The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
RALEIGH AND us Dt1-aIh ItAA'

Of the Baptist hosts IN NdSiiiS'
civ. Of which DR.. j. D. Hufhan, the
"Raptist bishop of this state, was d
leader, this North Carolinian became
i'll and Immediately packed his grip
and started for home. His host urged
him TO stay in Washington and told
him that they had as good doctors
there as in North Carolina and that ne
you'd be given every care and atlcn-
ton. DR.. Hufham replied that lhlS
was very true and he appreciated 1t.
but 4 sick man could never tell wheth-
er he would get we'll or not, and, that
as the issue might be in doubt, ne
was going to come back to North Tar
DINA. for if he haG TO die he dld hol
want to risk his chance of gong 10
heaven from & wicked city like WASH
ington, for he felt he woul have a
better chance Of an entrance into the
pearly gates from a moral atmosphere
like North Carolina than from Wash
ington city. This piece of pleasantly
that made all the friends Of DR.. Huff
ham smile, is recalled in the speech OF
Governor Aycock at the big banquet
on Thursday night. Governor kitchln
had paid q warm tribute to ltalelGh
as a delightful place to live and re-
ferred to its death record, suggesting
that SO good a place as Raleigh ought
to DO all it could to remove the arSu-
ment dgainst it Of a higher death rate
han Tampa. which stands III the cen
I Sj1C ran,pt He 90 r a VERY sensible.
l and sound argument alone this line.
y Following Governor kitchin, IN q hap
5 by Vein, honoring the idea Of Or.
Hufham, Governor Aycock said that
nobody wanted to die III Tampa and
when people got ready to die they
came to Raleigh because it was the
best place to die in.
There was more than leSity in the
statement of Governor Aycock, though
= it was spoken partly in the spirit OF
is levity, and there is a suggestion III ti6
re matter that is worthy Of considera-
ton with reference to the death
IS rate in Raleigh, which ma vel
le be considered without reference to tn
~ Importance and necessity Of diligence
in sanitation and good health condi
tons which the doctors and Governo
kitchin and Governor Aycock alik,
urged upon the peiple Of this goo
city.
Is The News and Observer pointed on
r. sometime ago that the high death rat
II OF Raleigh was largely caused by tn
nc many deaths at the Soldiers Home
at the nmates Of that institution comm
III TO Raleigh for its care only when the
." reach old age; in the big hospital 70
~ the insane and in the penitentiary an
'u in other hospitals here to which ar
all brouoht many sicl noonlo in Tho ,,s
ms stages OF their illness.
Governor Aycock pointed out al
- other reason, which is sound an
which does not initiate against tt
health of this community. 1t is tn;
Raleigh is a residential city. and tn:
~ every year 4 number Of families con
90 to Raleigh to live because it is a d,
lightful city to live in. h haads
families that come for this purpose a.
usually old men, or men over fit
who, having succeeded IN amassir
some property. are looking for a res
Dental city where they can live ha,
PLY, economically and spend their i
comes in q way to bring them Il
largest moiety Of pleasure. Latterly,
course, many young men have con
because Of Raleigh's advanta res
business and trade, but in former yea
much Of Raleigh's growth has be,
as due to the coming to this CT
the of men advanced in years, ",
nee sought ii merely for a place
lold residence Or q place where they cou
an get the best educational advantae
10Th for their children. If they engaged
This any business at all it was merely
Don secure an increase In their fixed
nit comes from their farm or investmen
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