El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21
DR.. Black s Patients Hire A Band To
Meet Him On His Release From jail;
a Local N. D. Pleads For Justice

COMBRENEsS viii be banished from
~ the county courthouse sunday
afternoon at two o'clock Instead
Of the usual Sabbath quiet there is
TO be much activity. for DIT. Byron L
Black is 10 be released from jail on
completion OF ten-day sentence on
the. charge Of practlcinE medicine
without q license and his friends and
patients are going 10 meet him With
a brass band
Dr. Black was sent to jan ten days
ago on conviction upon the charge
OF -practicing medicine without a
license" Testimony Of the only
prosecuting witness was TO the effect
that he benefitted her after the medi-
cal doctors had failed, but. under the
had taken money for treating her.
made his conviction certain under
strict Interpretation OF the measure.
Friends Hire a Band.
Patients and friends Of the doctor,
who have formed the FL Paso Chiro-
practic society, at meeting Friday
night made plans Tor meeting MN
sunday afternoon en- his release from
jail Money was collected and q 10
piece union band was arranged Tor
Saturday morning
At Friday nights meeting. Mrs I
F. Hardwick offered the use Of her
home on wyoming street for the next
meeting Of the society
sIrs H A. Taylor said she had
taken Up the matter OF Dr.. Blacks
prosecution with the " G. T. Z.
Ms. c. @ Willis announced
her intention OF asking the We
mems League Of Voters TO take M
the matter and make II a political
issue in the coming campaign II
the prosecutions Of Dr.. Black con-
Doctor Upholds Black
Dr. d c. Mccalin, who holds a state
medical certificate and is a specialist
in tubercular and other diseases. at
tended the meeting and said ne did
not see why the medical men should
.oppose Dr. Black as long as he was
not harming anyone with his treat
nenrs and was benefiting many.
He said each method Of treatment
had its own particular value in
bringing about relief 10 suffering
humanity.
Dr. Mccain has certificates to
practice in Texas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, and Mexico
Mrs Alice r. Edmondson, Of 400
Arizona street, called The Herald sat
urday and entered her subscription
sfNOur fight for medical freedom
appeals 20 me and i wish TO show
my appreciation" she said 'fIhe
Texas laws favor one school Of
medicine and they are not right.
We have as much right TO medical
freedom as We have 70 religious
Demands Her Rights.
Mrs. A. !. Campbell Of the Tri-
State hotel. on West san Antonio
street, asks The Herald 10 say that
she sought relief from physicians in
California and Texas but only gained
temporary relief until she went TO
Dr. Black. From the very first
treatment received from Dr. Black,
I began 70 improve and I am now feel
ing better than Tor years, she as
serts. Z have a right to be treated
Mrs Zoe sauisberrv. OF 900 West
Boulevard. writes The Herald and
asks that the public be informed OF
what DR.. Black has done for her i
have suffered" she says, with neu-
ritis for 10 years. and with indiges-
ton and gastritis for at least 20 years
I was treated by doctors In all parts
Of the country and for the past three
months have been q patient Of Dr.
Black 7 can truthfully say that he
has done me more good than al the
other doctors have done"
eAs an American citizen.
have the right TO take any sort
of treatment that benefits me and
should be permitted TO pay for
rhiH treatment II wish A
understand the constitution OF the
United States. this Is the sort Of
thing our forefnthers fought for
Airs. S A. keliis writes. This is to
certify that 7 have been cured by Dr.
Byron S Black Of rheumatism Of 20
years standing when all other treat
ments had failed"
Defends DR.. Black
7 want to protest against the I'm
prisQnment Of Dr.. Byron S. Black"
said S c. Jones. "and commend The
Herald for taking a stand for him
Though the charges drought
against him are for practicing medi-
cine without a license, he issues no
medicine prescriptions: he merely
uses his hands. with the aid Of his
brain. to deliver to the patient the
science Of chiropractic, which is in
harmony with Mother Nature, 10 de-
veiop the cures which he perfects- As
IN my own case. rheumatism. as we
all know. especially those who are
afflicted with IL, is one Of the most
painful diseases the human family
can be afflicted with Medicines do
not cure rheumatism. but Dr. Black. I
with his chiropractic science, If
taken IN time Is a sure cure. Con
finement in the FL Paso county JAN
is no place for Dr. Black. he is
needed by the sick and suffering too
badly"
Rescnts Persecution
u want TO resent the treatment
that has been accorded DR.. Byron S