Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

EDITORIAL. 323
solely of addresses by the president and vice Barr, Columbus, Miss.; Charles Henry Otpresideut
of the Board of Managers of the ken, Jr., McComb, Miss.; William Arthur
institution, and the Riving of the awards. Toomer, Tremont, Miss.; William A Car-
Those who completed the course and re- peuter. Meridian, Miss.; Lewis Winston
ceived diplomas and medals were: Misses Walker, Little Springs, Miss.; James Rob-
E. L. Xoble, Z. A. Schapper, L, A. Netter- art McCIain, Mathiston; General W. Mcville,
Mrs, L. Connell, Misses L. P. Cuyler, Gowan, Sturgis, Miss.; James Robert Chaa-
L. E, Xicholls, J.T.Gill, Mrs. O.G.Lytle, dler, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Marion Lexter
Misser A. G. Dupuy, P. Jacobs, C. Col- Montgomery, Louisville, Miss.; Samuel
longues, O. M. Ayraud, Mrs. L, M. Brad- James Tilden Darden, Mvrtle, Miss, ; John
ford, Misses F. M. Roettger, E. Weiss, E. Edgar Powell, Timberville, Miss.; Samuel
W- Racine Logan Stephenson, Marks, Miss.; Robert
The Judah Touro prize of $100, awarded Forrest Payne, Hudsonville, Miss ; John
to the pupil attaining the highest standard William Stringer, Soso, Miss.; Carsie Z.
of excellence in all branches, was won by Ballard, Monticello, Miss.; John Gordon
Miss F. M. Roettger. Prince, Claude, Miss.
New Collefle Hospital.
N„^^^^ Graduate.
NIrs. Joseph Brown Whitehead of Atlaii- The graduating exercises of the first class
L''.n?r H ^;';'""^'.'"^° tbV'^.'^i'"r^' °f "^^^^^ to have completed their course of
hospital at the Georgia School of Technol- training at the training school of the Charogy.
She therefore has the privilege o lotte Sanatorium were held at the Academy
naming the building which will be called of Music in Charlotte on the evening of
the Joseph Bro\yn Whitehead hospital, in October 12, 1909. Mr. D. A. Tompkins
memory of her husband, the late Joseph president of the Sanatorium Companv pre-
Brown Whitehead.
.
sided. Rev. . W. M. Kincaid, D. D., of the
^JlYA ^"^^ ^^ >nstitution from Mrs. pirst Presbyterian , church opened the exer-
Whitehead and her two pung sous, Joseph cises with prayer and Rev. Plato T. Dur-
Brown \\ hiteiead and Conkey Whitehead, ham, of Concord, N. C, delivered a most
and will make possible the beginning at eloquent address. Mr. Tompkins presented
once of that much-needed building-a hos- the diplomas and Miss E. E. Cherryman,
pital for the boys at the 1 ech. superintendent of the Sanatorium, awarded
Dr. Moore Locates at Chester. the prizes.
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Dr. A. Wylie .Moore, has located
following
in diesare
the graduates: Miss
ter, S. C, for the practice of
Josephine R.
his profession
Hunnicutt, Lynchburg, Va.;
and is occupying a suite of
^'ss Lena offices M. Weller,
in the Repubhc, Ohio; Miss
Agurs building. ^^'^^^^
Dr. Moore is a graduate ^- Tittsworth, San Antonio, Texas;
of the "^^'^^ academic Lillian and medical departments
D. Davis, Orlando, Fla.; Miss
of the University of Virginia and has
Catharine
served
A. Olwill, New York, N. Y.;
as surgeon on the ^^'*^ ^^^''^
staff of Bellevue
L. Call, Freeport,
hospital,
La.: Miss
New York city. Dr. Moore is a Chester ^^^ry J. Crooker, Norfolk, Va.; Miss Florboy
and is a brother of Dr. B. S. Moore, of
^"^^ ^^- Haines, Xenia, Ohio; Miss Lillian
Charlotte, ^^'-ncastle, N. C. and is a nephew of Dr. W. Va.
^.^Y^'^'
Gill Wvlie, of New \'ork.
^"^^^ young ladies were delightfully entertained
after the exercises by Mr. Tomp-
Mlsslsslppl Medical Examinations. kins.
I
Out of the eightvone applicants at the
. recent meeting of the .Mississippi Medical
Physician Held lor Murder.
[Examiners (State Board of Health) only An investigation by the coroner's jury into
' twenty-one were licensed to practice inedi- the killing of E. K. Judson, patient of the
cine. The sixteen negro members all failed Jackson, La., insane asylum, whose horrif
to pass. bly burned body was found near St. Francis-
* This remarkably small percentage is due ville. La., October IS, resulted in the holdjin
part to the rigid policy instituted by the ing of Dr. E. C. McKowen for the murder.
board, and also to the close watch kept on The coroner's jury found that the body of
{the applicants to detect the possible use of Judson had been placed by the side of the
' jacks." There were a good many instances Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad tracks,
of this kind. Tiie successful applicants near Wakefield, by Dr. McKowen. No
^fe:
George Walton Wallace, Arbo, Miss.;
motive for the crime is given.
Dr. McKowen is in prison at St. Francis-
Louis Stinson, Canton, Miss.; William ville.
jjames Coleman, Aberdeen, Miss.; William
U- Lusk, Winona, .Miss.: -Marvin Montgoin-
All the evidence indicated that Judson
had been killed, apparently by strangulajCry
Hall, Belle Prairie, Miss.; Frank Ellis tion, some distance from where the body