LEAVES FROM A COURIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S NOTE BOOK.
"Balboa," Prominent Name on the Isthmus Visit to
Judge and Mrs. Gudger, Former North Carolinians
Ants Destructive Schools in Canal Zone
Churches Religious and Amusement Facilities
Magnitude of Food Problem.
"Balboa" is probably the most prominent name in the pag-es of
the story of the Isthmus of Panama. He explored and partially
conquered Darien, and has always had the distinction of having
discovered the Pacific ocean. He was born of poor but honest pa
rents and had noble blood in his veins. In his youth he was rather
reckless, and his relatives at different times wished him "across
the seas. ' ' He went to San Domingo seeking fortune and fame and
went deeply in debt, so finally, to escape his creditors, was smug
gled on board a ship in a wine cask by some of his friends to make
an expedition to Darien. An insurrection occurred and the young
Spanish adventurer was mid j commander. He learne:l from the
Indians and natives that there was a great ocean beyond the jungles,
and after reaching the highest point on the Isthmus obtained the
first view that any white man ever had of the Pacific ocean, Sep
tember 25th, 1"13. This hill is called Balboa, and we were told
that on a clear day, from it. one could see both the Atlantic and
Pacific ocean. The tewn "Halboa" on the Pacific entrance to the
canal will perpetuate the memory of the intrepid Spanish explorer
who first looked Upon the pcjful waters of the Pacific and called
it Mai de Stir, ''South Sea," owing to to the fact that no storms
were ever known on the coast of this newly discovered ocean. A
Panamanian dollar is called a "Balboa." With his name so promi
nently associated on the Isthmus, there is no doubt as to the per
petuation of his memory, and it is a great pity that although he
was allowed to live in this land with which he was so charmed,
that his friends betrayed him and he was finally beheaded in .sight
of the great ocean which he discovered.
N Visit to Judge and Mrs. GuJger.
On our return from Old Panama on Sunday night Judge and Mrs
Gudger called to see the North Carolina people. They have been
living in Panama a number of years, the Judge having had an ap
pointment from the government. They told us many interesting
things about Panama, the people, tneir manners and customs, ot
the construction work of the canal, and how the government;
cared for its employees. On Mondaysinorning we went to their!
home on Ancon Hill. The government furnishes the homes of the
employes with all of the heavy furniture, bach house has what U
called a "Drying 1 loom" on account of dampness. In that room ,
an electric light burns all of tiie time to keep clothe?, sho?. etc, :
from moulding. One lady said slva kept an loctm light burning:
in her piano a trre" t deal of the time. ;
are more than one-fourth of the American employes members of
these associations, the four associations having about seventeen
hundred members. The organizations are a part of the interna
tional organization, whose committee gives direct supervision to
the conduct of the work. -
Magaitude of Food Problem.
While Uncle Sam has been carefully looking out for the educa
tion, religion and amusement of his people, he has not forgotten a
subject that is very near to all of us that of food and in order
that the readers of The Courier may have an idea of the magni
tude of the gocd proposition in the Canal Zone, I am printing the
following, which was clipped from a recent issue of McCall's Mag
azine :
Uncle Sam's orders for food supplies give a pretty good idea of
the immensity of the job he has undertaken on the Isthmus of
Panama. He has the largest meat contract in the world. He has
contracted to take at least $1,500,000 pounds of beef, mutton and
veal from Chicago packers every ear. As a matter of fact, he is
taking about 4,000,000 pounds a year, which reduced to beef
alone would be equivalent to a herd of 6,G00 steers. He uses 350,
000,000 pounds of beef, mutton and veal a month, also two and a
half tons of chickens every five days and 1,230 dozens of eggs a
day. His eggs cost him as much as his beef and mutton combined.
He uses up 500 pdunds of butter a day, six and a half tons of pota
toes, seventy-five sheep, 200 pounds of ham and almost a ton of
bacon. All this comes in cold storage from the States, the most
of it in Uncle Sam's own bottoms In fact, the only food supplies
the commissary buys on the isthmus are fish and tropical fruits.
The department uses two tons of fresh fish a week. Uncle Sam
brings his milk pasteurized milk from New York in bottles.
He uses 500 gallons a day, and also on the side 4,500 case3 of con
densed milk every mon.th. lie brings oysters down from Far
Uockaway 500 gallons a month- The oyster is allowed to freeze
himself for his tropical trip, and he stays frozen until he is sum
moned fr service in a stew. The "grand old man" consumes
something like sixty-five barrels of flour in his bakery here, turn
ing out 15,000 loaves of bread. If he is pushed he can run the total
up to GO. 00 loaves a day.
From his pie factory, also at Colon, he brings forth 1,000 pies a
day, and he stands ready to boost this number to 10,000 a day.
Uncle Sam, furthermore, launders the dirty clothes of about 5, GOO
patrons in his new steam laundry at Colon- He grinds out 400 gal
lons of ice cream every day at his ice cream plant. This is made
from the pastuerized milk after its six-day cold storage trip from
New York. He turns out seventy-five tons of ice daily from his
Colon refrigerating plant and delivers it by special train over his
own railroad. He sells his ice at eight dollars a ton. The Panana
ice dealers ask thirty dollars a ton for theirs, and they are crying
because Uncle Sam won't get oat of the way and give them a clear
field. The commissary sells between $75,00) and 80,000 worth of
clothing every month to canal employees. It runs thirteen stores
long tne line ot tne canal. It sehs between 25,000 and 30,000
v jrth ot too.1.;
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In Judge Cuds
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kind ot shrubb
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:i the tropics,
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at Coo' between two hundred and three
1' poi .toys, cn . c i-.d rther e. eir.blc,, 1,G00 quar
.t o! mutton, li-.t (.' veal and a von or so of chickens.
it 1 o") oV o eoiv morning with
kiiclifcns and quartermaster stores.
1' 'iih" enal rv'oyee-s only,
:o-l by the commission, which are de-
p.ant
am u.
Will
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. i-ions at cost
.an they are right
tan o-:r jroverr.
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CLUB HOUSE, Culebra.
Schools in the Canal Zone.
The government has provided educational aadvantages in the
Canal Zone for the children of the employees equal to those in the
United States. There are twelve schools for white children and
seventeen for colored. Elementary schools have been established
at different towns in the Zone and High Schools at Culebra. The
schools are under the supervision of a superintendent just as ours
are, and teachers are all women. Salaries range from from $60 to
$110 per month. English children are taught the Spanish language
and Spanish children are taught English. The colored schools have
colored teachers, most of them coming from Jamaica. These
schools are maintained for the children of the West Indian laborers
and the native inhabitants of the Canal Zone.
Churches Religious and Amusement Facilities.
Just as schools have been provided for the children, so have
churches and club rooms for tne employes lof the canal in order
that moral and spiritual environments may be thrown around them.
The Commission has constructed several buildings which are used
for religious services and it maintains a corps of chaplains of dif
ferent denominations, whose duty it is to minister to the spiritual
needs of the employes of the Zone, make daily visits to the hospit
als,, etc. Four club houses have been built at Culebra, Empire.
Gorgona and Cristobal. The rooms are equipped for religious ser
vices of the Young Men's Christian Associations, libraries, reading
rooms, gymnasiums, bath rooms, amusement rooms, etc. There
A Wild Billiard Raging
brings danger, suffering often death to
thousands, who take colds, couglr and 1&-
f rippe that terror of Winter and Spring.
is danger signals are "stuffed op." Nos
trils, lower part of nose t:re, chills and
fever, tin in back of head, and a tbi oat
gripping ccngh. When Grip attacks, as
yon value your life, don't delay getting Dr.
King's New Discovery. ' One bottle cared
me, writes A. L. Dunn, of Pine Valley,
Miss.', "after being 'laid op' three weeks
with Grip." For sore, lungs. Hemorrhages,
Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis, Asthma, it's su
preme. 50c. $1.00. Guaranteed by J. T.
Underwood's, next door to Bank of Randolph.
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U.;l j.:'!
life
few
iroy:; r;ca the luind,
if.-.i:;iJ.i.it;o-4; licaaly,
viijor 1 cheerful
ness s.oo:i disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
jj become so prevalent
1 that it is not uncom-
'vt;V t"n lor a emia to be
U i!- W born afflicted witt
ZZz2zr'r veak kidneys. If the
child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet alllicted vitu bea-wet
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi.
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit a9 most people suppose
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
arxiut swamp-Kooi, Hom. oiswuim-na.
including many of the thousands o.' testi
monial letters received from sufferer!
who found Swamp-Root to be j'ist the
remeay needed, in writing vr. Kilniet
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, JJr,
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Bmguaraton, ti, x., on every bottle.
The Democratic Congressional
Convention for the Eighth District
met in StatetTille last Friday and
nominated Mr. B. L. Doaghton, of
Alleghany County. . ,
A WnMM Mistake
to endure the itching, painful distress of
Piles. There's no need to. Listen: r'I suf
fered much from Piles," writes Will, A.
Marsh, of Siler City, N. G "till I, sot a
box of Bocklen's Arnica Salve, and was sow
eared." Barns, Boils, Ulcers Fever Sons,
Eciema, Cats, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
vanish before it. 25c. at J.T. Underwood's,
next door to Bank of Randolph.
A CHECK BOOK
A check book does not born a hole In
your pocket like the actual money.
Signing you name to a check makes you
think You don't speud a check as read
ily and carelessly ai you spend ready
cash. An account at our bank would
tend to restrict your spending. Try an
account with on and pay all your bills
with checks. We will gladly give you a
check book . If you will try this for one
year you will b surprised at the money
you will save and you may then smile at
allyour troubles. Hake your bank ac
count grow. It is recording your history
and telling a truthful story of your sue
oeat Open an account with us today.
Drop a little into the bank every week
and Its rapid growth will surprise you.
THE BANK OP RAMSEUE,
BAMSEUB, n. c.
DIRECTORS.
HUGH PARKS, Jr.
J. M. CAVINES9
B. B. LEONARD
BBTHUEL COX
9. C. W ATKINS
H. B. CARTER
1. 1. CRAVEN
orriCERS,
W. H. w ATKINS, President
HUGH PARK. Jr.. Vioe-Preslden
. 1. r. CRAVEN. Cashier.
H. B, CARTER, Assistant Cashier.
Mn. J. P. " Hornbuckle, wife of
Ber. J. P. Hornbuckle, of Beidiville,
lied laat week, after suffering from
pellagra for two yeMfl.
Wlso esllsd TeHev 8sH Rheum, Pruritus. HIHt-Crust, Wseplna Skin, ete.l J
MA A w RR nhRRn To AT AY. and when I uv cured. I mean iuat what I SSV
C-U.KrE-U. and not merely patched no for awhile, to return worse than before. Now, i do not care what
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u-iv-r.-, ana um merely paicnca up lor awiiuc, luiciuiumiin wmu uuh. a.uw.. mw V . . fc
all you have Died, nor how many doctor have told you that you could not be coredall I ask Is just a
' mud, soouuos'. suai
onth's time. It yo
thought this world holds for yon. Just try it. snd you wi 11 see I am telling yon the truth, w
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a FKEJBj TRIAL of my mild, soothing, guaranteed cure that will convince yon more In s day than I or
anvone else eould in m month's time. IF vou are dissrusted and discouraffed. I dare vou to arive me s
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