The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-10
PHYSICIANS PAY
 TRIBUTE ID DEAD
Medical Society HonorS Mem-
 ory of Dr. Davis
THE TOUCHING EULoGlES
Hiah Traits of Character Are Eloquent Iy Set Forth and the Eminent Serv- ices of the Deceased Are
 Flttingly Recognized.

The Jefferson County Medical society held meeting last night at the city hall in memory of it's lately deceased mem Der Dr. N E. B. Davis.
 A large number of physicians from the city and county assembled. end the en- tire meeting .f.s a beautiful tribute to their eminen brother as physician, man and friend
 President Wilder first called for re- port from the committee on resolutions and Dr. F. II. sholl read the memorial and accompanying resolutions that had been drafted. motion was made and seconded that they be adopted, and when recarks on the motion were called for nearly every member present arose and paid his tribute to the deceased.
 pr. cunnlngham's Tribute.
 Dr. R. M. Cunningham made the most extended address and it was full of honor and love and friendship for Dr. Davis. He said in part:
 Death loves shining mark, and when Dr. Davis was called, a man was taken who was an hcnor to his profession ana who shed lus:re on it's name. No man in the United States, of his age, was more widely known.
 Fame does not come to a doctor by inheritance or influence. It must be at tained by hard labor No doctor ever rose to eminence by popular exclamation. Dr. Davis was one of the hardest workers l ever knew.
 "IIe had native talent, ambition, en- ergy and perseverance. Men are more nearly equal in mentality than in per severanee and energy. The last two qual ities pr. Davis possessed in remark able degree He had boundless energy and labored necessarily.
 His entire energies were devoted to his profession. He was genuine specialist He performed more major genealogical operations than any man in the state or any man of his age in the south.
 His moral character was towering No man appreciated more the good will of his brethren of the profess en He was strong friend, but absolutely self reliant and self-conident."
 Other Tributes.
 pr. B. L. Wyman made an eloquent ad- dress, bringing out pr. Davis prominence in the surgical world, showing the posi- tions of honor and trust he had held in various state and national associations.
 pr. J. c. LeGrande made touching re- marks on pr. Davis as a friend. He told of his intimacy with the deceased and brought out the fact that the better one knew him the more he loved him.
 Various members of the society then spoke and each set forth some new and laudable characteristic of pr. Davis The younger members praised him for the in- terest he always showed in them and the older ones as a man who began life seriously handicapped and yet who rose to such eminence by his superior quail ties.
 The preamble and resolutions were un- animously adopted by rising vote.
 The Memorial.
 In the final analysis of character from a human standpoint men are to be judged by their achievements, whether successes or failures. This standard measures the whole range of mortal experiences rigidly 
 poverty or riches. Each man becomes law unto himself, and in accord with his capacity and endeavor brings out and de- velops certain lines of usefulness in his sphere of action that are to add to the sum of human knowledge. Hence there are two classes of minds-those who search out new methods and new princi- pies and investigate hidden causes, and those who apply, perfect and refine re- Itr ora m n- pily combine the two forces and thus be- come henefactors to the human race, messengers of progress, giving vitality to endeavor. consistently laboring and stead- fly accomplishing. overruling obstacles and bending them to their will. The memory of such a one we gather to com memorate tonight, Illustrating practically the principle set forth.
 Born of sterling ancestry-save that pr. Elias Davis a posthumous child. came handicapped Into the world. A land torn and distracted by war, widowed mother. q lonely home, greeted his n- coming. Life's struggles were hard for this devoted mother, yet they were over come The blow boy became a student; the student scholar; the scholar a man of the world. whose fame at its setting sun had compassed the civilized globe. How well his work was done and what need of gratitude 1t brought forth has been so recently demonstrated by weep ing throngs and by every tribute of at lection that love could show at home and the whole broad country could offer, that here we need not dwell. It was sincere and devoted, and could be offered to none who had not worthly won it.
 Tried by all tho measuring scales of human justice this life was a success. Faultless it was not, for no human life is exempt from it's sometimes frailties; but there was the constant strenuous effort to rise above them and to land In that self-poised realm where there was the constant and conscious endeavor to do what was just and right.
 What are we to learn from a study of the character of this man? First, that rewards cleave to deserts; second, that