The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-18
FOR PROPER CARE OF INSANE
Meeting to be Held to Devise Ways
and Means
j. ID. Bou>f,aii Isetire~ From Insurance
Busine@-Suprcnic Court tn Ad-
iourn Next Veek-Work OF Revising
Regulations of National Guart
Completed.
The Messenger.


Raleigh. y, c. December Il.
Today the 345th pupil arrived Il
the state school for the blind here,
his number breaking the record.
Last night the meeting Of the con-
~n2itsees on legislation Of the estate
Teachers Assembly and the State As
ISOLATION of county superin;endents in
the office OF the state superintendent
Of public instruction lasted until n
very late hour. The recommendation
in the forthcoming report Of State
Superintendent Joyner as well as
other matters pertaining TO the prog
ress and development in this state
We're very f5:Iy discussed.
J. u. Boushall, for i number OF
years general agent for the Aetna
Life insurance Company IN this state.
has sold The agency to Al J. Williford
who has been general agent of the
New England Mutual Life. Mr.. Ton
shall .kas fU a number OF months
been VerG much interested in 4 lum-
Der plant three miles from Raleigh,
on the Raleigh & Pamilco Sound rail
way where he owas considerable tim
Der lands and he will devote himself
10 this business. 1t is not yet known
who will be state agent of the New
Engganld life.
The supreme court has heard the
last Of the arguments at this term.
Next Tuesday ii will file opinions
and will also fill these several other
days next week, most probably ad-
l%Ourning for the term next Friday.
An official of the treasury depart
ment from Washington is here max
ing the usual inspection OF the office
of Revenue Collestor Duncan.
Commissioners of Insurance Young is
notified that the, Ancient Order of
United Workmen will withdraw from
North Carolina. This is a white or
ganiZation. the general headquarters
being at Philadelphia and the south
ern n at Albany, Ga.
The board of officers Of the nation
al guard has completed its work Of re-
viSing the regulations. In n few days
the main features of the revision will
be announced.
Next week Dr.. Faison OF the
Eastern hospital for the insane. DR..
Mckee of the Central, and the rep
resentative Of the Western hopita1
at Morganton will meet hero for q
conference with the State Board Of
Charities in regard to what shall be
done in the way Of additional pro-
vision for the insane, e%pileptics,
idiots, and other detectives. A rough
census has been made Of the num-
Der Of these in the state and It APP
proXima~es 1900. A plan which Is
suggested already is that at each OF
the present hospitals there be erected
separate buildings for idiots, epilep-
tics, dotards, imbeciles. etc. Thus
these could be under the same man
agemenu as the insane, and at no adj
ditional cost except for the atten-
dance. as the same superintendent
and the same board of directors could
look after all classes. The building
could be erected near those used for
insane. and additional land could be
purchase so as to effect the proper
isolation OF the new building. II is
felt that this plan will be always tho
most economical and the most effec-
tive. OF course a great deal depends
upon what the view of the legislature
is in regard to this matter. one of the
| questions being the issue Of bonds.
In The hospital for the insane here
the present number of patients is AS,
the total capacity since the erection of
the new building being 537. The num-
Der of female being 259. The new
building is TO accommodate 112, the
hospital has made a very excellent
! record in the matter Of cures, the per-
centage Of cures TO admi Ssion this
! year and last being 78 per "ent. The
mortality rate has been 6 per cent.
during this period. The hospital be-
gan the fiscal year December 1st. with
q balance Of s3,159.