The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-10-04
SPANISH INFLUENZA HOLDS
NEWBERRY IN IT'S GRIP
geYeral Hundred Cases and Business
Mach Disturbed But People Take
the Situation Philosophically

Mzch Disturbed But People Take
the Situation Philosophically
The Spanish Influenza swooped
down upon this community about ten
DAYS ago and has spread very rapidly
and now holds the community in its
grip, as it were.
There are probably between 1000
and l,5GO cases in the town and su-
burbs and the physicians and drug
gists having been doing over time
since the arrival of the epidemic, ne-
cause epidemic it is.
In view of the many homes that are
affected the death rate has been COM
paratively small And death has re-
suited in all cases from complica-
tions following the disease ITSELF. It
generally takes the form of pneumon-
Ia.
Not only IS the disease prevalens
IN Newberry but we understand that
in our neighboring towns Of Clinton
and Iaurens the disease also is pre-
vailing.
The thing to do is to take your
bed as soon as the attack comes and
take care of yourself and not under
take to go out too soon. Get plenty
of fresh air. Do not congregate. We
1--we seen where there is serum
rhich will act as a preventive and Il
here is it should be used.
What we need just now in NeE-
berry is more physicians. The ones
here have been faithful and have
worked without 'ceasing, but there IS
such "a thing as overriding and the
dsnger is they will get sick and then
we would be in helpless condition
~rre enough 1t is physically I'M
possible for them to answer all the
calls that come. Visiting hundred
1ov,,es a dsv ord writing prescriptions
end making diagnosis is a little more
then one man can endure for any
great length Of time, We know OF
some of the physicians who have had
practically no sleep. for several days.
going night and day. And then uii-
able to answer all the calls and see
all the patients.
The Newberry mill and the Mollo-
hon mill have been trying to secure
p phvsieian each for their mills to
GIVE all his time to the people of
their villages, but have been unable
% sanro them.
And then the druggists have been
on rush filing pr scriptions. Never
->a4o~e have we seen such crowds in
the drrg stores waiting their turn to
have prescriptions filed. And these
druggists too have been doing over
time. but thev baye been faithful and
,,a-A stood to their posts.
DR.. p. F. WAY was sick for several
DAYS. but DR. E. H. Bowman who is
a druggist and who travels for a drug
house out of Newberry gave up his
t-'ns and took his Mace at the pre-
scrintion counter. and has been doing
GOOD work to help out.
In many of the stores the clerks
have been forced TO go to bed and the
nrcpr1e+ors as we'll
The telegraph office has been closed
since Saturday be"ause of the SICK
ress of the operator Several Of the
stores have been closed because CT the
s;"',rass of the clerks and proprietor5.
This is not written fer the purpose
Of striking terror to any one nor TO
a,arm. but because we think it our
duty TO state the facts as we see them.
and rather to give the word of cheer
20 orr people and to commend them
for the manner in which they accept
the situation, and to admonish them
to keep in the open and to go to bed
as soon as the attack comes and not
undertake it ge up too soon for that
oftar results, in the dangerous CON-
plication which follow the disease.
It might be great deal worse. We
know there are those who take the
nosition that the newspaper should
not publish anything about the cpl
danic, but that view does not COIN
eide with our idea Of newspaperfng.
We believe in printing the facts and
informing the people. It could dc no
good to conceal the facts Or under