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N The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell S. C. Thursday, May 6, 1937 SUCH IS UFE—Camouflaged Trace Indians Columbus Met on First Landing Ethnologist Makes Important Find in Bahamas. Washington, D. C.—Who were the Indians that greeted Columbus at his first landing in the new world? Herbert W. Krieger, the Smith sonian Institution’s curator of eth nology, has just completed an archeological study of the Bahamas in an effort to obtain some light on this problem. The discoverer of America first stepped ashore on the present San Salvador or Watling island, east ernmost of the Bahamas, and was met by the “Lucayana — simple, honest and exceedingly liberal” na tive Americans. The Bahaman abo riginals soon became extinct. They left relatively little to indicate who they were. Thin Soil on'Rock. Mr. Krieger carried out excava tions in caves on three islands— New Providence, Long Island, and Andros — and recovered artifacts which enable him to give at least a tentative answer to the question of the cultural relations of these peo ple. One reason for the scarcity of HAS IMPORTANT JOB A new portrait of Maj. Gen. Sir George Younghusband, K. C. M. G., the keeper of the English crown jewels for the past 20 years, to whom the coming of the coronation will mean new duties and increased responsibilities. Sir George is a vet eran English army man. He fought in the Afghan war, in the Burmah war, in the Boer war, took part in expeditions in India, and topped off with five years service in the Great war. He has published a few books about the crown jewels and the Tower of London, where he lives, and also a book on his experiences as a soldier. deposits is that the limestone rock is only very thinly covered with soil on most of the islands. A cave is about the only place where any thing is likely to be found buried. Among the artifacts found by Mr. Krieger were so-called “celts” of polished greenstone—axes or ham mers from which the handles have disappeared. The material proves that they originated in Haiti and must have been brought to the Ba hamas either by the original mi grants or as articles of commerce. This proves, in any event, a defi nite link with Haiti. No celt of carved shell or of native limestone was found. The native negroes of the Ba hamas, Mr. Krieger found, are very superstitious regarding these celts. They insist the articles are “thun derbolts” which fall from the sky, bury themselves in the earth or the ocean floor and come to the sur face again after seven years. These objects are highly prized because they are considered effective in warding off danger during hurri canes. Some Came from West. Mr. Krieger also found seats of carved wood and thick-walled, in cised pottery. Similar artifacts have been found in southern Florida and substantiate the statement of the Indians to Columbus that Indians from the west came to the Bahamas to hunt pigeons, which are still found in great numbers. The evidence is strong, however, that the main cultural association of the old Bahamas was not with Florida, across the gulf stream, but with the island Arawaks afterward encountered by Columbus in east ern Cuba and northern Hispaniola. Shark Patrol Will Set Traps Around Australia Sydney.—The greatest shark hunt ever attempted, involving the clos ing of nearly forty miles of bays with a wall of nets, has started here. The plan is designed to protect the famous surfing beaches of Syd ney, and will cost the New South Wales government $23,750 a year. Two hired trawlers at first will operate within the bays, catching any sharks which may be trapped by the nets. At first the sharks will be killed, taken out to sea and dumped, but later, when four new ships will be available, it is hoped to build a factory to turn the car casses into liver oil, fertilizer, and leather. The many miles of nets needed, with adequate reserve supplies, must all be made in Australia, from home grown cotton. The company which is carrying out the scheme says that besides making the beaches safe for surf bathers, the trawling will help to develop the Australia fishing indus try. - Surf bathing lifesavers have al ready thanked the government for starting the shark patrol. AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENT1FACTS — BY ARNOLD By CHARLES SUGHROE r HousQ,(\ofd r J-fints J 1 By BETTY WELLS y ' COWARD OR HERO Sy LEONARD A. BARRETT In each of us dwell moral and mental forces which are character istic of either a coward or a hero. A hero has cour age. The coward lacks courage be cause it is si lenced by more dominant forces, the principal force being fear. The coward is afraid to ven ture; the hero thrills in the throes of a great adventure. The coward trembles in the presence of uncertainty; the hero finds his joy and enthusiasm is in proportion to the risk involved. The coward instinctively withdraws CAT WINS $50,000 "Ginger,” five-year-old Persian cat, held a ticket on Puska Belle, third place winner in the Grand National steeplechase run at Ain- tree, England, and brought his own ers, Mr. and Mrs. Hansford Chase of Los Angeles, $50,000. Mrs. Chase purchased the ticket and put it in the name of the cat. Photograph shows Hansford Chase, ninety-five- year-old Civil war veteran holding the cat "Ginger" that won the $50,- 000. from danger; the hero courageously faces it. The difference between cowardice and heroism is that the characteristics of personality which make the hero are silenced in the coward by opposite forces. The hero knows not the word failure; the coward is always afraid of that word. In numerous cases when a crimi nal is brought to justice and pena lized for his wrong doing, his con fession reYeals the dominance of these forces which have made him a cowardly criminal instead of those forces which might have made him a hero. An unexpected calamity may turn a man of cowardly ten dencies into an heroic philosopher. Witness the scenes reported when the Lusitania was sunk in 1915 by a German submarine. The toll of 1,134 lives tells the story of in evitable and dominant forces at work in a crisis. The coward says that we are liv ing under the reign of law from which there is no possible devia tion. He is necessarily a fatalist. He does nort have the power of call ing into being latent forces. Law to him is his own will, regardless of moral norms. The hero recognizes the reign of law, but senses, also, the power of the spirit within. A hero may get licked many times, but he keeps on marching straight up to the mountain and carefully removes all the sand from his shoes as he goes. Lord Morley, in his volume “Rec ollections” writes of Gladstone, upon whom he had called: “It was a Sunday afternoon. There the old fellow was, doing what all old fel lows have done for ages, reading a big Bible.” This scene doubtless ex plains the unique heroism of Eng land’s "Grand Old Man.” Within one’s own personality ibid* spiritual forces which if nur tured and properly directed, will make heroes of ns all. Without the free expression of these forces, we are bound to become cowards and fatalists in a world which is under the domination of the merciless reign of law. • Wcatera M«*a»ap*r Vmkum. UR living room, gets a lot of ^ noisy living,” said Frances when we bumped into her down town the other day—we hadn’t seen her in years. She was selecting a new easy chair when we saw her. She finished deciding on it before we hunted up a drug store table where we could visit. “Do you like the green cover ing?” she asked. “The walls of our downstairs are all in cream just like everybody else’s, and green may sound just as banal in a wing chair, but actually I think our place has a lot of charm for a well-used house. The floors are pretty good, and even if they weren’t, I’d have to have rugs that could be kicked back because the children (listen to me, I never can think of them as grown) like to dance. Anyway I have the rugs in the living room, hall and dining room all in a lovely wisteria color. Then pale yellow glass curtains with printed cretonne draperies with lots of yellow, some lavender and green in the sprawl ing pattern. I’ve got slip covers on most of the furniture. Several pieces are in a soft green and sev eral pieces are in the printed cre tonne. And I’ve used very large pieces of copper for accessories. It seemed to me that with my very energetic family that I needed a rathe dramatic accent. "Anyway we certainly have lots of good times in this room, and it never seems drab. I find it quite easy to keep since the slip covers are all washable. So are the walls, and you should see what good rug shampoo-ers my boys have gotten to be! They may not set the world on fire as engineers and lawyers, but I’m sure they'll make fine hus bands. "But there, I’ve been chattering away about my house. Come on and let’s find a table where we can exchange notes about old times.” • • • Without a Second Glance ‘ The prettiest girl we know paused in her powdering to remark to us, as we sat in her lovely pastel room, “I’d like to know why rich or im portant women are such frumps. Their houses are that way, too. What burns me up is thinking what li’d do if I had their chance and money. I’d have clothes snd white rugs and all the trimmings! The funny part is that a girl can look very swell without spending a lot if she just takes pains. Yet the women who have everything we’re hoping for will mash a felt hat on their heads and slide into a tweed coat without a second glance. And their houses get dowdier and dowdier the more chances they have to make them simply knock out.” Of course, these remarks are not a hundred per cent correct. Some women of means make a whole career out of their clothes and houses. And some clever women have natural style about everything they wear. 'Hie career women theoretically love to look stunning and have be coming backgrounds and they’ll buy the best, but actually they are too busy and too engrossed in their work to bother much with the fixing needed for real smartness. It was brains more than beauty that won them their distinction and so in stinctively they value their ideas more and give their best energies to polishing off their thinking. So we had to agree that most of them look pretty frumpy. The well-to-do women who neg lect appearances are those who The prettiest girl we know wo» ders why important women are usually frumpy about both theix clothes and their houses. have everything and are too busy or too bored to give time to the looks of things. And there are times when frayed edges have their own charm. Moth ers of a batch of children all under ten don’t usually have time for fa cials and pink nail polish. But they usually have handsome husbands who adore then}. And houses burst ing their buttons with children and dogs can’t keep their creases in any too well. But who would trade the mellow tones of a room in that kind of house for the most interior decorated movie set on the screen. • By B*ttjr Well* —WNU S«rvlc«. TRIM UTTLE SUIT This trim little suit with its very short jacket and straight skirt is of sheer black woolen. The blouse of white pique is fastened with glazed “coq rouge” studs. A black hat, dark red gloves matching the studs, and a white lizard bag are smart accessories. Cat a Vetiraa Sailor Sydney, N. S. W. — Tiger Tim, mascot of the liner Esperance Bay, is one of the most traveled cats in the world. It has been owned by the second steward of the liner for more than 12. years, and only once in that time has he set foot on land. Notable Visitors From Britain * Sir Robert and Lady Craigie as they arrived from England on Queen Mary. They are here to visit Lady Craigie’s mother in Savann Ga. Sir Robert is BritisHF ambassador-designate to Japan. . — — i . .Am.......— Average Wedding Age In the United States today Cke average age at marriage Is *Lf years for women and 24.$ jmm or men. Today, women massy four months earlier and mb eleven months earlier than (hay did 25 years ago.—Collier’s Weekly. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescripdsa Ira tonic which has been helping wsbm of all ages for nearly 70 years. Affs. 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