The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-08
Saved Fl ON Wreck and Ruin
HOW THE KELLEY INSTITUTE BRlGHTENS
LIVES AND HOMES.
'egram Man Calls on Col. Osborn at The
Place Where Mahtccd is Released
From Alcoholic Tolls.
Greensboro Telegram.)

greensboro Ielegram.)
what is past is past; there is fu-
ture for every man who has the virtue
to repent and the energy to atone"
The writer called on Col. Osborn at
his office in the Kelley Institute yes
terday afternoon and found that gen.
ial gentleman leisurely reclining in
a comfortable office chair In response
to the query: "How is the Institute
progressing?" he began talking, and
it would take columns to properly re-
cord all that he said. lie pointed to
neat frame on the wall under the
glass of which was written the words
quoted above, and said: THAT is our
motto. 1t was suggested by a happy
man, who, when leaving the Institute,
being cured of the alcoholic disease,
turned back and repeated these words,
and added that we should adopt them
as our motto. We have done so. 1t
would do you good" continued Col.
Osborn, Ito read the letters we are
daily receiving from former patients
men who came here as physical
wrecks, with reeling step and added
brain, to return home free from the
blighting curse of the desire for rum,
and, filled with new life and restored
manhood are in the full enjoyment of
happiness and the pursuit of fortune"
will the death of Dr. Kelley have
any effect upon the future of your
wOrk?" was asked.
None in the world. A great bene-
factor has been taken, but the remedy
which his scientific research gave to
suffering and respondent humanity
still lives to bless men and break the
shackles on those who, unaided, are
hbpelessly bound. DR.. Keeley's two
surviving partners are making the
remedy, and it will achieve it's great
est success in the years to come
"How many patients are you treat
, ing now?' was the next question.
''About twenty" was the response.
"Since the present company took
charge of the Institute here. and / be-
came manager, eight years ago, we
have cured about $500 men in North
Carolina. We are now in correspond
ence with 1,700 of them, whom we
know are cured and happy men. There
have been eighteen or twenty States
represented here and the work is
growing constantly. There is one
point that many people, even here in
Greensboro, do not understand, and
that is, we do not take people here
merely to sober them up. They are
regarded as sick people and are treat
ed as such. l frequently have all
sorts of prices offered me by men who
just want to come here and get sober.
We do not want them. We want men
who are in earnest and who have a
desire to be cured. We have white
nurses, men who themselves have
been cured, and who, knowing the
melancholy condIuon of the patient
from experience, treat him with all
kindness and know how to sympathize
with him.
I'VE serve meals in the rooms to all
who do not care to go to the dining
room, or who are too unwell to 90.
All patients board here in the Insti-
tute, and the table is supplied with
the very best to be had. We make
our own butter, and use milk from
our own herd of registered COWS. The
success of the Institute is due to the
fact that men are in charge of it who
thoroughly know their business, and
know what kind of treatment the
patients require. They have studied
it scientifically and know it also by
experience"
Col. Osborn then showed the repor-