The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-28
IN ITS NEW HOME
KELLEY INSTITUTE AT GREENSBORO
MOVES INTO ELEGANT QUARTERS.
"A Place Where Shackles Are Stricken From
Human Limbs and fangs Extracted
From Hlman Souls
From Human Souls. y

eeuhs accounts or the removal OF kee-
" Institute to the Morehead mansion, and
the interesting exercises attendant upon
il, The Telegram says;
| "A considerable crowd gathered at the
new keeley Institute yesterday TO be
| present at the formal opening in re-
sponse 10 the invitation OF the manage
ment. Had II been generally known
what treat was in store for those who
heard the speech Of MIR. Mowbray the
crowd would have been i've times as
large lbs il was. 1t is impossible not 10
feel sorry for those who missed Il,
THE reporter thought II was an ne.
cident for the first few minutes aud tried
TO catch few of the "jewels five words
long" that the speaker was throwing
away, but he soon learned better and
giving up, in despair, the reporter was
lost in the auditor. For an hour and Il
, quarter the audience under the old oaks
sat spell-bound, while the orator showed
what magnificent vehicle of thought
is the English as it can be spoken. AT
ter hearing the leading orators OF the
country it must be said in justice to Mr..
Mowbray that never once has he heard
a man who was more completely master
OF the language. There was the name
less charm that only a few can COM
mand.
Ladies made up a consdera Bile part
OF the audience and turning tn Thorn
the speaker said that ever since the day
when woman was last at the cross and
first at the sepulchre she has been the
first in every good work and the last to
rehnquish it, Therefore they were found
at the opening of a place where the
shackles will be stricken from human
limbs and the fangs extracted from hui
man souls.
He paid tribute to Mrs. Gray that
was incomparably fine and would be
published if it could be had. Speaking
of the past of the Kelley Institute he
said he had distributed $4,000 in
Greensboro and $4,000 in pure chart
ty. The speaker gave a history Of his
own life, saying that for eighteen years
he was the slave of both opium and al
cohol; that he tried every noted ply
stefan and every sanitarium in Europe
and America; that finally, when a ply
steal and mental wreck, he tried the
Kelley treatment and in FIVE weeks was
turned out cured and new man. After
that, he said, he resolved to never lose
an opportunity to bear testimony to its
value. 1t was magnificent testimonial
to the benefcence of the Kelley remedy.
'Dr. Weaver opened the exercises
with prayer and DR.. Egbert w. Smith
introduced the speaker in a few well
ers of our country'-a title that was
ably warranted.
"After the address the doors of the
Epn al nh hac
tilted and enlarged without destroying
the charm of the old, was thrown open
to the inspection of visitors.
"The building has been fitted up thor
oughly, has bath, smoking and club
rooms and all the appliances that con-
tribute to comfort in these days. With
its broad lawn, grand old trees, quiet
locality and commodious interior there
is no more delightful place to spend
few weeks than the new quarters Of the
Kelley Institute. Seventy-five patients
can be accommodated with ease and one
hundred when necessary. Refinement
and ease, comfort and healing, 'the
striking of shackles from human limbs
and extracting fangs from human souls
this is what the new Kelley has to offer.
Sol. w. III. Osborne remains as presi-
B. B. Williams. physician in charge;
Mrs. Banks, matron."
The account in the Record is as fol-
lows:
IAN EVENT IN HISTORY
"Keeley Receives Many Visitors at its
New Home at 'Blandwood'
Col. w. III. Osborne, president Of the
Kelley Institute, should, and no doubt
does, feel complimented on the num-
Der and character of the visitors who
awaited themselves of this invitation
yesterday to visit the institute in its new
quarters at "Blandwood" to which
place it has just moved. Col. Osborn
is not much on brag and buster, but
as many people have asked about the
| outlook for the institute in it's new place
he concluded to throw open the doors
and let them come and take look for
themselves. They went-in great num-
bers. Not only were there many gen.
tlemen of distinction, including minis
| tiers, etc., but ladies by the score.
And right here stick pin. Ladies
do not give their sanction to anything
unless they know it is good-doing what
it claims in every way. Kelley has been
here long time and if its work was not
blessing it would have long since ceased
to exist. The women of Greensboro
know what it has done towards the re-
clamation of the fallen; they see eery
day on the streets men who had been
given up for lost now filling places of
trust, honor and emolument. Instead
of it's being disgrace for a man to go to
place of this kind, it is an honor, for
it shows that a spark of manhood is left
hnf hn win L.
and while his constitution is broken and
shattered until he has no will-power,
he yet has sense left which tells him this
is his only chance. The women of
Greensboro and all over the State, have
seen these things, we repeat, and have
given their sanction to it, not from re-
port, but from ocular demonstration.
But we are DEPRESSING. Before three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the grounds
were alive with visitors, and at the APP
pointed hour the doors were thrown open