The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-09
A Strong Appeal.
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! CdltG:: Iiic Manning Times:
Dear Mr.. Appelt:-I want to beg
space in Your paper TO call attention OF
the public and especially the charitable
public, land have found shat taxes IN
all the people when (; matter is put to
them right TO an institution in Man
ming for the county-that is, The Char,
ity Hospital, which, by the way, has had
some very liberal and magnificent DO
nations.
They own the land and have had some
money paid in: and The charitable pro-
moterS of ii are going to complete IT..
WHAT | want to say IS. that if every one
could see the great need for an lnstltu-
sion OF the kind as can in my protes-
sional duties, the money to complete 1t
would be forth coming at an early day.
| Every man could contribute something,
no matter how poorly of he might be
in a financial way. because when a num-
berof his family becomes sick he would
reap a grand return for his small outlay
in helping to build il, for then he would
have the consciousness that his contrib
ution, though ever so small. would en-.
citle his sick one to the highest type OF
attention from skilled physicians and
tender care OF professional nurses, and
the nutritious food that would meet the
indication in its case, free Of cost. With
out the hospital, although he would
willingly spend his last cent. he would
then fall far short of what it would
have there. This, my appeal to people
of small means. Now, to those of larg-
er means. some OF whom have already
subscribed QGite generously.
EVERYBODY has at sometime sickness
in his home. Now. when you have a
loved one lying critically i'll, when you
have in attendance the physician IN
whose skill you have utmost confidence,
aud nurse who has spent her time and
money at some training school, atwhich
she acquired a knowledge of the needs
of an III body. and you buy everything
that would contribute to the ease and
comfort OF that i'll one. won't 1t be 4
pleasant thought to you that out OF your
more abundant means you have aided
your neighbor, who is financially
straightened. to see that his s!cF one,
as tenderly loved as yours, has all that
skill and money can do? You will in
mediately ask why the physicians, if
they can give their time to the poor IN
the hospital, cannot do so at their
homes. My answer is this: We have
TO, with our time and skill, provide for
our families, and there might be IN my
practice three or four sick ones TOO poor
to pay for medical attention, and scat
tered over a territory that would take
probable most of my time to see them
as often as needed: then. suppose we
visit them and leave medicine for them
to take-maybe you look around and
there is no way OF reckoning time, Just
then there is no one to nurse them and
administer to their wants and lastof all
no nourishment that sick body could
eat and no money to procure it with.
How little physician can accomplish
under those circumstances.
want not to paint picture for you
but describe one of many scenes that
came under my own eye. was called
to see woman last spring. When |
reached the house some hours later IN
the day, found the poor woman lying
in the middle of the floor of shanty,
with high fever and so utterly dellri-
Gus that could get no information as
to her illness. Her husband was off at
work in the field trying to make bread
for uhem-a baby not quite old enough
to walk was lying on the floor scream
ing at the top of its voice. finally got
near neighbor 70 come to the house
and to promise me to give some medi-
cines at stated hours. After everything
else had been arranged, I looked into
the matter OF the nourishment. | was
shown tin pan with some meal and
blackberries, which, stirred together
and cooked was ali. that could be pro-
vided
Surely 10 one will, after reading this
statement of facts: say that we do not
need charity hospital. [ have great
faith in the generosity of the people OF
Clarendon, my adopted home, and l
trust this appeal will bear fruit to the
Hospital Thanking you for the space
for this letter, I am,
Truly Yours,
H. L. WILSON, NJ. D.
Jordan, S. c., Aug. 81, 1908.