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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
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IL NlIAAlNEIC Of the nd STORIES

Some one is coming" she cried in re-
sponse TO his sleepy query.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr. and Mrs William Hill watkins. of
Westown, Pa, left this week to spend the
remainder of the summer with Mrs. Wat
kins's mother and sister, Mrs Mackay-
Smith. and Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith, at
Northeast HarbOr, Me-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
North PHILADELPHIA

Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Rowland, of
1886 North Nineteenth street, will spend
the month of August at Casco Bay, Me.
Mr.. Harry Reuger, Of 1885 North Nine
teenth street, has gone to Billings, Mont,
whore he viii spend the remainder of the
summer
Mrs. A. L. Pierce and her daughter, Miss
May Pierce, OF 2117 North Seventeenth
street. are spending some time at the Chal-
fonte in Atlantic City.
Mrs. William b, Ogram and her daugh-
ter Miss Frances Ogram, of 1927 North
Seventeenth street, are spending some time
at Ocean City.
Mr. George Brown, OF 1891 North Gratz
street. has returned from an extended trip
to Niagara Falls.
Mr. Raymond w. Walker OF 1881 North
Uber street. is spending some time at Bet
terton, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Thompson. of sos
South Forty-eighth street, will spend the
month of August at Ocean City.
Mrs Louise Robbins and her son, Mr..
Elmer Robbins. of 1542 North Nineteenth
street. viii spend the remainder of the sum-
mer at Wildwood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Roxborough

Mr. Merrill Walker. OF Harrisburg. is the
guest Of his uncle, Mr.. Peter Glaub. Of 124
Ripka avenue,
Mr.. Frank Glauh Of l24 Ripka avenue,
IS visiting in Clearheld, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Among the fall weddings win be that of
Miss Katherine Werner, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William r. Werner of Wayne, and
Mr.. Claiming w. Daniel formerly of Rich
mond, Va The wedding will take place in
November, before Thanksgiving.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mrs Charles Custis Harrison who has
been spending three weeks at Bedford
Springs, has returned TO her home on
Church road, St. David's.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Drexel have issued
invitations for dinner-dance TO be given
at their Newport villa, on August 25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr.. George Brown, OF 1891 North Grat
street, has returned from an extended tr
to Niagara Falls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Thompson. of sol
South Forty-eighth street, will spend th
month of August at Ocean City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr., and Mrs Walter S. Thompson, OF
1922 Spruce street, who have been occupy
ing for the summer Knolbrook, the resi-
dence OF Mr. and Mrs, Albert l.. Register.
at Ardmore, left today for LaurentIan
Club, near Quebec, Canada, to spend sew
eral weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr.. Raymond W. Walker, OF 2231 North
Uber street. is spending some time at Bet
terton, Md.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. James Hancock and family
nave returned from Bass Rocks, Mass, to
tne Poplars, their home in st. David's. Miss
Katharine Hancock will make her debut
Al tea on October 6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

The marriage of Miss Hilda Margaret
Boyd TO Mr. Albert Edward Shaw. OF
Springfield, Mass, will take place at the
home OF her sister. Mrs. John Cooke Hirst,
1873 Pine street, tomorrow at noon. The
bers OF the immediate family win be pres
snt A luncheon win be served after the
ceremony.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21
|sla!nd of the : 'Jnclean

Y T IS 8 Philippine island, Culion-
 with the accent on the on--and it
 is the place of happiness for the
 unclean. Of course in it's great work of making happiness it has had the cooperation of man-the American man. While Americans have been find ing and using much in the Philippines, perhaps they have never levied upon nature for a finer service than that at little Culion. The people whom it makes happy are the lepers.
 Making lepers happy-the phrase seems anomalous, because we have never thought of happiness in connec- tion with lepers. We know that a leper colony means isolation, one of the grimmest things we can imagine, and it never would occur to us that isolation under those particular cir cumstances could by any possibility be other than terrible and dreadful.
 When the Americans went into the Philippines they discovered that the Filipinos were not taking proper care of their lepers, says writer in the New York Evening Post. The bureau of health, under Dr. Victor G. Heiser, set aside Culion, one of small group of southern islands about days sail from Manila. It had three or four fish ing villages on it, of which the largest was Culion village. It's inhabitants were transferred to nearby islands and the site of the old town of Culion was taken for the new leper colony.
 One of the interisland boats of the bureau of navigation, fitted out for this particular work, collected the lepers under the supervision of the director of health. During the year several trips are made about the islands. The
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sides summed by their fellowmen. but they will be living with people.
 Town Scene of Activity

sides summed by their fellowmen. but they will be living with people.
 Town Scene of Activity.
 Yes, it is a town that receives them, town with a civic life, social life, amusements, and, above all, occu- pations. For, contrary to the general idea, while at the present time there are about 3,200 lepers in Culion com paratively small number of them are kept in hospital at any one time-per- haps about 400. Of these a number are usually in for pneumonia, dysen- tery malarial fever and other illnesses to which leprosy does not immunize victims.
 It is a decided surprise to find the colony a scene of such activity and the effect is naturally immediately salutary for the incoming citizens. And from the moment they leave the quar- antine buildings their entire life as- sumes a new aspect. For many and many a leper it is the very beginning of life, even though it comes toward the end. That is Culion colony.
 The island is fifteen miles long and nine or ten miles wide. Both the island and the town are divided into two unequal parts called the clean and the unclean. The clean is merely the portion reserved for the headquarters, and for the workmen employed, of whom there are about 200.
 In the unclean district the lepers are. But in the transition from the clean to the unclean, one has no im- pression that there is ghastly con trast between the two districts Con- trary to the general notion that lep- rosy is a disease whose symptoms are the dropping off of fingers and toes
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DEMoNsTRAToR HAS PLANS FOR ORGANIZING CORN AND LIVE
 STOCK CLUBS.
COOPERATION IS ASKED
Rural Schools Will Be Visited and Instruction on Better Agriculture, Social and Religious Conditions
 in the Country Districts.
elphta.


 A. E. Ferguson, new farm demon strator and experimentor for Clark County, has laid plans for organizing corn and live stock clubs, and Miss Mamie Weaver, canning club expert, is mapping Galt the work among the girls of the county.
 Many things are planned for accom- plishment in an agricultural way h this county during 1916. Among the things is the plan to enroll at least 100 boys in pig and corn clubs. Sev- enty-tive demonstration farms with several hundred co-operators, is an other project. The demonstrators will agree to take certain amount of land and work it according to govern ment instructions. The co-operators will agree to observe the methods used and to read the bulletins sent out by the government.
 Conservation of the soil will be stressed, and the building up of worn out land by proper cultivation and TO- tation of crops will De accomplished. MOI0 live SUCK duu more l6Sum1lOuS crops will be recommended as the basis of soil building, especially on small farms. In order to make eondi- tions better for live stock growing renewed effort will be made to free the county of cattle ticks and extermi- nate hoge cholera. Dipping vats are being built in every section of the county now.
 The demonstrator will visit the ru- ral schools and instruct the youth on better agricultural, social and reli- gious conditions in the country dis tricts. Demonstrations will be given in inoculating cattle and hogs against the contagious ravages that are pe- culiar to them. The object in view is to get professional, business and agr1- cultural interests united in an effort to build up the farming and market ing industry of Clark county.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The Arkansas State Press Assoc1a< tion held it's midwinter business meet ing with reeord-breaking attendance. A good part of the meeting vas con- sumed in discussing the publicity bill. Two cases in which overchargas had been made were brought to the atten- tion of the association. The associae ton went on record as favoring the greatest amount of publicity under this bill at the smallest cost, and VII lend it's aid to those who desire to cof1. test the allowance of claims of news papers that have used the bill to over. charge the counties in which they are located.
 It was realized that often the coun. ty officers who know nothing of pre- paration for copy for newspapers make the reports which are to be published under the bill longer than is neces. sary. The association will have pre- pared for the guidance Of officials and of editors, forms which will show how to digest the reports so that they will occupy the least space and will cost a minimum amount.
 It was brought to the attention of the association that in some counties the officials have absolutely refused to enforce the publicity bill. and it Is probable that legal steps will be taken to enforce the law in these counties.
 Texarkana was selected for the May meeting. Monday, May s, was chosen as the date for the opening session. Monday was named instead of Tuesday in order to comply, if possible, with the wishes of J. l.. Wadley, editor of the Texarkanian, who desires that the pulpits of the churches of Texarkana be filled by members of the associar tion on May T. It is said that the ministers of Texarkana have asked that editors talk in the churches on that day.
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1epers are brought down, as suspects, from the island districts to the coast towns, and there kept awaiting trans portation to the colony. Several phy- sicians are with the boat and also a bacteriologist from the Manila bureau of science. Before the suspects can be taken aboard he must be found to be bacteriologically positive. When the work was first undertaken the Ameri- can doctors and their subordinates were not overfamiliar with leprosy except in it's advanced stages. At first only the advanced cases were taken to Culion, but as the colony has grown and the confidence of the natives in- creased, it is now possible to collect the incipient cases as well.
 CuIion Coral Island.
 The scene as one comes in toward the island gives the impression of se- renity. The bay is deep and amazingly blue, and it swarms with varieties of the most brilliant fish. Reaching out from Culion, crescent wise, is a pe- culiar and fantastic coral formation called the Coral islands, jagged and impossible; within them rises Culion itself, hilly and green and serenely beautiful Except in typhoon seasons these waters are quiet, and as one hears the shore one has the sensation of being awaited by some spirit of friendliness and peace-an effect nev- CT lost upon the little throng of men and women-and often children-who stand forward in the vessel looking with wondering eyes upon this spot where they are to spend the rest of their lives They have been expect ing a prison, and what they are behold ing has the appearance of home.
 There is the colony. The little white houses or shacks with their garden yards cover the hillside, and the larger buildings showing here and there, the hospital, the quarantine buildings, the theater, the church on the headland and other. But it is on the wharf that the interest centers. There all the able-bodied men of the colony have gathered-an eager throng. In the very vanguard of them trim group of erect men in white uniforms, the Gu lion leper band, already playing wei. coming strains which greet the now corners.
 These two crowds gaze toward each other eagerly-the little crowd on the boat, the big one on the landing-be- cause in the colony all the tribes of the Philippine islands are represented, and great is the excitement of those who espy members of their own tribe. On the boat the entire attitude has changed. The despordency which the lepers have felt since they were first taken aboard rapidly gives place to an astonished and childlike delight. Not only does the colony appear now to be home, but for many of the strangers 1t is the first home they have ever known. They begin to realize that here they will not be outcasts, living in avoided huts and among rocks on hill
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and other portions of the body, or that lepers are always unsightly from spots and blotches, the fact is that this con- dition prevails only in the advanced stages, and in the beginning, especial ly, the disease is marked by changes so slight that only the expert can iden. tify them. There is no contrast, either, in the general atmosphere of the clean and the unclean parts except perhaps that the unclean is the buster and the happier.
 The colony is organized as town. Besides the shacks, there are tenement houses for about 1000 lepers. At one time there was even mayor, with his officials, elected by the citizens from among themselves, but this system was not satisfactory, and now the physician in charge is the head of the colony To him the complaints are brought, and he is virtually the mayor of the town. The lepers furnish their own police, and their band, and they enact their own plays in their own theater where they have, too, of course, motion pie lures. A special form of money has been put in circulation for the island, and twenty centavos per week is al- lowed each leper as spending money, which he uses for tobacco and candy and fish, and other commodities.
 There Are Few Escapes.
 There is one general store, with branches in the two districts. The one in the unclean part is managed by a Chinese leper. It is a new build ing, made of concrete, and is one of the interesting sights of the colony. Another center of interest is the big kitchen, where the people can bring their bread and other food to be cooked in the big ovens, if they are not well enough to cook in their own ovens at their shacks. Once a fort night supplies of rice and staples are brought down III a special boat, and these supplies are distributed to the lepers. Most of the yards have four ishing gardens, and the people raise much of their own fruit and vege- tables. They also have the freedom of certain part of the bay for fishing, using rafts for the purpose.
 Almost never do they attempt to es- cape and when this has happened, the fugitives have usually asked to be sent back to the colony
 Perhaps their favorite amusement is baseball, with the exception, of course, of cockfighting. Scarce shack in the unclean part is without it's gamecock. This sport is so instinctive with the Filipino that it has not been forbidden the lepers, in whose favor various laws have been a little stretched, as, for instance, the mar. riage law. Intermarriage is permitted, on the basis that it gives moral tone to the colony. Few children are born of these marriages. Even if the chil- dren live after birth, their lives are always brief, and in all the years in which the colony has been operated, very few of these children have lived to see the age of five years.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21
STATE HAPPENINGS.

The Bigelow school building was de- stroyed by fire. It was a large frame building, and when flames were found in the roof there was no hope of say ing it. Only the piano was taken out. The loss is about $14,O00, with insur- ance of $7000. School will be carried on in another building pending re- building.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

Assurances that the state laws pro- hibiting the sale of liquor would be strictly enforced and credit given to the women for the work they have done in behalf of prohibition were given the members of the w. c. T. U. of Pine Bluff by district, county and township officials.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The long buried scare that the Ouachita River may change it's course, leaving the City of Camden high and dry on big muddy bayou in the shape of a horseshoe with the pres ent wharf as it's Dase, has been re- vived and this time seriously, by ot- ficers in charge of the government snagboat Joseph E. Ransdell.
 This scare is founded on a cut-off across the neck of the horseshoe The great ditch was made before the war by Gen. Woodward in an attempt to leave the fourishing village of Cam den without river facilities, that he might establish a settlement on his own land farther down stream A federal injunction stopped the work.
 During high water the overflow runs through the ditch, but for more than half a century trees have grown along it's bottom, and the drift has gradually filled it up. Recent rises have cut out much of the debris, however, the government officials say, leaving a Well-defined channel nearly down to the ordinary river level
 Should the current once cut the channel down to low water mark the river would take the short, steep cut off instead of the big five-mile horse shoe bend. The city would have to build another wharf much further up- stream, and considerable distance from the business part of the city. This scare used to be constant menace during the palmy days of river shipping. For many years there has been neither danger of the change nor shipping to be hurt. But now that such strenuous efforts are being made to secure completion of the govern ment improvement work in the Ouach- ita, the thought of losing the river as a club over the railroads IS a serious proposition.
 Ii found necessary, a levee will be thrown across the head of the ditch high enough to insure that the stream will continue on it's present course. The public service bureau has taken the matter under investigation, and will take such steps as may be deem, ed advisable to keep the river where it is needed most.
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CASE AGAINST ARKANSAS MA T1ONAL BANK REMINDED
 FOR NEW TRIAL.
ERROR IN INSTRUCTIONS
Supreme Court Holds in This State Law Provides That All Bills or Notes Given For a Bet or
 Wager Are Void.

Little Rock The supreme court reversed and re- handed the famous Ed Speer alleged swindling case, tried at Hot Springs some time ago.
 Matt Johnson, North Dakota far mer had obtained S5,125 judgment against Ed Speers and the Arkansas National Bank of Hot Springs. The appeal was taken by the bank and the verdict of the lower court was revers- ed and the case remanded for new trial
 Speers, it is alleged fraudulently ob- tained drafts from Johnson, the latter using them as collateral with which to bet on horse race. It was charged that the bank cashed the drafts and therefore was party to the transac- tion.
 The court reversed the verdict be, cause oI the following instructions given by the lower court, which the supreme court held was a sufficient er- TOT to warrant reversal
 ''In this state the law provides that all bills or notes given for bet or wager are void, and if you believe from the evidence that the defend ants or either of them paid the money collected on the drafts in question to any person under the belief that such person won them at gambling, such payment would not relieve him of re- sponsibility to plaintiff"
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

Governor Hays pardoned w. N. Diekerson of Saline county, sentenced last September to three years for voI- untary manslaughter, and Chauncey Smith of Crawford county, sentenced last June to one year for burglary and grand larceny. The governor relieved Frank Nolan of Ouachita county of paying $100 fine for carrying q pistol.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The State Game and Fish Commfs. sion announced that temporarily # will cease efforts to enforce the state game and fish law passed by the last Legislature, and that the eight gamo| wardens employed by the commission will be dismissed until a suit to tie up the game protection fund is decided.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

Total assessments for 1915, Tn 38 out of 40 counties that have reported to the State tax commission, show n decrease under the 1914 assessments, while 13 show increases. The net de- crease in the 49 counties is $3118,172. CrittendeE county, with $505 OPS in- creased worth of property assessed. shows the biggest increase, while Sharp county shows the largest de- crease-$474,649 in assessment.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

State Bank Commissioner John M. Davis announced he has ruled that all corporations using the word trust" In their titles must eliminate the word unless they have a paid-up capital stock of 100000. or unless they amend their articles of incorporation and in. crease their capital stock.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The Helena police made their first arrest since statewide prohibition went into effect January 1. The ar rested person was a well-known bus mess man, who was charged with burning trasa in the alley back of his store.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

That wholesale drug companies have the right to keep raw alcohol in stock and to use it in the preparation of medicines, varnishes etc, but have not the right to sell or give away al- cohol to retail drug stores, was the construction put upon the statewide prohibition law, with regard to whole- sale drug houses, by Chancellor J. E. tained in decree handed down i'll a case filed for the state by Prosecut- ing Attorney M. E. Dunaway against the c. J. Lincoln Company.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The Daily North Arkansas Herald suspended publication at Harrison Failure to get proper support is given as cause. It is said the plant xin be used for paper at Hope.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

James Crabtree of Miller county the game and fish protection law, passed by the last Legislature. Crab tree was fined $10 for selling three ducks at 25 cents each, violation of the provisions of the law He ap- pealed the case, it is thought, to test the provision prohibiting the sale of game in the state.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The State Bank Department, through W. F. Maxwell, deputy com missioner in charge of the .blue sky" law, authorized the Bonner Mar. ble and Lime Company of St. Joe, Searcy county, to sell $100000 stock in Arkansas.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

The Sammon & Stone Mercantile Company of Pine Bluff, capitalized at s10,0O0, filed articles of incorporation. The corporators are E. H. Sammon, j. Nj. Shaw. J. g. Stone and B. F. Ashcraft.
The Pulaskian., 1916-01-21

Extra girl and women clerks re- tained by department stores of Little Rock and other towns and cities of the State during the holiday season and not paid the minimum wages specified in the minimum wage act must be reimbursed or their employ CTS will be prosecuted, according to an edict issued by the Minimum Wage Commission, at it's meeting.