The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-11
GOSSIP AND COMMENT
 AMONG THE VISITORS AT
 AUBURN COMMENCEMENT
By RALPH R. SILVER

walking along slowly with an open Bible in his hand and as the two approach he'd
 each other he stopped
 oh, senator he said, T have just been reading the story of how Samson
 slew the Philistines with the jawbone of
 an ass and, do you know. ate for break fast this morning more shrimp than Sampson slew men,'
 The senator gravely gazed at the youth Tor moment, relates pr. Hll, and then he said:
 Very well, my boy. Undoubtedly you did il with the same instrumentl' Dr. C. & Yarbrough, one of the leaders in the recent fight in the Alabama Medi- cal society, the purpose of which was l the dethroning of Dr. Saunders state
 health officer, is one of the leading citi- | zens of Auburn. pr. Marlborough was rather reticent about the bill which is to l be introduced at the recessed sess on of i the legislature next month, changing the
 methods of electing the state health off l cer.
 | He admitted, however. he would intro- 1 duce the bill himself and indicated that l it would provide for the election of state l health officer by the members of the | State Medical society. It is understood 1 that the members of the legislature favor l a bill making the state health '.fficer | titCllNt DN tle NOIeS OI t0e people. 1 Some of the physicians of the state think l likewise, but the majority of the medicos 1 1t is reported, oppose such a measure on | the grounds that would be unduly severe blow at the common sense of the
 medical profession, tantamount to sa ying they could not elect such an officer them
 selves and the duty therefore had to be | taken away from them. The passage of the proposed medical society bill, or it's i failure of passage, either one, is expected l to be one of the most interesting phases | of the legislative session next month. 1 pr. Marlborough. incidentally, has q fine l home on the outskirts of Auburn, which | is surrounded by 100 acres of fertile land | upon which from time to time the genial ! doctor delyes into the mysteries of stock 1 raising and agriculture.
 l The address of Dr. w. C. Whitaker in
 delivering the alumni oration Tuesday at l Auburn was the subject of wide discus l sion Auburn, except at-well. except sometimes. is strictly a prohibition town, | as it should be, and the declara tiof. by pr. Whitaker that prohibition was a halfway measure, was not complete and would never alone succeed in that which | it attempts to do,' aroused much interest. l Dr. Whitaker gave still further cause 1 for interesting discussion of his speech when he laid al the foot of woman the alcoholic sins of man, by declaring that l the majority of excessive drinking was ! due to mulnutrition, or the lack of proper l food to stimulate the male body and i mind, and not from the so-called treat l ing habit
 l Dr. Yarbrough during commencement 1 bore the brunt of what became a town l joke on account of an accident with his automobile. The legislative solon took I his family for spin in his automobile l and in attempting to ford a creek stuck | in the sand
 l In vain he tried to pull out and finally with his family walked three miles back ! to Auburn and left the car in the creek 1 over night A rainstorm came up during | the night and when the law maker re- | turned to the scene the following morning | but d few inches of the top of the car !, was to be seen above the surface of the l water.
 l Finally he hired six-ox team and | diver, the latter locating the car with a | chain and the former attached to the | other end, pulling it out, after which the
 negroes in charge drove the six-ox team
 and the auto-Noahs Ark through every street in the town to show the populace | what had happened