The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-01

J The people in North Nashville, in
the vicinity of Fisk University, are
jubilant, but the people in South
Nashville are down in the mouth.
This condition of affairs was brought
about by the recent removal Of the
South Side Pharmacy owned and con-
Quoted by DR.. M. " Boutte, to North
west Nashville ON Jefferson street
opposite Fisk University.
/ The name of the drug store is
changed from the South Side Phar-
macy to the North Side Pharmacy
Dr. Boutte has been doing business in
South Nashville nearly two years and
had fair success. The people were
proud of the enterprise as there
is no other Negro drug store in that
section of the city, but it is learned
that the chief cause for the change
of location was not the lack of sup
port on the part of the people, but
the refusal of the physicians who
practice in South Nashville to co.
operate with DR.. Boutte. 1t is said
that some Of the leading physicians
who have been practicing in that
section of the city urged DR.. Boutte
to locate where he was and promised
him their support but this support
was of short duration, and some of
the physicians who could have given
him deal of help seldom gave him
anything. This matter has been dis
cussed considerably in the Rock City
Academy of Medicine.
There are some of the physicians
who hold that there is improperly
in the doctor telling his patients
where to carry their prescriptions,
but it Is claimed that these same doc
tors do tell their patients to carry
prescriptions to white drug stores and
go so far as to telephone their pre-
scriptions there, but at the same time
hold that it would be unprofessionaI
to throw this same support to the
Negro drug store.
There is another element contend
Ing that it is not unprofessional and
that the Negro doctor owes it to the
Negro drug stores to lend them their
support. The doctors who practice
in North Nashville have pledged
their support.
The drug store was opened for
business Saturday, and a Globe repre-
sentative called by to see how well
the doctors of the North Side were
carrying out their pledge. It was
learned that a most brilliant begin
ming had been made. Several doctors
had already given several prescrip-
lions to be filled, and early Sunday
morning they were seen dropping by
and calling out DR.. Boutte or his
clerk and passing in their prescrip.
tons to be filed and delivered to the
patients, DR.. Boutte was highly elat.
ed over the beginning and believes
that his success on the North Side
VIII be far greater than it was on
the South Side.
Then back of the physicians come
the people. The North end section
have been for several years wing
with the South Nashville people in
everything that pertains to the ma
terial progress, and while they re-
greet that the South End neighbors
are deprived of the drug store where
they can be served first-class drugs
and also excellent ice cream and cold
drinks, they are jubilant over the
fact that they have been successful
in securing in their midst this most
excellent enterprise; and they feel
duty bound to rally to make the drug
store one of the largest in the city.
Another thing that is squirting them
IN is the fact that Chattanooga has
for years been boasting of having
line drung stores, and when Chatta-
looga comes to Nashville they lord
over Nashville people in this respect.
So the North End people are deter.
mined to beat Chattanooga in this
respect. 1t is believed that the North
Side Pharmacy will enjoy an era of
prosperity greater than has even
1een enjoyed by any drug store con.
lucted by Negroes in this city