The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 16, 1920, Image 3
Yeggs Visit BarnweD and
Blow Scife in Post Office
Robbers Make Big Haul at Early Hour
This Momi
About $2,500 in S
Stolen
SAILORS HOLD ODD BELIEFS
No Clue to Identity of Men Who Rob
bed Uncle Sam.—Explosion Heard
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by Only One or Two Persons.
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Yeggmen visited Barnwell at an early hour this
(Thursday) morning, blew open the safe in the
post office and made their escape with about $2,-
500 worth of postage stamps, between $25 and
$50 in money and a watch belonging to Mrs. Pearl
Harvard, one of Postmaster Deason s assistants.
So far as can be learned, there is no clue to their
identity.
The hour of the robbery is fixed at about 3 or
3:30 o’clock, Mr. R. C. Carroll, who lives in a small
mUoRe iri the rear oi the po*t office butkhng hav-' w ««^* r ** < 1 " oth * r
mg heard an explosion,* at that time, which he says
he thought was a fire-cracker of the giant variety,
the boys of the town having begun some time ago
to celebrate C hristmas with fireworks. About 1 BALKED AT EXECUTION
five o'clock Policeman J. B. Ross discovered that Obainau to th« L«»t, An.mai com-
« I polled Buffalo Bill to Completely
the back door of the post office was open and an Empty Hi* Revolver. .
investigation disclosed the robbery.*
tint ranee into the building was effected by way
Bait-Water Mariners Cling With T#»
nacity to Many Superstition* at
Which Landsman Laugh*. ,
Nearly all ships carry a horsesho*.
Usually it Is milled sTtmewhere in the
stern. The horseshoe has been a Ir
tish with sailors ever since Nelson
nailed one to the mast of the Victory.
Sailors have many superstitions. A
sailor who wears a bahy’s caul feels
himself immune from death by drown
ing. And after a long trip the sailor
who first sights land will have a good
voyage home. Jack becomes decided
ly uneasy if he hoars “land-lubber
lingo” on the ocean. Therefore, if
ever you are a passenger xlou t let him
bear you refer to the deck of a cabin-
as the “lloor.” the companion as the
“stairs” or the alleyway as the “lobby”
or “passage.” It is bad form, and un
lucky. Whistling, at sea stirs up evil
winds. A cuttlefish swimming on top
of the waves also betokens a storm.
A\iua!l may he expected when an ul-
batross alights on the deck or when u
seagull Hies between the foremast and
the mainmast. Hut if the seagull Hies
between the mainmast and the mizzen
mast fair winds will prevail. Cats are
considered unlucky to have on board
ship. -Up to the lust twenty years
most sailors wore earrings for luck.
No sailor will shoxrt at birds lor fear
of destruction of his ship. It la unlucky
to kill u petrel. These birds, called by
sailors “Mother Carey’s chickens"—a
le sal Tor's THemta.
They give warning of an approaching
I storm.* l ,,,s K that each of
tlies«‘ birds bears the soul of ‘a dead
seaman.—London Times.
pert* llie crack around the door was first thor
oughly soaped, the ''soup.** or nitroglycerine, being
poured in at the top. The force of the explosion
tore the heavy door entirely loose from its hinges,
a deep dent in the fioorf o the building showing
where it fell. It was damaged beyond repair.
As soon as the robbery was discovered Postmas
ter Drason, Sheriff Sanders and Chief of Police
Hayes were notified, but the yeggs had already
made their escape. In their hurry they overlooked
about $50. which was found lying in front of the
one of the roads leading out of Barnw’ell, but
whether it belonged to the robbers or was aban
doned by a law-abiding citizen is not known at this
time. It is being held by the authorities. Sever
al persons now recall having noticed two strang
ers loafing about the city for the past day or two
and an effort will no doubt be made to locate them.
They were seen here Wednesday night.
A quantity of dynamite was stolen from a power
plant near Columbia a sliiort time ago, at which
time warning was issued to the public to be on the
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lookout for safe-blowers, and since then two or
three robberies have occurred at different points in
the State. 1
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PRODUCES COTTON IN COLORS
Southerner Has Succeeded in Growing
Green and Brown and Is Experl-
.. menting on Black. —
-A. W. Rrnbhnm lins submitted to the
Cotton exchange of Savannah four
samples of colored cotton—light brown,
dark brown, "light green and dark-
green. They are the resuMs of years
of experimentation. Mr. Hrabham says
that other colors will npixear when n
number of cotton p’ents In his garden
that are not yet fully grown begin to
ben r.
The botanist has not yet been able
to produce black cotton, but be says
he will do ao.in time. It would have
appeared this year, he contend*. If a
package of the aeod* of a blue-tinted .
iIImI to Kim hr • hnfaniat in' I
Luther Hurlumk once told Mr. Rrnb
ham that he would produce black cot
ton for a million dollars. Mr. Brab
ham replied that lie thoueht he could
do It more rhrnpfy. and thereupon
started his experiments.
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*ent for a not ft ler pack
age of tfcewe aceds, and .be I* convinced
tbat If be « them nrltb certain of
the catena be ha* •'•y4dv
VcbbU trill he hftafik
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Girls Traveled Far In Wilderness.
Down the wild and- lagged- east
shoreline of Lake Winnipeg, Manito
ba* where not a farin’ nor a settlement
breaks the ^desolation, two young
women of eastern Canada recently
rowed 2d0 miles In an open boat, tnk
log a month for the trip and making
their own camp every night. The col
leerhm of fossils. In which the region
Is TicIk w as the object of the remark
able Journey. A lone Indian was the
only human being sighted In the en
lire distance. The daring \QiiiiaT>
•a*y of tbe' lake, and from that point
• era wV-tlj dapendont upon their
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It wntf whtlf serving us a kcuiii un
der tfCtoTnl Sheridan in his campaign
against the Indiana In western Kansas
t t I |i • r’UL ci that Buffalo Bill, carrying dlspabdiea,
oi the front door and the manner m which the safe] had to ride u government mat* owing
ii * If | to tlie scarcity of horses. The mule
was blown has every indication or the work of ex- Ur „ k ,. uuy i c«i> bad to walk 35
I tulles during the inght with tlie animal
Ju«l in fr<mt of him. but alwnya out of
reach S
“Will. wIm»u he got renlljr and truly
angr>.“ ^nyn bis widow, “didn't have
the sweetest temper in the world. And
by the time the sun rose he was just
utKHjt l**n degree* higher I ban fexer-
lu at in his ailitud** toward the mule.
.Sii<|«b*nl>, tlie sohder* in h'ort l^umed
iiear*l I tie »'»otid of a «hot about half a
lie uway. Titen anoihcr and atiother
another. WluU'. tlu-\ reactiexl the
- w leTe tlie *lifs*ling hud iM'i'Urrcd
U«e> ftaind Will Mubding over a dead
mun , t*u**iug en«-r;.etlcull>.
“ ’lUix*.’ he said. * the tough
est. uienttcat mule I ever m»w in my
life, lie made me walk ad night and
1 decided that he wouldn’t e\er do
that t«» another follow/-fco I executed
Modern Treasure Islands.
Situated in the i’ticiiir <H*ean, nearly
midway IkHwcoii AiV-rnu and Asia, Is
Nauru, n luirreti i*t of rts’k only
twelve miles in JlNwniifereiice. Thirty
•»r torty >ears ago almost anybody
could Iuiv«* had it for the asking- 'l®*
nay it is worth untold millions, owing
to the helttlwd disetwery that the whole
island i< neither more nor less than a
mass of phosphate rock, soil fertilizer
well known to agriculturists. In Con
ception hay, Newfoundland, is Bell
bihtnd, sold by its original owner
many years ago for It changed
hands again for $2,000,000. This euor-
mous rise in value was due to the dis
covery that the island Is composed al
most entirely of iron ore. For years
previously shipmasters had been in
the haldt of taking the heavy, easily
handled rock for ballast, dumping it
overboard with the utmost unconcern
when they loaded up with cargo. Then
one day a Captain more curious than
the others had the strange-looking
“rock” assayed and his fortune was
made.
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Not of the Usual Sort.
A woman who had lived in a cer
tain country town an tige at which
her friends had scarcely assumed that
she was likely to forsake her spinster-
hood, suddenly surprised them by an
nouncing her engagement t/> a local
bachelor who was coiishfotcd xather
eccentric. A friend of hers took'It
upoir herself to express some little
surprise nt the engagement, and when
the fiancee replied: “Hut what is it In
him you don’t like?” answered: "Oh,
I don’t dislike him at all; it’s only
that everybody thinks him—well, not
exactly eccentric, but. at any ratfc
rather singular in many of his wayi/ r
, “Thjit may be,” replied Hie prospec
tive bride, “but then. *• bp Is *o very
unlike other men, tie !•* turely
MANYPEOPLE THINK THAT IS
WHERE BUSINESS HAS GONE—AND
SOME F£W WOULD PROBABLY BE
WILLING TO GO THERE AFTER IT.
HOWEVER, THAT’S NOT NECESSARY.
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JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING WILL DIS
PEL THE BLUEDEVIL OF HARD
TIMES AND MAKE THIS OLD WORLD
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SEEM LIKE A PARADISE ONCE MORE.
YOU HAVE THE GOODS TO SELL-
WE HAVE THE MEANS BY WHICH
ifefr -¥QUR»«-M
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FORE THE BUYING PUBLIC AT A
MINIMUM OF COST. ^
. COME IN AND LET’S TALK IT OVER
OR PHONE NUMBER 89 AND A REP-
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RESENTATIVE WILL CALL ON YOU.,
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Adverb** in The People.