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Archeologica
By HELEN S. WELLS
SUfl Writer
What would you expect to find in a privy?
T^he Middleton Place Privy House
describes the variety of objects found in an
1800 privy. The book, by Helen Woolford
Haskell, a former member of the USC Institute
of Archeology, tell* of the work
uncovering the privy, located outside
Charleston.
The 1978 excavation led by Kenneth E.
Louis, archeologist for the USC Institute of
Archeology, began after workmen at
Middleton Place Gardens found a pit
beneath a layer of concrete in a small
Historic building. Ironically, the workmen
had been assigned to convert the building
into restrooms for tourists.
Louis, who was working at another
Middleton site, was called to excavate the
pit.
"We found a lot of bottles and jars still
intact?mostly medicine bottles and spirits
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Help Wanted: Work 2 a.m. Allread said, a
to 8 a.m. Monday through just one of sev
Friday, good benefits, no where studen
pay, must have good work experienc
references. Apply at South The jobs in
Carolina Educational information ai
Television. fairs, arts ai
For USC students, the editing and
references must come from minority a
either Dr. Lee Dudek of the editorial serv
College of Journalism or Dr. writing). None
Porter McLaurin in media pay.
arts. The benefits come after "A professor
a few years when the student or one of oui
may be making $50,000 a heads and r<
year. And the hours? Well, if student," Livi
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positions available. supervision is
The job is giving college the student ca
students some hands-on independently,
experience in the com- Allread cited
munications field. of Jim Cottle,
Jane Livingston, per- tern from USC'
sonnel director for SCETV, of media arts
and Morris Allread, with compute;
production supervisor, work SCETV.
closely with interns from Computer ed
several colleges in South its infancy anc
Carolina, including USC. computer op
Many journalism and huge salaries
media arts colleges are mercial televis
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bottles," Louis said. He said he believes the
good shape of the artifacts is due to "spring
cleaning" conducted by J. J. Pringle Smith,
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"When he moved in and began to restore
the plantation he'threw out all this old stuff
that must have been left in the house." Louis
said Smith must have thrown the items in
the old privy pit before he poured concrete
and installed an electrical generator in the
wooden structure.
Two of the more unusual artifacts found
were a laboratory beaker and an Armour
Beef Extract jar. The beaker was probably
used by Henry Middleton, who later studied
under the Scottish physicist James Clerk at
Cambridge University.
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of the century, although Armour had been
packaging since 1885.
An exhibit of the objects which were found
in the privy can be viewed at Middleton
Gardens.
Offers Internships
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ts can gain California.
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department television industry,
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ecomes more prevalent in the computer
lis work, less editing department. "It's
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we are a training ground for
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a former in- we cannot hire." Livingston
s department referred to the hiring ban at
who worked SCETV which has been in
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By SALLY McGILL
Staff Writer
In a bar, where it is dim
and smoky, from the
doorway appears a man in a
red cape. Is it Little Red
Riding Hood's brother?
Superman? It's Captain
Telegram!
Captain Telegram owns
the largest singing telegram
service in Columbia.
Mike Kelly, better known
as Captain Telegram, came
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iu ^oiuinuia one ana a nan
years ago to open a singing
telegram service.
He picked Columbia
because it had no competition,
he said.
Although there were two
other services in Columbia,
they were not taken
seriously because they did
not conduct themselves as a
serious business.
"We conducted ourselves
as a business and were taken
seriously," Kelly said.
Kellv hoPan Hpliv^rincf
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singing telegrams part time
in Indianapolis. He found out
about it when he was the
owner and operator of a
health food restaurant.
A woman going through
the line was wearing a
button that said, "I am a
victim." He asked a victim
of what. She said a victim of
a singing telegram.
"She was actually a
messenger," Kelly said. He
later applied for a job
singing telegrams.
One of Kelly's first
deliveries as a messenger
was in a bowling alley. ''I
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about doing it."
The guy who received the
telegram in the bowling
alley was so moved someone
would do this for him, he
started to cry, Captain
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Telegram
Telegram said.
"It was one of the last
' times I felt silly doing it
because I thought this means
this much to this person. It's
not only whacky, funny and
crazy, it's a way of doing
something so people will
realize they've been
remembered."
Although most of the
reactions are positive, he
has received a few negative
reactions.
In one instance, the information
given to Captain
Telegram made the receiver
mad. He was a huge guy,
Kelly said. "He picked me
up, with no effort, by my
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brick wall. I spit my kazoo
right out."
On another occasion, he
delivered an "I'm sorry" to
a woman who didn't want to
hear it. "She didn't want to
be apologized to by me or
anybody else."
Captain Telegram said one
of the strangest telegrams he
delivered was for a man who
was checking into the
hospital for a physical. The
message was "Happy Rigor
Mortis "
Recently, he delivered one
to a man who was in and out
of a minimum security jail
term. He spent most of his
time at a hotel in town.
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The staff wanted to give
him a hip spnH-off for his; last
night. The message was
"He's sprung and going over
the wall tonight."
Kelly never discusses his
family. "It's all business. I
keep a certain amount of my
personal life a secret."
For each telegram
delivery, Captain Telegram
finds out several bits of
information about the nerson
J
? habits, hobbies, peculiar
behavior, and mildly to
thoroughly embarrassing
situations.
"Anything the sender
wants to mention, we'll work
it in as long as it's not meant
to hurt someone's feelings.
"One of the great things
about this is that you don't
always know what you're
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Telegram said. The people
don't know and shouldn't
know. "If they did, then
they've already seen it. You
should try to do something
pretty much spontaneous
each time."
How can a person
recognize Captain
Telegram? That's easy: "I
wear a blue vest and a red
cape, a ruffled tuxedo shirt
and a black velvet bow tie, a
policeman-type hat and I
carry a little mechanical
monkey."
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