The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-05
ANT|-TUBERCULOS|S
WORKERS TO MEET
Southern tuberculosis Confer.
ence to Gather in the
Capital City.
OCTOBER STH AND 9TH
Many Prominent Health Officials,
Physicians, Ministers and Others
Expected to Attend.

Columbia, Oct. 4.-Anti-tubercu-
losis workers, health officials, physi-
clans, ministers and others interest
ed in public health problems
throughout South Carolina and ten
other Southern states will meet here
on Friday and Saturday of this week.
October and . for the Second An
nual Southern tuberculosis Confer
ence. The conference will be held
under the auspices of the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention Of tuberculosis. DR.. John
l.. Dawson of Charleston is president
of the conference: Prof. Reed Smith
of this city is secretary, and DR..
James A. Hayne also Of Columbia is
vice president for South Carolina.
Severa! other anti-tuberculosis work
ers throughout the state have a
prominent place on the program.
Conference headquarters will be at
the Hotel Jefferson. where three of
the FIVE sessions will be held. The
first session will be on Friday after
noon and will discuss Methods of
Anti-Tuberculosis Work. The
speakers will be Miss Rosa Lowe.
Atlanta, Ga; Miss Chloe NJ. Jack
son, Atlanta, Ga; DR.. Charles r..
Grandy, Norfolk, Va, and DR.. l.. b..
McBrayer. Sanatorium, n. G. \
dollar dinner" will follow this scs-
sion at 6 p. IN. lat which several five
minute talks will be given on Red
Cross Seal sales methods.
"The Tuberculous Negro" will be
discussed by DR.. Thompson Frazer of
ASheville, \. c.. DIR. Josiah Morse Of
the University of South Carolina, and
others at an evening session to be
held in the Bethel A. NJ f. church.
At $3.50 a. m. Saturday morning
Problems of the Small Town and
County Community" will be discuss
ed at a session in the hotel The
speakers will include: Mrs. Guth-
bert Martin, Wilmington, N c.:
Miss Sarah NJ. F.. Babb, Greenville.
S. c.; DR.. j. c. Perry. United States
Public Health Service, and DR..
Charles j. Hatfield. executive secre-
tary of the National Association
A session arranged especially for
physicians will begin at 1890 a. m.
at Science Hall, University OF South
Carolina. DR.. Charles L. Minor of
Asheville. n. c., an expert of inter
national fame. will lecture on What
the General Practitioner Should
Know About tuberculosis. The
lecture will be followed by a clinical
demonstration showing how to detect
early tuberculosis, in which the fol-
lowing physicians viii ltake part:
DR.. w. l.. Dunn, Asheville, n. c.:
DR.. John l.. Dawson, Charleston, S.
c.; DR.. Ernest Cooper, Columbia, S.
c.; DR.. John j. Floyd, Catawba San
atorium, Va; DR.. Thomas ID. Cole
man, Augusta, Ga. Special invita-
tions to this session have been issued
to every physician in South Caro-
lima.
James III. FowleS of this city is
chairman OF the local committee on
arrangements and the members Of
the committee are: Dr. Ernest
Cooper, Prof: Reed Smith, and Mrs.
Elizabeth l.. Payne.
In addition to South Carolina. the
G'otCs comprising the conference are
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia. Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia.