The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21
Resume of the Work Done So
Far in Organizing the
Institution
A NEW FIELD OPENED
It is Flannel to Spend Fifty or
a Hundred Thousand Dollars
to Build a Home for the Little
Ones Unprovided for by the
State or Charity
(By r.. L.. WITHERSPOON, Staff OF
News and Observer

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News and Obscrver.)
North Carolina will soon have an
Orthopedic Hospital, one Of the first
of it's kind in the entire South. The
word will is used in connection with
the movement because the men behind
the movement do not recognize hat
there is any chance or necessity or
failure to provide a home where the
INDECENT crippled children Of sound
mind in North Carolina may be taken
and given a chance for a fair fight IN
life's battle. Take a look at these
names, you who might be skeptical,
and decide for yourself: r. B.. Bah
Rankin, Rev. Geo. d. Herman, j. Lee
Robinson, b. NJ. Duke. n M. Scott.
S. N. Boyce, DR.. J. Y. Joyner, Andrew
f.. Moore, A. G. Myers, E. c. Reg
lister, Iredell Meares, Jno. r. Filing
ton, Heriot Clarkson, s. j. Durham,
Lee S. Overman, Jas. w. Atkins, c.. O..
kuester, Jno. e. Ray. E. G. McLurd,
John w. Gulledge, Rev. A. T. Lindsay,
J.. Howell Way, Geo. w. Raglan, j.
Elwood Cox, G. B.. Armstrong, E. R..
Preston, w. T. Love, Rt. Rev. Junius
Nj. Horner, c.. r. Hoey.
Small Contributions Wanted.
These men, all patriotic North Caro-
lima citizens, represent all the ranks of
life, the farmer, educator, banker,
PoDiNS OiiiSioip NONIO q Z ,
merchant, manufacturer and several
others. They have been named in
the charter granted by the State as
initial trustees of the North Carolina
O~rthopedic Hospital, with head offices
in CASTOR county. They might easily
build and equip a fifty to a hundred
thousand Institution of charity, for
there are men of wealth in the list.
Rest assured they will do their part,
but this idea was promulgated with
an eye to making thiSpa home near to
the hearts of every North Carolinian,
and SO, many and small contributions
is the plan for raising the money.
S%pringing the Plan.
Iu March, before the United Com
mercial Travellers in Charlotte, Mr.. r
3. Darlington, of GastOnia, told the
commercial tourists of the idea he
had been harboring in his heart fo1
years. At that time he had already
laid his plans for getting in commune
cation with leaders in North Carolina.
His speech went like fire in stubble
with the drummers and they pledged
to stand with him. They, in their
rounds over the State, too, had nc.
ticed that there were scores and scores
Of little, helpless ones, unable to hop
skip and run with the joyful heart O.
"a child. They had seen the army O.
little tots moving themselves painfully
along with the aid of the crutches
the little army of aching hearts, fol
surely the heart of no child can know
it's fullest joys with all the weight o
a crippled leg or arm as a constan
reminder of helplessness. n.Th. speech
brought to them the painful realiza
ton that there was the poo
among these could go and have med
zeal skill come to their relief. TIL,
State cares for the deaf, dumb, bin,
and insane and bands of the charitabl
lnded look after tho little hOnoo1oc
one But these little ones, of brigh
mind and alert eye are hampered al
most to hopelessness. h Oasi
Temple of Shriners and the Western
North Carolina Methodist confer
ence have since pledged their CO
operation.
With one step accomplished, Nj
Babbington talked with his bushes
associates and they too were of tn
same mind with him. S%traightwa
he dispatched letters to many prom.
nent men over the State and the re
sponse was hearty and from the hear
They were willing to join in the caus
with zest. Then the charter was So
cured and officers chosen, as follow:
President, r. b. B~abbington; fir,
vice-president, Geo. w. Ragan;. secon
vice-president. J. Elwood Cox, Of Hig
Point; the third vice-president is
be a lady, the position later to l
filled by the trustees; secretary, ]. Y
Atkins; treasurer, j. Lee Robinson
chaplain, Rev. A. T. Lindsay. All IL
officers save Mr.. Cox live at or ne:
Gastonia. AT this meeting, Of IL
thirty-one initial trustees, all say
three were present and one of the
was in Europe at the time.
Finding a Location.
The next step was securing a pla
TO erect buildings and provide pla
grounds. Rev. DR.. A. T LINDSAY. ORE
fdonf nf TinUnA6 Cnl1o0o fnnlx q cor
mittee from the trustees out to t
grounds OF the college which he ow
at the foot of CrowIers Mountain, o