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GOLDSBORO. N. C THUESDAY, JUNE 5.
NO 132
EMERGErJGYHOSPiTAL.
ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS
MANAGEMENT.
It is Now an Established Institution
Doing a Great Work of Mercy j
in Our Midst The Purpose
of its Promoters to En
large its Capacity.
The annual meeting of the Direc
tors and Supporters of the Emergency
Hospital of this city, was held yes
terday afternoon, June 2nd, at 5 p.
m., in the room of the Woman's
Club. The attendance was not so
large as the importance of this worthy
Institutipn merits of our citizens, and
the absence of many who are gene
rous supporters may be accounted for
by the inconvenience of the hour at
which the meeting was held. Those
who were present, however, were
thoroughly interested in the reports
of the Executive Committee, and
earnestly discussed the future pros
pects of the Hospital.
Mr. C, F. Herring, Chairman of
the Board of Directors presided, and
Ilev. M. Bradshaw acted as secretary.
The annual report of the Executive
Committee was read by the Rev. F.
Y. Farries, Chairman of the Com
mittee, and the Financial Report by
the Rev. M. Bradshaw, the Treasur
er, and are as follows:
UEI'OKT OE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
In submitting their report to the ;
directors and supporters of the Emer- !
gency Hospital, for the year ending
May 31st, 1902, your committee de-
sire to place on record, their devout
thanksgivings to God for His care !
and goodness throughout the year, j
and for the measure of success which
He has given to their efforts to meet
the need and minister to the relief of
the sick and suffering in our" com- ;
munity. The work in itself varies
"but little from year to year. Its
.sameness or monotony is relieved
mainly by the fact that they are dif
ferent persons whose pain and sick-
ness appeal to our sympathies, and
whose need calls for our help. The
number of patients admitted during
the year has been somewhat larger
than in previous years. The number
were 37, 30 white and 7 colored. The
proportion of colored patients has ,
been smaller than usual. The aggre- j
gate number of days they were in the
Hospital were 478, or an average of
12 34-37 days each- Of all these pa
tients there were only . 5 who paid
anything to the hospital, and only 3
who paid the full rate.
The changes which your committee
were constrained to make during the
year were the following:
Mrs. E. B. Borden, who had been
a faithful member Of this committee
for several years, tendered her resig
nation, which was regretfully accept- j
ed, and the committee placed on j
record a minute expressive of their
regret and of their high appreciation
of her long and efficient service. Mrs.
W. II. Huggins was appointed in
her place and has rendered faithful
service.
Mrs. Smith, the matron, was con
strained by failing health to resign
her position and Mrs. McClenny was
secured to fill the vacancy, and has !
proved herself to be a capable and ef-
ficient matron.
By the removal of Dr. Sam Ed
wards from the city, the Hospital
was deprived of a physician "in
charge" whose skill and devotion to
the work of the Hospital won the
highest esteem of -your committee,
and they were fortunate in securing
for the position Dr. Theo. Ginn, who
is proving himself to be as capable
and efficient as he is enthusiastic in
the practice of his chosen profession,
and devoted to the interests of the
Hospital.
In further equipping the Hospital
so as to increase the comfort of the
patients and minister more effiective
ly to their relief, your committee
have made some improvements in
the cots, and in thelieating arrange
ments, and through the generosity of
the Choral Society, have placed in
the Hospital an operating table fitted
with all necessary appliances, and
also a case of surgical instruments. A
stock of medicines to supply the need
of both indoor and outdoor patients
has been maintained in the Hospital
as in former years. So that whilst
deeply conscious that the Hospital
still lacks very much that is required
to bring it up to the standard of the
modern up-to-date Hospital, yet it is
gratifying to know that during the
year another step has been taken
that brings it a little nearer to that
high degree of perfection which
others have attained, and though the
end is still afar off, yet the outlook
for the future was never more en
couraging than it is at the present.
For it is evident to your committee
that this beneficial Institution has
passed beyond the experimental
stage, and that it has obtained a per
manent foothold in our community.
The increasing liberality that marks
the contributions of the people for its
maintenance, shows that they now
regard it as supplying a recognized
want, and that they are not willing
that it should cease to exist, or be
come less efficient than it is. In view
of these facts it seems to your com
mittee that we have reached a point
where it is advisable to take the
whole situation into consideration
with the view of placing the Hospi
tal in a better position, and of in
creasing its efficiency as a recognized
permanent institution. The first
thing that demands our attention is
to discover and adopt the best method
of securinga sufficient annual revenue
to sustain it. At present the sources
of revenue are:
1st. The annual grants from the
county and city.
2nd. The annual contributions of
the citizens when called upon.
3rd. Other donations by societies,
churches and individuals.
These sources have yielded a suffi
cient revenue to meet the expendi
ture upon the basis now maintained,
and this year there is a very satisfac
tory surplus over all expenditures.
But it is evident to every one that
there Ms an element of uncertainty
with regard to the . results of two of
the present sources of revenue, the
contributions of the citizens, and the
donations of societies etc., and yojur
committee feel that if the snggestion
made in their last annual report were
carried into effect this element of un
certainty would be removed, and, at
the same time, the burden of main-.
tenance would be apportioned more
evenly and fairly among the people.
That suggestion was to place the
Hospital for the sick in the same re
lation of dependence upon the county
as the Home for the poor now ' oc
cupies. There is probably no good
reason why this should not be done.
For until the end of time the sick
shall always be with us just as cer
tainly as the poor, and the appeal ot
helpless need is just as strong and as
touchingly pathetic in. the one case
as in the other, and the reward of
blessing is just as surely and unfail
ingly promised to the kindness that
ministers to the sick as it is to the
charity that supplies the merits of
the poor.
2nd. Your committee are also im
pressed with the fact that the time
has now arrived when some definite
plan should be adopted with a view
to obtain a proper Hospital building
whose ownership would be vested in
the county, and to be known as some
such name as "The County Wayne
General Hospital." This would fur
nish a much more suitable building,
and at the same time save more than
25 per cent, of the present total cost
of maintenance which goes for rent.
Relieved of this large expenditure
for rent, which is a constant drain
upon the income, much more ' could
be done to bring the Hospital up to
the standard of 'modern equipment.
And no one, doubts that the county,
including the city, has abundant
ability to erect and equip 'such a
building, especially as one gentleman
of the citv has generously offered to
furnish all the bricks that would be
required. It is therefore urged that
this meeting take some definite ac
tion to secure a suitable building.
The financial statement will be
submitted to you by the Secretary
Treasurer, and will be found to be
most gratifying.
Your committee, for lack of ipace,
cannot name all who have kindly
aided them in their work, but to all
whose gifts have helped and whose
words have cheered them, with even
a deeper emphasis than in former
years, they tender their most cordial
thanks ; and they bespeak for their
successors in office a continuance of
the same large-hearted charity and
kindly sympathy which were so
freely given to themselves.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. F. W. Farries, Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASU
RER OF THE EMERGENCY HOSPI
TAL FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MAY 31, 1902.
Revenue for the Year.
1901.
June 3, Balance on hand $ 200 90
July 1, Cash pay from pa
tients 35 00
Sept. 9, Cash County Treas... 75 00
Oct. 7, " City Treasurer 50 00
Oct, 28, " Rummage sale 101 53
Nov. 4, " Branch family
(patients) 10 50
Nov. 4, Cash Rufus Ham 2 23
Dec. 2, " Mrs. Sol Weil. 5 00
1902.
Jan. 6, " City Treasurer. 100 00
Jan. 6, " J. H. Yelver-
ton (patient) 10 00
Jan. 6, Cash A. C. L. for pa
tient 3 00
Feb. 1, Cash County Treas... 75 00
Mar 3, " Mr. Musgrove.. 2 50
" 3, " Goldsb'roOilCo
for patient ,... 4-'i 00
" 29, Cash Mrs H'nry Weil. 5 00
Apl 7, " City Treasurer.. 50 00
May 5, Cash Annual canvass
of city 355 01
Total $1125 71
Expenditures for the Year.
1901.
June, Expenses $ 68 64
July, " 48 61 .
August, " 52 30
Sept., " 79 49
October, " 70 16
Nov., " 55 67
Dec, 62 47
1902.
January, 11 52 85
Febr'y, " 57 20
March, " 541)2
April, " 52 97
May, " 56 80
Total expenses $682 08
Balance on hand.... 443 63
M. Bradshaw,
Treasurer.
After the reading of the reports,
General Manager Peterson spoke of
the importance of the Hospital to the
community, and referred to the good
that it had done and of the economy
with which it had been conducted,
and moved that the reports be re
ceived and approved and published
in the city papers, and that a com
mittee of five citizens be appointed
at his convenience, by the chairman
of this meeting, Mr. Herring, wrho
shall take into consideration the
whole interests of the Hospital with
the view of securing a suitable build
ing and of providing for its equip
ment and support.
This motion was seconded by Mr.
Jos. Rosenthal and unanimously
adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Sol Weil,
and seconded by Mr. C. B. Miller,
that $250 of the amount now on hand
be laid aside as the beginning of a
sinking fund for the erection of a
Hospital building. This motion was
unanimously adopted.
The retiring Executive Committee
were re-elected for another year.
The meeting then adjourned, after
which refreshments were served by
the ladies, which were manifestly en
joyed to the fullest extent, and for
which thanks were- cordially ex
tended. k
The newly appointed Executive
Committee then met for organization
when . the Rev. F. W. Farries was
re-elected chairman, and the Rev.
M. Bradshaw secretary and treasurer.
The meeting adjonrned.
f
STATE CONVENTION.
To the Democratic Voters of North
Carolina :
In pursuance of a resolution passed
by the State Democratic Executive
Committee, at its meeting in the city
of Raleigh on the 25th day of March,
1902, notice is hereby given that the
State Convention of said party will
be held in the city of Greensboro on
the 19th day of July, 1902.
This convention is called for the
purpose of nominating a candidate
for Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, two candidates for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and
one member of the North Carolina
Corporation Commission ; also a can
didate for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and for the transaction
of such other business of the party
as may be brought before the con
vention. In compliance with its terms, I
call your attention to the following
resolution adopted at the aforesaid
meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee, to-wit:
"Resolved, That the Chairman of
this Committee shall in his call for
the next State Convention state that
said convention shall determine
whether the Democratic party will
choose its candidate for United States
Senator by primary, by the Conven
tion, or otherwise."
Each voter is allowed in the said
State Convention one vote for every
one hundred and fifty Democratic
votes cast in the last election for
Governor and fraction over seventy
five. It is earnestly desired that each
county shall be fully represented.
Respectfully,
F.' M. Simmons,
Ch'rm'n State Dem Ex. Com.
P. M. Pearsall, Secretary.
AN UNTIMELY DEATH.
Miss Maria Alston Davis, of Raleigh.,
Passes Away.
The many friends of our young
friend and townsman Mr. K. J. Da
vis, superintendent of the Wayne
and Borden Cotton Mills, of this
city, deeply sympathize with him in
the death of his sister, which occur
red at the home of her parents in
, Raleigh Saturday.
The Raleigh News and Observer of
'yesterday, in reporting the sad and
untimely event, says :
"After an illness of but one week
Miss Maria Alston Davis died yes
terday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock,
in the nineteenth year of her age, at
the residence of her parents, corner
of Dawson and Morgan streets.
"It was a shock to the very large
circle of friends of the family of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Davis,
who a short time ago removed to
Raleigh from near Louisburg, Frank
lin county. The young lady herself,
a most charming girl, a student at
St. Mary's, had won for herself a
warm place in the esteem of all who
knew her.
"The young lady's death came
from a complication of diseases, and
was unexpected, though she was re
garded as being in a very critical
condition. She is the first immediate
member of a large family to pass
away, and in their bereavement the
family have the sympathy of hosts
of friends.
"There were with her in her last
sickness, besides the family here, the
following sisters and brothers, who
hurried to her when her sickness was
known : Mrs. Robert Spencer Plum
mer, of Durham ; Mrs. LeRoy Jack
son, of Louisburg; Lieutenant A. H.
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THE BOERS SURRENDER.
The South African AVar at an End
London is Wild With Delight
Over the Good News.
London, June 1. An official ca
blegram from Lord Kitchener dated
Pretoria, Saturday, May 31, 11:15 p.
m., says: "A document containing
terms of surrender was signed here
this evening at half-past 10 o'clock,
by all the Boer representatives, as
well as by Lord Milner (the British
high commissioner in South Africa)
and myself."
The news of peace in South Africa
contained in the foregoing dispatch
from Lord Kitchener was not ex
pected in London to-day. Soon aft r
the receipt of the dispatch, however,
the news spread to the clubs and
hotels and was received with much
enthusiasm. The church bells were
rung to acclaim the good news A
crowd gathered at the Mansion
House and the lord mayor of Lon
don, Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale, an
nounced from the balcony that
terms of surrender had been signed
in South Africa.
Lord Kitchener's definite an
nouncement of peace was received at
the War Office at 1 o'clock this af
ternoon and was communicated to
King Edward and all the members
of the cabinet before it was given to
the public. Tonight the Sunday
evening calm of the London streets
was broken by enthusiastic singing
shouting and horn-blowing. The
clubs, hotels, public houses and the
streets were not the only places
where the people were actively de
monstrating their joy. The peace
news was announced in the churches
today and by some congregations it
was received with applause. In all
the churches of London prayers of
thanksgiving were offered and spec
ial hyms were sung.
CLEVELAND AND BRYAN.
The Former Accepts an Invitation
to Speak and the Latter is Ex
pected at the Opening of the
New Tilden Club, New
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New York, May 31. Ex-President
Grover Cleveland has accepted
an invitation to speak at the open
ing of the New Tilden Club, June
19. About 1,500 men prominent in
the Democratic party have been in
vited. Among those expected are
David B. Hill, William J. Bryan,
Senator Bacon, of Georgia; Mayor
Patrick A. Collids, of Boston; John
D. Milburn, of Buffalo; Richard Ol
ney, Dr. Felix Adler, Bourke Cock
ran, William C. Whitney, ex-Mayors
Grace, Grant, Gilroy, VanWyck,
Hewitt, Cooper, Edson and Ely, and
Lewis Nixon.
This is the first time that Cleve
land has consented to address a po
litical audience since his retirement
from office. This, coupled with the
fact that so many distinguished
Democrats whose views on silver
and other questions have been radi
cally opposed to each other, are to
Tbe present, is pointed to as evidence
of the opening af the club means an
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