We have often heard of  the operations of the so-called
Christian Science as a means of healing the sick, but
never until yesterday had its manifestations been shown
in this community.  Little Beulah Senix lay sick with
typhoid fever for four long weeks without medicine or
medical attention, all this time with a burning fever and
delirium, slowly but surely wearing her young life away.

Mr. Thomas Senix and wife live about a mile east of town
and have only been in this community a short time.  They
are members of an organization called Saints and are
thoroughly devoted to the faith of this organization,
believing that in sickness by prayer and appeals to God
that He will, because of a manifestation of such unbounded
faith, heal a patient.

They are the parents of a little girl eleven years old who was
taken sick some four weeks ago with typhoid fever.  The
parents would not call a physician but sent for a Mr.
Fitzpatrick who resides near South Boston and is a
functionary among the "Saints" and with his supposed aid
they set about the application of the so-called Christian
Science to heal their child.  After praying day and night for
four weeks the child continued to grow steadily worse
notwithstanding the persistent appeals of the neighbors
to the parents to call a physician to their child's aid but not
until yesterday morning Mr. Abrose Shrum, a neighbor,
seeing the little sufferer's life continually wearing away and
being moved to pity took it upon himself to call a physician.

Dr. Purkhiser was summoned and went to the child but the
opposition of the parents was so pronounced that the doctor
was not permitted by them to do anything for the little
sufferer.  Thinking possibly with the help of another
physician the parents might be brought to a realization of the 
awful situation, he called Dr. Martin to assist him, but all the 
reasoning and persuasive powers of the two sympathetic 
physicians were not successful in bringing the parents and 
the "healer" Fitzpatrick to a realization of the gravity of the 
situation and the matter was finally turned over to the county 
authorities and County Health Officer Voyles and an officer 
took charge.

It was the opinion however of Dr. Voyles, after examining the little
patient, that the time had passed when medical aid would avail
much and he thought it only a matter of a short time when the
child must succumb to the inevitable, although with the kind
assistance of neighbors and friends, he did all that human
instrumentality could accomplish to save the child.

The sincerity of the father and mother is not questioned.  They
base their views on certain passages of the Scriptures and have
been suiting their actions to what they truly believe to be authority
of Holy Writ and seem in every sense conscientious.  But it is the
thought by many, and by Professors of Religion as well, that those
particular verses and passages have been misconstrued as well
as misapplied by them in the matter of healing the sick.  It should
be said of their credit however that they finally became resigned
to the situation and tried to do all they could to carry out the
direction of the attending physician.

LATER------The child died this morning at 4 o'clock.

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