Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-08-31
JUBILEE HOSPITALS
AUTHORITY.
To the Editor:

| To the Editor:
On August %, there appeared in
your paper an article relative to the
Jubilee Hospital. Among other things
the writer was good enough to say,
Jubilee Hospital deserves more con-
Sideration of the community as a
most worthy and necessary institu-
tion." feel he is right in this and
his kind thought is much appreciated
by those Immediately and most con-
cerned.
AS to his statement that patients
who do not have funds are turned
away to suffer and run the risk of
dying, I beg to say he has been woe
fully misinformed. 1 have been in inn
mediate contact with Jubilee Hospital
since the first brick was laid. It was
who made the first suggestion to
the missionary society of the United
Presbyterian church that such an in
stitution was needed in Henderson.
and 1 personally donated the lot on
which the hospital now stands. have
been general supervisor since it was
built I think, therefore, I am in a
position to speak with authority.
Not a single emergency case, either
of surgery or medicine, has ever been
turned away from Jubilee Hospital
for lack of funds. I think this may
| he better understood when it is known
that about 70 percent of all patients
admitted to Jubilee Hospital are
charity patients. Physicians have ad-
vised patients that they needed an
operation. Such patients have come to
the hospital and inquired as to the
cost of operation and charges for
wards and private rooms, and these
charges and prices have been given.
In some cases they have not returned,
but they were not emergency cases,
neither were they turned away for
lack of funds. The hospital is sup
ported by the missionary societies Of
the United Presbyterian church and
the Duke Foundation, but it is by no
means amply supported by these
agencies to make the best possible
provisions, and any assistance shall
be greatly appreciated.
The writer of the article referred
to above also said, There are one or
two organizations in our midst COM
posed of some of our very best cit
liens who have been active in some
kind of social or religious coopera-
ton with Negro organizations" So
far as 1 know there is no Negro So
cial or religious organization in Hen
derson or Vance county in which
white people have been active. There
is a national and state organization
known as the Interracial Commission,
a branch of which was at one time
organized in Henderson, but it is
neither social, religious, nor political.
It had it's birth some years ago at
Atlanta, Georgia, Immediately after
race riot in which several persons,
white and colored, were murdered.
The people of Atlanta felt that some
thing should be done to prevent a re-
currence, so the Interracial Commits
sion was organized, for mutual un-
Outstanding and cooperation. This
seemed to work so we'll that it be-
came national organization.
The Interracial Commission of
North Carolina is composed of many
of the best citizens of the state. DR..
w. G. Jackson, formerly of the Wo-
ems College, of Greensboro was pre-
ident of 10th the State and national
organizations. DR.. Howard Odum of
the University of North Carolina is
now the president of the State organi-
cation. DR.. Poteat president emeritus
of Wake Forest College, DR.. Neal
lPoteat, DR.. Graham, president of the
state university, are all members of