The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-28
a CENTRE OF ATTRACTION
ADVANTAGES AND ENTERPRISES
OF GREENSBORO.
The Great and Benevolent Work Being
Done For Humanity by the
Kelley institute.

| here: Il believe at Greensboro one
can meet more people from the yari-
! Gus sections of the State than at any
! other railroad centre in North Caro-
| lima" l agreed with him, for whether
going to or coming from Greensboro
| YOU are almost sure to meet some one
| yCu know
This simply means that any town
! situated like this, with such railroad
! facilities and connections, is bound to
go forward and become large city,
sooner or later, and it APP
pears to ME from what l see going on
| here at this time that it will be by far
much sooner than the outside world
have any idea.
In addition to the fine farming sec
| ton which surrounds Greensboro is
| the thoroughly established tobacco
market, with the many leaf factories,
sale houses, and factories for manu-
featuring chewing and smoking tobac
co. Add to this the many wood fac
tories of various kinds, and the large
| lumber business that is carried on
here, and then consider how the cotton
milling business is increasing rapidly
on a large scale. Take all of this and
ed during a short stay in this beautiful
City of Flowers" and you can but de-
eide with me that Greensboro is truly
a centre of attraction and becoming
more so every day.
had the pleasure through the kind
ness of Mr.. w. III. Osborne, president
of Kelley Institute, of riding
through the property of the Cone Cot
ton Manufacturing Company, mile
north of the city. | was surprised to
see how much work had been done here
since / had first heard of their purchas
ing this land Besides the Finishing
Mills which have been in operation
for some time, new large brick mill
has recently been completed and is in
full operation and another one is rapid
ly nearing completion. They have
built quite a village of'neat houses for
their operatives.
I learn upon good authority that
| the iron furnace will soon be running.
The iron mines at Ore Hill, in Chatham
| county, will be opened up and my in
| formant, who is in a position to know,
| tells me that contracts for building
| tram roads from the mines to the G. f.
81 Y. V. Railroad are made and that
by the 18th of July they expect to be
at work in full blast.
1t is always a pleasure to me when
/ come to Greensboro to drop in the of
| flee of the Kelley Institute and have
chat with Mr.. Osborne and others
connected with this (as | consider it)
| one of the grandest institutions that
we have within the confines of good
old North Carolina. Why do | say so?
| Simply because ] have any amount of
positive proof to back me up in my as
| sertion Outside of an honest con-
! scientious desire to do some one good,
| to bring happiness and joy to some
| ones mother, sister or wife, to let, il
| / can, the sun light of love, happiness
and christianity into the homes all
| over our beloved land and there reign
supreme driving out that demon Alco-
hol, the devils greatest agent for car
| rying down to everlasting destruction
the soul of so many noble men-out-
| side of this desire ] am in no way con-
nected with the Kelley Institute.
This institution was first established
| here in October, 1891. In November,
| 1891, after some investigation, / came
here and, through the columns of the
| State Chronicle, gave the public the re-
suit of my Investigations and now,
| after lapse of nearly five years, dur
ing which time | have made it my bust
ness to watch the effect upon the many
| hundreds who have taken this treat
ment for the whiskey, morphine and
| tobacco habit am to-day firmer be-
| lever in and advocater of this boon,
to humanity than I ever thought [
here in October, 1891. In November,
| Situated as / am, travelling all over
| the State from the beginning to the
| close of the year, / have every oppor-
| tunity, not only to make observations,
but to talk personally with friends of
| long years standing, who have taken
| the Kelley treatment. And when /
meet with such a man and recollect
| that [ knew him when he was out of
| money and in some cases out of
| friends, his heart stricken wife toiling
day and night to provide for the family,
| it may be, can thank God for such an
| institution When / meet with such
who, by the aid of this treatment, have
| been again restored to wife, home and
children and are now sober, industri-
Gus men, working for the support of
their families, is it not enough to make
me a believer in this treatment? And
when I look into the faces of so many
/ know all over the State and see their
healthy, robust compilations and
bright happy intellectual expression
beaming from the eye; where once
saw blushed and bloated counter
ance, blood shot eyes indicating, not
only diseased body, but a brain be-
clouded and diseased, almost totally
incompetent of intelligent thought,
all brought about from the whiskey
or morphine habit, is not this enough
to prove clearly to my mind beyond
a doubt, that this treatment is certain
ly great blessing to humanity and
this one of the grandest institutions in
North Carolina? o, but some will say
it is a money making business. 1t may
be for all I know or care, but stop;
is not the sale of whiskey and NOR
phine also a money making business
and pray tell me who pays the bills?
Please tell me which is most profita-
BILE for man to do, looking at it now
strictly from a business standpoint,
keep on paying out money to make,
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