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OR. JOHN W. CORBETT DR. CORBETT IS INTERVIE^'ED BY .REPORTER FOR llIE STATE ml- , -ri?- ■ tV j ?' I: R. E. Qrlir In Thn ttatO,. For 65 years Dr. John W, Cor bett ]>ractice<l medicine In Camden and Ticinity and today, at 85, “knocked down by the doctors on account of my heart” he says, he llres In his big roomy house on Lyttleton street. But he Is not Idly watching the world go by for, alert and keenly alive to happen- lass the world over, he has his own pungent ohservations to make on things in general. Pour dally newspapers, three published in South Carolina and one in New York, are delivered at his home and these, with current magaslnes and frequent talks with visitors from far and near — for Camden is a cosmopolitan city — keep him abreast with develop ments over the face of the earth. When a man practices medicine over half a century in# town the site of Camden—population was 1,700 when the doctor began his work there—he becomes much more than a mere medical practitioner. He is counselor and friend and comforter, adviser of youth concern ing life careers; he steers bewild ered adolescents into^ safe paths; and, if a man of kind and under standing .heart, wields a mighty in fluence for the wholesome and right living. Doctor Corbett la a man of that combination and may be' that is why citizens speak of him as Camden’s patron saint and hold him in warm esteem and af fection. The 86 years that hare passed said, “and I waa tha flrat here with an automobltok' “But before I got the bleycle, I walked a lot, for I was m POo*" the devil. When I got a call to go out in the country, I’d go to a livery stable and get a horse and make the trip. Sam Lathan and George Little, who ran the livery stables, were very considerate to a young physician beginning his career. Medicines chiefly used when I started out were calomel, quinine" and opium,” ho said, remarking in cidentally that about one-half of lie work was on a charity basis. Doctors today charge too much," he declared emphatically. “Along in the 1880’s, I recall that our fees were $2 for day calls and $5 for night. There came a very tough year, with poor crops, and we doctors got together and re duced our fees to |1.60 for day calls and.|3 for night. “I; always figured it was better not to charge too much and collect it rather than carry unpaid ac counts for years. People today are not more civilized than when I was a young man,” he said and he add ed, emphatically, “the nianufactur- ers of the atom bomb ought to be blown up.” The doctor assisted In the or ganization of the Camden hospital, ran it for several years, is now president emeritus. Naturally he takes a pride i|t the work that in stitution has done and' is doing. “Politics? Well, Tm going to vote the Republican ticket un less Governor Dewey Is nomb nsted in Philadelphia.' I can't^ vote for himl rm" hoping Vsn- denberg of Michigan will be the nominee. “I believe In states' rights and the Individual determina tion of mind. Under Mr. Tru- * man a man can't' call his heart his own. “Any^government that will let -John L. Lewis (Mine Work ers' boss) run over it like, he has ought to quit “I kick about things yet I don’t know how to get relief from things that ought to be bettered. "I have never been a Democrat in spirit since Tillman was elected and I never was a Jeffersonian Democrat. I don’t believe every body should bo allowed to vote — bin’s dictation; then it muI^ vote as It pleases. “I have never believed In prohi bition, but in free liquor and high licenses.” The doctor takes pardonable pride In bis work for better health In his coasumal^y. “I'was the first man In Kmhaw county to take up work agktost tuberculosis, follow ing along fte line of Doctor Daw son of Charleston. I went out and talked to the Negroes and got them to screen their windows and leave them open at night, and thus the incidence of the disease was les sened. But there- is a lot of racket in health work today. “I practiced much among the Negroes and some of my best friends are among the Negroes, and I am not interested in the civil rights bill.- “Now about medicine. I believe in nature but I’m not a naturopath. The main object is to repair and restore' and to bed and “Now whMt I waa gradnatad, well. I “bugs” were not known and there j was not a microscope in college. But education, culture and travel have brought in 'bugs’ of all kinds. “Why for ten years.T never steri lized an Instrument and I never had any trouble." “I’ve always qnjoyed life,” he said. “Now at 86 I spend most of my time heading, talking, sleeping and eating.” Doctor Corbett served as a mem ber ofr'fEe' Camden council, as Its intepdent and as its first maytu* the form of government was changed, and he Is interested in the growth of his town. “The duPont development Is a great thing for Camden and this section and it will have a wbole- 9ome effect generally,” h% says, as he thinks of the future growth of the community he has served so long and so-well, and which counts Ouronicle daanfied Ads Get Surveys Maps .\ M. C. O’CAIN REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEER Phone 2213 Estimates niii a lot of cues. If put among its top citizens, fed properly will get 'Jlets Wants Speed CW« Cuts 6 to 10 Times longer thii oitooo^***** ofco*** WITHOUT HE-8HHj|HHI^ rwivE-iN fflEini ' C. B. BLYTHER, Owner Located on State Highway 26—Town of La|«g m.- lyW; =t:'- over his head have not reduced hlmji think there should be some-sort to a common denominator ; rather [of qualifications. Here I am, with they have served to accentuate his some property and Interested in Individually and he expresses his the community, yet my vote can be views on things generally with a offset by some one who maybe blunt frankness altogether refresh- doesn’t care about the community, ing, and he hedges his statements “i voted against Mr. Tillman, one not at all. of about 200 in Kershaw county With his typewriter near his side, that did so. he was on a chaise lounge in his | ‘<what about Russia? Russia does living room the other dsy, with s not want to fight. It wants to nsg. shawl over his legs. “I’ve got to The Russians are mean ensses, Jnst keep my legs warm on account of half civilized and I don’t think they this damned rheumatism,” he said, are ready to fight A little bit about the background j xj hate innovations nnleu I can of a man whom Camden is proud gee some improvements broogbt to claim qs a citizen. He was born thereby, and I hate to vote againet at Cheraw. son of the Rev. W. Bell President Truman, but It is the ' Corbett, a Presbyterl&n minister of best way. We have enough votes Charleston, and Sara Rlizabeth to dam things up anyhow. Witherspoon Corbett of York. He “When I was 14 I wore a red was graduated from the Medical ghlrt with ‘Haskell Guards’ written College In Charleston, under 21 across the front of It." And he years of age, studied In clinics in gpoke of the Darlington riots and New York and at Johns Hopkins In the troublous days In the Tillman Baltimore and then went to Cam- regime. den to begin a life of service to the, •<ab to ^education, and I think people of that community. have made tremendous strides It was In November, 1886, that jq jt, I don’t believe everybody he was carried to Miss Reta Me- should go to college. Aftbr some Willie Bufnett^Camden, a grand- early training. I think there should daOkhter of WKM. Shannon, whose he a selective dfaft for persons of death in a duel was instrumental talent. There are more loafers, who in bringing into being the anti- are college graduates hanging duelling oath all holders of public oround than you can shake a stick office now take. ^ “We ought to have duels now," Doctor Corbett said, as he spoke of Mr. Shannon. “Peo ple would be more discreet in their utterances if they knew they might be Invited to meet sorne opponent on the field of honor. You would not hear of candidates for office call each other liars. We did not have it years ago. The duel would make gentlemen out of hdoe- ' lera." “How many babies have 1 de livered? Well, Pd have to go through my files to answer that correctly; ever so often, some one comes here to look up his birth certificate." And then he, talked a little about his early career as a physician in •Camden. “I was the first man in Camden with a ‘safety’ bicycle," he at.' “One other thing,' I don’t like Columbia’s Influence with the leg islature. 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Tobin Cartoon SATURDAY, MAY 16 “Under Nevada Skies” Roy Rogere—Raleo—Honeymoon Bluet Soueie Conw Home •List your suggestion for a naroefo. the new Drive-In Theater on a slipdj paper with your name and address! give to ticket man at Theater. Coat ends May 15. Person giving name selected draw$i awards SHOWS AT 7:90 and 0:15 P. IL mUROAO STRIKE 3 A nai of OHIOHS Union leaders representing less tliah one-tenth of railroad employes reje^ recommendations of freSident’s Emergency Mard—refuse to *' negotiate except on their own terms^threaten to paralyze nation hy strike! yUM of three railroed unioiiB. rep- Ite Hhan one-tenth of all raJlroad Tm LkADI resenting employees, have called a railroad strike that would paiidyxe the nation. ’These lea^rs refuse to accept a 15^ cents an hour wage Increase retroactive to^MlUOT- ber 1, 1947. This increaae was by an impiuTial Emergency Board appointed by President Tnunan. This increase of ISV^ cents already has been accepted bjf ^ 19 other railroad xmions. But the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of L^motive Firemen and Enginemen, and the Switchmen’s Union of North America won’t apeept what more than 90% of all railroad employes have accepted. They have called a strike to get mbre! f ’ Unions refuse mles discussion Certain rules changes demanded by these union leaders—which would increase wages still furdier — were recommended by the Board. But the union leaders want more— they demand that the railroads put into effect AIX the changes they asked for, inclndfaig those the Board felt should be denied. On top of this, they insist that certain rules duuiges proposed hy the railroads be with drawn—hi spite of the fact that the Board recommended them! These union loaders have refused to negotiate except open these arbitrary terma. * \ Creator wage increase not justified Engineers and firemen are among the hip est paid of all employes in America, as figures in the box show. ‘This strike' threat doesn’t justify giving a greater increaae thm other railroad workers received. ' Boards art a meani provided by the iwKray I<ahor Act in tihe pubUe Inter* avoid atrftaa. The Presiaenfs BoanL after hearing evidence for S3 days, made recommendations baaed on all the facts in the case. The raflroads have accepted these reconunoidatioos. ‘ ” Who’s to blame? Although they deplored so large ah extra cost burden, the railroads accepted the report of •the Board because they felt it was in tm pub lic interest to uphold the qphit aiul intent of the Railway Labor Act In contrast, fids small froqp union leadcdrs art attmnpting M W intent and of the Railway W*' and dictate uidr own terms. , They have dictated a perslyztaC strike. You will be the vfcthnl How long win Ae Amaricaa for the nnoemoentife, aMtn/j, use of the right'to sMke fasd t of the obiigadea to . ^Hohr long can tike AaMrkaa . 4 few dictatorial nwisn leodsn Mj procesaea provided fsr of dispntes? Force stildewi. either fair er bating. Msreyw^ ■ eftea reached when pqnsaal be held saberdtoato to Ae ^, welfare. That Is why fito »aAseiiJ eeptod Ae ■sserieaiiy tioas. That is aha why <h>.hadw< Area naioas Aeald isesasidsr to caO a pwalysiag stiilce. Here is a comparison of average annual earnings w engineers and fireman for 1981 (pre-war) and 1947. Alsoshown is what 1947 earnings would have been uTAe 15^ cents per hour inermse, of fered by Ae railroads and rejected by Ae union leaders, had been m affect Arough- out Ae entire yeer 1947. Compare these wetes with whet vra aelnl imm MB ■ •eeaeaaeae* fmti uaiia iNOINRRS Road Freight (Local and Way) Road Paaaenger S4tt Road Frai^t (Throui^) s,t47 ' Yard x.74a FIREMEN R<^ ^lAt n.7« (Local am Way) Road PSssenger S,7SS Road Freight ijom -Yard i,Ma hi* s.tis *• a a a •••*•••• y ••••••• • afWwl ^ Railroad wagea computed from Interstate Conuneroe Coimntmfain Btatsmsn* OUTHEASTERN railroads We are totsOtvAh