The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-19

en1 needed no supervision on my
p%rt. mako this statement az
Tohairman Of the board of directors
during your administration.
Il. j. CUNNINGHAM.
During tho session OF the costitu-
tional convention, rs stated above,
the delegates from Anderson county
We're inmates of Colonel Meals fun
lily. l was more intimate with the
family than the other delegates by
reason OF relationship, aud knew
more Of his condition and his in.
tentions. Tho morning that he de.
eided to 80 to the Keeley institute he
sent for me 10 come TO his room and
told me that he had decided to go to
the Keeley in response to ms wife'a
Wishes, and turning to her said that
hS would go on condition that she
would ride up to tho executive man
sion and tell the Governor, which
she. agreed to do. The impression
made on my MIND by this wac that
the Governor knew nothing about it
and had nothingto TO do with it.
D. II. RUSSELL.
Anderson, S. G., Sept. IA, 1907.
This 10 to certify that about May
10, 1901, was called in to prescribe
for Col. w. A. Neal, whom I found
to be suffering intensely from a Sc
we're attack Of sciatiea. Mr.. Neal
soon became as helpless as an in
fant; his loft leg wasted away and for
more than two months he could not be
moved from his bed. After using
all the remedies usually prescribed
in suoh cases, and bis case being 30
critical, DR.. s. M. Orr Was called in,
and upon consultation we decided
that it was an absolute necessity to
resort to morphine by injecting hy-
podermioally large doses over and aa
near tho nerve as possible. During
Mr.. Meals long confinement he had
TO be attended constantly by a
skilled nursO, who was instructed to
use the morphine on Mr.. Neal as
often es was necessary. The severity
OF the attack and The longth Of time
Mr. Noal was under the necessity Of
taking morphine loft him under
what is commonly known as tho
morphine habit.
Mr.. Neal was notified of tho oon-
sequences Of it's use, and was thon
advised that he would be under the
necessity Of resorting to medical
treatment for the habit, before he
would DO able to quit it.
Az aoon as he recovered from his
disease, late in the fall of 1891, be
was then advised to take treatment
for the morphine habit, 40 We knew
that he would not be able Of his own
volition to quit its uso. That is the
history Of his case, and it 10 we'll un-
derstood by the medical profession
that men addicted to the use Of mor-
phine can not of their own will leave
off tho habit. It was not Of Mr..
Meals choice he began the use, but
under tho necessity OF his case, and
prescription Of his attending phyai-
clans. j. p. DucKBTT, M. D.
Anderson, s. C., Sept. I6. 1897.
The undersigned hereby certify
| that during tho sitting Of the con-
| stitutional convention in Columbis,
we boarded with Col. w. A. Neal,
and wsse inmates of his home, and
had daily intercourse with him OK
cspt for few days, when he was at
She Keeloy institute SO far as his
condition was concerned, he wss as
fully competent to attond to ali Of
his pablo duties before ha went to
the institate, as he was after he ro-
turned, aad ho always manifested an
| Intelligent interest in all matters and
| quostions before the convention for
| settlemont. At his invitation we
made frequent visits to the poniten-
t,sry, and his management of the in.
ssitutton was characterised by ordor
and system in all it's details
1t was well known to many Of
Col. Meals friends that he WAS great
ly afflicted during the most of the
year 1891 from which time ho was
attended by Drs. J. P. Duckett and
s. "a. Orr, mon of the highest
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