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uly 12, 1906

County Medical Association

The County Medical Society held a very interesting meeting at the Elgin Hotel yesterday. Those present were: Dr. McIntosh, Burns; Drs. Buck and Furst, Peabody; Dr. Meyer, Lincolnville; Dr. Saylor, Ramona; Dr. Welch, Tampa; Dr. Shirk, Lost Springs; Drs. G.P. Marner, N.M. Smith and R.C. Smith, Marion;

Papers read were as follows: "Some things we do and don't know, and some things we know and don't do." — Dr. Furst.

"Puerile Fever" — Dr. Welch.

"Rashes, associated with digestive disturbance in children" — Dr. Saylor.

"The Microscope as a help in diagnosis" — Dr. R.C. Smith.

The next meeting will be held in Florence, in October.

The officers of the Library Association met at the Rest Room July 6th. Enough money has been collected to meet all obligations during the first half year. It is hoped that those who have subscribed to the support of the Library, and all who are interested in the project, will be willing to pay the small sum of one dollar in order to keep the Library open. The books are in constant circulation, and are appreciated by the young people. One hundred new books will be received in a few weeks. Since January the circulation has been thirteen hundred and fifty, which shows the interest taken in the Library.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hooker are the parents of a boy, born yesterday.

The Cooking School under the auspices of the M.E. Ladies' Aid Society, which was postponed some time ago, will be held here in October. It will be under the direction of Mrs. Dodson, who is now engaged in Chautauqua work.

Rev. and Mrs. Rudolph Caughey entertained very pleasantly in honor of the Presbyterian choir Tuesday evening. Beside the members of the choir the guests were: Mrs. Brown Corby, Mrs. Florer, Mrs. W.C. Shippee, Mrs. Mary Huse and Miss Aline Frazer.

The "clerks" defeated the "telephone men" in a moderately fast baseball game last Monday. Score 11 to 4. Battery for clerks, Roberts and Cory, and for telephone men, Bright and Stader, p and Sheldon, c.

John Doster, youngest son of Judge and Mrs. Doster, graduated a week or so ago from the Virginia Military Academy. He expects to go to Cornell University next Fall to take an engineering course.

Mrs. Brown Corby is giving a house party the last of this week and the first of next week in honor of seven friends of Miss Gladys Corby. The guests arrived today from Herington and will remain until Tuesday of next week. They are Misses Ira Pratt, Gertrude Thompson, Edith Thornberg, Edith Miller, Lulu Swartz, Zula Combs and Edith Krause.

It is a little hard on the teachers to tell the story but the fact is that some of the answers made to questions asked in the recent teachers' examination indicate, to put it mildly, somewhat of a lack of accurate and up-to-date information on the part of some of the aspirants. Here are a few samples: "Horace Greeley was an English poet." "Horace Greeley was a pro-slavery leader in the Kansas border war." "The Senators from Kansas are Coburn and Plumb." "Chester I. Long was a missionary in Africa." Lest the teachers form a mob, and make matters interesting about this shop, we hasten to add that as a rule the papers handed in by the teachers are excellent — according to the report given from the Superintendent's office. If this doesn't square us, we will say something else complimentary next week.

Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Bryan gave a delightful lawn supper Tuesday evening to the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bryan, Misses Edna Yost, Lucy Mollohan and Vinnie Wible.

Nees Olsen and wife are the proud parents of a girl, born the 6th.

Every once in a while some cheerful individual remarks to us, "well now that the paper is out I suppose you can take it easy for three of four days." Yes, how delightful it is that a country editor has practically nothing to do between press-days. Business runs along automatically. When paper bills come due money drops off the trees with which to pay them. Subscribers vie with each other to see who can pay the farthest in advance. Advertisers beg for additional space. And the way the news hunts up the editor is also pleasant to contemplate. There is something really strange about the way news items act. When the paper is out the editor simply goes to his desk and leans back in his easy chair and looks wise and waits for next week's press day. The day before press day the people line up in front of the office door and then they file past his desk and tell him all the news of the week. He writes it up in 15 or 20 minutes, takes it back and hangs it on the hook. The compositors take the copy, shake it over the type cases, say a few mystic words, the type flies in place and after a few passes by the foreman the forms are ready for the press again. And the editor goes down and deposits some more money in the bank. It is the greatest snap in the catalogue. Now if the editor could only do away with press day, his joy would be complete.

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