The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-12-20

hat Cgmr. /. w. Lane and vs. |
Who Vas dropp4 fby the/Scuate |
Nbm1 ittee iron | the Williams |
burg board, ary strongly behind !
this inVcStlgs Ilonk and these re- /
alovals. MIR. NC6wes the wags |
call LuclIsr, besa9se hs-has 49,, ~ !.
IS,t.,0 rise no more.
This Indicates the feeling on
one side, On the other side
mobs have been going the roands
at night seeking 70 humiliate Or.
Foster by carrying 9 coffin ia
front Of his door, by hooting sing
ing d;rges and by burning him in
eftigy, SO that possibly no COM
Inunity has been SO thoroughly
stirred as this for some time.
Who has influenced this is con-
jectured only. nobody admits
that he knows.
These aresom OF the incidents.
Now LEI us see what Is alleged to
be the influence which caused the
State to spend Sic. 600 in an it,
yeSti%atio1 and h y General
bOard, or rather nine members
OF II, to convict the physicians so
promptly without hsaring the
evidence. Only three OF these
twelve jurymen read any of
that evidence and they read
It IN disjointed way. One eook
piece OF 1t home and read it.
another, another piece, and the
third another piece. so that
only three read any at all. and
each OF them only q portion o; il.
II y VAS necessary to read any
1t was necessary to read all, elsc
one person who had read ali
would nave been better prepared
10 tell the others what was in it
shan three who read disjointed
parts. Nut on that sort OF iI,ves-
tigatiol theY rendered thelr yer
DICT. and possibly like Piiate
washed their hands, and said IL
not the blood of these Just men
DC on US. Indeed who knows
but that they have released Bar
rahi,as and crucinied those whom
the mob wanted.
Nov the public will ask the
reason for AL this, because the
the public is bound to see there
was reason. The public will b..
bound 10 say, Whers 10 the
digger in this woodpile ?" There
are various reasons assigned,
but the one most plausible seems
10 be about as follows and We
tell It as in substance it has been
told 10 us. 1t is known that at
the last session OF the Leg,s!a
ture al effort was made 10 declare
the position, Of Hospitals yacal
and elevate DEW m. L. Drewry,
now superintendent OF the negro
hospital at Petersburg, to the po-
s!tioO, increase his salary and
give h:rn peculiar and unheard Of
power. The plot failed. But
we are told that il is stiil a YER
!iAfe-IpS4Gt. ---Ee-4ay We learn DR..
DrewrY IS NOT AZ his acspital; but
ar the States expense be is act
ing as intCTnc, that IS g; In. any
work assigned him in a northern
hospital tor a month, and his
hospital IS running as best it can.
NO permit or consent Of the Ger
eTsl Board has been asked, and
like ihis has ever be u
heard o. ,etcte IL the history o.
hospitals in this State. But he
only has to deal with "n;ggcrs
and they don't count as before
'he war, especially crazy ones.
ShoTt leaves have been granted
superinteEdeDts but nothing more
and they have often been CousIt-
cred uuwise and altogether ujl-
necessary. 1t will BE said this
IS 20 the States interest Maybr
go, out If be hospital Of which ks
y Superin; endant- can spa c hlnl
Tor 6 month at q tune. il magnt
make 1t year, and if a wear u.an
longer. 1t is suspected that tie
States interest IS not the only
tsing sought. but some people will
think that the reputation, the
prestige. the all commanding
knowledge and future greatness
OF DR.. Drc~ry will enter SONG
where into this one months alb
ssnce, "fith the salary going on
al the time.
The politics being played SO
those hest informed seem 10 think
Will result in Dr.. Drswery's being
to Conr. Lanes
place. His culver will he full
when HIS apprenticeship as interre
is over. what he VIII not Know