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John White, John G. Drennan, F. W. Anderson, A. L. Augur, W. M. Provine, Mathew Kava- naugh, R. M. Powel and H. R. Anderson. For many years F. W. Anderson, a son of the founder, was president, and the success with which it has met is due in a large measure to his strong personality and good judgment. Mr. An- derson died in 1916 and was succeeded by E. R. Wright who had been cashier for many years. The present board of directors consists of the following men: W. M. Provine, J. C. McBride, E. R. Wright, G. F. Shumway, Ernest Hoover, Charles Callaway, C. A. Stokes, H. M. Hallock and Roy A. Johnston. The officers are as fol- lows: Roy A. Johnston, president; W. M. Pro- vine, vice-president; Ray E. Bauder, cashier ; N. E. Turner, assistant cashier. That this is a strong financial institution is shown by the fol- lowing statement of its condition at the close of business, December 27, 1916.
Resources : Loans and discounts, $690,048.49 ; U. S. bonds, $101,000 ; other bonds and securities, $81,925 ; premium paid, $3,023.20; Federal Re- serve stock, $9,000; redemption fund, $5,000; real estate, $18,550; furniture and fixtures, $5,675; cash and exchange, $312,009.07; total, $1,226,230.76.
Liabilities : Capital, $200,000; surplus, $100,- 000; undivided profits, $24,350.89; circulation, $97,795; dividends unpaid, $16; deposits, $804,- 068.87; total, $1,226,230.76.
JOHN B. COLEGROVE & Co. On January 1, 1908, John B. Colegrove, Aaron Hedden, James H. Abell and James White organized the banking firm, or partnership of John B. Colegrove & Co., their purpose being to do a general banking busi- ness. They began business on April 6, 1908, and their growth has been phenomenal. At the close of business on December 1, 1916, the total re- sources of the firm were $1,486,086.05, and the deposits were $708,150.71. The first officers of this bank were John B. Colegrove, president ; Aaron Hedden, vice-president ;
and Homer Brents, cashier. The present officers are as fol- lows: John B. Colegrove, president ; Aaron Hed- den, vice-president; Ralph D. Ricks, cashier ; Harvey Gollogher, Loren Colegrove, Mrs. Wil- liam Roberts and Bessie Winslow, bookkeepers.
THE TAYLORVILLE NATIONAL BANK was organ- ized by W. B. Adams with a capital stock of $150,000. The charter was granted in November, 1907, and the bank opened its doors for busi- ness March 16, 190S. The first officers were as follows : L. D. Hewitt, president ; Grover Hoover,
vice-president; J. B. Walker, cashier; F. C. Achenbach and W. E. Deming, assistant cashiers. The first board of directors was composed of the following men: L. D. Hewitt, Grover Hoover, W. S. Scott, Henry Jayne, J. W. Russell, W. D. Shehan, Samuel Anderson, F. F. Knotts and J. H. Dickerson. The officers at present are : L. D. Hewitt, president ; Walter M. Provine, vice- president ; F. C. Achenbach, cashier ; H. C. Mox- ley, C. T. Hewitt, assistant cashiers. The fol- lowing named men compose the present board of directors : L. D. Hewitt, H. M. Hallock, G. W. Parrish, J. J. Achenbach, W. S. Scott, Walter M. Provine, W. D. Shehan, W. R., Richardson, F. H. Kinney, Samuel Anderson. The present condition of the bank is as follows :
Resources : Loans and discounts, $372,434.30; U. S. bonds, $150,000 ; bonds and securities, $13,- 000; other real estate, $10,000; stock in Federal Reserve bank, $4,850; banking house, furniture and fixtures, $49,9SS.91; cash and sight ex- change, $107,158.85 ; total, $707,432.06.
Liabilities: Capital, $150,000 ; surplus and un- divided profits, $19,009.30; circulation, $148,- 197.50; deposits, $376,225.26; bills payable, $14,000; total, $707,432.06. .
THE FARMERS' NATIONAL BANK of Taylorville was established in 1867, by A. G. Barnes with the aid of Springfield capital, as the Christian County Bank. Later Mr. Barnes assumed con- trol of the institution and the name was changed to A. G. Barnes, Banker. When Mr. Barnes' son became old enough to be taken into business the firm name underwent another change, and thenceforward was known as A. G. Barnes & Co., until it was converted into the Farmer's National Bank in 1900 with a capital of $100,000. A. G. Barnes was president, D. W. Johnston, vice- president and J. B. Walker, cashier, of the newly organized bank. The first board of directors was composed of the following business men of Tay- lorville : A. G. Barnes, D. W. Johnston, H. M. Powel, W. S. Ridgley, Solomon Marblestone, W. R. Calloway, Frank Brewer, Teo. Durr, C. M. Parker, Nicholas Burch and William Chamber- lain. The present officers are as follows : D. W. Johnston, president; G. T. Meacham, vice-presi- dent; James A. Adams, cashier ; F. F. Baugh- man, assistant cashier ; H. B. Austin, clerk. The present board of directors is composed of the following men. D. W. Johnston, Solomon Marble- stone, Joseph Brockamp, C. L. Carroll, W. B. McBride, Russell Price, James A. Adams, W. S. Ridgley, Frank Brewer, G. T. Meacham, D.
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Hoover. The condition of the bank at present is as follows :
Resources : Loans and discounts, $226,731.18; U. S. bonds, $100,000; other bonds and securi- ties, $101,020.15; Federal Reserve bank stock, $4,600; banking house, furniture, etc., $32,- 500; cash and exchange, $205,230.17; total, $670,081.50.
Liabilities : Capital, $100,000 ; surplus, $53,000 ; undivided profits, $14,035.30; circulation, $98,- 650; deposits, $404,396.20; total, $670,081.50.
THE FARMERS' STATE BANK OF MORRISONVILLE received its charter on April 27, 1917, and opened for business May 1. The officers are as follows : J. W. Campbell, president; Dr. C. M. Seaton, vice-president ; Edward Diller, second vice-presi- dent; and Charles Rittger, cashier. The de- posits are approximately $40,000. The bank has first class equipment in the way of fireproof vault and burglar proof safe.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MORRISONVILLE was organized in May, 1903, the original stock- holders being William F. Langen, J. H. Bert- mann, W. H. Deister, L. A. Tyler, E. S. Shull, J. C. Dodson, William Spratt, George E. Maxon, Fred Bertmann, II. A. Bertmann, W. W. Dem- ing, W. M. Provine, William Kitchell, M. S. Gowin, Kelley Howell, August Mundhenke, Wil- liam Lowis, J. D. Lowis, J. D. Offlighter, John IIaley, Michael McLean, J. M. Storm, G. E. Bol- ing, R. E. Hill, A. B. Herdman, G. F. Schmitz, David Noonan, H. H. Herdman. C. A. Bullard. The first directors were George E. Maxon, H. H. Herdman, William F. Langen, J. H. Bertmann and William Lowis. H. L. Maxon was the first cashier, serving in this capacity for one year ; he being succeeded by Joseph Brockamp; then Ernest L. White. The present cashier is Aloy- sius McLean. The present officers are : William F. Langen, president; C. B. Lloyd, vice-presi- dent ; Aloysius McLean, cashier, and T. B. Pear- son, assistant cashier. The directors are: Wil- liam F. Langen. C. B. Lloyd, Louis Rittger, Joseph Klingler, G. F. Schmitz, C. A. Bullard and John H. Millburg. The original capital of the First National Bank was $25,000, but owing to its rapid growth it was found necessary to in- crease the capital stock, and in January, 1917, the capital was increased from $25,000 to $50,- 000, with a surplus of $5,000. The deposits of the bank now average in the neighborhood of $350,000. The financial condition on March 5, 1917, was as follows :
Resources : Loan and discounts, $258,189.14 ;
bonds and securities, $7,006.73; U. S. bonds, $25,000; Federal Reserve bank stock, $1,200; banking house furniture, fixtures, $11,949 ; other real estate, $2,724.55; cash and exchange, $116,133.45 ; total, $422,102.87.
Liabilities : Capital stock, $50,000 ; surplus and profits, $5,896.48; circulation, $25,000; deposits, $341,306.39 ; total, $422,102.87.
L. JOHNSON & SON, BANKERS, OF MORRISONVILLE.
In 1879 J. H. Vandeveer established a private bank in Morrisonville. In 1891, he was suc- ceeded by Leroy Martin and Lewis Johnson, who did a general banking business under the firm name of Martin & Johnson. Recently Mr. Martin retired from the firm and the bank is now owned and managed by Louis Johnson and his son Edward Johnson, under the name of L. Johnson & Son. This bank is one of the substantial financial institutions of Christian County.
GROVE CITY BANK OF GROVE CITY. This pri- vate bank is the successor of the Exchange Bank of Housley & Drake. The firm composed of Or- lando Z. Housley and Cornelius Drake began do- ing a banking business at Grove City in 1881, succeeding J. G. Harvey & Co. The co-partner- ship of Housley & Drake continued until Mr. Housley's death in 1908. These two gentlemen, who stood well in the community business cir- cles, also opened the Exchange Bank of Stoning- ton, in 1893. The Exchange Bank at Grove City and its successor the Grove City Bank have done their part in a solid, steady and modest way to care for many of the banking needs of the north- ern part of Christian County. The present own- ers of the Grove City Bank are: Cornelius Drake, Melvin S. Sadler, Laban Yoder, Elmo S. Drake, Waldo H. Drake. Miss Zilpah Wright is the efficient cashier.
MT. AUBURN STATE BANK. A permit to organ- ize the Mount Auburn State Bank with a capital stock of $25.000 was issued to W. R. Hedrick, Royal Butcher, L. C. Armstrong, J. F. McCool and J. M. Wiswell, March 7, 1917. The bank was organized April 20, 1917, with J. M. Wis- well, W. R. Hedrick, L. C. Armstrong, Charles A. Scholes and Royal Butcher as a board of di- rectors; and Royal Butcher as president : Charles A. Scholes as vice-president ; and J. F. MIcCool as cashier. A charter was issued April 21, 1917, and fixtures were installed May 30, 1917. The bank owns its own building and had
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on deposit at close of business June 23, 1917, $11,162.47.
MT. AUBURN FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
The First National Bank of Mt. Auburn was opened in a small building across the street from the Christian Church by J. W. Brown & Co. of Blue Mound, September 1, 1901. Carl Miller was the cashier and F. B. Mulberry the assistant cashier. In 1905, Edward L. Smith and F. B. Mulberry bought the interest of J. W. Brown & Co. and the bank was moved to a substantial brick building in the southern part of the village. Edward L. Smith was president, Carl Miller, cashier, and F. B. Mulberry, as- sistant cashier of the new organization. In 1911, Oliver Hardy, Edward L. Smith, S. R. Shepherd and F. B. Mulberry formed a part- nership and took over the business, which they operated for two years. In 1913 a consolidation was effected with the First National Bank un- der which name the bank has been conducted since that time. The present officers are as fol- lows: F. B. Mulberry, president, and William Hight, cashier. The capital and surplus are HOW $50,000, and the deposits amount to $237,000.
THE ILLINOIS STATE BANK OF ASSUMPTION iS the pioneer banking house of the city, being or- ganized as a private bank and opened for busi- ness in August, 1883. Its first location was ón the present site of the Wallace Music house. Its second location was on the present site but the building was destroyed by fire January 1, 1900. It was rebuilt the same year. The original bank- ing firm was a co-partnership, known by title as "The Bank of Assumption." The owners were Benjamin F. Hight, president, and Silas D. Moore, now deceased. The original co-partner- ship was continued until January 1, 1890, when E. W. Hight was made an equal owner. The business was conducted as a private bank until June 30, 1897, when it was incorporated as a state bank, under the title of the Illinois State Bank, with a capital of $25,000. The first offi- cers of the new banking concern were : Benjamin F. Hight, president; D. Lacharite, vice-presi- dent ; E. W. Hight, cashier ; and J. A. Lacharite and Karl Hight, assistant cashiers. Benjamin F. Hight died in December, 1899, and was suc- ceeded by D. Lacharite, while Wade F. Johnson succeeded Mr. Lacharite as vice-president. No other changes have been made since the organi-
zation of the state bank in 1897. The resources at the time of reorganization as a state bank were less than $50,000, while the institution to- day has shown by its last published statement to have over $600,000 assets. An increase of 1200 per cent resources for twenty years. It now has a capital of $25,000 and $40,000 surplus and undivided profits and is on the credited list of state banks having a surplus equal to or greater than its capital.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ASSUMPTION. One of the strong financial institutions of Christian County is the First National Bank of Assump- tion which was organized in 1900 by A. H. Cor- zine and August Cazalet, with a capital of $25,- 000. August Cazalet was president; C. C. Cor- zine, vice-president; A. H. Corzine, cashier, and A. Conner, assistant cashier. Mr. Cazalet died in 1914, and was succeeded as president by C. C. Corzine. L. Cazalet was then made vice-presi- dent. No other changes have occurred. This Institution was successful from the beginning. paying the stockholders a good dividend on their investment.
KINCAID TRUST & SAVINGS BANK was organ- ized in January, 1915, with the following offi- cers : L. D. Hewitt, president ; W. R. Richardson, vice-president ; Ed. J. Quinn, cashier ; Bruce Shaw, assistant cashier ; directors, L. D. Hewitt. H. M. Hallock, Elmer Wilson, Henry Fesser. Walter Shaw, John Gorman, W. R. Richardson. The capital stock of this bank is $25,000 and the deposits now amount to $120,000.
PANA NATIONAL BANK. This bank was organ- ized in 1903 by L. A. Goddard of Chicago; C. W. Bainbridge of St. Louis ; a Mr. Browning of St. Louis; Dr. J. Huber of Pana ; and A. B. Cor- man of Pana. On October 9, 1914, J. B. Walker and Ernest L. White, experienced bankers, bought the controlling interest in this bank and have been actively engaged in its management up to this time. J. B. Walker is president; A. B. Corman, vice-president ; Ernest L. White, casli- ier, and Julius Keefer, assistant cashier. The present directors are J. B. Walker, A. B. Cor- man, Ernest L. White, Julius Broehl, Frank Brown and Edward Sweeney. The present con- dition is as follows :
Resources : Loans and discounts, $236,741.29 : overdrafts, $1,345.24; United States bonds, $51,- 000; other bonds and warrants, $56,270.11; stock in Federal Reserve bank, $1,800; bank building. $14,235.46; furniture and fixtures, $6,075.72; cash and exchange, $78,566.76; total, $446,034.58.
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Liabilities : Capital stock paid in, $50,000; sur- plus and undivided profits, $13,720.40; national bank notes in circulation, $50,000; Divi- dends unpaid, $30; deposits, $332,284.18; total, $446,034.5S.
THE II. N. SCHUYLER PRIVATE BANK was es- tablished in Pana, in 1876, succeeding the Bank of Anderson & Shumway, and it has been one of the solid financial institutions of the county dur- ing a period of more than forty years. In the year 189S, Mr. Schuyler's son, George H. Schuy- ler, who was a graduate of Yale College, was ad- mitted as a member of the firm, and the business was conducted under the name of H. N. Schuyler & Son, until the death of the latter. In 1906, the bank was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, as the H. N Schuyler State Bank, with a capital of 200,000.00. The officers are: H. N. Schuyler, president; J. E. Reese, vice-president ; and F. A. Cutler, cashier. The directors are II. N. Schuyler, J. E. Reese, F. A. Cutler, Ilarry McKoy, Mrs. Ruth Schuyler Cole, and Dr Albert M. Cole. From a small bank with about $80,000.00 deposits, in 1876, the bank has grown steadily, and now has the largest resources of any bank in Christian County, with deposits of $1,600,000.00. This has been accomplished by diligent devotion to legitimate banking, courte- ous treatment and square dealing to all its pa- trons. There are few, if any cities the size of Pana, that have a banking institution with as large resources, and very few banks where one individual has been the active head for more than forty years. It has gone through the vari- ous panics and money stringencies, meeting all obligations promptly on presentation, and stands as a credit to the city and county in which it is located.
PALMER STATE BANK.
The Palmer State Bank was organized in 1912 with a capital of $25,000. The first direc- tors were: Dr. J. F. Miller, R. J. McWard, R. E. Best, John H. Shake, W. D. Shehan, J. J. Achenbach, J. R. Thompson, H. A. Payne and D. G. Leigh. Dr. J. F. Miller was the first president; R. E. Best the first cashier. Elmer McWard was the assistant cashier. The bank opened with $30.000 deposits and in 1917, five years later, they had increased to $110.000. The capital, surplus and undivided profits now amount to $27.500. The present directors are: Dr. J. F. Miller, D. G. Leigh, R. J. McWard,
Elmer McWard, J. J. Achenbach, R. E. Hill, John A. Johnson, W. D. Shehan, J. L. Boyd. The officials are: President, J. F. Miller ; caslı- ier, Elmer McWard; assistant cashier, J. Clyde Miller.
FARMERS' STATE BANK OF BULPITT.
Farmers' State Bank of Bulpitt was organ- ized June 9, 1917, with the following men as directors: John B. Colegrove, Henry Fesser, Ralph D. Ricks, G. W. Lemmen, M. W. Colean, Kelsey Sharp and J. F. Lard. The capital stock is $25,000 and the surplus $2,500. The present officers are as follows: G. W. Lemmen, presi- dent; Henry Fesser, vice president; Ralph D. Ricks, vice president and cashier; Vernon O. Bloxam and E. E. Smith, assistant cashiers. The bank is housed in a new building on the main street of Bulpitt and is enjoying a steady growth. The deposits now amount to about $95,000, which is a remarkable showing, con- sidering the short time that the institution has been in existence. Other banks in South Fork Township have been the Bank of Humphrey, located at Tovey, and the Bank of Bulpitt, lo- cated at Bulpitt. These banks have been dis- continued.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
Within the past quarter of a century, there lias been unusual development of various sections of Illinois, and especially is this found in sec- tions devoted to residence purposes. The people have awakened to the extreme desirability of possessing homes of their own, and with this comprehension of the advantages of investing what they would otherwise spend for rent, in the liomes in which they could reside while paying for them, has come a demand for sufficient funds to finance the purchase of land and the erection of a house. Out of these conditions have grown the reliable institutions operated under different names which have for their purpose the lending of money to reliable parties for the purpose of securing homes upon easy payments, and at the same time offering to investors a safe and profit- able proposition. These institutions have had a prosperous history in Christian County.
FINANCES OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
Christian County is admittedly a rich county. It numbers among its residents some of the
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most substantial men outside the large cities, in the state, and many also are interested in valuable properties outside the county and Illinois. The farmers are prosperous ; the work- ing people in the villages and cities receive ex- cellent wages, and many are investing their sav- ings in home industries or properties. It would be difficult to find any county of the size of Christian where there is so little actual poverty, or where there are so many people in comfort- able circumstances. Crime and financial losses of questionable character have little place in the annals of Christian County, for its people are willing to labor and save and are content with what they amass honestly and uprightly, and this has much to do with their high moral char- acter.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
IMPORTANCE-EARLY PHYSICIANS-DEBT OF GRATI- TUDE - FORMER PHYSICIANS - DEVELOPMENT - PRESENT PHYSICIANS-HOSPITALS AND SANITA- RIUMS-PROFESSION OF DENTISTRY-PRESENT DENTAL SURGEONS-ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL --- PANA HOSPITAL.
IMPORTANCE.
In considering the medical profession, the im- partial observer must arrive at the conclusion that it is at once the most beneficent and benevo- lent of all the vocations in which man may be engaged. Here is a science that has attracted the best efforts and talents of men of all ages ; its constantly broadening horizons have ever cre- ated a field for continued and diversified en- deavor, and the achievements of its devotees have combined to form the very foundation- stones upon which the structure of national life and strength stands secure. Certain it is that through the labors of the medical fraternity the epidemic diseases and plagues of humanity have been practically abolished from civilization; the contagious and infectious maladies largely de- prived of their fatality ; the virulence of all dis-
ease greatly modified ; the terrific horrors of war lessened. The medical profession is for mankind and its greatest problem is to secure faithful and honest performance of professional obligation. Whatever may be the favorite line of profes- sional work, the practitioner may not overlook the fact that, as a practitioner, he belongs to a body of organized men laboring for the com- mon good of humanity. The true type of physi- cian is a fount of wisdom for the weak, the halt, the blind to go to for balm to cure their woes and for advice to strengthen failing courage. He must irradiate the sick chamber with the light of his cheerful presence, lifting patients out of the slough of despondency, even as did the first physician of whom history has any record, I-em- Hetep, who lived during the third dynasty of Egypt, probably before 4000 B. C., and among whose titles, beside that of Master of Secrets, was that of Bringer of Peace.
EARLY PHYSICIANS.
The medical profession of Christian County has ever been noted for its self-sacrificing labors. From the time of the arrival of the first man of medicine, shortly following the advent of the pioneers, the men who have devoted their ener- gies to the alleviation of the suffering of their fellow-men in this locality have sustained a repu- tation for living up to the highest ethics of their calling. Many physicians and surgeons of Chris- tian County have attained distinguished posi- tions in the ranks of the professions, while there are many others who, if they have not reached the altruistic dignity which should have been theirs, have achieved an eminence for probity and honor which has entitled them to the respect and gratitude of mankind.
There is always a peculiar interest attached to the earliest workers in any field of activity, and this is pre-eminently so in regard to pro- fessional workers. What more interesting, if not romantic, figure could be found than the pioneer doctor, astride his horse, his saddle-bags filled with his homely and simple drugs and herbs, riding miles through the night to answer some urgent call from a distant patient; often to wrest a life from the hands of the Grim Reap- er; as often to bring into the world a new life. Time or weather made no difference to this la- borer in medical fields. His sole conveyance was his horse ; he could not have used a carriage had he owned one, for roads there were none, and
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frequently the physician was forced to leave his faithful animal in the mire, himself to con- tinue his journey afoot to reach the bedside of the one who had placed confidence in his coming.
While the medical profession has long since commenced to take its place as the science of sanitation, diathetics, education and hygiene, realizing that most of the human ills physicians are called upon to treat are due to violations of right living, the pioneer physician relied upon his drugs, and oftentimes his herbs, and, consid- ering conditions, the cures accomplished by him, were frequently little less than miracles. Mon- etary compensation was a more or less movable feast. The general class of pioneers, especially in the country districts, had but little money, and thus the work of the pioneer devotees of Æsculapius became largely a work of humani- tarianism. With the settlement of Christian County, the building of roads, and the increas- ing facilities of transportation, the passing of the old-time pioneer physician was accomplished. Gradually he found his district being more and more prescribed ; new methods and advanced ideas crowded him from the ranks; until today, as an active worker in the field he has entirely disappeared. And yet, the labors of this hum- ble worker, this benevolent and philanthropic laborer in the interests of his fellow-man, have their place in the history of the profession of any community ; for without his self-sacrificing work the great development that has come with the passage of the years could never have been accomplished.
Among the former physicians of Christian County to whom a debt of gratitude is owed which can never be repaid, the following de- serve a place of honored mention: Dr. L. C. Armstrong, Taylorville; Dr. J. N. Alden, Edin- burg ; Dr. E. M. Alverson, Stonington ; Dr. Benj. F. Barnes, Taylorville; Dr. J. D. Bennett, As- sumption ; Dr. S. M. Benepe. Assumption ; Dr. H. D. Bixby, Assumption ; Dr. Henry Bloram, Mt. Auburn; Dr. Erastus T. Chapman, Tay- lorville; Dr. H. C. Chapman, Taylorville ; Dr. W. W. Crane, Morrisonville; Dr. J. W. Campbell, Morrisonville .; Dr. J. J. Conner, Palmer and Pana; Dr. A. Conel, Mt. Au- burn; Dr. J. S. C. Cussins, Owaneco; Dr. J. H. Clark, Taylorville; Dr. Ira B. Curtis, Tay- lorville ; Dr. J. II. Dodge, Pana ; Dr. H. H. Dem- ing, Pana; Dr. Salem Dickey, Pana; Dr. J. H. Dickerson, Taylorville; Dr. M. L. Dorman, Tay- lorville ; Dr. A. E. Eversole, Pana ; Dr. F. Fisher,
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