The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
.he Wessenger.
Inferred at the Postoffce at Whining
ton. N. c., as Second-Class
Matter April Is. 1879.
THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS OF
THE STATE.

The Messenger published on Sunday
= few statistics concerning n insanel
asylums Of the state. There are in all
s44 inmates The per centage OF rel
coyeries at Morganton asylum was
All upon admissions. 147. There were
% deaths, and 120 refusals for admis-I
sion. The GoIdsboro (negro) asylum,
had 4s1 patients. Of whom 273 were
females. General average was 45s.
Cures 2S.5 per cent upon admissions
There were 20 deaths. For want OF
room 50 were declined. The report states
that there is a new addition, 10 feet
long, with three stories, that is building
at a cost when furnished and equipped.
of $4,000. 1t furnishes % rooms for
male patients. besides associate dining
room and repository for commisary
supplies.
At the Raleigh asylum there were
143 admissions and 147 discharges, in
Guiding IL deaths and SO cures. An in
creased provision is needed. The state
is now heavily burdened by the af-
nicted insane. but it is a duty to pro-
vide for them. In the state there are
many insane of both races who should
be cared for and should be in the
ASYLUM.
The Deaf and Dumb asylum at Raj
eigh has 1877 whites. In the negro de-
partment there are % blin boys. A
deaf girls and 50 deaf boys. making a
total of los colored pupils. both blind
and deaf. The institutions have a total
enrolment of 252. There are now q
applicants. The average attendance
has been 2sO. and the cost per, capita
nearly $500. There are outside needing
training 200. At the Morganton Deaf
and Dumb asylum there were 80 ad-
mitted. There are 300 needing admis-
sion. 1t cost $3.50. for each inmate. The
Oxford Orphan Asylum shows UP well.
1t had 221 pupils. 1t V had but
once so many when il had 223. At the
date of the report. for the year ending
November Goth. the total receipts were
s26. 947.4O. including $500 from the
state. The net cost of maintenance
and education was s16.014.51. The per
capita cost of maintenance alone was
s5O.S6. For maintenance and education
the cost per capita was s63.18. Special
instruction in handicrafts, ETC., is given
10 seventy-nine boys n ffty-eight
girls. 1t is a fine institution and a
credit to the state and the Masonic
fraternity. The negro orphan asylum
at oxford had 100. Twenty were placed
In homes. The receipts were $7.599.7S
and expenditures sS.049.T. Of this
amount $4,000 was the regular appro-
priation from the state. and $1,000 q
special appropriation from the state
SO tina the institution is practically
supported by the state. The present
Indebtedness is s1.S61.50.
The North Carolina Confederate
soldiers Home had 70 inmates. Four
teen died or 20 per cent. The average
life at the Home is but five years. Th'
report states tina the chapters of thu
Daughters of the Confederacy gave
generously and literally in the equip
ment of the new building. The secre
tary advocates the appropriation o
sos. 900 annually for the erection of suit
able buildings and the maintenance o
the old soldiers of the state.
4 generous, patriotic, benignant
sympathetic people can do nothing
nobier than to provide for the benevo
lent institutions OF our great state.