THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 1924 PAGE SEVEN WANTED Men and Women in every town to sell our distinctive cards and social stationery. Liberal commissions. Outfit, 10e. Forman Printery, 16D, Plantsville, Conn.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT, ALBOA EST EER REWED TO BENJAMIN SHERMAN: You are hereby notified and enter your appearance in the meeto of of the at de Cristobe, a town action for divorce beatrict Court filled therein ist you by Clara Sherman and to answer the complaint therein on or before the 15th day of November, 1904 And you are further notified that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as above required, the plaintin will take judge ment against you by default and demand from the court the relief prayed for in her said complaint. CAMPBELL Asst. Clerk District Court.
Church Services. Continued from page 4)
Seventh Day Adventist Church STREET CALIDONIA ROAD (near Isthmian Park. PANAMA.
Sabbath (Saturday) 45 a. Sabbath Sobool; 11. 15 sm. General Worship 80p. Spanish Class; Young People Meeting; p.
Vespere Sunday Evening 30 Preaching Service. cordial invitation is extended to all.
WEEN ST. CHARLES Why go through the trouble of preparing your Milk and paying more money? Buy ST. CHARLES it is cheaper; it is safer and all ready to use.
Exchange the labels for toys Aluminum Pots at the Seventh Day Adventist Church 3rd. STREST BROADWAY, COLON Sabbath (Saturday) 45 a. Sabbath School; 11. 15 am General Worship 30 p, in Young people meeting 30 Vespers Sunday evening 30 Preaching Service You are cordially invited to attend these services and bring your friend, UNSWEETENED Sanitation in Panama Disease and death resulted.
Flies bred in swarms all around. General Gorgas told the (BY THE REVEREND they could not hope to complete United States Government that NIGHTENGALE, IN THE the canal under such conditions. BARBADOS ADVOCATE. and he asked for appropriations of large sums of money for the Throughout the world, Pan plan was comprebensive as he sanitation of the country. His ama, the young republic of saw the utter futility of at: twenty and one summers, is tempting to sanitate the Canal known to day, to be the most Zone area without improving healthy country in Central and conditions in the republic, the South American. Loss than fifteen years ago, Malarial, Black between the capital and the next canal route being a narrow strip Water, Yellow and Typhnia important city (Panama and fevers, with Cholera, raged with Colon) in the Republic, of Pan: devastating effect and carised the ama. Briefly, General Gorgas Isthmus of Panama to be known plans for the sanitary inproveas a veritable pest hole in which ment natives and immigrants, alike, classified as follows.
of Panama might be fell easy victims to plague and pestilence. Flies and mosquitoes (a) The installation of the vied in dreadful competition for Sewage System.
tolls of human life that have (b) The sterilization of drinkbeen terribly appalling.
ing water.
It had been Panama great misfortune, for centuries, to be roads, reclaiming of (c) The construction of good swamps reputed as a vast graveyard. and cesspools, and the exterAbout 340 years ago, the King of manination of flies and mosquiSpain, on learning cf the awfully toes, unhealthy state of Panama, then one of that country American (d) The systematic disposal posessions, took recourse to the of all garbage, cleaning of the expedient of ordering certain streets, and grass cutting villages there to be reduced to (e) Eternal vigilance in the ashes in order that the pestilence matter of enforcing Sanitary might be removed.
Regulations.
In the historic days of the This was a big programme but Forty niners when the taunt the mind of the man wbo coning gold mines of California ceived it was bigger. In order called the best ard most enter to execute his plans General prising blood from the Eastern Görgas inaugurated a large sani.
sea board of the United States, tary force which operated as a the necesity of crossing the distinct department of the Isthmus of Panama for inter American and English deplomas Medical doctors with the best oceanic communication conception to the Panama Rail were attached to bis stad, with road Company. a trans Istb. laboratory experts. Sanitary fore.
mian railway which was commen and sub foremen had pleted in 1883 at an alarming charge of certain sections of the sacrifice of human lives as work under the direction of the victimes of the borrible diseases doctors who in turn, discharged mentioned above.
their duties under direct orders little more than 40 years ago whole department functioned from the General office. The the French Canal Company, who like clock work.
initiated work on the Panama Canal, failed after an outlay of The sewage was laid down enormous sums of money, not after a complete survey of the 80 much through misman cities of Panama, Colon and the ment as on accouat of the Zone towns. Competent engintremendous death rate due to ters, civil and mechanical, had prevailing diseases.
charge of this work, and, at the to It is uncharitable to the en. Isthmus was placed on the map expiration of a few years, the gineering genius of the French of modern countries. Road conto say that they lacked the struction was begun at the same necessary skill for the accomtime as the installation of the plishment of the construction of sewage system. Great care was the Panama Canal, The character and class of the work done by taken to build roads of a charactheir predecessors elicited unter that allowed ready, stinted praise from the Ameri: so that flashing would not be cans when in 1904 they pitched 15 minutes after the heaviest The result is that in on the job of digging the big rain storm to day, there cannot ditch.
be seen a drop of water in the The French failed where the streets or gutters. In fact there Americane have won on the are hundreds of people here in ground of sanitation. Im er igrants Barbados wbo can verify the from Europe and the French statement that in less than balfWest Indies left their homes to an hour after the most copious meet untimely deaths in Panama. precipitation the streets and Thousands died annually from side walks become pratically all kinds of tropical diseases dry.
during the nine years of unsuccessful operation of the French. water under the scientific work The purification of drinking The death rate is reported to have been between 60 and 78 of the hydrographic division of per thousand, per annum. the Sanitary Department was has been koown to reach as high another tep along the lines of modern sanitation on the Istb.
as over 170 per one thousand of mus of Panama. Two large filthe population.
tration plants and capacious Present day visitors to the concrete reservoirs on the Pacific Isthmus cannot, in the face of and Atlantic ends of the Canal the perfect sanitation which furnish an abundant water supprevails, imagine the miserable ply from which bacteria, through health conditions which existed processes of chemical steriliza in the past. Those who knew tion, have been removed. Every Panama as late as two decades building in the Canal Zone and ago are able to appreciate the in Panama and Colon is furntriumphs of modero sanitation, ished with water installations, as seen there.
No such antiquated provisions as What has brought about this community stand pipes or wells wonderful change? This is a are allowed. It for any reason, question which naturally in a house owner fails to instali terests all who had nut the water connections, the building privilege of witnessing the work. is condemned and occupancy Panama present bealth condi: Municipality. The same is true prohibited under orders of the tions, which might be termed scientidis rebirta are due to the it plumbing gets out of resourceful mind of the late repair. Casa To be Continued)
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MILK Colon or Panama Baptist Churches Colon 11 a. and 15 Pastor Thrift; 30 Auniversary, Chorrillo 11 a. Mr. Gallimore; 15 Pastor Witt, Young Peoples Ser vice.
Corozal Road 11 Deacon Johnson, 15 Mr. Elliott.
Red Tank 11 a. Pastor Witt; 15 Deacon Yearwood.
Gatun 11 Descon Linton, 15 Teacher Smith.
Empire 11 Leader Russell. 15 Deacon Brown.
Pueblo Nuevo11 a. Teacher Bishop; 15 Descon MoFarlane.
New Providence 11 a, Supplied.
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drainage House Rent San Miguel Baptist Church Sunday 30 clock morning prayer 11. 30a. Divine Service, Preacher Brother Francis; 3p. Sunday school. Superintendent; 30 Guspel Service, Preacher Bro. Webley.
Monday 45 Believer meeting.
Turaday 30 Junior E, and 45 Senior class.
Wednesday 45 Bible instruction and prayer. C, FRANCIS Clerk in charge.
Receipt Books SPANISH ENGLISH Order Books THE CHURCH OF GOD.
Colon, and Streets. Gospel meetings at 11. 30 am 30 Sunday School at 3p.
Bro. GEO. GRANDERSON Gatun, Canal Zone, Gospel Meetings at 11. 30 a. and 39 m; Sunday School at p Bro. GEORGE GRIFFITH Now Providence. Gcapel Meetings at 11. 30 am and 30 Sunday School at pm.
Sis. CAMPBELL Red Tank, Canal Zone, Gospel meeting on Thursday night 30 pm, Sunday School at pm.
Sis, GRAY Panama, Arosemena Street, House 25, San Miguel Gospel meetings at 11. 30 a. and 30 Sunday School at p. Meeting on Tuerday evenings 15 Elder BAILEY, Pastor.
Secretary and Treasurer For Friendly Societies Plan of Deferred Imprisonment CAN BE HAD AT An unusual legal arrangement by permission of the United States Assistant District Attorney, John Sulivan, is reported from Boston, Mass. Three men, business partners, were found guilty of staging a fake jewellery robbery outs de Springfield in 1921, in order to conceal 17, 000 worth of diamonds and in bankruptcy jewellery, part assets The men were each sentenced to two years imprisonment. Two of them to begin their sentences immediately while the third was to remain at home to take care of the business and the families of the other two.
At the end of the two years the two imprisoned partners go back to business and the other goes to prieon.
Union Pentecostal Assembly 25 CALIDONIA ROAD also COLON, Gospel Meetings Sunday 11.
and 30 Sunday School 3p. Monday 30 Tuesday 30 Thursday 30 p, Elder GREENEDGE Pastor The Workman Stationery Store British Consulate Notice.
The British Consulate General at Panama would like to get in touch with Samuel Abraham, late No. 14341, British West Indies Regiment in connection with bis pension.
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