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•Traveler Finds Race of Serfe in Kale harl Desert; Contented With Lot Johannesburg, South Africa.—An as- itounding story of white men and worn- slaves of a black chief in the heart j«f Africa, recently brought to the notice of the government by a trav- bas been corroborated by trav- who have returned from the ,Kalahari desert. Although these whites. It has been ascertained, have been living In bond- fpr generations, the fact of their captivity and enslavement lias by the chance readied the ears of civilization. A terrific storm necessitated a trav eler halting at a village In the Kal ahari desert. He was hospitably en tartalned by a chief, who astonished by summoning to minister to his • number of half-clothed, mlaer- looking whites of both sexes. The chief, who happened to have mm educated at an Kngilah uni- described them as hie eerfa had. he eald. Inherited them from Ala parents. He appeared uncertain mm to bow long his tribe bad owned but told e circumstantial story indicated that they were the of a hand of early Dutch who had treked Into the that id mild&f cmd oj had overtaken them In the of dloeaaa. Ilona end hush men •ere raptured by a wandering and became their property Net I Inirraetlag feature of this tale of darkest Africa la that { aa rafaeed U> intermarry with So earlrea. the traveler eaid -I endeavored to **ek alth a* I waa able and dls white atavee to bo meal If htif «Hs er ef the fteweat poamtdo No deetM estenaive In for tbeir that With Cold is a ve piker elnnd^do the hero, tribes ef 1100 years ego. la m, at leeet of 'Art la tbe I*ft the aa lavtabiy la tbeir w chieftain aaed a *n>r of aoiid weighing mere tbaa 11 «Hi»cee *o foid awaated dag peerWad. with a bead tbe aanith. and wore a eallar of all carved alaroat ot> wtlh waa bis horse negle< ted It with a aH of gold trap alth gold ri»eta. rellca were removed froai a of a l.<>mb*rd rhieflaia who led warriors across the Dannlte in .V% the conqueat «»f Itaty. Proving Thai One Can Be Too Mice to a Cop Tdkyo.—There a such a thing aa be too polite, aa seven Tokyo flsher- tara huvs found to their sorrow. Tbe seven had been in the habit of gambling In the hack of a truck which tootr them to the central fiah market early eatek morning. The other day the driver of the truck was stopped for speeding and the fishermen were sore that their illegal activities had been observed. The policeman had Called to observe them, however, and wrdered the truck driver to proceed. Ka their relief the gamblers arose gsa| hawed several times to the officer. 32ew, even in Japan, a traffic cop isn't stowered with politeness, and this par- tkesLar officer, growing suspicious, commandeered a taxi and followed the Crack, overtaking It In time to catch the gamblers red-hauded. .Sliding Trousers Win Popularity on Rainier * Tongmire, Wash.—Coasting on spe cially prepared trousers down the ■Mury slopes of Mount Rainier is jpapuinr this spring. There is no need mm poll heavy toboggans up hlU. Loose KBOok canvas pantaloons are given / several ooats of hot paraffin, tbea Mb maMs waxed. Wearing these over the mmMmrj dot king the devotee of slid- “Medicin* Women” Still He* Faith of Meucens Mnrr ruiivu* l;pM. erbue* out ot tk* luog put. him In Mexico than lo any other country In Latin America. One of these Is the "medicine woman** who, more than four ceoturleji a^o. waa an Institution through the land and since then all have continued to de{>end on her to fight disease, real or Imaginary. Hut the medicine wom an has ever l>een more than a vendor of medicinal herbs. She was and still is believed to possess the power of witchcraft and this power she gives to certain of the herbs she offers for sale. She is, therefore, a strange and potently Important personage in the lives of the masses of ignorant Mex ican Indians and peasants and not Infrequently she is held in respect by middle class families. The medicine woman is still an Institution from one end of Mexico to the other, and where the native Indian languages are still spoken, approximately 30 per cent of Mexico, she has lost little If any of her pre-conquest prestige. Dogwood Blossoms The vagrant wild apples that fill our country Mays w ith bloom are Eng lish bora and came before the quota laws with the daisy, the buttercup, the dandelion and the lilac, of which two ‘jfamous American poems have been made. Bat the best oL May is native, a shrub that knows tbe unities, a modest tree that seeks the light and screens the inner woodlands with or dered clusters of leafy candelabra from tbs osk branch to tbe meadow turf. In May In four pointed flame from groin to white to Up of rose. Ita are UL and not svon Humws hung over Lever of Lexington Served Farmers Well Today D Foremost Agricnltsrsl omiat is Csnntry.—Life la Like A long period of intense, practicnl and progressive activity in behalf of the farmers of his native State has characterized the life of A. ; .Frank Lever, Candidate for Governor. Born of the soil of farmer parents at Spring Hill, Lexington County, South Carolina, he inherited and early imbued an ambition to be of benefit to the agricultural interest of his State and nation. As a^topih he enjoyed all the free dom ''and suffered all the privations and toil of the farmer boy of his generation; but this stood faim in good stead in his mature years, broad ening and stiffening him for his pub lic career. As Ycuth He Experienced Arduous Toll. A s the average youth of his class and age, he was cramped financially; but this did not deter him from his determination to secure an education. By incessant application and hard work he was able partially to defray his expenses, and he matriculated in historic old Newberry College where, in 18*6, be graduated with first honors. Then for a while, be taught b tbe rural schools of his State iry to tfc J W Slab* Mr waa, in 1899 admitted to practice ha- fore tbe bar of his State. When twenty-Av# years of age he waa elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he served with distinction for one year, at which time Congressman Stokes died. Mr. Lever, opposed by four strong competitors, entered the campaign to succeed him, and was’elected. He was re-elected for successive terms for eighteen years, until 1919, when he went on the Federal Farm Loan Board, an appointment given him by President Wilson. Headed Bank to Give Aid to Farmers. He served with that body until 1922, when he resigned and went to Col umbia, where he organized the First Carolines Joint Stock Land Bank in hope that he could more fully and equitably extend the benefits of the Federal Farm Loan Act to the farm ers of j^outh Carolina. In this desire he was successful abundantly, for, from 1922 to 1929, his bank loaned ap proximately $13,000,000 to the farm ers of his State. After six years of service with this institution, he resigned and has since devoted Tfimself exclusively to farm ing fn the "Dutch Fork” section of Lexington County, a few miles from Columbia. During his long Congressional career, Mr. Lever was recognised for his incessant activity in behalf of the of tbe Nation, tbe years of as minority leader in tbe Lowe Horae, left a vacancy oa tbe commit tee, to wbicb Mr. Lever wn^ appoint ed. As ha sympathies and his hopes were for the farmers sad the labor ing men of the Nation, this appoint ment was aa impetus to a career not able for its achievement. From the foot of the body he rose gradually to ita Chairmanship and, during this period, he so applied him self to the economic and corelative problems cf agriculture that he be came nationally recognized a 8 the out standing thinker of the industry His unremitting toil and accomplishments as Chairman of the Committee and as the farmers’ champion were so out standing that he received the highest commendation from President Wilson. In his platform, Mr Lever has enunciated some of the principles upon which he is making his race for Gov ernor. These are as much a' part of the man as his personality; for the liberal purposes which have actuated his public life have indelibly etched themselves upon his career. His pro found sympathy for the farmer, the laborer and the average man has motivated high thoughts and trans lated them into progressive deeds; but, his type of statesmanship is so genuine, he must know a measure or movement is for the best interest o* aU tbe people before he stomps it with approval. Leadership Great Help to ■ aatoaal rscagmitioa aa aa outstanding thinker in agriculture will give South Carolina the undoubt ed leadership la the trend towards compact coasolidation of the various farmer movements and the plan for closer economic co-operation with the West. This has beyn said of him: “The career of this man If a modern romance, Small of statue, he has the ambition, the courage, the de termination, that would be expected of a man of immense frame. It is a matter of surprise that Frank Lever can endure all that he does, but he is as ‘tough as a lightwood knot,’ to use a colloquialism. If genius is ‘an in finite capacity’ for handling details, then Mr. Lever is a genius.” Lever Is All Human. “Although the head of a great com mittee which evolved an agricultural appropriation bill, carrying a total ofr $24,090,000, Mr. Lever can go into his district, call a tremendous number by their first names and discuss intimate affairs of their private lives. His friends long have marveled that the big affairs of government in which he has taken such a big hand do not crowd out of his mind the homely matters of his district. But Frank Lever is all human even if he is a genius.”—Aiken Standard. Barnwell Roads the Best. Auditor W. H. Manning, who re cently returned from an automobile trip through Georgia and up into Virginia a*d Washington, D. C, aay»