The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-04
MONTROSF SANTTARTTM
is DOING \ GREAT WARK.

IS DOING n GREAT ARK.
I1d1tOr Deal. Who Has Been Here
Some Weeks, Writes interestingly
OF the Hospital for Consunlptives.
To The Editor:-Tt is aEereat pleas
ure to me to get the "Old Reliable"
every day and through it learn what
the outside world is doing. | am
here at the State Sanitariurn for the
treatment of tuberculosis, making an
effort to get a new hold on life. l
have been here some six weeks and
eel considerably improved. | am
very much pleased with the institu-
ton. It is doing a great york for the
needy and afflicted. While it is young
and incomplete, it is doing a work Of
which the State should be proud.
The State and the people have been
very slow and backward in taking
hold of the great work OF helping
those suffering with tuberculosis, the
White Plague This institution has
been established and brought forth
thus far without having the sympathy
and support Of the people Of the State
that it should AVE had. Our people
are very slow to realize the enormous
magnitude Of the duty they owe to
the large army Of tuberculosis suf-
fere1s among US, not alone for the
good and benefit of the afflicted mes,
but for the protection Of themselves,
their families and the generations that
may follow. The fight against the
white Plague is vastly the biggest
and most important problem that
must be successfully solved by the
people, if the earth is to remain in
habitab1e. The time is more thar
mature when our people must arouse
to a realization Of the vastness of theil
; responsibility in this matter and ac1
with intelligent unanimity in meeting
he ~ 49,
, n the sufferers ahke There car
be no shifting nor Sinking the re
, spOnSlbility. The problem is the PEG
pies. and they must solve it. Ever,
citizen Of the State should take thi
matter to himself at one. 1t is al
: individual responsibility which can b.
solved best by concert Of action By
!; the aggregate. Think, friends, think
The tuberculously afflicted IN tn,
State should eagerly take advantage
! Of the opportunities for help which
= this institution now offers. Many O
: the needy, those who "a bee
l knocked out" in the busy rush o
, life, are coming here and receivin.
T great benefit and are being restored
to health and hope again. The in
i. stitution 50 far as its capacity will
permit, is offering helpful service
: with open arms and reckoning hands
TIL great heart of the superintendent
DR.. Brooks. is thoroughly in the work
and help for the aHicted is the grea
purpose of his life's work. The af
flicted ones are welcome here an,
they soon feel that this is their owl
home and thai their rights are sacre,
and inviolable here. Every afflicted
6 one should come and share the bene
: fits which this State institution is of
fering.
BY your kind permission we ex
) pect to say more along this line late
on. It is a matter in which ever
; citizen should and must be arouse
4 to a vital interest.
# 1t is a great pleasure to me to Sc
from the news reports that Mort
Carolina is largely in favor of Gov
ernor Wilson for the Democratic can
k didat for President. He is pre-eni
nently and by all odds the man. a
IS the asplrants are GOOD men and coul
probably get the Democratic vot'
But the strict Democratic vote, Will
d 1t is raelly a majority. canno cleo
a president, because it is not prOperl
distributed in the States to elect tn
IS presidential electors. The Democrat
candidate must get sufficient inde
4 pendent votes to carry the electors
X vote Of needed States in order to b
elected. Wilson is the only candidat
10 SO far who has developed prospect
,e of doing this. His thorough Demo
II Cracy together with his availabilit
should insure the nomination for Wi
N son, unless the Democrats intend
" persist in following what Gen. Graz
said Of them. that they were "su,
to act the ID foo every time tt
IN Republicans acted the ID rascal
10 Respectfully,
o. r. a. DEAL.
1e State S~anitarium, Aberdeen, y. {
a. May 90. 1912.
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