The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-10-20
TUESDAY EVENING ENTERTAIN
MENT.

MENT.
In the evening at the opera house
large audience assembled to ex
tend by addresses and otherwise
formal welcome to our distinguished
visitors The meeting was called tc
order by the retiring president, DR.
a. H. Hamcl, of De Soto, who In
few well chosen words, introduced
the prcsidcnt-elcct. DR.. T. w Cotton
of Van Buren,. Rev c. Il. Hickok de
liyercd the invocation, following
which Hon. II. u. Marbury made the
address Of welcome, Senator Smith
10 whom this part was assigned, be
ing unable to be present. MIR. Mar
bury, though laboring under great
disadvantage on account of having
been substituted for this address at ?
late hour, made an excellent effort
in which he pictured in eloquent Ian
guagc our unbOunded faith in and
who more than anyone else We nat
urally took great delight in welcom
ing and honoring. He gave his idea
Of what a true physician should be
and his picture was neither over
drawn nor impractical. The con
Guiding sentences OF Mr.. Marburys
address follow:
1T Is this dOctOr-sound In moral,
sound in body, sound in Judgment
sound in collegiate education, pro
gressivc, growing. well rounded
professional and Christian man
friend and citizen, though pcrchancc
often poorly paid, and yet frequent.
slandcred malignod and cruciiled by
private and public opinIon-whom "
this auspicious evening welcome
You, who are with us when we come
into this world OF sorrow, disappont
mont and death who are our coniiden
tial friends in the darkest hours OF
physical and mental suffering; who
with our loved ones, go down to th'
edge OF the cold and sullen stream
to meet the boatman, the dip oi
whose sllvery oar is all but heard
from the other shore; you It Is to
whom we deliver, not only the keys
of our city, but the keys of our nearts
as well, and we trust, in the tutui'
the keys to our more opulent purses.
In the absence OF DR.. G. A. Sander
of Marble Hill, the response to the
address OF welcome was delivered by
DR.. A. H. Hamel, of De Soto, in which
he assured the audience that the ex
pressions of confidence and cordial
welcome which Mr., Marbury had
made were fully appreciated. His
response, though brief, was full o.
feeling and calculated to make tht
audience more greatly than ever be
fore realize that the true physician
was worthy OF and should have our
fullest confidence, sympath7 and co.
operation.
The address OF President T. W
Cotton was one of the best, II no.
the best one, delivered at any OF the
sessions held. 1t was masterful ef
fort, somewhat lengthy, but as gooo
as 1t was long. We made an earnest
effort to secure his manuscript, a.
the character OF the address was such
that made 1t OF much general inter
est, and we would liked very much
to have published the greater part
OF Ii, at least, but on account OF the
natural reticience Of the physician
for publicity, we were unable to ge'
our fingers upon It until "Wednesday
evening, too late for anything except
q very brief summary OF II In this
issue. Hence, we have decided tc
pass further comment on the address
this week and, with the consent o
the associations counsellor, DIR. Nor
wine. OF Poplar Bluff, will publish II
in full next week.
Other features of the evenings en-
tertainment, which contributed much
to its success, were several selection
from the Pennington orchestra. sol
by w. NJ. Harlan, reading by Mrs
Genevieve Fisher Logan, solo by Miss
virgilla Conway, recitation by Miss
Florence Mccormick, piano solo b.
Miss Ethel Morris, quartette b!
Messrs. DR.. e. B. Barrow, V. CONWAY
w. NJ. Harlan and Robert Forsyth
and a plano solo by Miss Mamie Giles
sing. All of these were encored
some even a second time, and re
hected great credit upon the abilit!
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