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INhLULISZA AINU yUAKAINlllNt,. I
Though the influenza swept over i
the whole country a little more than
a year ago, and took as a toll many j
lives, and it has again appeared, the j
doctors and the scientists and every-:
one else is puzzled and does not know
just what is best to be done to check
the spread and stamp out the dread
disease. The physicians and eminent
men are widely different in opinion '
as tn rmarantine. and iust what the
quarantine should cover. We heard a
man say the other day he would like
to see congress pass an act to close
all places of business and everything
for a period of two or three weeks,
and do so as soon as the people
were given notice to lay in a suffi/ iiinf
cimriltr nf vr?frir?n? tr? lust: "fnr flip
period of the quarantine, and that no
one be permitted to leave his premises
during the time, excepting physicians
and nurses we suppose.
We notice that the medical society
in Columbia held a meeting the other
day, not to criticize the board cf
health, but the situation being ra'her
serious it was thought the medical
fraternity would be in position to advise
and take counsel as to what was
best to be done. There was such
divergence of opinion among the
doctors that the meeting adjourned
without taking any action at all. On
a vote it was the opinion that the
schools should not be closed, one physician
taking the position that the
children were better off at school than
at home. On another vote it was the
opinion that the churches should not
be closed. No vote was taken as to the
closing of the picture shows. And the
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"* meeting aujvuiucu wiiiiuui
any recommendations.
It seems that the attack comes suddenly
and without any premonition,
and no one seems to know whence
comes the germ or what the germ is,
if it be a germ that is floating
around. Fortunately so far while
there seems to be a number of cases
all over the country there have not
been as many pneumonia cases following
and the attacks have not been so
serious this time as a year ago.
At the time of the meeting of the
doctors in Columbia the health officer
stated that 237 eases had been re-:
ported at that time. A gentleman '
who came from Columbia on Sunday
afternoon said there were more than
409 cases in rhe city.
Certainly our quarantine seems
to be of little avail. Maybe we
started too late. Some one remarked
that we should close the non-esscntinls
such as the picture shows and the
pool rooms and the schools and the
Somehow we do r.ot feel
that these are any mere non-essentxuii
tnun some other places, when we
consider the health of the community.
In fac^j we think a picture show or a
church or a school is just as essential
as a store or a bank or any other institution.
But if the closing will help
to prevent the spread of the disease
then we say close any place that
would help to check the spread by bein
cr closed. But so lone: as people
travel in the stuffy trains and crowd
in other places, if crowding: helps
to spread, the closing: of these other
places is not going- to do very much
good. But every good citizen is willing
and anxious to cooperate in any
measure what will be beneficial in the
present crisis.
Dr. Copeland health commissioner
of the city of New York says:
"One who has a constant and uncontrollable
inclination to cough or
sneeze should not remain in a crowded
public place. Unless the face is
covered with the handkerchief,
I'm1'o-ep'/.ipor ft; dangerous to
' every neighbor reached by the spray.
- . ell ; ersons will be benefited by
the diversion of the theatre; sick persons
Fhould be at home?for their
own i^ood and for the public irood.
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"If every school teacher in the city j
were taken ill I would hire entertain- '
ers to keep the public schools open."
And so there you are. We think
the best thing we can do is to meet
the situation calmly and unafraid as
Dr. Copeland says, am! take care of
oneself and cooperate with one another
as best we can. If the aulhorities
say quarantine then lot all the
people cooperate, and in the quarantine
there should be no selfish motive
or sclfiirli interest to govern our ac- i
tion or the action of the officials. The
welfare of all the people should be
the controlling motive, as we have
doubt it is with our board of health.
The board is as much puzzled over
the situation as the people, and is desirous
of doing whatever may best
conserve the health and life of the
people. But let us repeat,-not in any
Pharisaical spirit but as a truism,
that in whatever we do we must not
rely too strongly upon human
strength and human skill, and we
must not forget, if we believe the J
flint tViAVP is an I
reugion we pi>.u<.?v .? ~. _ ? ?
overruling providence who directs the
affairs of men, and in all our doings
his power and his guidance should be
sought.
AN ADDITIONAL WORD. j
In that long and rather disconnected
article which I wrote about Abbeville
of the long ago, there were one
or two things which I intended to
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mention, urn uvmuum-u
shorten the story somewhat. And I
am going to mention them now.
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I met on the street the Rev. L. J.
Bristow the pastor of the Baptist j
church there. Now, of course, he is
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too young to have* lived in Abbeville!
in the days of which I am writing. In j
fact, when I first knew him he was !
simply an ordinary newspaper writer
on the News and Courier, but now he
is the pastor of that handsome church
__j t ,*f tmc hnilf while he was
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pastor. Well, what I am referring,
to him for in this connection is to
say that he went around with me to !
call on Mr. Tom C. Seal. Now, Mr.
Seal is a Methodist, but I wanted to i
cr.ll on him because he is living at the
srnr Hace and in the same house
where he lived when I lived in Abbeville.
and ore of his daughters was a
m:p!l of mire. I was glad to see Mr.
Seal once more, and I believe he was
gb'd 4hat I called, if it was for only
a little while. He is looking young J
and says he feels good except that
at times h:s legs kinder give out. He
is now retired from business and has
82 summers behind him. ;
And then I wanted to say that I "
met Mr. D. H. Hill who was a pupil
of mine, and who is now prospering "V
in business in Abbeville. I also met t]
his son who is a cadet at the Ealiey a
J oro ortirto- to Abbe- 1
HiSlIlUlC. i (tia ville
some of these days before so S
long when I can spend a little more si
time and see more of the good people tl
of the old town, and I am going to h
ask Col. William P. Greene to take $
me down through that section that we
drove when we went to McCormick, ;
at a time when he is not in so great ii
a hurry and when I wilf have more E
time. There are some good stories si
that may be written of this section, T
and then I just love to gather this d
local history. And there is much of it ii
in this section that swould be of in- 1 i
terest to the people of the State. ! ti
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And by the way, that reminds me
that Mr. Joseph H. IT ;nter called me
up the other evening, after having: ^
read about that sun dial to which I 11
referred as being at the Pettierru P
home, to say that he had one that his s
father, Mr. Nathan A. Hunter, had "
when he lived at the old home on the r
spot where Mr. Geo. W. Summer has ^
builded his handsome home. I may r
have seen this in my boyhood, be- P
cause that was my second home, but I v>
do not recall it. Mr. Hunter say- ho
is going: to bring the dial avcund for
me to see, and I think when he dors n
that I will get him to let me put it 0
nr-> f.->i mv lot. There mav be many a
more of those sun dials in the state,
but the only two that I have seen is J?
the one at Barnwell and the one at 0
the Pettigru home. E. II. A. ^
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LOCAL LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. ci
It is a little difficult to keep up a
with the proceedings of the legisla- c
ture from reading the daily papers. r<
The reports of the doings of the body k
are not as full as the papers formerly s<
made them. w
We see, however, that a bill has
been introduced in the senate to permit
townships 1, 2 and 4 to vote on G
an issue of bonds to build a road tl
from Newberry to Whitmire. The tl
amount of the bonds to be voted is tl
not stated in the title. It is all right. ?
We want to see a road built between u
the two towns and if that is the only t!
way to get it then let us v<<'e iv u
hilt Avh*]p \YC .ii'O 1 ' YV h Y ' Si
vote bonds for the entire county ar.d o
build i'ome other r?v?^s. ** . u
a bill has been i:ilroiuc' ct o.'-o, I . i* J
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T^ere ?houi J be seme move made vor ? '
the buvldiru" ci re.-.c-* 1 :?e y
.' ii *y . but i::e o?*e thut ?s vnipcratrrfc
or- r\ r!.
?3dc uress v?ir
and Chambra
40 inrn Drpss
price, - Mens
$2.50 C
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Big stock of
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here should be two roads, one upper
nd one lower.
We understand that Supervisor
ample has let a contract to build a
teel bridge at Duncan's creek so
lat when completed it will be above
igh water. The contract calls for
6,500.
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We notice also that a bill has been
ltroduced to build a bridge across
Iroad river at a cost of $35,000. We
appose that is down about Blairs.
'hese people have needed a bridge
own that side for a long time and
; is well that they are to have it at
ist. Anderson county is preparing
d build a bridge across the Savannah
t a cost of $100,000.
The bills that the town of Newerry
requested be passed have been
itroduced we understand and will be
assed. Maybe we will get some
treets in the town and some roads
l the county. We ought to have a
ord from Newberry to Chappells.
'hat is very important. And the
naA Prwnnvin Wo will have a
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retty good road to Little Mountain
*hen completed.
Since the above was written we
otice in the Monday paper that a
ill has been introduced in the sente
to permit Newberry to vote on
onds for good roads and for the apointment
of commissioners and so
n. but it does not state in the title
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io amount ot tne oonn issus. niiit
; all right. We shull favor the speial
issue by the three townships for
road to Whitmire and also for the
eneral issue for the county to build
Dads. Anything to help the county
eep in the forefront by building
)me roads that are worth while is
-hat we want to see just now.
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey and
<ov. Smith of New York talk like
ley are Southern men. Read what
lev say about the sovereignty of
le states and the right of local selfovernment
and the indestructible
nion of indestructible states and
ie nver]pW<-hin of the office holders
p at "Wr^hirWon and this thing of
"ate rights becoming a myth and so
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r>" vthcv are contens'bat
the tor,.f'oncy o^ Iho times
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rr.rs '.as been toward , a greet :en%? >'.
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Ginghams sale
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Overalls - $1.98
veralls - $1.50
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control, and unless there is a check
put to it this great government will i
fall of its own centralized weight.;
Thrt is the history of all great cen
tralized powers.
Not only has the state no rights
! any more, but the individual has
i precious few, except such as may be .
j delegated by the government, and :
j yet this is supposed to be a govern|
ment of the people and the people
i are supposed to be the government. |
j There is no telling where we are i
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I Some Remarks on Quarantining. j
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, a medical I
authority of national repute, was i
i quoted in the New York Sun of De-:
j cernber 18th, 191S, as placing little!
i reliance on "closing" measures. He :
i said: "We closed theatres and busi- *
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| r.css houses because we did not know i
; what else to do. It was a new prob-!
j lem, and frankly we scarcely knew !
! how to meet it. As a matter of fact;
j there is no safer place for children
! during an epide ^ic of any kind than
| right in school, t ovided it is well
j ventilated and m< ern to nurses and j
: equipment." Dr. uoyal S. Copeland, j
j president of the board of health in I
! America's largest city, the most con-1
i nested citv, took everv precaution a I
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year ago last fall; but there was one j
; thing he1'refused to do. close the i
theatres, saying then as he says now: j
; "If managers see that health rulings i
are obeyed, or.e is as safe or safer in j
a large, well ventilated theatre as in
a hospital, if for no other means than
that there are more pathogenic germ.;
in a hospital than in a well kept
theatre." A late bulletin says time
has proved L>r. Copeland to be entireI
ly right. "See how lightly New York
! escaped?how the biggest city was |
I also the safest."
INFLUENZA NOTICE AS TO
SCHOOLS.
The trustees of any school in the
county are authorized by the state
board of health to close any school in the
county if they think it necessary
or advisable. In case any doubt in
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i requested to confer with the physician j
i that has the majority of the cases in j'
that community.
Churches and other public places :
I are reouested to confer with the , <
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; physicians in 7heir community, and to
! act accordfrrrly. i i
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Long Cloth and I
less than we can
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New Skirts, Coat:
Cottons, Voils, Si
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If you want a g
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and well broke,
price, see us.
We also have a
end hand mules t
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cneap.
1 mgymatrm-i ng,.vrrkm\&JMM
Heaving a noise r.t night, Jor.esv
descended with a lighted candle, and
discovered a burglar escaping with
a full sack.
"Holloa!" he cried. "Come back,
you!"
"Eh, what?" returned the burglar.
"Ah, yes, that silver candlestick?
Permit me!" He took it from the 1
hand of the astonished Jones, blew j
out the light, and slipped the candlestick
into the bag. "Ten thousand
thanks. Have I forgotten anything
else, sir?"?Pearson's Weekly.
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF SANITAKY
CLEANING COMPANY
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the stockholders of Sanitary
Cleaning Company, a corporation.
will be held at the office of the I
corporation, in Newberry, S. C., on t
Thursday, March 11th, 1920, at 111
o'clock A. M., to consider and act upon
<t resolution of the Board of D?- '
'titers < p the v . n': ."* 't t."*"'1C'?i7)'r
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buy it for to%
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of preferred stock to the amount of
$10,000 in shares of the par value of
$25.00 each, said preferred stock to
bear interest and have dividends
thereon of seven per cent, per annum
payable January 10th, of each
year, and to be preferred over all
other stock of the corporation; sa#id
preferred stockholders to have no
management of the affairs of the
corporation until failure of the corporation
to meet the terms of the-'
preferred stock; the corporation tohave
the right to retire said preferred
stock after thirty days' notice* .
M. G. Sheppard,
S. E. Sheppard,
Wyche Dickert,
Board of Directors
Newberry, S. C., Feb! 9, 1920.
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NOTICE TO WATER AND LIGHT <
PATRONS.
On account of the illness of Mr..
Werts and Superintendent Schumpert
Mr. Foacr is at the ofiue will receive
and receipt for all bills due for
ii;"ht and water and (he patrons are
r.-vu'su-ci to call promptly and make7:
yrvzv.t.
of Public Voiks.