"...my own familiar friend, who came as a walking delegate from Fentress county, Tennessee. Later he was legally adopted in the Coterie of Tabor school boys, and hence was a Kentuckian."

My memory also reverts to [Philip's] doughty sire, Dr. Voils, of "bocanical" fame. He could fire a charge of "tonigan" into ailing humanity, and the deaf heard, the dumb spake, and the lame walked. If a man or son of a man were blind from birth, or a link were missing from his back bone, when dealt an "astrimgam," the blind man could see to read his title clear to mansions in the skies; while the vertebrate became strong as a circus center post.

If death had held dominion but thirty-six hours, Dr. Voils stained the vitals of the patient with a dose of "hellbuck." Then the dead was raised.

Mr. White also stated that while visiting in Kentucky the previous winter, he'd been told that Dr. Voils "had carded up a record of 92 [should read 97] mile posts on the journey of life," and expressed regret that he (White) had failed to see the old root doctor.

Does Dr. Voils still caper about and gather the yerbs to compound his sovereign remedies? At last accounts he was a joyous young thing of 98, but feared he would feel old before his time from getting wet so much, digging strinnigans, tonigans and hellbucks.

To Melvin White:...The Dr. is now 99 and has quit digging roots, and making hell buck. The old man is strong for his age, and can walk five miles in a day. He lives with his children, is very religious, and loves to talk as well as he ever did.

Old Dr. Voils is visiting here this week. His Bible record shows him to be one hundred years old Jan. 4, 1909 [should be Jan. 3,1908]. He says he is going to make a lot of medicine and go to Indiana in the Spring to practice. He says he has been a member of the Freewill Baptists for 72 years.