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?!jp Itllntt Sfpralii. ] , - ^ muunm wt the dillon herald, nlloii, south carouna, Thursday mohmvo. imtoiiek ?. i?is. vol,. 22. N0.49 ) ' 1 ' J " ' mm epidemic 01 THE DECREASE MBEA8E TOOK HEAVY TOLLOI HUMAN LIFE LAST WEEK. CtttoeM Met and Appointed Commit tee to Co-Operate With Health Authorities. The influenza epidemic which hai had Dillon in its rrin for the n? two weeks showed signs of abate ment Monday. There are still a num ber of serious cases but the physl dans say the epidemic reached it crest Sunday, and Monday then were signs of an improvement in tin situation. The disease has laid a heavy ham on Dillon county. It Is impossible t< secure a correct list of the dead, bu up to Sunday there were twenty-on< deaths reported and a conservative estimate places the total dead a * twice this number. Up to Saturday 00 cases had been reported withii a radius of five miles. The dtisens held a meeting at Re< Cross rooms Thursday aft.ernooi and appointed a committee to co-op erate with the health authorities ii fighting the epidemic. The committer is working in conjunction with th< Red Cross and everything that can b< done iB being done to relieve the sicl and suffering. Nourishment is beinj sent out to homes where all the mem bers of the family are sick, and spec lal nurses are assigned to placet where there is no one to wait on th< afflicted members of the family. Th< Red Cross has worked heroically ii relieving distress and suffering, am if it had not been for the assistant rendered by the concentrated and sys tematic efforts of this organizatioi the suffering would have been ter rible and the number of deathB woulc have been .larger. Red Cross room have been kept open day and nigh and all calls for help have met witl a ready response. The home of the late W. L. Be thea on East Main street has beei eQuippc-d with beds and other neces aary articles and is being used as i temporary hospital. By concentretini J the cases the nurses and physician ir can give the patients better attentioi with less exertion. The Deaths. Frank M. Page, a prominent citi sen of the Pleasant Hill section, di?* Friday after a week's illness fron pneumonia following an attack of in fluensa. Mr. Page was a btrong, ro bust man and had always enjoyei the best of health. He was a leade in his community and will be greatl; missed in the many fields of endeav or in which he was very active. Hi wife was taken down with pneumon la the day before he died and grav fears are entertained for her recov ry. Another prominent citizen who sue cumbed to the disease was W. B. Gad dy, who died at the home of his soi in Dillon Tuesday night. Mr. Gadd; came up from his home near Gaddy' Mill the week before to nurse hi son, Ralph Gaddy, who was serlousl; ill with pneumonia. He stayed at th UCUOIUC VI A1BO OVM u<t)?i V va his vitality was at a low ebb whei he was stricken. While Mr. Gadd; was seriously ill his mother who hai been ill only a few days, passei ? away in an adjoining room. The son Mr. Ralph Gaddy, is improving, bu his condition has been serious. Mr Gaddy was one of the most prominen and progressive farmers of the Gad dys Mill section. He was serving hf second term as county commissione from his district, and as a county of ficial he was diligent and painstakinj in everything he undertook. He wa prominent in church and fraterna work and his death leaves a vacanc; in the social and religious life o his community which will be hard t< fill. Dlfck Dewey Stanton, one of th< town's most promising young men o vlofini tn iho il iunncp fit nni o'clock Friday. He had been Kiel about ten days, and the cause o his death was pneumonia followini an attack of influenza. Mr. Stanton' death cast a gloom over the entir< community. He held the position o , assistant cashier at the First Nationa Bank where he wa held in the high est esteem by the Tank's officials am his fellow-employees. Kind and cour teous, affable and generous and i gentleman at all times, he was great ly beloved by a large circle of friend by whom he is deeply mourned There was 110 more promising lift In Dillon than Dick Stanton's. ,^lrB of energy and endowed w<" y ,* \ usually bright and a*'' f ull was making a pi" ^ an un~ ' the business ' ^ ~<iive mind he I and it Is > -'ce 'or himself in be - 'lfe of the community .'^peculiarly sad that he should Mown Just at this time. He Saturday In the family (aovenunent Off let* In Arrive. ' :| The influenza situation had become so seriou8 Sunday that the State ! Board of Health was asked to send ' government help and Monday night , Dr. A. E. Schweitzer and nurse E. I. p McCune arrived on No. 82. Iramejdiately after their arrival they held a brief conference with the health ..'authorities and tentative plans were' mapped out for directing the work of stamping out the epidemic. Ano-j ther conference was held at Red Cross rooms Tuesday morning and * i plans were adopted for systematizing ,the relief work. Dr. Schweitzer and Miss McCune have been at Newberry where conditions were so bad that federal aid had to be secured to check Hi the disease. Conditions at Newberry " | are much better. Dr. Schweitzer has' 9 | authority to enforce any orders she | sees fit to issue, and at .Tuesday's con| ference she was requested to take 'full charge of the situation and handle it in her own way. o No Services Sunday. r| Tryon, N. C.. Oct. 21, 1918. 1j Editor Herald:?Please announce ! there will be no services at Bermuda and Piney Orove churches next Sun1day on account of the epidemic. | The pastor requests we use the 1 hourg respectively in earnest prayei 9 j to God that he may stay the deadly 9 malady. 9; Respectfully, c J. A. LANGLIJY. [\ o Woman Found Dead. 8 A colored woman was found dead 9 in a house near the oil mill Mon9 day morning. The woman had been J ill for some time with tuberculosis. She had no relatives in town and the 9 < neighbors had been waiting on her. " No one thought the end was so near 1 and as she was alone <it the time of " * 1<-| ucuiu (.lie UUU/ WHS IIUl IOUI1D until Monday morning. 81 o ' Knforce thU Ordinance. 11 1 One thing we would like to call ~ ; the attention of the town authorities 1' to is the Way some of the merchants ~1 leave their boxes, barrels and carts l;on the side walks at night to be run K,ovr by pedestrians at night when the 8 lights are out. It dangerous and 11 < sooner or later some one will have a ' broken leg or arm as the result. This ' should be looked into by the authorities and request the merchants to 'leave their boxes, etc., off the side " walks. ! ONE OF THE INJURED. (l o _ Mills Running Half Time. a r; There has been a decided improvey ment in the "flu' situation on the . j mill villages. Dillon and Maple Mills g are running again, but only half the _ machinery is in operation. Hamer e Mill will start up again today or to_ | morrow. The epidemic got a strong i hold on the mill villages, and for 'several days the situation was serious -There are no new cases, however, .{and the old cases are doing well. The n ! mills will be in full operation again yriin a week. .j s Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I.it tie Bereaved. y j ej G. Ralph Little, Jr., the five year 1 old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ralph a i Little of Columbia, died Sunday night j y after an attack of influenza. The re1' mains were brought to Dillon Mon-I I' day night and taken to the home of | i,'the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. t R. Hamer, and the interment was . made at thq Little Rock cemetery t Tuesday morning. o??? n M. J. Jackson. r! -1 II. J. Jackson died at his home near 5! the cotton mills last week. Mr. Jacks son was a farmer and n hard working 1 man. He was aged 50 years. Mr. f Jackson leaves a wife and three son* f besides hosts of friends to mourn his 0 death. A FRIEND \ Mrs. F. M. Page Dies. e, : Mrs. Frank M. Page, who has been P critically ill with pneumonia since the ? death of her husband last Thursday,' f died Tuesday night. Mrs. Page leaves ? six small children, the youngest being R only two days old. o r W. W. Hamilton. i< 1 -at ' Pneumonia following injl ! E 1 claimed another victim^ trfuenaa -j morning when Mr. W Tuesday' ? better known a. ,;'w. Hamilton,' - passed awav "Bud" Hamilton,' B! I!l>ieloo?^?' at hls residence two ^ " f .est of Dillon. Mr. Hamilton d< p I? - - - - ? ' &~been ill only three days. mis u Entire family has been down for a tl week and Mr. Hamilton contracted O the disease while staying at their bed- |d side day and night. He was a strong, nr . robust man; but he developed pneu- cl ; monia a few hours after being at- ci tacked with influenza and declined d ' rapidly. The interment was made at w the Hamilton burying ground near h |Dillon yesterday afternoon. li . ^ - jj. ..? . >L *? . I EVERYBODY URGE! WITH HEALTH i FIGHTING Dillon and Dillon county ar fluensa is inking a heavy toll ol pear Co be any abatement of th? nuthoritiea are using every men disease but it is still spreading, assistance or Use mortality rat* < template. It is a time when < their own physician. Every precai contracting the disease. Every those who are afflicted. Not onl; a duty you owe yonr community ly to strike your ho..ie at any i ft as laid down certain rules to 1 them. Do your part in helping t< which has laid such a heavy h rules follows: All stores must open at 9 No loafing or loitering will ents are warned to keep their cl l'ersons coming to town on transact their business as qnicklj Persons entering sick roori masks. Masks can be obtained Precautionary Measures Ad Fresh air in rooms for sick Do not allow a well person t All |iersons who are nursing or handkerchief tied over mouth Never stand near any pecs' l>o not go near any person Do not put more than one Take turns staying up nig not lose too much sleep. Eat a plenty and sleep a | will protect you. Do not visit people sick wit Ine to heln and alwavs wmu* ? ? GONSULIWIMI COUNCIL BEFORE ANSWERING HUM PRESIDENT WILE BE IN NO Hl'RRY TO ANSWER NOTE. Other Central Powers Regarded a* Being Practically Out of the Fighting. Washington. Oct. 22?The prevailing belief here tonight is that any action President Wilson may ta^ as a result of the new German note will await and be guarded by a decision of the Supreme War Council in France. Shrewd diplomatic observers and some officials take this view, though no intimation of his own attitude has come from the President because admittedly the one question immediately at issue is a military problem? that of the evacuation of invaded territory by the German armies as the condition upon which will be given consideration. The Germans now are evacuating Belgium and Northern France as rapidly as they can move before the sweep of the Allied and American soldiers and still maintain their organization. Since the government at Berlin says they want to get out without rurther righting, apparently, the issue, is one for the Allied war council to determine?whether it shall be sug gested through President Wilson that Gen. Koch be applied to for terms, or whether without further diplomatic parley the approach of a white flag from the German lines shall be awaited. The official text of the r jl note reached the Swiss lc *?ferman (' by cable early todav Ration here' delivered at the ^t'T'but it was notls cause the r H,tate Department be- * the leg?% ^tire day was spent at * c9'' "Ration on the tedious task of de- 1 Uing the document and preparing an 1 nglish translation of the German ' *t. i; Those in official, diplomatic ai.d Higressional circles who do not pro- 1 ind to have heard anything from the ' fhite House on the subject are eonfi- 1 sntly asserting opinions that the 1 rmans will draw an answer from le President or that they will not. ne group (recalling that the Preslent's reply to the request for an aril at ice and peace negotiations, svss haracterixed by him as a "decision." ontend that this meant no further iscussion of the issues involved rould be tolerated. The other view eld very generally In official cire.le3 ? that a reply Is desirable from every | . -> ... _ _ v ' L' , . . D TO CO OPERATE AUTHORITIES IN * INFLUENZA e facing a grave situation. Inr human life. There does pnot aps epidemic. The town and health ins in their power to check the i The public must come to their will be something fearful to con'very person must in a sense be iition must be taken to keep from person not afflicte?l must h?in Y is It a christian duty, but it Ls ok a citizen. The disease in likemoment. The board of health be followed. Itead them. Obey J stamp out this terrible scourge and on ^our community. The o'clock and close at five. l?e allowed on the streets. I'arliildren in the bark yards. necessary business are asked to Y as possible and return home. 11s are required to wear gauze 1 at Ited fross headquarters, vised by Physicians: and well persons, o sleep in a sick room. C the sick must keep cheese cloth while in sick room. >n while talking, who is coughing or sneezing, sick person in the same bed. ;ht and day so one person will >lenty when you are well and it h the disease unless you are gogauze mask. ' standpoint, it will be forthcoming aS jter full consideration; and that it will [deal chiefly with the immediate military problems, leaving aside for the future such things as the German denials of cruelties and ruthless destruction and doubts as to the genuineness ' of self-proclaimed democratic regime at Berlin. Whatever form any further dipio1 matic exchanges may take, one official pointed out tonight, after all there is but one question, "are the Germans whipped?" If they arc whipped and ready to surrender when attempts at bargaining have failed, the surrender will come quickly enough, as quickly as the men who say they have superseded the Kaiser and the war lords in power dare to let the truth sink home upon the German public. Some diplomatic reports support the theory that they ar?. restrained from revealing the real situation abruptly and talking peace at any price only from fear of more than a political revolution. Notes approaching gradually a final capitulation serve to give the German public the news in broken doses and at the same time to take every possible chance of finding a loop hole in American and Allied harmony with the hope of avoiding ultimately throwing the German nation upon the mercy of its enemies. Austria-Hungary and Turkey were scarcely mentioned here in today's discussion of the situation though was noted that the present r ea communication says notht~ ?-?ei man about "in harmony whatever ^ It seems than with our allies." Germany r^ ? both the Allies ami Powerc^?gard the lesser Central tie B as virtually out of the war p, Ivnigh the forces working wi hia ^ heir borders have a little more to do .. >efor? surrendr comes. t(. Senator Lodge, Republican leudo.* j tnd ranking minority member of the oreign relations committee, issued a itatement during the day denouncing a, he German note as another poorly S? aid trap and reiterating his opinion hat only one demand should he made w jy the "unconditional surrender." .. The belief that no trap will suc-ed j, iivas reiterated every* li j-i. Almost the on* thing stated a! -1 'opeated on authority is that there will he 110 relaxation to the great forward movements of the Allied and American ar- ** mies, nor any abstention from attack '' upon the retreating foe except upon J* the terms of the allied and American military leaders. Terms of evacua- *! tion, it is pointed out necessarily j Q would be virtually the terms of an armistice, and In the opinion of mill- ~ tary men would include breaking of c the German war machine as an armed li force and the occupation by the Amer- jn An S. O. 8. (fell from "Uncle Sain"i to You. "Conservation" is the battle cry that leads to victory. By conservation! of food we have not only had enougli for our own needs and our fighting forces at home and abroad, but enough to help feed our allies and j other needy peoples. Now conies a.i urgent appeal fronn "Uncle Sam" to save some other things needed in the prosecution of [ the war. One is a metal heretofore! lightly regarded and lavishly wasted j ?the homely tin?now one of the' most essential of all metals, for with-1 out it, ships, railroad cars and other! war necessities could not be built.' Another is the rarer, but equally es-; sential metal metal plantinum, found in many kinds of Jewelry, key rings,, chains, etc. Among the vital uses of plantinum are the making of con- J tact points for magnetos to be used in tractors, trucks, automobiles, ga8 en-! gins, telephone and telegraph systems and wireless plants. X-ray tubes, hy-! podermic needles, etc. The fixed price for platinum is $1.05 per ounce and thig amount is sufficient to make points for magnetos to operate 150 trucks or tractors. The sources front which tin may be obtained are 1st: Tin foil used around chewing gum and tobacco; 2nd. The collapsible tohe i???ed container for tooth paste and other toilet articles; 3rd. Pewter articles containing a percentage of tin. (Tin cannot be used as they are tin name only.) Our government also needs every fruit pit or stone and nut shell to make carbon, out of which the masks are made to protect our soldiers from ;the deadly German gas. 200 peach stones or seven pounds of nut shells will produce carbon enough for one ' mask. Everybody can help in this great work if they will. It is an .emergency call for help and S. O. S. from headquarters direct to you. Will you begin now to collect these ! things so urgently needed and bring them to the Red Cross room or turn them over to the following conservation committee of the Dillon Chapter: MR. MAX FASS, DR. A. J. EVANS. DR. J. C. DAVIS, miss isla Mckenzie, MRS. PIERCE ROGERS. c Mr. P. B. Sellers Seriously 111. Mr. P. B. Sellers was taken to the Florence Infirmary Sunday night. Mr. Sellers is suffering from a carbuncle and his condition is serious, j A telephone message from the Infirmary Tuesday afternoon stated ,that there was no hope for Mr. Sellers and the end was likely to come in the next 4 8 hours. The operation was performed but the puss continues to spread over the body and Dr. McLeod stated that it was only a question of time. The family have been summoned to his bedside. Mr. W. C Moore, Mr. Sellers' law partner, went over yesterday morning. o Rural Carrier Examination. ( _____, The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination for the County of Dillon, South Carolina to be held at Latta, on November 9th* 1918 to fill the position of rural carrier at Latta and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above mentioned county. The exKmination will be open only to male citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a post office in the county and who meet the other re^ quirements set forth in Forijj^^'I., 1977. This form and ^?- bt blanks may be obtaine-'-^Phcation OI fices mentioned at from the of- 0| United States-*??wve or from the rc sion at ' ^ Civil Service Commis- w tior- Washington, D. C. Applica-!S| ..o should be forwarded to the'T] Dinmission at Washington at the irliest practicable date. I ^ o h( 'rigley <?ives Tin Foil to the jn (lovernment. !|r j ki To help meet the needs of the Gov-jjc iiment. Wrigley'g will discontinue' w ie use of tin foil as a wrapping forji,. Juicy Fruit" chewing gum, in order fo. i release this valuable material to ncle Satn. |w Unnureds of thousands of pounds!^ r*r week of tin foil will thus be madeUj mailable to the Government, it is tl tid. "Juicy Fruit" will hereafter ap- tc t*ar in the hermetically sealed pink j] rapper same ag "Spearmint." jc Poublemint" will also be wrapp"d Nj ) waxed pink paper, instead of green. 0 o ? Ol A liarge Potato. d Stephen Proctor brought us a sweet otato Saturday that weighed 9 ? ounds. We have seen some large otatoes in our life but wo believe ? his was the largest one thai we ever w aw. Mr. Proctor says he has a very ine field of potatoes, but all of them C o not weigh nine pounds. P a ans and the Allies of such strategic v; ines and strong holds as Oea. Foch p light deem necessary. . -?.? . I LETTERS FBOW FBAWCE The following is taken from a recent letter from Jack Moody, Army Field Clerk A. E. F. France to Mrs. Jack Moody. Mr. Moody, who has been iti the service for over a year has been stationed for the past nine months in north-central France in the picturesque little town of St. Aignan Bituated on the Chee River. Recently, he ha8 been given opportunities of seeing something of the interesting and historic places in France. The "old world charm" found in tne cities of Towes, Orleans Am- Jj brose, and others, and especially ths ancient but beautiful types of art in the architecture, etc., has impressed him very much <> ? * ' - ~ iHin, * I description of the old royal palace at 'j Blois, where he stopped for a short time while on a trip to Paris: "I left here at half past six in the morning, on my way to Paris, going by Blois, a very beautiful, old historic city. I had to change trains in Blois, -and had about an hour and a i .'? * half there between trains. In order to put in all my time, 1 went up to the old castle there and had the guide to take mo through. He did not talk English, but I am beginning to savvy French some now, and I will try to tell you something of what I saw in that old castle, some of the things I took down in shorthand while he was trying to tell me. Of course I missed much of it, but 1 learned something. As you know, it is very little history of this country that I know, even though I have studied it some, but when somebody begins to tell you about it. the characters mentioned come back to you, and you remember more than you thought. I know Kube would f>e very much in- ' terested in this old place, because he knows history so well, and the people* I connected w^th this castle he would remember well having studied about < t in his sophomore year in college. "The castle is built in five parts, . . y or at least at five different tixnea, 4 and by standing in the court yard 2 you can distinguish very easily the different parts. The oldest pari waa. | built in the 13th, and the latest part in the 17th century, and you can well ' understand the difference there must ( be in the architecture through ao 2 ^ long a time. There are five distinct types, and of course there is nothing ;. that appeals to the "new" American ) i mind like the oldest type, built hnn- 3 * dreds of years before there was an ? '? America. 1 can not begin to explain the appearance of the chateau ftraaa* the outside. I will send yoj some cards of it. 1 will only mention some of the rooms I visited: 1st. the guide took me into the Royal napel of St. CaMs;* It was in this room that Henry IV. became engaged to Margaret de Valois. It is not a very large room, and I cannot tell you anything particularly interesting about its appearance, but it is rich and beautiful. None of the old furniture was in this room, : but there is stored in it some furniture brought down from Paris to make it safe from the bombardments tbat have been taking place there. In particular I will mention a bureau of Louis IV., the most lavish piece of furniture I ever saw, rich very rich, exquisitely carved and inlaid, etc. It is valued at only one-- M francs, but of course if ~ m'M?a sale at all it would " were for fl than that. Ther.- ""'ring much more ? of Louis wu* other furniture . valuable v. there, but nothing so qh^r^as this. 2nd, we entered the rtfteau by the staircase of Francis * - - * 1 * , w iiiv.ii i? a iiiosi oea.ui.iiui stair lilt on the outside of the chateau, nainen'.od with all different eoata arms and carved panels. The first >om we entered after getting inside as (he reception room of Henry II. id his wife Catharine de Medic la. liis is a very fine room, with wenirful fireplace at each end Of course lere is none of the old furniture left ?ro, but the walls are hand painted the same designs as the old tapesy was when it was Inhabited by ings. After this, 1 was conducted ini the guard room, a very, large room here the kings guards were always i waiting to do for him, good or ^ id. The Duke de Guise was warmig himself by the fire in this room 3 hen the king sent for him to come i his private study, and on his way lerc was killed by some guards, at le kings instignation. I will come > that later. Next we came into the ressing room of Catharine de Med- V is. Of course this room was at one me very richly furnished and dee itiifu, mii ax ine present you see uly the walls painted with the same esigns as the old tapestry. Here you in see, as you enter the room, the Id walls, which are 2 yards thick. hat is, going from one room to the ther, you pass through a door in * all this thick. Next door to this is le bed room, also the death room, of atharine. These walls are beautifully ainted in the old designs, the same ? s others, and with the initials "BP' .'Jjjpl nd "C". Then we entered the prl- j ate chapel of Catharine, where, I _>, ? resume, she did hot pmjfehf