Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-27
ONLY FOUR DAYS
 MORE FOR CANVASS Ladies of Hospital Associa- tion Have Raised Nearly Seven Thousand Dollars For New Hospital Here.
SOME EXPRESSIONS
New Committees Will Start Out Mon. day MOrning-One Hundred and Ninety-One Donations Have Been
 sp Received-The Wards

Nearly seven thousand dollars have been subscribed by the good people of this city and county to the hospital fund, which is being raised by the Ladies Hospital and Benevolent As sociation and their co-workers in an effort to secure the needed twenty thousand dollars, with which they hope to complete the new hospital at Eleventh avenue and Cherry street.
 At the campaign headquarters at the Jefferson county court house yesterday it was stated that the com inittees and others in charge of ths work were highly elated oyer thclr success of the first six days On!r four days remain for the canvass. in which time the committees hope 70 raise the necessary amount Since the campaign opened Tuesday morn- ing one hundred and ninety-one per sons have literally responded to the call for assistance. The contrihU- tions run from one dollar to five hun~ dred. Only about one-thrd of the people list d have been seen .aW committees will go out Monday morn ing soliciting and Mayor W. l.. TOney, general chairman of all the commit tees, said yesterday that he believed that they would easily raise the re- mainine required amount
 During the past week several per sons have donated 5000 each. These donations in several instances were given with the understanding that wards, named after loved ones who have passed away, are to be estab- lished there, and it is the in- tention of the donors to give literally to the hospital from time to time for their maintenance. One lady stated that she would keep the ward SUD- piled with furnishings and linens as long as she lived. Various lodges, who have donated to the hospital, will
 
 for the care of their members
 The proposed new hospital should be encouraged by every man, woman and child in Pine Bluff. Nothing is so badly needed here and nothing will be so useful Pine Bluff is large enough to maintain city hospital and it is thing to be greatly regret ted that this city has not had a hos pital in the past.
 Doctor A. w. Troupe-"A hospital is an absolute necessity ill a city of the size of Pine Bluff, and the ladies ought to meet with good. liberal en- couragement in their efforts to erect one"
 Doctor w. H. Blankenship-"l con- sider the move made by the good la dies of Pine Bluff in the interest of the hospital a commendable one. l am sure hospital in this city properly managed will be success in every way, and l hope in short time to see same nearing completion
 Doctor G M. Duckworth-"It seems almost a waste of newspaper space for phy sician or any other intelli- gent citizen of Pine Bluff to express his advocacy of the hospital move ment
 Tt has for years been stain upon the name of Pine Bluff that a city of her importance and progressiveness has not had one single medical in stitution where unfortunates suffering from disease could be treated and nursed with best advantage to them selves and attending physicians, and where surgical cases can be operated and the after treatment conducted according to the best modern meth ods of antiseptic surgery. To the Hospital and Benevolent Association and others, who have so arduously striven to this end, much credit is due They together with other pro- motors of this worthy cause have worked Loyalty in the face of the dis courag cement, and now that their ef-