The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-06-06
SISTERS FIND HOSPITAL
IN ONE AWFUL MESS
Looks Like Vandals Tried To Make No End
of Trouble For The New Corners
In This City

ihN S'StNiS VI iiuiiity w
Mary who have come to Eliz-
abeth City to take over .he
operation of the Elizabeth City
Hospital. following the fail
ure OF the Municipal Hospital
Association. didn't find much
Of a welcome when they ar
rived at the Hospital Saturday
afternoon. They found the
hospital in deplorablc condi-
ton, as if it had been purpose
ly looted by vandal hands.
DIR. John Snliba. owner Of the
hospital did not 90 near the hos.
pitnl Saturday until the arrival Of
the Sisters. He assumed that the
hospital would bc turned over to
him In good working order. There
were twelve patients In the bospi.
tai and DR.. Snlila thought that fact
alone was sufficient guaranty that
the hospital would bc running when
he came In Saturday night. DIR.
Saliba went to Norfolk Saturday
to meet the Sisters.
In the absence Of Dr. Saliba the
hospital was looted. Secretary Job
Of the Chamlcr Of Commerce load
cd up truck with filing cabinet.
n desk. a tnblr and some other
things which he said belonged 10
the now defunct Hospital Associa.
tion and not 10 the hospital. Mrs.
Brll. president Of the WOman's
Auxiliary took away u number of
sheets that she says belonged 10
the Auxiliary. She also had tho
lawn swing removed. II is said.
Some one carried or q lot Of table
linen.
Some one else took away clcc-
tric light bulbs. removed electric
fuses 80 that the lighting Of the
hospital would he interfcred with.
and removed the cooking utcnsils.
The sisters found no food or sup
plies of any kind In the kitchen
and pantry and not cooking uten-
sil. They found all the dishes dirty
and piled up, and all Of the hospital
help discharged. The Sisters had
to wash dishes. and scrub floors
from the jumlL Meals for the
patients In the hospital were cook.
ed In u dish pan Sunday. there be-
Ing no other cooking utensil left
In tb" place. One patient died dur
lng the night. -,
II WAS n1so found thGt the plumb.
linz had been stopped up, the bath
room for the usc Of the ,ilurscs had
been horribly ,befQnl@l ,.Ahid the foul
of u child birth were left
on the floor of the operating room.
No one seems TO know how all these
things happened and no one
ASSUMES responsibility for 1t. Mr..
job and Mrs. Bell talk freely Of
their removal of certain Of the prop.
rrty and do not think that .hey
should have left the property In
tact until the new management
moved In. They know nothing Of
The various acts of vandalism that
l0Ok very much like the work Of
ku Kluckcrs. The few Ku KlucE.
prs In Elizabeth City hnve been
saying lot of things about Roman
Catholic Sisters taking over the
hospital. There Is no Disgusting
The fact that some In Elizabeth City
are afraid Of the Catholic Sisters.
One doctor took II upon himself to
rnll upon Mother Agnes. the head
" the Sisters and tell her that hr
hOught II rather unusual for pe0-
pie Of her kind to come into a
Protestant community TO work.
Mother Agnes told him sweetly
hat the work Of the Sisters IL
wherever suffering humanity needs
heir help and that It's fairly evi.
lent that n hospital In Elizabeth
,'ity needs help.
The chaml'cr Of Commerce Is In.
lignnnt over the acts OF vandalism
md Il committee headed by VI.
Leigh Sheep has been investigatin:
he whole mess this week with a
'i"w TO riyhting as many WRONGS
~ possible. 1t * tho spirit of lead.
'rs IN the Chamber Of Commerce.
men like J. r. McCabe,
Continued on page Two)