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Whole Town Is Insured i * Big Concerns in Tennessee Municipality Join and Take Out Policy Coming All Their Employees. I in, I II till II I I * - All the workers employed "by the various industries located at Kingsport, Tenn., have been insured against death, sickness and accident under a single group policy issued by one of the big life insurance companies. In all about 2,000 persons employed by ten large concerns are thus protected, and as the population of the town of Kingsport is estimated at about 10,000, almost every family in the community will receive a financial benefit in case of accident, sickness or death overtaking one of its breadwinning members. The policy has been in effect since early in July. According to officials of the insurance company this is the first instance known where a Whole community has adopted a standardized plan of insurance. The experiment is attracting the attention of many other municipalities, especially public officials who are interested in community service, and also x insurance men. The prospective financial benefit to be derived by individuals under the policy is held of far less importance than the general good which has . resulted from the quickening of the conscience of the whole Kingsport community. A health center, to which every resident of the city has access, as well as the employees of the particular industries covered by the group policy, has been established. A nurse - furnished by the insurance company is in charge. Meantime the officials of Kingsport have selected a public health official, drawing salary from the municipality, to look after the sanitary conditions of the communitv. Among other things, an attractive housing plan has been adopted and will he carried out as expeditiously as building conditions will permit. After making a careful survey the nurse in charge of the health center found a large number of houses in the town that she regarded as insani'taiy and unfit to live in. At the suggestion of the insurance company these houses were doomed to be burned, and all of Kingsport, as well as a* large delegation of "movie" picture men, were invited to watch the bonfire. The insurance company has become a sort of "big brother" to the town of Kingsport, and its suggestions as to improvements necessary to preserve the health of the community are adopted with a spirit of hearty co-operation by the leading business men and city officials. Panama Canal, Opened for 10F INTEREST TO ! ; Navigation in 1914, Dates POULTRY GROWERS | Back ?0 the Seventies ^ { The Panama canal dates back to the ^ seventies. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Some flocks are never thrifty. Dis- flushed with the success of the Suez ease seems to appear without appar- canal, organized a French company in ent cause, and the slightest exposure j 1879, and in 1881 bought the original leads to roup or something allied to cession. After this company had sunk It Whole flocks may escape roup when ; $260,000,000 in the venture and given all the birds belonging to a near neigh- j up, a new company was formed in bor are affected. Consumption, scrof-' 1S94. Twelve miles of navigable canal ula, bronchitis, asthma and such dis- | were built by the French, when lack eases are surely transmitted to the off- of funds and scandals concerning the spring as in the cases of other ani- management ana expenuuunys uiuue mals. There is not enough attention further progress impossible, given the selection of fowls with the | After the Spanish-American war the view of preventing disease and avoid-; French offered to sell to the United ing the liability of hereditary trans- States for $40,000,000, and the purmission. chase was made in January, 1902. When roup appears in a flock, it de- The canal( includes a deep artificial notes some organic weakness, and if it canyon nine miles long; a dozen huge spreads rapidly to all the members of j docks, each containing more solid 4 the flock, the indication is that the concrete than there is in the great i members are of the same family, and pyramids of Cheops, forty-seven pairs more readily susceptible to disease j 0f steel gates, each as broad and as than some other flocks. It is safer to tail as a ?ix-story huilding; the conavoid using any birds for breeding pur- ! troi of the Chagres river and fortificaposes that have at any time been sick ; tion of the entrances. The canal wa,s with a contagious disease, and by so ; opened for navigation August 15, 1914. doing the flock will in a few years be it is 41% miles long and has a channel hardy and the difficulties lessened. ranging from 300 to 1,000 feet wide. French Women Taken for p* - * I Wives by Allied Soldiers THE GARDEN ?i \ Much attention has been called to the number of American soldiers that hat wond'rourf life is this I lead! . , ^ ? ^ Ri*>e apples drop about my head; ? , nave married jrrencii gins, a liuihuci The luscious clusters or me vine estimated as high as 100,000. This Upon my mouth do crush their wine; rives a Slight idea of the wholesale The nectarine, and curious peach v / ? , ... . Into my hands themselves do reach; exodus of French women as brides of stumbllnK on melons, as I pass, the fighting men of the allied nations, Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass, for not only Americans hot British, MeanwhlIe tha mlnd. trom plea,u? ,ew> colonials, Italians, Belgians and Por- withdraws into its happiness; tuguese as well have carried off The mind, that ocean where each kind French brides The Portuguese legation says 3,600 Portuguese soldiers par 0tber worlds, and other seas, have contracted marriages with Annihilating all that's made, French women. To a S 11 thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, if- Or at some fruit tree's mossy root, |j g Casting the body's vest aside, *v Tfi ATTAIN HFA1 TH >z 1 SOUI int0 1116 bou?hs does gilds; i u ni i run ni.ni. i n <s There like a birdf it slts and slng,s> ! Then whets and claps its silver wings. :|; Desire to be well, vital, Cheer- ;i; And, till prepared for longer flight, ful serene Waves in its plumes the various light \\> Breathe slowly and full, $ Such was the happy garden state, ;i; breathing in from &od's great \\', Tl^ile ma? there walked without a mate; !;<! . , , , X After a place so pure and sweet, <>;> universe of love. Breathe out 4<, What Other help could yet be meet? \\> your vision and desire. ! But 'twas beyond a mortal's share . Exercise reasonably in the i wander solitary there; *\> r,., , Two paradises are in one, <, open air. Drink pure water <><, jjve ln paradjse aione> *h freely. ; j; Eat wholesome food in lim- How- well the skillful gardener drew ; \ Vt Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new, Sited quantities. Where, from above, the milder sun Take ample Sleep during hours <!;! Does through a fragrant zodiac run. of darkness And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we! How could such sweet and welcome hours _ .de reckon u uul wuh nei us ana nowers. Coconut Farming Paying -a. marvel, in Philippine Province #|biTO Spec|eSjthe Mos, The excellent opportunities in coco- Conspicuous Brook Trout nut farming are attracting increased capital to the Mindanao province, jn the experience of the New York Philippine Islands. It is said that it state fish hatcheries, one bro.ok trout is possible, after the first six months fn about every fifty thousand is an alof cultivation, to make the returns bino. If these albinos are picked out from, corn grown between the coco- 0f the school and carefully reared nut rows sufficient to cover all the they will breed true. At the Caleexpenses of opening a coconut planta- donia hatchery there are a number ol tion. large albino lake trout, which are so old that they are now blind. Adult Much Smaller Tomato Pack. albino trout in a wild state are sel doni. if ever, encountered, one reason The tomato pack this year is 8,151,- being that on account of their eon000 cases, compared with 15,882.372 spicuousness they are the first to be cases last year, as estimated by the destroyed by kingfishers and other government. birds of prey. ''-i- ' Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c. J. P. Carter B. D. Carter J. Carl Kearse Carter & Carter & Kearse ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and investigation of Land Titles. BAMBERG, S. C. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LAA-rus wnn rtrbiiN is a specianyprepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. 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