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Obituary. 
AmJour.  Pharm. 
July,  1895. 
The  reports  of  Secretary  Martinez  and  Treasurer  Clark  were  read,  and,  upon 
motion,  approved. 
The  afternoon  session  was  largely  taken  up  on  matters  relating  to  the  work 
of  pharmacists.  An  interesting  letter  on  "Saw  Palmetto,"  written  by  Dr.  J. 
M.  Dixon,  of  Titusville,  was  read. 
Officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year,  as  follows  :  President,  W.  I.  Wood- 
man, St.  Augustine  ;  First  Vice-President,  J.  A.  Conover,  Jacksonville  ;  Second 
Vice-President,  Dr.  Mendoza,  Tampa  ;  Third  Vice-President,  J.  H.  Pittmann, 
Tampa  ;  Secretary,  M.  W.  Stewart,  Palatka  ;  Treasurer,  Francis  Lawton,  Jack- 
sonville ;  Local  Secretary,  H.  R.  Thomas,  Jacksonville. 
Committees  were  appointed  by  the  President,  and  it  was  decided  to  hold  the 
next  meeting  at  Jacksonville,  the  time  to  be  decided  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 
The  Association  then  adjourned  sine  die. 
M.  W.  Stewart,  Secretary. 
Palatka,  Fla. 
OBITUARY. 
John  S.  Newton,  Ph.G. 
Dr.  John  S.  Newton,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1866,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May 
29,  1842,  and  died  at  his  late  residence,  4031  Brown  Street,  West  Philadelphia, 
August  18,  1894,  of  Bright's  disease,  aged  52  years,  2  months  and  20  days. 
He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Ralph  and  Emily  Newton,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  Locust  Street  Grammar  School  and  Central  High  School,  and  was 
afterwards  made  assistant  professor  of  the  latter. 
He  learned  the  drug  business  with  his  fether  and  his  brother,  Alfred  W. 
Newton,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1864,  was  his  preceptor,  while  he  attended  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  and  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1866.  He  also 
attended  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  and  graduated  as  a  physician  in  1867. 
He  was  married,  in  187 1,  to  Miss  Frances  Taylor,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  who  died  in 
September,  1883,  leaving  two  daughters,  who  survive  them.  In  1879,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Columbus,  Ga.,  where  he  contracted  the  fatal 
disease;  afterwards  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  and  located  in  West  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  practiced  medicine  up  to  the  time  of  his  decease.  He  was 
a  member  of  Pennsylvania  Lodge,  No.  144,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
and  American  Castle,  No.  35,  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  His  funeral  ser- 
vices were  held  at  Calvary  P.  E.  Church,  Forty-first  and  Brown  Streets,  on  the 
following  Tuesday,  August  21,  1895,  the  interment  being  private.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
which  he  joined  March  16,  1866.  W.  E.  K. 
Edward  C.  Jones,  Ph.G. 
Edward  C.  Jones,  Ph.G.,  was  born  on  Fifth  Street  above  Market,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  August  26,  1843,  and  died  suddenly,  at  Media,  Pa.,  May  29,  1895, 
aged  51  years  9  months  and  3  days. 
He  was  the  son  of  Wm.  and  Jane  P.  Jones.  His  parents  were  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends  (Orthodox).    Edward  in  early  childhood  was  in  delicate 
