Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-15
SUPPORT THE NEW HOSPITAL
PROJECT.

Never did band of noble women
work more zealously or more efficient
lily for the public good than those who
have been. charged with the response
bilities Of the Amerieus Hospital since
bit opened its doors some five years
ago.
Without the persistent and intelli-
gent cooperative work of the women
lin charge of it's destinies this import
liant public institution would never, in
Ian likelihood, have survived its first
year. 1t began its life with little or
mo available funds. with everything
Ito depTess the spirits Of those manag-
ling it's business. Faith sustained the
women in charge, just as faith has
sustained women in all their import
ant works through the history Of the
ages Faith triumphed over obstacles
and put disbursement to rout.
Year by year the hospital has in
creased its efficiency and become more
valuable to the public it serves. To-
day it has an excellent corps of highly
trained nurses, it has established a
training school itself for nurses, and iL
has become the centre of influences
that tell for the relief of the i'll and
the injured over a considerable extent
of territory. Patients come to it from
homes as far as fifty miles from the
city Its reputation is no longer pure
Iy local and its work of amelioration
of suffering has passed far beyond the
bounds of Sumter county.
The hospital has been hampered in
its expanding usefulness by it's limited
quarters and the fact that the build
ing occupied by it was not designed
for hospital purposes and is neces-
sarily unsatisfactory in some features.
To remedy this the women a year ago
inaugurated movement to secure
funds for new building that would bel
a credit to Americas and fully meet
the hospital needs of this district for
years to come. A prominent local
physician gave $4,000 toward the fund
and from other sources and the value.
of the present property probably hat
of the amount needed for the new.
home is in hand.
There is no institution that should
appeal more to the public of Ameri-
Gus than this one. Its very struggle
to serve the public should endear it to
every man and woman who has any
feeling or sentiment. The fact, too,
that it is purely an unselfsh institu-
ton, that it comes to the relief of
those in distress, that it provides for
the poor as well as for those of
means, offers another strong reason
why purses should be opened to its
call for aid at this emergency.
The prosperity and progressiyeness
Iof Americas and its territory demand
that this project shall be carried
through as speedily as possible. The
amount required is small. Everyone
can have a hand in it, every one
should be proud to assist. Let Ameri-
Gus put it's shoulders to the wheel and
it's dollars into the fund and make the
year 1912 memorable by the compile
ton of a hospital building that will
represent the most modern ideas IN
that line and that will be adequate IN
its accommodations and equipment for
every demand that is likely to be made
upon it for many years. Let it stand
as a monument of thanksgiving for
the blessings that heaven has undoubt-
eddy showered on this favored section
for so long a time.
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