Vol. 71, 1915 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

:
the program more than three-fourths
were read by their authors. Nearly 100
visitors from various sections of the country
were present and interested in the excellent
papers and discussions. The
"waiting list" of applicants for membership
is said to contain 85 names of well
known surgical workers. From the
"waiting list" were elected the following
new members : Dr. W. L. Cousins, Portland,
Me. ; Dr. L. Landry, New Orleans,
La. ; Dr. G. B. Rhodes, Cincinnati, O. ; Dr.
Doane Lewis, Chicago, 111. ; Dr. W. A.
Downes, New York City, N. Y. ; Dr. J.
Bailey, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Joseph Tabor
Johnston, Washington, D. C., and Dr. N.
Shilling, Cedar Bayou, Texas, were elected
to honorary membership. Cincinnati,
O., was selected for the meeting of 1915.
The following officers were elected for
1915 : President, Dr. Bacon Saunders,
Fort Worth, Texas ; Vice-Presidents
Drs. Thos. S. CuUen and S. M. D. Clark,
New Orleans, La. ; Secretary, Dr. W. D.
Haggard, Nashville, Tenn. ; Treasurer,
Dr. LeGrand Guerry, Columbia, S. C.
Dr. W. R. Brandon, having recently
completed an eighteen months' service in
postgraduate work in Baltimore, has located
at Midway, N. C, where he will do
general practice.
Dr. J. F. Rhem, New Bern, N. C, has
recently been elected Provincial Grand
Master of the Masonic Order of Colonial
Masters, membership of which order is
limited to Past Masters of Masonic bodies
organized in America prior to the Revolution.
Dr. Francis J.
Clemenger, Asheville, N.
C, has returned home after two years'
study in the laboratory of Sir Almoth
Wright, London, England.
The annual convention of the Georgia
Surgeons Club w^ill be held in Atlanta,
Ga., at the Hotel Ansley February 25, 26,
1915. An elaborate banquet has been arranged
for the evening of the 25th at
which time a symposium on "Indigestion,
its Causes and Treatment" will be discussed.
Extensive clinics and many social
courtesies will be given the visiting surgeons
during their stay in the city. The
question of enlarging the membership in
the club to include Southern Surgeons in
The offi-
general will also be considered.
cers for the session are :
Ga.
EDITORIAL. 39
President—Dr. E. C. Davis, Atlanta,
Vice-President—Dr. T. J. McArthur,
Cordele, Ga.
Secretary-Treasurer—Dr. R. M. Harbin,
Rome, Ga.
Dr. J. A. Anderson for seven years past
a leading practitioner of McAdensville, N.
C, has removed to Charlotte, N. C, where
he has engaged in general practice.
Dr. J. T. Johnson, of Hickory, N. C,
and one of the oldest practitioners of medicine
in the State died December 24, 1914,
m his seventy-ninth year. He was a veteran
of the Civil War, entering the Confederate
service in March, 1861, as second
lieutenant, Co. K., 35th N. C, and being
taken prisoner by the Federals April 1,
1865, with the rank of Colonel. On his
release from the famous Johnson's Island,
O., prison in June, 1865, he returned to
Hickory, N. C, studying medicine later
at the University of Pennsylvania and
spending the remainder of his days in
earnest laborious effort among his people.
An active and influential member of the
Methodist Church, he exercised a potential
influence in the community for every
good purpose, and it is said of him that
he was one of the most highly respected
and best loved men of the community
where he lived for more than sixty years.
Dr. Calvin J. Parlier, Blowing Rock,
N. C, died at the Charlotte Sanatoriom,
Charlotte, N. C, December 16, 1914.
He was a native of Wilkes County,
N. C, spending his boyhood and most of
his life there until some years since he
removed to Blowing Rock, Watauga
County, N. C, where he enjoyed in marked
degree the confidence of the community
as physician and friend. In addition
to being active in professional work Dr.
Parker was president of the local bank,
and a man of aft'airs in the town and
county. A man of most charitable traits
of character, his going will be noted by
the many who were the frequent recipients
of his favors.
Dr. C. F. Dowd, Willow Springs, N. C,
passed this life at his home November
30, 1914, where he had lived for many
years and enjoyed the respect of his fellows.
He was a first honor graduate of
the University of North Carolina in its
academic school and later a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania medical
department. For many years he enjoyed
a large practice in Wake and adjacent
counties until attaining the age of sixty
he retired on account of ill health. Dying