are still far from an Ideal relationship. When a member of tho medical examining beard I noticed, and my associates on th board alao observed, that a very large per cant, of the applicant for license ahowed many evidence that they were not primarily prepared to begin th study of medlcln. Many of these young men seemed to be competent profes sionally and well trained technically. but their literary, pre-medtcal 'qual ification were very defective. It wa perfectly plain that we were admit ting to what we always considered a learned profession men who were not learned, man who were not edu cated, and men who will, with a nota ble exception occurring now and then, go through their professional live laboring under many disadvantage. They ar unlit to represent the pro fession befor the people. They can not. and naver will, conceal their lit erary defects. They have not the kind of knowledge to recognise their mistakes In themselves. Their ef fort will always be deprecated and they will never have the applause and the support of the thoughtful and cultivated. DEFECTS TO CORRECT. The medical profession of North Carolina If It wants to keep In line with other States and other countries, ought to undertake to correct these defects In our system, legislative changes should be advised. We need, and It Is practical for ua to have, medical law created that will pro vide that It shall be esaentlal for a young man beginning the study of medicine, or before ho can obtain hla license, to have an essential, non professional knowledge, certainly to the point where he can speak and write the English language correctly. The Council of Medical Education, created by the American Medical As sociation ha made many valuable suggestions concerning the reforms necessary In medical training, partic ularly that which pertains to the ele mentary qualifications of medical students. This council has had sever al conferences with delegates from different State and Territorial licens ing boards, representatives from the associations of medical colleges, from the government medical services, and eminent men who represent colleges of the liberal arts. These conferences have been Veil attended and they have been regarded as a distinct suc cess. At the Chicago conference, held some time ago, reports of several committees on preliminary education. on accessory technical studies, were read to furnish a basis for discussion. Ai a result of theae discussions the American Medical Association, at Its approaching meeting In Boston, will very likely take steps to encourage I the creation of laws In each State that will provide that all students be ginning the study of medicine shall have at least a high school education, or such training aa will admit them to our recognized Universities, these qualifications to be passed on by spe cially designated State authorities, : such as the superintendent of public Instruction, or his representatives. and not hy the faculty of a medical school. This la what we want here In North Carolina; it is what we need and we ought to make the change without the suggestion or aid of out side Influences. This council wisely concludes after carefully considering the matter that a discussion of reciprocity Is not at this time udvlsuble. There is not so much difference between the techni cal qualifications required by the dif ferent examining boards of the dif ferent Htates as there is in the mini mum standurd of the entrance exam inations In the different schools. The chief functions of all Import ant medical uaaoclations should be the elevation of medical standards, the promotion of the higher profes sional education, and It should be the avowed purpone of this aoclety to se cure within a reasonable time as high a minimum standard of medical training aa that of any State or any country In the world. Our position as a civilising power and our position In commerce and our relation to the arts nd to sciences demanded this of Am erican medicine. An elevation from the present condition to a higher mini mum standard that we advise ought to be brought about slowly In Justice to all conrcrnud. Many of us hav been taught to be lieve that North Carolina Is In the lead of all other States in perfecting legislative enactments bearing upon the practice of medicine, and that th United Htates Is leading the world In medical progress. This may-be so In many departments, but It I not so In others. These change! that I have roughly outlined are already practical laws In several States. These Ideas were not original wun these people. They got them rrom other countries. There Is not a na tion In the world that pretends to be civilised that does not have a system to determine when a young man la capable of beginning his professional l-rigMtinrti 1 Working WRTTK US nUODLT nd frankly, to rfrldt confident. MMng, afl your troubles, ' and gUtloc your ai. .Wo wlU send yoa m& AS VIO. In plain tea led mvclopt, and a vtW. Mbit book on VHom Tmatnent for Wosstn." v; ' AddrMI t Wdl' . Aoviiory ueparx-a-nu, in Chattanooga Median Co,, Chattanooga, Tnn, ' ' ' ' , lllllr;"1 DR. O. T. BIKES. OF GRISSOM, TREASURER CAROLINA MEDICAL SOCIETY. training. Even japan many yean before, aha waa considered civilised by our International legislation had a system that cieariy sex lonn me con ditions, with whicn an wno contem plated the ituay or meaicins nu m comply. And Russia, a country mat has, according to our aavices, very nsiahlfl and corrupt government. Is well regulated along these line. Why I It then that our people who are so progressive and so energetic, a class of people who easily lead the world In commerce, In great financial enter prises, should be bo Indifferent to measure that ar valued so highly by the same claaa In nearly every oth er country T TO INCREASE TRAINING PERIOD. In the United State there ha been tendencv for many years to increase the time devoted to medical training nroner. This Inclination ha not been confined to medicine alone, the same Influence haa been noticea in an mo professional schools. Possibly it Is equally aa conspicuous In the various line of engineering and technology, or the department that equip men for work In trade or commerce, in sn these spheres of human activity the Influence of modern scientific atudles has been felt, lr me pnysician wiu ea to obtain a perfect technical de velopment, if he ueaire to aeep ua touch with th progressive Idea thin, are so much In evidence In all of th other profession. If he intends to be familiar with and master the meth ods and principle of medicine and surgery and If he expects to oe aoie 10 thtnk and to grasp complicated Ideas, to be a leading cltlsen and a scientific physician, hla training must be thor ough, and It cannot be thorough un less he has a general and liberal knowledge prior to the atudy of med icine. Of all the students and mem hra of the so-called learned profes sions, it Is necessary for the physician to be trained in more ninua oi scien tific study than any other man. To begin with: he must know the Eng lish language; he ought to have a knowledge of the classics, and he must know something of physic and a great deal about chemistry, and. technicality, hla studies roust include many different sclencea. Every ad vance in any of the sciences of medi cine or surgery Incresse the Import ance of a more perfect preliminary qualification. There la a belief, that may be correct, that this training, which seems to be so essential to the successful practice of medicine and surgery, has, in many parts of the country and among some student of this State, reached a satisfactory point. This conclusion is plausible when we think of the time that must be devoted to the study of all theae essential sciences and that when a student Incorporates a college course of the old type with his technical ed ucation the greatest efforts of hi life have been exerted before he begins the practice of medicine. To insist on a uniform high standard that in cludes a preliminary college course of the old type I not practical and will do harm. It I evident, there fore, that w hav to deal with con flicting Ideas a to the relative value of a high standard of general educa tion or a high atandard of the tech nical sciences or both. This conflict of idea Involve many different Issues and deal with method of much perplexity. When w compel our young men to glv over four year of their time to professional training w are apt In many case to observe that their general knowledge ha been neglected. Especially 1 thl so If the former Is compulsory and the lat ter optional. It may be well enough to have a very high profeaslonal atandard aa It ut here In North Caro lina, but if w advocate a still high er standard and neglect the college or high school training, that In ao es sential to th professional man, we are apt to mak a mistake. I admit that modern medical col tut OF i "' OF THE NORTH leges incorporate so many of th sci ences that are at the foundation of the atudy of the principles of medicine and surgery that it haa in a way re versed the old order of things, and It Is not so essential for the student of medicine to spend aa.much time In th high chol or college a It one waa If our professional school continue to Increase their currteulum until ev ery science and enough of the art are taught that are essential to thor oughly equip th young medical man. then the question, as many consider It, will be solved, but now we seem to be a long way from thl Ideal. There Is a belief that the young man lo better equipped If he acquire a much of hla professional knowledge a is available outside of the medical school proper. All of our universi ties and many of our college are well prepared to teach the sci ences that ought to be the basis for the successful study of medicine. Here they are In an ethical atmos phere that will broaden their views. They are amid a aet of associates that bring them In contact with non-professional life, on aa many side aa possible. On the other hand. In the medical school they are In an atmos phere that reduces these outside In fluences to the minimum and en couargea them to narrow their ef forts to strictly professional thought. When this plan prevails, when th student obtains his knowledge from a strictly professional Institution, he has not the accomplishments, the breadth and tact to deal as success fully with the social and seral-medl-cal problems that come up every day In the medical man' life a the stu dent of medicine, who has had differ ent training and different environ ments. Of course. It I generally known that knowledge la more specific when obtained In a technical school with few and simple surroundings, but spe cific Information when It takes the place of knowledge of the principle of things Is not of aa much practical value. We have fallen Into the error of believing that men of their own ac cord, without being forced to do so, will acquire a general knowledge be fore taking tip even the Initial sci ences of medicine. We have hun dreds of examplea to show that they will not. The per cent of young medical men now entering the pro fession who cannot enter the eighth grade In our public school 1 very large. I believe that every member of the examining board of thl State, certainly those who were associated with me, have this belief. This ought not to be the case. An effort to reform such a system I our obli gation; It Is a duty w owe to the community, to the people of the Stat and to the profession. Other State are fast eliminating such objectionable obstructions to their progress, and unless we follow them we will have to contend with many undesirable Influences, to which our present defective methods sub ject us. Gentlemen, when we think of the EVERY to . k Person's Remedy Try Cardial for misery b-the back, irregular CAtafncnUl periods falling- feelings, headache cold hands and feet, dlxxbaeu, cramps, nerrouiness. irritabilhr, and all disorders 'r of the womanly organs or function. Working girls, in stores, offices and factor, ies, school teachers, houseworkers, etc, who orcrtax their strength, by standing, lift- ; tog, sewing, sweeping, etc suffer very commonly from disuses peculiar to their : sex, and should treat themselves, before their condition becomes dangerous, with ' that well-known sad( successful medicine for sick women , , ? mAfo) "Live or die" writes Sarah G Butts,: the popuiar school teacher of Vhft -Plains, VaJ "I feel sure death is no worse than the pains I suffered periodically. My trouble was a female disorder of ,the sercrest kind. I had taken so many . rnedicincs without relief that I was almost sunk in despair. Four bottles of Car did rare tne relief, and I am stronger now than in fifteen years. Cardul Is cer tairiy a panacea for female troubles. May God ' bleu your every effort and broaden you territory SoamMt until you have reached every suffering woman jvaf - At-oli in 51.00 Bottles : rapid advancement In medical know!-,., ; edge and th many change that ar so' fast ta King piace along medical , line In other State and other coun- tries, and what we need her In North 7 Carolina, w naturally think of what V th attitude of thl society would be . to such need of reform if It policies' . were now coined by uch men-as-PHtman, O'Hagan. Wood and Thome-. v a. . ' . - ' V V - ' , '.. -.-;- If w, want to lead In medical leg. Illation a we one did, It wa wish to , keep In line with medical thought, to . aid In making medlcln a more exact : science, or If w aro even content to ' ' keep In touch with other State and ; other countries, with .th different.; professions and tho different organi sations, ther must be no defect In any part of our elementary, training, . ' or. of our technical growth, or of our know lodge of th basic principle of medicine or of surgery. -, n-.; Dr. Oibbon announced that It waa , desired that all visiting doctor regie V -ter. so that they could be given card to the club and other organisation ' of the city and ticket to the recp tlona and banquet to b given during ,-' the week. t.:- ' - Immediately . after thl Dr. P. U Murphy, superintendent of tho State Hospital at Morganton, read a paper on "The Cblony Treatment of th Jn san and Other Def ectlvea" , v . r , Dr. Murphy aald: ,- DR. MURPHY'S ADDRESS. " ' The subject of thl paper might be called, "Employment aa a means of treating and caring for th insane . and other defective." th colony be Ing th mean of finding agreeabl and profitable work for the Inmates. To many of you a description of what 1 meant by the "colony treat ment" 1 needed to fully understand th subject. As .th expression la used ' In thl paper, and a It la generally under- -stood. It means th erection of build ings some distance from the central hospital plant and - placing - farm working patient there, to be under the control and management of tho hospital officers. Without discussing the origin of th Idea, and with no reference to . Gheal. It la sufficient to say It waa begun in Oermany In th sixties, and that It has slowly found It way Into other countrlea. Such a colony wa established In connection with the Morganton Hos pital three years ago, or rather It waa ready for occupancy about that time. It took several year of talk to get the Idea adopted, and aa many more to get the colony built. Th plan of conducting It by the hospital authorities waa largely experimental, and waa made to suit the people of western North Carolina, but it. Is, ar ter all. a modification of the original Oerman conception. The first building wa for SO men with rooms for a man and hi fam ily, the man to have general super vision of the place and the wife to cook and do the general household work. Afterwards a small cot t ago was built for the manager and hla family, and hi rooms were uied for patients and later still another build ing was erected so that now 75 patients can be accommodated. It would have been much better to have limited the rooms to 30 as first in- -tended. No single colony plant for the insane should much exceed that number. Aa many colonists as are needed may be had if land is suffi cient, the number depending on th slxe of the hospitals as only a cer tain proportion of patients, about 25 per cent, can thus be cared for, or at th outside 40 per cent. The colony buildings, outhouse and surroundings at the Morganton colony were made as near as pos sible like th farm houses In thl section of th State. Thla was done to give It a homelike appearance and the management ha been to mak each on of the patients feet at home; they are free to alt on the porches and the lawn In the summer. In th sitting room befor open fire in th winter. They smoke, hav games, read or do what pleases them during these hours of recreation. They have their own garden, orchard; vineyard, berry patches, poultry, pig and cows, which they attend to. Every effort Is to make each one feel that these thlnga are his own, he can gather berrlea, pull the fruit when he wants It or aa he pleasea. Every one la expected to do some PIRATING FOLEY'S HONET AND TAR. Foley fc Co., Chicago, originated Honey snd Tar as a throat and lung rsmedy. and on account of th great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many Imitations are offered for th gen ulne. Thege worthless Imitations hav similar aoundlna name. Heware of them. Th genuine Foley's Honey and Tar la In a' yellow package. Ask for It snd re fuse any aubstltute. It Is th best rem edy for coughs and colds. R, H. Jordan Co. DOGTOR Ou&ht Recommend Woman's Belief -.'1r.f W.1IW I'l" '. ... ... jta.w.- " -,i i"f if- f-i A 1
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