Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-14
A PATIENT SUFFERER

1t was the pleasure OF a represen-
tative Of The Enquirer last Saturday,
to call upon Mr.. R. M. Sherer, the
mayor of Sharon, who has been lying
at his home in Sharon for the past
eight weeks with a broken leg.
The visit was personal rather than
professional; but because Of what our
representative saw and heard, and
because of the fact that Mr.. Sherer
has so many friends within the
bounds Of The Enquirer's circulation,
it is assumed that there Is material
for an interesting and useful story,
and here goes
During his long illness, Mr.. Sherer
has been nursed by his married
daughter, (Mrs. Maloney) and by
relatives and friends, his daughter
being with him most Of the time, and
n~eighbors giving help whenever help
was needed. He has been improving
very rapidly Of late and his daughter
] now comes in from time to time to do
| his cooking and perform such SER
vices as may be necessary. There Is
a little negro boy within call all the
| llIIle, anu lTlGIluS uIOp III Will ooA
| ficient frequency to keep the patient
| reminded Of the fact that he has not
been forgotten.
1t was about dusk when the repre-
sentative of The Enquirer called. He
found Mr.. Sherer alone; but lat
home" "Glad to see you, have a
seat" he said. and John, Ito the lit
tie negro) come here and light that
lamp" he continued. Then he went
on talking about everything that was
interesting and pleasant, except him
| self, and said nothing about himself
until his visitor remarked:
We'll, they tell me, you were able
to ride out q little yesterday and that
you are getting so you a walk on
crutches."
In reply he told how one Of the
neighbors had taken him out in a
buggy to see his pigs and his crops
that he had not seer for nearly eight
weeks, and how he had been able to
hobble on crutches a little notwith-
standing the fact that his physician
had been able to give him very little
encouragement of ever being able to
walk again.
Among other things. Mr.. Sherer
spoke of the prohibition election to be
held today. and when asked If he
was going to vote, replied:
Going to vote? Why yes, OF
course l am going to vote, If I have
to crawl to the polls. 1 never missed
q chance to vote against liquor in my
life, and 1 am not going to miss this
chance if l can help it. Yes, sir, 1t
does me good to stick in a vote
against whisky"
Put one of the most inspiring Incl
dents of the visit was when Mr.. Sher-
er told how he had broken loose from
the hold he feared the morphine hab-
it was getting on him. 1t was a Won
derfully graphic story, and 1t would
make a literary classic IL 1t could be
| reproduced just as Mr.. Sherer told 1t.
i'm his words and with his emphasis;
but that is not altogether practicable.
At best, this writer can only give a
reasonably fair idea Of 1t.
I'll tell you, Davy, the r
time I have had was to break of the
morphine. You know it Is under cir
cumstances like this that most people
become morphine flends. Morphine
Is a great friend to a fellow who Is
undergoing the pain Of knitting
bones. My, my, but you can hardly
realize what a heaven it puts you In.
Here starts a pain Indicating his
side). something like melted lead 60
ing through your veins. 1t travels on
down here Indicating his thigh,
making you want to scream. And
about that time here starts another
one up here, end as the second catch