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uimm, ww* . ?<> I tfhcrt Memtt of "Gunner Pepew," a true story of the remarkable experiences of an < American sailor in the French navy, ' on shore and afloat, will begin in The { Advertiser next week. You should < not miss a single installment. You will not if you read the first one. Keep out of a crowd. Mr. Clarence Catoe is spending this 1 week at home. i Mr. Bryan Moore is home from ( V. M. I. for a few days. Mr. W. A. Mechan is home from I /A?. .. r .1 1 vuiiiivL'iiL'utt iur u iuw nays. 'Mr. S. B. Timmons, of Mt. Cro0 . han, was in Chesterfield Wednesday. | Mr. H. H. Wullacc, of Mt. Cfog- 1 han, was in Chesterfield Wedensday. 1 Mr. J. W. Miller, a leading citizen of Jefferson, was In Chesterfield ; Monday. Dr. and Mrs. William Garner White are expected home this week from York. Miss Mary Walsh is home from Chester pending the reopening of the schools. J Mrs. J. E. Lucas has uccepted a position in the Ruby High school this winter. c: Mr. S. M. Wingate spent several days last week with his fatfier in ?, ......mduuik ?.v?u.n,jr. Mr. Robert Guess, of Maryville, > Tenn., is visiting his parents, the Rev. c and Mrs. B. J. Guess. c Do not loaf in the postoflice foyer. , Get your mail and got out, if you ' care for your own health. South Carolina now has nearly < fifty thousand men in the army and navy of the United States. Mr. J. A. Welsh has sold his plan tation near Jefferson and invested < the proceeds in Liberty Bonds. Mr. Albert Griggs has purchased from the Farmer's Bank the house now occupied by Mr. Thomas Huntley. Mr. Carl Anderson and family have moved into the residence owned by Dr. Perry next to A. W. llursey Go's, store. The tax books of the County are opened on the 15th of this month. The office has not been over crowded as yet. Mrs. D. II. Lancy spent several clays in Charleston with her son Dan, who is recovering from a severe attack of influenza. Mrs. G. K. Lancy and sister, Mrs. Britton and Thomas and Sara Tiller attended the Minis-Tiller wedding nt Blackville Wednesday. Chesterfield county purchased over half a million dollars worth of Liberty Bonds during the drive just ended. That's going some! Mr. George Eddins has purchased the home formerly owned by Miss Roxie Buchanan and is huvign alterations made before moving in. Attorneys Prince, Pollock and Pcgues, of Cheraw, were in Chesterfield Tuesday. Mr. Pegues has recently recovered from an attack of influenza. Mr. Amos Pigg and son, of Pageland, passed through Chesterfield Tuesday enroutc to Cheraw. Mr. Pigg stated that this was his first trip to Cheraw in 32 years. We call attention to the two-col umn article in this issue on influenza. It is authoritative. It was published last week but is repeated in order that all may be sure to read it. No Christmas parcel will b> accepted by the Red Cross for shipment after November 15. Keep this fact in mind when planning a Merry Christmas for the boys "Over There." First Lieut. P. A. Murray. Jr.. U. S. Marines, who was stationed in Cuba all last winter', has been transferred to Mexican border patrol work in Texas. The office of Master is still being held open for Pat. Quarantine restrictions applying to the schools and churches of the Stale, wiil not be lifted until Sep tember .'hi, according to instructions recently sent out from the office of Dr. James A. Hayne, secretary of the " State Hoard of cHalth. The Cheraw Red Cross chapter applied to Sheriff Douglass for contraband whiskey to use in pneumonia cases but there was not aAiy on hand. A pood many of our citizens believe whiskey a good preventive for the "flu." This is a case where we be lieve a pint of prevention is worth a quart of cure. General Pershing has divided the nearly two million American soldiers ifn France into two armies, one commanded by General Liggett and the other by General Robert d,ee Dullard, a native of Alabama. Both armies, of course, remain under the supreme direction of General Pershing. At a recent meeting of the town council an ordinance wax panned requiring the merchants, for the present, to do their trading at the store doors, thus preventing any congregating whatsoever on the interior. A resolution wan also adopted requesting all parents to keep their children at home. These measures wer deemed necessary to prevent the further cpra*d*of influenza hare. ? - - ?r ' ." i I "%ocal Jntereat j Dr. L. H. Trotti, our good mayor went to Cheraw Tuesday, where he conferred with the Cheraw Board of Health concerinjf the methods to be ' aT taken to prevent the further spread of influenza. ! be More than a week ago Mr. and yc Mrs. F. A. Cannon were called to y? Clarendon county to see Mr. Can- to non's mother, who was hurt in an ac- ^ cident. News has just been received 111 in Chesterfield that both Mr. and Mrs. y? Cannon are now confined with the W1 influenza, which is raprinp: in that county. W Mr. G. H. Gulledgre, township su- cjj nnrificAr r? f f |/v* *?ov* v i ata v* v&v^naia vvvTiioui|i) . lirought us a snake with two feet. fj( fhe snake wns of the variety known ?s a rattle snake's pilot and it had .wo protuberances very much resemilng feet, where its feet ought to je. Mr. Gulledge, by the way doesn't relieve in tuking influenza cure as i preventive and ye editor hadn't lad an opportunity to practice his lelief in that respect. The clocks go back an hour Satmlny night and old time will be reaimed on Sunday. Slow, or winter ime will last from the last Sunday n October until the last Sunday in "S darch, when fast, or summer time Jm vill be resumed. There are five -^ir nonths of winter time and seven co nonths of summer time. Thus the wc locks wilf keep pace with the sun. joi The government has placed a ban >n all building operations except *h< hose absolutely necessary. A pernit is now required in order to pur- *'o hase doors, windows and all kinds 'et >f finished lumber. Necessary buildngs for farm purposes will be al- W owed to be constructed. This rul- wing of the War Industries* Board pi"1 .vas brought about by the scarcity >f labor and steel. evi Engine trouble is again responsible Tor The Advertiser's being late. It ou ieems that we have not been able to eliminate the evil spirit from our gas ngiries. Every known remedy has ^ ?een tried save prayer and fasting, "n hough we confess we have done a ' ? rood deal of fasting without prayer. ,U1 However, if our readers will be pa- W r 4 A . t ? urn iem yei a nine longer we neneve we .vill master the situation. do The office of the Local Hoard of xvy election has been moved to Cheraw. MQ A part of the new Class 1 is being Wt xamined this week; others will be j,e xamined next week and the work ,,0 ontinued until all in Class 1 under ihe new registration have been physically examined. As the influe|v.:a is fast coming under control in the ^ amps, a large call for men is ex ecied at an early date. The question of a quarantine in Chesterfield county for families go where Ihere ore cases of influenza 's being discussed. While this is a I)< matter for the county health officials wi to decide, it is a mater* of grave concern to us all. Even with the in- tic creased number of cases during the of ;iast few days the disease in this county is as jfet relatively light. Hy >1 ihe exercise of proper precautions Ti t may be possible to prevent a serious epidemic here. m; The United War Work Campaign l,r will be the week of Nov. 11 to 18. (SP Chesterfield County's quota is $12,000 and this money will be raised easily for every right-thinking peron will be glad to contribute to the Wl i'.M.C.A. and the other great organisations of like character. Chesterfield county has nearly one thousand ro men, white and black, in the urmy and navy and every one of theso* without exception, will swear and lo furht. for tlif? nfrnv "Y " v I)o you want the schools and NV< churches to open again quickly? Then help to bring this about by doing your part. Make it a personal matter. Stay at home and KEEP an THE CHILDREN AT HOME. Do v *iot visit the sick unless you go to ^ help or nurse. Keep out of crowds. Shun those who are sneezing and coughing. When you sneeze or cough cover your mouth and nose. j. If all will join whole-heartedly in j,i the effort to stamp out this dease, it may be a little hard on business for the present but it will stamp out the epidemic quickly, whefi things = will again go on as usual. The old Methodist invitation, "As these fetire, let others come forth," is applicable just now to the numerous opportunities to help the Government^win the war. The Fourth Liberty Loan is over, but the War Savings Stamps are still with us and are now again bidding for your attention. '1 he United War Work Campaign for the support of the Y.M.C.A. and its allies will soon be in full operation. Following on the heels of that will be the appeal of the Red Cross war fund. As long as the Hiln is able to defy the world just so long will the need of money and yet more money be felt to drive him back into his luir and tb'. re administer the justly deserved puTushmcnt. Wrigley Give* Tin-Foil To The Government To help meet the needs of the Government, Wriglcy's will discontinue the use of tin-foil as a wrapping for "Juicy Fruit" chewing gum, in order to release this valuable material to Uncel Sam. Hundreds of thousands of pounds per week of tin-foil will thus be made available to the Government, it is said. "Juicy Fruit" will hereafter appear in the hermetically sealed pink wrapper same ?| "Spearmint." "Doublemint" will also be wrapped in waxed pink paper, instead of green. STTERS FORM OUR C SOLDIER BOYS I< Frank Vaughn Monday, Sept. i<>, 1018 ^ Dear Sister: I wonder what you '' e doing- thin beautiful morning "t fan and I are well and enjoying the j, st of health. Don't worry because {' >u don't hear from us' as often as fl >u would like. We hi*3 so.> etio.es a 0 busy to sleep, especially during ^ e past three months. I ani now in t yr third drive since July 11th. So '? u can easily see why I haven't been ( rating. f We have had some time chasing ^ e bosche and rounding them up. e took eight thousand prisoners i*? cht hours time. How is that for * tting them? When I was in Ante- t :a and read ab^ut so many killed ? d captured 1 was inclined to doubt but 1 have found it most all true. Write me all the good news. Your loving brother. ? Frank, c t John G. Robeson Somewhere in France j September 2G, 1918; my Frietals of Chcstcrf.eld county: | lo-day one month ago I landed omewhere in France." I have | >ught of you all so mar.y times ' ice 1 left the U. S. A. and wish 1 | aid write each of you a letter, but ; ' are moat too busy doing our bit ! r that. 1 received a copy of your paper ! J other day and was surprised to i so many letters from the boys i ver here," so I decided I would 1 you know I had not forgotten you. ' We are geting on fine. Have plen- ' to e; t i.nd a good place to sleep, j lich we are proud of. Am also oud tiiat I am hero "doing my bit" . d I believe that is the thought of ery one of the boys in France. I Nevertheless we will never forget ] r loved ones in the dear old U. S. aj.d will be happy when we get t b kairer and can return home again. ; . hen v.'c do return we hope every, 1 e of our friends will still he there 1 "welcome us home. We did not 1 aw how to appreciate friend.-, until 1 i were separated from them, so' t hope to return some day tlul ( ?\v our appreciation for kindness t nc us in dr.yn of yore. To-day,, tile we are away fighting for you. f ! now you are praying for us and ( 1 ! believe your prayers will be' ar.l. {so good luck, and the best of. od w\shes to you all. A friend, Corn. Jojm C. Robeson, ' it. I)., .-118th Field Artillery, nerican E. F. I ' CHESTERFiEI.D POUTF. 4 i 1 Health in this community is not so ! od at Lite present. We are glad to report Mr. J. L. uglass, who has been very sick ( ith pneumonia, to be out again. Miss Christian Martin, of this scorn. died Sunday morning, Oct. 20, tippoplexy. The 14-monlhs-old daughter of r. and Mrs. John T. I)ease, died jesday morning of pneumonia. Mr. James Sutton, an aged gentle- ! an of this route, is very sick at the esent. but w?. bone for him II eedy recovery. ! Wo are glad to report that Mr. ' illie PitUnan, who has been suf ring from pneumonia, is about ell again. Mr. Paul Sullivau is visiting his other, Mr. W. A. Sudivun, of this ute. ' Messrs. B. C. and Corbett Clnnton, the Sugar Loaf section, were mo- ., ring on this route Friday. It's about time to dig taters, as e are expecting old man Jack toght. Mr. r,. N. Clanton andTamily have turned from a trip down in Flu., d report a nice time. It's alx?uL time for fat hogs to ben dying with headache and sore 1 roat. CLOSING OUT SALE Big lot of Crimson Clover Seed at !Vfe cents per pound in the rough, O.B. Silver St., Newberry, S. C. J. J. DAVIS, Chesterfield, S. C. >R. J. E. LUCAS GETS A COMMISSION IN THE ARMY 'rom The Wilmington Morning Si-*'-: Dr. John E. Lu^as, of Chesterfieiu, >. C., who has been in the city for he past four months, and who asioted in combatting the epidemic u> il he was afflicted with the disease, ins just received his commission as irst lieutenant and ordered to report it Camp T.eo, Petersburg, Va., for ervicc. Lieutenant Lucas v. ill leave VilmingtoU Friday for his home at Chesterfield an<l will remain there mt; 1 Monday when he will leave for Camp Lee. He will be accompanied 'rom here by Mrs. Lucas, who has en with him for some time. The many friends of Dr. Lucas v*ill be delighted at the news confuted in the foregoing item from i Wilmington paper. Dr. Lucas had oluntecred for servic? in the army radical corps many months ago and nd pa.. ed the medical and physical xamir.ations successfully, the re:e:pt of his commission was delayed h.ough accident. "Y" MAN NEEDS SLEEP Driver Risks Court Martial to Let Him Get It. Incident Which Shows How th? Y. M. C. A. Stands With tho Army. By E. M. BATCHELOR. "No boys, I'm not so very tired," said the Y. M. C. A. secretary. "Just it little after a week of that," Indicating with a ,wnve of his hand the country behind, from which cnme Incessant sounds of artillery and luuelitnc-guu S re. Hut he was <1on<l tired, and the omtmlance driver who was Riving him i ride Knew It. The secretary's head Ixihhcd from side to side as the arntxiInnee thumped along tl?e rough road. At intervals the Y. M. C. A. man slept, roughly roused whenever a shell-hole |olt threw lilm against the side of the vehicle. The ambulance was stopped by the side of tho road so that the driver might tighten a loose holt. "I guess I'll lie down for a mlnuto while you are working," said the Y. M. [\ A. secretary. In' a second he was sound asleep by the road. An hour later the driver shook hltn. "Sorry to wake you up," he said, "hut I absolutely must he getting on. I'm like ly to be court-martialed now for being so long on this Job, but I would rather take u 'mouth nnd a month' Mam have robbed you of that (deep. I decided that the war could go on for an hour without me. while you tore olf 40 winks." This is just one of many Instances showing how the Y. M. C. A. stands with the army. That driver had voluntarily risked getting Into trouble with his commanding officer because he knew the Hed Triangle man needed sleep. 1 SAILOR SYMPATHIZES t I WITH LORD BISHOP ? 5 Queenstown.?The ltlght Itev- jf $* crend Doctor Hrowne, Lord Hlsli- J h op, Is a person of consequence, * T as his title might indicate. 4 4? lie had settled himself com- j IJ fortably In the corner of a lirst u. ? class compartment when, Just T '* us the traiu pulled out, a happy 4 ? and curefree crowd of American J i sui.lnrs piled Into the compart T nien.. JI ? They wore on leave and every 4? body's friends. \ \ ? "Are you a priest?" asked '1 * one. I! "I suppose I was at one time," *' ij was the good-humored reply of t! -=* the man who was known J* J throughout the land as "his ^ h lordship." j J "Well, I was a chief gunner nt ?r one time," the Jackie replied, j "hut I have been disrated ulso? 4* through bonze I" T r,H'++tH+,l'++l'++++++++H+++ Now is the time to prepare to pray your poach trees for the pcacl tree borer. I have the Lime-Sulphui solution already mixed. W. A. RIVERS . l-J. ....'w.r "urni'ti IiMMTII ''' 4& L liili'n'lii'n'iiMll iMiliTi I" lf""11 ' I ' . 1 TROOP SOPPUES i* 3 MONTHS AHEAD Army Could Get Along for 90 Days If Not Another Pound Went Over. VAST STOCK IN RESERVE Held In Mile* of Warehouse* Extending From the Coast Inland to the Fighting Line?Daily Deliveries Made. Tours.?The American army In Enrope could be fed and clothed and ull Its creature comforts looked after for three months If not another pound of supplies was secured. This wus the statement mude here by officers of the army quartermaster's department, which directs this mammoth work of supplies. It gives an ldeu of the vast stock of reserve resources stored in the miles of warehouses stretching from the const inland to the fighting line, and it Is a comforting assurance, too, that tills huge reserve will be kept up through the coming winter period, so that the American soldier's warmth, as well ns ids focal and clothing, will be fully looked after. Some Big Job. It is a huge undertaking to feed a million men even for a single clay?a million men scattered to a thousand points, in trenches, on battlefields and camps, along .'500 miles of front and for a depth of GOO miles. And when are added housing anil elothlrnr mid the I period is extended through tin* winter months of cold and frost, with the prospect that another million or two of men inny he headed this way before long?with these elements one gets Home idea of the magnitude of the supply problem for a million or more men. Here at the center of the system, where the receipts are regulated and the distribution made, there was an opportunity of learning some of the details of how the system operates. In the food branch alone It takes over 4,000.000 pounds of food every da/ to feed the army. This pr? diglous dally consumption of food embraces 1,000 poundTs of flour baked Into n million pounds of bread every day, 875,000 pounds of fresh beef, 875,000 pounds of potatoes, 200,00(1 pounds of sugar and 125,000 pounds of tomatoes. The pepper and stilt for a single day Is 42,500 pounds. Army coffee Is rousted at the rate of 70,000 pounds a day, and It takes 20,<MH) pounds of solidified alcohol to cook this coffee through the month. The hoof is the bulkiest product i used each day, and occupies a dully spar** of 45.000 cubic feet, or about the dimensions of a business block, of solid meat. Flour comes next, requiring 25,000 cubic feet of dally spuce, i and potatoes about tiie same, i A Few Oaity Items. These are only few of the main Items. Rut the list runs ull through the many requirements of the oversea army ration, with vast quantities I in each ease. Here are some of. the other dally items: Bucon, 225,000 pounds; beans, 75,000 pounds; rice, 50,(MX) pounds; onions, 250,000 pounds* ! evaporated fruit, 70,000 pounds; Jam, 70,000 pounds; milk, 62,r>00 pounds; vinegar, 40,000 pounds; lurd, 40,000 pounds; but tor, 31,000 pounds; syrup, 40,(XX) pounds. These being included in the overtea ration, every one of the million men is entitled to his full allowance, und it must go forward to hhn wherever he Is. So that besides the vast dully stock there Is the question of unfailing daily, delivery, first by railways and camion trains, and then to the individual soldier. Besides this 4,000,(XX) pounds of food moving forward duily to the troops, each man carries with him two days' emergency ration, fi pounds to the man | an additional f>,(XK),(XX) pounds of food for an army of a million men. Of the I emergency ration, carried on the back, j there Is outstanding every day 2,<K)0,. i (XX) pounds of corned beef and 2,<xx),. i (XX) pounds of hardtnc'", 3tX),(XX) pounds | of sugar, 62,300 pounds of coffee, 20,' (XM) pounds of salt, and IVX),000 pounds , of solidified alcohol for heutlng und cooking while on march. I _^______ 1 YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RUN r Made Chaplain Hurry Because He Wanted to Catch Up With His Company. With the American Army nt thf Mnrne.?A long Hue of dust-covered Yankees were pushing tlielr way , through a shell-hattered village near i <'haieau-Thlorry toward a ridge of : hills from which came the nimble of i artillery fire. At a crossroads they i caine upon a c|iaplaln, waiting beside I a broken-down sidecar. One of tin doughboys fell out of line and walked rapidly up to the crossroads. "Say, Chaplain, baptize me quick, will you?" be urged. "We'll be In the line to-night I" The chaplain wulked awny from the i sidecar. "I>o you believe" he began. "Yes, sir; I believe everything 1" Interjected the boy; "but I've got tc cmicli my company. Can't you uiake II quldk?" Iiii 111. iikiii it iiiiiiuii; nit" t rri'iniMi} wuh o /er and be was running up thi road. Qets Fine Qem In Clam. Stevens Point, WIh.?While fishing In the. Wisconsin river, nine mller, from here. Oeorge Piatt of Lnke City, Minn., e.iiioil up a clam. On opening the sne'l he dlsenvered a pearl which Jeweler* nay in worth $rtOO. Qlrla 8erve as Oilers. Tacoma. Wu*h.?five girl* at Aberdeen and one from this city are inein her* of the crew of the Steumshli Fnmrtar.l which recently Hailed from Aberdeen Wash, for a six-month* , trip. The girls are serving aa oilers. ' ' * ' J / '-j *i ' 1 r- t f. 1 \ f.',1 - "> UKCLE SAM'S ]# ADVICE SN FLU;* I R< | St U. S. Public Health Service Issues jj Official Health Bulletin re< on Influenza. ^ LATEST WORO ON SUBJECT. ? <1e S* Eplderr.lo Probably Not Spanish in ou If Origin?Germ Otlll Unknown?Pao- ^ pie Should Quard Against "Droplet p]| Infection"?Surgeon General Blue Makes Authoritative Statement. It fli Washington, D. O.?(Special.)?Al- fn though King Alfonso of Spain was gt one of the victims of the Influenza epl- <11 /Intnl<? In IfMW un<l oaotn fhla unmtnop Cfl 8pnnlsh authorities repudiate any claim to lsfluensa as a "Spanish" dla- ^ ease. If the people of this country do ot not take enre the epidemic will bo- m come bo widespread throughout tl?o United States that Boon we shall hear gf the dlseu ie culled "American" lntlu- | Ik onzu. I MI In response to a request for definite ; R* Informntlou concerulng Spanish lntlu- w enzn, Surgeon General Ilupert Blue of " the U. S. Public Health Service has ( w authorized the following ofllelal Interview : , ,n What Is 6panlsh Influenza? Ib It : fr something new? Does It come from . at Spain? i r.t i "The dlsenso now occurring in this < A country nnd called 'Spanish Intltien- I1* ta' resembles a very contusions kind |f of 'cold,' accompanied by fever, pnius ; Coughs end Sneezes i 64 Spread Diseases ' B jl fll?P As Dangerous as Mson Shells ! H| > In the head, eyes, ears, hack or other i parts of the body and a feeling of sir LI vere sickness. In most of tin; cases tliu p symptoms disappear after throe or four days, the patient then rapidly recover- ; ai Ing. Some of the patients, however, ! cl develop pneumonia, or inllntmiiutlon ' of the ?nr, or meningitis, and many of *' these complicated eases die. Whether ; ^ this so-called 'Spanish' influenza Is j Identical with the ei>l?lemlcs of Inlluen- . za of earlier years Is not yet known. j 0 "Upldemles of Influenza have vlsltod ! n this eountry since 1017. It Is Interest- II Inn to know that this first epidemic ' was brought here from Valencia, *' Spain. Since that time there have f ti been numerous epidemics of the dis- > en so. In 188ft ami IS'.tO nn epidemic of influenza, starting somewhere In the Q Orient, spread first to Russia 11:. *1 f, thence over practically the entire <iv- j, HI zed world. Three years later there ( was another flare-tip of the disease, p Both times the epidemic spread wide- j ly over the United States. ! n "Although the present epidemic Is u called 'Spanish Influenza,' then* Is no ,i reason to believe that It originated In n Spain. Sonic writers who have stlulled f the question believe that the epidemic p came from the Orient and they call at- a tentlon to the fact that the Germans d mention the disease us occurring along ? the eastern front In the summer and ' ? fall of 1917." How can "Spanish Influenza" be rec- e ognized? "There Is as yet no certain way In j v which a single case of 'Spanish lnflu- I | enzn' can he recognized. On the other hand, recognition Is easy where there Is a group of cases. In contrast | to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs and colds, which usually occur in the' cold months, epidemics of influenza i may occur at any season of tlie year, j Tlius tin* present raged most ' t i Intensely In Kuropc in May, June und j i I July. Morenver, In the cusp of ordl- ' ? nary colds, the general symptoms j ji (fever, pain. depression) nre hy no j \ melius as severe or us sudden In tlu lr 1 i onset ns they are In Influenza. Final- I i ly, ordinary colds do not spread t I through the community so rapidly or < so extensively as does influenza. t "In most cases a person taken slek < fl j with Influenza feels st< k rather and- i ! denly. lie feels weak, has pains In the i | eyes, en s, head or hack, and inn.v he < sore all over. Many patients feel dizzy, some voinl'. Most of the pa- i 1 tlents complain of feeling chilly, and i with this conies a fever In which the | > temperature rises to UK) to 101. In , , t iost cases the pulse remains relatively slow. i "In appearance one Is Mim k hy the i fact that the pa'h nt looks sjrk. His i eyes and the inner side of tils eyelids > [ i tay lie slightly "hlon Nhot.' or 'con- j i ested,' lis the d< e.ors say. There I may he running from the nose, or i there may he some rough. These signs < of a colli may lad he mnrked; never- t Ihel ss the patient looks und feels very ? sick. I | "In addition to the nppenranep nnd ' the symptoms as already described, evnmlimt'on of tli.i imiiiini'- i.i.....i - , " ftld the pl.ysk'hm In i?' o-cni'/.lnj: 'Spun- < ' i?k hi 11 uviloi it ha* bveu luu'id m J JLflfdijTilill rilllwMMl 4 WrM ETAfTi _J t I Jlr V.V..J UD H KgflJJuAJynRMyBinl 1 ^PnWPItt'0!V^919H o ? , / L--. *{ In this disease the number oI lite corpuscles shows little or no In- H pusg ubovo the normal. It Is pottlI that the laboratory Investigations m w being made through the National 'search Council and the United ates Hygienic Laboratory will (ursh a more certain way In which Indllual cases of this disease can b# H cognised." What Is the oourse of the dleeasef I > people die of Itf HH "Ordinarily, the fmr lasts from ree to four days and the patient re- HH vers. But. while the proportion of aths In the present epidemic has nerally been low, In some places the thrcak has beeu severe and deaths ve been numerous. When death ocrs It Is usually the result of s comIpn tlr?n What cause* th* dla*a** and how la spread? "Ilaoterlologlsta wtio have studied Idlenza epidemics In the past have und In many of the cases a very nail rod-shaped (term called, after Its scoverer, I'f el Iter's bacillus. In other ises of apparently the same kind of sense there were found pneumococcl, ie germs of lobar pneumonia. Still i^H hers have been caused by strep to?cd, and by others germs with long "No mntter what particular kind of >nn causes the epidemic. It la.now dleved that Influenza Is always read from person to person, the Tins being carried with the air along 1th the very small droplets of mucus, BH rpelled by coughing or sneeslng, ^Hj irceful talking, and the like by one HH ho already has the germs of the dlsise. They mny also be carrlod about the nir In the form of dust coming om dried inueus, from coughing and leozlng, or from careless people who ilt on the floor and on the sidewalk. s in most other catching diseases, a ;rson' wiio hns only a mild attack of |^H ic disease himself may give a very vere airack to others." HH Wlmt should be done by those who itch the disease? "It Is very Important that every perin who becomes sick with Influenza lonid go hotnc nt once and go to bed. Ids will helii keep away dangerous mipltcatloiiH and will, at the same me, keep the patient from srnlteting ^H| ie disease far and wide. It Is highly rslrahle that uo one be allowed to milt in t lu> unftto rrintn with fhn r?o_ nt. In fart, no one hut the nurse amid lie allowed In the room. ^H "If there Is cough and sputum or ^H inning of the eyes and uose, care ^^Q lould he taken that all such dls- ^H inrgos are collected on bits of gauze - rag or paper napkins and hurned. ' the patient complains of fever and ^H eadaclie, ho should he given water to ^^Q rink, a cold compress to the forehead ^^Q ml a light sponge. Only such medl- ^^Q me should he given as Is prescribed ^^Q y the doetor. It 1b f<a?llsh to nsk the. rugglst to pic. rlhe and may be dan- HQ erous to take the so-called 'safe, sure ltd harmless' remedies udvertlsed by HQ utent medicine manufacturers. "If the putlent la so situated that he ^H ttn he attended only by some one who ^H tust also look nfter others in thefuio- ^H y, it Is advisable that such attendant ^H ear a wrapper, apron or gown over ^H ^te nrdlunry house clothes while In the ^H Ick room and slip this off when leav- I ig to look nfter the others. ^H "Nurses and attendants will do well ^H r> guard against breathing In danger- ^H us disease germs by wearing a simple ^H old of gauze or mask while near the ^H JM Will a person who has had Influenza ^H efore catch the disease again? H "It Is well known that an attack of ^H neasles or scarlet fever or smallpox IH istmlly protects a person against an- ^H ither attack of the same disease. This ppenrs not to he true of 'Spanish la- ^H luetiza.' According to newspaper re- ^H torts the King of Spain suffered an .ttnek of lnlluenza during the epl- ^H lemlc thirty years ago, and was again trickca during the recent outbreak in QH HQ How can ens guard against Jpftu- ^H "In guarding against disease of all HH :lnds, It Is important that the body ba H :ept strong and able to fight off dls>ase germs. Tills can be done by hsv ng ii proper proportion of work, play no I rest, by keeping the body well hH 'lothed, nnd by eating sufficient wholelotne and properly selected food. In otinectlon with diet. It Is well to re- Hfl nember that milk Is one of the best ill-nround foods obtainable for adults HM is well as children. So far as a <Ms use like Influenza Is concerned, health lutborltles everywhere recognize the cry close relation between Its spread md overcrowded homes. While It Is tot always possible, especially In BH Itues like the present, to avoid such ivercrowding, people should consider be health dahger nnd make every (Tort to reduce the home overcrowdto a minimum. The value of fresh ilr through open windows casinot bs >ver emphasized. "When crowding Is unavoidable, as hH n street cars, care should tie taken to <oep the face so turned as not to Intale directly tho air breathed out by pHf mother person. HB "It Is especially Important to bfr .vare of the person who coughs of uteo/.es without covering his mouth ^^B ind nose. It ulso follows that one diotild keep nut of crowds and stuffy daces as much as possible, keep ionics, offices nnd workshops well IHJ tired, spend some time out of door* jk ii uuy. wmx to work If at nil prncIciible?to sliort, make every possible Itort to bretithe us much pure air a* ^H| possible. |H "lit till health matters follow the ad? HB Ire of yiMii an?l obey the re?uiittons of your local and atate health bH ^B "Cover up each cough and eneezs, If you uon't you'll spread disease" B Pigeon Messenger*. B British nnvnl pigeon service hsS ^H| 1,000 plpt.Miiis foi duty In IB 'ranee ami el nowhere. Of these 3,000 drds tire loaned by 300 British pljceo? nitclcrr Pigeons often mftke 28fl? nlle continuous flights carrying wsr IB nessogea. .j BB1 . RABBITS FOR SALE 9^ New Zealand Red Rabbi's;! month. Id $5.00 per pair. ^B J. L. CRAWFORD, Cner.iw.SiC. H