b Nat
Oft. 2©.—The aptdeauc of
, haa »prnd to all portion* at
North Carolina and ha* involved a
tare* par rentaca at thu population ot'
the otato ia a vary short tine. Tha
■ana thine ia traa ot "ther statoe.
Thu haa mad* it altogether impeeai
bie to taka eara at tha aick with
aithar tha dowestk supply at doctors
and nuraaa or with doctor i and nurses
auppliad from eleewhere.
At a canfaranaa Sunday attondad
by Gov. Btekatt. State Supertnten
dont ot Publir instruction James Y.!
Jojrnar. Stale Health (XBrer W. S.!
Rankin and Col. Chaa. W. Stile*. ra
presenting tha United States public
haaltli aarvira. tha following fart*
were agreed upon:
People Muat Depend on Themselves.
1.—The extensive ilemaiul* that the
army »nd navy have mmle upon the
■amber< of the medical und nuramt
profesi inn* together with the fart
that so many of them are already vie
tima of influenza haa so depleted the|
rank* of civil practitioner* that it i*
Impossible to romply with tha numer-!
out) requests for aid in tha present
apidemic.
2.—The point haa Iwen reached
when it i* clear that communities and
people must depend upon themaalve* >
more than ever before, inc* they can
expect little or no aid from elsewhere.
The sooner tha publir realize* this
fart the sooner will the people he
able to .help themselves.
3.—It i* strongly advised that all,
communities in the state should adopt
the following measures, or other equ-.
ally Hafe precaution*, to control the
epidemic. Communitit* are warned
that they mu«t act at once regardless
of whether or not infljenza i* pres
ent. whether there lie a few or many
parnons nick. These measure* are in,
amplification of the >'lan of '" gam-1
zation act out in letters from the1
state board of health to .ill chairmen
of board* of county commissioner*,
mayor* of towns and cities and other
leading citizen*:
How Diseaae ia Spread.
•
(A) Mother* and daughter* in all
families, rich and poor, white or black
should immediately learn how to
nurse case* of influenza.
(H) All communities should provide
at the public school* free instruction
on influenza nursing. This imtruction
can best be given by a graduate nur*e
or by a physician and the more im
portant point* can be taught in twt,
hour*. In caae a graduate nurse or
physician is not available for thi*
teaching the important point* may he
obtained from directions whirh will be
sent upon request to the state board
of health.
<C) Each person in each community
should immediately be taugh that the
disease is sp en,I by coughing and
sneezing. This •■ •hing can best he
done by prominei citizens and minin
ters who .should make a house to
house visit, and should teach each
family the precaution* that should be
taken to prevent the spread of thi*
di»oa.se. Literature will be furnished
upon request to the 'state board of
health.
fD) All persons with cough* and
cold* should be warned to remain at
home in bed, with good ventilation,
preferably on the porch and in the
sunshine. Early cases that are pro
perly taken care of are not likely to
have the pneumonia.
Ban on Congregation*. t
(E) Person* hould avoid «>ngre
I- gating unnecessarily in huun««, on the
k .streets and elsewhere, There is lit
tie danger. h< v>'\trr. in visiting and
; waiting on the sick if properly pre
cautions are taken. These Consist of
( wearing gause masks over the mouth
and nose, the masks to he made of at
[ least four thicknesses „f tine mesh
*' gause; in gargling the throat and
i washing out the nose three times a |
day with a solution made i>y adding a
> level teaspoonful of salt to a pint of|
! warm water anil by disinfec■ ing the
hand* after attending each patient,
t (F) People are warned not to at
tempt to engage private nurses, and
| not to monopolize the time of a doc
tor with an individual ■««. Nurses
and doctors are needed fir cummuni- j
f tirs and not for individual cases.
Eme ency hospital:* sb »u'd he pro- i
; *Wed where needed.
4.—Counties township* and towns j
Wh eh have l ot already organized ac
! ■ t' 'he ( 'an er • to local of
. tjciiii . h"ul«: dp si> at once. Respon
| aibility for this wrganization rests
1 upon the 'hairman 'if the board of
I aou'ity com mir sinner* for tho county,
•nd with the mayor for t.h<- ti wn
These are the highest, responsible 1»
• eal official*, and if thev have failed
> take definite and attenuate ection
' 1 v should *'e held strictly aecoun<a
l kl- whatever result* may follow.
L C— The public in warned that this
C ti a time for calm »i;ergvii. work, and
Kit for a thoughtW*« uaelest ami hy
[ torital panic. There i»
ImfW 'or * pare- ».•■> •11 pei . r.
must be willing to woik haul under
tmm it tlM baat mriJiN U b« ok
Whan pupil u« ill or recovering
from illneea the imiwl car* >kouid
be taken M kava their food nourlek
Inf and ittnctim. ?lw it the food
in •mail <|Uantitiee in pretty dtahea
and hare everything very clean ud
neatly in«n(«l.
Al.vaya salt th« dorter before ft*-,
in* a patient feed. After aeeere ill
neee a patient takee only liquid* U- i
quid diet may inelada milk, meat
broth. fru t and baaf juice«, teaa. «f|
hoif, aoupa and gruela- <-ereala very,
thin in >-onaiatenry but vary thor-j
ouffhly cooked.
I.iicht diet, which followa liquid diet j
may include »«fl cooked egffx. oya
ter stew, >ieef Hulls made from meat
wrap* from the fibre, milk too::t, and,
i-uatarda.
Beef Juice.
Meat the meat very slightly (do
not cook it) Preaa the juice from it
with a lemon qtieezrr or fru't preea.
Heef juice ia oft^n given to tuberru-,
loaia patient*. Serve in a cup o that
tha patient cannot nee it plrinly.
IWrf Tea.
Put 'hcS-rf into very -mall piecea.
Put it into a fruit jar, over with cold
water, an<L ~tand the jar on a cloth
in the kettle of cold \eatrc. Heat the
wnter very slowly until it begina to
hubble. Do not boil. Keep at thia
temperature I hour nr more. Strain,
seaaon with ."«lt and pepcr, and serve
hot.
Beef llroth.
Cut meat and Iwne into small piecea
Cover with cold water and allow to
i-taml 1 hour, (look slowly, 3 to <r>
hours. Strain, cool, remove the fat,
iind heat very hot liefore crvinir.
Eggnog.
1 ''irtr. I cup milk, I tableap ion su
irar, aperk salt, S drops vanilla. Sep
arate the ege yolk and white, lieat
the yolk and add the other ingredient*
Strain onto the beaten whit? and
nerve.
Egg-white. Iieaten stiff may be add
ed to lemonade, urancikle, or milk to;
incrorae the food value.
Corn Meal (iruel.
t tableapoon corn meal. H cup cold
wnter.
1 tnbieapoun flour, I, pint rich milk.
Moiaten the meal a d flour with
cold water ni:d atir out all of the
Iutnpe. Gradually pour it into 1 pt.
of boiling water. Place in a double
boiler and cook (by stc im) 3 hours.
Add 1 pt. of rich milk ai d acald. Salt
to the taate ar.d serve hot
Captured German Document
Praise* American Soldier*.
With the Br/.sh Array in France,
Oct. 20.—Just what tiie Germane
think of American soldiers with a few
side remarks regarding the St. Mi
hiel operation* is disclosed in a confi
dential document signed by the chief
intelligence officer of the 19th German
army which has been capture.! by
Americans fighting on the British
front.
The document prefaces a dircus-ion
u< the St. Mihicl attack by admitting
that the number of Americans in re
serve* on that occasion was unknown.
It then takes up the divisions which
carried out the assault.
The document discusses the details
of the operations admitting that when
the Americans reached Thiaucourt
the entire St. Mihiel salient was ren
dered untenable and therefore its eva
cuation was ordered and the retreat
carried out according to plan.
A little futher on the order has
this to say of the American oldier:
"He obviously is very much afraid of
being taken prisoners. He defends
himnelf violently to the laht igninst
this (.'anger, and does rot siirrerder.
This seems to be the result of propo
gunda picturing cruel treatment if
he falls into German hands.
"The American is expert in handl
ing machine guns, is firm m the de
fensive an.l develops a strong power
of resistance from his very numerous
m.ichme guns. The bearing of the
infantry - indicates slight military
training. The artillery was at its
best as long as it remained at its ori
ginal position* during preparation for
»n attack. The methods of fire were
good. It was very quick in getting'
on opportune targets this apparent
ly living due to the lavish employment
of technical devices. Within a mini-'
mum period the Americans were able
to furnish * well-directed fire.
"I.iaison between the infantry and
artillery was perfect. When infan
try ran into machine gun nests it im
mediately fell back and a new artil-'
lery preparation from accompanying
hat to-tew followed very promptly."
A sentence in the document says:
"In general it should be noted the"
American is tju;te honorable-- he does
not not fire on stretcher bearers.1*
Sydnor & Sparger
Insurance Agents
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
Office in Merritt Building.
Tour*. CmmI Fnua, Sept. SO.— !
Timber -lUing far 'Im km of the
Awrku •nay ia prwxilim on *
nat icala in mom at *he »r»»t fsraals
rtftom of France, M w«U u In i
Hwttaerland ud Spain. The c titling1
of a tree in Franca in p~aca timea, in
little short of a felony, aad no (tea
could ha removed until another vig
orous sapling wan ready to take it
ptaca.
Graat aa the sacrifice is, I* haa hear'
recognized aa war measure. >inra the
hnt fine near ficm Aemrica <>t the
vast amount nf lun.l>er required for
construction pu irsi- #oultl ha prac
tically impos/'We or if undertaken
t»«'t'l<* stop th.' tianiiport i f troops.
So the forest- are ifoing, tint* fcr the
first time aolid ••tone construction ia
giving place to lighter and more -apid
wood construction.
Bami'm '.ha itstbenng of '.hi« huge
-lock of malarial, -enuiring tho ■ and*
of foresters there i* the work of
building tl.a hospitals d< clu, Itarracks
etc. The vaatness of thesa build in*
operntione can ha judged from the
one item of building hospitals.
Hospital* are huilt on tha basis of
liadi for 10 |ier cent, of the strength
of troupe, so thnt with .vi army of a
millio.i men Jul hospital provision
mu*>. ha for 100,000 bods; a;nd with a
prorpective my of 2.000.000 mc:i in
siglu the actual estimnU. for hosp Lata
ia 200,000 l>eds. As there are as many
attendanta nc wounded occupying
beds, this makes requirements for
400,000 or the »ize of a Treat metro
polis, in tha one item of hospitals.'
Several 10.000 had hospitals are un
der way, and two 20,000 bed hospitals
are heing provided. One of these 20,
000 had estahllshmentii, with ita 20,
000 attendants, make:, a large town of
itself, of 40,000 people, with their own
electric light, water and sewer sys
tems. and all the organization of a
large municipality.
The building of warehouses, ducks,
etc., is on the same gigantic ^cale as
hospitals. At three different points
there is ah average construction of
three warehouses put up each day,
and each 5050 hy 50 ftot in dimen
sions. Ten miles of docks is about
keeping pace now with tha require
ments of an army of 1,000,000 man,
hut with a prospective army much
greater than 1,000,000, 30 miles of
docks ia tha minimum requirement.
Much of tha barracks and trench con
struction ia rush work which will hava
to be completed before winter.
These arc some of the outatznding
features of this huge work of army
construction carried on hy the engi
neers, far exceeding the work on the
Panama canal or any other engineer
ing operation the Unitod State* haa
ever before undertaken.
Eight Carman Dmtiou
Flung Back in Confusion
British headquarter* in France Oct.
15.—< Reuter's—Since Sunday morn
ing eight of the German front line di
vision* in Flanders have been Hung
back broken and confused, while pro
bably all or most of the divisions held
in reserve behind them received a
heavy gruelling. Thin apparently has
not lieen a battle of limited objectives
hut rather a drive where towns resis
ted at all strongly the line has push
ed on, clearing up parties to finish
the work.
The fighting has been obstinate in
places, but apparently nowhere des
perate. It in believed there will be
large additions to the number of pris
oners and guns already announced as
captured.
Routers was found to be almost un
ilumaged. Many mines were discov
ered by French rappers and the wires
to them cut thus neutralizing the dan
gor.
Between Lens and Armentiers 't in
reported there are signs of an enemy
withdrawal from the front line. In
fact, from all along the whole of the
western front the news is good.
German Newspapers Aaaert
The HafcenxoUerns Must Go.
Geneva, Oct. 22.- -Peace must not
be delayed a single day on account of
of the Hohenzollerns if they are an
obstacle to it, declares the Volks
Frieund of Karlsruhe which also is
permitted to speak of the disappear
ance of the superstitious belief that
the emperor was chosen to rule by
divine right.
The Cchwabische Tugwacht says
that everybody is now convinced that
the allied will not accord Germany a
cheap peace, "but if ti.e glory and
power of imperial Germany is the
price, the German people are ready
to pay."
In permitting such items to leave
Germany, the German censorship ap
parently is aperprcipoyh rah mhhm |
parentlv is preparing public opinion I
for coining evvnts.
WANTED TO BUY a fresh cow,
want an extra good one. Come and
see me. C. C. Lundy.
Q»wi— HmU im IWkbU
tor* « BciUim Thai OMiarb
ucm ml Gl*«* mM» Arc.
l"Nw» TmMmm.
Thar* ia rum to baUava that dla
lurbancaa of a ir»w nature tri at
rurinf in dwMny. Reported out
break. in Eum *>><1 throughout Bk
varia am l>elieved to lia truo. Allan,
lion al*o ta liaiai given to the peaai
bility of tha «pread of BoUboviua ami
it ia considered thai tha apparent par
tial raiainc of tha ronaorahip con
stitute* a markad indication of the,
commencement of indiacipline and a
general upheaven in Germany.
Kor noma lima pant, it haa oeeni
iloar to thoaa who have followed tha,
internal situation in Germany with,
rare that condition* of unreal there,
were lapidly paa*ing out of the "tare
where, kept well in hand by the au-(
thoritiea. they rould be turned to rood
account timongsl the Alllea. The uim
ple method was. of courne. to create
an impreaiiion rf a really nerioua con
dition that did not in fact exist, and'
ho bring about a slackening of war
effort by inducing the )>ellef that Ger
many waa near an internal unheaval
and that, aa a consequence, the end
of the war rould not be Ionic delayed.
A couple of months afro, howevei,
wlicn the Kr.iner made a special jour
ney to Kruen for the purpose of a<i-,
dressing a great meeting of Krupps'
employees. after the mint far-reach
ing strike* and other outbreak* at,
the irr«at munition work* had only
been suppre *ed with the greateet dif
ficulty, it l>«came apparent that it wan
no longer subterfuge hut that some
thing really "erioun waa the matter.
The Kaiaer'l speech on that occa
sion wait a remarkable tour <le force.
lie spoke, of rourae. not only to
Kruppx' employees, hut to million* of
other artisan* and workmen through
out Germany who had -hown unmi*
takablc signs of a tendency toward
revolt. The meeting waa carefully i
orgi .nized, and when the Kai.tor, in a
final exhortation, urged all those who,
had their heart* in the .right place,
and were determined to keep faith,
with the Katherlr.nd to stand up there
could in Germany, even two month*
ago, be only one result. The whole I
meeting rose obediently to its feet.'
The concluding word* of the Kaiser's.;
specch will ha r%meml>ere<l. They
wore significant. "Now promi*e me,"!
he raid, "on behalf of li.e entire Ger- j
man labor, "We intend to fight and i
hold out to the last, so help us God.' |
Whoever *o intends let him answer
'Yer.!'** Once again, the whole meet
ing obeyed, hut hardly had the Kai
ser's motor car left the great works,
when the murmuring broke out afresh
and. evidently, within a few days be
came so serious that all news of it
was suddenly lost in the silence of the
| censorship.
As to the spread of Bolshevism, it
has, of course, been the nightmare of
Berlin ever since the onset of that
im i« Ite Ht o< uurniMlm. TW, ,
jaet te a part*) of "ynftralina and '
rii<«iatua" Man tbay could ba 1
f
trualad at large ta Uaresey vara .
I iwllllag ntara than rumura, and for '
Huma tuna, it ha. been apparent ta
theae acqMuud with lha situation
that tbara aat mora than a likelihood. J
tn Eaat Pruaaia, aa par tally of Gar.
many baui| "hoiat with hia own
pater."
Nothing, howavar, showa tha •*- I
tant ta which tha country ta getting 1
out of tha hand than tha eitraoHi
riary relaxation of lha i-anaorahip '
whirh haa obviously taken place qui:a I
recently. Aa waa pointed out, a few
'lay* ago, una of tha moat •ifnihii! I'
things ia to see papara Ilka tha Munt
hanar Poet und writara like Knedri.
Naumann uaing lang-iige in tha "pan, i
lifrht pi print about the Kaiser which,
a month ago, woul1 hava consigned
them to priaon oil the charge of lese
majeate or on xma charge "till if rav
er Thus when a paper like tha Voika
/.eitung of Leipmg, under il.o cry
-hadow of tha Vnlkerachlachtdenkmal
and on the eve of the unnt"er>:ary of
the "Battle of the can call
openly for the fcKi*er'si alidii-ation. it
ia seen that much more nrkma things
are probably happening in C-etmany
than are allowed to appear.
"W.« ee in William II." .'edared
the I.eipxig paper, "the In.st German
military mon^jch. Me munt feel that
he ran no longer be whut he h»*
thought himself since the flrat day of
his reign, an instrument sent by G d,
and, ahovti^m, the chief of the moat
brilliant and beat-organized army.
"In 1MW# the Emperor «aid he would
sacrifice IS army corpa nnd 41,000,000
inhabitant*. rather than irivo tip a sin
gle rtone conquered by hi* father.
Two million ilead are m ire than 18
army corpa.
"Tile Krnperor always haa asked
great patriotism and sacrifice* from
hi* subjects. It ia now for him to
show hia spirit of racritice and to
w.thdrnw."
Such statements and, above all, the
fact that they can, apparently, no
longer be prevented, are aa remarka
We Aa they are significant.
Flica ta Warrenlon, N. C„ ta
Take Lunch With hia Parenta
Warrenton, Oct. 20.—Lieut Samuel
M. Connell, stationed at Langley field
Newport New*, Va.. aa instructor in
aviation, flew here in an airplane at
noo i today for tha purpose of taking
lunch with hia parents. The flight
was made in little over an hour. This
ia the ft rat time that a North Carolin
ian has visited his home by airplane.
Lieutenant Connell left at 2 o'clock
on hia return trip.
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bt ikm
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• " iid yoUA« Ml Ai tW I
*»<t it *>— us pal t« kw >*4 road*
Nt« 'king*
iwl tl
v tlm, ih« tnbvu paid by Dr.
-•« ». of ' h>ca«u, uU DM of tha
MX .'.Nt-nguUhad lurfMM of ,
en. Dr. f-aaris was om of the
urgmms of the Presbyteriaa haapi
•I. \\w York, bafore mini. 1*
«rt«w director <>f Evacuation hospt
(#. 5. ttartor ujri Tl»a Now
(r:k ThIwm, "hu analysed the sai
iiar hi..'or (ho trial of excruciating
mm when the fabric of mnaraaet
hart ■ ior is revealed. Ho wrttaa:
" 'The Amorican soldiar u wonder
il. No "im can understand him un
osa lit ha* ean him when wounded.
4o . i>mplaint in evor heard. I havo
:amlli 'l .my nuratwr of nevere run
hot w unds ot tbo thigh and havo
tovot heard n complaint With MK>
severely wounded in tho hwptlal
hem in leu groaning hoard than ii»
he Prci.y tcnan.
" 'Tho other day I »|>oratad upon a
roung t.ny from Michigan for on ab
lomii.ai wound. He looked very young
■mi I s-loi him hi* age. Ho »aid:
'My n.litary aire is -0. hut roally I
im ■ v IN." Ho hnd volunteered. The
text morning thin young fellow *a>
ullirv on edga of the hod helping
lake i .ire of himself. I told him ha
I u'.l tay in bed and tie taken cara
>". I. •' he didn't want to make any
rouble for anyone.
" 'Pnwpla should know the stuff
hi h hoy* are made of. They are tha
■est Idiers in tho world.' "
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From A citizen of Mount Airy and can
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Mrs P. C. Brafinock, S. Mnin St..
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the -mall of my hack nil the time. I
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Hearing a whole lot of Doan's Kid
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