The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-30
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Ioali. two vDrc u,.rta rH especially
Im h, winter aud paHg when The
ruads veto heavy
Communication was difficult and
when thor, was ana accident or some
ono was taken suddenly ill the only
way Of summoniug aid was by har-
Messing horse. and driving or rid
ing mites perhaps for a doctor who
miuht be- al homo or who might be
equally far away in another direc-
ton when he was found, il mat
lterod not how tired he was, what
time of night, how bad the weather.
he must jump into his buggy and
hurry TO the bedside, sometimes
reaching IL too late TO be of service.
| This is phase of country life which
has kept many people living in cit
les when they would have preferred
life on o small farm,
In these days a factor has been
introduced into country life which
has done great deal to relieve this
isolation, and to bring the dwellers
in the open country into closer
touch. not only with the doctor but
also with his neighbors and with
the people with whom he does bust
ness That factor is the telephone,
land the first people to realize its
possibilities We're the country doc
tors All over the south there are
doctors Offices, with from one to
ten telephone lines radiating from
them. with any number of telephones
from one to twenty-five connected
TO each. IN many cases these tele-
lphone lines connect with no exchan-
ges or long distance lines, the only
purpose they serve being to afford
with one another or to summon aid
in emergencies.
When several such lines center in
n Doctors residence, he usually has
some kind of switchboard, so that
he can connect any OF the lines to-
gether thus bringing an the people
on the various lines into closer
touch The lines are operated in two
ways One is where the doctor him
self builds the lines and furnishes
the telephones, renting them to his
/ ~ tho ftrinrinIn n
city exchange Is operated. This plan
frequently results in the doctor fin
Tally operating telephone exchange
with several hundred stations, neces-
stating the employment of operators
and man to take care OF the ac-
counts, switchboard, and so forth.
Tho other. and usual, plan Is
where the people themselves get to-
gether, organize mutual company,
build their own lines. install their
own telephones, and terminate the
line In the Doctors office, where he
installs switching device, charging
the people on the lines nominal
sum of Q cents or 80 cents per
month, each, for connecting the lines
together. Frequently the doctor
himself is instrumental In getting
such scheme started and. acting
as the agent for the telephones, sells
them and the line material to the
people building the lines, making q
commission which Is welcome adj
dition to his income,
Where such system exists the
beneficial effect, not only upon the
community at large, but upon the
country doctor also can hardly be
expressed No matter how far from
his Office he may be, he Is always In
touch with It, and can be reached
In less time than 1t takes to saddle
n horse, OFTEN he can prescribe for