The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-21
Charles E. Stump On His Way
South Visits jacksonville,
Illinois and Other Interest
ing Points Including East
St. Louis, Illinois Winding
Up at Portsmouth Virginia.

is the educational center of Illinois, so
to speak, for here is the Illinois col
lege; the Illinois Woman's college,
which is said to be the largest in the
west; Tout college, fine public school
system for all children alike; Central
Hospital for the insane; the state
school for the blind, the state school
for the deaf and dumb, the largest of
its kind in all the world.
In this city of Jacksonville, we are
not asleep for the New Hospital SAM
forum, private surgical hospital is
located here. 1t is the pioneer surgi-
cal hospital, and what makes it so val
liable to us is that it is an institution
of our own DIR. Alonzo Homer Kennie-
brew. He is the founder and surgeon
in charge. He is president of the Hi
nois Medical Association, formerly as
sistant surgeon, Freedmen's hospital,
Washington, D. c.; formerly resident
physician, Tuskegee Institute, in Ala
bama. He is frequently called to other
cities to operate, being considered one
of the best surgeons in America.
The sanatorium was opened May,
1908, in a six-room frame building,
with one nurse, one physician, three
beds. But it has grown now to 8
trained nurses, 8 physicians and 20
beds, and still it continues to grow. 1
note that the official staff is printed as
follows: Misses Moore, R. N, in charge
operating room, MORLEY, Walden,
Reed; DR.. Beverly, anesthetist; DR.. A.
H. Kenniebrew, surgeon in charge;
Miss E. K. Van Kranken, R. N, head
nurse; DR.. Dawson in charge labora-
tory.
A visit to this institution will cause
fellow to open his eyes, and stretch
them too, if you please. I saw many
things there. Two of our people, and
about six or seven White people were
there being treated by this wonderful
surgeon, and he is just one busy man
all the time. AS looked and looked,
saw those fine horses, his fine automo-
bile, how well equipped this place was,
the well-lighted operating room, the
polite courteous nurses, the busy physi-
clans, I just shouted right out in the
street, and soon there was a big crowd
around me, but I just explained that
was happy because I lived in such
wonderful age. While some men are
inventing instruments of death, there
are others who are daily putting forth
efforts to save human life, and are con-
stantly bringing new things into use
to help men live.
Rev. H. H. Dewitt is in charge of
one of the Baptist churches and Rev.
E. L. Seruggs in charge of the other.
Rev. Fisher is pastor of the A. M. E.
church, and there are many other
things in town. While in the city I
was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Muse,
and met Major Otis Duncan, who was
in the sanitorium being patched up,
getting ready to 60 in the trenches in
France, if necessary.
L had the pleasure of getting in
touch with DR.. Peter Crawford, in Chi
cago, B. F. Hoyt, automobile, wagon
and carriage works; Mrs. P. Reed,
4045 State street, who is doing the
flower business, called a florist, and
some other able men and women.
1 had the pleasure of shaking hands
with Editor Taylor of The Broad AK.
He is one hustling man. I was glad
to see him. Now am in Virginia, and
will talk about this in my next, and
will jump from here to Texas or to
then to Texas.