Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1932, Page 13

DZARK RESIDENTS STILL HUNT GOLD Despite Weird Tales, Men With - Divining Rods Make Search. By the Assoclated Press. BALD KNOB, Ark., October 4—They | still hunt gold in the crypts of the with' divining rods, shovels and ! jotguns. _Far back in the hills, where distances arp measured by a “whoop and a hol- ler,” men spend their lives digging for treasures they believe Spaniards buried during the stark days when slave trad- ers sailed the bloody middle passage. i Tales Handed Down. ales handed down from father to | son by a breed that loves good stories arg responsible for the unconfirmed conviction of many mountaineers that fabulous wealth lies behind some of the bald boulders of the Ozarks. They hunt it at night with a divining rod— a homemade instrument, that is sup- posed to do funny things when it over burled metal. Some folks say they will work, but then some folks also tell in whispers that the moaning wind in deep caverns of the mountains is the voice of & “ha'nt"—the wail of some luckless fel- low who lost his soul. Science merely shakes its head at both beliefs Equipment of the gold-hunting par- ties usually is a divining rod, a lantern, pickax, shovel and a shotgun—the shot- gun to keep away marauders like bad men, wolves and wildcats. Still at It. They have been hunting easy gold in the hills since ante-bellum days and are still at it. Many accept the stories that Spaniards came up the Mississippi River's tributaries to hide their fortunes. Tales that rich families buried gold and valuables in the mountains during the ‘war between the States also are believed by persons who do not go in for the “ha'nt stuff.” Strange markings like “4. P. F. A. 7T.M. N. O O O::" have been found on boulders and fortune hunters are con- vinced they mean something. Acres and acres have been searched. but if any one ever found any loose gold it is not generally known. Carved Slab Found. A large stone slab on which was carved “I S $10000 Jon 1797" is the incentive for many hunts. The slab was found years ago and bands of hunters continucusly seek the gold it 15 supposed to refer to. One man in the Ozarks has spent 30 years looking for treasure. Some treasures buried near graves in cays when banking was done with shovels have been found. The fortunes were buried near graves o assumption gold hunters would, not disturb the dead. The fortune-hunting business reached a new high when a Spaniard appeared in the Ozarks several years ago and said he was there to seek buried bullion. He zaid he knew something about a mys- terious treasure, and several business men joined him in the game. They found a lot of signs and eventually started diggln& Fourteen feet down they found gold. Word of the discovery spread through the hills and everybody got excited. They didn't all know that the gold was put in the Ozarks by nature and not by man, and that i would have to be mined. The adventure of the Spaniard and his associates resulted in a Jull-fledged | gold mine. The mine produced about $56 to the ton of ore, and the metal was “sily ated from its ore by “free The mine is-closed now, but the glamorous g: f_creeping over the hills at mxcg&gflm a smoking lan- tern, a shotgun and hope goes on. ROOSEVELT SPEECHES SCORED BY GARFIELD G. 0. P. lPlatiorm Chairman Says Candidate Seeks Vainly to Wear Mantle of T. R. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 4 —James R. Gar- fleld, Resolutions Committee chairman of the Republican National Committee, in a radio address yesterday said that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt “seeks to wear the mantle of Theodore Roosevelt, but it doesn’t fit.” “The Democratic candidate’s speeches are filled with well turned phrases, vain hopes and promises,” Garfield sald. “He deplores public debt, but is tied to a running mate who would add billions to the tax burdens of the people. “He talks about economy, but has failed to oppose the unjustifiable ifi- crease of the proposed bonus. He talks of a)din%flgzxiculture by methods which already have been tried or are being put into effect. “In his speech at Sioux City, Iowa, Roosevelt said he wishes the farmers to sell their products for higher prices and to buy their needed commodities at lower prices. Will he tell the laboring man and the manufacturer the same story?” Garfield, son of the twentieth Presi- dent of the United States, said President Hoover “has met every emergency with courage, patience and effective action,” and declared economic conditions would be more quickly improved if the present administration were retained to com- plete relief measures already instituted. RECORD ABSENTEE VOTE SEEN HERE Democratic Central Committee Re- ports Registrations for One Day Pass 500 Mark. Record registration of absentee voters by the Democratic Central Committee vias reported today, with daily regis- tration exceeding figures of former years and the high total for one day being over 500, Jonn F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman, announced growing lists of Washingtonians who are preparing to vote in Arizona, Nebraska, North Da- kota, Colorado, New York, Washington, Carifornia, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Maryland. Because of the number of people ap- plving for assistance in casting their ballots back home, the heacquarters, at 1320 G strect, will be kept open until at least 10 o'clock every night. The Finance Committee of the Dem- ocratic Central Committee will meet to- morrow night, while plans for the car- nival rally, scheduled for October 8 to 22, will be discussed at a meeting of a group of volunteer workers tomorrow afternoon EXPECT BRAZIL TO PAY RIO DE JANEIRO, October 4 (#).— Foreign bank officials at at Sao Paulo today said they expected the Brasilian federal government to exchange federal money for the new Eao Paulo currency they were required to accept during the three months’ rebellion which ended this week. ‘They said they believed the govern- ment would make the exchange in spite of the fact that, at the beginning of the rebelllion, President Vargas issued a decree saying the Paulista money would Lot be recognized. Washington Produce Butter—One-pound prints, 93 score, 23; 92 score, 21; standard, 20; tub, 93 score, 22; 92 score, 20; standard, 19. Eggs—Hennery whites, 27a28; current receipts, 22a23; sealed Government grade, extras, 39; standards, 33; medi- ums, 30. Poultry, alive— Turkeys, hens, 15; toms, 13; crooked breasts, 10; Spring turkeys, 18a20; chickens, Plymouth; Rocks, 3 pounds and over, 15; 2!3 to 3 pounds, 13al4; under 2l pounds, 13; hens, small, 11a12; hens, large, 14a 15; Leghorn hens, 10; mixed colored chickens. 12a13; roosters, 8; Keats, young, 1 to 13; pounds, per pair, 50; young, 2 pounds and over, per pair, 70; old, per pair, 40. Poultry, dressed—Turkeys, hens, 18; toms, 16; crooked breasts, 13; chickens, Pl 1 : 2'; pounds, 18; hens, small, hens, large, 18a21; Leghorn hens, l4a 16; mixed colored chickens, 17al8; roosters, 12. Meats—Beef, 15; lamb, 13; veal, 1 rk loins, 15; fresh hams,’13; smoked ms, 14; strip bacon, 14; lard, T compound, 7. Live stock—Hogs, heavy, 3.75a4.2: light, 4.00a4.25; medium, 4.00a4.2! roughs, 2.00a3.00; lambs, X : calves, 3.00a6.00. Fruits—Apples, bushel, 50a1.50; box stock, 2.00; peaches, 1.00a1.50; pears, 2:50a2.75; cantaloupes, flats, 1.00; Per- sian_melons, 2.50; honeydews, 2.0 casabars, 1.75 nas, 1.00a2.0( grapes, Thompson seedless, 1.50; Cor- nichon, 1.25; Tokay, 1.50a1.75; Italian prunes, 1.00; pineapples, 7.50; damsons, 2-peck baskets, 75a1.00; alligator pears, 1.00a1.2: oranges, 3.00a4.00; lemons, grapefruit, 3.50a4.50; cran- quinces, bushel, 1.75. ‘Vegetables—Potatoes, 100-pound sacks, 1.0 daho bakers, 2.25; sweets, 60a75; string beans, 1.00a1.25; { 00a2.: spinach, 75 turnips, dozen uash, ‘ponys, 50: carrots, bushel, 1.00; ts, per, 100 bunche 3.00; Hubbard squas! 3.00a3.25; t¢ 2 a1.00; peppers, 40a50; corn, 5-dozen sacks, 1.25; cauliflowes 1.50a2.00; mushrooms, 75a1.00; aspar: gus, California, 3.50: eggplant, 1.00; salsify, per dozen bunches, 75a1.00. — Third Quarter Reports. YORK, October 4 (Special).— Although there has been no apprecizble improvement in business to warrant the expectation of increased corporate ! earnings, it is'nevertheless felt that re- ports for the third quarter, which will begin to make their appearance on a {large scale within the next week or two, will show only a small average de- cline compared with the previous quar- ter, as well as the corresponding quar- ter last year. Furthermore, the general reductio in operating costs and the upward trend in commodity costs are two factors which have favored earnings in many industries during the past three months, which should exert a salutary effect upon securities prices. BONDS ON THE CURB MARKET. DOMESTIC BONDS. 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Progress in unemployment relief in the District and existing conditions here will be described by Leroy Halbert, di- rector of unemployment relief for the District, at & meeting of the Business and Professional Women's League of Service tonight at the Mount Pleasant jonal Church. t's session is the opening Fall meet! , Elizabeth Beatty of the Aid Soclety will alsp speak. Miss Jessie La Salle, as- sistant Superintendent of public schools, is president of the leagu ‘Two 20-02“& business buildings are being erected in Shanghai, China. Wasps From Mounta; The.sugar cane plantations of this country have been hard hit in the past few years by the operation of the “borer,”” which eats its way into the stalk of the plant and causes 1t to die or fall. losses from this cause have been considerable and the growers have been at & loss to proceed against the insects. The Iture Department has been working on the problem and’it is thought that a rem- $51 2410 S0 Ketp. the ‘vores In sue: 88l e borer in sub- Jection in swth“?\nieri as they develop they descend into the sugar districts and devour the larvae of the borer before it enters the cane stalk. An agent of the department has been stationed in Peru and is sending T shipments of the wasps into this country and they are released in Louisiana. Many thousands of these NTRANCE, 909 F ST. 'Wasps been received despite the fact that many of them have been unable to survive the journey, but re- eentxefie T success has been obtained in transportation as improved means have been arrived at. Airplane shipments have been made so that the wasps are in the course of transit for s few days only, whereas the earlier shi] ts required weeks. The corn 15 also a sufferer from the depre- dat of the borer, but not to the same extent as the crop. A—1d 94 Great-Grandmothers There. Two great-great-grandmothers and 94 great-grandmothers attended “Great. grandmothers’ day,” held recently in Melbourne, Australia, by the Cariton Methodist Mission. Only great-grand- mothers “and up” were invited. “Sel membe1” was Mrs. Keegan, & gr great-grandmother of 95. One of the proudest was Mrs. Hopkinson, aged 77, who has had 20 children. Hundreds of enthusiastic homemakers have already attended this Great Furniture classic. Some have purchased,‘ others have come to view the newest designs in furniture for Fall. If you haven’t been down, plan on coming tomorrow. Our 5 floors are crowded with the most ovtstanding display of furniture at the lowest prices in years. This is your opportunity, Mr. and Mrs. Homemaker, to save on quality that endures. $150 Genuine Hand-Carv Note the beautifully carved top and base frame. The suite as pictured is carefully constructed with sagless spring workmanship. Handsome high-grade friezette up- holstering. Includes a large sofa and lounge chair with reversible seat cushions. Oval Top Occasional Table 33.95 $165 Duncan Phyfe 10-Piece Mahogany Dining Room Suite 1S An elaborate design suite, typical Duncan Phyfe style, carefully constructed of genuine wal- nut on hardwood. The ten pieces include Duncan Phyfe extension table, enclosed server, china cab- inet, buffet and 6 upholstered seat chairs to match. A most unusual value. May be had in mahogany. Suite *[10 $110 Genuine Newest Type Electric Woasher $47.95 A high grade, fully guaranteed electric washer with newest features. Convenient terms. Walnut 4-Piece Bed Room Suite 75 Here's a group sure to please. It is exactly as pictured, and includes a full vanity, large dresser, chest of drawers and double bed. The suite is attractively designed, and con- structed of genuine walnut over hardwood. Beautiful decora- tions and overlays add to its beauty. A special value at $75. 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