The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-22


sent u reporter. IIe came home and
wrote up what he had learned. MIR.
Mrdill was not convinced and he Sout
mother reporter. DR.. Keclcy said to
him
Please tell MIR. Modill to senG me
six Of the worst drunkards he can find
and in three days | will sober them up
aud in four weeks | will send them
back to Chicago sober men and, un-
less OF thoir own vOlitiOn, they will
OrNcr seek liquor. At any rate, they
viii never have nCUd Or necessity
thcrrtOr'
The challenge was accepted and the
SIX men wcrc sent. The general sue
cess OF his experiment WAS exploited
IN The Tribune and DR.. kcrley re-
garucd this as having much to do with
INC success Of the Kcclcy movement
Other newspapers took up the move
nent also and exploited it.
In lS9l DR.. kcolcy visited t.uropc.
LUthur Lailin Mills spoke ~ u meet.
ing ia London, AT which Canon EArr&r
presided, and the result WAS the upcn
ing .! the kccicy institute Of London
with Dr.. Oscar G. De Wolf, for many
years health commissioner OF Chicago,
as the president. 1t has since been in
creased in its influence and prosperity.
DR.. kcclcy held that his work was
like pastuur's and It QuirCu an Cduca-
tiun OF those who administered it--that
N TACT IL was a. new schOo! Of mudi-
cine. But he yielded to the arguments
OF his friends and allowed keolcy in
stitutes to be opened in various parts
Of the United States, it, however. bciug
II sine qua non that the physician in
charge must be q regular graduate Of
an accredited medical college and must
prior TO his appointment as kcclcy
physician take Il course Of instruction
at Dwight and pass an examination be-
fore receiving his credentials. Five
States have passed laws recognizing
the kccly trCatncnJ and prOvidipg for
State aid to those unable to secure il
for themselves. There arc local iusti,
tutcs in fourteen States where physiss
claus educated at Dwight are in
charge.
De. kecley WAS recognized by the
State university o. Missouri in 1862 by
the comforting Of the degree OF lL ID
and in Switzerland and France his
work has also bacu roc0guizcd He
WAS invited to visit Turkey and Egypt,
ANA while Ira Mexico received hOnurs
from President DiaH. Owe OF his old
Il lends, Colonel Nate \. Reed, thus ue
SCribc9 him
:" Dr.. Kcclcy was Il born autocrut.
lle brookcd no Interference. Had nc
gone upon the stage he would have had
few II any sUpcriOrs. He had Shake
spearc and the Bible almost at his
tongues end. The Rev. Il. DC Witt
Talm2gc invited him TO speak in his
tabernacle in Brooklyn Is few years
ago, and IL required two companies
OF policemen to clear the street so
that tho doctor could enter. Similar
throngs greeted him AZ Montreal and
Ql2bec. %..Ni
"But it is not only among the, vic.
tins Of alcohol and drugs that the
duath Of Dr.. koelcy will he mourncd.
There are mnnv others. He was a
muny.sidcu man. He WAS quick to sec
the snil3ring and feel for them. An
imp0rtunate bcggar upon tie street
would by him be refused, and ticn he
would turn back and bcStOw his aims,
giving his COmpani0u an excuse, he
may be suiering.' An article ia Chi
cagO paper, telling about some sul3r-
ing family, was sure TO be followed by
"A letter from Dr.. Kaclcy to his Chicago
representative TO look the matter up
and If ii was genuine case to re-
iicvc il
"Morc than 800, ,O00 was thus cxpond-
ed by DR., Is aclCy, and hundreds Of men
who went to Dwight hcartlcss, home
less aud pcnniloSs, were not only given
free treatment, but also were given
board, clothes, transportation home,
and helped to employment out Of the
doctors pockct.'