The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 29, 1920, Page 3, Image 3
STitAXUK FAMILY IX SWAMP.
Scientist Keveals Mysteries of the Okefenokee,
Hitherto lTne\plored.
The discovery of a half savage family
speaking Chaucerian English, on
an island in the midst of the Okefenokee
swamp, in Georgia, was described
by Dr. \Y. D. Funkhouser in
a lecture at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Funkhouser was one of a party
of scientists from Cornell university
which undertook the trip in
i yi2 in search of new flora and fauna
and to determine the expediency of
having the swamp made a national
park by the government.
So far as was known at the time
no man had ever entered the swamp,
the natives had a superstitious fear
of it, and even criminals could not
make their way into it, Dr. Funkhouser
said.
Among the rumors heard by the
scientists were stories that Billy Bowlegs,
famous Seminole chief, made
his last stand against the whites in
the swamp; that a colony of people
lived on an island in it; and that it
t was inhabited by a witch who devoured
men who attempted entrance. They
could get none of the natives to act
as guides for them, and learned that
the only man who ever made any
start into the swamp was brought
back after a half day's journey by his
native guide, who refused explanation.
?
"We five started in alone, carrying
fifty-pound packs, with a compass as
our guide," Dr. Funkhouser said.
"The water was from wraist to shoulder
deep, full of giant cypress trees,
and so closely overgrown with underbrush
and entangling vines that we
literally had to cut our way wun saw
at every step, and could only advance
\ a mile a day. On the bottom was a
thick growth of moss, which would
support the weight of a man while
moving, but which would begin to
sink with us as soon as we stood still
to begin cutting the brush. /'
"We soon had to discard cameras,
provisions and other paraphernalia
because of the difficulty of travel and
we ate bear meat and alligator tails.
The swamp was full of game of every
kind, and the water abounded wTith
fish, snakes and alligators. We drank
the swamp water, which was coffee
colored, but had nothing in it to pollute
it, as no human habitations were
near. >
"At night we piled brush as high as
we could around the cypress trees to
make beds. Of course the brush soon
sank below the water, which would
wake us, and we then cut more brush
, and made more beds indefinitely until
morning. There were myriads pf mosquitoes
and other insects, but as there
were no other people for them to bite
they could not give us malaria. We
were wet all the time, and everything
that could be spoiled by water was
ruined.
"Sometimes we came to a big tunnel
through the underbrush, where a
large alligator had crashed his way
through, and we would crawl through
it to save some cutting. The difficulties
were that the sides were usually
supplied with wasp nests, and there
was always the chance of meeting the
alligator coming back.
Finds Family on Island.
"At the end of the twentieth day
"oto pamp in sisrht. of a low island cov
ered with pine/trees. Here we found
a family of persons who in many
ways can be compared only to animals.
It consisted of an old, old woman,
her tribe of three sons and two
. daughters, who had intermarried; and
their eleven children. All of them
were degenerate weaklings, undernourished,
and had hookworm and
bad blood, as the tests ve made showed.
They had a large graveyard
which was about full.
"The family had no shelter except
a rude lean-to built against a tree,
and wore no covering to speak of, the
children being entirely naked^ While
they spoke English, we had much difficulty
in understanding them as their
vocabulary was Chaucerian, Spencerian
and Shakespearian. We did not
know this at the time, and their
speech was very ? strange to us, but
we made a dictionary of it during
our all-summer stay on the island,
and when we came out we learned
that many of the words they used are
known to the world only through
Chaucer, while more are of the time
of Spencer and Shakespeare.
Only One Traveler.
"They had never heard of reading,
writing or any of the things we take
for granted, and on learning that
we were from New York, inquired
if it were another island or a turpentine
still. Only ond of them had ever
been off the island. He had found
the headwaters of the Sewanee river,
which rises in tb# swamp, and had
twice year floated down it in a flat
bottomed boat to the edge of the
, swamp where there was a turpentine
still and a small store. He had a suit
of overalls which he wore at these
times and kept concealed with the
boat in the brush in the meantime.
"On these semi-annual trips he
traded bear and alligator skins for
salt and corn meal at the store, but
he didn't talk to anyone there and
tbey supposed him to be one of the
Georgia crackers of the vicinity. Although
he didn't talk, he listened,
and the olassic speech of the family
was peculiarly mixed with the Georgia
cracker dialect. On one of his
trips he took back a small acetylene
lamp, which was the most wonderful
thing his brothers and sisters, who
had never heard of candles, had ever
seen. They contended that water
would burn, as he had managed to
save some carbide, and would pour
water from the swamp into the container
and light it.
"In spite of their entire ignorance
of the world and total inability to
, understand anything outside 'their
island, these people were very religious,
and one of them asked me if
I believed in the living God.
"The development of their senses
and their acute powers of observation
can be compared only to animals.
They could smell a rattlesnake
in the swamp and trail by
smell like dogs. They could see
things we could not and could describe
birds and insects or animals
so accurately that the scientists in
the party could recognize them. They
also knew more about nature than
anyone in our party.
Woman Wouldn't Talk.
"We could never learn how the:
came to be there or how long th<
family had been inhabitants of th<
island, although we were convincec
that the old woman knew. She re
fused to talk about it at all. Oui
theory was that a convict or som<
fugitive from justice made his wa:
into the swamp generations ago, witf
one or more companions, and that i
had been impressed on the old woman
that she must never reveal tin
facts.
"As to the other tradition, we
learned more. On opening an Indian
mound on the island, we disinterrec
the skeleton of an Indian, undoubtedly
bowlegged, with a tomahawl
hole in.his skull, and his dogs anc
wives buried in concentric circles
around him. There were also in the
mound other articles usually placec
in Indian burial places.
"After learning: about the outle
by way of the Sewanee, we floated
down it, got provisions, cameras anc
other scientific equipment for obtaim
ing and preserving specimens which
we shipped north by the same route
We found many, many new .specie;
new to science; adult specimens, eggs
and nests of the ivory billed wood
pecker, supposed to have been extinct
half a century; new and ran
insects, animals and plants, and mud
evidence tha? crocodiles, supposec
ever to have lived in the Unitec
States, are to be found in the wate:
of :he swamp.
People Helpful.
"The people were very helpful ir
obtaining specimens, and when once
they knew- what we wanted, coulc
get many more than w*e could anc
tell us facts about them which were
unknown to science. They had trails
from the island out into the swamp
going by way of fallen logs, shallow
pools of water and tufts of grass
or moss, wrhich made it easier. for
us.. There were several other small
islands or small pieces of land twro 01
three inches under water, in the vicinity.
The people had named all
other islands but the one on which
they lived. One of these which they
called Many Lake island, we had
much difficulty in reaching, as they
refused for a long time to guide us
there, because, they said, 'the^e belonged
to merry wings there/
"They would not tell what 'pierry
wings' were, but I? found out. When
we were finally taken to the island,
where we spent one night, some insect
which we never saw stung me so
that my eyes were swollen almost
shut, and my fingers so that they
stood out stiffly from my' palms for
several days. Whatever the insect
was, it was entirely unknown to science.
"To the islanders we were as some
higher beings, and they stood around
us, watching our every action, as lone
as we were there. As beings higher
than they, it was not fitting that they
should question any of our actions,
The first thing we saw in the morning
was that ring of seventeen persons
standing about us, and it was
our last sight at night.
"Th? women on the island did not
ask one question about women in the
outside world, and none of the family
had any conception of life off the
island. Their family name was Lee
and their Christian names were all
Biblical."
TWO RAIDS BY BANDITS.
Robbers and Express Company Paymaster
Shot.
Chicago, July 26.?Two bandits
and two express company paymasters
were shot, one of the latter probably
fatally and $25,000 stolen in two daring
payroll robberies on the West
Side within 20 minutes of each other
this morning. All of the- bandits
escaped. 1 Earlier in tne day two
young men who have been holding
up branches of a chain store grocery
system perpetrated their 15 th robberv
within a month, escaping with
$750.
Five bandits in a touring car
fought with three express company
messengers in front of the Hart,
Schaffner and Marx clothing factory,
in the heart of the densely populated
West Side and escaped with a steel
box containing $10,000 after,two o!
their number had been wounded.
More than 50 shots were exchanged
in the fight while 200 pedestrians
and employees of the factory looked
on. George Haubeek, one of the express
paymasters, was shot through
the head and is not expected t > lrve
Another messenger, Charles Gaude,
was wounded in the leg.
' After Haiibeck fell one of the robbers
grabbed the box, but was shol
down by Gaude. A second bandil
snatched up the money and threwv il
into the car, but was shot before he
could followr and collapsed across the
running board. His companions
dragged the other wounded man into
the machine and it dashed off witi
one injured man clinging to the running
board.
A motorcycle policeman gave clias*
but lost the trail after several blocks
Shortly after the first hold up,
three men drove up to the Petersor
Machine Works almost at the edge
of the loop district, and took $ 15,00C
from Abe Nelson, a saloonkeeper
who is a stockholder in the concern
Nelson had just reached the planl
with the money which he had drawr
from a down town bank. The mer
escaped.
Sure to Return.
A new Englander tells of a merchant
in a Vermont town whose
did nnt verv stronsrlv substanti
?~7 ^ -
ate his advertising claims. So he pul
out a new sign. He was pleased tc
observe that a great many persons
stopped to read it. But soon he was
pu.-zled and angered to notice tha
they all went on, laughing! There
was; nothing humorous about the sign
for it merely read:
If You Buy Here Oirce
You Will Come Again.
The merchant went out in a casua
sort of way and glanced at his sigr
to see what was the matter. Some
one, no doubt a former customer, hac
added another line, and it now read:
If You Buy Here Once
You Will Come Again
To Bring it Back.
i
Cotton sheets at Rentz & Felder's.
Tobacco twine at Rentz & Felder's.
i R. P. BELLINGER
1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
General Practice in All Courts.
r
2 Office Work and Civil, Business a
r Specialty. Money to Lend.
i Offices in rear over Hoffman's Store.
1 BAMBERG, S. C.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic v
? restores vitality and energy by purifying and enl
riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strengtnl
ening, InviJCMting Effect. Price 00c.
666 quickly relieves Constipation,
I Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and
> Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.
* _
' DR. THOMAS BLACK
t DENTAL SURGEON.
| Graduate Dental Department University
of Maryland. Member S. C.
State Dental Association.
Office opposite postoffice. Officfe
^ hourse, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
5 *
5 ? ~ ~
; A. B. UTSEY
1 \ INSURANCE
I _
r Bamberg, S. C. >
; 666 has more imitations
i than any other Chill and Fe[
ver Tonic on the market but
no one wants imitations.
: They are dangerous things
! in the medicine line.
I - No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an unhealthy
color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
[ rule, there is mere or less stomach disturbance. \
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
. for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve
the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening
Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
' in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
^ ma
:
f Palmetto
X
4 Offers three courses in Stenogra
if BookkeeDing, Accounting and kin
A in PALMETTO COLLEGE gives 3
4 Employment Department. We re(
if ecutives than all other colleges in
A old established business colleges v
A /
! individual instruction, n
i enced teachers. dai
v positions gu
: f
A You can complete the prescribed <
X COLLEGE in less than half the tin
( ATA
. Our student body represents ever]
! east as Pennsylvania. The reaso
Z. known everywhere. Address Box
? No- 65, Varnville, S. C., or 57 W
X
: i Palmetto
I THE SCHOOL THAT IS K:
VtVVVVVTT
~7g
^ f g j RjrC^n/hpchoa ==~ ^
U? *
I
*jTF you would ke
t i A pation.
L ' '
t *Nujol works on ar
ciple. Without for
f softens the food was
many tiny muscles ii
testines, iontractin^
j ! their normal way, 1
j waste along and out
J ! .It is absolutely harn
5 take. Try it.
I I S ^B9
\|wmB ajB wkj
i lg\ -. Fo Com
The Modem Method of 7
BACK N
\J urttbout question if Hunt's Salve
^**5^ s^ll tails io the treatment of Eczema,
f M i wi Tetter.Ringworm.Itch.etc Don't
f ji become discouraged because other
/rj treatments failed Hunt's Sals*
jL. MjSji has relieved hundreds of such
jfiffiyTjj)? cases You can't lose oo our
Qt&S&i 'jffift Money Back Cuarmntem. Try
j?i it at our risk TODAY, Prka 7Je
MACK'S DRUG STORE, Bamberg.
/
r PORTABLE AND STATIONARY
imiiiro
LNhlNCd
AND BOILERS
Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors,
Pumps and Fittings Wood
Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys,
Belting, Gasoline Engines
LAR?estock LOMBARD
Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works.
Supply Store.
AUGUSTA, GA.
ACT QUICKLY
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger, Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty cf Bamberg evidence of
tVi oir wirrf'h
Mrs. C. E. Simmons, New Bridge
St., Bamberg, saye: "My back hurt
me. so badly I would sometimes have
to press mv hands upon it to ease
the pain: The action of my kidneys
wasn't right and ^mv hands and ankles
swelled. T began using Dean's
Kidney Pills, which I get at Mack's
Drug Store. In a short while they
rid. me of all this trouble."
* 60c. ah dealers. Foste'r-MilbuiT
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
m BROS. MARBLE
AND GRANITE CO.
SIGNERS |
NUPACTTRERS N ,
ECTORS
Tie largest and best equipped
inmental mills in the Carolinas.
9
GREENWOOD, S. O.
? ? ?-* .
College ?
X
,phy, Secretarial, Typewriting, I '
dred branches. A scholarship V
rou a membership in our Free
jeive more calls for trained ex- X
the South. We furnish all the V
rith teachers.
EW EQUIPMENT. EXPERI- X
f AND NIGHT SCHOOL. f
ARANTEED. / V
Y
course of study in PALMETTO
le required in any other school. X
7 state fti the south and as far V
n is PALMETTO COLLEGE is
: 173, Orangeburg, S. C.; Box X
entworth St., Charleston, S. C. V
X
College i
NOAVN EVERYWHERE.
T
jp well, avoid const!i
1 entirely new princing
or irritating, it
ite. This enables the #
i the walls of the inl
and expanding in
to squeeze the food
of the system.
iless and pleasant to
ftipation (EE
'reciting an Old Complaint
? :
^i!!ii!mHimiiiuii!u:imnununii!iiU!:Niiiu:itiU[iiiMiu:u!nHi:;tiiiUi!i:iu;?i;;:i;!>:i;;;:u::::!iiiiu:;!::iit:;ii;iiiiu::M!t!!ii]:!itiiiumiiu:!uii,.iuiMi^t;ihiitinu:u:!;<iii:!iR?>i!.;uiitiiuniiBKisa8Bri[
I A GOOD BUY?1
i 3
I ' :
= :
A six-room house, and lot 90 x 125 feet. Just
I one-half block from Main street. Two rooms can
be rented, which will pay good interest on the in- ? 1
| vestment. f ^ll
I RE1D, THE JEWELER, Will tell yoi all about I !
I
^iniiiHiiiiiiEiiiiiriiiniiHiiiiHiniiiiiiiiHiiflniiiiiiiiiitiittiniHiiiiujititiuuiniiimitnitiiiTiijniiiiiiiiJiHiinitmiiiiiiinimiiiiiitiiHitiininiiuiininuiiininiinuiiiiiniiiiaimiiiiiiiiiitiisaiwnpBMai^
Improved Train Service
wttu
THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
TO
ASHEVILLE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Effective Sunday, June 20, 1920, continuing throughout the summer season.
A New Train Between Columbia and Asheville, N. C. ~
No. 3?Read Down SCHEDULE Read Up?No. 4.
11:50 p. m. Lv ....Columbia Ar. 2:50 a. m.
12:45 a. m. Lv Alston Lv. 2:00 a. m.
1:10 a. m. Lv. f Blair f Lv. 1:34 a. m.
1:20 a. m. Lv. f Shelton f Lv. 1:24 a. m. A
1:34 a. m. Lv Carlisle Lv. 1:09 a. m.
1:42 a. m. Lv. f Santuc f Lv. 12:59 a. m. v
2:05 a. m. Lv . Union Lv. 12:45 a. m.
2:30 a. m. Lv Jonesville Lv. 12:24 a.-hl.J
2:48 a. m. Lv Pacolet Lv. 12:11 a. m.
4:00 a. m. Lv Spartanburg ? Lv. 11:45 p. XZL
5:15 a. m. Lv.? Tryon Lv. 10:15 p. m.
5:55 a. m. Lv Saluda Lv. 9:45 p. m.
6:30 a. m> Lv Hendersonville Lv. 9:10 p. m.
7:30 a. m. Ar Asheville :... Lv. 8:00 p.
f?Flag Stops.
Tsinc s and 4?Pullman drawiner room sleeDins: cars, Charleston an?3ipg8l
Waynesville, .Wilmington and Asheville, in connection with A. C. L. Nos.
54 and 55. i
No. 3?Pullman drawing room sleeping car, Savannah to Asheville la
connection with S.A.L.No.22. $j|
No change in other train service.
Summer-excursion tickets now on saleFor
further information and reservations, call on ticket agents, or-R. W.
Hunt, District Passenger Agent.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY ^itlf
A- A. At A^A Ak A AAAA.
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV .
! Belting! I
|? Just Received a Large Shipment. ?|*
* 2,4,6,8 AND 10 INCH. %
| Genuine Condor i'
|gl o. simmons!
BAMBERG, S. C. |
ly T^f T^" T^T f^? T^T y y "^r ^ y Ty
. 1 i, . y:k-St&i
I iiiiiiiiiiiiii"Miiiiiiiiii?^^?i^HmB^^mm*miiiiii
am OtUIc* , .-Mm
^Efv< r^^Si
"i v*tffSj?|
'J-- pHH
< < "VTTTUT VHM" , ' ' V !
V/J.TJL A VM v i>t ; . ?a?
That's what the little folks will say when they I
taste our "goodies." This is what you will'say 1
when you taste our wholesome, healthful foods. 1
They are fresh and have the flavor you like, and I .
to eat. ;
Give us all of your grocery trade one month. I : |
(That's all we ask.
? I P 11 p i
H. C. rolk Co.
BAMBERG, S. C.
'
< ' -''?M
...^ ' >