The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-22

that way to increase and disseminate a spirit of happiness and contentment among mankind. The profession of medicine is the most honorable profess slon that layman may embrace It's iaeais are the highest of any profes- sion and approach the divine. Doctors gre required every day of their lives 70 mske sacrifices. and q doctor living up 70 the Ideals of his profession is d man respected and admired ana b.- loved ny all. They have ever been pro- Eressive and fin every age and f,nc nave been far ahead of the lavmar among whom they have lived and to whom they have ministered.
 rne city of Montgomery welcome. soe Witn anectionate control"
 ate Governors Aadre..
 Governor B. B. Conner was n.~. - the program to welcome the assemh,sd doetors on behalf of the State Th ' Gorsrnor said In part:
 Tn the name of the Stat. we ar. xlao that you are here. and glad that you ers anywnere in the State-we conon get along without you. Why We even pay your bills to stay with us.
 "But I disagree with Mir Mcrr,vr. most emphatically. have sworn to uphold the laws of the State. ana in a little room in this building not far from here. 1t has been decided that inc 2 o'clock closing law was Constitution al' ana unless you obey the o'clock law or get an injunction from Judrs Jones. we'll put you fin the jug.
 But there was a serious part to th. speech. The Governor told the assem- bled doctors what the recent sessions of the Legislature had done for the doctors. The Legislature amended the health laws of the State at the instance Of the State Medical Association and provided a salary of $5. 900 year for the State Health oflcer It also ap- propristed si5.ooo for lthe use of the State Board of Health. Further, the Legislature provided s45.ooo for the maintenance and improvement of the Medical College of Alabama, located at Mobile, and in addition Annually to cover the cost of free tuition for one student rom each county of the State
 Further. the Legislature provided for State Sanitarium for the care Of consumptives and to this end appro. pristed s40.00o and $f0,000 annually to run 1t. The Board has not yet been appointed and I am going to take this time to do so. The first man on the list Is Dr. Glenn Andrews, of Montgom- cry. The second is Dr. wyman, of Bir- mingham; the third. Dr. Mcwhorter. of Colbert County. The 1aymen as men, tioned in the bill to be placed on the committee are Senator Reese. of Sell ma, and Mir. Marbury of the Msrbury Lumber Company. of Birmingham.
 'The epileptic bill depends entirely on the finances of the State. It has by no means been forgotten. This Legislature made a great many appro- priations. and have been severely criti- cized for such. But all of the appro- priations have been like the ones I have read you. The Legislature has been called the Conner Legislature,' but assure you that 1t did the best 1t knew how for the best interests of the State.
 pr. W. NJ. Wilkinson. after the ad- dress of Governor Conner. was recog- nized by the President, and moved that the order of the program be changed that the doctors present might hear pr. Routzahn. director of the tu- berculosis exhibit t. be opened in the First Baptist Church on Wednesday. Dr. Routzahn was given the privilege of the floor for a few minutes
 pr. Routzahn explained that his ex- hibit was not 6 spectacular one. but that 1t was intended to point out the extent of the dread disease of tuber- .culosis, to appeal to right living and to educate people in the right precau- tions to avoid the dread disease.
 pr. ROutxahn Explains Exhibit.
 pr. Routzahn said that the exhibi- ton was not solely for the people of Montgomery but for the whole State. He said that meetings would be held in the various churches, schools and court houses of the State, and the nature of the disease explained. He requested the doctors present to take up the threads of information which would be sent to them by circular and to give it their personal endorsement. He closed his remarks with a cordial invi-