Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-11-05
IS PASS MEDICAL
QUIZ At JACKSON
EIGHTEEN OUT OF rweNry.roua
APPLICANTS GET LICENSE
FROM STATE BOARD.
DR.. GALLOWAY ANNOUNCES
VI W. n. Cochran Of Riehton Named
Health Officer Of Perry County.
Vice Or. Valley. Resigned.
Cooper Delegate.


jackson.
~ II. Galloway. secretary OF the
state Board of Health. announced that
10 out OF the "a applicants for medical
license who took the examinations
mad passed. the list being as follows:
Drs. ID. T. Brock OF Brookhaven. w.
z Pope Of Rienzi. s. A. Scrugxs of
Lauderdale. Edwin MeMorrfes Of Ne
ridian. n. Ia Arnold OF Eupora. II. r.
Hayes OF North Carrollton, b. Z. Vow
ell OF Vowel. Mary Maxwell tosteo-
path OF Columbia. Charles LeBaron,
Jr-. OF Tuscaloosa. Ala. l.. b. Sartin OF
New Orleans. l.. q. Hall Of Heloise,
Tenn. t. j. Bush Of Crystal Springs,
J. =. Crabbe OF Dennis, II. L. McCalip
OF Brookhaven, II. II. Bolton. Jr.. OF
jackson (state Charity Hospital). y.
C. Luekett OF Kosciusko. d. NJ. Busbee
OF Bogue Chitto. C. W. Powell Of
Derma.
Dr. r. N. Cochran OF Richton wss
named as health officer OF Perry coun-
~. vice DR.. Valley. resigned. and DR..
J. W. Cooper was elected to represent
the board at the meeting OF the Amer
lean Federation OF Examining Boards,
70 meet shortly In Chicago.
River Districts Merged.
In the next few days Maj. J. r.
Slattery. engineer In charge Of the
Third Mississippi River District en-
gfneer's office. will have In charge. In
addition to his present duties, the
vieksburg offices. When this change
is effective the two districts will be
conveniently located. as both offices
are now fitted up In the upper floors
Of the United States federal building,
where fhey recently moved from the
First National Bank building
The news has reached here that
Capt. Ernest Graves. engineer in
charge of the vicksburg district. who
had been thought to be on his leave,
spending his time in New York and
other points. win hereafter be ~
signed to duties elsewhere.
Nat Slaftsry has been most active
b employed since his return here 70
csatiy from the meeting Of the river
commission in 81. Louis. where the
allstnsst yns made for the respective
slistz1ets. AnA he has about gotten al
a tAe Third Distrtcs nsa 60 into
the nsld. ef operations again and
thingA ere nov going ahead - for-
nsriy. Just when the above men
tionsd change win take place u not
known. but II ID reliably stated IL wiz
be In the near future.
While the session Of the Mississippi
public Health association was in full
sping IN the board OF trade rooms. and
the rs or SO health officers were hear
ing recitals Of experience Of their pro-
fessional brethren In carrying ON their
work. the state board Of health was
holding Its regular session elsewhere.
The state board met at the capitol
building to begin the examination Of
applicants for practitioners .cilenes
Prior to going into the examinations
an election was held to choose . State
sanitary inspector to succeed DR.. w.
H. Rowan. resigned. After consider
able balloting DR.. Willis H. Valley Of
Richton. Perry county. was chosen.
Judess Wear overalIs.
Surprise and amusement swept over
tho countenance Of the members Of
the bar and officers OF the supreme
court, when the three members Of the
bench appeared. Instead Of the civil
ian garb In which the judges are ordi-
nsrily seen on the bench. each Of the
three had provided himself with dark
blue overalls and jumpers. set off BY
. red bandanna kerchief and black
cotton cloth cap. They presented the
appearance Of stokefs or machine shop
operatives. rather than the learned and
hard-working expounders OF law and
precedent and guardians Of the consti-
tuition 1t was spectacle which was
altogether unique in judicial annals
and procedure. but II was only exeua-
plifying the spirit Of the day.
The only case Of special public In
terest handed down vas that Of W. d.
Bennett. sheriff Of Forrest county,
against Jones 4 Wen Of Hattiesbury.
the appellants were proprietors Of .
pool ana billiard room. and had b.
come delinquent for privilege tax
Sheriff and Tax Collector Bennett. AT
er the statutory period had expired.
and the parties were still delinquent.
made an assessment for double the