The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-05
MANY COLORED
PEOPLE WERE
IN ATTENDANCE
YESTERDAYS PROGRAM AT THE
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBITION A
GOOD ONE, MANY ADDRESSES
BEING DELIVERED.

An unusually excellent program was
in order at the 4 o'clock session OF
tae Tuberculosis exhibition yesterday.
The session was presided over by
Rev. G. I. Gulley, ana among the
speakers were Mayor Goodman, DIR.
". E. Anderson, DR.. H. G.. Williams,
d. J. Cunningham, and N addition
to the lectures made, the coloTed Pen
sacOla Normal school furnished
short but very fine musical program.
Mayor Goodman was the first to adj
dress the gathering and delivered
very excellent address, complimenting
the eolored people upon the manner
in which they manifested tnelr inter
est and showed such a willing spirit
to profit by the teaching afforded
them.
Among other things, the mayor
said: 1T is very important that the
ministers of your churches and the
more intelligent of your race, study
this exhibit carefully so they can be
in position to advise the others, so
you will all be in position to prevent
the spread of this disease. The dis
ease is preVentable, therefore you
should prevent It," Dr.. Anderson
was the next speaker, and in the
course of his remarks the doctor told
very interesting true story OF
conversation he had at the railroad
shops here in Pensacola with a man
which is conclusive evidence that the
treatment advocated by the exhibition
is undeniably the only right one. Here
is the story: while l was at the
railroad shops one of the men came
over TO me and said:
81 don't take much stock IN tlis
consumption lecture
WHY / asked,
II had it once and got over 1t with
out any treatment.
Where did you have it?' I asked.
I'm northern Ohio he said.
We'll l asked, how did you get
over it?'
az don't know he said. 4 guess
| the Lord saved me. l went down to
Kentucky. They were building rail-
road there. ] wasn't able TO Work or
do anything but carry water for the
men. It's a wonder / didn't die; /
! had TO live in an old shack that was
/ the same as being in the open and eat
bacon and corn bread, and after about
/ six months, I was able 10 go 10 Wofk
and do as much work as anybody
"Tais man got we'll, Dr. Anderson
continued, by taking the exact treat
ment advised here day after day, fore
| ed on him by circumstances.
"This man is about sixtY-nve years
OF age, and weighs ABOUT one nun
bred and seventy-fiVe pounds, and can
do more work now than l can, and
| am a great deal younger than he, oy
large margin
DR.. Anderson said further: Just
think of it. There were one hundred
and fifty thousand people died from
consumption in the United states
every year. and what is to blame? IS-
norance and negligence.
This is more than were killed IN
battle during the entire four years OF
| the civil war. There Is no reason
v,hv this should go on. We must hSht
! inteIIigentIv this disease that creepS
quietly, sneaks into your homes, my
home, possibly the home OF everyone
| IL allowed to go on, like a thleT IN
| the night"
DR.. II. G. Williams was the next
sneaker and made a very interesting
| talk. Limited space allows US to only
quote a little from these addresses.
| DR.. Williams said in part:
People who have consumption
throw these little germs of consump-
tion out. every time they spit out the
phlegm which they cough up from
! the lungs. In every drop they spit
out there are hundreds and hundreds
of these little germs, and how MANY
times have you seen people in a
church sometimes, spit so carelesslyE
Another thing, our churches and
buildings are too poorly ventilated and
we should look to such things first
OF ALL I want to say that / am at
the service Of the community at any
time to go to any Of these churches,
if the committee sees TT in keeping
up this work, and speak 10 our people
in reference to the work.
The musical part Of the program fol-
lowed an address BY d. ]. Cunning
ham, in which he called upon all peo-
pie present not only TO return them
selves for the night session, but to
bring everyone along whom they
could. The musical program consist
ed Of some vocal selections, rendered
excellently by a female quartette
from the Pensacola Normal school.
The night session was opened by
demonstrations BY DR.. Pierpont, &C
companied by an address on the mer-
its of fresh air and the bad results
f. ON tainted air. TIE eight o'clock
session was preceded by a band con-
cert by ShelIbacks Silver Cornet
band, and when the time came for
the lectures to begin. the exhibition
hall was packed to the doors The at
tendance for the past few days has
been capacity limit, and undoubtedly
If the hall had been larger, a great
many more people would have attend
ed the exhibition.
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