The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-01
William wescott, t. F. Tyler and ]. II.

"The club starts out with a member
ship of twenty-five. Committees were
appointed to procure a suitable club
room, with power to fit up the same. A
committee on by laws was appointed
After adopting a resolution returning
thanks to Mr.. BonitZ for the use of his
parlors, the club adjourned subject to
call of the. president"
A patient writing from Greensboro
to his home paper, says: Il wish,
through the columns of the Virginian,
to give my views relative to my expe-
rience here as a patient. Indeed, one of
the peculiar results of the Kelley treat
ment is the lively interest shown by
those who have been restored to health
and happiness in proclaiming the glad
news Of their regeneration, especially
with a view to inducing those situated
as they had been, to come and be cured.
perhaps the first feature to excite the
comment Of visitors to the institute, and
one highly gratifying to the nervous pa
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intercourse and fraternal utilization,
which obtains to a remarkable degree
among the patients. Every one who
comes for treatment, no matter what his
age, occupation, politics, creed oil nation
atty, meets with a cordial welcome by
all and is soon made to feel that he is
among friends who entertain for him
genuine sympathy. Kind attention is
shown by all connected with the institute,
from the portly, dignitied president and
manager, himself a Keeleyite, down to
colored Mary, who waits in the dining
room. Mary is a graduate, too.
The manager, Mr.. W. II. Osborn, is
very popular among the patients, and
possesses qualifications that render him
eminently suitable for his responsible po-
sition. DR.. Durham, the senior physician
in charge, is the most sympathetic physi-
clan hat ever attended a patient. One
of the patients recently expressed regret
at having to frequently claim his atten-
ton, when the doctor replied THAT is
what we are here for, and it delights us
to render any service that we can TO a
man who is seriously inclined to reform"
DR.. Rem, the associate physician, is also
greatly liked by every One, and, although
a comparatively young physician, does
not pretend to mysterious wisdom nor
affect contemptuous pity for the igno-
rance and weakness of patients and the
rest of mankind. He is always pleasant,
approachable and sufficiently dignified.
The majority of the patients are resi-
dents of this state, although quite a num-
Der come from Virginia and elsewhere.
Richmond and Norfolk have been well
represented here, twenty. five having come
from the former and twenty from the
latter city. A patient from Norfolk re-
marked last evening that he had not failed
to drink more or less whiskey every day
for twenty years up to coming here, about
ten days since, and that now he has abso-
lutely no desire for drink.
The liquor business is said to have ma
~terially declined in a number of towns in
the state, as one result of the treatment
here. A patient who arrived last even
ing says that thirty-tive Of the most lib
eral patrons of bar-rooms in his little
town have seriously injured the saloon
business by coming here and returning
with a loathing for liquor.
II onraarC 70 ~ fbot a bct4.r location
than this could rot have been selected
for an institution Of this kind. Green's
borO is a quiet, beautiful little town of
about nine thousands Inhabitants, free
from numerous temptations, and the
noise and hustle, so distressing to the
sick and nervous, which are character
istic oflarge cities. The wide streets here
are bordered magnifcently by shade trees
On one hand, and on the other by wellkept
lawns and gardens, in which a p%rofusion
of flowers and s%hrubbery surround the
dwellings, which present features of
architectural beauty. Among the many
charming prOmenades, there is one lead
ing to several minerals springs, which
are becoming celebrated for the medi.
cinal virtue of their water, and to which
the public has free access. The citizens
generally give evidence of intellectual
culture and refinement, and the town is
the only one l ever visited in which
there seem to be an entire absence of
the rowdy element.
There is no constraint exercised over
the patients in the regime of the ipsti-
tute, and the results of the methods have
been highly gratifying to all concerned.
/ have never known of an instance when,
after the patient had entirely quit drink
ing, which condition is gradually reached
in from two days to a week, that he again
began tipping, and in only two cases
have l known patients to enter saloons
before they had gotten off their sprees.
The men are put upon their honor not
tn violate the few simoIa ruleS of the in