Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-29
FORMER GOV. SMITH ILL;
CANCELS SPEAKING DATES
Severe Attack of Kidney Collie
Causes Him to Cancel
Waycross Meeting

Seized with an acute attack of kidney
collie at o'clock Thursday morning,
from which he suffered severe pain. for
mer Gov. Hoke Smith is confined to his
bed, and has been compelled to cancel
his appointments to speak at Waycross.
Friday morning, and at Macon, Satur-
day night. While he has suffered in
tense pain, his condition is pot necessa-
rily serious. but his attending physician,
DR.. Bates Block, insists that he rest
quietly for a few days.
The speech Mr.. Smith had prepared
for delivery at Walcross was delivered
to the press of the state prior to the
cancellation of the date, and on this ac-
count 1t will be released for publication
by the newspapers of the state Friday
afternoon.
The cancellation of the Waycross and
Macon appointments means, of course
that the tentative appointment at Tiff
ton, for Friday night, has also been
abandoned by the former governor.
Mr.. SMITH DICTATES MESSAGE.
At noon Thursday, Mr. Smith was able
to dictate the following telegram to Mr.
G. p. Folk, at Waycross:
II have your telegram in behalf of
your committee. l was quite sick last
night with severe attack of kidney collie
and am confined to my bed today. 1 am
advised by my physician that 1t will be
impossible for me to be out until the
early part of next week. I regret very
much that for this reason 1t will be i'm
possible for me to be in Waycross Fri
day. l have already given my speech to
the press and under the circumstances
will not stop its publication. Please
communicate these facts to your COM
mittee and my friends in your section. /
will make every effort to come to Way
cross before the primary"
DR. BLOCKS STATEMENT.
DR.. z. Bates Block, who was called to
see Mr.. Smith, says with reference to
his condition.:
Governor Smith is suffering from a
severe attack of kidney collie, which while
extremely painful, is not dangerous to
life. 1t will be necessary for him to rest
quietly for few days, but there is no
reason that can be foreseen why he
should not resume his usual occupations
by the early part Of next week. Such at
tacks, while very painful, usually pass
OFF in a short time without serious con-
sequences"
Mr.. Smith worked until late Wednes-
day night, after an unusually busy day
at his office and campaign headquarters,
between which he divided eime. He
reIlreQ IN GOOQ Jul was dWdnCh-
ed about clock by an attack of kid
ney trouble, from which he suffered ex-
treme pain.
PHYSICIAN is SUMMONED.
Dr. Block, the family physician, was
summoned but IL was not until
o'clock that Mr.. Smith was relieved en-
tirely Of the suffering and then only
through sleep superinduced by the ad-
ministration of opiates.
Because of his Waycross and Macon
appointments and the further fact that
his Waycross speech had been given to
the press, neither of the appointments
were abandoned until the last minute
Mr.. Smith himself and his friends were
hopeful that, with his powerful recu-
perative powers, he would survive the
attack quickly and be able to speak AZ
wavcross on Friday. DR.. Block, when
apprised of the plan, would not consent,
so the appointments were given up re-
luctantly.