Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-10-28
THE GOLDsBORO HOSPITAL
Annual Report of Its Admin
istrative Officials
An Institution That Stands For an
Ideal the NObleSt a People Ever
Gave Expression To In
Tangible Form.

The Goldsboro Hospital, built and
furnished throughout by the common
charity of Wayne County citizens and
sustained from year to year by their
unfailing generosity, wherein no one
is too poor to find welcome and solic-
itous care and intelligent medical
nursing-none so rich but what they
can have their desires cOmpetently ca
tered to, is the crowning glory of a
people noted for attributes that evince
true nobility of character.
Owing to the fact that the secretary
of the Hospital was called away from
the city Immediately upon the last
annual meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Hospital, the publishing Of
the annual reports, filed at that meet
/ ing, was delayed and they are today
/ publishd as follows:
Presidents Report.
! To the Citizens of Goldsboro and
Wayne County:
Another year having been added to
the life of The Goldsboro Hospital, its
management begs leave to present to
you an account of it's stewardship. On
the 27th of last September, the friends
of the Hospital and entire community
were shocked to learn of the death of
| Mr.. Solomon We'll, Treasurer and Di
rector. While resolutions of respect
and esteem have been passed by our
Board, 1 cannot let this, our first an
hic
without incorporating in it's minutes
a tribute to his memory who had
served the institution so ably and with
such untiring zeal and devotion. His
wise counsel, his kindly manner and
genial presence will always live in
the memory of his co-workers, while
his munifcent gifts to the Hospital
will be active and permanent memor-
ials to his philanthrophy. His strong
feeling to administer to the suffering
was perpetuated in his will in the form
of a bequest of $1,000 to the Hospital
In notifying the Board Of Directors
of this bequest, his family expressed
the desire that it be set apart as the
beginning of an endowment fund tC
be known as the Sol We'll Endowment
: Fund. The members of the Board
, were pleased to adopt this suggestion
i because they recognize the great nee6
t of such fund to meet the growing
t demands of our institution.
Twenty-eight per cent of our pa
tients were entirely charity, and q
orH ,ofi Of
ly charge of 33 1-3 per cent less thar
Il the cost of keeping these patients, 81
8 that practically SO per cent of thu
Ii work of the year was charity.
. We have found an impression grow
e ing in the town and county that peo
y pie of limited means will be takel
in the Hospital as charity patients
y This is mistake. Only those VIII
u are absolutely without means or in
come and have no relatives able t
II aid them are eligible as charity. w
really have not income sufficient i
take care of these, but rely upon tn
77 generosity of our citizens to make u
IS the deficiency.
AAOOPASC1A
we lacked $4,000 paying for same, an
had to borrow said amount in orde
to pay the builder. 1t will be goo
A news to all to know that this debt hs
been cancelled. 1t was paid by our e
IA teemed townswoman, Mrs. Hem
We'll, whose uniform generosity to Il
Hospital since it's organization hi
lol tided it over many financial difficu
nd ties. Mrs. We'll has always desir
-u- that no mention be made of these su
III, stantial acts of generosity, but as
nr. is necessary to make official stateme
a Of the cancelling of this indebtedne'
'ay l cannot we'll do so without acknov
Inc edging the source from which it cal
ne, and to express our thanks and appre
Ter iation.
llc' During the year we have neal
Tie doubled the number of nurses a
n hope in the near future to be in po
nus tion to furnish the community a
surrounding country with spec
not nurses when needed
our In this connection, I take pleasl
we in commencing our Superintende
1ith Miss I,innev for her narsona1 w,
one and untiring efforts toward max
lily, our Hospital success.
nee In conclusion, let me say that
thls usefulness of this splendid institut
nail is growing every year, especially
ray alleviating the suffering of those v
an could not otherwise get treatment
halr This year 1913 charity and w
solt patients we're treated and in nes
every case sent back to their hol
and families 70 take their nlacns