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-h ^ VOJ,C*E L^ NUMBER 79. XEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, im TWICE A WEEK, $L50 A YEAR __ (1 Newberry Stil Grip of Spar Several More Deaths B paratively Smalh?Si West End:?Doct from Wc The Spanish Influenza situation is , still serious. But it might be worse, i There is no occasion for alarm or to become panicky. ; Mayor Wright wired Congressman Dominick to see if we could get some doctors and nurses and he wired that he would make the effort to send some^ and three doctors and six; nurses are expected. ^; The death of Dr: W. E. Pelham, Jr., has cast a gloom, over the community, i He was so useful and so young it seems a strange dispensation of providence hut we must how in humble [ submission to Him who doeth all I things well and for the good of hi3 & people. Dr. W. A. Dunn has also been* coni ' fined to Ma oea. iThe situation in West End where the disease seems to have got its first hold is improving. Oyer in the city proper there have been several new cases and there are some who have been very sick and are still quita sick. j1 The board of health met on Sunday' / : evening and appointed committees in the Awards to Took after the people y and to see that there was as muca help' rendered as possible to thos* 1 ^ who need it and that no one would be permitted to suffer for lack of at* 1 tention. Dr. Claude Sease from Little Moon- ' tain came over on Saturday and is doing what he can to help the strain 1 which is cn our own doctors at thi3 lime. It has just been impossible for them to see all the cases as often as 1 they should or even to answer a!K : v 1 the calls. The disease has alse spread to the ' country districts and there are a good 1 many cases in the country and there < ^ have (been several deaths. N ( \ The citizens have .taken hold of the \ situation in earnest. It would have ] been well to have done so ten days ago. * ! The soda fountains have been requested to cease selling drinks and I serving ice cream. *; \ The telephone exchange has also "been cut short of help on account of 1 f 3?kness among the operators and the following young ladies have been brought in to relieve the situation: < Misses Sarvis of i?umter, Allison of ' Statesville, (Brown of Davidson, Huff 1 of Charlotte. Carnes of Lancaster, jJ Grant of Chester. The cotton gins will be shut down i for the remainder ~ of the week and ( : no cotton ginned. People are forbidden to congregate j in stores. The following statement of the a'*- j - tion of the board of health has been j furnished by the secretary, Prof. O. b B. Cannon. j j Realizing the seriousness cf the < influenza sitration in cur midst, the J j board of health held a meeting Sun- 11 riav afternoon and appointed the fol- j lowing as a central committee: Col. W. H. Hunt, Z. F. Wright, Geo. W Summer, J. A. Burton, Dr. E. C. Jone* and 0. B. Cannon, and the colored j members: Ulysses Gallman, Tom. j Williams and Jim Daniels. The committee met Sunday even- , ing at 8:30 o'clock with Col. W. II i Hunt, chairman and O. B. Cannon, < secretary. After disucssing the situation and the needs, it was decided to appoint a committer from each, ward composed of active men whose duties would be to make a canvass j of each ward so as to report the number of cases and the need. Ward 1/?<H*. ID. WhitakeV, Tom! Howell, and S. S. Cunningham. Colkored; A. W. Brown, Berry ?N'eely and T. F. Harper. Warde II.?4Hayne Abrams, Sims G. ' Brown, C. C. Schumpert. Colored: j - - - ~ - J T? { W. W. Graliam, jonn aiorgan r j. H M. J. Curry. Ward III.?Keid Boylston, C. B. Spinks. Clarence Wise. Colored: j Robert Jones, Henry Bluford, -3111y! 7 Held in the tish Influenza ut berious Cases Comtuation Improving in ors and Nurses ishington. Suber. Ward IV.?John Senn J; J.- Lanford, Mat Clary. Colored; S. W. Allen, J< L. GallmaD, G. K. Lyles. Ward V.?J. M. Davis, W. 'H. Hardeman, M. B. Clisfcy. JViollohon Mill ?W. H. Callas, Oscar Wood, J. T. .Mack. Oakland Mill.?T. J. Digby, C. E. Rikard, Ezra 'Rivers. 1 A ? woo annnintorl r>r? thfl f. ?x, jl> ui IfOJLi HUkJ w ^J^V4UVV? wu ? ?* committee to look after the transprtation of supplies, fuel and ice. Dr. E. C. Jones was appointed a committee to v*?it the stores in town and to request the proprietors not to admit more than ten persons in a store at one time, and to keep the stores well ventilated. He was also instructed to ask the ownerrs of soda water fmm tains and ice cream oarl ors to cease ^erving these things to the public till the influenza situation improves. Geo. W. Summer was appointed on the committee of supplies and finance, it is hoped that there will be volunteers for nurses and cooks, for there are in town whole families sick with this disease and no one to help in any way. Miss Nell Davis was asked to act 5ts secretary in the central office, and my communications will be handled by her over 'phone No. 207. The central committee will meet at 12 o'clock each day to receive reports from the ward committees. The central committee met with the ward, committees Monday morning at 9:30 oir the lawn in front of Lhe new court house and went over the situation with them and defied their duties. A repori will be rezeived from the ward committees at ) O'CIOCK. Let everybody do liis full duty to relieve this serious situation. Prevent Crowds at Foneral. October 7, 1&1S. The board of health, through the :entral committee, has requested the undertakers to inform families in which deaths occur that it is very important to ^prevent crowds assembling at funerals and suggest .iittt mc aucuuautc au ruuciaia uv confined to the immediate families, pastor and pall pearers. W. H. Hunt, Chairman Central Com. 3. B. Cannon, ' Secretary. QUARANTINE NOTICE. I All churches, schools, public meet ings or any ascription, soaa iouiuam? in Newberry county are hereby crJered closed on account of the Spanish influenza. And remain closed up. til further notice. By order the State Board of Health Cannon G. Blease, Sheriff. HOW TO AYOID THE INFLUENZA, The following suggestions ror avoidance of Spanish influenza infection have been issued by Dr. William G. Woodward, health commissioner of Boston, in which city the epidemic has secured its strongest hold: Keep out of place where people are. Do not let any one cough or sneeze into your face. Keep your mouth shut. IttAit-tiAnilfr wasn your nauus "c^utuu;. Avoid getting tired ?go to bed ear ly. Eat your ideals regularly and slowly. If compelled to eat away from home, see that the dishes are clean. Keep where the air is fresh. Keep away from any place where the disease is. If you must go into the presence .. 1 f ? i i I * ??**?*: | * THE LIBEKTT FII * - j * By Frank * * ? * * * K ' There's this to do But?the Liberty It's the Get-There won't wait, j iBut?.the Liberty * A penny to make, spare; ; THIS for the table, But the home-boy home Over Th< The Liberty Bond Oh, we'll run the done, But?the Libery For the gleam o' scream o' the The Liberty Bor Oh, tftat'8 tne mes ... sea; * Hope o' tbe Hod : be free! i , A world-cry ringla "The Liberty Bo: / < 1 . s m ? * + * 1 * I * ?I * CALL FOR VOLl^'TEERS. * | - i i ** * *****? ?! The board of health has appainted a Central Committee to assist in or- j i ganizing the town for the purpose' of fighting the epidemic of Spanish v i influenza. The central committee ! , consists of Mayor Z. F. Wright, Ex-; r Officio member, Walter H. Hunt, > ? -c n Tnnd? T \ Burton. ! Ciian mau, in. v/. ? V i George W. Slimmer and 0. B. Cannon, i Hnd three colored members, Thomas j A. Williams, James Daniel and Ulyse? j Gallman. Tbe~committee appointed % ward committees consisting of three whites and three colored each to cank vass the town and ascertain the number of sick and their needs Thes? / ward committees have already commenced work and we ask the citizens to give them assistance. Everybody must work together j ' against this great enemy. Every one j must feel it his duty to do all he !?an to alleviate suffering. The situa tion is serious. The doctors are lit frally overwneimea ana u i* aiw^ impossible to secure the service of trained nurses. The committee has determined fo ?^1 ?r>r volunteers, both men and women. who are willing to visit and iieln nurse the sk-k. At some homes ' every member of the family is afflict: ed and not a person to aid them. It is ! very important for the committee to I ; the names of those who are willing to help at the very earliest j noodle moment. Those who are so j affn-taed they cannot visit or nurse) nan help by offering to prepare meals send to the sick people in their n^h^orhood; where there is no on? to. look after cooking, etc. The committee iirees every one to observe strictly the quarantine regulations. ; Anv person willing to volunteer in helping in any way can notify any j member of the Central or Ward ComI or ran 'nhone Miss NelT { Paris at 'phone 207.. where a list p' flit workers will be kept. Let us do I work iin^etfisblv. Our people are in need and we must stand to <| aether. f. i of those ?io/k. rrvsr your mouth an<5 po^p wi'b ?. ?> *>ar>tfercltief if, ' better tf>.?r r?n*Mnpr Wrao t?T> 2 It used boTl ?t before vfas: ar^1" ~ 1 ,v * ' \? 'J I I * * * * * * * BO>*D COMES 1ST. * % Li. Stanton. * ****** and that to do, Bond comes first', gait, and the world Bond comes first f and a penny tj and THAT to wear a are ftehtinz for ?re,? comes first! \ Hun till his day is Bond comes first! the sword and the cran o ?7 ! I id cornea first J Jsao? for land and : ae anil the fight to ' to jpu and me:? Dd cornea first!''i . } - r v j i " v s. ^ AUSTRIA SENDS A NEW PEACE." [ Washington Has Not tReceired the | Note. Bnt it is Predicted That it Will Meet the Same Reception as its Predecessor, T^nrtrm. Oct. *.?^Austria-Hungary, with '.fte/aid of Holland, has taken step*, to invite all belligerents to an Immediate peace conference at The Hague, the Amsterdam correspondent r>! the Daily Express learns. Simultaneously, the Austro-Hungarian government has opened a new peace offensive. iHerr Hammasch. who is said to be slated to succeed Baron von Hussarek as Austrian premier, is writing a memorandum setting forth Austria-Hungary's conception of President Wilson's fourteen peace principles. The memorandum is to be sent to the American executive, the correspondent learns. In Germany the Socialist pressure on the government to instigate a peace move at once continues. Vorwaerts, the official German socialist organ, ur<res the party to enter the new cabinet headed by Prince Msx of Baden, because, the paper says, the new chancellor "Intends to move for immediate universal peace." Vorwaerts asserts the peace sought by the prince is to be based upon these four main principles: 1. A league of nations. 2. Arbitration. 3. Disarmament. 4. No German annexations, not even in the east. Washington, Oct. 4.? Secretary " ansing tonight authorized the following statement: "The American government has received no invitation from AustriaHungary to participate in & peace conference." -McCoy and Olin Trotter, Karl an 3 Rugene McCartha an/* J. S. Black left Friday for dewberry college.?Leesrille News, 2nd. Bachman Crout has entered Newberry college.?Delmar cor Leesville News, 2nd. ZVTfss Jemmie Wise, cleric in tne DO^toffice, has resiemed that she might take a business course at Newberry. She expected to leave for !-bat. city 'Monday, but owing to thr Spanish influenza feeing in the family <">f her brother, Clarence, whe^e shp ''Tpected to rcake her home -vrhfe ** ve?.Tberry, ber departure has been de %?rred.??-\m^3rd. S^d. Germany Ofj mistice am Her Ei U ? "X 7 /?? mm /V?t >?/ | tier lwiu v/iu/ac Immediate S Hosti jlE ASKS FOR ALLIED TERMS l He Also Proposes a Leai tration. Restitution o for Alsace-Lorraine. I TT . .. i T> nungary ana ivcvurxi < i Amsterdam, Oct. 5.?Germany l through, her new chancellor, Prince1 3Sax, of Baden, offered an armistice; * in - _ ' ? and peace to ine Ames umajr. The proposal was made by the prince in hi3 inaugural speech before the reichstag. News of It reached j here through dispatches to the news- ' paper Tyd from its Berlin corres- j pondent. The prince offered immediate sua- j pension of hostilities and suggested j that all belligerents and envoys to a 1 | neutral place to discuss per 0. He ! j asked the Allies to state their terms.' uvirt'hAf the Drince oronosed that a i league o? nations, arbitration and dis- i i ' i armament be among the fundamental . . subjects of discussion at the peace, conference. ; T?* offered restoration and indemnify fi'.ation of Belgium?the first time r', Germany has offered to indemnify the I outraged little kingdom. : Further principal proposals made j by the prince in his peace offer were: I 1.?Autonomy for Alsace-iLorraine.. ; 2?The peace envoys to "be em-! ! powered to dismiss the creation cf a ' federal state of Austria. Throughout the day reports and , pnmors cf a German peace b'd had h?en coming thick and fast. Berlin dispatches told of the assembling of tbe reichsta.g for a special plenary ^e^sion. The Baden prince was to make his inaugural speech and in it; announce his policy. In his canacity as foreign minister, which he couples with his duties as chancellor, he was to cover the whole international field. The first definite hint that a sensational announcement was expected came in a "Berlin telegram to tbe effect that the entire press of Germany and Austria regarded today's event ' as the "turning point of the war/' j While the circumstances preceding1 i snd surrounding tbe peace bid are as J yet unreported at the hour of cabling, j a kroner impression prevails here; ,i that the move was virtually rorcea j hv Austria-Hungary. The dual-monarchy in Vienna and i Berlin dispatches early today -was re\ norted in the throes cf excitement j bordering on panic. Revolt was said j j to be threatening. Baron von Mus- j ! sarek had resigned as premier and j | with his whole cabinet went out. j Kerr ITammarsch, like the Bad^n j prince, a reputed pacifist, was slated to take the premiership and his first step was to be to send a message to President Wilson setting forth 'AusUnnornrv'c; rnncention of the ; I ?? ~ I American executive's 34 peace principles. In short everything indicated that j Austria would not budge an inch in \ her determination to "bring about*' I peace. German threats and promises j had been unavailing. Afraid to re- i peat her blunder in the'1 caae of Bui- i paria whose threats she had taken j for bluff, Germany it is believed chosoj - - - A - 1-1 iV 1 [ the inevitable course or taking u:e lead in offering peace before she would be entirely desertd by her aj lies and be isolated, a beeeiged fort- ; ress with inescapable disaster staring her in the face. By acting as the spokesman of the Central Alliance, reduced by "Bulea/?Qfor?tinn tn a trinle entente I 1 Cb O x whose two other members were bent : upon peace because of military do- j ' Trats mrtL imestetiWe itfaa-e. ipj&s&we ; Germany, it is thought by well inf' obcerverj; here, attempts to. i iiS&fe!a*. ' $? & fers An Ar1 Peace to aemies. % ^ Hot Proposes an uspension of Yities. i AND A PEACE CONFERENCE } ?ue of Nations, Arbif Belgium, Autonomy Federation of Austriaof German Colonies. GERMAN OFFEii OF PEACE ASSOCSCED BT EXPEBOB. f iDooal Anf ft ^mn^fnp DU1 .UUr fM JU?a-kJVi| W%* v*. William today issued a proclamation to the German army and navy in wlgfch, after announcing that the Macedonian front had crumbled, he declared that he had decided, in accord with his allies, to again offer peace to the enemy. Tne isxt oi ine emperor 9 piw lamatlon reads: \ \ "For months past the enemy with enormous exertions and almost withqpt pause in the. fl^itliig has stormed against your lines. In weeks. of strug.. gles, often without repose, you havo had to persevere and resist a numerically far superior enemy. Therein lies the greatness of the task which has been set for you and which yoiare fulfilling. Troops of all the Ger man States are doing their part an*t are heroically defending the fatherland on foreign soil. Hard is the loati. "My navy is holding its awn againsi the - united enemy naval forces and t* unwaveringly supporting the army in its difficult struggle. "The eyes of those at home rest with pride and admiration on the deeds of the army and the navy. 1 express to you the thanks of myself and the fatherland. , ' "Tile collapse of the Macedonian front has occurred in the midst of the hardest struggle. In accord with our allies, I have resolved once more to offer peace to the enemy, nut i will only extend my hand for an hon orable peace. We owe that to th<* heroes who have laid down their live* for the fatherland and we make tha our duty to our children. "Whether arms will be lowered ip a question. Until then we must nof slacken. We must, as hitherto, exe~f all our strength unwearily to hoi'' our ground against the onslaught >/ our enemies. v "The hour is ?:rave, but trusting your strength and in God's gractor" help, we feel ourselves to be stron~ enough to defend our beloved father land. (Signed.) "wnneiin X . . S. Humphries, assistant oennfcendent - of the Life Insurant'* company of Virginia, has been ad vice by Vive- president A. S. :Hirfrom the home office in Richmond ths^ the company has subscribed for $501 000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan, fr An* ? n?aoi/Nn? r stead or a? per cular letter, and has arranged to dfr tibute the same as far as pogsibr* through the cities in which it do*? business in proportion to the premium increase in each city. TJi^ amount, allotted to Mr. Humphries' district is $1,000. rescue what (prestige she can an* -- - .-'-J Vl_ save above ail ner leaawauip **. Central Europe at the peace table. Last, but by no means least, endless defeats In the west serv'-"' as a compelling motive actuating t'-~ peace offer. On the face of all reports the <*' cisfon was taken ,practically ov#?-m-io ~ face a bo lllguu it noo o on the part of the kaiser and Hf~ denburg who two days ago emph? ' c&lly yeioed the Baden prince's v ing? for an immediate *peace sive." 4