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Within three short weeks
Spanish Influenza has developed
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and spreadstrmdely ond-Tapi^jr
that America's deafe rotf here
at home isgreatertfcaii that oif
alt of her & arati^ia Eaio0.
Moreover, Ihe numberot pr^
t rations from this <#sease from
day to day io America is pro
bably greater than the combined
casualty lab of all of the fight
in g forces engaged in this great
Worid War. The number of
* cases in New York City alone
has increased from a total of 47
cases and no deaths reported to
and ?Q$luding September 20th
'm* t* 3,J
panic there is every reason for
swift action in the erection of
effective barriers against the
sprea* enpt Only
to artempt to enter an over
crowded street car, balked, upon
hearing someone execute an
utterlytnsapprtsatd sneezer and
ed, he Jrti<lefeS^ver ' New
York's frightful congestion in
surface, subway and eievaltil
cars; on wharves and shift is
more clearly than, ever before;
tad, terrible as is the deathroll
of this plague, if It awakens the
Ameeican people to a realization
of the fact that the preservation
of the public healthby a per
Mpal warfare agaifei disease is
aaPclearly and ibsofctfely a func
tion ol the general government
at is the coatrolof the army and
navy in this Great War for the
wondered whether, when the i
hig death roll of this epidemic is!
finally counted, people will still
think that New York with its
huge waite of mechanical force
man power and even human life
itself, due to its monstrous con*
gestion of humanity at a point
where there is economic justi
Nation for only a small city
is really worth while.
? Of course, the disease is pread
ing elsewhere, but only r/hefe
ihere are overcrowed condi
tions equivalent to little N
r&Vim fts ravS^es Ma dc
ly nature.
In the interest of national ef4
ficiency and *d^t& the Federal
Government fm recently ex
tended its ownership and con
trol in a manner scarcely dream
ed of by even the most radical
ptrhaps this matter of Govern
jome directions; "but there is ob
viously one direction in which
it has fallen far short of the goal
which it should reach in the in
terest of the general welfare,
aadthatisin the matter oCpc?
Mrs. R A. Parker died
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Continued encouraging re- !
ports of ; t&j* abatement 1*1
influenza epidemip generally
over the Slate, with reported in
creasees of but few ne\
the north western cOui
caused the $tate Health depart-]
meat to fig# to the
of tobacco markets on
day November 6th. Tj
This decision was reached by
the State Board of Health yes
terday following a conference
between Stateheahh authorities
representative warehousemen
and officials of the United ~
Public Health service. Notice]
<jf the lifting of the closing
throughout the
warehouses.
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Raleigh, Oct. 29.? Both politi
cal parties have in their State
platforms unanimously endorsed
the Si* Months School Term
Amendment to be - voted on
Tuesday, November 5th. The
General Assembly passed the
rs of boti* political parties
ctively advocating its adopt
and working for#it. No
adoptidm^e fcjWflrent 4g
thoughtful, patriotic citizen of
the State. Everybody who loves
the children of North Carolini
and desicw to give them ? better
ehrocc thaa thsy have ever bad
for a better education in 8 time
demanding better * preparation
through education for everybody
than ever before, ought t<? vote
menlousjmportance to the prea
ent' acd |^Uif? progress and
prosperity jrf.otg beJqv^dStttt.
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cover
Iter coming in contact
Hfa es. Do not put hands
fc, safer to dip hands in
yftfc two bichloride
P
l and gargle three tjnies
lisolving one level tea*
iter. Snuff vaseline up
>lenty m\ water, end get
spoonful oliaalt
SICK ROOM:
Mt. ? T'A ,
day Jind
furniture and clothing.
E PATIENT;
covering to keep warm,
tare and give food at
ur) , and keep a record
rtfljS give. The record
should
beeper minute
mmm.
Never use
tioawandtl
hot water
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t degees or more put
nbs with camphore
itiect under cover,
[f patient gets cold
Of iron to feet and
water. Keep bowels
inge clothing
Washington Oct. Mil-Over
fifty thousand Austrian troops,
hundreds of guns and innumer
able machine guns have been
captured by Italian and arlied
forces on the Italian front, and
an official dispatch today from
Rome. The J$2nd Amelican.
Infantry regim&ii|j{gg ,J;?one \fflf
action and the fighting now ex
tends practically all along the
course of the Paive river.
The Austrians are resisting
stubborly. throwing in many
hew diuisions, but have not been
able to stop the advancing forces.
''Our. offensive is developing
farther south,** said the^ dispatch,
"and" sketches practically all
alongr the course ot the Piave.
The' line between the Brenta
and the sea is strongly. held by
the greater part of the Italian
army alongside of which is the
14th^rmy corps of British troops
and a French division. The
332nd American Infantry regi
ment is now also in action.
'The enemy is resisting with
exceptional stubbornness and is
throwing into tbe fray n^w divi
sions, witbaut, however, being
successful in holding back our
trnniM
AaericwAWaBnW
Dowfl21Germaa Aviators
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With the America Army
Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 30?
Thenty-one German aviators
were downed today' by Ameri
can chasing aviators. It was a
banner day in American avia
tion, considering the number of
victories achieved oyer the Ger
mans. Two American airman
are missing.
The aerial activity began early
this morning and,' aided by the
dear weather, American bombs
were succesful in attacking var
has now jgotton beyond the con
trol of the military party and
that the (German people are the
force which is driving the Get
man government to make for
ending the war.
^Anothia* note" from the Ger
man government explanitory of 1
the charges that have been made
or are projected in the German
constitution and form of govern
ment lyap received today through
the Swiss legation, but the State
Department did not make it pub
lic This note was understood
to be su >plementry t6 the pro*
ceding (German communicatioa
saying t) the President that he
must have knowledge of the
efforts tnat have been made to
democratize Germany.
THE
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ver, the]
did not
reader.
PRESIDENT VOTES
Tberti was a news item in
Wednesday's News and Obser
full signifance of which
occur to the casual
It ran as follows:
Wast ington, Sept. 24? Presi
dent Wilson returned to Wash
ington tonight from Princeton,
N. J., ? here he cast |iis ballot in
accomjanied the Presidental
party as far as Trenton, con
tinued to Jersey City, where he
votes.
It is along way from Wash
ington b. C, to Princeton, N.
J. But the President went , all
the way to cast his vote in a
primary? to make known his
choice, to exercise his privilege
to do his duly by his' State and .
country.
The] President is the busiest
and.the most burdened man in .
this county. If ever a man had
excusq to neglect the ballot, he
had. put he tooi^ the time, he
e trouble, he put his im
cares aside in order to
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y did the President vote? .
has gotten out of politics all
a man Can get. It was cer
for no penonaT selfish
He has said that while
.^aris on, "Politics is ad
d." Theawhy did he vote? ,
President voted because
country needed his vote? as
?4s every good citizen's vote,
e voted in order to make it
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