Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-20

already informed Mrs. J. w. Craw- ford, the active president of the or ganization, that they will be present to assist in serving lunch and aiding the committees in any other way pos- sible
 Several of the leading doctors of the city were interviewed yesterday re- Sarding the proposed hospital and iu I each instance the movement was heartily endorsed and encouraged. Some of the expressions follow: Doctor IT, F Williams-"I consid- CT a good hospital a necessity to a city of the size of Pine Bluff Doctor A. c. Jordan-"A well ap-
 pointed and properly conducted hos pital for Pine Bluff is an urgent nc.
 cessity and I heartily commend the
 Ladies Hospital Association in their
 effort to build such an institution l Doctor William Crutcher-"We ineed a hospital. First, because the lpresent state of public sentiment de-
 mands it. A community of this size i without hospital is likely to be con- Isidered deficient in the moral and in
 tellectual qualities we term human iity.' Second, because Pine Bluff is
 losing dollars and prestige for want
 : of one Third, because the corps of physicians is handicapped and can-
 not give the people the best that is
 in them. Finally, because the people
 are, for the reasons given, depriving
 themselves of vast advantages in rep
 utation abroad, in nursing and even
 medical skill"
 Doctor z. Orto-''Everyone knows
 what I think about the hospital Nothing needed worse."
 Doctor A. B. Loving--"A hospital
 in Pine Bluff is greatly needed and
 am heartily in favor of the one now in course of construction and under the management of the good ladies of
 the city, and I hope it will be com pleted as soon as pOSSlDle.
 Doctor o. c. Hankinson-"The hos pital association deserves the most
 liberal assistance in their untiring efforts to provide the city of Pine Bluff with a much needed hospital" Doctor G. A. Glover-"Every city needs one or more we'll equipped hos pitfalls. Pine Bluff especially needs such an institution. Physicians are handicapped. Major surgery cannot be done outside of hospital; and as la consequence many surgical cases go from Pine Bluff to other cities for op-
 erations Single persons that get sick at boarding houses cannot be treated at such places except at great disadvantage We need place for them"
 Doctor o. w. Clark-"Pine Bluff and Jefferson county are very much in need of hospital. How many of our unfortunate citizens have suffered and have even died, through a lack of proper attention, or no suitable place for a timely operation. The poor and rich have been the victims. How pow erless are our physicians in cases of
 accidents or intestinal perforations when an immediate operation is so imperative to save life. It is impos- :sible to prepare the home suitable un- der two or three hours.. Then 1t is too late. The Ladies Hospital asso- citation in their ceaseless endeavor to build hospital should be aided finan- cially by every citizen in Pine Bluff and Jefferson county.'
 Doctor B. D. Luck-'If I were ask ed what in my opinion was the thing most needed in Pine Bluff, I would unhesitatingly say-a hospital-a modern, capacious well equipped hos pital for the care and treatment of Pine Bluff sick. Any thriving city of 10000 ought to support good hos pital for humanity's sake if for no other reason, and I believe that the people of Pine Bluff will subscribe literally to a fund that will build 1t. I am confident that if properly man aged it will be self-supporting."
 Doctor B. H. Gallagher-"The great est need that confronts the people of Jefferson county and the city or Pine Bluff at present is public hos pital, properly conducted"
 Doctor B. A. Hall-"I am sure that i a hospital is very much needed in our city. I find that the ladies who have worked so hard for so many years should be assisted literally by every l one to finish the building which will be an ornament to the town and a great benefit to those who may be so unfortunate as to have to use It."
 Doctor J. w. John-"A growng city iika Pine PlufP can i'll afford to be