The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, July 31, 1930, Image 2
•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»