Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v < m m2 • —2F—** •?*" lA.njtrf . . PAGB point. B V THE BARNWEtL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA \ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1992- mi RADIO HUNTS LOST GOLD OP CIVIL WAR LI6HTS ► nUMB™ of NEW YORK ODD OZARlt NAMES PUZZLE VISITORS ■ v Modern Invention Seeks to Uncover Fortune. p • Amsterdom, Mo.—When John Green died 05 years hjjo he never had heard of a “ground radio,” an instrument which lets out a screech when it Is carried over land in which there is metal. But one of these ground radios now Is being used in an effort to find the thousands of dollars which John Green burled on Ills Bates county farm when he left this country to escape Price’s raiders during the Civil war. Some $30,000 In gold coins and $3.- 000 in currency Is supposed to be burled on his old farm. Dozens of people have searched the farm and bow the ground radio Is being used. Had Hard Frontier Life. Green came to Missouri when a boy, after running away from his Massachusetts home because he didn’t want to attend school. Life on the frontier was hard. Three of his chil dren burned to death while he and his wife were working In the woods. Food in the early days was scarce. Before Green’s death he was harassed by the pro-slave raiders and Kansas bushwhackers. While he never had personal trouble with either group, he was known as a free-state sympa thizer, and finally decided It was wise to move to Kansas. But In spite of troubles. John Green prospered. Before he fled he burled numerous caches of gold and silver. He told no one where the money was hidden, fearing his wife or three daughters might lie tortured by rob bers if they knew ♦the location. Death Bed Scene. Shortly after he moved to Kansas Green contracted smallpox and died. On his death bed he started to tell his wife where his money was hid den. Some of it was burled under a stump, some under a pile of shingles by the old sawmill, a sackful near the foundation of the house, more In a wagon hub near the shed, another cache In a kettle at the foot of a tree. But he died before he had told where the big cache was burled. Thousands of dollars was unearthed when the family moved back after the war. But the bulk of the fortune never has been found. The search was renewed by tbe owners of a ground radio, working in agreement with surviving relatives. Find Ancient Indians in Ohio Cremated Dead Brady Lake. Ohio.—Indians who In habited Ohio centuries ago cremated their dead, excavators learned when they unearthed a 50-foot mound con taining a funeral pyre at Pippin lake, near here. The pyre consisted of 21 slabs of flat stone, surrounded hy red ochre, a pulverized Iron which the Indians used to paint themselves before going to war. Graphite arrow heads of crude make, indicating the mound is very old, were found. Later and better known tribes were more proficient in the making of arrow heads, experts said. The mound Is being excavated un der the direction of Dr. Kmerson F. Greenman, curator of the Ohio State Archeological society, and Thomas Donkin of Cleveland. Former Cabaret Now Is Home of One-Cent Cafe New York.—In what used to he one of New York’s swankiest cabarets, meals are now served at one cent a course. It is located in midtown New York, and is attracting the employed and unemployed alike. After a nine-cent lunch there, con sisting of a bowl of bean soup, two slices of whole-wheat bread, butter, two glasses of milk and a dish of apri cots, one begins to regard his pennies with awe. On the menu are soups—navy bean, red kidney bean, lentil, and green pea. Cereals—steam cracked wheat, rice, hominy, corn meal. Cabbage salad, beans with tomato sauce, meat cakes, creamed codfish on toast. For dessert there is rice pudding, bread pudding, prunes, raisins, apricots, and figs. Milk, tea, and coffee are served. r 9/’ Mother and Son Are Now Partners in Legal Firm Los Angeles.—Mrs. PercHia L. Ran dolph and her son. W. Neil Randolph, have just formed a law partnership, said to be the only legal firm of moth er and son in California. Mrs. Randolpli has practiced law since 1916, and her §on, now twenty- five, was admitted to the bar recently. He clerked in his mother's office be fore attending the Universities of iSouthern California and Northwest ern. The mother was admitted to the bar in the same class with Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant United States’ attorney general. ^ Germans Devise Cheaper X-Ray Photograph Plan Berlin.—german hospitals are em ploying a hew method In X-ray diag nosis bj using paper instead of photo graphic plates or Dima. The new method is Infinitely cheaper than the old, and tests at tbe Cbaritee hospital hfta proved that, for most purposes ry. the projecting of tba X-ray oo paper is jaifflcJent, I Just ran across a picture of Ed Norwood, on the porch of his home at Lyme, Conn. That solves one mystery. Others may have known where Ed had betaken himself, but I didn’t. For years MrA Norwood traveled ahead of a circus. In New York the circus used to catch up with him. Then I used to get him to fix things so that Roland Young, the ac tor and artist, could get into Madison Square garden between performances and draw the elephants. Roland Young always was fascinated by ele phants and clowns. When Ed Nor wood was not doing his stuff for the show, he was writing essays on all sorts of subjects. He used to let me read them, and they were well worth rending. Beautiful, Imaginative things they were. Later he wrote circus stories for children. They tell me he still does, although his latest literary labors have to do with biographies. • • • ✓ Lyme Is a literary and artistic col ony. Norma Terris and her husband live there, as do Wilbur Daniel Steele, and Adrienne Morrison Bennett I’lnker. Mrs. Linker is the mother of Constance Bennett. Mrs. Sidney Drew was the aunt of NormA Terris, which make the latter some relation to the Barrymores. Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore, all to appear In the • movie “Rasputin," certainly should make that an interesting film. I can’t remember that they have been to gether iu a performance since “The Jest.” • • • A New Yorker was In the office of a highly prominent executive and when the latter told his secretary to get the White House on the tele phone, became considerably excited. He thought he was going to be in on a bit of unwritten history. When the executive was connected with the Executive mansion, he got the Presi dent's secretary on the wire. That was a bit of a disappointment to the visitor, who had expected to over hear a conversation with the Presi dent himself, hut he still kept his ears cocked. “Tell me,” he heard the executive ask, “shall I wear a black or a white tie at that dinner tomorrow night?” • * • Martin Johnson told me the other night that the real secret of photo graphing wild animals was to know’ their habits and how they would re act to a given stimulus. For exam ple, he said he now knew so much more concerning gorillas than he did when he first went after them that he was convinced he could take his next pictures of them from much closer. Both Ihe Johnsons have learned to fly a plane and both of them enjoy being pilots. They prob ably will make use of a plane on their next trip to Africa. • • • In their speeches at their “public appearances,’’ Osn Johnson has her speech pretty well rehearsed and makes her points as cleverly ns an actress or an orator. Martin Johnson never knows what he is going to say until he says It. If he can find a customer in one of the front rows whose looks lie likes, lie talks to him. If the customer shows Interest, Mr. Johnson extends his speech. Other wise, lie cuts it short. • • • The oddity of the present economic situation is shown by the fact that a man who was one of the architects who worked on one of New York’s big railroad stations now’ is one of those behind the info/npition desk in that same terminal. And lie thinks he is lucky to have the job. • • • Frank Case overheard an actor at the Lumhs club say Hint he had been having a dreadful time getting a passport. “1 finally,” lie said, "had to dig up a congressman.” \ “Well, old chap," said his • com panion, “no one will thank you Tor that.” \ Reason for Queer Titles Is Often Obscure. 8 Moving Vans for One Family Proves a Joke Pasadena, Calif.—Mrs. E. IV Dow ney hud ample facilities for moving hut no place to move. Eight large moving vans backed to the curb in front of tier residence re cently while a dozen drivers and help ers wrangled angrily on the front lawn. Each member of the mob Insisted his company had been hired to move the Downey furniture. Police began a search for a prac tical Joker who ordered every transfer company in the city to have a van in front of the Downey home at 8:30 In the morning. - Couples Separate to Keep on Pay Roll Washington. — To avoid being “separated” from the government pay rolls, some couples in govern ment service have undertaken ficti tious separations in the family;— In this way, they had hoped to avoid operation of th$ economy act which held that man and wife could not both be employed In de partments where personnel cur tailments were under way. The civil service, finding out about this evasion of the act, ruled that separations must be genuine if the parties ar,e to maintain that they are not married and hence not subject to the economy pro visions. Hollister, Mo.—The Ozark country, or at least that part of it known as the White River district, Is a country of caves, coon dogs and hospitable folk, not to mention original and odd- sounding names. Visitors seldom fail to wonder at such names as Gobbler’s Knob, High Lonesome. loafer’s Glory, Glad Joe, Virgin’s Bluff, Naked Joe, Possum Trot and others no less char acteristic. ‘ ^ • Take Ava, for Instance, the county seat of Douglas county. When, In 1871, James Halley was confronted with the Important task of naming a town he went to his Bible for guid ance and found in II Kings, 17:24, his Inspiration; the town was duly named Ava, which In- Hebrew means flowing.” Not all inspiration came from books. One of the highest knobs in Stone county bears the somewhat modern name of Naked Joe. Old settlers re late the story of a duel fought on this peak before the Civil w r ar by two naked men, the victor of which was named Joe. Wild turkeys led to the naming of Gobbler’s Knob. Taney county was named after Roger B. Taney, a chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for 26 years, whose decision In the fa mous Dred Scott case had such an important reaction In shaping events that led to the Civil war and whose wife was a sister of Francis Scott Key. Douglas county was named after Stephen A. Douglas, whose life also figured so prominently in pre- Civil. war days. John Forsyth of Georgia, secretary of state of the United States, 1834-1841, lent his name to the county seat of Taney county. Ozarkians took their politics seriously enough in those times to name their county seats and landmarks after prominent public figures. Gobbler’s Knob is one of the smaller balds four miles from Hollister In Taney county. There was humor In the name of , Loafer's Glory for a second building in Toney county. In many instances places were named with a descriptive significance. From Possum Trot, a valley in Taney coun ty where these animals abounded, to High Lonesome, a ridge on a divide between Beaver creek add Swan creek In Douglas county that was particular ly high and lonesome; Virgin’s Bluff in Stone county, with Us legend' of disillusioned^ Indian maiden's love, -each>has iis own particular story. Tented Cities Crowd Banks of Mississippi Memphis.—Up and down the Mis sissippi lented cities are springing up from Cairo, III., to New Orleans as levee camps are erected from which the hig offensive is to be waged against the mighty river the next 12 months. It is part of the big Mississippi riv er improvement program that was pro vided for in the army appropriation bill of $31,500,000, of which approxi mately one-third will be tffrent in the Memphis engineering district. Already MaJ. Brehon B. Somervell, district engineer, has completed the awarding of contracts for the con struction of leveps and sea walls In the district totaling $5,000,000. Hardly had the contracts been signed before equipment was moved onto the river hanks and tented cities, housing the workmen and their fam-* Hies, began to spring up. Hundreds of workers who stormed the engineer depot here, however, ror work were informed that employment would he given only through the city employment bureau working In co-op eration with the veterans’ bureau. Use Plastic Surgery to Revamp Felons* Faces PhilndcTiltfla. — Plastic surgery Is used now at the Eastern penitentiary to “make over’’ faces of some of the inmates on the theory a nose is just \as important to a convict’s welfare is a good job—once he is out of l\flson. t was started when Dr. Michael M. Widfe, a friend of Warden Herbert (“HWd-Boiled”) Smith, declared pris- onera were taught trades and occupa tions Vor future life, but that those with tmttered faces, twisted noses or disfigurmg* scars were handicapped^ from the\ start. Doctor Wolfe for the last year at tempted the transformation of some of the toughest faces in the rogues’ gallery grati "Camera-ey^d” detectives, who in the past have t^iade it their business to remember convicts, in the future may be fooled by the made-over faces. Four Mascots Ajiven Free License Tags Washington. — “Al," “Matt,” “Buff” and “Jack Raj[s” are Just plain dogs, but as far as the dis trict government is concerned they rate high in canine circles. So high, in fact, that they were is sued new tags without “Al” Is the brown and white bull mascot of No. 8 Engine company. “MAR” is official watchman at tbe street cleaning department stat “Buff,” an English mascot of No. 22 Engine while “Jack Rags” plays the garbage transfer station. .v \ Have You Ever ^7 -4* Considered as a Clerk? A GLERK—BETTER, A SOLICITOR — who calls weekly at hundreds of homes in Barnwell County, not annoyingly ringing the doorbell asking to “see the lady of the house,” but one who calls pleasantly, tells all the news of the community, gossips with the family, and sells them goods that are in your store. i — —i~ , ' —L—— —it-—* —^ 1 ' ■ v' __ * If no one is home when this clerk calls, jt does not pass on to the next home, but waits patiently until some one comes'. It then tells its story to the first ar rival and repeats and repeats to every member of the family. It never tires—even weeks later this clerk is still talking, repeating its sales talk and old news of Barnwell County. Incomes have been reduced but among the hun dreds of people this clerk calls on some one is always in need of something—something that is in your store. The clerk sits at night with the family while they dis cuss what they need and whether they can afford the things that this clerk has to offer. John needs some new shoes. Shoes? Sure, says this clerk. We have them priced from $3.50 to $8.50. The very size and what you want and something that you have been looking for, for only $4.75, etc., through the needs of the family. This clerk is on duty all day and night, day in and day out, week, month and year. Rain, snow or sleet does not prevent him from making his calls with hundreds of families. How much would a clerk, or solicitor, of this kind cost you per week? Could you afford to pay him what he would be worth?- Could you find such a person who ^would work night and day regardless and fill the^bill as well as this clerk? Friend of thousands. r Always ad- mijtted to every home he calls on. Considened a part of every family. Such a valuable clerk could demand and get any salary he wanted, but not this Cierk. Advertising is not an expense! Consider it as one of your clerks. Put this clerk on your weekly or monthly payroll. It is a sound investment. One clerk who is on the streets and in the homes of Barnwell and % this trade area ever soliciting business for your store. One that sends in business to keep your other clerks who stay in your store busy. Can you afford to be without the services of this cleerk? Call and let us tell you how cheaply he will work for you. The People-Sentinel PHONE 89 BARNWELL, S. C. I