Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-05-26
IS OPEN TO PUBLIC
TO HEAL THE SICK.
Portals of Hospital Flung
Ajar.
RECEPTION MARKED OPENING
Hundreds of Citizens Witness Cere-
monies Last Night and inspected
Handsome Building -HospitaI Now
Ready for Patients,

An enterprise in which the public
has long been interested was formally
launched last night when the doors Of
thelhosri.al were first throWnopen for 6
general reception to the citizens.
This suspicious beginning marks ar
epoch in the growth of Americas life
and public spirit, and an institution
that merits cooperative sympathy and
interest is now ready to do it's share
in the great field of charity work in
Americus and Sumter county.
The program of exercises was very
simple and the dedication of the build
ing to it's grand work was marked by
no special demonstration save thai
which the results manifest-the love
and devotion Of noble women for the
eau q of charity.
After the invocation by Rev. j. P
Wardlaw and music by Wits orches-
ira an address was delivered by Mr.
Il. A. Nesbit whose gift of tongue sn6
thought paid a fitting tribute to the
cause of charity, and the great work in
hand in particular.
The benediction was pronounced by
Rev. r. T. Bivins, and during the bal.
ance of the evening the members Of the
board of directors and the womens
auxiliary received host of visitors.
A course of light refreshments was
served during the evening.
The hall and lower floor were very
prettlly decorated with ferns, palms
and potted plants and sprinkling oil
sw@tpeas, snow balls and lilies added
to the fl sctiYeness of the scene
The appearance Of the rooms was
very inviting and the fresh walls and
clean floors gave an inkling of the flu
ture cleanliness that ia to reign in the
building.
The upstairs hall and rooms have
also been subjected to thorough
cleaning and the bright walls and
freshly painted floors and ceilings con-
tInue the idea of cleanliness.
The bath rooms up and down stairs
are handsomely fitted: up with porce-
lain tubs and linoleum floor covering,
and the two memorial rooms~one to
DR.. Eldridge and one to Miss Emma
Dodson-are being handsomely fitted
up and are the 'pay rooms"
The operating room is a gem. New
ly built to order, it has cement floor
and hard finished walls entirely in
white-with seven windows and every
facility for light. The equipment OF
this room is complete in every detail,
and the modern medical and surgical
fixtures provide every convenience for
necessary operations.
The building is thus rendered very
satisfactory in every way for present
needs.
Many gifts Of household ware and
furniture are needed and will be grea'-
Iy appreciated, and contributions oi
any description will be thankfully re-
ceived.
Miss Ruth Sanderson has been Sc
cured as head nurse and matron.
And, in cooperation with the medi-
cal fraternity of Americus she is ready
to receive patients Immediately. A
number have expressed their intention
of being treated or operated on shortly,
and a great institution seeks the pa
tronage and cordial support of an al.
ready very generous and sympathetic
public.
A prospectus of the institution will
be issued shortly and the general lines
upon which it will be run will then be
manifest.