The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

In the late forties or the early
fifties, three young physicians
settled in old Itawamba county,
one, DR.. McWilliams. at old Van
Beuren, one near old Carolina,
being DR.. John Elliott, and the
third one, DR.. G. Hussey at or
near Col. Swepson Taylor's old
home. l have written about DR..
McWilliams heretofore in these
Pen Pictures, and | shall now
have something to say of the
other two / knew both Drs. Ell
liott and Hussey very well in
deed from early in the fifties, but
my relationship with them was
not so close as with DR.. McWil-
liams. DR.. Nc was my family
physician for many years, and
we belonged to the same church
and were elders in the same con-
gregation for a long while. Be-
fore / pass entirely from him l
wish to say that which did not
say in my last article. He was
not only my physician, but also
one of the best personal friends
l ever had. More than once in
life he came to me and informed
me Of things working against me
which l ought to have known. l
remember very well visiting him
late in the evening of the day he
had the second stroke Of paraly-
sis. He was resting on his bed,
barely able to articulate, and
when l came in he said, 'Mr.
Clayton, / am in pretty bad
shape, but the precious promis-
es of the Divine One have been
ringing through my mind all
through the dayi' and then he
repeated with difficulty, Though
l walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, l will fear no
evil, for thou art with me; thy
rod and thy staff, they comfort
me-"
Turning now to the other two
doctors mentioned above, | will
say they came to this country
poor men, and | think DR.. Hus-
sey came from Tennessee, and |
really do not know where DR..
John Elliott came from. DR..
John Elliott had a doctor brother
called DR.. Jim Elliott, and who
lived in Monroe county, near or
at Smithville, of whom | knew
but little, only having met him a
few times. They were both tall,
fine looking men, and DR.. John
/ know had a good reputation as
a physician. DR.. John Elliott
was one of the old-time-before-
the-war kind of gentlemen. He
was quite elaborate in his ex-
pressions of welcome to all who
came to his office, and to those
who visited him at his home, he
was specially profuse in his DEM
onstrations. But still, when one
became well acquainted with him
it was very evident that there
was mo put on" about him. but
these demonstrative ways were
born with him. am sure that
| no man ever received a warm
er or more. cordial welcome than
he gave his friend at his home
He always lived in the country,
and had a wide field for his work
and usefulness. He was a Wing
| in politics, and was SO deep died
| in the wool Of that faith that
when the war closed, and it came
to the Democratic and Republi-
can parties alone, he was unable
to follow in the path Of his old
political enemy, and SO fell to the
Republican faith, and was cleo
ted to the legislature from old
ItaWamba in reconstruction
days, and served one term, new
er offering again. While voting
the Republican ticket in national
and state Offices, he went for his
friends in country Offices and paid
but little attention to their polit-
ical views. But you must know
that prejudice is a stronger fac
tor than reason, and the doctor
was severely criticized for his
Il
political action. Of course peo-