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Show INFLUENZA AT ST. GEORGE i There nre three enses of influenza in the county, one nt Enterprise, one nt Hurricane nnd one nt St. George. The enso nt St. George is Mrs. Irvin Harmon, who had it when she nrrivod hero from Bunkorvillo Inst week nnd wns promptly qunrnntined. Under direction of Dr. Woodbury, quarantine is being maintained , ngninst outside points known to be' nffectcd. Hotels nre closed to tour-1 ists, who mny obtnin gasoline nnd sup-j plies nnd then travel on. . Tho situntion cnused keen disnp-j pointment to people here Inst Sntur-dny Sntur-dny who hnd figured on hearing Rnt-j to, who wns coming on thnt dnte nsi tho third number of the D. N. C. Ly- ceum course. Ho did not come on, nccount of "flu" conditions, but it wns not known here nt tho time thnt the, situation wns so bail further north! nnd tho people were nt n loss to nccount nc-count for his non-appearance. What effect tho situation will hnve on the proposed educntionnl enm-pnign, enm-pnign, which wns to hnvo stnrted hero j Feb. fl, is hnrd just now to. sny. It, will depend upon developments. Should "flu" conditions in tho north continue bad, we consider it would bu most un-wiso un-wiso to undertake tho enmpnign. Washington County News, Jnn. 29. Seemingly the "flu" must have made rapid strides in the Dixie metropolis during the pnst few days, for the1 first of this week it wns reported from whnt appenrs to be reliable sources that there were a hundred or more enses, and thnt great difficulty wns being encountered in finding p enough nurses to handle the sick. Hnrmony was suffering n general epidemic nnd Enterprise is reported) to hnve sent five nurses there, which were volunteered to Cednr City ns an' exchnnge courtesy for the nssistnnce rendered them Inst yenr when tlieyi had tho epidemic there. Eastern Washington county nlso! has quite n number of cases. |