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VOL. XXVI,
BIG STONE GAP. WISE COUNTY, VA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1918.
No.
Surgeon
General
Outlines Home Treatment for
Influenza Patients
Washington, Oct. is.?In
. onucction with tho appeal to
the public, Surgeon - General
Blue ??tlinpd .some "Imme treat?
ment" and precautions t<> bo
taken in the care <>f patients,
lie believes that a patriotic ser?
vice will be performed if the
public heeds his advice.
'?Thi- present generation,"
-,iid the surgeon general, "has
been spoiled by having had ex
pert medical and nursing care
readily available. It was not
in the days of our grandmoth?
ers, when every good house wile
was expected to know a good
deal about the care of tho sick.
While I cheerfully recognize all
the good that has been done by
our splendidly trained graduate
nurses, I believe that the public
generally has come to rely too
much on their services and has
not interested itself sufllciently
in studying ordinary home card
6f the sick.
"Kvcrv person Who feels sick
and appears to he developing an
attack of influenza should at
once be put to bed in a well
ventilated room. If his bowels
have moved regularly it is not
necessary to give a phys.ic ;w here
a physic is needed it dose of cas?
tor nil or rochelle -alts should be
he given.
??The roblll should be cleaned
of all unnecessary furniture,
bric-a-brac and rugs. A wash
basin, pitcher and slop bowl,
snap and towels should be at
hand, preferably in tho room or
just outside tho door.
"If the patient is feverish a
doctor should he called, and this
should be done in any case if
the patient appears very sick, or
coughs up pinkish (blood-stain?
ed) sputum, or breathes rapidly
or painfully.
"Most of the patients cough
up considerable mucus; in some,
there is much mucus discharged
from the nose and throat. This
material should not be collected
in linnderchiofs, but rather on
on bits of old rags, or toilet pa?
per or on paper napkin-. As
soon as used, these rags or pa?
pers should bo placed in it paper
bag kept beside the bed. Pocket
handkerchiefs are out of place in
the sick room, ami should not he
used by patients. The rags ami
papers in tho paper hag should
be burned.
"Tho patient will not be hun?
gry, and the diet should there?
fore be light. Milk, a soft boil?
ed egg, some toast or crackers,
a bit of jelly or jam, stewed
fruit, some cooked cereal, like
oatmeal, hominy or rice?these
will sulHco in most cases.
"The comfort of the patient
depends on a number of little
things, and these should not hp
Overlooked. Among these may
he mentioned a well ventilated
room; a thoroughly clean bed,
with fresh, smooth sheets and
pillowcases; quiet, so that, re?
freshing sleep may he had; cool
driuking water conveniently
placed; a cool compress to the
forehead if there is headache;
keeping tho patient's hands and
: tee clean, and the hair combed ;
keeping'his mouth clean, pre?
ferably with some pleasant
niouthwash; lotting tho patietil
know that some one is within
call, but not annoying liim with
too much flipping: giving the pa?
tient plenty of opportunity to
rost ami sleep.
"It is advisable to give the
sick room ,a good airing several
times a day. The patient should
be well protected against cold
and drafts and then the windows
should he opened widely to let
in the fresh air.'"
Christmas
Presents
For Officers and Men in the
United States Navy.
The Navy Department lias
advised that parcels intended
fur oflicbrs and men on United
States naval vessels in home wa?
ters and abroad or stationed at
naval bas?s or stations in foreign
waters should conform to the
following conditions :
1. Parcels may not exceed
20 pounds in weight and must
he mi prepared foi* mailing that
the contents can be readily ex?
amined. Substantial boxes or
other suitable container- should
be used.
2. The parcels must bear the
name and address of tin- sender
in the upper left corner of the
address side and be addressed in
the following1 manner:
I (si) Name of addressee in full
together with his rank or rating.
(b) The designation of vessel
[or station or naval base to which
addressee is attached.
(c) "('are of Supply ( >l)ieer,
Kleid Supply Hase, Twenty
ninth Street and Third Avenue,
Mush Terminal Station, Brook?
lyn, New York."
(d) The words "Christmas
box" or "Oiiristmas present.'.'
:i. Parcels prepared and ad?
dressed in accordance with the
foregoing will be chargeable with
postage at tin' fourth class or
parcel post zone late applicable
between postollico where mailed
and Brooklyn, X. V.
I. Xo perishable food pro?
ducts other than thus,; packed in
tin containers should be inclos?
ed in Christmas parcels.
fi. Parcels may hear inscrip?
tions Shell as "Please do not op.-n
until Christmas," ?? M e r r y
Ohristinns," "Happy Now Year"
"With best wishes," and the
like ; also the names and quanti?
ties of articles inclosed together
with such other marks or words
as may be necessary "for pur?
pose of description" of the arti?
cles.
(I. Christinas parcels for naval
Ollicers and men should lie mail?
ed as soon as possible so as to
reach Hush Terminal Station not
later than November 15, 1018.
The above applies also to all
marines (except those in Ittissia
and Siberia i w hose address is
not "American Expeditionary
Forces." To those having that
address soldier- regulations tip
ply.
The regulation for soldiers'
parcels will he given in The l!ig
Stone Gap Post next. week.
When in doubt consult Home
Service Section, American Rod
Cross, Postollico Building, Big
Stone Cap, Va. 'Phone 220.
Died of Influenza.
Freeling, Va., Oct. 16.?Mrs.
Cora Dotson, (utio Trivitt),
formerly of tins place, but lato
of Jenkins, Ky., died of Spanish
Influenza. Her remains will be
brought to the Trivitt ceme?
tery near here for burial. She
leaves a husband ami one child.
Nation Goes Beyond
Goal in Loan Drive
Washing tob, Oct. 21.?Over-subscription of (lib Fourth Lib?
erty Loan seemed assured when the three weeks' campaign closed
Saturday night. Whileoflhsinl reports wore,lucking it appeared
that again the American people have given to their government
not only what was nsked, hut more than was asked in order that
the war against Germany and her allies may lie earried to a suc?
cessful conclusion.
How far the total will run above the six-billion-dollsr goal of?
ficials would not attempt to estimate. It all depends, they said,
on whether the big liunncinl intorosla tiled the big lump subscrip?
tions expeeted <>f thcm,antl win-tiler the number of small subscrip?
tions by individuals is found to meet expectations.
New subscriptions entered during the last day, and those
made effective by payment of the lo percent, installment prob?
ably will amount to a billion and a half dollars for the entire na?
tion, it was said. Before business opened Saturday morning II.
590,71 Ilj'lftO had been reported to Federal Resorvo Hanks. For
the next live days banks in every city and town in the United
?States will be busy adding up subscriptions .
Reports am! payments then inttsl be made to Federal Reserve
Hanks, which are expected to take at least live days more to re?
port to the Treasury.
Indie.it inns are that the number of individual subscribers will
far exceed 20,000,000 and break all r.mis for distribution of war
bonds for either this nation or any other.
Wise County Largely
Oversubscribed its Quota
In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which closed on Satur?
day night, Wise county largely oversubscribed its quota of $532,
000, based on its banking resources, which, taking the country
over, was Riillicienl to raise the $0,000,000,000 asked for by the
government. Later the Federal Reserve Hoard increased this
ipioln to $700,000, figured at $20.00 per person on a population of
fUS.OOO, which was sullicichl to raise near $8,000,000,000 as the
government desirod this loan, which was known as the lighting
loan, to be largely oversubscribed.
Wise county has largely oversubscribed the last ipiofa, the
amount of bonds sohl in the comity amounting to $00'l,??0, so if
the country over has done as well as Wise county has the total
subscription will be nearer ten billion than eight.
All of tie- workers in the drive, both men and women,
throughout the county deserve the highest praise for tic way l.hoy
went about the work and the able manner in which (hey necotn
plishcd the task assigned them. And the people are to be con?
gratulated for the interest they took in this campaign. F.vory
one, with few except ions, subscribed willingly and seemed anxious
to help the government all they could.
The amount subscribed by the dillereiil towns in the county,
through the various banks as oflicially reported to the County
Chairman C. S. Carter, is as follows:
iVl'1'AliAGlIIA PANKS
App?iachla .( W.800
Stoiicga. 47,1100
Kotln . 28,300
Amu. . i:i,r>.">?
i Nnln . 20,4001
Inman. 8,fi00
Kxelcr . 28,500
l'nibotleii 13,800
Southern Uailway. 28,000
Ii; A N. Kailroad 560
Total.1288,800
Noll It IN It AN KS
Norton .i 120,1150
niaekfoml . :m,ii:>ti
Dorchester . ?11,000
Partlcc 7,400
lloolev 1,500
Ksaetvllle . K.ttOO
Clear Creek . 1,0?!
Itoartilg Kork. 1,1150
hipp* . 1,550
N. As \V. Ity. Co. for Norton 21*800
Tout .$271,'.r.u
WISH II AK KS
iViftc .... (30.800
Glamorgan; . 7,."><>i>
Sovens . 7,300
llerricaii . 4;??o
llatfiap . II.I?O
Total . $110,000
t OKIUIHN It A N KS
( ot linrn. (80,000
Torna Cfeok 40,000
Cranes Neat . 10,000
l.ltllo Tont* Creole, ii.non
tbnncr .. .... 0,700
Shannon. 8,200
Total. 8148,8001
St. I'a?l . gOO.000
Iii? Stone (lap. s-n.tmo
T.ital for County ,?804.1
CORPORATIONS BUY
BONDS.
Tito following corpora li o n s
who purchased Liberty Bonds
at their main banking center
I outside of Wise County have
identified themselves with the
efforts of Wise county by sub?
scribing through the \V I 8 6
County bunks the additionall
purchase t>vor wbut they uro ex?
pected to subscribe in the hirer
cities in which they do their |
principal bunking:
I Stom-ira Interests.(27.000
ItlaekwOod Interests. 85,000
Tno Dorchester Interests. 2r?,o0t)
I ntviitate llailroatl Company ... ">,lKtO
Kentucky Utilities Company. 2,0oO
Union Tanning Company. 2,000
< inirior Lumber < lornpany ."..imki
Stonogap Colllory Company . .. 1,000
Above companies have idem
tifled titomsalveswith tho efforts
of Wise County.
No report from tlio Virginia
Iron, Coil & Coke Company
and lbo Keystone Coal & Iron
Company.
I give this notice to tho pub?
lic so they may know thut while
t Ii o employees working t' o r
these corporations i u VV i s <?
County have supported to the
limit our efforts to put Wise
County "over the top," yet
these corporations while they
subssribed to the Liberty Monds
largely in the cities in which
they do their main banking bus?
iness, they also buy these addi?
tional bonds in Wise County to
ident'fy themselves with tho
citizenship of Wise County.
They have given us a lift of
,100,000 which has done <t great
deal to encourage the workers
in feeling thai we too are ^om^
to net some of the Liberty Bond
purchases of the corporations
who are the mainstay of our
county, und 1 take this oppor?
tunity of thanking them nlong
with all other citizens, for the
cooperation in placing Wise
county subscription of Liberty
Bonds so far over what is asked
of us, that it may be a matter
of history in Wise county's an?
swer to the calls of the Gov?
ernment during the war, that
wo have never failed to go over
the top in any demand asked of
us, but thnt everybody who
lives in Wise county and every?
body who earns in Wise county
has a pride in the patriotic fill
tillmenl of any obligations
placed upon the county during
this war. 'I'he money raised in
this loan is almost us much its
the money in the' three previous
loans combined: The money
loaned to tin- Government tins
year by Wise county citizens is
almost two thirds of the entire
banking resources of the coun?
ty, upon which tin; Liberty
Loan banking allotment is bas?
ed. The money loaned by Wise
county during 1918 is approxi?
mately $60 for every man, wo?
man and child in tho county on
tho basis of the census of 1910.
The additional allotment over
the allotment based on the
banking resources that it was
necessary to make in order to
raise our subscriptions from
i>S32,000 to $7t;0,00U for tho
Fourth Loan as requested by
the Centrul Liberty Loan Com?
mittee was cheerfully accepted
by every chairman in Wise
county,and with one exception,
nil hanks accepted the per capi?
ta allotment without grumbling.
While 1 take this opportunity
of thanking every one who
helped in tho campaign, you all
must know the satisfaction you
huvo is not in tho thanks from
me but is a satisfaction of the
heart, that you have done your
duty,as loyal, and patriotic cit?
izens, and 1 ask that you hold
your organization togother, so
that we will he prepared to
take ahold of the next Liberty
Loan with the same vim and
determination that you all took
hold of this one.
C. 8. Oaktkr, Chairman.
Influenza
The people of Big Stone Qap
are to bo congratulated that as
yet Inltucn/.a has not ravaged
the town to the extent which
has been feared. Nevertheless
the danger continues and all
persons ati- cautioned not to re.
lax from the requirements of
the health authorities to which
is attributed in large degree our
present comparative immunity.
Jamks M. H?nau,
> 'h?irindti Homo Service Section
American Bed Cross.
More Coal
Being Mined Than in Any
Period in History of
Industry.
Revised coal production fig?
ure., prepared by tho United
Stall's Geological Survey and
made public by the Fuel Ad?
ministration, show that morel
bituminous and more anthra?
cite were mined during the first
half (2U weeks) of the coal pro?
duction year, than in any pre
vioiis six mouths' period in the
country's history.
Tin- bituminous tonnage was
311,210,000, ah increaso of 33,
418,000 or 12 percent, over the
record breaking production of
the corresponding period in
1017. The anthracite produc?
tion from April I to September
28 was 61,001,000 tons, which is
1,072,000 or 2.1 per cent, over
last year's (igures.
These production records were
established in the face of many
handicaps; chief of which was
a reduced man-power at the
mines. It is estimated that tho
drall took between 50,000 and
tiO.OOO coal miners during the
last your, while probably as
many men left tho mines to
work in other war industries.
By working more regularly
than ever before the men who
remained at the mines have
been aide ici offset this loss in
man-power. Responding to ap?
peals to their patriotism, which
have been made directly to
them by representatives of tho
Furl Administration, the min?
ers generally have been work?
ing full days and full weeks and
foregoing many of tho holidays
and vacations which they ware
accustomed to take in the past.
Car shortage has limited pro?
duction during the last six
months. Tho weekly reportn
show that from four to eighteen
per cent, of full time has been
lost by lack of ears for loading.
In most districts, however,
theri! has been a material im?
provement in this respect dur?
ing the last few months. The
loss of time during the last
wrrk of September was six
per cent.
How to Doctor
"Flu"
State Health Board Tells What
to do When Physician's
Aid Cannot Be Had.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 18.?The
State Hoard of Health urgently
recommends that gauze masks
be used by all persons earring
for or compelled to visit those
Hick with influenza. Unneces?
sary visiting should bo avoided.
Soda fountains should not bo
allowed to operate.
All persons tire called upon
to tielp in the present emer?
gency not only by assisting in
the care of the sick but also by
spreading information as to the
common-sense preventive mea?
sures. Avoidance of common
drinking cups and care not to
put in tbt< inutlth objects soiled
with the Hocrutions from the
mouths of other persons will
decrease the spread of the dis?
ease. The poison of influenza
is conveyed cbielly by the spray
thrown out in front of the faco
when one COUghs or sneezes,
therefor.-, cover the month and
nose when you cough or sneeze,
Spanish influenza is charact?
erized by a sudden UOOUSet
usually in from twelve to forty
eight hours after exposure; by
it chill or chilly sensation; a
slight sore throat, stilliness
about the bead; loss of appe?
tite; occasional nausea; rise of
temperature ami marked weak?
ness.
Since there is much poison?
ing in the disease, it is it limtter
of primary importance that tbo
strougth be saved by promptly
going to bed and remaining
there long enough for the heart
und other vital organs to recov?
er from the effect of this poison?
ing. This means from two to
six days according to the sover-?
tty of tbo case.
As it is impossible for physi?
cians to see all tbo cases, it is
most important that people tin
durslund something of the na?
ture of this disease and of the
proper care of its victims. In
many instances patients tiro
getting along well by simply
remaining in bed, taking a lax
utive, drinking an abundance
of water and keeping quiet.
There is no known drug euro
for influenza and great danger
attends the promiscious use of
depressing drugs.
Surgeon General Hlim of tbo
United States Public Health
Service says:
The present generation has
been spoiled by haviug expert
medical and nursing cure readi?
ly available. While I cheerful
l> recognizo all the good that
has been done by our splendid?
ly trained nurses, I believe that
tin; public bus come to rely too
much upon their services and
has not interested itself sutli
ciently in studying the home
care of the sick.
Kvery person who feela sick
and appears to be developing
an attack of influenza should
be put to bed at once in a well
ventilated room. If the pa?
tient bus fever a physician
should be called anil this should
be tlono in any case if the pa?
tient appears very sick, coughs
up a pinkish sputum, or breath?
es rapidly or painfully.
Soldier Dies of Pneumonia.
Frooling, Va., Oct. 10.? Nol
Bon Mulliits, of Ramoy Flats,
died a few days ago of pnuu
jmonia. He bail been at Camp
Lee in training, and was home
I on a furlough.
Tin: young man's father, Dn
I vid K.' Mullins, died a month
since.