The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-09-04

Daughters has issued the following
statement: ., .t->,-,t4s,,,N4. ,,,,..
I'm the twenty-five years that tn,
Kings Daughters have dealt with tn,
conditions of the poor of Maury coun
ty, not one family out of ten tina
have asked for or received help lex
cept in the most severe winters) bu
had one or more sick members in it
Sickness caused the need Of help IL
a large majority of cases. The
Kings Daughters Hospital was bull
to relieve just such condition, in 9th
or words its main object was to pro
vide charity wards for the needy sicl
who otherwise would have to go with
out proper care. "
"A glance at the patients register
for the months of June and July will
quickly justify the needs Of these
wards. During these months 302h
days Of pay service and 1856 days Of
charity service were rendered by the
Hospital. The Hospital Board does
not believed that single casewas re
ceived into the Charity-wards thai
was not in absolute ned Of hospital
care ,t@ = 2
1.-THE year has been very demand
ing one in every respect, as all
house-keepers and heads Of families
know, living has never in recent
years been SO expensive. What il
true in private families, Is even more
so in institutions of the nature OF
Hospitals.
| THE management of the Hospital
have tried In every way to conduct
the Hospital on an economical basis
Once q week the Board of Directors
meet for an all morning session
Every detail is canvassed, item by
item, from pantry supplies to the
interest on notes carried on the pro
perty; from coal in the basement to
surgical supplies in the Operating.
room; from the care of the penniless
patient to the one in the private
room. st@@
Graduate nurses have h4dSto BE
employed until School OF, Nss own
could be established and drawn from:
Not a woman OF the circle of The
Kings Daughters from whom the
Board is drawn receives one cent of
money for any service rendered.
I'VE appeal to the thoughtful and
earnest people of Maury county. Do
you think that we would continue q
work of this nature entailing such
heavy demands for endurance of all
kinds, and the carrying Of burdens
of so real a nature, if there was not
IA definite motive embodied in it?
We repeat-that motive Is the sup
port of our charity wards.
"The management have met all
current obligations until recently,
though carrying notes on the pro-
perry since the hospital was built.
These notes were made necessary by
the failure of some of those sub
scribing to the original Building
Fund, to redeem their pledges. One
note for s2,5OO.OO and another for
|$1,43OOO, are held against the pro-
perty.
with such heavy responsibilities,
we felt that some stated amount
must be raised to help care for the
charity cases. If we are to refuse
worthy charity patients, illness that
may mean the loss of life, then the
Hospital had better be closed, for its
real mission is at end.
"It is SO easy to think lightly OF
suffering, carelessly Of responsibility,
when not directly confronted; so
Ouoy " say HAdt oIoulu UO uOuc
when one does not have to meet sit.
uation personally. But when you stand
face to face with human distress and
the issues of life and death, 1t is
very hard to say, I am not my
brothers. keeper" No phase is
more strongly emphasized in the
ministry Of our Savior, than His
tender and instant care of the sick.
He as unhesitatingly raide' the son
of the widow of Main, as the daugh-
ter of Jarrus.
1--WE cannot minister as he minis
tered, but we can give of the best
that it is ours to give. 1t is into our
charge that He has committed His
| little ones"
1T was in His Name that the Hos
pital was built, and it Is In His
Name that we are asking for an en-
dowment for the Charity-wards.
I'm trying to devise some way
whereby the burden would be borne
by all in equal measure, and that