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l'HE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 17, 1935,
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
REGION OF MYSTERY
For 400 Years They Served
as Hideout for Pirates.
Washington.—Discovery of two bod
ies on waterless Marrhlna (nlso railed
'Blndloe) Island, In the Gnlnpagos, fo
cused world-wide attention on these
lonely hits of Innd, which lie about
COO miles west of Ecuador In the Pa
cific.
The tragedy adds another kind of
mystery to a region noted for many
pussling forms of plant and anlninl
life. A century ago Charles Darwin,
then a youthful scientist, pointed out
that half the flowers and half the birds
of the Islands are to be found nowhere
else In the world. Scores of scientists
and explorers, among them Dr. Wil
liam Beebe, have since stumbled
through thorny undergrowth, scnled
lava rooks, and found the Galapagos
to be an incomparable natural history
museum.
•‘More than 2,000 volcanic cones be
sprinkle the archipelago, and the Is
lands’ volcanic origin accounts for the
peculiar Interest they hold for sci
ence,*’ says the National Geographic
society. "Darwin deduced thnt the
croup has never been nearer the main
land, nor ltnve the twelve principal Is- |
lands been closer together, than they j
are today.
Chance to Study Evolution.
“Hence, the many species of flowers
and birds, nnd, in some cases, sea life,
tit at have drifted to the Islands have
slowly developed along lines very dif
ferent from those in their original
homes. In few places has nature pro
vided such a splendid chance to study
the processes of evolution.
"The Gnlapagos have also lured
treasure seekers and n few colonists
from Ecuador, the country to which
they now belong. Tales of hidden
treasure have come down through the
centuries. Pirates who looted the
rich ports and churches of the west
coast of South America are supposed
to have burled much of their loot In
these lslnnds. These stories seem to
be borne out by the unearthing of two
cnches of silver Ingots nnd pieces of
eight a number of years ago.
“The Islands lie astride the Equator,
but the cold Antarctic currents which
bathe the coast of Pern, strike senwnrd
at Cape lllanco nnd surge across the
Galapagos group. Strong gnles tem
per the climate, and often the nlr Is
quite chilly. Up to S00 feet most of
the Islands are barren, hut above thnt
level they are usually swathed in
cloudB whose moisture aids heavy
growths of tropical plants nnd trees.
Although they appear to he only a few
dots on a map of the broad Pacific,
the islands have a combined area equal
to that of Delaware, and the largest
island. Albemarle (also called Isabela),
Is about the size of l.ong Island, New
York. ,
Officially Known as "Colon.”
“Before the Panama canal was dug
the Galapagos were even more remote
from shipping lanes than they are to
day. The Islands were discovered. In
fact, by a Spanish bishop, whose ship
was blown oiT Its course from Panama
to Peru. For -100 years they served as
a pirate hideout, a ‘post office* for
American whalers, and an Ecuadorian
convict station. Most of the 2,IKK) in
habitants of the group today are Span
ish-speaking Ecuadr*‘lnns like those
seen In any port in Ecuador. Official
ly, the Islands are known ns the Ter
ritory of Colon, of Ecuador.
“The few ‘villages’ consist of
thatched huts and small Iron-roofed
buildings, clustered near small sugar,
coffee and tobacco plantations In the
areas not covered wltu lava rock. Only
two of the islands are inhabited. Encli
island has at least two names: one an
official Spanish name, and the other
an English name. The English names
are generally used by explorers- and
scientists describing the lslnnds.
“Galapagos wild lile is tamer than
the dogs, cats, goats, pigs, donkeys,
nnd cattle which were ‘planted’ on the
Islands by early explorers and have
Increased In numbers until they have
become a nuisance to the Inhabitants.
By destroying eggs and newly born
tortoises, reptiles, and wild birds, these
‘visitors’ threaten with extinction many
rare forms of life which scientists still
wish to study.
“A ride on a giant tortoise’s back
Is as much a feature of a visit to Gala
pagos as a sleigh ride down a dry, cob
blestone bill of Funchal Is a fenture
of a visit to the Madelras. The archi
pelago got its name from the giant
tortoise; the Spanish word for tortoise
being ‘galapago.’ Some of these huge
creatures are estimated to he from 1100
to 400 years old, nnd are probably the
world’s oldest living animals."
Lights of New York
by L. L. STEVENSON
After looking over a collection of old
prints nnd photographs In the Museum
of the City of New York, I endeavored
to visualize the city a hundred years
from now. That was a difficult task
because New York will be so different.
It's a safe guess, however, thnt few, If
any, of the present structures will re-
maln. Modern npurtment houses are
built with a life expectancy of llfteen
years. Modern skyscrapers might last
a century were It not for contlnunl
change. On Broadway, a modern 12-
story building was torn down after n
dozen years. Nothing was the mntter
with It, but the site was wanted for
n much taller office building. Homes
nlso are Impermanent. The Vander
bilt chateau at Fifty-eighth street nnd
Fifth avenue, if it had been built In
Italy, from whence came the Idea,
would have stood for centuries. In
New York It lasted only about forty
years. Former Senator William A.
Clark built a mansion on Fifth avenue
that would have stood for live hundred
or more years. It coat several million
onllnrs to wreck it after twenty-five
years, But It came down nnd an apart
ment house now occupies the site, while
n commercial structure stands where
the Vanderbilt chateau stood. New
York still has some Revolutionary
landmarks. But they grow fewer us
time passes.
• * •
Experts seem to agree thnt the New
York of a century hence will be a
much pleasanter plnce In which to live
in mnny wnys. Just happened to re-
cnll nn article I read In the Sun a year
or so ngo. It told of skyscrapers much
taller than those of today, encli occupy
ing from three to five blocks, but each
with plenty of light nnd nlr beennse
they will be surrounded by lower build
ings. There will be more parks nlso
nnd Central park will be extended
away to the north, the Sun said. Parks
will actually be a part of the skyscrap
ers because the terraces or set backs,
will be planted with flowers, vines,
shrubs, and even trees. With trees,
there will be birds. Think of a New
York office worker tolling away with
the song of n robin or a lark in his
cars! Not hard to believe, though. A
start is already being made. The elev
enth floor terrace of the RCA building
In Rockefeller center is being turned
Into n garden and penthouse dwellers
not only have gardens but little trees.
• * •
Traffic congestion will be a tiling of
the past because streets will be built
on two or more levels so thnt various
speeds may be maintained. Subways,
If they are In existence, and they will
be, unless a faster form of transpor
tation is evolved, will also be on sev
eral levels with trains of varying
speeds so that distance will be cut
down to such nn extent that New York
will consist of the entire metropolitan
area, and thus take in from 6,000 to
7,0(K) square miles. Long-distance
transportation will, of course, be by
airplane. Again, a start has been made.
New York already has a double-decked
street—the Miller express highway
running along the margin of the Hud
son river from canal to Seventy-second
street. In some places In the subways,
local trains run above express trains.
And, of course, there are airplane lines
extending over the entire country, It
being possible to eat an early dinner
In New York and a late breakfast in
Los Angeles.
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Still, visualizing New York a cen
tury from now is difficult. It is even
more difficult to try to picture It a
thousand years from now, for there Is
a belief that by that time, thnt which
we know well today will have vanished
completely. Of all New York’s struc
tures, possibly the only one that will
remain will be the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, many years in the
building. Also, some great tunnels
that carry water to the city 500 feet
beneath the surface. But the tunnels
can hardly be included in the picture
since no one ever sees them.
* • •
Turning from the future to the past,
there Is Frnunce’s tavern, where Wash
ington said good-by to his troops at
the end of the Revolution. It’s the
oldest building In Manhattan.
©. Hell Syndicate.—W.NU service.
R. M. Mathews prominent Thomas-
lon man, has been elected president
of the Flint River Council, Boy
Scouts of America, for 1035.
Mr. And Mrs. Fenn
Plan Celebration
Vienna, Ga., Jan. 14.—Five hun
dred guests have beer- invited to
join in the celebration of the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs.
llenry Russell Fonn at their home
near this c'ty Tuesday.
Descendants of two of Dooly coun
ty’s prominent pioneer families, Miss
bally Collier, have lived their hdlf
century of married life, with the ex
ception of two years, in their pres
ent home which is far-famed for its
atmosphere of true southern hospi
tality.
Four of the eight attendants at
the nuptual ceremony 50 years ago
will be present Tuesday to stand
with the happy couple in the anni
versary ceremony. They are Mrs. O.
S. Bazemore,, Plant City, Fla.; Mrs.
Augustus Tharpe, Mrs B. M. Wood
and B. F. Forbes, Vienna. Receiving
with Mr. and Mrs. Fenn will be their
children, Miss Fannie Fenn, Mrs. L.
L. Woodward, Vienna; and Mr Ray
Fenn Cordele.
They have seven grandchildren and
one great grandchild .
An old fashioned wedding feast
will be served.
Cabbage and onion plarts, and all
kinds of gulden seed at our store.
JARRELL’S STORE.
Important Farm Meet
For This District Set
For 18th At Thomaston
The annual meeting of the Thom
aston Production Credit Association
, serving the counties of Lamar, Pike,
l Taylor and Upson will he held on
January 18, 1035 ut the court house
•at ten oclock a. m. Thomaston, Ga.
I Not only are all of the farmer-
borrowers from the Association, the
holders of Class B stock expected to
i be bresent, hut Mr. Riley Summers
I said recently that u most cordial in
vitation was also extended to all
'other farmers in the territory served
I by the Association ar.d that it was
1 hoped that large numbers would ac-
I cept the invitation.
“Every member of the association”
said Mr. Summers, "is urged to
bring one or more non-members with
him ns it is our desire that every
farmer ir. this section shall acquaint
himself with the credit service which
our organization has to offer.”
• “Directors of the Association for
the ensuing year will be elected at
this meeting. Every member of the
association is entitled to cast one
, vote, regardless of the number of
shares he owns, and it is to his inter-
Youth Makes Dresses to
Pay College Expenses
Pittsburg, Kan.—Don Riggs, twen
ty-two, of Kansas City, Kan., who looks
as If he might be n football tackle, is
working his way through State Teach
ers’ college here as a dressmaker.
Riggs, whose father Is a tailor and
whose ambition Is to go to Paris and
serve as an apprentice in one of the
great salons there, has set up shop In
a little three-room apartment
Easy Pleasant Way
To Lose Fat
Dog. Attend Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.—Dogs now attend
Wellesley college. A Boston man has
been engaged as Instructor of blue-
blooded dogs sent to the college. Al
ready, 20 dogs have matriculated, am)
the number is expected to gre w. The
“pupils" are taught all the fine points
®f dogdont.
How would you like to lose 15
pounds of fat in a month and at the
same time increase your energy and
improve your health.
How would you like to lose your
double chili and your too prominent
abdomen and at the same time make
your skin so clean and clear that it
will .compel admiration ?
'Get on the scales today and see
how much you weigh—then get an 85
cent bottle of Kruschen Salts which
will last you four weeks. Take one
half taeaspoonful in a glass of hot
water every morning and when you
have finished the contents of this
first bottl? weigh yourself again.
After that you’ll want to walk
around ami say to your friends,—“A
quarter pound jar of Kruschen Salts
is worth one hundred dollars of any
fat person’s money.”
Leading druggists America over
sell Kruschen Salts.
BREVITIES IN THE NEWS
(Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Macon ami Albany can -point
with pride to 1934 fire losses, the
lowest in 25 years. The fire toll
was $4,515 in Albany and $80,-
191.16 in iMacon . . . Postmaster
General James A. Farley gave a
friend $6 worth of imperfect
Mother’s Day stamps, only to dis
cover that his gift was valued by
stamp collectors at $30,000 . . .
The Dionne quintuplets show
signs of teething says Dr. Daloe.
,. . . Ware county was debt-free at
the end of 1934 . . . Hancock coun
ty citizens plan to exploit the de
posits of kaolin in their county
. . . Wage earners’ and low-salari
ed workers’ living cost rose 1.8
per cent between June and No
vember, the labor department re
ports . . . Representative Stone
wall Dyer of Coweta county is
going to introduce a bill calling
for abolition of the court of ap
peals, he says . . . The United
States Supreme Court ruled “un
constitutional” the first important
bit of the New Deal legislation to
come before it, that section of the
NRA act which calls for control
of oil production . . . Carey Wil
liams, widely known columnist and
associate editor of the Greenslboro
Herald-Journal, is recovering from
an appendicitis operation in an
Atlanta hospital ... $3 in a pawn
shop was all the thief got for the
Bible he stole from the First Bry
an Baptist church of Savannah
just before Christmas . . . Among
the illustrations ir, a recent Ripley
"Believe It Or Not” column was a
drawing of an egg with a needle
in it that was laid by a hen be
longing tr T. A. Smith of College
Parit . . . Roswell and Cummlng,
neighboring towns, have just
chosen new mayors. Nap Rucker,
once famous southpaw pitcher of
the Brooklyn club, is now head of
Roswell’s city government and R.
r. Otweli, editor of the Forsyth
County News, is the new Cum-
ming mayor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
est to vote for men of the highest
integrity and business acumen.
“At the meeting a complete re
port of the year’s operations of the
association will be submitted. The
Production Credit Corporation of Co
lumbia will lie represented at the
meeting by Mr. Hiram L. Gardner,
who will outline the set-up of the
Farm Credit Administration of the
third district, the method of control
and operation of the production
credit associations and will give an
explanation of the association’s ope-
•ati; g statement from organization
through Dec 31, 1934.
HOTEL LANIER
Macon, Georgia ■
Conveniently Located
„ Excellent Cafe
Rates $1.50 and Up
SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
By virtue of the power ar.d au
thority contained in a certain Deed
to Secure Debt executed by 0. R. Lu
cas to Mrs. C. L. Smith dated the
21st day of July, 1927, and recorded
in Deed Book “R”, page 348, records
of Taylor County, Georgia, the un
dersigned will sell at public outcry
before the court house door in Taylor
County, Georgia, to the highest bid
der for cash, within the legal hours
of sale on the 5th day of February,
1935, the following described real es
tate, to-wit:
All of the West half of lot of land
number three hundred eighteen (318)
in the First District of Taylor Coun
ty, Georgia
The indebtedness secured by the
above described Security Deed is past
due and unpaid.
The above described property will
be sold as the property of 0. R. Lu
cas, and the proceeds of said sale
will be applied to the payment of
said indebtedness, amounting to
$754.00, the expenses of sale, ar.d the
remainder, if any, will be paid to the
party or parties legally entitled to
receive same.
MRS. C. L. SMITH,
As Attorney in Fact for 0 It. Lucas.
SHERIFF’S SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
j Will be sold before the court house
'door in Taylor county on the first
Tuesday in March, 1935, being the
fifth day of March, 1935, with-
1 in the legal hours of sale to the
highest and best bidder for cash the
following property, to-wit:
i One hundred one ar.d one-fourth
acres of land, more or less, same be
ing one half, of lot of land No. 284
in the 11th land district of Taylor
County, Ga. Levied upon and to be
sold as the property of Mrs. Cora C
Phelts to satisfy a Tax Execution for
her State and County Taxes for the
years 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933. Levy
made ar.d returned to me by C. C.
Cooper, L. C.
This third dav of December, 1934.
' R P.'McGUFFIN. Sheriff.
When it comes to feeding...
YOUR CHILDREN
AND YOUR CROPS
are pretty much alike!
• Strange as it may seem,
your own children and your
own crops aren’t so different.
When a child eats too large
a proportion of artificially re
fined foods, there is danger of
lack in vitamin B, so essential
to growth and health. If he
doesn’t get vitamin A, he
“catches” infectious diseases.
Too little vitamin C, and other
diseases result.
And with your
crops, the so-called
impurities are like
vitamins for children
—absolutely neces
sary to healthy
Chilean
NATURAL
NITRATE
THE OLD ORIGINAL SODA
"A Pure Food and
Drug Act for plants
would be a death
warrant to all living
creatures. ”
—Scientific American
growth and normal development.
Chilean Natural Nitrate sup
plies the vital impurities—in
Nature’s own balance and
proportion. Calcium, iodine,
strontium, boron, potassium,
sodium, lithium—they’re all
there, to make your crops
healthy and profitable.
Protect yourself by saying
“Chilean” when you order your
nitrate. Two kinds—
Champion (granu
lated) and Old Style.
Both are genuine.
Both are Chilean,
and both have the
vital impurities.
Chevrolet Announces Two New Lines for 1935
< xir' heVr ?l et i S *' v0 ne ^ hnes of cars nre the models illustrated here. The Master De Luxe series reveals strong emphasis on beauty and style. Mechanic
ally, the Master De Luxe senes and the New Standard senes have much in common, including the Master engine, in which numerous refinements have been
made to enhance performance, durabihty and economy. As these pictures reveal, the New Master Dc Luxe departs distinctly from previous Chevrolcts in
the striking advance which has been made in body design and trim. wym w uwuucuy worn previous vnsv.w