Evening star., 1923-11-11

More than 5000 physicianss from
all portions OF the south will Sathe,
here this week for the seventeentt
annual convention Of the Sottherr
Medical Association. The CONVENTION
opens tomorrow and closes Thursda!
night.
This association has a membership
of 10000 physicians in the foliewine
states: Maryland. West Virginia, vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
Texas, Oklahoma. Louisiana. Askan.
sas. Texas. Mississippi. Alabama
Georgia. Florida. North Carolina
South Carolina and the Distrist o!
Columbia.
While a large number already have
arrived. one special train and sew
eral special cars are expected to ar
rive tomorrow. The special .rair
will come from New Orleans, and will
bear DIR. W. S. Leathers of JACKSON
Miss. president OF the associstion
and most of the officers: The Grain
will be met at o'clock Tomorrow
morning by a committee Of 100 local
physicians, headed by DR.. Thomas A
Groover, chairman of the local som-
mittee on arrangements. and : the
to their hotels.
Parade UP Avenue.
The visitors will be received in
the Presidents room at the station
and a procession formed, which will
proceed to Pennsylvania avenue .and
to the Willard Hotel, which wilS be
Headquarters Of the association.
c. P. Loranz of Birmingham, Ala.
secretary manager of the association,
and it's only lay member. arrived yes
terday and is at the willard WITH a
corps Of assistants.
Besides DR.. Leathers and Mr. Lorgnz.
the officers of the association are:
University. Va: second vice prssi-
dent, DR.. John B. Steele, Chattanooga,
Tenn: editor of the journal, DR.. NJ. Y.
Dabney, Birmingham, Ala.
List of Councillor.
Councilors-Dr. H. Fl. Martin, chsir-
man, Savannah. Ga; DR.. A. W. Rails,
Gadsden. Ala; DR.. William sR.
Russell verbryeke. jr.. Washington.
u. c.; DR.. r. II. McGinnis. jackson
Vile. Fla: DR.. j.. A. Stucky. LexiEg-
ton, Ky; DR.. ]. e. knighton, Shreee-
port, La; DR.. Hiram Woods. Balsi-
more, Md; DR.. F. ]. Underwood. Jack
Kansas City. Mo-; DR.. Joseph b.
Greene. Asheville. N. c.; DR.. L. y.
Moorman, Oklahoma City. Okla; Dr.
]. w. Jersey, Greenville, S. c.; Er.
William Litterer. Nashville, Tenn.
DR.. Oscar NJ. Marchman, Dallas, TeS.
DR.. Ennion c. Williams, Richmond,
Va; DIR. I. w. Moore, Huntington.
w. Va Board of trustees Gall are ex-
presidents)-Dr. Robert Wilson: il,
chairman, Charleston, s. c.; DR.. Dun
can Eve, ST.. Nashville. Tenn; DE-.
Lewellys F. Barker. Baltimore, Md:
DR.. f. H. Cary, Dallas. Tex; DR.. Jere
L. Crook, Jackson, Tenn; DR.. Scale
Harris. Birmingham. Ala.
There are eighteen sections of the
association, each section holding its
own convention simultaneously with
the others, there being only two gen.
scheduled. The first will be held at
morrow night at 8 o'clock. The visi-
tors will be welcomed to Washington
by DR.. Luther III. Reichelderfer Of
the Medical Society cf the District of
Columbia. Response on behalf Of the
association will be made by DR.. A. T..
Mccormick, state health officer of
Kentucky.
The second general session will be
held Thursday afternoon at o'clock
in the rose room of the Washington
Hotel and will be in the form of a
Symposium of the Newborn" This
meeting will be presided over by DR..
l. T. Royster, vice president, OF the
University of Virginia.
Meetings by Sections.
The section meetings will be as fol-
lows:
Section on medicine. small ballroom.