orrm r actoby told
TO RUN DAY AND NIGHT
"™h Pm«i rhut M»»»•■>*■« Aatfcar
! W to Draft Utor Fraa DtW la
Ma if >.r...«ry '
'■'jfc Point, Oct. tH1» Managa
>n»nt of a local coffin ami caakat man
• ' iirinjf plant »aa today authori*
* . jy the offlewlx at Waahin*toa to
n't labor from other plant* of the
.f it wan nacaaatry to run day
t«<4 night ko thul iha praaont output
i uw roiH'ern rainht ha ilouhlail. Tha
i ten art* wan alio an ordar for avary
t*n that ran !>a tun red out, tha an
— r rodurt to I* ahippad to Waah
i an fa»t aa available. Whathar
• aiR ha n*ee»aary to raaort to tha
'ttcy of drafting wui Lara from
her wood working plant.a of tka city
' *.l not t>ran amartained thia after
i hy tha management of tha plant
<urui if>!HA (uj.w ua inoqa Jtuuc|
;m|j pauajkii »iim 11 tni| uoi)aanh 'II
nmmencing immediately two ahifta
ker* would lia employed ao that
• i ml for coffin* ncrclerated, doubt -
hy 'ho naliun wide epidemic of
h ni1u«n»a, mijfht In) met.
' am«- coffin manufacturer di
al . il some rather interesting aa
well aa xta riling information while
•lixcuaaing trade condition*.
" !'imaaville, a town located a few
•<i '(■ 'rom 'hia city and having a po
oulat u,n in the neighborhood of 2.5M
wi' hoot a <offin thia morning and
'here were four bodiea neaded burial.
The coffins were forwarded from the
local plant.
Berlin Admits That The
Allied Troop* are Gaining
Berlin via London Oct. 15.— Strong
American forces yesterday attacked
the German position positions be
—— 'he Aire and Meuse river*, the
vin general army staff announc
ed today. The allied troop* which
fei-terilay took the offensive in Bel ,
hum captured from the Germans the
■owes of M ami/.liens and Courtemnck
he statement add*.
The town of Routers fell into the
land* of the enemy after stiff fiifht
n*.
Do not wnit to be solicited to buy
Bond*. Many of the Women worker*
bave Influenza in their homes and
nay not ha abUt to act: you.
MEN W ANTED—We want a
number of good working
■ten. Steady work. GOOD
PAY. Piedmont Warehouse,
Wine too-Salem, N. C.
U. 1 Public Health Service luuee
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.
IfMtmli *roBably Nat Spanlah U»
Origin—Q«rm Mil UollMM—Pm
pi* Should Guard Against "Drop I at
Infoction"—Surgaon OtMril Blue
M Jkao Authoritative MlUmmt
Waablnfton, D. C — (Special.)—Al
though King Alfonso of Spain waa
ohm of tba victim* of lha Influanaa ®pl
ilamlc In lS8il Mini unaln U>l» summer.
Spanlab authurttlca repudiate any
claim lo Inllueiiu aa a "Spanlab" die
eaaa. If tba pwipla of thla nmiitry ilo
not rake car» the epidemic will b»
coma ao wlilfipn-ail throughout tba
Cmtvd Statea iliat eowi «a aball hear
tba illaaaaa called "American" Influ
enza.
In reapnnm to a request for <teflBlte
Information concerning Spanlab Influ
enza. Suramin nil Rupert lilua of
th<> U. 9. Pulilie Health Service baa
authorized tba following official later
view :
What la Spanlah Influancaf la It
aomathing now? Dota It com* from
Spain 7
"Tba dlaeaae now occurring In tble
country and called 'Spanish Inlluen
ta' ree*n»6le* a vary runtagloua kind
of 'cold,' accompanied by fever, palna
Coughs and Sneezes
Spread Diseases
la (be bod. fjM, eara, bark or otber
iwrta of the txxlj and a feeling of aa
vera tlckneaa. lu moat of tba caaaa the
symptom* disappear after three of four
daym, tha patlMU iIm rapldlj >■«»>
In*. Some of tha patlenta, howevar.
develop yneumoola. or Inflammation
<* tfta ~aa£om —I—ill* mm* mmmr at
tfcaaa wnltnilrt rmmmm Mm WlMkar
thla ao-t-allad Spaaiata' luflueoia la
' IMfleal with ihi- aptdaiiiira ,>r lufluoo
| • at aartlar ymrm la- mm yat know a.
"^pMaiali-a <tt inAuanu hava vlaliad
tbia country atm-a 1047. It la Hilar™*
lag to know that tbla Unit *til<lfttilt
waa brought bara frnin ValiMa,
Spain SlnrM that tlma tbare ha»a
!«•« nuraarotia aptdeiiilca of tha <lla
aaaa. In 18MI and 1**1 an aplilainlc
of Influania, aiartlng aouiawliara la ilia
| Ortaut, spread flrat ta Uuaala and
tbrnra o»ar prartli ally tba entire civ
llliad world. Threa yoara latrr lliara
waa anothar flare-up of Um> dlaaaaa.
H<itb Uowa tha epidemic apread wida
If o*ar tha United St aim.
"Although tba gMaant epidemic It
railed 'H|iaulab Intlm-nra,' I hare ta tiTI
irvnaun tu bellaaa that It ••rlnltiHItMl in
Spain. Soma writer* who haw- atudli-d
tha i|ueatl»u believe that tha eiddeiulc
caim* from tha '»rleut ami «fc> • >■ •■nil at
tention to tha fact that tha fSrroinn*
mention tba dlaeaae »a orUwiliig along
tha eaatem front In tha aunimar auil
fall af 11117."
How can "Spanish influence" be rec
agnized?
Tlwri la na mi rertnin wa.v In
! which » alngle cnee <if 'Mpanlab Inltu
i enxa' ran be recognized. On tl>« nth ,
J »r heinl, recognition la eaay where
there la a group of i-aaea. tn coniraat
; to the outhrraka of ordinary congha
and colda, which uaually occur In 'he
| cold inontha, epldeneca of lnfliien/.ii,
may occur at any aenaon of lha year
Tliua the preaent epidemic ra„"d moai
, luieuaely Id Europe iu May, Julia nud
I July. Moreover, In the caae of ordl
I nary colda, lha general aymptnina:
(fever. pain, depreaalon) are by no
mi-nna aa aevere or aa Hidden In their ,
j onaet aa they ure In iulluciiza. Final
I ly, ordinary colda do not epreail
I through the Himmunltf "a rapidly or;
ao ezicualveij aa doea uillueuxa.
I "Iu moat caaea a peraon taken alrk |
with Influenza feel* alck rather and 1
denly He feela weak. Iiaa pallia In the
eyea, ear*. bead or hark, and may lie
«iri> all over Many patlenta feel j
ll/zy, a»me vomit. Moat of the pa
tlrnta complain of feeling chilly, and
with thla cornea a fever In whlctl the
temimratur* rieea to 1M to H'i In
moat caaea the pulaa remalna relative
ly alow.
"In appearance one la atrurh hy the ,
fact that the patient look* Kick. HIa 1
eyea and the Inner aide of hi* eyellile I
may he all^hfly "hloodahot,' or 'con- j
gealed,' aa the dortora aay There i
may he running from the A>ae. or
there may be aoine cough. Thaae aigna
of a cold may nu» be marke<l; never
thaltaa the patient looka and faela very
•1A
"In addition to the appeanulc* and
the aytftptoma aa already deacrlhed.
—■■ii atlon of tJ)e patient.* l>l«wd m*»
aid 'he pbyalrlan In r«^*ignlzlnf 'Spas
lab Influenza, for It haa be«a foumi
They're in to Win
Fair targets, every one of these men, for the
German riflemen and machine gunners hidden
behind the parapet
But they are not thinking of the bullets whizzing
past them; of the shells bursting over their heads.
They are intent on one thing — to scale that bank,
take the bridge head and win th* day.
And these men are made of the same stuff as all
true Americans who read these words.
If wm arm thm
*amm stuff, Imt
as prove it.
Lit uc ft
into thm fight
a* they Jo—to
thm limit—
for Victory I
Thit Spmc* Contributed to Winning thm War hy
\, W. BARBER, Supt. Water and Light Plant
wbln rurp—riaa «fcowi llttio »r mIb
rrmmm* «b«»« rhu wirmal ft to
hi* ibM »ha laboratory IkvwHshmm
imv hrtni iimmI* rfcrvititfti ib» ttotlotMM
HMMtrrh f'«ttlQ<>H <HI«I lit I'Utfrd
IHa(M Hyflwilr Ulmratori will far*
niiib ii iiMtrt* i-ertftin way in wbl< ta li»«tt»
vi<fti4iI cani'i of fhla iIImwm • ail »»o
rmn«ni/^|, '
What ta tha oourar of tho tfioaaaaf
Do paopla dio of it?
"< >niiMrti|, l Ih» fpvrr >aot» from
tltr«t» to four doya and 'bo jNttlant ro»
WW n». Hut trhtlv tha proportion uf
death* In &lie preaent epidemic hna
generally low. In plaeoa lbo
outbreak liHit Itwn aovorr and dentha
hltf >»*«*>>» nufmroua Whan death nr.
rum It la uaimlljr tho re*ul t of a roio
pllmtJon."
What cauaaa tha dtaaaao and how la
It spread?
"Ha<-torlolofclaia who havo mudN In
(ItuniZH epidemic* in the |a»at havo
found In man> of th»- <;#*••* a very
Hn* ill rod >inp**d i?«*nn epllod, after Ita
dlacovor*r, WielfTer* barlllua. In other
rft«r»* of n j-parent I y the aame kind of
d?*ooa« ttiero wow found poetwiomrel,
the Krrnia uf lobar pneumonia. Hllll
other* hava been eauaed hy atrepto
cocd, and hy othrra gemm with Ionic
umbos.
•>o mutter what I'nrii. ulur kind or
germ cnuaea ilia- epidemic, It I* now
believed that Intluenxu I* always
spread rnun person to t>erson. the
germ* being carried wlrti the air along
wttli the very «m* M '1 T'tplft■ of mucus,
axp*>ll»4 by coughing or
forceful talking. ami the like liy mw
who ulreudy liua the germs "f lit** dis
ease. They may also he carried about
In the uir lo (he form of dual coming
from dried raunw, from mughlug and
sneexlng, or from careless people who
*|dt on the floor and on the sidewalk.
As In moat other caidiiug dlaeaaea, a
person who hs* only a mild attack of
tht- disease him*' If may give a very
■evere attack to others."
What should b« dona by those who
catch the disease?
"It la very important that every per
son who become* sick with Influenza
should go home at once and go to t>e<l.
Thla will help keep away dangerous
complication* nnd will, at the aame
time, keep the patient from mattering
the disease far and wide. It I* highly
desl ruble that uo one be allowed to
aleep la the name room with the pa
tient. In fact, no one but the nurse
should be allowed la the room.
"If there la rouff and sputum or
running uf tha eyea ami nose, cai-e
should he taken that all such dla
chargea are collected! on blta of gatua
or rag or paper napktna and burned.
If the patient eotnplslna of fever and
headache, he should be given water to
drink, a cutd mnprm to tha forehead
and a light sponge. Only such medi
cine should ho given as ts prescribed
by the doctor. It la foolish to ask the
druggist to prescribe and may be dan- I
■emus to rake the so-called 'safe, sure
and burtulesa' remedies advertised by
patent medicine manufacturers.
If the patient Is so situated that he
can be attended only by aome one wbo
must also look after othera In the fam
lly. It Is advisable that such attendant
weur a wrapper, apron or gown over i
the ordinary houae clothes while In the
Sick room and slip this off when leav
ing to look after the others.
"Nurses and attxiiilunta will do well
to guard against breathing In danger
ous disease (terms by wearing a simple
fold of gauxe or mask while near the
patient"
Will a person who ha* had Influanaa
before catch th« dlaoaa* again7
"It la well known that an attack of
rn.-ssl.-s or acarlet fever or aciallpo*
usually protects a person against »n
other attack of the same iIImw. Thla
appears oot to be true of Spanish In- ,
flu. uia,' According to newspaper re
porth the King of Spain suffered an
attack of influenza during the epi- )
tlenilc thirty years ago, and was again
stricken -lurlnjc the recent outbreak la 1
Spain."
How can an* guard against influ
enza?
"In guarding against disease of all 1
kinds. It Is Important that the ..body ho
kept strong and able to light off dta
ease gcrma. Thla can be done by haw
ing a proper proportion of w^rk, play
*nli rest, by keeping the body well ,
I'lothed, by eating Sufficient whola
■ome and properly selected foo»l In
roonfvtlon with diet. It Is well to ro
menttier that inilk Is one of the heat 1
all-around foods obtainable for adulta
ts well as children. So far as a dla- ;
rase like Influenza ts concerned, health
lutboiitles everywhere recognize tho
lery close relation bvtweon Its spread
u>d overcrowded homes. While tt la
not always possible, especially la
times like the present, to avoid suck
ov ercrow ding, people should consider
Ihf health danger snd make svery
effort to reduce the home overcrowd
ing to ■ minimum The value of freah
llr through opea windows cannat bo
»*er emphasised.
"When crowding la naavoldable, aa
in street cars, care should be lakea to
kefp the fn.v so turned as not to In
aale directly the air breathed oat by
mother person
"It la especially Important to be
sure of the person who roughs or
neezes without covering his moatk
ind none It also follows that on*
ihould keep ont of crowtta and stuffy
places as much ss possible. k**p
lonx-s office* and wo 1% shop* wall
ilred. spend some time out of doors
■sch day. walk te work If at all prac
i'-ahie In short, make every poaalbl*
•(Tort to breathe as aiarh par* air aa
r>s*IWe
"In nil health matters follow th* ad
ilce of your diirtvr sad obey the rega
allons of yuur hw-al and Mat* health
"C*»*e up *«ch cough and *■**■*,
If yaw don't yaatl a»r*ad dlseaaa."
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