The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-03
A SANITARIUM
FOR KINGSTREE.
THE CHERISHED DREAM OF DIR. E.
r KELLEY TO BE REALIZED IN
ITS ESTABLISHMENT HERE.

Every one who starts out IN LIE
to pursue a particular calling, whe-
ther that calling tends toward the
extenuation of professional. social or
mechanical activities, should be pos
sessed with an inborn desire to at
tain to the greatest success IN his or
her particular calling. At this time
we have in mind one of our young
physicians. short, stocky, energetl"
fellow. whom we have known very
pleasantly for more than six years,
both as physician and as personal
friend. When we first came to Kings.
tree, we learned that it was this
young practitioners greatest ambi-
ton to make an unqualified success
of his chosen profession. That it was
his sincere desire to assist, If nothing
more, in the establishment of an in
Urinary or hospital in Kingstree. not
merely as business enterprise that
would be in keeping with the growth
and progress of the town, but main
ly for the benefits, the incalculable
service that such an institution is
capable of rendering a community
where sickness and accidents are not
uncommon to its people.
Such an institution, then. must
have been the dream of DR. Edward
Theron Kelley when we first knew
him, and We are proud to know, at
this dawning of a new year. that this
dream is about to become a reality,
and that the early ambition of our
young medical friend is materializing
into a concrete reality.
In this twentieth century, when
scientific cutting is the greatest pan
acea for one.half the ills that the
human race is heir to; nursing and
environment the catholicon for the
other half, the fact that hospital or
an infrmary is to be established in
Kingstree should be one of pride and
qualification among our people. be-
cause heretofore there has been no
such an institution in Williamsburg
county, and our sick or manned have
been taken to Florence, Charleston
or Sumter for such service as can
only be rendered effectively under
proper care and environment.
We venture to say, and without
fear of contradiction, that no small
town in the South, or elsewhere that
the points of the compass may indi-
cate, for that matter.is better equip
ped with medical talent than Kings
tree. Her physicians are capable and
efficient in the treatment of all hu-
man ills without specializing in any.
They have made the county seat one
of the most healthy localities in the
State, while at no time have they
failed to lend a helping hand to bro
ther practitioners in the rural COM
munities, where the same conditions
are enjoyed. However, in the treat
ment of many cases they have been
handicapped. and could not render
their patients the skillful service of
which they were capable and compe-
tent, for lack of environment, or a
haven" in which to place their pa
tient.
The hospital. to be erected on the
northwest corner of Mill and Acad-
envy streets by DR. Kelley, will pro-
vide long and much needed place
Of accommodation for those whose
Illness may require constant medical
care and scientific nursing. and a
haven for emergency cases, where
an hour or two of time saved may
mean the prolongation of a human
life; The building will occupy the
present site of DR. Kelley's office and
residence. The latter will be shift
ed around Oh Mill street, and the
present office structure will be roll
ed back, and become a part of the
new structure. The dimensions of