The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
TIL" "DOCTORs""DOCToRED,
Associated Doctors" We're Not AL
lowed to Practice in Lumberton-
County Health Officer Blocked Their
Game and They Left IncOntine1tly
For Whiteville-They Were Ar
rested There and Their Troubles
Seem Only to Have Begun.
Seem Only to Have Begun.

Seem Only to Have Begun.
When the "Associated Doctors"
whose advertisements read like a glad
evangel bearing tidings of great Joy
to afflicted ones, promising free con-
sultation, no charge for anything ex-
cept medicine-When the "Associated
Doctors" ventured to do business in
Lumberton yesterday they were con-
fronted with Indictment on the charge
Of practicing medicine without license,
were made to refund money they had
received in their exceeding brief ca
reer here, and incontinenJly they left
for Whiteville, where a phone mes
sage from here resulted in their ar
rst again; and as thjs is written other
interesting developments are expect
ed.
The doctors" arrived here from
Maxton Tuesday evening and regis
tered at the Lorraine as follows: Mrs.
w. P. McAllister, Birmingham, Ala;
DIR. H. H. Washburn, Raleigh, N. c.;
II. T. Giles, New York. Wednesday
morning early DR.. w. A. McPhaul
county health officer, who had com
munication in Mondays Robesoniar
warning the public against these "doc-
tors" called upon the above-named
( trio. He elected from Mr.. Giles the
statement that neither he nor Mrs
McAllister was a physician, but that
DR.. Washburn was. DR.. McPhauf tole
them if they attempted to do busines.
here he would have them indicted .ane
would convict them upon statement:
made in their own advertisements
They did and he did. Mr.. A. j
Currie of Lumber Bridge consulsft
the doctors" and paid them $40 down
and gave his note for $50 for medicine
which was to be shipped from Birm
ingham. Mr.. P. H. Lewis of Mariett;
paid SIS down and was to pay $40 more
Which about wound up the business
of the doctors" here. They wer
confronted by Sheriff Lewis with
warrant charging them as aforesaid
practicing without license. The,
showed fight at first and employs
Mr.. H. E. Stacy to defend them, bu
later they accepted an offer to be al
lowed to go on their way on condnlo
!, that they refund every cent that sha
been paid them by those who had con
suited them here. This was done an
2 the doctors" left in hurry in thei
auto for Whiteville.
= But their troubles seem only to hav
begun. At Maxton Tuesday thess
S doctors" seem to have had high ol
/, gathered in much of the "long green.
S Mr.. S. A. Snead paid them 1854
n and when he learned what had bee
a done at Lumberton his heart wcr
: out with longing for those same iro
e men, and he 'phoned Lawyer T.
}: johnson to get busy right away quicl
d Which the Same he did, with the ri
h suit that the doctors" were arreste
at Whiteville, and it is understood {
d this writing, the morning of this 22n
: August. that they are to be brougf
J. back to Lumberton.
a It is understood that DR.. Royste
d of the State Board of Health wan
these doctors" held after the loc
r cases are settled for prosecution Il
IS deeds done in the flesh, for cape
:: cut under high heaven as they ha,
b iourneyed to and fro in the land wit
r in the confines of the Old Mort
State.
It is understood that for one hu
dred and fifty pills one man at Ma
ton paid, or promised to pay, the su
of $87. Which is going some, whf
r. you come to think about it.
DR.. Burroughs cf Conway, s.
saw DIR. McPhaul's piece in Monday
Robesonian and called up the doct
Yesterday over long-distance pho
to congratulate him upon warnll
the public and to tell him how
oe handled the "a. s" DIR. Burroug
ot, said the "a. DIS" gathered IN so1
IS 81 900 before they were stopped IN
+, town and that he made them re1u
$40O. !,
ba Which ends the first chapter Of tt
of story.
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