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I SOUTH CAROLINIAN 11 WRITES TO THE (David Dorroh, in Spi Dear Young People: I scarcely know how to begin a letter to your about Panama, as there 1 t. f 9 -1 ?i- i-t. - X en to keep down diseases. Under these conditions the whole isthmus underwent a change. The people who came down were able to keep their health and continue the work In place of the jungle filled with wild animals, green grass, flowers and fruits beautify the country, and today it looks more like a fairy's garden than the pest hole it used to be. The canal zone is the strip of j land ten miles wide, five miles on each side of the canal, and stretching from one ocean to ( the other. It is entirely under the control of the United States | through the isthmian canal commission. The canal will be fifty miles long from deep water in the Atlantic ocean to deep | water in the Pacific when completed. It varies in width from about two thousand feet at the Gatun Lake to about three thousand feet in the Culebra Cut. You can see it does not run along like an ordinary ditch as you had supposed?its channel is narrow at places, while elsewhere it is verv broad. "Neither is the canal cut straight across the isthmus, hut makes many crooks and turns in order to get around the hills. The canal will be eighty-five is so mucn nere 01 interest, tnat I might write about I hardly know where to begin. I shall do my best, however, to give you a general idea of the country, and, together with the picture book I am sending, you can get some information about the Panama or Isthmian canal. The Isthmian canal commission is composed of seven members appointed by the President of the United States. These men carry on the work of digging the canal, building the locks, and all the other work in connection with this gigantic undertaking, and the United States pays all the bills from the treasury in Washington. The work was taken up in 1904 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Previous to this, different nations had made an attempt at the work from time to time. France had made a fair headway, but not being financially able to finish the work, she had ceased to dig. The United States paid France forty millions of dollars for the work she had done that was of value to the commission, and e? at . ? u: i :? AUI tllC II lclVJIll 111*1 V clUU Veil 1UUI> j work. The railroad across the isthmus was also included. At the time the United States began the work, it was very unhealthy on the isthmus, a lot of yellow and malarial fever and various plagues existed. Tt was almost impossible for white people to live in this realm. About one-half or even more, of those who came to assist the government sacrificed their lives and never saw home again. One of the first steps the commission took (I refer to the commission appointed by the President of the United States) was to establish n sanitary department. They built large hospitals and hired skilled men and women to attend to them. The whole isthmus was put into a sanitary condition. All the low places were drained, the thick jungle was cleared up all about the village. The streams, standing water and low grounds were sprayed with oil to kill the mosquitoes. The houses were screened against all possible Entrance of the fly and flying bugs. Water had to be distilled for the people to drink, in fact, everv precaution was tak THE LA U PAAJAI 711 Air noted for it N Is ANAL MJNL wet season , CHILDREN OF WORK d t2 entire year. rrtanburg Herald.) fertile. 'It i feet above the level of the sea dirt, and at its water surface, and the tropical plai bottom forty-five feet above to cultivate sea level, making the water in will orrnw Vi the canal forty feet deep, where on t Therefore, it was necessary to Among t construct at each end a dam to common arc hold the water at the higher lemon and elevation. These dams are everywhere about one-half a mile thick, and vation. V* are made of rock and clay. They are found, connect together a chain of shall descril hills which form a basin into is a large 1 which flows the Chagres, the bles our mi Rio Grande river, and other peculiar to smaller streams. The basin up in a tre thus formed at the Atlantic green, then end is called the Gatun Lake, it ripens. ' which has an area of one hun- other. It h dred and sixty-five square the fruit is miles. The Miraflores Lake, baked sweel formed at the Pacific end, has go is a smal an area of about one-third the has one se size of Gatun Lake. eaten unles: The locks are built cutting meat is too the dam so that ships may pass matured. 7 through them. They also serve dark green, the purpose of raising and low- Gur largest ering the ships from sea level and for this to the water level in the canal, be cultivatec In passing through the canal as a food y from the Atlantic to the Pa- other fruits n - i 1 1 * ' 1 cinc a snip vvouiu enter tne sea which the r level channel on the Atlantic entirely, tl side and proceed about seven among then miles to Gatun Locks. There it tin, soursa passes into the first chamber ot which 1 shal the lock, which is at sea level. The nativ The gates are closed behind it. with yellow Then, water is let into the first coarse, blacl compartment and the ship is mixture of ? raised to the level with the sec- They speak ond chamber. The gate be- few of th tween the first and second Those living chambers is then opened and thatched ro< the ship passes into the second and clay. rl chamber, and the gates are with several closed again. In this manner, the family, through the lifts the ship is the pigs, ch brought to the surface of the a monkey, canal. Then it passes through food around the canal and is lowered at the sionally th other end in the same manner chartoal to as it was elevated, and steams buy a bit ol out through another sea level key. Of corn channel about three miles long of Colon ai into the Pacific ocean. This op- somewhat d eration requires from ten to icans and al twelve hours, owing to the size have, to a d of the ship. However, more conditions tl il. 1 man one snip can pass though pie, most of at the same time, also ships can care very be going in opposite directions, tianity. T The locks can accommodate the stupid mann largest ships built at the pres. said that th ent time, even the Olympic, th people. IIo largest, can pass through easily, few smart. The lock walls are of con- among then crete. They are about the The canal height of a six-story building, by all natic If all the lock gates were piled of whom ai in a stack, one on top of the canal. The] other, they w mid reach a thousand en height some few feet higher commission, than the Simrer building in New whom are York. Should all the dirt and lour tnousa rock which has been dug from and most of the canal be loaded upon the her are Wes cars, the train would reach four these people times around the world. by the com I believe I was asked tr tell mission also vou something about the coun- duced rate, 1 try and its inhabitants. L>'il class food a lt)04, when she gained her inrie- I should pendence, Panama was under but will say the rule of Colombia. Having is expected 1 ot..*? ? ? ' uit uimcu oiftit-s un ner sine tion in iy. she was able to get free, yet, W. Goetha Colombia has never recognized chief engint her as a nation. At the pres- passenger, a ent time Panama is a very weak about next nation, and she exists only vessel buill through the protection of the However, tl United States. officially op< The climate is always warm, the time of averaging about 88 in tempera- exposition. ture. The year is divided into It has be< two seasons; the dry season, to write this which lasts during the first four is anything months, and the wet season cov- about the c; ering the remaining eight to do so. months of the year, during that each 01 which time there is a much r . , . i niay see jrreater rainfall than at any .. t point ir the United States for r0l,2 e the entire year. It is hard to ! 'antic to the say which is the more pleasant y,lu tver hai of the two. The dry season is means take I ( 1 ' NCASTER NEWS, FEBRUARY 5, 191 s good breeze. In the Isthmus?it will be well the atmosphere is your while. the abundance of Culebra, C. Z. nights are cool the ROBERT COLEMAN is considered very KILLED IN U s a deep, loose, black 0 . . , .. ? . . , ,. Son is in Jail Charged grows all kinds of . .... , . Deed?Reading m nts, but is very hard .... 0, . .I . ... When Shot, t. Almost anything ere that grows any- Union Special t0 Col. he globe. State, Feb. 1: Robert he fruits the most man' an excellent citizen o s the orange, banana, county living near Jone lime. They grow 65 years ot" a8e? without i and without culti- emy? was foully murdere irious other fruits ^ween 7 and 8 o clock last a few of which I j havinfiT been shot i >e. First, the papya;len SKle 01 Ws. face and fruit which resem- as ^y '1's fireside isk melon, but, very reaam ? newspaper. Hi: sav, it (trows high Harry Coleman, about 26 e Its color is first of a?e' ls ,n J'al1 ch?i"ged it turns yellow as filing the murderer, the n The mame'y is an- ascribed being the desir as a rusty skin, and come into his inheritanc verv much like a once' t potato. The man- The dead man was I yellow fruit, which well-to-do, and except for ; ed, and cannot be who has not been heard ( 3 fully ripe as the a number of years, Harry stringy if not well ord>' child or heir. 'he alligator pear is There wa* a rain yest about the size of and when Sheriff Fant pears in the states this morning examined ; fruit a taste must Premises he found that ti 1. It is very famous sassin had stood behind >roduct. There are evergreens close to the used as food, upon and fired a big charge of nitives live almost and bullets into the oljl i he most common | bead. 1 he trail led to and i being yam. plan- this Point to a blacksr p and breadfruit, sbop. Robert Coleman s II not describe. had been in this shop. D es are small people, *be night Harry Colema: or brown skin and ! tbis gun and took it to l . i 1 hnncn nf u noi* * ruur, an? are a'""-"" *??? Spanish and Indians, amined this morning one 1 Spanish, but very was w^t and showed ever> em read or write. of having been recently in the jungle make The tracks in the soft 3f huts of bamboo fitted the shoes of Harry ^hese huts are built man? it is said, rooms, and, besides Dogs were sent to the must accommodate from Columbia this moi ickens, a parrot and ^ ke-T took UP the trail and Thev grow their Harry Colemar I the hut and occa- seen to climb a tree som? ey take a load of tance away- The do?s Pu town and sell it to his trail, promptly treed clothing and whis- was then taken into se, in the two cities tody. It appears, further, nd Panama life is Robert Coleman s housek ifferent. The Amer- was at the house of a neij 1 other nationalities kiat evening. I hey hea: pirrpp irrmroved thp shot fired. About h?df cin here. ' SUM. the poo- later Harry came to the > them, are poor and he and the housekeeper w< little about Chris- the Coleman house some hey live in a lazy, hiter. There they found tl ler, and it cannot be nian *y g unconscious 01 py p pro^pprous floor. He died this mo xl x*?if onAnlr?M?? wever, mere are a ? unintelligent people * he State s correspo 1# visited the accused in the I zone is inhabited where the accused stated jnalities, almost all he knew nothing of the k e working on the who had done nor wh?v re are about thirty was not disposetl to talk, iployes of the canal stated lhat there was nc five thousand of for him to say other than Americans, about I here was much indigr nd are Spaniards, and excitement here am the remaining num- Jonesville over the oui it Indians. Most of Had suspicion fallen on a live in houses built an>' one else, there is mission. The com- d?ubt that there would i provides, at a re- been a lynching. As it wa to all employes first- officers brought their pri nd clothing. to iad before the inquest, have stated earlier, der av?i(l H crowd thai here that the canal becoming increasingly da to be put into opera- ous* 13. Colonel George MAy ,, XVK WAY Fqh Is, chairman and UINE I E1NT POS'l ;er, will be the first ind will sail through Postmaster General Hitc October in a small Suggests Lower Parcel t for that purpose Rates and Increase W le canal will not be Washington, Feb. 2.? aned until 1915 at master General Hitchcock the Panama-Pacific nual report, made public t tenatively suggestd redi ?n a pleasure to me of some parcel post rates a i letter, and if there creasing the limit of freigl else I can tell you yond the 11 pounds, r< [yial I shall be glad mends civil service pensior I will close, hoping postal employes; an incref ne of you some day ra^es on second class Panama and sail which ,nay, Pave tbe wa . ' one cent letter postage; canal from the At-1 conso,i(I((tion of the thir( i Pacific ocean. Il fourth classes so book> an /e the chance, by all pers may be forwarjrcd by a trip through the eel post; and po^fts out r 3. worth "SBETS'lSBfli IT Bad J " I suffered, during gir I writes Mrs. Mollie Navy, c I almost bed-ridden, and li I doctors. All the time, I I spells, that lasted from 71 I gave Cardui a trial, I coul I anybody. In 8 weeks, I * I for 5 weary years! Cardu I i t it j h I else failed. I I TAKE Cardu ] If you are weak and J ! to you, to recovef as quijR years LJ tlian 50 years, thil purel#vc with El haS ^een Use<* ly *Sar f L?* They found it qf dol va] e? 'to U pa'ns" Why suf\r longer e it 8!^ an(1 ^e'pecl so many?'s rea e a *4 use, at once, by you. Try n niiit#j L WrtH to l adle*'Advltorr Dctrtijuite c 4 (?,. Spfda: Jrutrvi -writ, and 64-page bool '. miu mi? >f for w is his >rdav Jouannet's Frost I l?ri* r C)iirUat?aWak?fl?ld fibbtf* ALFRED J nith's ?-?? : gun during his administration, e> uring penses of operating the post? n ?ot service has been cut down $45 the 000,000. ;n ex- jn course of a statempnt o jarrel the condition of postal finance: r sign ^jr Hitchcock says in his rc fired. p0rt mild "jn i9Hf for the first tim Cole- since 1883, postal receipts ex ceeded postal expenditure: scene leaving a surplus instead of ming. deficit. A heavy loss of rev< went nue in 1912, due to the extrs k was ordinary amount of franke e dis- matter mailed in the politic! t on campaign, created a temporar him. deficit, but since the close of th cua~ fiscal year the income of the d< , that partment again has outstripe eeper expenses. ghbor "The year preceding th rd a present administration wa hour marked by the largest posti louse, deficit on record, amounting t mt to $17,500,000. During the nex time two years the deficit was greal ie old iy reduced and later eliminatet n the when compared with the f rning nancial showing of four year ago, the reports of income an ndent expenses for subsequent year ' indicate an aggregate saving c that about ,$45,000,000. illing, "The transformation of deficit into a surplus has bee accomplished not by curtailin 'thin# the service, but by developin that, it along profitable lines. Whil lation postal facilities have bee d at greatly enlarged, extension trage. , Imost r: WORDS FROM H0M1 s, the in or- Statements That Mav Be lr t was vestigated. Testimonv of Lancaster Citizens. When a Lancaster citizen oomos t the front, telling his friends and neigl 1 |>ors 0j hia experience, you can rely o his sincerity. The statements of peopl lUOtK re8itling in Car away places do not con I'ost mand your confidence. Home endor*< eight. inont is the kind that backs I)oan' -Post- Kit,ney I'M*. Such tactlmony Is 901 , vinuing. InvestlgatiQfn proves it tru< S an" Below is a statement of a I-anessu ?day, resident. No stronger proof of mer JCtion can be had. nd in- Hortbn, merohant, Kim Ht . . ( Laucaster, says: "My experience wit ^ H ' Doan'e Kidney rills has been so satii ecom- flujtory that I do not hesitate to reoon 13 for mend them. My back ached as th ise in result of disordered kidneys and I ooul mail not 'in<1 rel,of un*" 1 takln f ' Doan's Kidney PBls, whloh I got 1 ^ Crawford Bros.' Drug Store. Thl the preparation restored mo to good health. 1 ? .1 J - ? * I (Will ror will** ny an ucsierH, I'rice b tl pa- cent*. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, Nei ' par York, hoIh amenta tor the United State* Remember the name?Poan'a?an 1,1 tAke no other. : "^71 'J Spells R * lhood, from womanly weakness," H >f Walnut, N. C "At last, 1 was H tad to give up. .We had three H was getting worse. I had bad H c> 28 days. In one week, after I H d eat, sleep, and Joke as well as ras well. I had been an invalid H I relieved me, when everything Hj I The I I Wo man's Tonic I * jfllng, think what ft would mean, H ly as Mrs. Navy did. For more H getable, tonic remedy,for women, H N ids of weak and ailing sufferers. H lue in relieving their aches and B ? A remedy that has relieved B idy, at the nearest drug store, for B it, today. B Chsttanooji Medicine Co., Oiitteaeos*. Tml HI k. " Home Treatment lor women." sent fr??. J V ^H| MB? Proof Cabbage Plants Ls the best tolwnad anywhere by thousands led buyers, did are offered to you at prices h'ou pay for common, inferior plants. WILL ruIEnES^rPlanta tied in bunches of 25. clnts fogpTOO lots; $1.00 per 1000; 5000 and f EjMTLY giant argenteuil asparagus r arBhd two year old, $4 per 1001^ $1 per 100. satisfaction guaranteed Southern Express Co. Cash with order, please. [table crop send your orders early to 0UANNET, Box 136. MT. PLEASANT, s. C. have not been made in a hapd hazard manner, but only when shown on investigation to be justified by conditions." n . A fussy woman says the next X / most annoying thing to a man " in the house is a fly. e When a man meets trouble halfway, he has a poor com3 panion for the rest of his joura ney Give a man the little he wants i- here below and he'll kick himd self because he didn't ask for j more. y Those who insist upon have ing the biggest half do not seem to realize that there is no such d thing. e $100 Reward, $100 q The reader* of this paper will be pleaaed to B learn that there la at least one dreaded dlaeaao dthat aelence ha* been able to euro in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Haifa Catarrh Cure t* the only positive cure now known to the med0 leal fraternity. Catarrh being n constitutional disease, require* a constitutional treatment. ;t Hall's Catarrh Cute is taken Internally, acting directly upon the \lood and tatieous surface* of the system, there*- destroying the foundation \ " of the disease, ana glvlngTlhe putlent strength 1 by building up the *>nstltli|non and assisting nature In doing lta *>rk. /The proprietors have ; so murb faith In IM rt?Ulvn powers that they otfer One Hundred jUoltfr^ t^r any case that it falls to cure. SemBV. Jllsjf of testimonials. S Address F. J. Clflvy* CO.. Toledo. O. d Sold by all Dnigyrts/Wc. TaWo ITull'a F ? ro JM 0111. *--- ~ . ?-v ?*? ? aui^ajriiin iur cvusiipmioo. 'S =- ? ? Jf? ?i f , j The Farmers' : Bank & j! Trust Comp'y is now more than four ^ years old and .its assets have steadily increased from organization. We sojicityour business to assunng you we have the I facilities tqfhandle it and pledge our best ser- ^ ^ vice shall be given you at ! all times whether your acJ" count is lgrge or small. ?r We pasr four per cent II interest cjn time deposits, compounded quarterly. I. E B. Lhgle, ? * President. S \M M Mill ? tv. ii. raiiien a Cashier. o " Lancaster, S. C.