The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-24

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hsen nc deaths, but there Are abous
to,,v cases and the board OF health
, s.ye got them out Of town and have
o,dered universal vaccination. A
.hild can t cd to school without sore
arm and a certificate from che doctor.
NV sou is doctor hsT hssITs sad aud iittiIi5Tcsts
ns 10 note the focks OF children who
oome and go, and listen to their talk.
Motbers or sisters come wish them to
keep their courage up. Some are
,;mid and some are brave. Young
men come at night end take their
turus, and the city will soon be inn
muue. What o wonderful discovery
/ !. w.s-oDly hundred years ago DR..
reuper dared to proclaim it to the
vorld, and it took twenty-five years to
make the world believe it. Now every
eb,ld that bares its arm to receive the
virus is living monument to the
] sagacity Of that great and good man.
Il is pathetic TO read how he was
honpded and perseented by the en-;ce.
and malignant Of the medical profes-
] sion. How patiently he waited for
4 time and truth to prove his theory,
4 and lived to see it confirmed, and
3vhen he died q beautiful nsnumens
4 vss erected in Trafalgar equare to
|heuor his name and perpetuate his
3iame and memory. Our own DR..
9Orawford Long is entitled to Q similar
Memorial, not only. by the state, but
aby the nation, for although he did not
iuotect mankind from pestilencc, he
add give them immunity from pain
lupdea the surge ms knife. 1remem-
sIber we'll when the patient had to olinoh
abis teeth and strong men bad to hold
him while the doctor cut and sawed
{his limb in two.
q remember when il was my part to
shold the foot and leg that was being
2severed from poor sufferer, and when
Ast last the saw had cut through the
abone and the weight Of the limb came
down upon me tainted and fell down
upon the floor with the bleeding leg.
aBu. Evans never groaned. He lived
io make me another pair OF boots. I
Ismember when at college, in 1916, I
Ehad jaw tooth extracted and took
2shat was then called Mortan's Leth-
sln, and didens know whsn it was
pulled. 1t took me some time to get
pver it and as was reeling back to
|ollege met Professor McC Coy, and in
hilarious manner slapped him on the
Hhoulder and said: Hello, old Mackl'
hud he thought I was drunk aud had
'ae up before the faculty. Ny rooml
nate, Derrell Cody, was with me and
Il asied to explain but tho professor
Fouldent hear him and we had fun
sAe1t morning when the truth came
Put The professor apologized to me
And not long after inv;t I me TO
upper. Poor Bill Williams was there
Is; III good, loving Bill Williams. He was
ay classmate and I loved him, and
aourned for him when he died. He
Dad charge Of the Blind asylum, as
lscon, for many years. Every now
end then the boys drop ont. just
(rop out and the procession moves on.
read Of every one and feel sad, but
ahat is all l can do. a friend in At
alta asked me she other day, "Why
zldsnt you write something about
hgene Harris, your college mate and
ne Of the truest, kindest and best
pen who ever lived" /" s.oss course, Of
purse" said I, t'but what could I
fl'te." He was was e friend in need ,
friend indeed-an aristoorat by birth, ,
gentleman in heart and manners.
ost eve. .ything by the war except the
entleman that was born Ia him He
'ed poor and was brifad by his
llends, but he was big.hearted gen
enan to the very last. How kind
was to my wife and children during
ssPe war, when they were fleeing from
pe foul invader and r was far away.
aass all! He wac not great man
|s any sense, but he had q great big
eaft and would have died for g
snd That's ALL If / can't find
IN heaven Iaahall be dissppoint.
4. & NY wife says he Was the bes,
'eod she ever; had when ahe was 10
'3s greatest distress.
Hasteris about over and will soon
8 forgotten. I brought down come
a''er eggs for 4 litsle grandson,
'f's cousin dyed them for him and he
5 very curious to know more aboui
sn' aud said To- his mother, am,
! who is this Easlerman nd where
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