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the handling Of 25,259 tons of dyna.
mite. or 50,517,G5O pounds, to July /,
1912, the following principal accidents
have occurred:
May %, 1908. in Chagres division,
two killed; premature explosion OF
twenty-six tons, caused by lightning.
Oct. s, 1908, at Empire. in the Guile
bra cut, five killed and eight injured,
premature explosion.
Oct. 10, 1908, at Mindi seven killed
and ten injured. premature explosion
dredging in Atlantic entrance.
Dec. II, 1908, at Bias Obispo, prema-
ture explosion of twenty-five tons in
the CuIebra cut, twenty-six killed and
forty injured.
Jan 10. 1909. at Paraiso, two killed
ten injured.
July %, 1909. on Panama railroad
four killed. nine injured.
Aug. 80. 1910, at Ancon quarry, fouj
killed.
July 10. 1911, at Ancon quarry, fou,
killed. two injured.
Forty deaths from dynamite explo
sions are noted for the year 1903, the
largest number for any one year OF
canal construction. and this does not
take into account several individual
fatalities. Chief Engineer GOethals IS
sued stringent regulations to govern
the handling If the dynamite, but II
(To Be Coninued.)
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Citation.
GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Whereas, w. W. Pickens, Ex-
ecutor of the last will of Sarah
J. McFarren, represents to the
Court, in his petition, duly filed
and entered, that he has fully
administered Sarah J. McFar-
ren's estate: This is therefore to
cite all persons concerned, kin
dred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said
Executor should not be discharg-
ed from his administration, and
receive Letters of Dismission on
the first Monday in October 1918.
This Sept. LIST 1913
C. M. Wise, Ordinary.
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The foregoing figures not only coveT
those actually at work on the canal
but as we'll include those who. while
not regularly employed, ire the ward'
Of the commission when idle. From
1907 onward health has been normal
on the iSthmus within the canal zone.
with a death rate among the Ameri
cans frequently lower than in large
centers of population in the United
States.
President Roosevelt selected Colonel
William Crawford GorgaS to clean up
the sthmus because of his record in
sanitary work in Cuba and elsewhere.
Chief Engineer Wallace doubted his
capacity. and so did Secretary of War
Taft. but by 1906 the latter was ready
to acknowledge his mistake. Colone'
GorgaS is a southern man, a native OF
Alabama. and so naturally quiet and
reserved in demeanor and department
that men accustomed to measure d
man by buster and self asSertiveness
make the mistake of assuming that he
is not strong His manner and meth
DDS suggest General Robert E. Lee.
There were two prime needs. as Colo
mel Gorgas viewed the isthmus in 1904
in any campaign for improved health
conditions. One was to make the 18th
mus clean and the other was to kill
the mosquitoes. which he considered {
means of proPagating disease. Practi
cally everything done by the health de
partment had been along these maiT
lines of theory.
The United States prof1ted by the
mistakes of the French to the extent
OF reservtng. in the treaty with the
republic Of Panama. the exclusive right
TO contrCi the sanitation of Panama
and Colon.
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tlirty-seNen deaths among employees,
mainly amIng Americans. with whom
the epidemic started
There WIS ii siege With smallpox
and the plague. but they. too. were
eradirated III SO far as ,pidpmicN are
concerned. and mala"ia pneumonia
and tuberculosis remain as the most
frequent attributed causes of death
Quinine has been bought by the ton
for the canal zone diSpenSaries and
hospitals. In 1905 each employee av-
eraged about an ounce of quinine and
was advised to take thee grains daily.
The French had left hospital build
ings in Colon and On tAe side Of Ancon
hill just outside of Panama. The
Americans renovated these ANA added
to them until the present vast f:c%llities
came into form They sometimes have
more than l ,2G0 patients A large aSy-
lum for the insane also is maintained.
Hospital ears are attached to the pas
senger trains to bring in patients to
the Ancon and Colon hospitals each
day. In every town or settlement
there is a diSpenSary with a physician
in charge and a sanitary officer to in
spect conditions of living. There are
about twenty-four employees out of
every 1000 constantly sick.
For the canal zone. Panama and
Colon. in 1908 the death rate was 1904
per 1000. In 1911 it was 21.46. or cut
down more than one-half In 1906 the
death rate among the Americans from
disease was 5.3G, and in 1911 it was
2.S2. In 1908 and 1910 there were more
Americans killed in accidents or died
from violence than died from disease
1t necessarily follows from an engi-
neering task of this magnitude, where
vast quantities of explosives are han
died, where there is a conSidera bic
railroad mileage and other hazardous
features of construction, that the death
rate from accidents would be large.
Every month since the American oc-
cupatiOn began in May. 1904, there has
been an average of ten employees kill
ed or have died from external causes
The total to July /, 1912, was 995 and
by the time the canal is completed,
barring unusual catastrophes. tie
deaths from this cause will be around
HOO Under the head of violence are
included deaths by drowning. suicide.
dynamite explosions, railroad accidents
poisonings. hOmicides, electric shocks,
burns. lightning and accidental trau-
matism of various kinds.
Dynamite Explosion In CuIebra.
Scores of deaths have resulted from
the practice of the native employees
in using the railroad tracks rs public
highways. There have been bad col.
ilsionS and wrecks with fatalities. and
dynamite has claimed about one-tenth
of the victims of external violence. In
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MAP OF THE IsTHMUs OF PANAMA.

Martinique. imported to work on the
canal. refused to land because they
thought vaccination was plan to
brand them so they could never re-
turn to their home. They were forced
out at the point Of the bayonet and
yaccinated.
1t was before these plans had been
matured that the first and only cpl
demic of yellow fever occurred in the
canal zone. In April. 1905. an EN-
poyee in the administration building
in Panama became sick with the fever
and from then on to September the
canal zone was in the throes of fear
that was featured by the wholesale
departure of employees. The news
papers gave the epidemic wide and
oftentimes erroneous publicity. with
the consequence that the government
had to pay for the fear of the isthmus
thus created in greatly increased sal
aries and gratuities to secure Ameri-
can employees.
BY October, 1905. Colonel Gorgas had
mastered the epidemic, and. although
isolated cases have occurred since. vel
low fever was permanently banished
rs the buGbear of Panama. From
July |. 1904, to Nov. 1, 1905, forty
four employees succumbed to this dis
ease, While the epidemic ragged from
April to September. 1905. there were
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Equitable Petition.

nterpleader; Specific Perform
ance, Etc. Ben Hill Superior
Court, October Term, 1918.
J. w. Morris VS.. w. B. Russell
tall.
To w. B. Russell and Mrs. E. P.
Eason:
You are hereby required to be
and appear before the Superior
Court of Ben Hill county at 10
o'clock on the first Monday in
October, 1918, at the court house
in said county to show cause be-
fore the Honorable w. F. George,
Judge Of the Superior Court of
the Cordele Judicial Circuit, why
you should not be made parties
to said cause.
Witness the Honorable w. F.
George, this August Is, 1913.
D. w. M. WHITLEY,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill
County. 4t-aug2t-oct2t
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So in 1904 the engineers Immediately
went to work on sewer, waterworks
and street paving plan THAI would
make of these two enthusiastically
filthy Central American cities, clean,
decent, sanitary places of abode.
The native population dumped all
garbage and matter usually consigned
to sewers into the streets. These
streets We're mudholes. which, with
the admiXture of refuse made condi-
ton inconceivably dirty and naturally
unhealthful The Americans made a
reservoir in the mountains Il dozen
miles away for the water supply of
Panama, dug sewers and forced the
native houses to connect with them
and then paved the streets with brick.
a system of garbage collection was or
ganiZed. and the city was cleared of all
rubbish. Today the tourist sees some
evidence of slOvenly living, but condi-
tons generally are surprisingly smart.
The second part of the program kill
ing the mOSquitOes-was accomplished
L,
Every Stagnant pool of water and
most of the running streams-except
rivers-were treated with Oil, and the
rank grass and tropical growths were
kept cut by hundreds of scythe men.
AS further war measure all houses
We're screened, the amount spent on
this item alone amounting to a sum
between $4,000 and $1,000,00O
Having cleaned up within. rigid
quarantine regulations We're made to
keep out persons who might be brought
in a diseased condition from other
ports. Vaccination of every person
who enters the canal zone is compul
sorry unless good scar can be shown
In 1905 a shipload of natives from
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Libel For Divorce.

GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY.
Lizzie Tillis Ben Hill Superior
Walter Tillis Term, 1918.
To Walter Tillis: You are
hereby required to be and appear
at the Superior Court to be held
in and for said county on the
first Monday in October, 1913, to
answer the plaintiffs demand in
the above action.
Witness the Honorable Walter
F. George, Judge of said court,
this 18th day of August, 1913,
D. w. M. WHITLEY,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill
County. 4t-aug2t-oct2t
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Libel for Divorce,

GEORGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
Nina W. Smith VS.. Robert w.
Smith.
Superior Court Ben Hill County
October term, 1913.
To Robert w. Smith, Greeting:
By order of the Court you are
hereby notified that on the Both
day of April, 1918, Nina w. Smith
filed suit against you for divorce,
returnable to the October term,
1918, of said court. You are here
by required to be and appear at
the October term, 1918, of said
court to be held on the first Mon
day in October, 1913, then and
there to answer the plaintiffs COM
plant.
Witness the Hon. w. F.
George, Judge of said Court, this
the Both day of April 1913.
ID. w. M. Whitley,
Clerk, Superior Court,
Ben Hill County.
Elkins & Wall & A. Koplin
Attorneys.
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FARMERS

We want to buy your
COTTON, SEED COTTON
and COTTON SEED.
We will pay you the the
market price for same.
We will pay you 81 per
ton above the market price
for your COTTON SEED, and
will take the gin weights.
Yours For Business,
Baker Supply Co.
04-2t-a w-2mO.
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CHAPTER II.
The Life Cost.

"A AZ EASURED in money, the Pan
EWM anna canal was to cost $375,-
O00,00O. This is impressive.
but there is another item of
cost more overwhelmingly, the life
cost, or the cost in human lives of
digging the canal.
Contemplating the record of the 18TH
mus for unhealthfulnesS. it could not
but be anticipated in 1904. when the
Americans took charge. that this cost
would be heavy. That it should be
surprisingly low constitutes more
significant achievement than any saw
ing in the money or time cost Of the
project
On July l. 1913. the Americans hat
been nine years in the actual work Of
building the canal. In that period OF
nine years there We're:
Deaths from disease. ............4 All.
Deaths from violence. ...............l Is
Total deaths Observation-Disclosures. CT
Another full year before the prac-
teal and continuous operation of the
completed canal will bring that tota
of deaths. estimating OH the average
of previous years and not considering
unprecedented increases, to less thar
$500 by July l. 1914. The sanitary
department makes the following report
for the nine year period ending July
l, 1913:
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Colonel George w. Cocktails.

CoIoneE George W. GoethaIs.
1880 to 1915. When the government
finally sold off the old French ma
chinery that had Uttered the canal
zone for three decades the best Speci-
men of each kind of apparatus was re.
served for this graphic exhibit.
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Published by the Statler Publishing company,
50l Fifth avenue, New York city.
Copyright. 1912 and 1913. by William r Scott
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-25
"Wi+hin the JaU Z"

A few more people and the rs. r,
o." sign would have been in evil
dence at the Grand last evening
when the meiodrama, so termed, en-
titled within the Law" was offer
ed for the delcctation Of the good
people of Fairmont and presented in
most excellent manner by a first
class company to the utmost salts
faction of those in attendance.
Writers OF modern plays strive
and strive to produce something that
will appeal to the theater-going pub
lie and appeal sufficiently strong TO
separate them from their coin in
sufficient amounts to make the PRO-
iuction a success. The so-called
problem plays are very popular and
the more salacious they are the bet
ter they draw and the more daring
the playwrights become, until the!
almost infringe upon decency and
occasionally are halted by the stern
hand of the law. In the last few
weeks two plays haze had trouble
in New York. One, the Lure" was
CLOSED by tie authorities and anotll-
err. THE Fight" written by the au>
thor of within the Law" had TO
be cxpurgated until 1t met the ap-
proval Of the censors.
Not that there is anything objec-
tionable in the melodrama that was
given m excellent rendition at the
Grand last night, but 1t is a sad
commentary on the good taste of the
tleater-g0ing public that II should
pass up good, clean comedy, such
as was presented tae night before tt
handful of people and fill the
house at a production which depends
largely on the spectacular to MAKE
tia success. Admitted. that It por.
trays true to life many conditions
which exist in the metropolis, the
fact remains that the author depends
largely on the melodramatic effGc
rather than the real lesson Il is sup
posed to teach
However, the people want and
will have such plays and from {
commercial standpoint writers ard
justified in producing them. Thu
production last night was an excel.
lent one. The company was capable
and the scenery and accessories wor.
thy of commentator and all were
pleased, and thus the mission of the
modern playhouse was fulfilled.
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Should Be Courteous,

A man expressed much of regret
and truth when, in the course of a
letter to his wife, he pcnIied these
lines: I'VE are so nice to Others
that it is too bad we cannot be so to
each other"
Hundreds of married men and
women are just so. The members
OF families in the relation of par
cnts and offspring, sisters and
brothers, are just so. Outsiders are
treated to smiles and praise and gal
lantry, while the best the home folk
receive is growls and sneers and rid
icule. How often is a little social
gathering spoiled by the manner in
which some one Of the company
treats husband or wife? How often
are visitors in a home made Ill at
case by rudeness or argument Be-
tween members of a family?
have been in company where a
wife seemed to glory in making her
husband the butt of her criticism
and sarcasm. l have also seen men
their wives publicly and
evidently relish 1t, but on the whole
think women must bear the brunt
Of the odium.
Plenty Of husbands are of the
snariing variety, but they engage in
the pastimc privately, while woman
seems to have more courage, IL not.
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more. heart in it, where there is
some one by to sort Of hack her up
or at least see that no swift ven
geanCe is taken by her iratc spouse.
One should neve forget to extend
company manners to ones wife or
husband or children or relatives
when in company. Indeed, If we
practised them more assiduously in
private, homes would be happier
places and the sorry display of do
nestle infelIcity frequently made in
public would become of less and less
occurrences. There Is no one so
well worth our attentions, our smiles
and praise and alI-around apprecia-
tion rs the individual members Of
our famiiy. There Is no one ,wiIo
will give us better return for cour-
tesy and consideration and kindness
than n wife or sister, father, moth
Cr. son or daughter. And there is
nothing by which we are Judged
outside more surely and irrevocably
than by the treatment of our own,
I've are so nice to others that 1t
Is too bad We cannot be so to each
other" ought to be taken very much
to heart by married couples. They
ought to practice the art of being
lice whenever they can, both at
homo and abroad, ~ 4
PEGGY PEABODY.
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Resolutions Adopted By
First District Republican
tTatiOn.

I tTation.
We hold that the Republican par
is the true progressive party of Il
American Republic. Under its gui
lance and through its administratid
vas written every word of human
liberal and progressive legislatiT
that appears upon the statute boo -
Of the federal government and Of th2
state of West Virginia was written;
! The work of Republican statesmen.
the fruit of Republican administra-
ton.
The Republican party in 1896
found this country in the thrOes Of
financial and industrial depression.
BY wise and well regulated legisla-
ton securing to the American manu-
facturer the great home. market OF
eighty million people and protecting
the American working man on a
higher scale of wages and a higher
plane OF living. than enjoyed by the
working men of any other country on
the globe. the Republican party
brought to the American people six
teen years Of the most splendid in
dustrial and commercial development
this country or any other country
has ever seen. 1t has built up Amer
lean industry until over five million
men find profitable employment in
lhc mills, factories and workshops III
the United States. 1t has created the
greatest hope marHCt for the prod
ucts of the fields and of the farm.
and for l6 years the American farm
or has found in the markets Of his
own land Il ready demand at profita-
bic prices for the products of his la
Dor and the fruit Of his fields.
We hold that the great issue be-
fore the American people to-day is
the issue of the protective tariff
against free trade or tariff for reve-
nue. only, and we hold, moreover
that the Republican party is the de-
rOsitary and guardian Oh the sTea'
essential principle of the protective
tariff. As citizens of the First Con
gressional district OF West Virginia
interested in the welfare and prosper
ity of that district, we pledge our ef'
forts for a continuance of the legis'
iation which has developed and pro
tected our most important industries
In this district we find over six thou
eand men employed in the manufac
ture of tin plate, an industry which
has been created from absolutely
nothing during the past twenty years
through the wise and beneEcent in
fluences of. the protective system.
In this district we find thousands
of men employed in the manufacture
of iron and steel and glass and pot
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Neu, Officers
To Be Elected
IMPORTANT BUSINESS AT MEET.
ING OF FA1RMoNT 9. E.
UNION.

Owing to the resignation Of three
of its officers Ale Faifmont Christian
Endeavor union will have important
business to transact at Edge1iotit
next Sunday. Three Officers q u.
Cook, president, Miss Elsie Mayaeid.
treasurer, and W. H, stanhagen, SET
rotary, have resigned, they having
taken up work in other cities The
union regrets deeply the loss ofthese
officers but the executive COMMITTEES
feels that 1t has slate p'ede ~
fill the vacancies that Is Just as much
a credit to the union, it is as,toliO~
: For president, F. G. Evan; Of be
Presbyterian society; secretary,
Rose Gaskill, of the NJ. P. Temple
society; treasurer, Miss Madge lIei
mick, of the First NJ, P. soeiety. 9th
er nominations may be made at
union meeting, but If there are noIle
the above list will be chosen by ae7
clamation. Immediately following
the election of Officers will be ttel
INSTALLATION.
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"Eitrlc Women

ThT1o generations Of girls have
yri ~ ittIo Women" the immortal
l0r% written by Louisa NJ. Alc0tt in
Concord, N. H., more than forty years
ago. Men Of all ages ;ir7e likewise
enjoyed the freshness and charm Of
the book and since the characters
have been placed before their OLD
friends in a well-written, accurately
TountCd play, their popularity has
Increased hundred fold.
1t was William A. Brady, one OF
the most prolific producers of to-day.
who presented the play to faded New
Workers last season and the fact that
1t ran the whole year at the Play
house more than justified MrtBrady's
heavy investment in rare furniture,
old costumes and other expensive
properties. The complete Brady pro.
duction brought intact from The
Playhouse, will be seen at the Grand
en- Tuesday next.
Miss Jessie Bonstelle, who has Sc
cured from the Alcotts the dramatic
lights, tells something of how the
play has been worked out by Miss
lie Forest. She says: ut is homa
play; Just the life OF four girls. 1t
would be absurd as melodrama, yet
far too high ideals for regular com
edy. Although laid in four acts with
two scenes, the whole production is
a series OF home pictlres--a dramatic
illustration OF the book"