Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-10

off. A large number OF West hS
soldiers are among the victims al LAMP
Meade.
The influenza seems to have hrst
appeared in our community laSl W.
TO a noticeable extent. Although lii.le e
have been only about thirty cases Ia VI.
town itself, there have been many IN
,he country adjoining. Monday con
dit;ons seemed to be very serious IN
dasd and the news of a numoer VI
oestbs had a depressing effect. mayor
II Waldeck consulted with pnyslclaile
"a c;tizens and took counsel Win III
N Miller. the county health omcel,
and as a result all pubic gatiieiinso
we're ordered discontinued LOT ins
present. Dr. Miller had recohnlehuSe
mat all public schools IN the county =.
closed, and so the SnepleroSto"n
Graded School and the public schools
~ the district suspended their sessions
President Thos. c. Miller closed Shep,
berd College until conditions shouio
imnroye. Manager c. S. MuSser VOL
mntarilv announced that he would ais
continue the moving picture SHOWS III
the opera house for the present. IL was
agreed that church services De sus
pended until further notice, ana lHeas
will therefore be no religious sel'iT N
next Sunday in this community. ".
Miller ordered that no funeral services
he held in any of the churches during
the prevalence OF the epidemic. lueSoay
the County Board of Health passed an
order that all churches, schools, moving
nicture shows and other places ~hefe
nersons assemble in considerable num-
hers he closed until further notlCe'
This action is wise and meets win the
approval of the people generally
Among those who have been i'll with
tho influenza in ShepherdStown %eie
Miss Mary Byerly, Mrs. Raymond S Una
fer. Mrs. Ida Schley, Miss Mamie Will
iams. Mrs. Harry Tenant, Mrs. VIII
lam Mitchell, John Alder, John HILL
Wilmer Shell, Jesse Moore, Charles
Rogers, William Shell.
David H. Myers, who lives just at
the northwestern edge OF town, was ex'
tremely i'll the past week with the IN
| fuenza. and for a time his life was des-
haired of. He is now great deal pei,
| ter and there is every hope that ne Will
| now speedily recover.
The burden Of caring for the nun
dreds of sick persons in Shepherostown
and vicinity fell upon DR.. Nathaniei
| Burwell. DR.. @. w. Banks has been In
Hinton, w. Va, having been called
there by the illness Of his daughter,
Mrs. Fredeking, and DR.. John L. Meyers
was himself victim OF the influenza
DIR. Burwell was kept on his rounds day
and night, being able to steal only a
| few hours sleep late at night, but ne
managed to give medical attention TO
all who really needed it. He has visit
ed as many as 200 patients in twenty
| four hours.
The influenza has caused a consld-
cradle shortage in the working force
| of the Norfolk & Western Railway, and
the business Of the road is being con-
Quoted with some difficulty. The
| third trick at Shepherdstown station
has been cut out and no operator is on
duty between 1 p. m. and ] a. m. An
drew Strobe of this place. was sent to
White Post to serve as relief agent at
| that station, the regular man being SICK
with the influenza, and now Mr.. Strobe
| is down with the disease. He is said
| to be quite sick.
In some instances the influenza has
affected whole families, and there was
no one left we'll enough to minister to
those who were sick. This seems to
have been the case in the country more
than in town. Five Of the family Of
Edward Hammersla have been down
with the disease. Six persons at Arm
strong Jones' place were sick at the
same time, and seven members Of the
household of Mr.. Pennington, at Wine
brenner's Cross Roads, were i'll.
The influenza was especially serious
at the home of Robert L. VanMetre, in
Berkeley county, four or five miles west
of Shepherdstown. OF the sixteen per-
sons on the place, including Mr.. Van
| Metres family and that of his tenant,
Howard Elwood, and number of apple
piokers, fifteen were down with the dis
ease at one time. Mr.. VanMetre and
| his wife, his farm hand, Ray Renner,
and Mrs. Elwood have died from the
disease, and little Elizabeth VanMetre
is very i'll, though reported this morn
| ing to be somewhat better.
Conditions in Martinsburg are very
grave. There have been thousands Of
cases in that city, and business has been
almost at a standstill. The big factor
les there have been greatly handicapped
by the illness Of employees. Churches.
| schools and amusement places have
been closed. The two hospitals are
filled with patients and the Y. M. c. A
building was given over for hospital
purposes. The physicians were so
| overworked that some OF them were
Frustrated. DR.. Sponseller, DR.. Eagle
and DR.. Sencindiver were all sick from
anxiety and lack Of rest. An appeal
was made to the government authori-
ties in Washington to send physicians
and nurses. There have been many
deaths in Martinsburg from the disease.
most OF the victims being young men
and women from Is to Is years Of age
The Martinsburg World estimates that
there are 1000 cases in that city.
The influenza was prevalent in the
Kearneysville neighborhood to an ex-
ceptional degree. There were hundreds
Of cases in the community, and num-
Der Of deaths among white and colored
people. A large number Of men from
various sections had assembled at the
various orchards in that locality to pick
and pack apples, and scores of them be-
came i'll. In some cases there was much
suffering because of the inability of
physicians to visit promptly those who
needed attention.
There have been MANY deaths from