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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD. 1932.
SWAP OF HUSBANDS,
\m WIVES" IS SUCCESS
Families More Than Pleased
With Result ~ J
Minot, N. D.—An unusual experi
ment In euRenics In which two neigh-
I boring famlliys in Oils county swapped
wives, husbands, children and home?
three years ago has proved so suc
cessful in the three-year “try-out
that both women and their husbands
are more than pleased and satisfied
with the result, while neighbors who
prophesied failure for the experiment
.have agreed they were mistaken. Wel
fare workers say It is the most un
usual case in their experience, being
'absolutely unique.
The Knights and the Itikensruds
are the families involved. 'Two hus
bands, two wives, and seven children
were Included In the mixup and tha
realignment which followed.
While the Knights had five children
before the realignment, and the Itlk-
ensruds but two, under the new ar
rangements the Knights found them
selves with but four children, while
the Kikensruds had their family In
creased from two children to three.
Divorced and Wed Together.
The two families were great friends
before the experiment was tried and
they remain Just as good friends to
day. The children attended the same
school, the parents went to the same
church, and often the four parents
would pile Into the same automobile
and go to the same ••movie" show.
They secured their divorces together
and had a double marriage the next
day. Then they all came back to
their new homes.
Neither the Knights nor the Itik-
ensruds were among the "newly weds"
when they decided to exchange fam
ilies. There was no "sudden Im
pulse." The Knights had been mar
ried 17 years and the Kikensruds for
II years when the readjustment was
sndertaken.
Families Fast Frisnds.
The head of one family Is William
Knight. Lawrence Itikcnsrud heads
the other. The Knights were from
Mlnneota, Minn., originally, while the
Rlkensruds were married at IMtl-
■M-flu, N. D.
In time, the two families found
themselves living on adjacent farms
near Minot. Here they were rluss
friends for several years, the children
growing up together and the parents
being about as Intimate as tlie usual
farm families. - /»»
Four or five years ago a change
was gradually coming over the two
families Instead of husbands and
wives pairing off together when the
two families came to Min«>t on a dou
ble shopping ex|>edltlon. or to attend
a picture show, Knight and Mrs. Kik-
ensrud often sat together, while Kik-
enarud and Mrs. Knight coupled seats
nlongshlo the other couple. Their
friends got to teasing all Mur. It
seemed a good Joke.
Hut there was more to the affair
than Just a Joke. One day In March,
192P. both women filed suits for di
vorce. alleging cruelty. The same
lawyer acted for both. The two hus
bands were in the courtroom when
the decrees were handed down by the
Jodge.
The following morning Kikensrud
married Mrs. Knight and Knight mar
ried Mrs. Kikensrud, with a double
ceremony.
The honeymoons were spent to
gether.
MEMORIAL TO RISE
ON FORTRESS SITE
V
Old French Defenses Are Dis
covered by Laborers.
Har-Ie-Duc.-—As excavations for the
construction of an American monu
ment were being made on the peak of
Montafucon, tn the Argonne, the foun
dations of an old fortress built there
by Godefroy de Bouillon in 1070 were
discovered.
The American monument is to com
memorate the 1,512 'soldiers of the
United States army who were killed
there in •September, 1918, when .the po
sition was taken from the Germans.
The oTtrforr ts natd to have been de
stroyed and reconstructed in the Elev
enth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth
and Seventeenth centuries and finally
burned with the village during the
Thirty Years’ war by the Swedes.
Godefroy de Bouillon was a young
vassal of Emperor Henry IV, from
whom he received the title of Mar-
quisate of Anvers at the death of
Godefroy-le-Bossu. The fortress was
dismantled when the Due de Basse
Lorraine left with the Crusaders.
Explorations are being made by
Baron Itenaux, curator of the Verdun
museum and library, under the auspices
of the ministry of flue arts, in col
laboration with Canon Almond, histor-
lent savant of the Meuae, and other
auihorities. Among the finds so far
are an entrance stairway, a series of
galleries of different sizes, small rooms
in one of which was a stone bench,
and several piles of burned wheat. In
dicating the destruction of 1<»3C. These
were all discovered at a depth of eight
or ten pieters.
The American battle monument Is
to he made of reinforced concrete
faced with Burgundy stone. It will
he 200 feet high, overlooking the en
tire battlefield. Dedication ceremonies
are scheduled for this summer, unless
present excavations postpone the work.
Car Breaks Record With
No Oil in Crankcaae
Elgin, III.—A world’s motor “dry-
Science Plans Wider
Study in Pole Areas
Fairbanks. Alaska.—Scientists of
the world, equipped with the latest
modern instruments available for mag
netic study, are preparing for the
most thorough observations ever made
of scientific and meteorological mys
teries of the polar regions.
The second “polar year” begins Au-
*nst 1 next year when the scientists
will start their studies of the earth’s
mysteries magnet Ism. problems of
radio receptions and auroral disturb
ances. Exploration of the polar seas
will be made and data gathered on
tides, currents and beaches.
Twelve nations took part In the
first "polar year" half a century ago
and the data obtained has proved to
be the basis of innumerable meteoro
logical developments.
Scientific progress has advanced so
vspldly since, however, tlint the need
for a new campaign has become ap
parent.
World wide observations will he •
made In both Arctic and Antarctic re
gions.
run" record Is claimed to have been
established here recently, when an au
tomobile processed with a new lubri
cating fluid wav driven 318.7 miles
tn 1.1 hours, .’15 minutes, with absolute
ly no oil In its crankcase.
Mayor Myron \i L« •htiian and a
group of Elgin Itfedne** men witnessed
tne< hanics drain all of the oil from the
car’s crankcase and |»udlock the motor
hood ui the start of the test.
• Tty and state olflcials checked -the
car In at the end of the test and cer
tified to the mileage covered. Num-
hers 5 and 0 connecting rod lietirings
were burned nuf but otherwise the
motor w as in' perfect condition.
The tfnld us<*d In conditioning Hie
car for the te*t Is a concentrated £*•
tract,, which when lntr«*dnced Into a
motor with the regular oil and with
the gasoline, penetrates the |*ores of
the tnetul and then forms a thin film
over the outer surfuee of the bear
ings. This provides not only s self-
luhricating surface on the metal, hut a
hullt-in supply underneath which, when
released by frictional heat due to an
Inadequate amount or total absence of
oil, furnishes the necessary lubrication
until its own reserve has been drawn
out of the poses and exhausted.
MAD ARCTIC MINER
KILLED BY POLICE
“Mounties” Spectacular Man
Hunt Comes to End.
Winnipeg. — Thfe Royal Canadian
mounted police came to the qmLof a
Dr. Winchester C. Smith
’Reader” in The State.
The life of Dr. Winchester (?. Srhith
of. Willistoh, which came to an end
in the University hospital, Augu-ta,
in the 78th year of hi* age, May 28,
is worthy of more than passing men
tion. In a large sense it can be said
two moutiia trail in the frozen wastes- u- * u j j u .u
, . , .. . " xf him that he was produced by the
of the northwest territory when they ^ J
killed Albert Johnson, mud man of the
Arctic. The end to one of Canada’s
most spectacular man hunts came in
a battle in which ttyr demented trap
per and miner fell in a hail of bullets
from nearly a dozen rifles.
But -the groggy Johnson, before he
dropped, steadied a wavering hand
and seriously wounded Stuff Sergeant
Hersey, his third “mountie" vicTim:
The posse of twelve which had been
tracking Johnson for weeks over the
Arctic snow and through blizzards io
temperatures ranging from 20 to 50
degrees below zero came ujAin him
doubling back. He started to run
from the trail when he saw Sergeant
Hemey’a and Noel Verville’s dog team.
Hiding behind a mound he opened the
fighting.
Twslvs Rifles Blaze.
As Sergeant Hersey kneeled to
shoot, Johnson's rifle blazed. Two bul
lets caught Hersey In the knee and
chest. The other members of the party,
by this time, bad surrounded John
son and he soon dropped into the snow
dead. -
When Johnson’s Inst buttle begun,
Capt. W. It. (Wop) May. who hud add
ed his airplane to the wild chase,
equipped with dynamite bombs and
tear gas, was too close for May to
use the bombs. '
He landed after the |>olicetuen bad
killed their man, placed Sergeant Her
sey In his plane and raced with him
to the Aklnvlk hospital. lAM-turs de
spaired of his life.
Johnson, struggling desperately with
cold and hunger, was heading for at
least a terhponiry safety In Alaska.
When the mounties fulfilled their vow
to “get their man” he wns in the Vor-
capita* valley, alHoit 10o miles from
Aklavik, In the northwest territory.
It was last fall that Johnson came
Into the northwestern “had lands’* to
hunt gold with only a pair of stiow-
shoes and two automatic pistol*. Ke
|"»ru see that he made a big ’’strike.”
and that if he had Is'cn able to ndaln
Ids Sanity, he would have returned a
rieh man.
Hunted for Weeks.
Johnson'was a hunted man since the
day eight weeks ngdvi.eii lie wounded
t'onstahle A. E. King, who had tried
to arrest him as a trap thief. Three
w»s*ks ago he killed Constslde E. Mil-
len. •
The •police realised then that they
were dealing with (he cunning of mad
ness and redoubled their efforts. It
was not an easy tank. Time after
time he fought plfched battles With
them ami escaped, aided by cx|»ert u«e
of all the craft of th«» northland.
<>n January 10 a posse surrounded
his cabin and laid, siege to It for 10
hours. He fought them hack, nn auto
matic In each hand. Finally three
men stayed to guard the cabin while
Hospital U. S. Forgot to
Light Now Has Fixtures
San Antonio, Texas.—The $300,000
Kandolph field hospital, w hlch oper
ated on a daytime schedule for five
months been use the War department
forgot to appropriate funds for light
ing fixtures. Is now doing full time
duty.
A full personnel, eight officers and
32 enlisted men. Iiad been on duty
since the hospital was completed—
with the exception of lights—last No
vember.
Emergency treatment wns given
from dawn to dark. The chief sur
geon. however, ruled it was too dan
gerous for a nttrse to try to find the
right patient In the dark.
messengers went for reinforcements.
They found after their return on
January 2G that Johnson had slipped
away. He wns tracked into a valley
| near Aklavik. At bay, he faced his
pursuers again. This was the time
he killed Constable Millen. And John
son once again eseai>ed. _
How die managed to exist no one
knows. Blizzards and the 40 below
zero temperature apparently did. nut
faze him. He kejd mushing on with
but scant sleep. Where he got his
food wns a mystery.
A few days ago. however, the mopn-
tlos detected signs of exhaustion. The
trail began to. zigzag and the steps
grew shorter. It wag the beginning of
the end. Early In the morning the
mounties closed In on Johnson and
the epd was inevitable.
Hungry Bossie Maker
Meal of 78 Baby Chicks
Korrville, Texas.—A Jersey cow ate
78 baby chicks and part of the box
they were in. according to C. F. Free
man, vocational agriculture instruc
tor In the high school here.
Freeman owns a poultry farm near
here. He had placed 84 baby chicks
from an incubator in a cardboard box
and placed it In the suu. When he
returned a few hours later, the cow,
probably suffering from diet deficien-
dea, had nosed the covering off and
eafeu 78 of the chicks and part of the
box, he declared.
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Skeleton Blocked Road
El Dorado, Okla.—Highway con-
gtruction laborers had to femove the
Skeleton of a huge mastodon before
could continue work on a high-
near here. The remains are be-
to the University of Okla- I
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Scotch Clans, in Feud
200 Years, Sign Truce
London.—The Campbells 'sud the
MacLeans. two famous Scottish clans
who have been battling in a feud for
200 years, have agreed to a truce. The
peace was announced in a telegram sent
by the duke of Argyll, chief of the
Campbells, to Col. Sir Fitzroy Mac-
Lean. The occasion was the ninety-
seventh birthday of Colonel MacLean.
He lives in Duurt castle on the Isle of
Mull. *
300-Year-Old Bean
Sprouts in Museum
San Antonio. Texas.—A large
white oean, picked up in the ruins
of Grand Quivira and believed
to he 3(X> years old, has sprouted
into a living stalk at White Me
morial museum here.
The* bean was found in an ex
cavation 70 feet from tl?e sur
face at ruins located 100 miles
south of Santa Fe,‘N. M. Fran
ciscan. ^missionaries founded a
mission, there in 1(5*29. and prior
to that time' the Biro Indians
maintained a settlenienj there
caHed Tabira.
The ttetip. was soaked to water
for five hours March 19. liCsa
than two weeks later a stalk .xix
inches tall bad grpwn froa the
‘ seed. \ \ • . - •
Pittsburgh Man Invents
New Submarine Finder
Pittsburgh.—An invention which will
eliminate difficulty In locating a sub
marine, such as was experienced In the
recent M-2 case, is claimed by Floren
tine G. Troisl.
Two small buoys, released from the
bow and stern of the submarine as It
sinks, automatically will broadcast
radio signals giving its location, ac-
cordlnf tn TrolaL „
The buoys are connected to the sub
marine by slender steel cables. They
are equipped with .small inclosed radio
antenne, batteryless telephones, tele
graph sets, and buoy lights to guide
rescue ships.
When rescue ships pick up the buoys
anyone, of the three means of commu
nication—telephone, radio, and tele
graph—is at hand.
Pumice Find May Mean
Riches for Retired Cop
Napa, Calif. — Pumice deposits
found on his ranch near here may
bring riches to James Pearl, sjxty-six,
retired San Francisco detective ser
geant, . . •*-
An Oakland firm has agreed to pay
a royalty on all pumice mined., ILIr
one of the few Ijeavy pumice deposits
ever found in Cniifomia.- —
Pearl retired In. 1926, after 33 years
of service. He became known as “Mil
lion Dollar Jiig” after recovering
$9(50.000 In stolen autorobbiles during
the World’s fair In IMfi. . ..
be-rt elements ini Barnwell - County,
a nd in turn in a constructive sense he
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shared largely in the development of
his town and county. No <.names
stand higher in influence, high ideals
and sterling qualities of character
than Ttra-e frrm whtch hc^ sprang. -He
esteemed it his highest privilege to
live up to them himself and to hold
them up to the emulation* of his chil
dren. His family stock represented
the professional leadership of his
community. .It wa« natural that he
should enter the practice of medicine,
School Meals in Porto •
Rico Cost Only a Penny
Washington.—A penny a meal is all
the school children of Porto Rico pay
for their fare. If they haven’t this
pittance, they may pay In produce.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his last writ
ten review of education In Porto Roco
before being appointed governor gen
eral °f the Philippines, describes the
schooling of the native.
The cheap meals are prepared and
served by girl pupil* as part of their
training in line* with government
methods, to di**eminate “practical
knowledge."
Porto Rican School* are huilt on
*mnt1 farm* of from £ to 15 acre**
These the schoolboys cultivate and re
ceive for themselves one-third of the
a profession that hag been adorned by
an uncle, a brother, a nephew and a
son of his. In those day.* more de
pended on the' man than the schools
he attended. After early training in
the public schools of hi 3 day, he at
tended the University cf Kentucky at
Lexington. He matriculated in the
College of Physician.* and: Surgeons,
in Baltimore and graduated in the
class cf 1879. After an interneship
■* f r
jn Bayview, the city hospital in Balti
more, he returned to Willi*ton to de
vote hi« entire Hfe to the practice of
medicine in his native town and
county.-
To both his colleague.* and the pub-
lic at large he wasMkonwn as “a good
doctor.” He was highly successful in
treating f^eases cf the kidney and
the re-piratiry system. Once he was
asked wjiy^fven with common colds
he always prescribed rest in bed, and
followed his. own prescription. . His
reply was, “You don’t see a* many of
my patients go into pneumonia or
■later jlevelop heart weakness as some
times happen to ihe patients of other
men,’ When he received his medical
training, to be a good diagnostician a
was_a,. trustee
Williston
school. The modern school / plant
there, with Us high standards main
tained, is in part due to his unflag
ging interest and zeal. He wa^^me
of the foremost promoters of
roads in his county. Growing
knew the horrors of Reconstruction
days in'his young manhood, and he \
later wa!^ chosen by hi^ county as a
member of the constitutional conven
tion of 1895, which removed the dis-
abii^vs growing cut of the war..
Later on he represented his bounty in
the legislature. While,in the modern'.-
sense of the* word he was in no wise a
politician, he was always keenly in
terested in public questions and the
interests of the ma-Bts of the people,-
At the time of his death he-was coun
ty chairman of the Farmers and Tax
payers league. Next to his profes
sion' and public Spirited citizenship,
he ranked as an extensive and suc
cessful ^farmer. The same interest
and loyalty that marked him in other
relationship* in life were shown in all
his dealings wqfh his employes,‘with
an unbounded influence over them.
Debtor Smith was twice married.
man had to possess to a rare degree. His first wife was M:.*s Frances Eu-
ability to marshall al! the factors in a' genia Murray of St. George, who died
case and an instinct to arrive at a I in 1904. In 1910 h^ married Mis? Car-
wise conclusion? He po*sessed • this ^ rie Keitt Pegue*, a daughter* of Maj.
faculty. When his son, who had been R. M. Pegues of Marlboro County, wfo
survives him. The mea-ure of a man
is to be found in the comfort, culture,
refinement and characters developed
in his home. Capt. Norman Murray
trained in modern diagn stic methods,
returned to practice with his father,
he said, ‘’The* t . young fellow* may
reach ccnclu-ion* mrr e quickly than
we do, but we reach the same con- Smith and Lieut. Murray Smith gred-
clusions.” He loved hi* profession uated from the naval academy. Cap-
and believed in it with al! his heart, i tain Smith, is attached to the ccrnx‘f
No man held its ethics in higher es-1 civil engineers and stationed (
teem. There wa> no cl*** he loved Bo-ton navy yard. Lieut. Mtifiray
more.Jgiirly than the babies Ji„ had j Saaith rcsi|:ne<| .frowj, the navy to give .
ntien to hi* business in-
San Diego, Calif. Lieyt. ^
mmndr. Gregg Smith, another son.
proceed*. The refiiainder is ' fher
sold for school fund*, or used In *chooj I helped to bring into the world and | a c loser atti
lunchroom*. The young farmer* are he fn|! wed their live* with fatherly, tere«ts in 8
likewise encouraged to cultivate their j interest. Hi* bedside manner wa« not.f
own truck ganfens anti receive prac
tical prl/tH for meritorious work.
Manual tralniriir*nNo play* an Im
portunt part in their education.
Girl* are taught home economlb*
professi< rally acquired, but )
fr m the heart and sympathies
mm. When advancing year*
prang
in the mcdiia! corps, and :* now
of the'‘tationed at the Notfeik navy yard,
com-jj- Ryerson Smith i* at present in
and sewing, as well
serving meals.
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put to
Memphis Lawyer Has Big
Collection of Sea Relics
Menitdds.—Jut!.*e <*. L. M.indlliot.
attorney, has a large collection of tna
rlne souvenir*, which include* the pi
lot wheel of the Ill-fated *teumship
Thlsperoy and a boathook from the
Maine. The Thistleroy sank In KM I
and the aalvage captain presented tl.e
lawyer with the wheel. Friend*, aware
of Id* Interest In the ***a. presented
him with the brass boathook from the
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Fined with fine medics' judgmen*. He^
ws* ttuly "a .doct f the old school.”! nit
Doctor Smith receive 1 hi* early twh
•chc'ding n the meag r pubi c schdal* i tie
ter, Mrs. W. G. Thompson, who i*
accomplish'd musician, reside*
Willistt n. If a man*? life L* to
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Maine, r.hirdi was sunk In Havana
harltor. Cuba.
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isure.J by the Jjfe he lived, hi*
le-hcaited response to opp rtuni-
f* r * rvicc presented to him, and
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