The farmer and mechanic., 1909-12-07

Board OF Directors Recognizes fii>
Valuable Services, for the Health O
the State and in Pursuance OF His
Plan Of Work Sets Aside a Buiidin&
Tor Carrying 1t On and Names i
Tor Him.
The Board Of Directors Of the NORTH
Carolina Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
held a meeting on November 50th a.
Aberdeen It was decided to name
the main building The Lewis Train
ing School in honor of Dr. r. I'll
Lewis OF Raleigh. The sanatoriun on
the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
is located nine miles from Aberdeen
at Montrose. Cum berland county.
At present tho institution consists
Of five buildings. Although OF wooden
construction, and built at a compar-
atiyely small cost. they are, thanks
to wise and economic building com
1nittee, in complete accord with the
best and most modern ideas governing
the construction of this class Of build
lngS Their arrangement for the com
fort, convenience and efficient treat
ment OF patients could hardly be inn
proved upon. They are lighted with
electricity and supplied with an
abundance Of pure water from q well
900 feet deep. Heat is furnished by
wide open fireplaceS which give the
maximum ventilation so necessary in
institutions Of this kind. Taken to-
gether, the new. nicely painted. we'll
separated buildings make a splendid
Interest in the warfare against the
great white plague. What most i'm
presses the visitor however, Is not so
much what man has done at Montrose
for the suppression Of tuberculosis as
what nature has done. Here nature
has given climate far milder and
therefore superior to that of the IA
NOUS sanatorium OF our more North
ern sister states. Rutland, Saranac
Lake. Loomis and other famous sana-
toriums may have their expensive
buildings but the place has som ething
far more valuable th/n money or art
can beStow. q climate that cost moth
Ing that money can not purchase. II
has also scenery that one looks for
only in the western part OF the State.
surprise adds interest to beauty.
The plateau OF MontroSe, 800 feet
above sea level, Is the highest part Of
Cumberland county. From this
plateau there is an unusual stretch
OF vision in all directions.--in some
twelve miles. A magnificent view In
deed! A beauty of completeness rather
than detail, depending not upon one
thing. but on the combined effect.
There are no marshes to exhale dis
ease-laden air. The sand is clean and
white and dry, and the air that finds
It's way across It and through the
needles Of the long leaf pine is dry
and healthful Here nature, kind and
tndulgent as she is could not be asked
to do more than she has already pro-
vided an institution of this kind.
After inspecting the buildings and
grounds, the board Of directors met
and considered several matters Of i'm
portance te the institution One Of the
most important results Of this meet
ing was their decision to name one
Of the main buildings ''The Lewis
there will be an assembly hall where
two or more illustrated lectures on
tuberculosis will be given each week
The hall will be furnished with charts,
pictures, and mottos OF educational
value to the tuberculous. Here there
suitable literature. This building will
also contain the administration Of
fices
This action Of the board Of directors
comforting well-deserved honor on
DIR. i. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, Is Of far
more Importance than it's honorary
and personal nature would suggest Dr.
Lewis in his presidential address be-
fore the Conference of State and Pro-
vfncial Boards Of Health of North Car
olina enunciated original ideas con-
corning the educational phase Of pub
lie health work. 1t has been said by
g prominent public health official Of
New York that ninety per cent OF the
tuberculosis work of that State was
based on this address. It is therefore
but right that North Carolina shrould
express in some fitting way an appre-
ciauon OF a son whose worth others
nave long recognized. The principal
value Of The Lewis Training School,
VII be to emphasize the educational
a4oe OF the sanatoriun. This part Of
,ao ae work viii be conducted after the
manner described by DR.. Lewis in tha