The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-20

in the United States FOR the interchange
of opinions upon professional and scien-
tific subjects was organized in North
Carolina. Our laws recognize the i'm
portance of your work We do not re-
uuire you to serve upon juries, lest
while YOU are serving our citizens should
suffer from want of your services. Even
in the midst of war, when the State was
calling upon every able-b bodied citizen
your profession was exempt from mill
tary duty, and the decision of our SUI
preme court declaring this was the first
Of it's kind RENDERED anywhere in the
country. These few facts justify me in
declaring that your organization stands
among the first in the country, and 1 as
sure you as the Governor of the State,
that it is with great pleasure that 1
have the honor to extend to you in the
name of the State a most cordial greeting
upon the occasion of your 2Sth annual
meeting. l wish each of you much pleas
ure and profit
The roll call showed the following
members of the Society present: Doc
tors ]. ]. Battle, Rocky Mount; ]. c.
Belts, Greensboro; c. A. Bland, Char
lotte; N. G. Carroll, Raleigh; w. j.
Conrad Winston; 1. H. Davis, Oxford;
W. r. Davis, Whiteville; A. H. Dreher
Wilmington; ]. R. Edmundson Wilson;
D. e. Everett, Raleigh; j. NJ. Fleming,
raleigh; j. F. Griffith, Salisbury; C. B.
Hall, Prospect Hill; H. D. Harper, Kin
ston; T. S. Harris, Henderson; J. w.
Hatcher, Selma; S. P. billiard. Rocky
Mount; F. L. Hunt, Asheville; T. NJ.
Hunter, Fayetteville; d. l.. James,
| Greenville; r. H. Jones. Winston; #. w.
McCracken, Sanford; ]. T. McCracken,
Durham; ]. E. Matthews. Wilmington;
]. C. Osborne, Cleveland; j. R. Osborne,
Shelby; G. B. Patterson, Fayetteville;
C. A. Rominger, Reidsville; H. G. Sat-
terfeld, Prospect Hill; D. T. Smith
wick, Louisburg; H. Smell, Washington;
]. S. Sturgeon, Hillsboro; G. A. Thomp-
son, Wilson; E. ]. Tucker, Roxboro; "
E. Turner, Raleigh; c. ]. Watkins, Win
ston: c. A. Whitehead, Tarboro; J. c.
Wyche, Greensboro, and Robert S. Booth,
Warrenton.
Dr. league, of South Carolina, was
elected an honorary member of the So-
ciety
An invitation from Mrs. V. E. Turner
and Miss Mary Turner to an "At Home"
at their residence on Person street, to.
1
and accepted with thanks by the Society.
The Presidents annual address, show
ing the prosperous condition of the So
ciety was read and referred to a COM
mittee composed Of Doctors Carroll
Whitehead and Hunt
The annual essay was read by DR.. ].
| c. Belts, of Greensboro, and was refer
red to committee composed of Doctors
Bland, r cid and Hunt
The following were appointed as a
committee on Neurology: DR.. E. j.
Tucker, of Roxboro; DR.. F. w. Nc
Cracker, of Sanford, and DR.. r. H.
Jones, of Winston.
| The resignation of Dr. j. w. Foreman
of Asheville, as a member of the Society
was received and accepted with regret.
DR.. Foreman's resignation was caused
| by his impaired health.
The following applications were re-.
ceiuved for membership in the Society:
George A. Carr, Durham; H. H. Walter,
| Warrenton, and John H. Brooks, of Bur-
| lington.
DR.. TUCKER ENDORSED.
DR.. E. J. Tucker, of Roxboro, then
read some very interesting letters that
/ had passed between him and DR.. J. f.
| Thompson, a dentist Of Durham. 1t
seems that last summer DR.. Tucker, who
was then President of the Society, in his
address at Morehead scored quack dent
lists very severely. Dr. Thompson soon
| thereafter wrote to him threatening a
suit for damages and demanding an
apology
DR.. Tucker answered the letter by
| stating that he had spoken of no Gin
| dividuals in his address, but only of
/ quack dentists as class. and that he
could see no reason why DR.. Thompson
| should understand the remarks as direct
| ed toward him. This brought another
letter from DIR. Thompson stating that
he must have an apology, as DR.. fuckers
Iletter had given him no satisfaction.
| This letter was replied to with the sim
pie statement by DR.. Tucker that he had
said or done nothing for which an apology
was necessary, and that as for him the
matter was at an end.
After the affair had been discussed at
| length by Doctors Turner, Osborne
Jones, Bland, billiard, Matthews,
Griffith and Hunter, the question of en-
dorslng DR.. fuckers action was put to a
vote and was unanimously carried.
DR.. V. E. Turner next made a brief
| explanation Of the work of the commit
| tee which was appointed at the last
| meeting to write a text book on dem
tistry. This committee had labored
faithfully, he said, but owing to the
distance between the homes of the sew
eral members it was impossible to have
| completed this book by this meeting. Dr.
Everett moved that the committee be
granted more time in which to complete
their manuscript for the book, and be
allowed hotel and travelling expenses
while engaged in preparing the book.
The motion was carried.
DR.. D. H. Harper informed the So
ciety of the sad death of the daughter
0f DR.. j. H. Benton at New Bern. The
Secretary was ordered to send a tele-
gram of sympathy to the family.
me Treasurers report, which showed
the Society TO be in a fiourishing condi-
tlon financially, was then read, after
which the Society adjourned to meet
again at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SESSIONS.
The afternoon and night sessions were
devoted to the reading and discussion of
napers. paper was read by DR.. F. l..