The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-17

ganization in Durham. There is no
/ seetarianisn about the Hospital. No
/ body asks any questions about church.
/ The measure Of need is the measure of
/ help extended. One of the nurses is a
| Catholic, and she is as efficient and as
popular as any Presbyterian in COM
nunity in which there are few Catho-
les
The Durham Academy of Medicine
| give to the Hospital, without charge,
their services and are as faithful in
nlinistering to the suffering poor as TO
any millionaire patient. Regularly
| two of them are in charge two months
at a time, alternating III such manner
| that at no time do two take their turns
at the same time. They feel a great
| pride in the institution, having long
| felt. more keenIy that the other mem
| bers of the community the need of a
place for the treatment of those who
needed quiet and skilled training.
Sixty-eight persons were treated the
| first ten months, and there were 81 sur
| gical operations, AZ discharged cured,
| IL improved, and only 2 died. This
attests the ability of the attending
physicians.
/ i he IfhIloIs MISS II lOlCIiAC INV Ut ,
is now absent on short leave. The
| trustees have put on record that she
lis wise in her management OF all de-
tails pertaining to the Hospital. Ply
sicians, patients, nurses, servants ana
all who come into communication with
her, acknowledge her master hand in
directing affairs"
ALady Board ofNisitors ofwhich Mrs.
Bessie Leak is president, and Mrs.
james a. Robinson, secretary, visit the
Hospital regularly, and have been very
helpful in their supervision and en-
enlargement.
One OF the good agencies of the Hos
pital is a training school for profess
sional nurses, and there are now sew
eral young women under training, and
instruction and lectures are given by
all the members of Durham Academy
of Medicine.
have thus gone into particulars
about the arrangement of this Hos
pital, it's management, its first years
useful work for two purposes:
l. TO show now much good gener-
Gus rich man can do when he mixes
his money, his brains and his heart.
Mr. Watts did not build this Hospital
by his money alone. He saw the need
of a place where those who could not
have the quiet and best attention at
home could be tenderly nursed back
to health and strength, and a place
where the lack of money would not
debar any one. When he gave the Hos
pital, in a formal presentation speech,
Mr.. Watts used these words-(and
they are an index to the motives that
actuate his Iife)-''It has been my de-
sire for several years to show my APP
probation of your fellowship and kind
ness. and to do so in such a manner as
would benefit our people, and glorify
the name of the Master, who has placed
Ia my hands means with which to
honor Him, and the responsibility of
one of His stewards" There never
vet lived man, poor or rich, who thus
felt his responsibility to God, who did
find or make way to help or to lift
up his fellow-men.
Mr. Watts is one among the few rich
men who regards himself as one of
Gods stewards, has it in his heart to
''glorify the Master" He has done it |
in a way that the Master would APP |
prove, for this Hospital has already |
brought hope and health to many, and |
viii be place of refuge and a haven |
of rest for the sick of earth for all |
time TO come. While not inapprecia- |
tive Of commentator OF his fellows, |
Mr.. Watts find his chief qualification
in the knowledge that he has been the
means of bringing back health to the /
sick and giving release from deformity /
hc1 ctr in T4aa1
the surgeons knife. And in this fur
Their fact: That the usefulness OF this
Hospital will not end with his life, |
but will stand as a place of help to
the sick of generations yet unborn. In /
these feelings Of love for his fellows
and stewardship for the Master, Mr.. |
Watts has the sympathy and
active help of his wife, who seconds |
all the generous deeds that are asso-
ciafed with his name. On the occasion of |
the formal presentation of the ilospi- |
tai. R. b. Boone, Esq, turning TO Mrs. /
Watts, said: Madam, | present to /
YOU the gratitude Of this community |
for the benefcent influence of your
Christian life over that of your hus- |
band. which influence is evidenced by /
the gift Of tonight. You inspired the |
benediction, your husband bestowed
it. Honors are even"
.. J hope that the example Of Mr.. |
Watts here in Durham, (as well as the |
example Of the late John Rex who be- |
aueathed money TO found the Rex hos |
pital in Raleigh) viii induce wealthy |
men in other towns and cities to for |
ever associate their names with Pub |
lie Hospital for their towns There
are twenty towns in the State that
need such a Hospital. The man who
founds. even if he does not endow, a
Hospital in his community is the Good
Samaritan to those of his own and
future generations. j. d.