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DK. JERVET'S DEFENSE. The ^Political Address Delivered at Eennettsville Explained at Some f Length. Greenville, S. C., April 20, 1907. . Editor Evening Post Charleston, S. C. In the Charleston Evening Post of April ISth, last, appeared an edito? rial under the caption "Doctors in Politics," referring to an address de? livered by me before the South 0?.r f olina Medical Association at the an? nual meeting in Bennettsville. Sub sequently the News and Courier, the Anderson Daily Mail and other pa? pers took the cue suggested by the Evening Post and permitted them? selves to be relieved of a few face? tious and highly amusing remarks. ^-Thereby the writer, and incidentally the Medical Association, were done a great injustice. The text which served as a preach? ment was an incorrect version of one single sentence, Mfted bodily from amidst important qualifying exrres , sions. The manner in which the ad? dress was received by an audience composed not only of prominent phy? sicians of this and other States, but including many distinguished lay? men, among whom might be mention' at ed men who have their ears as close If* to the ground as Col. Livingston, and ex-United States Senator John L. Mc Laurin, should be, and is, sufficient to lift it above the ridicule of these heavy-weight daily editorials. Incorrect reportorial work is rep? rehensible, but is sometimes to be * extenuated; but editorlial'-ung upon incomplete or incorrec nd unsub? stantiated information is always in? excusable, the far reaching effects of which may be seen in this instance, where other papers have taken the ? ?j. improper cue vouchsafed by the r Evening Post. The ludricous aspect of the situation appears in the fact that the editor of the latter influential journal got his misinformation from the news columns of another (the News and Courier), the Post itself not having sufficient news-gathering force or aggressiveness to have a representative on the spot. Let us hope this lesson will bear fruit an? other year. We doubt not the im? portance of our association has been advertised by this little contretemps. My address was not intended to be, and emphatically was not, "notice to future candidates that they must submit their political views to the Medical Association for diagnosis." On the contrary, it was vehemently asserted that the association is not, and must not be, a political machine. But it was notice to future candidates that unless they are ready to support certain measures which the medical profession knows to be critically es? sential to the protection of the people through the preservation of the pub? lic health, then the medical associa? tion and the individual members thereof must, and will, from a sense of duty whose motives of honesty and unselfishness no man can truthfully impugn, actively oppose such candi? dates election to office. This is a vast? ly different thing from entering the political arena on the grounds of general policies or political move? ments. Hypothetically, let us take the case of a physician in charge of an insti? tution of medically ignorant and helpless inmates. Some person is apt to be put in command of this in? stitution who is known to be oppos? ed, let us say, to vaccination, or diphtheria antitoxin; who is an un? believer in modern sewerage and san? itation for the prevention of disease: 'and who in the transcendent superi? ority of his self-sufficiency disdains the demonstrable facts of modern science. What is the duty of the physician in Isuch a case To sit su? pinely by and see this criminally dan? gerous ignoramus appointed to au? thority? Or to oppose his incum? bency openly, actively and incessant? ly? Evidently the editor of the Even? ing Post and his allies would have us "hands off" in such a contingency. Will they dare in plain words, to as? sume such a position? Hardly. Yet the hypothetical case is precisely analogous to the situation discussed in my address. Would it be immodest to remind ; these gentlemen that for twenty years or more the State Board of Health has faithfully, efficiently, unceasingly, served this commonwealth in the. inter? est solely of the public welfare and without thought or request for re? muneration, their only "recompercc the kn'-Avelrdge of a duty well done? The State Medical Association, through its executive committee, ap? pointed for the purpose is the State Board of Health. Is it gracious to ridicule and to ignore its urgent re? quests for the legislation necessary to facilitate the discharge of its du? ties? Yet such is the amazing posi? tion blatantly occupied by some poli? ticians and a few newspaper editors. Why. indeed, should not the doc? tors enter politics to the extent of recommending and urging legislation for the better preservation of the public health? And why should they not interest themselves sufficiently to s<*e to it that men of too small an ed? ucative ca'ibre to appreciate these facts, are kept out of ?authority? There is no pecuniary advantage to the doctors in stamping out disease, but it is their duty to try to do it, and surely there are a majority of intel? ligent, broad-minded, honest men in this State who will hold up the doc? tors hands in this effort-men big enough and high enough to recognize and appreciate honesty and unselfish? ness when they meet in broad day? light, and who are not suspiciously peeping out of the corners of their eyes to locate "graft" at every point and turn. So far as the strength of the Med? ical Association is concerned, a little . valuable information is here attached for the benefit of the editor of the Post and his coadjutors. There are about twelve hundred physicians in the State. Approximately, eight hun? dred are association members, the great majority being "country doc? tors," and practically all of the bal? ance are in full sympathy with its policies. The organization is rapidly growing, and is but just beginning to feel its strength. The Post evidently does not Know these facts or else is magnificently ignorant of the tremen? dous influence of the country doctor in his community, being often the arbiter of every question from that pertaining to" a darning squash or a stumped toe, to the seriousness of a Dr. Stork, or maybe a murderous as? sault. Nobody would expect or try to get these doctors together on a question of general or partisan poli? tics, but when it comes to the neces? sities of medical legislation they will be found in future standing shoulder to shoulder in the great cause, and using all their influence to prevent the election cf dangerously ignorant candidates. They have recently dem? onstrated what they could do in Ken? tucky and ?,n New York (the reorgan? ization has been national in scope), and they are about to show Senator Foraker what they can do in Ohio. The astute politician is waking up to these facts while some antique and sleepy editors are nodding and dream? ing of the subject of their next daily grind. Wisdom is worth more than wit, and facts more than facetious? ness. As to Mr. Stevenson's "enlighten? ment at this late day" concerning his defeat by the doctors when he ran for attorney general, that is a bit of editorial naivete truly delicious. Ev? idently the Post has no monopoly of information as to political affairs. That incident is a matter of political history, which we are inclined to think Mr. Stevenson himself will probably admit, if politely approach? ed by the Post on the subject. In the defeat of Mr. Manning for governor last summer the doctors had a heavy hand, and it is not at all- unreasona? ble to assert the probability that the labors of hundreds of influential men i in the profession whom he. had de? liberately antagonized in the legis? lature, could have turned the tide of votes against him. Of course, every sensible man will admit that the dis? pensary was. to the public, the para? mount issue, but not so to the doc? tor. And the Post is strangely for? getful or ignorant of another factor, perhaps transcending either of these in importance so far as vote getting was concerned, and that was-the. personal popularity of the present Governor Martin F. Ansel. J. W. Jervey, M. D. Notice to Our Customers. *We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affect? ed by the national pure food and drug law. as it contains- nc opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recom? mend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. Sibert's Drug Store. ELECTRICAL DEMONSTRATION. Marvel of the Ago Harnessed to the Cook Pot and Frying Pan. From the Daily Item April 25. The demonstration of electrical cooking and heating appliances, con ! ducted yesterday afternoon at Broughton's grocery store by the Sumter Ice. Light and Power Com? pany was attended a large number of ladies and it was a revelation to all <->f them. Electricity is conceded to be the marvel of the age, but when it is harnessed to a cook pot. frying pan or smoothing iron it becomes m<"ve marvelous still in a common? place way. Most people regard elec? tricity as a mysterious and occult :'"iV'-thatca.nbe utilized ami cnn tr-?lied by experts only, but when it is dem? onstrated that it can be safely and economically used to run a sewing "?chine or cook a beef steak. bon v/accr or bake biscuits, the everyday sort of parson immediately sits up and begins to take notice. The dem? onstration has been a complete suc? cess and if Sumter people do not soon begin cooking with electricity the interest displayed was mislead? ing. INDIANA TRAES ROBBERY. Four Men Hold Cp Southern Rail? way Train. English. Ind., April -A desper? ate attempt was made to rob a Southern Railway passenger train by four men two miles east of h -re this morning. A bridge was set on fire. One man was arrested and Marshall WT E. Cummings was shot through the stomach. THE FLOWERING OF CANE. ' A Correspondent From Hampton County Contributes Some Highly Interesting Information Concerning a Curious and Unusual Happening in Nature. I To the Editor of the News and ! Courier: Having noticed recently in ! the News and Courier some extracts j from various South Carolina papers : in reference to the flowering of cane, I I write to give you such information 1 on the subject as is furnished by ' botanists: There are two species, of car -i com ! mon in the south, arundineria ma I crosperma, from ten to thirty feet in height, and a teeta, growing from two to twelve feet high. As to the flowering habits of these two species the fullest information at my command is found in ''The Plant Life of Alcesa ? ma," doy the late Dr. Charles Mohr, a i ' very valuable work issued by the geo lofeicv! survey of Oklahoma. The author says: "Arundinara teeta j rarely exceeds the height of twelve or fifteen feet, and the slender culm branches from the base is seldom half an inch in thickness. Early in spring, apparently every three or four years, the paniculate flowers are produced on naked radical shoots scarcely ex? ceeding eighteen inches in height, while the tall flowerless canes are sent up every season from the long creeping rhizemes. Arundinaria ma cros~erma, from fifteen to thirty feet high and frequently an inch and over in diameter, produces the panicles of its flowers in the axils of the branch? es at long and indefinite intervals of time. It is evident, -therefore, that generations may pass by before the spectacle of such a canebrake in blossom is ever witnessed. For example. :n the beginning of the summer of 1895 the inhabitants of Russell county were astonished suddenly to find the large canebrakes bending under the burden of their heavy, nutritious grains, which at? tracted large numbers of birds and j beasts. The farmers regarded this as an entirely new plant and, finding their stock grow fat upon the seed stored away quantities of it, not only for future feeding, but under the de? lusion that if sown it would consti? tute a crop of small grain ?qual in value to any previously grown. , But in the light of experience it is to be presumed that a period of not less than forty or fifty years has to pass before the propagation of this plant by sexual reproduction takes place. With the maturity of the sjeed the vitality of the plant is exhausted and the cane decays. In the succed ing season from the spontaneous stocking of the ground with an abun? dance of seed, a new crop springs up. The seedlings produce no branches during the first year. These simple sprouts, which are known as mutton cane, are tender and sweet and af? ford the best of pasturage. They are particularly sought after by deer, which find in the impenetrable densi? ty- of the canbrakes their securest re? treats." Gray says that the large cane "fruits at indefinite periods and soon after decays;" Chipman uses almost the same words, and Wood remarks that it "flowers scarcely ever." I haven't a copy of Elliott's "Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia" at hand, but if my memory is correct he says that the cane flow? ered in the neighborhood of Charles? ton in 1S07 and again in 1S11, and speaks of this interval of four years as phenomenally short. Dr. Mohr's statement that the flow? ers of the small cane are produced on radical roots is misleading.. They are more frequently seen projecting from the summit of the branches of the culm. The raceme or spikelet of flowers is somewhat like a head of wheat or beardless barley, purplish green in color and, when "in bloom," the large yellow anthers, hanging from their slender filaments, are quite conspicuous. Some of the spike lets bear perfect flowers, consisting of both stamens ar.;1 r/istils, wh.il5 some bear only stamina *e or pistillate flowers. The writer has seen flowers of the small cane every spring for the past five years in different localities in Newberry county, and they are abundant this year in Hampton coun? ty. I have seen those of the large cane only twice-in Newberry in 1903 and in Hampton county in 1907. In 1903 I revisited the brake where I hal se^-n the flowers, intend? ing to collect some of the seeds, but they had all been destroyed by in? sects. This year, in Hampton coun? ty, the flowers were nipped by cold -arly in April. John Hawkins. Hampton. S. C., April 20, 1907. My Best Friend. ?Alexander Henton, who lives or Rural Route 1. Fort Edward. X. Y.. says: 'Dr. King's New Discovery is my best earthly friend, lt cured me of asthma six years ago. Jt has also performed a ?vonderful cure of incip? ient consumption for my son's wife. Tho first bottle ended the terrible i . ;^?ii and this accomplished. the other symptoms l"f{ one by one. \m til she wa>- perfectly weih Dr. King's New* Discovery's power over coughs md col-is is simply marvelous.'' No >ther remedy has over equaled it. ully gu ar; i TH ced by Si bert's Drug 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. TILLMAX IX PITTSBURG. Exciting Incidents at One of the Son ator's Lectures. Pittsburg, Pa., April 24.-As a pre ; cautionary measure 22 detectives and j a squad of uniformed policemen were stationed at th" Carnegie Music hail tonight during the address of Senator Eenj. Tilrnan of South Carolina, who discussed the race problem before the Park. Avenue (Allegheny) Athletic club. Several exciting incidents oc? curred during the address, but no trouble resulted. There were but ten negroes in the audience which filled the music hall to overflowing. At the close of his address in which he declared the races in the south were gradually becoming more op? posed to one another Senator Till? man called for a vote of the audience as to whether the negro was the equal of the white man. The entire audience, except the ten negroes, vot? ed in the negative by rising. One man took exception to Till? man's remarks and made several in? terruptions. Tillman had him ad? mit he came from Europe and he bit? terly denounced Europeans in Ameri? ca wno undertake to judge questions concerning this country. In speaking of whether the negro can be educated Senator Tillman declared that Book? er T. "Washington was the harbor of refuge and safety to which people flee when other places fail, and that Booker T. Washington was but one negro in 10,000,000 and was half white at that. As to "Female" Colleges. It has been suggested to the Adver? tiser on two or three occasions recent 1 ly that it urge upon the people of the city the importance of establishing a fendale college.-Laurens Advertiser. Contemporary, there is no such thing as a female college. A college is neither masculine nor feminine, but neuter gender, third person, sin? gular-sometimes very singular, es? pecially when it gives a "diploma" on a graded school curriculum. There are colleges for women, and there are women's colleges. There used to be young ladies' seminaries, but there is none now-more's the pity-but there are no "female colleges" any more.-Newberry Observer. And yet there are "female colleges" in the State, sex or no sex. It is very unfortunate that the colleges do not all have short, convenient names, such as Wofford, Converse, etc. Such names as "female college," "college for women," "woman's college," "Presbyterian college," and the like are very objectionable-Chester Lan? tern. "I wisht," said Hungry Hank, wist? fully, "that I wuz one o' dese here Fillipeener fellers dat likes dog fer dinner."' "Wot fer?" inquired Fa? tigued Philip. "Jes' think o' havin' a good dinner sicked onter yer every day-comin' right over de fence at yer!"-Cleveland Leader. Hie Question. John Wannamaker superintends, as all the world knows, one of the largest Sunday schools in the world Bethany Sunday school in Philadel? phia. It is said of Mr. Wannamaker that one Sunday he delivered before the infant class of Bethany a brief but eloquent address on the lesson. At the end he said: "And now ? is there any question that any little boy or girl would like to ask me?" A girl of eight or nine years rose. $ "Well, Martha, what is it " said the superintendent. smiling on the tot in kindly fashion. "Please, Mr. Wannamaker." said the iittle girl, "what is the price of those large wax dolls in your win? dow?"-Washington Star. * Father Bernard Vaughan, the not? ed English priest, recently referring to the manner in which some ladies cheat the doctors, told of a woman who by ' pleading poverty obtained free treatment for her chiid from a high-priced oculist and bought her? self a motor car with the money thus saved. Wonderful Eczema Cure. *"Our little boy had eczema for five years." writes X. A. Adams, H< briet? ta. Pn. "Two of our home doctors said the ease was hopeless, bis lungs being affected. We then employed other doctors, but no ben-tits result? ed. By chance we read about Elec? tric Bitters: bought a bottle and soon noticed improvement. We con? tinued this medicine until several bottles were used, wh< n our boy was completely cured." Pest of ali blood medicines and body building health tonics. Guaranteed at Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. WRECK IX PENNSYLVANIA. (ino Man Killed and Two Seriously Injured. Philadelphia Pa.. April 26.--One man was killed and two seriously in? jured in M wreck "ti the New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad, early rbis morning- A light locomo? tive crash? d into :t freight train. The dead man is j. Philips, Delmar. the engineer, .lohn Sturgeon, '-in- conduc? tor; and Frank Manning, tac fireman, are badly hurt. The latter may die. ."...iir.'f ?VegebblcPrcparationforAs similating titeToodandRegula ting th&S tomachs andJBoweis of I \i>\\ ls / Ca I ti) k E \ Prr^otesl^^fipn,Cl?cerfiiI ness andEfestConta?ns natter Opwm;Morpnme nor>fmgral ?OT NARC OTIC. Pumpiaa Setd'" JLcSaata* JmteSetd * f?ageamat -, Aperfecf Remedy for Constipa? tion. Sour Stoinach.DiarrhDea, Worms .Convulsions Jeverish oess and Loss OF Sl??? Tac Simile Signature ot NEW YORK. For Infants and Children* The Kind You Have Always Bough! Bears the In Use Far Over Thirty Years JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of HORSES AND MULES. Booth Live Stock Co. PURE LIQUORS. If you want pure LIQUORS why not order from J. D. HILLS, Wadesboro, N. Cl The following are a few brands from my large and carefully selected stock : Old Harvest Corn Whiskey. - - - W. W. Cooper's Laurel Valley-Corn Whisker, Old Dixie Corn Whiskey, - - . - ICO proof, Pride of N. C. Corn Whiskey, 100 Mills Lilly White Corn Whiskey, - - - New North Carolina Corn whiskey, 125140 and 90 proof, Pride of Davie Corn Whiskey, Rose Valley Rye Whiskey, (5 years old) J. W. Harper's Rye Whiskey (5 years old) - Jefferson Club Rye Whiskey, - - Pimlico Club Rve Whiskey, - Old Heniy Rye "Whiskey. - - - Rock Bridge Rye Whiskey, ?= Apple and Peach Brandy (3 years old) Apple and Peach Brandy (5 years old) - - Holland and other gins from 81.50 to Also a large stock of fine case goods, Wines and charges from Wadesboro to Sumter are less than from other North Carolina point. The above yoods &re guaranteed under the National Act of June 30, 1906 83 00 per gallon 2 50 per gallon 2 00 per gallon 2 OO per gallon 2 00 per gallon 1 50 per gallon 1 50 per gallon 3 50 per-gallon 4 00 per gallon, 4 00 per gs Hon 4 00 per gallon 3 00 per gallon 1 50 per gallon 2 50 per gallon * 3 50 per gallon 3 50 per gallon Export Beers. Express Georgia points or anv Pure Food and Drug: <?EO. P. MCKAGEN, Traveling Representative, SUMTER, S. C. Feb 25-tf The time has come to buy Spring Goods, such as WINDOW SCREENS and DOORS, GARDEN HOSE. REFRIGERATORS, ICE BOXES, WATER COOLERS, GARDEN TOOLS, ETC. -:- -: You will rind that wc carry a full stock of anything in this line and will bc glad to have you give us a call be? fore purchasing.