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Vol. 5. tfo .83
My Visit to the
f ede irate Re-Union ;at
Jacksonville Fla.
It was a great pleasure to meet
so many of our dear old veterans
ard exchange war jokes and oth
er pleasantries, and have a"-good
time. -'-; :-S
Jacksonville was the most beau
tifuily and elaborately decorated
city that it has ever been my
pleasure , to see. The citizens
were jolly, nice, and seemed it o
be enjoying everything as Ixnuch
as the visitors. The camp was
beautifully located and the dining
tent was very nice, neat and. clean.
The food was good and served
very nicely I ate. four meals there
and enjoyed them very " much.
The waiters were veiy polite and
attentive. I wrote to Mr. Pou
sometime before the re-union,
asking about accommodations. I
intended carrying one of my
grandsons and another young boy
with me and desired to have a
room for the three of us to be
together. He referred my letter
to one Mr. Walter Hawkins,
chairman of "Committee oh
Rooms," whowrote to me stat
ing that he had assigned ns to o
Mrs. Brown on 23d Street at three
dollars a night for lodging' only,
for the three of us in one room.
At the Virginia re-union last
SeptettitoECatlioanoke; we jwere
furnished very nice room two to
a room, two beds in the room, in
a very nice private residence,
with a splendid family, and when
we asked our -bill for each for the
three nights lodging were surpris
ed that we only owed seventy-five
cents. The residence had all
modern , conveniences and we
had kind and nice attention.
Having to pay -at first class
hotel in Norfolk, where I often
stop, two dollars and a quarter
for room for three, and thinking
Mrs. Brown's price rather high
I concluded to await future de
velopments. Several of our!
comrades went on the S. A. L ,
but wishing to see some parties
in Worth Carolina, I travelled on
the A C. L. My train reached
J acksonville sooner than theirs,
and I went to our headquarters
and waited until they arrived. I
said that I had not secured a
room, one of our party said we
have a room and there is one
' vacant one adjoining .ours, and
took me down to the man's place
of business, from whom he had
got a room for three ; and I, talc
ing for granted we would have
nice quarters, as he, the man,
asked me two dollars and a half
a night for the room for my two
'boys and myself, seven- dollars
and fifty cents for : the three
nights, in advance; of course I
was sure of being, well cared for,
but as Uncle Remus would shave
-said "there is where I broke my
molasses jug." I do wish j that
all the officials of the reunion
could have seen those rooms and
pulled off their shoes and socks
and walked across the floor, and
atter inspecting the bottom of
their feet if they did not think a
good bath necessary to put j them
m proper shape, then I'l sur
render. The ' outside door to
my friends room was nailed up,
and their only way of t scape was
" trough my room. We had' the
one key, which necessitated its
ffltfM
gage at tle mercy of. the public.
Foysjx d
One whotehair , one sheet and
one rough blanket to eachi bed,
no light of any - kind j (cheap as
oil is,) not even :a piece of one of
the man's old broken rnirrorg
that Jwej might seAeher We
even existed, f our; wETole towels
for six to jus for three days and
n ights 1 yhafcertently lef t a
piece of jewelry in my room,
when I returned it was gone : I
asked. the; negro who was attend-
ing
jto keeping that one sheet
t
s
smooth, so that it cover
ed aim ost ;all of the m attress,? it
he saw any thing of it. Of course
he said Ino, just what I knew he
would -say . I we.it down to the
proprietor's store and told ' him
of my loss. He said "if that
man got it he will surely give it
up to me." I never knew
whether he succeeded in getting
him to say he saw it. I did not
know that I was dealing with the
very Mr. Walter Hawkins till I
happened to look on the back of
the-card receipt for payment of
rooms and saw his name. After
reaching home, I mailed those
very valuable cards to the M ayor
of the city of Jacksonville, that
he might know that I paid well
for my room. Besides all of the
iaconveniences about the room,
there were no screens in the win
ddws andvthe mosquitoes almost
d e.vou red; ii vie jra ut haveo rd er
ed an extra supply for t5ur special
benefit. 'Fearing we might 'get
a few moments rest and that the
mosquitoes' would not do their
duty, the wonderful Mr. Hawkins
came in our room at a late hour
of the night and in a most gruff
and uncouth manner, called us
awake and asked, 'Who have
vou got in here,' as if we were
cheating him by taking in other
lodgers. When I said to him at
bis store, "That Xdid not know
that you were the Mr. Hawkins
to whom I had written' though
I gave him my name when I paid
for my room, he never let; me
know who he was and never
mentioned Mrs. Brown. Now
was he not extremely courteous
and polite? My friends intend
ing to leave Saturday morning,
and my boys and myself wishing
to take in St. Augustine and the
other places of, note I began to
look for other quarters for; the
next two nights. I saw a sign
f 'Rooms . I asked . in a. store
apiwas shown very nice rooms;
nicely furnished, with bath and
toilet on same floor, electric
lights screens . in windows, two
beds and plenty of clean towels
both days and nights, and paid
one doilar and fifty cents a night
lor the, three ot ; us. , i will say
that Mr. E. T. Allen from whom
I received the room and his clerk,
were very nice, courteous and
polite,. treated us as if they knew
gentlemen when they met them.
The clerk was very , nice to us,
had our rooni nicely attended too
gave - us nice , drinking water
(which we had to get off the
street at the old house of ; the
Seaboard-Air Line) and did hot
rftmp In our room and . call us
awake to learn whether we had
omiicrcrled others in. and we -had
a good.lock and key to the; door
I am sure Mr, Hawkins - knew of
those ; rooms," but probaDiy ne
made more orofit out of the Sea-f
board thanthe could ' j makejont Jf
m ri AWnB il of the - rooms I had
s ' ; t-t.
been vacant, ill 1 the WcA
NQRff .Qfl
not very far from Mr. Hawkins
Beingsure that" he walrHl
kind of a f oreigher X inquired
j not knowningbiit he might be. a
Mexican, who had not beeii .thre
long, and to my surprise was told
by citizens that they thought - lie
was a native. I did not thipk
that there was a person in the
whole South who could have
had the heart(perhaps his is not
in. the rig)u: place) to treat an old
Confederate veteran with so little
courtesy. He was not oie,
pr courteous nor 'did he treatf us
with common civility There
a re not so many of us trow, anp I
am sure that politeness is hot)
very expensive . He even . want
ed to put four more in our
rooms, two to the bed, hot oar jrtg
for our comforts Don't you(thnk
such treatment "took the, cak??'
One of my friends curses some-
times when anything offends him,
he cursed at Mr Hawkins so:
severely that he did condescend
to put A LITTLE NIOELE (6c)
MIRROR in HIS room- Many
of us are taking good care of bur
selves, trying to stay to ! attend
the next reunion at Jacksonville,
but sincerely hope that the Asso
ciation will not appoint the samel
cnairman oi 'committee j on
Rooms" and that the Seabqard
'. ! ' i
Air Line will put their building
in decent repair, if thevi inten
nd to
. . . - . - i
rent:, rooms , to , the -oldfyets;
Everybody waa s&mtttSH
uiei. su uianjr iiiwc lauicsf trom
everywhere, and one very charm-
ing young lady, , Miss Margaret
Gamble, I met at - the Sponsors'
Headquarters, was just" "."
One of the clerks, a Mr. Qujnn
was specially attentive to her.
If I could call back . fifty?Sye
years, I would make him huftle
He surely would have to "get a
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move on nim. JLven tne - boys
and girls were nice and polity to
us and liked to be in our com-
' ' ' s- t- ' ?
pany. x nave traveueu mugn,
and stopped at the . best bezels,
but never bave I had j pay, de
manded of me in advance, nor
e ver m et the equal of tje chalr
man on houses. I regretted Very
much that I did notthin to
have one of my spells of insajnity
(which saved my neck during the
Civil War) at the time we were
called awake at night. It wpuld
have been amusing to
gentleman Hawkins
see the
some.
A GONFEDEBATE VETERAN
How to Treat Your Town
V
Praise it.
Improve it.
Talk about it. j
Trade at home.
Be public spirited. ' j
, Take a home pride itT it.
Tell of its business men.
Remember it is your home. ;
Tell of its natnral advantages
- Trade and induce others . to
tt&a& here. , ;;: -- : ;.'
When strangers come to Jtown
use them well. !. .
; Don't call your best citizepSj. im
posters and frauds.
Support your local institutions
that benent your iowu. r ;
Look ahead ot gelt wnen aiune
town is to be considered. ; ;
" Help the public officers dp .th
most good forvthe most rJpl,;-rM
Ex-'.. -,
:SS?mM
r;;WoQ of TfeiWdrtb
tm By R. L. DAVIS, Raleigh, N. C.
tneriorth Carolina? Medical
pci-iy,:jne 10i l?l4,Dr J. M .
2at! hf sounded Ihe tbesin of t war
ISl ?tJtHf saleol liquor on'. pfr&
annual message
ullr3iead"of ,'ihtoxicants,,,
,J..v!v --r'... -.; - . . . . 2 :
A-.
osely allied . in : many. . Ire-
Speas to drug using; is s that arch-
cmoineinuman r race-aico-;
jaitsihot ray, purpose, f tc
disQtiss Uie harmf uless ofrrliquor.
Tixcte is-rnot a doctor- in the
does not know tiat
thre inore? harm- thangood
Elv.ery inteljl
gentiiv; knows that- it is ten
thousand times more -destructive
3?aip that it has no food
it causes more crime
thhthe'r agencies com biried,
it;jdcfies" nature, : and -curses
that it lowers vitality, in-
viteiat
that its d
bitfrfiowsZ out
the mental
flamV fmmorte out of every - foua
wKmenwiaarkness : rajt
noltBtftcwm
stabbirrtlieertst : : !ftmhopes
eolitoiabfitsbla
i-r-i- k'fr ifitiTf-vIv -i-'
eonessr oeyona tiie' as ir lives, into
fut ure ' and takes Its aWful J
tolrof progeny eyen in the lotjrtb
and fifth generation . It is more
to be dreaded than a maddog: On
every occasion it should oe boot
ed and v the boot thrown away.
As a medicine, in the opin
ion ot- : many ot o-u.r
greatest doctors, it has practical
ly "no value. The' great weight
bf scientific evidence leads to the
conclusion that1 alcohol is anj un
mitigated evil 1 It is aboU9 if
not" alreadyy to- be eliminated
from the pharmacopoeia. The
ures gathered by; the State
Board of Health show that only
three fourths of a tablespoon ful
per year per patient is presrerjbed
by our best 'and highest class
physicians. That it is not :effi-
cient as a medicine, , is easily
shown by the' fact that many of
bur best doctors never prescribe
it at all. There" are a nnmbet of
cities in North Carolina in which
it is not kept at the t drug stpres;
and where no prescriptions .have
been written for it since state
wide prohibition went into effect.
Whenthe Legislature i per
mitted doctors to prescribe in
toxicants for ' bona-fide patients,
it gave them unusual power and
confided in them a fiduciary trust.
This Confidence inust be kepttin-
violate. As long as this trust? is
riepdsed lii Ids, we must not jrove
recreant to it. He who breaks it
is worse ' than an Achan . I v i
"In . view, of bur; pfesent knowl
edge why Should intoxicants, be
sold even as a drug? In all reason
I can see none; Its - last; refuge
In this good lime is behind - the
Cloak ot the doctor. ' ivnwjng
the high regard in which 6uprd
iession is Held; in this list f hour
of its extremity itiJ shields itself
behind the; mddical profession
and cries ' intbxicants are Tgood
(medicine and the dctors prescrbe
Carolina Iledical Society.
rnaskwstripped offT; Iiet it:stand
forth in its true f ornij ugly -and
liideous, withput a single vestige
pf virtue. The; hour has arrived
for us to put our stamp oh dis
approval, upon liquor, and thus
drive it from its last lines of de
enseJ Iearmstly, urge , that, this
?toetgo on record opposing the
h ofjiquor even on prescriptions.
Jf we are to have prohibition,
then in the name of truth, men,
lef.it prohibit.
a This address,, which was filled
cwith facts and recom meridations
made, a marked Impression ojx
the; society, and immediajtelyjDri
A, Jent,. of , Xenoir,' macte, a
motion that a: committee, be ap
pointed by the chair to take un
der, advisement; the , address! pf
the Iresidenti with its recommjen
dations, and xeport; back to ihe
society, -This -motion i was . sec
onded .by .Pr..L., B, McBrayer,
Superintendent; v of , the Hospital
forberculoisandwas unan
imously carried. . A commitjtee
consisting of Jrs; : A. fiu Eenti of
Renoir; Ii. J Niebalson, Biich?
Uaajds ; T J Battle, State. Med-
mrWSfeRaiilS
State Board of u Health, Raiejgh,
was , appointed. . .
On the, next; day, the seven
teenth, Dr- J T. f . , Battle intro
duced the following paper, wlich
was unanimously passed: : :
"It will, not bethe purpose of
this, brief: paper to discuss thje a
bove subject from , the moral point
of. view, Or to indulge , in any
sentimental; opinions. j
i ; As chairman of the section !
on State Medicine, it. is. my.opin- j
ion that: alcohol I occupies a pos-
ition which very greatly affects
the- health , oft the citizens
of. this 8tate, and.djrectly.and in
directly r their -financial condition
High Glass Drinkers, i
"I purpose to offer some j fig
ures, aenvea i trom tne niftier
class drinkers. . There figure are
the resuh of the. Medico-Actua
rial investigation, which occupied
five ? years to complete TJhey
comprise the experience of forty-
three of trie largest insurance Corn
el. . ' ; . .-a'; ': ; ' '
panies cL America.
"In explanation of the expres
sion, higher class of drinkejrs,I
Will say that by this is meant ithat
these statistics do not give- ac
curately the immense amount of
injury alcohol: is doing the human
race, as insurance companies have
always realized 2 that whiskey Jn-
creases their mortality; and for
that reason they declined v to in
sure, the spree-er; the common
drinker, and the immoderate! user,
so it is only the moderate ;user,
Who was insured, on which these
figures are based. . r
, Liit Drirking 3rJainol :
i "In analyzing the. report qf- the
Medico - Actuarial Association's in
vestigation it is found ; that, tak-
ing 10Q as the normal .expectancy
foLali age, ithose, who indulge
in occasional excessea show a mor
tality of v!5l. per cent,, or.: 51 per
steady user shows a mortality of
Sufescription; OOgear
86per Tent alroyi
t&ee SSgMa 3of ''the 'liver
kff u59pncmonia
and suicide were twice the nor
maL j Those-wha hve reformed
Srom intemperance treat-
Per,cenfcjbyefe
whilethose who reformed with
SeSP1 :iMl!ol
35 per cent. lit boh. ohe two
latter classes'the urrtiseVs were.
total abstainers from the time of
their reformation.
"There have been few com
panies whp havel put: into seper-
afce classes the abstainers ahcjlthe
nbn -abstainers 'iwy modte
users and-the actuanaihvesiiga
tibn proves 5 that die r?jiista)ners
show a markect wicSity 1 ta the
hbn-abstatnersV4 tffgugouthe
ehtirewbrjking yeaIifeV on
every class of hlaln1 for
both sexes, however. tested
These excess-deathrate fig
ures, which are derived' frOmbus
iness corporations,: -for business
purposes, are acted upon by these
companies, admit of no doubt as
to their - accuracy. They1 are
worked but- for financial reasons
only. I purpose tsay iihirig
of the many paupers inmates of
tounty homei and insane "asylums,
theiejfpU
which are caused 1 by j icvdoi
Carolina annually, 1 and ; reaiizing
the excess dehrate - ciused di
rectly arid indirectly by ;jt, -it
does seem that U tifcl&'ffl'&f the
medicakprtfexsiM
ation in this day teems1 to be feaUy
as much tol prevent as to cure dis
ease, to use their tforts to put a
stop to this drink MtyltidK'ii ex
acting such heavy toll; Therefore
Resolved, That the Medical
Carolina: will us& i best : efforts
to discourage the use of alcohol
in any form as' a beveiraie ; L-
Resolved, seoniJ Jt is
the sense.ofthei societythat any
member of the "profession1 who
sary prescribingoi whiskey, either
to patients' or hompatiens, is
violatbg X W principles of
our profession, and is deserving
oi censure. .
1 'spiyjerf th jrgicohol
as a drug can be. eliminated from
the pharmacopoeia, without in
any degree ajlpliogjtfeiciency
of the doctprs arauuqentarium'
At a litter sssiohtJie cbihmit-
teappoinSed x - the
President s adctos reported as
follows tow;Mn Ms re
Hon StojmiUipii prescrip
tion: -.,:' .:'...: .'. ;;-
IYjel aprYe his advanced
position on preUcm writing
for alcoholic stimulants, and -ad
vise that our lemsktfre Commit
tee be instructed ip ask the next-
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