These are heroic times. Our boys on the battlefield are
fighting and dying with as great valor as ever crowned the annals of human
bravery.
Of the folks at home we should expect no less heroism in
meeting every situation that arises. From all sections of the state comes the
news that both men and women are dying from influenza contracted while going to
the aid of others. Many have so died.
Mr. L.L. Williams, a well known cotton manufacturer of
Alamance County, yesterday sent the following telegram to the State Board of
Health:
“I have directed and assisted in the treatment of over 200
cases of influenza during the past week. Had to take my bed yesterday afternoon
and left conditions deplorable at Haw River. According to published advices,
the epidemic continues to spread. Having exhausted my vitality, my purse is all
I now have to offer and this is to give you authority to draw on me through the
Alamance Loan & Trust Co., Burlington, N.C., for $5,000 to assist in
fighting the plague among the needy. I trust it may be the means of persuading
others to do likewise.”
The State Board has said that each community must look after
its own, it being impossible to secure nurses or doctors from outside
territory.
Right well most communities, especially in the towns where
the people can co-operate more easily, are doing this. Every community should
and must. As long as there is need, those who are well must help.
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