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The Washington times., 1918-10-20
FLU" EPIDEMIC
REACHES PEAK
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epidemic reached city-wide proper
lions, 1920 cases have been reported.
OF this number, 1,o11 persons died.
coincident with the report that in
fiuenza Is decreasing in the National
Capital comes a report from medical
authorities that the epidemic is under
control in camps all over the country.
This IL especially true in camps in
and near Washington.
Neutrality-suspicious. who ind it DIFF
ncult to obtain undertakers to care
70 rthe bodies OF deceased relatives
are asked by DR.. william c. Fowler.
District Health ofheer. to notify the
District Health Department
Plans to provide needy influenza
sufferers in Washington with free
medicine will be completed Monday
evening at q meeting Of q commit
tee appointed by A. Leftwich Sin
chair, president of the Chamber Of
Commerce.
The campaign calls for q campaign
to induce all Washington druggists
to nil prescriptions free OF charge.
after the worthiness Of the request
has been Endorsed by the captain Of
the police precinct in which the ap-
pi1cant lives.
P. 7. Moran has been named chair
man OF the committee, and DR.. Lewis
J. Battle, vice chairman. Other mem
bers are H. z. Barrett, Henry p. Blair,
J. 8. Buynitzky, John Dolph, DR.. C. r.
Dufour. Jesse L. Ergood. DR.. ]. N.
Gardner, John G. Haley, c. r. Han
cock, W. D. Hardy. Marvin Herndon.
Charles J. Ames. oseph 2cob, Capt.
Thomas Judge, Bernard Leonard, Will
liam H Mcclure, @. n Nicely. Miss
Cecil 3. Norton, Raymond n Oden,
ames o'Donnell, Thomas q. ogram, J.
T. oliver, Miss Mary O'Toole, Louis
Ottsnberb. II. z. Sprucebank, B. R
stickney, Judge Milton Sttasburger,
Washington TOpham. E. w. White
side, and B. Frank Wright.
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BANS MEETINGS

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 2o.-City
health officials today warned the PEG
pie to use the utmost precaution in eI-
posing themselves to Spanish influ-
enza. While the health department is
confident that It has the situation we'll
in hand. all gatherings, outdoors and
indoors, are regarded as dangerous
Twenty-four deaths were reported
to the department shortly before noon,
and of this number twenty were
caused from pneumonia
There were 1876 new cases OF influ-
enza reported.
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FLU" FIGHTERS,
SACRIFICE LIVES

Deeds Of heroIsm leading to martyr
dom are not confined 70 battleflsldF.
This Is Surgeon General RIPE.
Blues tribute to the physicians and
nurses who have given their ltyes n
the national effort to stamp dnt DE
Spanish influenza epidemic. Atfention
OF Secretary OF the Treasury Nc
Adoo was called to the glorioua work
Of these men and women In q brief
report Of the United States Public
Health Service submitted by pr Blue
yesterday.
The following members Of the sttff
Of the Public Health Services, sfe ~
corded as having died OF spshi,h m
fIuenza contracted In the performances
OF duties ordered In connection vita
the present epidemic:
Acting Assistant Surgeon-'C. d.
GruVer. Waco. Tex.
Acting Assistant Surgeon George G.
wanksl, Boston
Acting Assistant Surgeon Ffa1sis
s. Echols, Newport NeWa Va
Nurse Cecil Cochran. Huntsyilla.
Ala
"No matter how dangerous 10 lie
and health" Or. Blue said saasign
msnts Of officers Of the United states
public health service to duty are al
ways promptly and chserfully &C.
eepted. Be II to combat eholsra o.
plague In the Philippines. tTphu1
along the Rio Grande. lsprosy n
Hawaii, yellow fever IN the tropicA
or Spanish influenza IT home. the o..
icers Of the service have never failed
to respond, even though they have,
a. In this instance. had 70 pay With
their liVes."
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DEATHS In D. c. FROM
INFLUENZA

The following deaths from influenza
were reported to the District Health De
partment from noon yesterday to 9
O'Clock last night:
Merton A Shaw, 81, St Elizabeth
Hospital
Rsto MaddeO. . United States Public
Health Service 2
William J. FItzmauriee. IL Catholic
University.
Lucy Miller. 3. III New jersey avenue
southeast.
Rose o'Neale. 0 months, Providence
Hospital.
Edna Bryant, Is months. 1919 z
street southeast.
Margaret Cation, y, LIvingston
road.
Leroy Bush. n. 1925 Second south
west.
Mary Bush. IS. 1245 Second street
Henry L Lyles. IS s1s virginia
avenue southeast
Ernest Robinson. 20. Frsedman's
Hospital
Arthur jackson. Al. $40 c1arks
Court southwest
Charles Jackson. Al. $50 + street
southwest.
Louise Lee. 4. 17T4 T street north
west.
william Evans. 80. st. Elizabeth
Hospital
William H. Johnson, "a Freedman's
Hospital.
Florence NARROW. ), 2327 G street
northwest.
Bessie smith. IS. 27o1 Virginia ave
nue. northwest.
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DETROIT FIGHTS FLU

DETROIT. Mich. Oct 2o.-Movie
houses, poolrooms. dance halls, the
aters, and other places where crowds
were shut here pursuant to
a closing order affecting all Michi-
gan issued by Governor Sleeper and
the State health board to stop the
spread Of Influenza Churches will be
closed tomorrow.
Harem masks are becoming general
here. All persons employed on draft
boards are wearing them.
There Is a steady increase in deaths
and new influenza cases, according to
reports from the State health board.
During the past twenty-four hours
sevsnty-one deaths and nearly 1000
new cases were reported.
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ingtonians should not hesitate to re-
spond."
Conditions are today more serious
than yesterday when hundreds of suf-
ferers were reported in need. The
Gospel Mission announced that twelve
additional children have been given
temporary refuge in addition to
twenty-five already being cared for,
while many were turned away because
of lack of assistance.
Miss Norton said that every effort
Is being made by workers Of the DIFF
ferent community centers to alleviate
Conditions among the sufferers, but
that hundreds are uncared for because
of lack of funds. The same Is true
in the case Of the Associated Charities,
where facilities are strained to the
utmost by the abnormal conditions
presented by the epidemic.
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MUST PROVIDE
$35,OOOREL|EF.
FUND TO FIGHT
"FLU"EP|DEM|C

Washington must provide inan.
ciaI assistance amounting to APP
proximateIy $4,000 for the relief OF
influenza sufferers, especially chill
dren, II the epidemic il to be success
fully fought
This statement was made yester-
day by Miss Cecil B. Norton. general
secretary OF the community center or
CARNATIONS Of the city.
Conditions in Washington, espe-
cially among the poorer classes, as q
result Of the influenza wave, are
shocking" she said. Belgium could
produce no more heart-rending scenes
than have witnessed in my visits
TO homes where the disease has taken
bread winners from their families.
Children Cling to Skirts.
Little children cling to our skirts
and ask 1rst for mother or daddy
and then for bread" Miss Norton
added. I'VE can help them Temporal
rily to the food. but a long time must
elapse before the poor mites can earn
their own way, and some provision
must be made for them.
Scores Of children are being cared
for by the community centers. Asso-
ciated Charities and missions, but
the funds of these organizations are
limited, and unless Washington re-
spends to this appeal. tragedies OF q
little Belgium will be enacted in the
Nations Capital"
Miss Norton suggests that the fund,
which she asks be started Immediate
~, be put under control OF a general
committee-delegates to be appointed
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by the community centers, associated
charities, missions and the District
government.
H. W. Kline. superintendent of the
Gospel Mission, PA John Marshall
place, which has been doing merito-
rious work in the influenza relief
movement, today Endorsed the plan
suggested by Miss Norton.
We are now proceeding rather hap
hazardly because of financial prob
lens, and many children as well as
mothers are suffering because we
have been unable to aid them" said
Mr.. Kline. Washington proved gen.
erous-hearted when appeals to help
the Belgian babies were made. Now
that their own city is in need of re-
lief for its Influenza sufferers, Wash
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Credit
We're Glad to Have You Use 1t Here

Credit enables you to avoid the immediate outlay of
cash. We're glad to help you by charging the purchases
open account and arranging such small weekly
monthly payments you wish.
You'll not have to pay additional penny for this
convenience Every article is prce-narked in figures you
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The right kind of credit carries only meaning of
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You will be welcome to all this help Come in and see
how fully we carry out statements.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-29

Mr.. Vernon Bradberry spent last
Thursday night with Mr.. Ozey Ell
lenburg.
Mr.. James Rogers and brother
John Frank, spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. R. R. Prince. ,
Mrs. o. B. Rogers and son, James
spent awhile Saturday night at MI
w. E. Williams.
, Mr. M. L. Williams and daughter
Miss Lula, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Ellen
bur and children spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ozey and S. S. Ellen
burg.
Mr.. Oscar McCurry and family
Mr.. Paul McCurry and family, have
moved in our neighborhood. We are
glad to have them with us, anc
wish them success in their new
home.
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CIRCUSES PLAN ARRIVAL b.
BY MOTORS. NOT FREIGHT

Peru, Ind, Jan. 25.-The motori-7
zation of circuses is another possi-
bility in connection with govern
ment control of railroads. @
Army requisitioning of draft
stock looms as another serious phase
of the circus businass this year. a,
The John Robinson Shows, which
have spent thousands of dollars here
for circus winter quarters, is the
first circus to give serious consider.
alton to the motor plan.
Other circuses, such as the Ring
ling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey and
Hagenback- Wallace, also have been
advised by the government that
transportation this year cannot be
guaranteed. -
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Penney's Creek, Jan. 25.--Anoth-
er light snow fell on Tuesday night
This makes the eighth snow this win
ter. We are hoping the weather will
be better after this.
Mrs. O.. B. Rogers spent Satur-
day afternoon with Mrs. r. T.
Prince.
Mrs. A. B. Hill and Mrs. Will
Rogers spert Friday afternoon with
Mrs, o. B. Rogers.
Mrs. S. S. Ellenburg and Mrs. M
L. Williams spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mrs. Nina Sea,
wright and Mrs. George Ferguson,
of Little Mountain. Mrs. Seawright
is still suffering from rheumatism
Mr.. E. E. Williams and Mr.. Car
roll spent a short while Sunday af-
ternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l..
Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ozey Ellenburg at
tended the dance at Mrs. Arthur
Campbell's Friday night and spent
the. night with Mrs. Matte Taylor
and daughter, Miss Lila Taylor.
Miss Lula Williams was among
those who attended the dance at
Mr.. Campbell's Friday night and
spent the night with Miss Bertha
Bradberry.
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MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Countv of Abheville.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.
Court of Common Pleas.
ELLA B. LEE and R. P. BLAKE,
partners trading and doing busi-
ness under the firm name and
style of Lee & Blake, Plaintiffs.
against
JOSEPH LOMAX, TILLMAN LO-
MAX, FANNY LOMAX, LAURA
MCBRIDE, PERRY SMITH, GUS
LOMAX, LULA sPEARMAN and
sILAs LOMAX, Defendants.
By authority of Decree of Sale
by the Court of Common Pleas for
Ahbeville County, in said State,
made in the above stated case, I
will offer for sale, at Public Outcry,
at Abbeville C. H., S. c., on Sales
day in February, A. D. 1918, with
in the legal hours of sale the fol-
lowing described land, to wit: All
that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Abbeville Coun-
ty. in the State aforesaid, contain
ing Twenty-Six (26) Acres, more
or less, and bounded by lands of
VIM. Riley, VIM. Klugh, Toney
Branch and line of division-being
the tract of land bought by Sara
Lomax, from Sara E. Ellis on the
'5th day of February, 1898. 70.
TERMS OF ALE-CASH. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers and stamps.
R. E. HILL,
Master A C., S. c. .
1-1S-3t.
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MASTERS SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Comfy of Abbeyille,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.
Court of Common Pleas.
ELLA B, LEE and R. F. BLAKE,
partners trading and doing busi-
ness under the firm name. and
style of Lee & Blake, Plaintiffs.
against t ~
LAURA MCBRIDE, PERRY SMITH,
GUS LOMAX, FANNY LOMAX,
JOE LOMAX, LULA SPEAR
MAN, TILMAN LOMAX, and ST.
LAS LOMAX,c Defendants.
By authority of a Decree of Sale
by the Court of Common Pleas for
Abbeville County, in said State,
made in the above stated case, 1
will offer for sale, at Public Odtcry,
at Abbeville C. H., S. c., on Sales
day in February, A. D. 1913, with
in the Legal hours OF sale the fol-
lowing described land, to wit: ALI
that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Abbeville Coun-
ty, in the State aforesaid, aontain-
ing Twenty-Six and One-half (26k)
Acres, more or less, and bounded on
the north by lands of J.rF. Riley, on
the south by lands of Max Clink-
scales, on the east by Mary Romans,
on the west by E. E. McCord and
others. r.. .. ... :.
TERMS OF SALE-CAsH. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers and stamps.
R. E. HILL,
Master A C., S. C.
1-18-3t.
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the field and in training now is prac-
tically six times as great as the max
,imum number under arms in the
Spanish-American War. y \.
About $4,000 officers were COM
missioned from civil life in the two.
series of training camps, nearly
eight times as many as the number
of officers in the Regular Army,
April 1, 1917. <E
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AMERICAN FORCES NOW
SIX TIMES AS LARGE AS
IN SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

There were 1,42S,65O enlisted men
and 11O,865 officers in the United
States Army at the opening of 1913
more than one and a half times as
large as any force ever before mob
ilized by rhis Nation, according to a
statement by Secretary of War Ba-
ker.
During the war with Spain the
Army of the United States at its
maximum strength aggregated 272,-
600 men and officers. The Army in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-29
Fish and
Blood and
Potash
Fertilizer

Labor will be this year unless there is DECIDED
change and that makes it necessary for you to tertze ne
so Won can make full crops the land get cultivated
Farm products will bring good prices this year, prices that
will justify you fertilizing beray and while potash IS
high it will pay you You want good crops while
prices good Where have been made without
and now gray lands arc needing and per cent of Potash
will help the crops red land.
Potash is incidence it wards off diseases and keeps the
plants healthy and strong and when plant IS healthy anu
strong it will grow and blossom and fruit and you'll have
abundant crops much difference between healthy
plant and sicky plant there is between healthy pig ana
sckly pig so far as profitable returns concerned
Potash keeps your healthy and healthy crops are
the only ones that pay Keep the crops healthy while the
are good Make good crops when crops are worth some
thing Strike while the iron is hot '.> -
We have the Potash and don't you forget It, we have ne
Fish and Blood Fertilizer When you get Fish and Blood and
Potash goods you get the BEST to be had in fertilizer Ii you
don't make crop with that it will not be the fault of the fer
tizer-for there is nothing better And now, finally when
labor and high and prices for farm products are fine
don stint the fertzer-ake all possibly the land
Won cultivate Fish and Blood and Potash goods may be the
solution of your farming troubles this year. We have the Fish
and Blood and Potash for salecome to see
MS You know where to find ~ g.. \.....
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MASTERS SALE.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.
r.. Court of Common Pleas.
JAMES BOLDEN, as Administrator
of the Estate of SAM BOLDEN,
deceased, Plaintiff,
against '
ELLA GRAVES, ct al, Defendants.
By authority of Decree of Sale
by the Court of Common Pleas for
Abbeville County, in said State,
made in the above stated case, I
will offer for sale, at Public Outcry,
at Abbeville G. H., S. c., on Sales
day in February, A. D. 1913, with
in the legal hours of sale the fol-
lowing described land, to wit: All
that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Abbeville Coun-
ty, in the State aforesaid, contain
ing Thirty-Five (35) Acres, more
or less, and bounded by lands of
L. M. Patterson, N. M. McMahan,
F. F. Patterson, J. B. Patterson, and
others.
TERMS OF SALE Pur-
chaser to pay for papers and stamps.
R. E. HILL,
Master A c., S. C.
20 o.
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BOX PARTY AT SHILOH.

There will be a box party at Shi-
loh school, four miles west of Hod-
ges on Thursday night, Feb. 18th.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring we'll filled baskets. Benefit of
the school.
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Van Hampton Burgin, an Atlanta
boy, graduated from the aviation
school at Austin, Texas, with a 100
per cent rating.
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In Atlanta eggs are selling for
seventy-fve cents a Dozen,
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-11
superiority in the air might occasion

superiority In the air might occasion
the Germans some annoyance.
The kaiser himself had but a poor
opinion of the fighting qualities of the
American soldier so far as modern war
requirements are concerned.
''The American soldier would pos
sibly give good account of himself
in open fighting" he declared, but he
Is not built for the kind of warfare lie
will encounter in France. He lacks
the stolidity to endure life in the
trenches. He is too high-strung and
couldn't stand the inactive life which
is such an important part of modern
warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline
and trained officers"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-11
CHAPTER TX.

The kaiser's Plan for World Dominion.
The history of modern Germany is.
perhaps, in itself sufficient indication
OF the underlying plan of the Teuton
war barons to control the whole of
Europe and, eventually, the world. The
program has been slowly unfolding it.
sell since the time of Frederick the
1feat and the present generation is
now witnessing what was intended to
be the climax.
There can be no doubt that if Ger
many had succeeded in her efforts to
gain control of the major part of Eu-
rope she would have soon looked
toward the western hemisphere and
the east
Ihis program is fairly indicated by
the course of events as history lays
them bare, but have the actual word
OF the kaiser to substantate it.
AT one of his visits to me shortly
after the beginning of the war we were
discussing Englands participation in
it,.
what hypoerites the English are I"
the Kaiser exclaimed.
I lhey had always treated me so
well when | visited them | never be-
lieved they would have come into this
war. They always acted as If they
liked me. My mother was English.
you know. I always thought the
world was big enough for three of US
and we could keep it for ourselves
that Germany could control the CONT
nent of Europe, England. through her
vast possessions and fleet could con-
troll the Mediterranean and the far
east, and America could dominate the
western hemisphere p
How long it would have been before
Germany would have tried to wrest
dominion from England can readily be
imagined, and with the whole of Eu-
rope and the far east under her thumb
America would undoubtedly have
| proved too tempting morsel for the
kaiser's or his descendants rapacious
nav to have resisted He said that
he believed that the world was "big
enough for three" he didn't say it
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-11

The Kaiser as | Knew Him
For Fourteen Years


dumped on Russia lot of good-for-
nothing material of her own in their
place. "My advice to America" he de-
clared, lis to cut the throat of every
Japanese in America and get rid of
the internal danger" He did not sug-
gest cutting the throats of all the un-
desirable Germans who were in Amer
lea and who had already demonstrated
that they were far more dangerous
than the Japanese had ever been.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-11

"uS tOO DIS VITO: - 691a
What was really In his mind, how
ever, is indicated by d passage in an
address he made some twenty-five
years ago, in which, as Rev. DR.. New
ell Dwight Hills has pointed out, he
used these words:
FROM my childhood have been I'M
der the influence of five men-Alexan-
der, julius Caesar, Theodore II, Ma
poleon and Frederick the Great. These
five men dreamed their dream of a
world empire: they failed. l am
dreaming my dream of world empire,
but l shall succeed
The kaiser's plan to dominate Eu-
rope included the control of Turkey.
and he made every effort to strengthen
that country so that she might be a
valuable ally in the war to come,
When Italy took Tripoli from rur.
key before the Balkan war | mem
toned to the kaiser how OPPORTUNITY
Italy had acted, but the kaiser dis
missed my remark with an exclama-
ton of displeasure, realizing, of
course, that Turkeys loss was in a
sense his own since he had planned to
make Turkey his vassal.
To that end he bad sent German
ficers to train the Turkish army
had supplied them with guns an6
nitions. With an eye to the f.
too, he had constructed the great
dad railway.
When the Balkan war broke
1912 the kaiser had great CO.
that the German-trained Turk
would acquit itself credita
that in the outcome of that C
European program would ma
cradle progress. He told me
had a map of the war area ri.
his motor and that with pegs h
lowed the fortunes of the figh(
armies while he was travelling. L
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-11
The kaiser had little regard
for President Wilson from the

TOT TTSSIueHt WILSON from the
time the latter was elected for
the first time. IA real scoun.
dreI" was the way he character.
lied the president on one occa-
sion. The kaiser admired Roose-
welt very much, but was greatly
disappointed at the stand taken
by the former president after
the war started. What the kais.
err thought of Wilson, Roosevelt,
Henry Ford, and other Amerl-
cans is disclosed in the next in
stallment of Doctor Davis story.