Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode yVjr* ? -Vv - . ' "? ? * * - aiP riniJ^T.nir' Stone sickness - Stone is found TO be ATTACKED AND HARMED Br BACTERIA. ' Soot is expensive/' The soot from poorly PIRED FURNACES CAUS65 $15 WORTH OF DAMAGE PER PSRSON PER YEAR IN THE U.S. Radio eclipsed Careful ob servation u Nl expectedly SHOWED NO .CHANGE IN ) RADIO TRAMS "MISSION SIGNAL STRENGTH DURING THE ECLIPSE. Tons of Gold Buried in Mud Bed of Lake Legend of the 'Golden Man' Not Unbelievable. Cartagena, Colombia. ? Tons of gold, huge emeralds and other Jewels and precious metals, lying embedded In the mud at the bottom of a small but deep lake In the Andes mountains, waiting for some one with a fortune to gamble on their reclamation ! So goes the legend, and It may be true. Certainly everything points that way. But one can never tell and the cost of an expedition to recover the priceless treasure would be enormous. Of course, nothing Is more natural than that a country known to be rich In natural deposits of gold, platinum and emeralds, should have its fabulous legends. The" country Is Colombia, South America's northernmost 'nation, former stamping ground of the Muys cas Indians. Grabbed Vast Wealth. In the Sixteenth century, the Span lards came to this mountainous garden spot and wrested enormous wealth from the ground. Comparatively re cent history tells us of the galleons which set forth in fleets from ancient Cartagena, today one of Colombia's leading Atlantic ports, laden with treasure consigned to the Old world. Today's commercial statistics show Marathon Winner Dave Komonen of the Monarch A. O., Toronto, C'nnadn, nhown with th? National A. A. U. trophy which ho won In the second annual l.Vmlle marathon race at Washington. Over 128 of the bent long-dlatance runners* of the country took port In the race. the same region, known as the "Re public of Colombia" ever since Simon Bolivar freed It from the Spanish yoke, to be South America's richest producer of gold, the world's leading producer of emeralds, the costliest of Jewels, and second among all plati num producing countries under the sun. With these facts before you, It Is not difficult to believe the legend of the "Golden Man," king of the Muys cas, whose city was known as "El Dorado" ? the treasure city. Every year on a certain day, accord ing to the Muyscas tradition passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, the king rubbed his body with the sticky sap of cer tain trees and permitted the priests of his city to cover him. from head to foot, with gold dust, applied with min iature blow guns. He then walked majestically down to the shore of Lake Guatavlta, a pure gem-like pool of crystal clear water cupped In the heights of the Andes quite near to his capital city of El Dorado. There he left his priests be hind, putting forth upon the water on a small raft. Arriving In the center of the lake, he stood up and prayed for a shower of gems from the gods. Then he dived overboard. This was the signal for all the peo ple of his city who were gathered along the shore to take part In the ceremony, to hurl their most precious possessions Into the lake. These were Invariably gold and Jewels, chiefly emeralds, which they mined with great effort from the adjoining mountain sides. It Qrew and Grew. And so, year after year, the treas ure at the bottom of Lake Guatavlta grew In size and Immeasurable value. The legend of the Golden Man was repeated and spread through the New world. Germans who had settled upon the coast of Venezuela In 1590 set out for Lake Guatavlta to recover the lost wealth, but Indians banded together and drove them bark. Others fol lowed. A Frenchman named I)e Se pulveda partially drained the lake and recovered a few emeralds, one of which he was reported to have sold for $100,000. Spanish comjulstadores tried their hand at the treasure with out success. As late as 1 00M, a group of British engineers were given a gov ernment concession to retrieve the treasure of El Dorado. They spent a fortune draining the lake, but found that the bottom had cakod so hard that other fortunes would he required to chip It away, so they abandoned their venture. The lake filled up again and has so remained for thirty years. Today speculation is life as to whether there really exists a fabulous treasure at the bottom of Lake Gua tavlta or whether It Is merely a fig ment of the Imaginative Indian mind, a story elaborated as It passes from mouth to mouth, from father to son, until the farts are lost In fantastic embellishment. PROGRESS By LEONARD A. BARRETT MA Century of Progress" ? a most Interesting title for the World's fair. A hundred years of progress In science and Invention may mean much or lit tle depending upon one's attitude to ward social values. "A Century of Progress" In In dention has devel oped the machine age In Industry, which suggests a serious question ? can the develop ment of the ma chine be acclaimed Indiscriminately with hearty applause? The ultimate worth of an Invention is found not In the field of scientific dis covery, but In Its value to society. Aa one reviews the triumph of the machine age as It is being dem onstrated at the fair, the question naturally arises, "Is society any better off at the end of this 'Century of Progress*? To what extent Is present unemployment due to the perfection of the machine? May It not be true that the very men who worked to com plete the fair have now returned to the ranks of the unemployed, some of whom may have been forced to ac cept welfare donations?" Progress achieved at the cost of three years of the most severe de pression known in history may be heralded as an advance in science but unless human relations are better, and life made more livable and happier, that progress Is scarcely worthy of so costly a celebration. The other side of the picture, how ever, looks toward tomorrow and may be prophetic. What we see at the fair may be Indicative of a greater and grander future, a preview of Its architecture, Industry and science. That the economic pressure Is grad ually being lifted no person can hon estly doubt It will, however, take a long time to atone for the sacrifice and suffering of the last three years. If, however, we get back to normalcy and the "Century of Progress" en ables us to build upon that foundation a nobler future socially, all that we have witnessed at the fair can truly be prophetically Interpretive of an age that Is to be. There is no progress save that which ministers to the spiritual, moral and physical development of the race. C. 1918, WMtirn K*w?pa.p?r Union. For Town Wear Naturnl linen crush with mi and white polkn dot trimming. coo) and Hnmrt for town wear. The Jacket 1r fitted at the hips and has the new epaulet sleeven that reach Junt nbove the wleeves of the frock. A red suede belt In worn on the frock. Cyrus the Great Cyrus the Great succeeded Darius, bb monarch of Media and Persia In f>58 B. C. Ills great rival Croesus, seems to have succeeded his father on the throne of Lydla, at about the snme time, being five yenrR younger thnn Gyrus. ? . : . ? " : : ' Yes, We Have Fascist! in America Led by Commander-in-Chief Art J. Smith (extreme right), these "Khaki Shirts," or American Fascists, raise their hands In a salute made famous by Europe's ultra-nationalistic organizations. They even wear spiked helmets surmounted by an eagle and shield emblem and carry lengths of gas pipe "for protection." They propose to "take over" the United States government. The Household B> LYDIA LE BARON WALKER Whether one has read the book of Dickens* titled "Great Expectations" or whether one has not, the term Is familiar because so frequently quoted, not In reference to the volume, but to an attitude of mind. It Is often used whimsically. In whatever form It Is quoted, however, there Is a thought behind It which Is worthy of consld prnflo;i The modern slung expres alon, "He got what he was looking 1 for," hns the same idea back of It. The thing expected and the thing looked for has come to pass. This idea should give pause to thought What are we looking for? What are we ex pecting? Without going Into minute details of what such things might he to dlffereut per sons, there exists the fact that what ever the thing Is, ft represents the at titude of mind of the person. It is this attitude which we should watch and guard. There are nat ural tendencies to , expect the best or the worst Those who are pessimistic do well to realize iliat a bullet In the worst things com ing to pass, opens the way for thorn to happen. Such persons are totting mentally ready for disagreeable, un happy, or distressing things to come to them, or to whomsoever they are thinking about expectantly. It Is no light matter to have such expectations which are certainly great in their ef feet for misery and misfortune. One drawing force in the expecta tion of good or bad things occurring. Is that the person contemplating them sees ways in which they could hap pen. For example, if you ore expect ing things to turn out badly, you are quick to see the wnys by which the worst could occur, and thinking thus, you are slow to see avenues of escape from direful results. There may be as ninny opportunities of exemption, but Pauper Divorced ; He Marries Again Helena, Mont. ? It may hnve been courage or It may have been gratitude to Lewis and Clark county for paying costs of his di vorce suit, but Herman Scholer re married Immediately after obtain ing bis freedom. Scholer took a pauper's oath that he could not pay the covts of his suit charging Selma Scholer with desertion. The court then granted him a decree, custody of two of the four children by the marriage, and ordered the county to pay costs of the suit. Scholer walked from the court room. paid cash for a marriage li cense, and a short time later was a married man, with Katherlne K. James as bin bride. the light of your mind Is not turned on them. But on the paths of misfortune. One blessing is that the reverse Is equally true. The person who expects good things to happen also "gets what he 1b looking for." He sees ways by which the good could happen and he has faith In his expectations, and these attitudes clear the way for for tunate events to come to pwss. Right of Way. There would be little, object In call Ing attention to the power of great expectations were It not possible to gain the attitude whereby the best things can be expected and thereby given the right of way. It Is a lar.y mind which lets matters even of thought drift Into wrong channels. By getting busy and thinking con structlvely on ways and means of pre venting disaster, we are on the road to recovery. Give the sub-conscious mind n chance to work helpfully by repeated assertions that you expect good things to happen. Look for them. IMck out the best in every turn of affairs, and think on It. You will be amazed at the results of such great expectations In the right direction. ?. 19 3 3. Bell Syndicate.? WNU 8?rvlc?. Still Belligerent Unrepentant and employing a dic tionary to find new words to expresik hlR defiance, W. P. Rlake, fifty-three. California's modern day duelist, wns found guilty by a Jury in Superior court nt Los Angeles on a charge of sending n clinllenge to fight a duel to Herman Miller, patent attorney. Make, an Inventor, was accused un der an old statute prohibiting duel challenges. 25- Year-Old Love Pact Between 3 Carried Out London. ? With the wedding of Mrs. Mary Helena Barker and John Weath erald In Tow Law, recently, a lova pact made between twin brother* 25 years ago was carried out. John and James Weathernld devel oped an attachment for Mm. llarker, who Is a widow, a quarter of a cen tury ago. One .of the brothers be came ongaged to her, and the other was so downcast In losing her Uinf the threw agreed that the brId$-to-be should bW'Ome the housekeeper to thff twins, and that If one died she should marry the survivor. James died four months ngo. John Is now seventy nine and Mrs. Barker sixty seven. SUCH IS LIFE? Brave Junior! Our Government ? How It Operates By William Bru chart INDEPENDENT AGENCIES THIS government of ours has be come such a gigantic thing that only those who have dally contact ^ with it In all of Us forms readily rec ognise Its magnitude. Consequently, there has developed throughout th^ country a feeling on the part of thou sands that thero are a lot of govern mental agencies whose existence Is not Justified. There are others who are not certnln the government ought to he as big as It Is. but they retain an unquestioning faith in those they elect to represent them. There is plenty of ground for the feeling in each instance. The govern ment certainly is doing a lot of things that the Fathers of the Country did not contemplate, but which asture poli ticians since have conceived. Many of these functions ought never have A been started ; vast numbers of them ^ ought to be done away with now, but the law of averages has worked again and some of the things the government Is now doing represent services which the country needs and which Its citi zenry finds of value In one manner or another. In the course of examining the gov ernmental structure In detail as I have had to do In preparing these dis cussions, I located a total of 53 agen cies operating Independently of the established departments over which cabinet members preside. They spend a total of about $00,000,000 each year, exclusive of the vast sum ? $98f>,000. 000 ? paid out by the veterans' admin istration which has - been discussed separately. So it would seem that there was sufficient reason for that Tennessee woman who, having read criticisms of the great number of bu reaus, boards and commissions, wrote to the Pre Ident, sayinr that she could use one of the "useless bureaus" and would be willing to pay the freight charges on it If one were shipped to her. Most of these Independent offices spend less than a million dollars a year apiece. Some of them cost only a few thousand a year, hut there are some whose annual cost to the tax payers range much higher. Surely, none questions the value of the radio commission in these days when we all enjoy extracting things from the air, at nor is there a question as to the prln- ? clples actuating creation of the fed eral power commission. The board of tax appeals amounts to a court and serves taxpayers and the government alike. But there Is the shipping board and the United States tariff commission and the federal trade commission and the bureau of efficiency, two or three commissions to adjust disputes grow ing out of boundary questions between the United States and its neighbors, the national screw thread commis sion, any number of memorial and battle monument commissions, boards for this and boards for that. The tariff commission was created on the theory that the tariff (iiiestion would be taken out of politics, but politicians did not want that to happen. The federal trade commission was estab lished to protect the little fellow against the octopus of business, but there Is a school of thought that believes It started nowhere and continues on that course. There nre such groups ns the civil Rerviee commission who, If politicians kept hands off, might establish a fed era) service thnt would contain only satisfactory workers eventually, and the Joint committee on printing thnt would hold down government costs of printing except that the government departments and members of the house and senate are continually clamoring to stock the country with printed ma terial. A board of mediation was set up to settle railway labor disputes, but there Is little doubt that It could bo dispensed with along with two scores of other agencies. Maintenance of such organization!! as the Smithsonian Institution Is ac cepted as a normal function of gov ernment, for It preserves to posterity a physlcnl record of what has hap pened and Is educational, purely. At the other Ride of the Mall from the Smithsonian in Washington, however. Is a beautiful building that serves as headquarters of the Pan-American union. It Is supposed to knit the nations | of the two Americas. It has accom plished some things, but it has failed In many. Then, there are several agencies rep resenting a wartime-hangover, such as the alien property custodian, the War Finance corporation, the railroad administration. They are existing be cause all of this time has been re quired, and more, to wind up their affairs. There are the new agencies, too the Reconstruction Finance cor poration and the Federal Home lx>an hank hoard, the first strictly an emer gency relief corporation and the sec ond a permanent addition to the na tion's financing unit, flood undoubted ly has come from the first and the establishment of the Home Loan bank system Is generally recognized as a move In the right direction, and It must t?e remembered respecting these two that, theoretically at least, neither tft to result In added burdens for the taxpayers for the money they pay out In In the form of loans and Is repay ?hie. G, l?JJ. W*?t*rn i>#? I rutin.