The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-19
DOCTORS IN CONVENTION.
OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR
DIR. WESTON CHOSEN PRES
IDENT.
Florence Secures State Convention of
Medical Association for Next Year
Interesting Sessions ut Goth An
nuai Meeting at Rock Hill.

Rock Hill, April 15.-The 65th an
nual meeting of the South Carolina
Medical association is in session at
this place, the first meeting in this
connection being that of the State
board of health. This meeting was
held in the directors rooms of the
Peoples National bank and those pres
cnt were DR.. James a. Hayne and
DR.. w. NJ. Lester of Columbia, DR.. w.
w. DodsOn Of Greenville, DIR. w. Egg
gleston of Hartsivlre, DR.. Robert Will
son, Jr., of Charleston, Dr. d. b. From
tbs of Ridge Spring, DR.. G.. G.. Gam
brell Of Abbeville, Dr. w. j. Burdell
OF Iugoff and Dr. e. A. Hines of
Seneca. The board met as the execu-
tive committee of the State Medical
association and unanimously re-elect-
ed DR.. Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charles
ton as president and DIR. James A.
Hayne as secretary. DR.. Wilson has
held the office continuously since the
vi SdiliHdtlOn OF the executive COM
mittee about six years ago
1t was decided to hold a special
meeting in Greenvile Nav 10. TO "a
when sessions of the Municipal Health
congress will be held at that place.
There are in the neighborhood of
2OO doctors in attendance at the meet
ing and those who could not be ac-
commodated at the hotels have been
assigned to private homes.
Each delegate, upon arrival, was
given an official badge, an old gold
pin, the State seal of South Carolina
being inscribed thereon, and with
white ribbons, with the inscription
South Carolina State Medical as
sociation, Rock Hill, S. c., 1913"
This was voted by the members Of the
association as being by far the prct
tiest badge they have ever had.
The first regular meeting of the
association was held last night in the
Masonic hall over the National IN
ION bank, at o'clock, this meeting
being the legislative body Of the asso-
citation.
Numbers of matters of import
ancc came before this meeting among
which were the following recommen-
dations from the State board Of ex-
aminers, which were adopted:
hn
he SO changed as to permit two exam
inations annually, one the second
Tuesday in June and the other the
second Tuesday in November
"2. That sections and parts Of sec
tions providing for temporary licenses
and junior curriculum be stricken out.
''3. That members of the board
shall receive for then services So per
day and cents per mltc, as is now
the basis Of pay to the members Of
the general assembly of this State"
One of tho strongest papers that
has been presented to the association
William Weston of Columbia on
"Hcalth and Public instruction." in
which he strongly impressed the fact
that compulsory education was essen
tial, but that it would be almost inn
possible to have compulsory education
without compulsory medical cxamina-
ton.
After the matters Of business had
been passed on, the election of Of
iicerS was taken up and Dir. William
Weston of Columbia was elected pres
ident, with Dr. j. Il. Miller of Rock
Hill, first vice president; DR.. w
QUITS of Edgeficld, second vice -presi-
dent; DIR. J. III. Miller of Cross Hill
third vice-prCsident; DR.. T.. a. Hines
Of Seneca was reelected secretary
treasurer and editor of The Medical
Journal.