The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-16

HENDERSON, n. c., Feb 10, 1898.
EDITOR GOLD Leaf have just re-
turned from a four weeks stay at the
Kelley Institute at Greensboro, and /
am proud to state that | have thrown
off the shackles that bound me hand and
foot. I do not feel the least humiliation
in saying that l have availed myself of
the remedy that Heaven placed within
my reach, and that | am now a cured
man of intemperance. The humiliating
part is that continued so long in my
besetting sin, and now is my hour Of re-
joicing. This is not intended to parade
my former misfortune, nor to set myself
up as a shining light, but is written with
the sincere hope that "some poor strug
Cling, shipwrecked brother, it may rescue,
it may save"
First [ wish to say emphatically that
at the Kelley Institute at Greensboro,
intemperance can be cured. I know of
my own experience and by what l saw
with my own eyes. And the cure is q
permanent one too. Hanging on the
wall of the doctors office is a picture OF
seventy-eight men who took the treat
ment a year ago, and of this number only
two have fallen by the wayside. Unfort-
unately some do not remain cured after
being cured, but all are positively cured.
1t is not proposed to paraliZe a man S
arm, or lock his mouth so that he can
not drink again if he will wilfully do so,
but the Kelley cure will certainly eradi-
cate all desire for strong drink, and
destroy the Unsuitable craving for it.
1t will put man in the same condition
he was before he became addicted to the
use of stimulants, and he will once more
be free man. OF course he can again
create a new appetite for it if he will, but
it is his own fault if he does. When the
| cured men look back over the thorny
paths they have trod. but very few care
to try them again. The statistics show
that only five per cent. relapse.
There is one point that 1 would make
plain. Very many suppose that it is
a very tough crowd who take the treat
ment. [ assure you it is the very reverse.
Never was [ more surprised in my life to
find every one perfect gentleman, men
| of refinement and culture. They had
been rnfortunate in trifing with habit
that fastened a disease upon them, but
none OF them had lost the instincts of a
gentleman. The "loafer," the "bum, y
the g blackguard' or the Getty tough
| would find the atmosphere of the Kelley
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chance he found himself breathing it
He would grow restless and uncomfort
able. If there was a spark of gentle.
manhood in him it would soon be fan
ned into flame by the influences around
him.
| Another error that some have fallen
into is that there is somerestraint about
it. This is wrong. You are as free as
you would be at home. You can go and
come as you please, the only requirement
being that the treatment, which is with.
out pain Or Inconvenience, is taken regu
larry and as prescribed. You register as
you would at a hotel, and are as free as
if you were on a visit to the town.
The Institute is admirably managed
by the president, Mr.. w. H. Osborne
and the medical department could not
be in better hands than in DR.. w. j. Fl
Durham's. All those connected with the
Institute have taken the treatment them
selves, know how it is themselves, and
are more than kind to the patients. The
! association is most pleasant, and know
OF no four weeks in my life that | ever
spent more enjoyably.
The morals of the Institute are fine
AS the man is disenthralled from the
curse that blights his life, his thoughts
and his motives become purer. Verify
the Kelley cure is lthe handmade Of
religion. When the Saviour would raise
his dead friend Lazarus from the grave
he first commanded that those who stood
by should loose his grave clothes from
him, and then the Master gave the life
So when the disease of intemperance is
cured, a mans ideas of right and wrong
are frightened and he is ready to lay
hold on the new life indeed. At the In
stitute a copy of the Bible is found in
every room, and a large one has it's place
in the centre of the club room, and re.
ligious services ore held there every Wed
nesday night.
In Dante's famous poem great gate
is pictured over which was written "No
Beyond In the Kelley cure the inc
briate will find not only hope but restor-
alton to perfect manhood and happiness.
[ shall be glad to talk with any one who
may wish to know more of this God IS
greatest blessing to man.
S. DEAN.