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BURY THEL 0G Natives of East India Have No Use for Banks. Vast Treasures Hidden and the Secret Confided to Those Who Cannot Divu!ge It. Doctor Vogel, a former superintend ent of the archeologicul survey in in dia, has been telling us that the pres ervation of public monumints in 1 Il is largely dependent on public opinion. It is due to thw reverenice and the religio:is spirit of the people that so much has escaped destruction, he says. But this spirit of reverence is respon sible for more than the preservation of monuments; it is responsible for losses. Great treasures have vanished through fidelity and other qualities maintaining the secret of their hiding place. It is the habit today of natives of India to bury gold. Only the year be fore the war it was authoritatively stated that nearly all the gold dug from the earth in South Africa is, by a fresh digging occupation, deposited again beneath the soil of India. That is what we may call a piecemeal oper ation; but imagine the operation con ducted upon a wholesale scale ! Sach things happened during the troublous days of war and conflict and raid which preceded British rule. A wealthy prince or merchant, fearing armed robbery, would deposit all his gold and jewels, not in his house or In a bank, for houses and banks could be pillaged like a bazar; no, he con cealed his riche, in the earth, in cav erns in the hills, among the haunts of tigers and poisonous snakes. The practice was to entrust the sec -ret of the deposit only to the poorest and lovliest, and that for various rea sons. In the first place, there was the -belief in native fidelity ; then there was the expectation that people so poor would not covet rich treasure, and would be suspected if they did try to dispose of it; and, finally, there was the knowledge that people of such humble caste would not be allowed to converse with people of higher caste to whom the hoarded wealth would be ,of worth. -In this way the very outcasts of the people became guardians of wetalth un told, hidden by their fleeing lords, who, often enough, did not survive the broils and battles to return and re claim their buried property. - The late Sir Maurice Gerard, who spent many years in India and inves tigated the subject, declared that enor mous treasures are buried in some of the old Indian hill forts. The guard .las are dead and the secret is dead w!th them. Sir Maurice himself knew of places to which treasure traditions cling. One fastness in the Goona district was that In which, during the Mahratta warfare days, the entire population of three villages, hiding with their possessions in a hill cave, were betrayed to ene mies by the barking of dlogs. Refusing to surrender, the refugeeS were smoked to dleathl by fires lighted act the entrance to their retreat. No native dlare enter now for fear oft the <demons which are believed to hanunt the place. Several English (dogs were once sent in to hunict throulgh thle enchanlited cave. All disappeared. Several days later the smallest of the lot, a terrier, enme~ out starving. Thle others had per ished' but it is sutpposedl tblat this one, falling dowvn a fissure, had found its way to a jackal's hlomle and scr-atceie its way out to liberty. Not Exactly. Aunt Jane, who w-as a spinster, came to visit her sister and famnily of four children. And from the very first auntie was very much given to offer ing advice to her sister on the way to feed, dress and treat her cilidren gen erally. The sister listened in perfect good humor, but not so Sally, her effi c-ient helper. And frankly. Sally said so. "Look here, Miss Jane," she be gan, "what do old maids like you and me know about raisin' children? We hain't never had none and a person has to have children to kniow ho0w to raise them." *Aunt Jane smiled a toleranlt smile. "Oh, not always, Sally," she returned. -"Now, take those little chl-ekenls out there. Don't you think you know more than the' mother? You feed-" But Sally interrupted her. "Yas, mna'am, I feed thlem, if that's wvhat you mean. But I hain't nlever yit taught any of them to scratch-have l?"-Inl dlanapolis News. Owned or Controlled by Stinnes. *Vorwaerts publishes a list of the - properties owned or controlled by *Hugo Stin , German industriai *magnate. 2einclude: Four coal -mIning groups, owning and operating Sabaut 50 Important mines; eight iron 3eiues, tour iron and steel corpora .tlons, ,.wning 21 groups of furnaces. steel works or rolling mills; three pa per :inud cellulose manufacturing com pnlal, five pritnting and publishing %s5e and great newspaper firms, "jeve. electrical works and corpora tiens, two motorcar factories, five shipping lInes and importing andt ex potting businesses, in addition to a llarge number of Inland transportation .companies and newspapers.-Fromf the LUving Age. Not True to Typ. Actor-I pride myself my acting Is true to life. FrIend--Then you'll never succeed. Villains in real life 4o not go aropnd garring and ~L sp M -awers.. CHANN it) OLD G AVEYARDS Pleasant Spots Where Onc May Mcitr-te on the Fleeting Pro cession of Life. There is a charm ahout old grave yards. They are to us, says the Spring tield Republican, what mellow autumn afterno~ons cannot express. They are deserted old houses. haunted by former owners. In them is the reminder of other days that make" up the atmos phere of old theaters where many fa !nouUs i Ia nileVts and Lady Teazles have trod tl e boards. There one can follow "the hoary chronicle .f the ages" back to the be::iiniig of time. Ther!e are little graveyards by the sea with waving gras.ses and wild ein naion pinks where sea captains are laid to rest. There are others shut off from the business section of large cities by gites tirat close at sundown, where the founders of the city find peace after their labVs. Into these secluded spots pert Twentieth-century stenographers go to eat their noonday lunch and discuss their new hats and new beaux, with only an occasional one more imaginative than her friends to give a thought to the long dead and ponder on the fleeting procession of life. There are still other graveyards with clipped hedges and formal garden plots, reminiscent of the clipped and patterned lives that have been care fully laid away. there to rest. Hedged in by convention all their lives and shadowed by cypress-hedges and cy press are their lot after death. However graveyards differ, they are all a friendly resting place for the Idle wanderer or the vagabond poet. A pleasant picture that of young Walter Pater going to the graveyard and sing ing Greek songs to the birds there. Pleasant, too, the picture of Thomas Gray writing his elegy in a country churchyard. Beware, however, the modern grave yard. Where granite stands up glisten ing in the sun, where flowers are fresh on new-made graves, and funeral pro cessions may be met, is nor the place to wander in. There grief is too near and too new. Choose a God's acre where the grass is overgrown, where weeping willows and grimacing cher ubs decorate the stones, and where the last line of the epitaph is sunk into the ground. Every graveyard has at least it old part, mellowed by the passing of time. Probably Fastest Running Animal. One of the fastest as well as one of the most interesting animals known is the cheetah, the hunting leopard of In dia. These animal'. on account of the great speed which they attain, are tamed by the Indians and trained to hunt antelopes. While the hunted an telope, which can clear a 10-foot fence without apparent effort at a single leap, is at the height of a burst of frightened speed the cheetahs are re leased. They stretch along the ground, gaining -n the antelopes every second, and finally bring them dawn with a well-timed bound which places the fangs of the cheetah in the throat of the quarry. The hunters at once cut1 the throat of the antelope, and the cheetah drinks the blood. Next the th igh of the antelop'e is slit open and the cheetah tears away a small portioni of the gamiie lhe has caipt ured. This is his reward. His muzzle is repired, and he is placed in his cage until the next htunt. While the cheetah Is knowvn as a leopard. lhe is not a true feline, lHe has the arching body of a greyholmd and the feet of a dog, while his head is distinctly that of a cait. The anlimal is rarely seen in the public zoological collections for the reason thamt lhe sooin dies because of the lack of exercise. Great Hotel Is Uncompleted. If our civilization passes, Martians of the future who explore the site of Twentieth century London will won der at the steel skeleton of frames and girders, seven stories hIgh :hat rises above Piccadilly. The structure was started seven years ago. It was Intended to be the Park Lane hotel and would have been one of the most elegant and best sItu ated hotels of England. But since the outbreak of the war not a stroke of work has been done on the structure. Today It stands just as it stood when the last workman left It in 1914. The year 1921. with tight money, labor troubles and high costs, Is not a good time to start buldring expensive hotels. No buyers are in sight, and it is improbable that any will appear. Chickens Singed With Acetylene. One of the most recent uses for acetylene is for singeing chickens."N It is said that the acetylene flame, prop erly used, performs this operation in a small fraction of the time usually re quired, that it removes the last ves tige of fea't hers from the fowl, and that the burning off is accomplished without scorching the skin or heating the delicate flesh. This Is no more remarkable than the use of acetylene in removing paint from canvas, which is done without even the slightest Injury to the fab rc.-Popular Science Monthly. Modernness of the Ancients. We have only to turn back the pages of history to discover that the ancients had some very modern no tions. Mr. E. W. Hulme pointed out before the Newcomen society, recently organ ized In England to study the history of engineering and technology, that in the great Palace of the Two Axes in Crete there was a system of water carried sewage and terra cotta socket ,GrJu?psthat could not be g prior to the W "AIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS VOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS (Continued from page two.) lay, July 1. Hugh took the exami nation for Clemson. The boll weevil is abroad in the land. Some think they will be able to control them, while others de -lare they have already destroyed the :rop. LEBANON. Misses Ruth and Iona Ash, of York, are visiting Miss Bessie Turn er Messrs. John Y. and W. K. Turner spent Monday in Columbia on busi ness. Miss Merrell Turner is visiting in Lancaster, with Mrs. J. E. Funder burk. Miss Johnnie Ruth Turner has.re turned from a visit to Mrs. J. L. Burgess, of Columbia. Mr. Davis Lever, of Blythewood, spent part of the week with Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Turner. , Misses Dorothy and Belle Turner are at home, after a ten days' stay in Greenville. Mr Earle Turner spent Monday in Columbia. The Christian Endeavor Society enjoyed a social given Fridty night at the home of Mrs. Maggie B. Tur ner. Sandwiches and iced tea were served. MITFORD. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ligon spent Monday with the Ligons. Mr. H. S. O'Tuel spent Wednesday at Great Falls. Mrs. J. S. Glass spent Thursday with Mrs. J. M. Smarr. Mr and Mrs. H. S. O'Tuel have re turned to their home in Gibson. Mr. and Mrsj W. S. Keistler spent the day at Great Falls Friday. Mrs. Mollie Dye has gone to Ross ville to visit her relatives. Miss Mary Thomasson and two friends, of Rock Hill, spent a few days with her mother this week. Mrs. Jane Dixon and family spent Thursday with Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. J. S. Glass spent Saturday with Mrs. W. S. Keistler. Mrs. J. T. Thomasson has gone to Sumter to stay a while with her ,ighter, Mrs. R. S. Cherry. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Dye, of Rich. Even "Glei dolla Now oppo unus1 The - have twen1 And duct label. inves1 burg, spent the day with her father Sunday. Master Jeff Outlaw spent the af ttrnoon Sunday with the Ligons. Mrs. Keistler and family spent Wednesday in Rossville. The water melons are ripening fast. HILLCREST. Mr. Oscar Lemmon has returned from a visit to Hamer Miss Cora McDowell spent a few (lays in the neighborhood recently. Mr. and Mrs. Wilds and Mr. a:v! Mrs. Smith, of Longtown, spent the Fourth with Mr. ani Mrs. W. J. Lemmon. Messrs. Geo. and Young Park and Jack Lemmon went fishing on Little river lately and brought home some extra large fish. Mrs. Glenn Park, of Charleston, has been on a visit to Mrs. Dave W. Park Rev. Swicord, of Salem, visited in the community last week. Master Shaw Park spent Tuesday with Bob Lernmon and enjoyed school time talks and games. WOODWARD. Mrs. Bishop came up from Beau fort a few days ago to visit her daughter. Mrs. J. L. Brice. Mrs. Matilda Brice, who has been spending the summer with her sons, Wilson Brice, of Columbia, Dick an. Wade Brice, of. Wedgefield, is now visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Nich olson. Miss Lila Nicholson has returned from Sullivan's Island, where she spent six weeks. Wade Stewart has returned to Charleston, after spending a week at the home of his mother, Mrs. Robert McIlroy Miss Ruth McIlroy, who left Ire land three weeks ago, has ar rived, and will make her home with her father. Mr. David McIlroy. Miss Flora Burns is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. M. Reid. Mrs. John Patrick and little- daugh. ter, of Columbia, are the guests of Mr. W. M. Patrick. Miss Marie Brice and James Brice motored down from York with their father, Mack Brice, and are spending some time at the home of A. H., A. W. and T. W. Brice. Mrs. J. F. Coleman, Misses Marie L] Now It 4 before the p rice reducti ibrook" model was conc -' value of all light six mo -with the price reduced -tunity is knocking at the .ial investment when he si iew price is amazingly lo had one ride behind the y-five miles per hour in r1 remember, please, the "( -not an old model repair It is a splendid investr ment one year from now~ PAIGE-DBTROIT MOTOR Maessssetevme of Paij. - .M.J and Elizabeth Brice, Joe and James Brice spent Tuesday morning in Winnsboro Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Nicholson and sCn have returned from a week's visit t) Angus Nicholson, Jr., at Auburn. William Banks Patrick, Joe Brice, James Brice and Miss Elizabeth Brice attended the picnic at Great Falls last Friday. Mr. Robert Mcllroy and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Da vid McIlroy. Miss May Weir is spending some DELC makin from any I Delc4 redu< can't S your I pay fo few mi most v. Write u Delco-I work, a1 to buy. HOME DL "A i for high write foi DEC-UGI ede tetegets :Io f every _mnwho_ motta acelra3s5r onoJne 7thconur five. ited and be-cherateed wi w.ent will appearlabsura CAR CO,, DETROIT, Michigas Ifetor Cars and Mesor TruchM time at. the home of Mrs Macie Brice. Rev. Kennedy, of Blackstock, made a splendid talk Sunday evening at the Christian Endeavor meeting at Concord church. Mesdames J. F. Coleman, Sam Brice and Bert Brice attended the reception at White Oak Tuesday eve ning, given by Mrs. Matthew Patrick for Mrs. Killough Patrick and Mrs. Ballard. Th July meeting of the Book Club (Continued on seventh page) LIGHT I O-LIGHT is a money g investment. It earns $100 to $1,000 a year on arm. )-Light prices have been :ed to rock-bottom. You ave by waiting. So buy )elco-Light now. Let it r itself during the next Dnths when your time is duable. is. Let us show you how ight saves time and id how easy it is for you LIGHT & POWER CO., Inc, stributors, Columbia, S. C. nited amount of territory open grade Dealers.. If interested details. -r TcoMiPuv. &Ve . rlar-tor dent that knows an after you m five to nzew pro hia 1921 splendid