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.w. v - * ** wrlHiiiii f. t» i iin»Miw»iHa vnii - The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C, August 23,1934 • * • • ’ . r '' ■ — '' '“ lilBB \ ' ^ ■ j ^ , * SYNOPSIS At th« c}os« of the Mexican war, Robin Kershaw, Arltfc his bride, rode Into northeastern California. Here he founJ an Ideal valley for cattle rais ins /hey christened It Eden Valley. Below Eden Valley is a less valuable tract which Kershaw's wife christens Forlorn Valley. Joel Hensley, a Texan. settles In the lower half of ; the val ley. Thera is bad blood over fences and wat»r for Irrigation. Kershaw kills Hensley and the blood-feud Is on, By 1917, Ranee Kershaw, his son Owen, and daughter Lorry are all that remains of one clan. Nate Tichenor Is the sore survivor on the Hensley „alde. He goes to help L«orry In her car and finds her father has died of heart disease. Silas Babson, Forlorn Valley banker, schemes to control the irriga tion and hydro-electric possibilities of Eden Valley. He proposes to play Nate against Lorry, assuming that they are carrying on the old feud, in this way getting ; control of the key lands necessary to the project.- Nate, however, has no Intention of carrying on the fend. He tells Lorry that he and Owen Kershaw, Lorry's brother, met In France Just before Owen was killed. They became buddies, and Nate promised that if he survived Owen he would look after Lorry as a brother might do. CHAPTER VI—Continued The two days that followed Ranee Kershaw’s funeral were spent by Nate Tichenor at the Bar Q headquarters, until his old superintendent. Rube Tenney, should arrive sad, with .Ills wife, assume the duty of looking after Lorry Kershaw’s affairs and keeping her company. He spent those two davs looking over his decayed estaiQ _hkd formulating plans for its restora tion, but In the midst of these thonghts his mind constantly shuttled back to a consideration of Lorry Kershaw and her affairs. He did not know Slip* Babson except by sight; hence, lacking knowledge of the man’* character, he waa at a loss to know why Babson had ao suddenly turned on the Ker- shaws. Waa it possible he had pur chased the mortgage because he feared the holder of it might grant an extension? ~ If so, then Babson desired It, not as an Investment, but as n weapon. Nate decided finally to try a shot In the dark and halt Babson’s operations before they had fairly started. The inability to puszle out a trail had always annoyed him; be knew, too. It must be annoying and harrasslng Lorry Kershaw to a far greater ex tent She was a fine girl, and If he waa going to be her neighbor he desired her friendship, not only for both their —takes but for the sake of all the.. Hensleys and Kershaws who had died with their hoots on. ' He’d promised Owen Kershaw he’d wavs the olive branch, if and when he should get back te-£den Valley, y-« - What a fine- looking lad that Owen had been I . . . All man . . . unexpectedly senti mental. , . . Well, he’d bees out of Eden Valley to a private school for a few years. . . . He'd been civilized. “Yes, Owen," Tichenor soliloquized, "It la hard to accept too many favors from a traditional enemy. The sus picion, distrust, and dislike of a half century aren’t to be eradicated In a d** • • « and she 4lld throw my check iirtEfe niw!—wwi; the bm something I want and I’m willing to pay for it and pay heavily .... That cursed feud Is dead and HI not revive U with a lawsuit. Why rub into the girl the knowledge that I’m rolling in money while she's bankrupt?" Forthwith he motored into Gold Ran and telephoned to his attorney In San Francisco. "Tichenor speaking. Pad- don. Listen carefully. Ranceford Ker shaw Is dead and has left a bankrupt estate to his sole belr, a daughter named Lorraine. But two years ago be gave a deed of gift to hla daughter of those four thousand acres I spoke to you about—-you have the legal de scription. Well, Lorraine Kershaw filed that deed of gift for record very recently, as I discovered when running down the title at the court house, In Gold Run. The local bank holds thirty thousand dollars’ worth of Ranee Ker shaw’s notes, miseeured, overdue and with Interest In default, and the’presi dent and controlling owner of that bank holds also an overdue first mort gage in the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with a year’s Interest in default In addition the Kershaw estate ewes the Bar H Land and Cattle company more than three hundred thousand dollars. The bank and the banka: are going to foreclose, but the Bar H Isn’t.’’ - "Good news,” the lawyer Interjected, as Nate Tichenor paused for breath. "It would seem that the girl la not In a position to hold yon up, so you ought to get that four thousand acres cheap.” "Precisely. But I’m not going to five her the opportunity to begin to thiak she can hold me np; there’ll be bo argument as to the price. Pm mail ing my bank in San Francisco today « check In its favor for four hundred thousand dollars, with Instructions to issue a certified check In favor of Lor raine Kegshaw and send It over to jrour office; Meanwhile, prepare a deed from Lorraine Kershaw to the Moun tain Valley Power company for that four thousand acres—" "Why not do a little trading? Offer the girl twenty an acre and work up.” "Listen Paddon. You transact my legal business for me, but I do not need you for my general manager. That land la worth four hundred thou sand dollars to me If I can get It with out a fight and without leaving a bad taste In Lorry Kershaw’s mouth. I can afford to pay for my fancies, ! have a fancy for this four thousand acres, and I fancy it now! But I do not wish to be known in the premises, so do not come up yourself to close this deal. * The girl would suspect col- lusion. Understand?” Aye, aye, air.” The following afternoon a livery oar from Gold Run arrived at the ranch, bearing Mr. Rube Tenney, Mrs. Rube Tenney, and two little Tenneys, a boy and a girl • Mr. Tenney, in his younger days, had been a Hensley bodyguard, willing (albeit never called upon to do so) to kill a Kershaw out of loyalty to the bread he ate. He waa riding under Nate Tlchenor’a father, and when the latter died was elevated to the position of ranch superintendent, which positnon he had held with credit and honor until Nate Tichenor bad gone oot of the cattle business. Rube Tenney was nearly fifty years old now, but active and still trustworthy. He greeted hla old master as informally ns If they had not seen each other since 1917. "Well, I got your wire ordering me to report, Nate,” Rube Tenney aiv- i ranch lands just as It has been passing ■re,. ‘That’, ,our thr °°* h * ft b , 1U, 0 » “• Ver, well. ion. I'm glad fe- we ff ro . of Forlorn. Vallo, nouneed. "So I came a-runnln’." Tichenor smiled. When the Bar H retirement had left Tenney without a Job, Nate had financed hla old super intendent In the lease of a ranch and A band of two thousand sheep. Sheep were and always had been repugnant to Rube Tenney, but he had worried along with the nuisances and even dur ing those lean years had managed to make more than a living off them. "You left a good man In charge of your sheep, I hope, Rube?” "I fold ’em to a good man. My lease waa * expiring In October, an’ after three bad feed years I reckoned I’d better quit before my sheep died o’ starvation.” He banded Nate a check. "There’s the money you staked me to. I got a few thousand over ah’ above that Tbapk God, the rest o' my Ufe will be spent with decent, re spectable cows." "Now’s a fine time to git back Into the cattle business,” Mr. Tenney went on. "Prices Is advancin' but you can still stock op cheap.” "I'm not going back Into the cattle bnslneaa. Rube. But you are. You're to be riding boes of the Circle K—on the aalary ef a ranch anperlntendent." "Ah 1 Closin' In on them Kershaws, eh?” Tenney grinned. Patiently Nate proceeded to disillu sion him, and while he was doing It the Tenney head wagged nnderstand- Ingly. "Never did Agger you’d be able to keep up steam like the Hensleys.” he declared, blood, have the job.” "Miss Kershaw knows all about you —knows I’ve sent for you. There’s a Misa Bachman staying with her at present Tell her I suggested she send Miss Bachman back to Valley Center In this rented oar of yours.” -“Hi "HifcT “Rffii and affectfohfffgTf after the departing Rube Tenney and his brood. "Old Faithful,” be solilo quized. "He doesn't suspect I bought him out of the sheep business and took a loss to do it But it’s worth It to have him back on the job—to be free of worry about that Kershaw girl and her finances—and mine. Fine joke on Rube and me if she takes a notion to fire him—for a woman’s reason!” But In his heart he knew there was little chance of that Lorry Kershaw waa a girl one could trust to know the value of a good rider and a loyal employee. And Rube Tenney could fill the bllL =S= =0 S > S !» « 1 When Silas Bahson returned to Val ley Center he brought with him three legal documents, all undated. One waa a petition to the county board of Super visors for permission to form the For lorn Valley Irrigation district; another was a formal application to the state water commission requesting the allo cation to the Forlorn Valley Irrigation district of the flood or freshet water of Eden Valley creek; the third was the articles of Incorporation of the district The attorneys he had consulted, Messrs. Brooks, Gagan and Brooks had agreed with him that under the cir- cutnatances, his strategy was excellent hut had taken occasion to warn him that If Nate Tichenor and Lorraine Kershaw should decide to oppose his proposition seriously be would realize he had a fight on his hands before he got through with them. "Under legislation recently enacted a state water commission has been appointed and this commission has control of the so-called unappropriated waters hi all the streams In this state. There are, undoubtedly, bOlions of gal lons of so-called unappropriated water In Eden Valley creek, and there is no donbt bat that the state water com mission will grant ths petition of the Postern Valley Irrigation district for tho allocation to It of tbeoe so-called unappropriated waters. I nadarstand year situation. If yon can get your machinery In opera tion to enter a condemnation suit be fore Tlchenoc sella his dam site to this power company yon suspect of having an Interest In it, and before the Ker shaw girl sella her lake site to the same power company, yon will, by the filing of that suit, automatically rain yon may safely accept my assurance that yon can win such s condemnation suit However, what the proposed Irri gation district will have to pay Tiche nor and Miss Kershaw for these prop erties is, of course, a matter for a jury to decide. Your irrigation district will have to pay the price within thirty days or forfeit forever Its right to acquire the lands." Babson nodded hla comprehension and the attorney continued: "Your first choice of an Impounding dam la now owned by Tichenor and the lake ■tie by Miss Kershaw. If these prop erties are sold to the power company, being a public service utility, cannot be disturbed in Its possession by an other smaller corporation. Yon under stand that point clearly?” Again Babfebn nodded. "We will assume that this is exactly what will come to pass. You will un derstand that la the position the power company will occupy, it will not have to pnrchaae or condemn any water rights from Tichenor and Mias Ker shaw. The water will pass over their for centuries, and the power company will merely Impound It just above the point where it normally .goes to waste on barren lands which jtlll He In the public domain. The Department of the Interior, which baa jurisdiction over the public domain, will doubtless make no objection to the Impounding of wa ter by the power company, but In the event that settlers should In the fu ture file homesteads on the Infertile lands just below the power company's dam, the power company will be forced to let such settlers on lands riparian to the old channel of the stream have their fair share of the water." “That Is a contingency which will never occur, Mr. Gagan. Those waste lands, even, with Irrigation, will never attract anybody." "W# will assume you have the cor rect viewpoint We hava already as sumed that yon will not be able to ac quire the Tichenor dam site and the Kershaw lake site. Now, have yon an alternative lake site? Unless yon have, just band us e check for the cost of this interview and forget yonr Irriga tion project" Babaon drew a sheet of paper toward him and made a rough sketch of Bden VaHey and the surrounding country. "This portion of the valley, which la occupied by Tichenor and the Kershaw ranches. Is usually referred to as the Pan," be explained. "Thl# narrow can yon at the head of the Pan Is known ss the Handle. By cutting a canal tion with the Department of Interlqr by claiming yon are diverting water from riparian lands to non-rlparlsn lends, to their signal loss and dam age." .“But we will net divert their share of the water, Mr. Gagan. Our plan la to divert only that portion of the flood ■ to US by the division of water rights, which Is un der the control of the state water com- mission.” , "That will be fine, provided you can 1 get away with it," the lawyer replied dryly. "My partners and I have con sidered this new law very carefully and It Is our opinion that It la subject to successful attack, by an energetl# and belligerent raparlan owner, as un constitutional.” "It’s been on the statute books five years,” Babson challenged. “Why hasn’t it already been declared unconstitu tional T" “Probkbly because nobody haa pressed the point Lawyers who could be en gaged to tackle such a tough fight are high-priced, end the men who would engage them usually cannot afford them. So the victims make the beet of the situation and get along on the amount of water allocated to them by the state water commlaalen.” "Tichenor and the Kershaw girl will not fight us,” Batwon declared con fidently. "Nevertheless, If they tt assart, they'll fight yon. From what you tell mai these people come ef fighting stork." "Well, suppose we lose,” Batmen countered. "The llstriet can still get sU their Native Transportation and installing onr flood-gate there, the water can be led from this natural reservoir by easy gradient along the northern base of the hills that form tho southern buttress of Forlorn Val ley and separate it from Bden Valley. Thence laterals from this main canal will lead the water over some thirty. thousand acres of Forlorn Valley. There Is a 10 per cent slope.” "And your dlversiqn dam would be in the public domain, eh? Have yOn sufficient political Influence In Wash ington to induce the Department of the Interior to grant yon permission to erect such a diversion dam, dig your. main canal and impound your water In the public domain?” Babson smiled. "1 feel assured we can work that game through our local congressman and senator.” ^ ( “Nathan. Tichenor and Lorraine Ker shaw,” Gagan reminded him smilingly. "They own lands riparian to Eden Valley creek below £lje proposed diver sion dam and may block yonr aspira- Ocean* Contain Gold, Silver, Iron and Many Other Precious Element* There Is enough gold in the sea to give every man, woman and child in the world about $14,000 worth, with gold at $20 an ounce, if it were 'all removed and distributed equally. Such Is the conclusion which might be drawn from the most recent estimates of the composition of ssa water con tained In the 1933 physical tables of the Smithsonian institution, says Pop ular Mechanics Magazine. Each kilogram of sea water contains about forty-five millionths of one mil- Li gram of'gold. The total ocean sur face area is estimated at 865,500,000 square kilometers and the average depth at three kilometers. The seas therefore contain about 1,000,000,000 cubic kilometers of water with an es timated weight of one sextilllon kilo- grama—a number represented by the figure one, followed by twenty-one ciphers. This would mean shout 1,500000.000,000 ounces of gold, or 700 ounces for esch human being. It In estimated the oceans contain stiver 1,000 times greater than the amount ef gold. Also there are vast stores of Iron, iodine, 'copper, barium, arsenic and zinc—all present In sea water in mi nute amounts along with such vaftiy! more' abundant elements ss chlorine sodium, magnesium, calcium and po tassium. It baa been found that the cost sf extracting the precious elements froki sea water la vastly out of proportion to the returns While It has been as sumed that the amounts of the rlous elements found In the surfhc* water also would be fcund through out the sea, this la by no means cer tain, ss there is reason tb believe the amount decrease* with di —* Tha Name of Ha] Hapsburg, or Habichtsburg, trans lated into English, is Hawk’s castle. It was from Hawk’s castle, the floom? tittle mlll-ltice fortress on tho Rival Aar la Switzerland, that cams ths name of Hapsburg, s name borne by s family that ruled Austria for 631 years, or so long that scarcely bat the historian today recalls name of their predecessors, the bergs.—Chicago Tkibna* — - wai T HI no of lands’ water rights adT *uylng them, can’t It?” "Yea, of course. But you’d still have the power company on the creek below yon, clamoring for more water than they would then receive." "Wouldn’t the state water commis sion have to adjudicate the quarrel?" Again Gagan smiled hts enigmatic smile. "I suppose so. Still, with these two riparian owners eliminated by a condemnation suit, the Issue would lie between you and the power company and if, as yon seem to think, there Is water enough for both, a com promise should not be difficult to reach.” "It’s a chance TH have to take,” Bab son answered doggedly, thinking of the mortgages hla bank held on drj -farm ing lands In Forlorn Valley. Once he succeeded In getting surface Irriga tion on those lands their values would bo stabilized—likewise the value of hla bank's capital stock. _ Having gorged klmseK with legal Information on etery angln of the situ ation that confronted him, ho paid his bill and returned to Valley Center In greet good humor. He had bailed tbs Issue down to Its essentials. The w» ter would cost nothing save tho a» pense of leading It to Forlorn Vslloy or, If Nate Tichenor and Lorry Ker shaw should oppose him successfully, he would have to buy them out vis ths condemnation suit process. If bit plans matured In advance of those of the power company be suspected ef Interest In the Eden Valley water, he was safe. If they didn't he wonld atm not be ruined. And once safely out of -Um anpleaiaol Jitaalifli,la^whleh , nnint nf ■«. he found himself, he cared not a figl » a,nwT frmn ^ rantasre a* should ruin overtake the district sub sequently. He told himself It was high time he liquidated bis various Interests and retired on the Income from his capital. *■ t The bank waa closed for the 6*7 when Babson reached Valley Center so It was not until he sat down at hla desk next morning that Mr. Henor Rookby was aBle to Impart to hlw such news of local Interest as had de veloped during Babson’s absence. "Ranee Kershaw’s dead," tieokby an nounced immediately. "Dropped deed of heart disease the day yon left f« San Francisco.” V TO' BIS CONTLNUm*. Prepared by National Oeoiraphlc Society, Washington. D. C.—WNU Service. E Atlantic’s rolling waves do not break against the mainland of Georgia.—A atartliiig state- statement, that. Yet it la true, for the surf shatters on the smooth sandy beaches of the Islands that stretch like a protecting band off the coast These are the famed Sea Islands of Georgia, the "Golden Isles of Guale” aa they were known to Sixteenth cen tury Spanish map-makers. The low-lying lumps of land, spawned by the tides and winds off the 100-mile arc of tha Georgia coast, were once friendly banting grounds, where Indians stalked deer, wild tur keys, raccoons, opossums, and water fowl. Toddy, as subtropic playgrounds and winter retreats of happy isola tion, they have again become banting preserves and game sanctuaries. What history has marched across the savannaa and hammocks and be- Tieath tHfe moss-scarfed arnis‘ nf^tlie- mighty live oaks of these islands In the nearly four-century span since white men entered this New world theater 1 Here, in the late sixties of the Six teenth century, came Spanish grandees and black-frocked friars, from their Florida headquarters at 8L Augustine, to plant sword and cron among the Indiana to the "glory of the king.' Here, too, came adventurous French voyagers to trade and to make unsus- talned colonial claims. Bold pirates and buccaneers, such ss Argamont (the notorious "Abra ham") and Blackbeard, after plunder ing along the Spanish Main, brought Into the hidden anchorages of the secluded waterways their treasure galleons and. under cover of the Is land oaks, found respite from their high adventures Here, In the 1730's, came Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe and his fol lowers, who, within a few years, struck blows that helped preserve for the Anglo-Saxon race a large portion of the continent — — Refugee Santo Domingo planters, escaped French royalists, human car goes from African "slavers,” wealthy antebellum aristocrata of the old South, masters of extensive Island plantations; then ruin, sod, finally, delayed rehabilitation, mark the suc ceeding chapters of the Sea Islands* history. Five flags have waved over this off shore cluster of lands where some of the earliest seeds of American trade were sown. Leason In Coastal Geography. However, the unfolding panorama of 50 men dropped anchor and came ashore on this island. He had estab- ished St Augustine, In Florida, only the Y* nr h " fnr " [ w already out to destroy the remaining traces of any settlements the French may hay founded. One writer pointed out that nowhere else had Ite seen such a delightful set ting for a great house as that on Sapelo Island. In the midst of, a cathedral-like bower of Uvn oaks, with hoary beards of Spanish moss depend ing from their outstretched limbs, stands s majestic colonial home. Pro jecting from the porticoed entrance is * Cruciform formal pool which catches and tosses back the reflection of mossy oaks and vast whits walls. Since Its reconstruction, two Pres idential parties have been goests at •hm. Dim day, while ons of First Ladles was admiring the nearby rock garden, her cicerone was heard to remark, "They even used Imported stone tor this rock The big boose of ths South End plantation was first built by Thomas Spalding In 1800-1802, after he had re turned from England to take np plan tation farming on Sapelo. As noted s farmer as he was a bond er, Spalding cleared more than a thou sand acres on his Island klngdon/, and raised indigo, sea-I aland cotton, sugar cane, and staple foodstuffs Ha it was, in fact, who tnt/oducsd cane cultivation and sugar manufa* turing Into Georgia. Ths live oaks Which ha cut while clearing ths for ests to make bigger fields serve to fill large timber contracts for ths budding United States navy. Ha also supplied ths navy and merchant marina with beef and hogs. As a slave owner, however, Spald ing came ultimately ts suffer, tvso though ho treated hts "helpers” with such kindness that ths planters (a ths South dubbed Sapelo "Nigger Heaven.” Then came the Confederacy, sgslnnl every protest of this aged man. Sher man’s march to ths sea laid waste ths Mg house and the plantation develop manta Fortunately. Spalding did not Uvs to see that day of ruin. Vines and bramble claimed ths flro smoked tabby walls of ths mansion a* til the present owner cleared them and rebuilt again In 1923. Modern Improvementa Today, too, ths old canola have bean redredged and new ones have bean cut In many places to supplement tha drainage of tha Island. An adequate supply of fresh water Is provided by 36 gushing artesian walla. Mora than- a thousand beef cattle how grass on tha luxuriant carpet grass, Japanese claYer-anl Permada grass that hava ■1 airplane cockpit is essentially a les son in coastal geography, not history, even though Isolated bits of old Span ish ruins, Oglethorpe’s Fort Frederica, and remnants from prosperous colo nial days can still he distinguished through the foliage. , • Between the leeward side of the is lands and the mainland lie e^amdve reaches of salt marshes,, ranging roughly from two to eight miles In width. Generally wide at the north ern end, toward Savannah, they nar row at the lower portion of Cumber land, the southernmost member of tha Gdlden Isles. As you fly along the chain of Is lands you can trace a continuous aer- ntine passage in the - network of sounds, delta-divided river mouths, and meandering creeks. It la the In- slde r 4r Florida. Passage, a portion of that Inside water route which extends all the way from New York to the Florida Keys. ’ As you swing to a course over the ocean side of the Islands, an interest ing feature df their formation Is re vealed to .advantage. Heavily wooded areas appear In long bands, stretch ing in a north-and-south direction, and are separated by slender marshes and, ponds, in some cases even expanding Into narrow lakes. Through the passing centuries tides and winds have piled the and river-debouched sediment series of parallel dunes Inter with the swamps—hammocks sloughs, they are termed Id parlance. Enormous live cedars, and other trees luxui On Sapelo Island alone ret wide, open fields where colojf tatlons flourished. Here and there are tiny iiflands. with little more than a fringe of sandy beach to Inclose a small area of marshland. Whsr# Da Avilas Landed. One cannot visit St Catherines with out recalling that April day in 1566 when Menendea de Aviles, One of Spain's ablest pioneers, and his party been sown In the one-time cotton and indigo fields. Delightful trails and motor roads lace the island retreat. In many places they wind beneath bewhlskered old oaks; elsewhere they skirt the broad savannas and cross between marshy ponds that teem with ducks, teal, and other waterfowl. On the west shore, commanding ths approach to the Florida Passage, stand the tabby ruins of the octagonal fort built by the Spaniards In 1680. Wlth- L In its concentric walls troops were sta tioned to protect the friars of the Mission of San .7?se de Zapala. Thom- mission foundations, and within recent years the "long tabby” haa been con verted Into a guesthouse, a portion of which la now used as a schoolroom for the nine white children on tha Island. A short ride farther north brings one to the ruins -of .. La Chatelet This old site recalls the colonial efforts of five Frenchmen who bought tha Is land and settled at several places la their little haven. Tie agreement rhlch they made In St. Malo, France,* *fore'th£ beginning of their venture* Is one of the treasures of the Sapelo library. ' Soon to disagree, four of them moved to Jekyl Island. Later La Chatelet passed Into the hands of Mar quis de Moptalet, a French nobleman who had fled from Santo Domingo, where his Whole family had been massacred In a slave uprising. Many of the descendants of Spald ing’s slaves still live on tiny farms on the island. Of the three settlements— Raccoon Bluff, Hog Hammock, ami Shell Hammock—the former is the largest At Hampton Point and Retreat on St. Simon Island the firat sea-island cotton was grown from seeds Intro duced from the Island of Anguilla, In the West Indies. This remarkable lone- fiber cotton created mncfei comment among cotton buyers when the fiat crop, shipped from Hampton f reached Liverpool 1 : ■ '