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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.
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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.
First a Stndeac
He who proposes to be
thor, should first be a
Dryden.
biliousness, sour stomadv
bilious indigestion, flat»
lence and headache, do*
to constipation.
10c and 25c at
Giving and Receiving
In giving, a man receives mora
than he gives; and the more is as
proportion to the worth of the
thing given.—George MacDonald.
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But It Is Life
We bring into the world with aa
poor, needy, uncertain life, sheet
it the longest and unquiet at Iha
best.—Temple.
Rivalry and Pride
Nothing is ever done besutiMfe
which is done in rivalship; ear
nobly, which is done in pride.—
Ruskin.
Miss
REELEEF
says:
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Debts of Honor
I pay debts of honor, not
orable debts.—Reynolds.
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Silent Lies
The crudest lies are often
in silence.—Stevenson.
HEADACHE
due to constipation
Relieve the cause of the tria
ble I Take purely vegetable Black-
Dranght That’s the sensible way
to treat any of the disagreeable ef
fects of constipation. The relief man
and women get from taking Black-
Draught is truly refreshing. Try HI
Nothing to upset the stomach Just
purely vegetable leaves and reet%
finely ground.
BLACK-DRAUCH
A GOOD LAZATIYB
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