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Two For One.
For every dollar you place in our Company,
We.will give you TWO DOLLARS SECURIH in FIRST
MORTGAGE on Real Estate, and our Company guaran
tees the payment of Principal and Interest and we pay
Six per c»nt Interest Semi-Annually.
Central Loan and Trust Company,
Real Estate, Ftre, Life, and Live Stock Instt.-aBce.
CAPfTAL $56,000.00
J. M. B8IJWNIN0, - ■ ■ ■ ■ Presldeni.
W. W. 6WN, • - ■ - ■ Manajer.
A. V. RAT, Sec. s mas.
WE MAY HAVE ON OUR
LISTS JUST SUCH A HOME
AS “AS BEEN PICTURED
IN YOUR
DREAMS
THE NEAT COTTAGE OR BUNGALOW WITH ITS SHADE
TREES AND FLOWERS.
WE HAVE A NUiMBER OF HOMES RANGINGIIN PRICE FROM
?600.00 TO $5,000.0). WHICH WE CAN SELL ON EASY TERMS
--SEE US FOR HOMES
Standard Realty & Security Co.
C. C. FONVILLE, Manager
Burfington, North Carofiua-
CABBAGE
POTATOES
BANANAS
full line, all k’nds grain groceries
and feedstuff.
Merchant Supply^ Co.
Millers Agents Melrose and Dan Valky
flour and feed.
For Weakness and Lo$sof Appetite
The Old Stan4mcd »meT»1 •trengUseain* tonic,
C RO VE S TASTELESS chill TONIC. driv*« out
-.falaiia and builds ;ip the lystcm, A tni* torn.
A sure ADDCtiser. For adulta SRd childreti. 50c.
The Kinf of All Laxatives.
For Constipation, use Or. King’f
New Life P Us. Paul Mathnlka, of
Buffalo, N. Y., Mjs they are the ‘’king
of ail laxatives. The; ars a blessing
to all m; family and I always keep
a box at home.” Get a box and get
well a^in. Price 25c. At all Drag-
glsta or by mail. H. E. BoclcleD A
Co., Philadelphia or St. Lo«is.
N^W
Nerfolk & Westen
IndigestioB? Can’t Eat? No Appetite?
A treatment of Electric Bitters in
creases your appetite; stops indigres-
tion; you can cat everything. A real
spring tonic for liver, kidneys and
stomach troubles. Cleanse your
whole system and you feel flee. Elec
tric Bitters did more for Mr. T. D.
PeeUe’s stomach troubles than any
medieice he ever tried. Get a bottle
today. 50f and fl.OO at your dmg-
gtat.
May 10, I9U.
Leave Winston-Salem:
6:50 A. M. daily for fioanoke and in
termediate stations. Coancct
with Main Lina trains Korth.
East and Weft with Pullmsn
Sleeper, Dining Cars.
2:10 P. M. daily for Martinsville
Boanoke, the North and Xaab
Pullman Sted Electric Lightad
Sleeper Winston-Salem to Har
risburg, Philadelphia, Now York.
Dining Cars North of Roanoke.
4:15 P. M. daily for Roanoke and lo
cal stations.
Trains arrive Winston-Salem 11:00
A. M-, 1:10 P. M., 9:36 P. M.
Train* leave Durhaia for Rozbor«,
South Boston and Lynehbui^g, 6:4S a.
TO., daily, and 5:30 p. m., daily aase^
Sunday.
W, B. Bs'riU. Paso. Tr»9. Mfr.
W. C. Sonadan, G«a. Fas. Agi.
ANAMA, PAST ASb PHJBSBNT.
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lo.
For mai'.y years aft^^-ards on ac
count of the war between England
and Spain no progress was made on
fahtmus Canal, yet the idea was nev
er aUo>ved to tinaily disappear.
In 1U55 the Engli^ seized Jamaica
and in it571 the WelsU bucaneer, Sir
Henry Morgan destroyed the ancient
city of Pananui, founded by a Span
ish Governor, Pcdrarias, in 1519. The
town was rebuilt two years after
wards by Alonio Mercado de Vella-
eox'ta five miles west of the old site,
in l.()04 there vras an export niadc
by the Engiish to plant a colony at
Darien, a:id Sir Walter Scott describ
ed the project in his “'Talp'
Graudfather,” the ultim-■■
colony was to >■
and aftf" _
tho
ubu- ' ■ t,
ouic;. . ,
inent '. u'?.
superb '■ r.::v '
aa'-s i
i'Jurir.j: -i.., though numer
ous ^■urv^ .»e made aorojis the
li^thmus.by Kuropean enemies, the
project of a canai was never seriously
Uiken up. Had in 17S0 our Xel?on
speiit some time iri Xicaragrue, but
doinir very iittle beyond injuring his
ovvn hoallh.
But in tiie early part of rhc nine-
teeniii cejitury ihiiig^ began to move
rapidly on the Isthums. Alexander
Van Hanibolt spent the firsst years
here ar.d i'^vestijrated various I'outes.
describes six route?, but
thoujjht that a tide level land ’ivouid
expect ihc course of the Gu]f ^ti’eani
and mniic^ the shores of the British
Isle? barrv? V. Goethe, the historian,
says ill this early date that “It is
absolutely indispenMble to the Unit
ed State.' to have control of thi:>
waterway and 1 am syre will some
day have that control.’*
Maiiy projects for canal construc
tion. chiefiy by the Nicarajme route
sprunjr up in the first half of this
century. In Henry Ciay, then
American Secretary of State, oi-dered
a survey of lliis route, but in lS-0.
the Kinjr of Holland secured tht? con-
ceseion for its construction, but it
v/as never bejrun on account of the
outbreak of revolution in the Xether-
lands and Beljcium. DurinK’ the ne.\.t
few years the project was innumer
able the principal one being headed
by Tours Napoleon Bonaparte, then a
prisoner, who received a concession
from the Nicaragrua Go\;€rnment.
In the early fifties the idea of a
ti'an.s Isthmian Canai seemed likely
to prove a cause of discord if not a
war between England and the United
State.s. England was gaining control
of settlements in Centra! America and
thi.s power was anxiously watched by
the American's. Early in 1846 the
United States ;cecured a treaty from
Hew Granada, a counti*y comprising
at that time .southern Central Ameri
ca, the right of transit across the
Isthmus, "upoii any mode of com
munication that now exists or may
hereafter be constructed,” Under this
treaty the Panama Haiiroad was con
structed, It was a monopoly and
wa-'^ able to make whatever charges it
pleased, and as late as 1895 paid an
nually a dividend of at lea.st 15 per
cent. It was finally bought by the
First i'ronch Company for 1*5,3 GO.OOO
Sterling. The existence upon already
constructed railroad was really the
cause that led De Lessepf? to choose
this route.
The rivalry betweeji the United
States and Great Britaiis became so
acute, that it was finally settled by
the Otayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850,
and began to play a prominent part in
modern politics. This treaty which
was to exist for fifty years forward,
neither to obtain or maintain for it
self any exclusive control over a ca
nal or maintain and fortifications
commanding the .same or in the vicin
ity thereof oi- to occupy or fortify or
colonize, or assume or exercise any
dominion over Nicarague, Costa Rica,
the Mosquito Coast, or any part of
Central America. However, in 1869
the United States had concluded a
treaty wiith Nicaragua, securintr a
right of way for a canal and the
Interoceanic Canal Commission ap
pointed by Grant invesitgated four
routes and in 1875 reported the Nica
ragua route, the more favorabie.
In 1869 the Sues Canal* construct
ed through a plot and swampy coun
try by Ferdinand de X^esaeps, was
opened, and in 1876 a corporation call
ed “La Societe Civile' InteTnatioiukls
du Canal Interoco-anique” was formed,
headed by Lieut. Lucien Napoleon
Bonaparte Wyse, who secured a con
cession at Bogota from the Colom
bian Government and in 1879 an in
ternational engineering congress was
assembled at Paris by De Lesesps,
and there selected the Panama route.
The United States had by this time
decided to comitruct a canal for them
selves and opposed the Franch con«
cession on accoont of the treaty al
reay referred to between Granada and
the United States. The Unit6d States
had alao ae«n HSb mistake of th«
traaty with Bnfiand the:
Qayton-Buiw^ U^ty fjufwSy T^et-
red to, and tried to induce
to release them from this airreement>
but the English through Lord Gran
ville forced the United States to heep
up the treaty until it expired. Mean
time the French Iwkd' been:- going
ahead v^th their plan;*^ and in 1881
a corpuraliou e»titlcd the “Garnpasgne
Universelle du Canal Interoceaiiique
de Panama’* was formed and began
a-'tual construction that same year.;
In February the opening was cele
brated by a Gala in Piinams |
City and amon^ the artists h"
here for this occasion ’ „ i
Bernhai*dt. Fro^- . . |
the work *-
. .ved
*' rench na-
, r the acts of their
.ves. The first plans of
i*’rench was for a sea level canaU
iind a vast amount of work was done,
in fact nt^ither of the two French
cainpaigns have ever . received the
preper . credit -.for their work. Con
sider the machinery used at this; date,
steam shovels had not yet been in-
vo:;ted, also the cause cf yellow fever
}iad not been traced to the mosquito,
yet tney ac*tua^^ly excavated about
22.000.000 cubic yards, and in ISSS
v.hen this company went into bank
ruptcy the canal was two-fifths com
pleted and hud cost near £80,000,000,
Of this amount it is said one-third
was spent on the canal, one-third
was wasted ;ind one-^third stolen.
The collapse of this company was
foHo^v'ed by inve.stigation aiid trials
and amonjr. others. De Lesseps and
his son Were sentenced to imprison-
nte’it. but this order wa.« never car
ried out. Today it is nt>t doubted
but what both of them were entirely
clear of the charires a.^ainst them.
The Geiiius, who had constructed the
Sue'/. CanaU was indeed broken down
by the tragical endinti of his dream,
a; d finally died in 18^M in a condition
of mental and physical collapse. While
the company on the Isthmus had
tried to combat yellow fever and
tropical diseases,, and had built ex
cellent ho'ipitals and employed fam
ous ioctor.s, still they knew nothing
of the yellow fever germ which caus
ed t!»e death of the greater part and
the undertaking co.st 50,000 lives.
This company was followed by a
second French company, but they were
always in need of money and the
trork could not be pushed. The ex
travagance of the fromer company
had be*n a dea^h blow to the idea of
ever being able to raise the required
capital by popular subscription, as
was the money spent by the former
company, .subse^juently. the greatest
aim of this company was to keep
enough work going on to hold the
concession in hopes of being able to
sell out their rights.'
During the next few years several
surveys were made by the United
States over the different routes, but
they were handicapped by the Clay-
ton-Bulwer treaty of 1850, finally the
whole scheme was delaycni by the
Spanish American War, when the
American nation saw an absolute ne
cessity of controlling the canaK This
treaty was followed by the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty of November, 1901.
Thi.s provided for the American con
struction of the Panama Canal or
other suitable route. The principal
articles of this treaty were, First,
Freedom of transit in time of peace
or war for all vessels of all nations;
Second, Freedom of the canal and its
terminals from blockad‘d; Third, A
code of procedure for war vessels en
tering or leaving the canal. No ref
erence is made to fortifications. A
treaty iat^er concluded with Panama
(known as the Hay-Vunan-Vasilla)
gives the United States that right to
foi'tify, and in time of war to use
itrnted force for the protection of the
canal, or of the ships using same.
The United States shall have the right
at all times to use its police and its
land and moral forces or to establish
fortifications for these purposes. But
the most important paragraph of this
treaty which in recent years has
caused so much controversy is “The
Canal shall be free and open to the
vessels of commerce and war of all
nations observing the^e rules, in
terms of entire equality so thst this
sh^l be no d&9criiv^natk>n again^
any such nation or its citizens or sub
jects in respect to the conditions and
charges of traffic or otherv^ase. Such
conditions and charges of traffic shall
be just and equitable.
The English Governor considered
the promise of equal treatment as
;a compensation for the surrender of
the former treaty, in fact Mr. Hayes
made mention of this fact at the rat
ification of this treaty. England coft-
aequenly resented the idea when lat
er the Utvited States said "All nations
refeired to in the treaty did not in
clude herself and it was in their pow
er to give preferential treatment to
coast-wise vessels flying the Ameri
can fUg.
After the new treaty with Englsnd
tite United States beg»n nesot^ttons
fa sarh^^ for ci^stiucUng ^
vay. The third Pamma CaittI Coifir
mission reported in December*-1909,
that the present Frencli Company,
value'. its property at $l09,l^l>o00
and thought f40 000,000 an ample
compensation t( -ir holdings, con
sequently advis^ i)e Nicaragua
rn\!t»;, The .Americ-. • ’^re of
the situation azid tK, . *ench seeing
their last chance slippi . -way from
them £greed on this pn,-.^. Janu
ary, 190**, the commission : i.^sued
.raental report a?i* -
..i . *r.e Panama route,
‘ French property,
he celebrated “Spt -
ung tho purchase of vd
1-ihe construction of a :
-hich bill the canal was!
. ' bill marked the settle-
: * the controversy in regard to
iinerent routes, which had lasted four
centuries.
The United States wished ot ac
quire a strip of land, not less than
six miles wide as rAjuired by the
Spooner Bill, from Colombia and
wished to do so as cheaply as pos
sible. For this the United States of
fered a cash bonus of $7,000,000 and
after fourteen years a bonus of $250,~
000: The property toi remain Colom
bian property, but sovereignty to be
administered by United States. The
Colombian Go%*ernor on remembering
the fact that the French concession
expired in October, 1904, refused this
offer and tried to defer any agree
ment in hopes that this concession
would expire and the $40,000,000
which the United States was to pay
the French Company would finally
be theii* property, to sell as they
wished. The United States finally in
creased this offer, meantime, all kinds
of influences, secret and open were
at work. Germany had become in
terested in the project and conceived
the possibility of succeeding the
PYench Company in the construction.
During this controversy the Panama
revolution broke out, and Panama se
cured her independence from Colom
bia, who lost all just claims, for reim
bursement for what is now the Canal
Zone.
The revolution was short and cost
only a few^ lives. The United States
had battleships at both Colon and
Panama to prevent the landing of
Colombian troops, and on this account
we have always been accused of un
iting the Panamanians to insurrec
tion and of securing for their their
independence.
The new treaty with Panama pro
vided the United States to pay $10,-
000,000 cash and an annuity of $250,-
000 tr> begin nine years from date.
This treaty was ratified on February
26, 1904, and four days afterwat*ds
President Roosevelt appointed the
first Lsthmian Canal Commission. This
commission was unsatisfactory and in
April, 1905 a second was appointed
to meet at Panama quarterly. The
first two years and half of American
Occupation was spent mainly in pre
paring for the great task. Work on
construction was finally begun, yet a
long controversy was yet to come up
as to the type of canal, whether tide
level or a lock canal, on this account,
a number of commissions were sent
to the Isthmus to report the feasibil
ity of both types and not until June,
190(v, did Congres finally pass on the
lock type of canal.
At the time of the American oci u-
pation of the car.al there was no worse
fever pest hole in Central America,
but science was to discover the ca^ise
of yellow fever and then began the
cleaning up of the Zone. On account
of the climatic conditions this was a
long hard fight, during the rainy sea
son, mosquitoes bred by t&e millions
and it took time to get the work ac
tually started, consequently a large
number of Americans died here dur
ing that period, but today, thanks to
Colonel Gorgas, Chief of the Sanitary
Department, the Zone is reasonably
healthy. A recent bulletin published
by the commission &ays that the aver-
a^ sickness per year,^ per man, has
been about ten days. There is yet
lots of malaria and in American hos
pitals, white wards, even today the
number of malaria patients scarce
ly fiver runs under sixty at one time
and at other thimes as high as a htm>
dred or more.
The climate instead of being divid
ed into four seasons as the temper^
ate Kone, is divided into only two,
the wet and tiie dry, or as some pre
fer to call it, the rasny and the wet.
Nowhere in the world does it rain as
much as here, or no where are there
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nt Gkn^k tiM UmSj
Rot. Jolm Benxiers Gibble, Ueeter.
ServicM:
Every Sunday, 11 a. m., ^ 8f00
p. vu
He^ CemAumon: First Sunday, il
a. m. Third Sunday, 7:30 a. m.
Holy uad Saints' Days, 10:0^ a« m.
Sunday School! 9:30 a. m.
The public la cordially invited.
All pews free. Fin* vested choir.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
mer Qiardb and DarU Smto.
A. B. Kendall, PasWr.
g every Sunday,. 11:00 a. tn.,.
a. - p. m.
Sunds» 'ol, 9:45 a. m. John R*
Fo8t% ^*^JintcndeIKL
Chrifitiat - ^vor Seances Sundl^
evealngk vo.
Mid-Week . ..-.yt?'* Service, evezy
WedR.e»day . p. m-
Ladies* Aid «ivi 'v ienary Sodetj
me«ts en Monci. t the seeond
Sunday in each m..
rCHURCH DIRECTORY "|
■will II#
nOCVTT MBMOBLAL BAPTIST
CHCKCH,
Adaa Avcaoe and BIiiU St.
S«7. Jdts. W. Bom, Pastor.
PiObdxing every fourth Seaday at 11
a. u. and 7 p. ra.
fluaday Sebd •vtrf Sunday at 9:30
«L m.
Prayw llMting Wadnttday, 7:30 p.
ra.
lodiM' AM Sodlcty Owt
\ cordial invitation ext 1 to all.
A Church Home for visi >d for
strangers.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner Front and Anderson Streets.
—— , Pasitor. ■
Sunday School every Sabbath. 9:4.5
a. m.
Preaching every Second and Fourth
Sabbath, 11:00 a. to., and 7:30 p. m.
Mid-Week Service every Thursday,
7:80 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all.
Parsonage second door from church.
PRESBYTERtAN CHURCH.
Rev. Donald Mclver Pastor.
Services evnry Sunday at 11:00 a. m.
ud 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. 5. R.
Seiiars, Superintendent.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 7:30
p. m.
The public is cordially invited to all
services.
BAPTIST CBUBCH.
Rev. Martin W. Back, Pastor.
Sunday Worship, 11:00 a. m., and
7:30 p. m.
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m. J. L.
Scott, Superintendent.
Praise and Prayer Services, Wednes
day, at 7:30 p. m.
Christian Culture Class, Saturday at
8:00 p. m.
Church Conference, Wedntsdsy before
first Sunday of sack month, 7:30
t. at.
OKservance of Lord’s Supper, first
Sunday in each month.
Woman’s Union, first Monday of each
month, 3:30 p. m,
TRE METHODIST PROTESTANT
CHURCH.
East Davis Street.
Rev. George L. Curry, Pastor.
Services:
Morning, 11:00 Evening, 7:S9
^^r Meeting, Wedgesday «reni»gi.
Ladies* .^id and Missionary Societies
every Monday afternoon after flirst
Sunday in each month.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. J. G. Sog
ers, Superintendent.
Good Baraca and Phiiathea CUsses.
Vou ar« invited to attend all tlieae
services.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
FRONT STREET.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday mominjg and.
evacing.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. W. E.
Sharp*, Sup*rint«ndent.
Py»jrer &rviea, Wednesday eveaiac
at 7:S0 o’eloek.
Epwqrth League, 7:06 o’clodc every
Sanday evening.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUm
WEBB AVENU'E.
Rev. Oblette, Pastoi
Preaching svary flrat Soaday at 11 .'M
a. m., and T:S0 p. m. Seeoad Ssa-
day at 7:80 p. n.
Sttafoy Sehool every Sunday at It
H. F. Hoore, Snperintendent.
Everybody wulceme.
MACEDONIA hVTBOMI
CHURCH.
Fr«at Street.
Rev. T. S. ^snt, FMtear.
Homing Servicea at }1:S0 ». m.
No senrieea on third Sandaya,
Saoday School 9;4S a. m. ^rof. 3.
B. Bobertsen, Sapaiinteodent.
Teachers’ Meeting Wedaesday. 7:S6
p. m> (PastAr'a Study).
Woman*! Missionary Society, Arrt
Thortdajr in ev«ry SMUtk at
p. m.
L. C. B. Society, second Tfcandajr Ik .
month at 3:39 p. at.
LatJier Ltc(ac, aaesad mi temtk
Saadaya a* 3;M p. m.
Vesptra at t:S9 p. m.