Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-18
Circulation Every 1CNOO
Evening Yesterday 1 OOOL
SATURDAY. JANUARY rs 1919
Will Council Let the City Suffer


The indifference displayed lN City
Council IN respect Of combating the
dreadful ravagcS Of the spanish miluenza
M ths city, with It's awful toll Of deaths
t,ost az the victims hcing Young men and
vcmcn, the flower ii our community
l. most amazing II IS, indeed, shocking
The ra,agcs Of the cpidcmic Of last
t,i were ir,ehtful Nothing like them
ever was known herr IN al the history Of
,lr city. They taNcd AL our rcs, urcce.
temporary hospitals wcrc established ~
Il, New Century club and the Country
luh The Harlan " IIolling>worth
Corporation and the Lynch Construction
% the latter IN charge ~ building opera
tiun. II Front and mon streets, ,stai-
l-hcd usptals ~ their plants. which I'D
c%cclent work MANY noble mon and
women 81 Wilmington, especially the
women. worked ndciatIgahly night and
,la,. STRIVING "a stem the progress of The
awful INVASION cur physicians SacrI-
hccd time needed ior rest to the cNac-
tlons IL The situation Ii was q splendId
tight against odds. and finally. after most
lamentahc sacrifices. the dread invader
was defeated
What did Cnv Council 10 for the pcuplc
IN meeting that awful emergency The
plaln fact j. that i jld nothing appealed
10 ~ the Board # Health, N ample tame
10 make preparations for Al effective
esmpaign, il did not even extend % the
Boar oi Health authority 10 20 ahead
end do sll in It's power to tight he in
vasion. II had ample power. under The
citv charter, to make provision hy an
extraordinary appropriation, % meet the
emergency. hut refrained from dong 81
il simply sst by, with folded hands and
,iowed other agencies 70 perform Tie
great work of releasing cur community
from ne doadh clutch ot terrible visifa-
t.ou
md in the end when The nranrial
cbara,s ncccssari, incurred in jAis ,tut-
BORN neht sgalu,r mos dangerous ana
lasiaIous enemy Wclc nid tc'orc '0.
Ccuncil. 'ha Indifferent toay. rrcarll.
- the credit and good nam, ef th' eitl.
refused TO pay them, even III glvo them
fuir consideration Cry Council iooh
IL, attitude that these charr, Should ~
paid by the state Council 81 Dcicncc
No matter what infcrcntial r,sponsi' liz
f, may have been assumed rs the STATE
Council oi Dcfcnce ia The matter and
H., evidence docs not sustain The ,an-
'curion Of Cr2 Council that 'tc ~taf,
hody assumed all responsibility ], was
tbe PLAIN duty oi Cry Council n ucct
lie cost OF fighting and overoon4ug tu,
terrible epidemic that devastated our
CITY last fall Niuct 81 thc work ttcu done
h, volunteer assistance never can hc ral3
Tor 70 charge ~, madc fur u Bu- ttc
legal charges clearly rost against the cu1
and the city should meet Them Instead
the CITY CouucI' witl disregard ~ legal
and moral Obligation thar SEEM. aImos,
contemptuou> hss refused q accept the
slightest responsibility and has ignored
the blll of costs, curtl, refusing payment
Vow the miserable rirar,t has re-
turned and our city Is agaln threatened
Il ls hoped the dread invader viii not
gam he foothold that il ohurcd az IL
previous visitation Bu' what vl!l city
Council do2 The Board II Health has
called its attention 70 The ,tuatlun, and
asked cooperative action VIII the
Cny Council awake IL the Ituatiou or
Will Il continue il policy y indifference
and permit our city 70 b. again ravaged
bv terrible plague, and refuse o. pay
the legitimate costs of combating IT"
II Is also IN order IN thi- connection,
e. inquire II the state Bond of Health
h',s taken no cognizancc ~ the alarming
situation that nov prevails ID ~usscs ooun-
~, due 20 the rnyagcs ~ the InfucnzA
plague il Il far worse now than il uas
last fan Then, although som, communi-
ties found il necessary - close school,
and other places ~ public asscfnblagc
IN order 70 combat the spread oi The
plague for hat d what il j. thc extent
81 the Injection was hoi ~ alarming as %
Was ID the city u Wilmington
But now the influenza cpd,m.c ha-
SUSSEX county ii 4 deadly gup lu many
localities entirC families with al th,u
household help are afflicted - an extent
that renders thcm practically helpless
in these communities there Are nu ho-
pitals, no NURSES IL general command,
and limited supply of physicians Tie
latter are responding 10 the b,si 81 thelr
ability, hut they cannot % themselves
successfully cope with the disttssful
Here IL work fof The state Board of
Health Ii ls no TIME - qubblc about
expense 4 deadl, and vicious enemy j.
attacking our people iD SUSSEX county,