Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-06-29
THE GOLDSBORO HOSPITAL.
ITS PURPOSES AND IT'S
NEEDS.
Earnest Words From One Vino
Has Ever Been MOst<V aIu-
able In Its Sustenance:
Let Them Not Fall
On Needless
Ears.

Mr.. Editorials the time has
now arrived for the holding of the
annual meeting of the Directors and
friends of the Goldsboro Hospital, a
few words to the public, whose sym
pathies and cooperation we desire
still further to enlist, seems to be
called for by the position in which
this philanthrrphic Institution is at
the present time. 1t is now nearly
ten years since this Institution open
ed its doors for the reception and re-
lief of the sick and suffering amons
US. Its terms of admission have beer
broad and generous. Admission is
granted upon no condition OF nation
ality, creed or color, 1t refuses none
because of inability to pay for medi-
cal attendance and medicine and
nursing. The n condition is and
has been, a certificate from a doctor
that the person seeking admission is
sick and requires the attention and
care which the Hospital offers. And
during these years hundreds of suf-
fering men and women and children
have been nursed back to health and
strength by the quiet and efficient
and transformations work of this Hos
pital, of whose very existence many
seem to be ignorant, and for whose
support and equipment they do not
seem to care And yet this Hospi-
tai should be an object of interest 10
every citizen. It is dung a work.
for VIII Oh, not a few, but al, are re-
s2onible, and in a way by which the
effort of each can be % tde most e.
fective for the relief of the sick ant
suffering among US. Fro IL its
what lowly origin the Hospital ha
made some advancement in the Way
Of equipment. But while its admits
iotratIon has ever been marked b.
the stTictest economy, the fun
have never been sufficient t. max
it what a modem hospital shou
b and must b 10 III 1T the need
our city. AS the city grows IN pc
ulation the need ui d thorough
equipped Ho pltai Increases. i
number Of PIT tents sent 1rOj0 o
cry to hospitals in other cities groN
fttin year 10 years, and it is a r
i tIun upon the abilities and SIX liz
ar phySl :iau@, WnD the peers
d ~ and a dlscredlt to our citizens
tlal il sh ,ulI be SO, AMI it is lsig
tune tlat tlI5 necessity should b
removed and this reproach should b'
rolled away. A Hospital more il
&eeping not only with the require
ments but the growing importance
of the city is now demanded. 1t il
a pleasure to see homes of comfort
and beauty and manufactures OF
different kinds multiplying in our
city. But these are not the highest
glories of a city. The chief glory of
a city is in those Institutions whose
aim IS not material gain, but to min
lister to the relief and betterment OF
the condition of men, and high
among these stands the Hospital,
with its sympathy and help for those
who by accident or disease have fall
en- by the way. There is an ele-
ment of the divine in this, and in
this man is most like Him "Who
went about continually doing good"
By the generosity of the late Mr..
/ Swami a lot for a new Hospital was
donated to the city, and at the an
| uual meeting, of which due notice
| Will be given, it is desirable that
| such measures shall be considered
and adopted as shall make available
/ his generous gift for the purpose for
which it was bestowed, and it is
earnestly hoped that at the meeting
there shall be present a large repre-
sentation of our citizens. In erect
ing a Hospital, we build not only fot
ourselves, but for the generations to
come.
F. w. FAIRIES.