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Show AX Aii AiiDEALS DEALS BIJOW BLOW BLOWTO BLOWTO TO OUR "CHRTS CHRTS "CHRIS CHRIS " " " Columbus Colwnhus Hard Hit by hy Its Ite IteDiscovery ItsDiscovery Discovery . Ethnologists Ethnologlsts have hnve always alway ' " > belIeved belIevedthat believedthat believedthat that Columbusl'J Columbus was \\l'J l'J lJ waq \ : ' only about 200 204 200ye.trs 204years 200years ye.trs yetrs years . . behind the first man to 1 l leichthe e'lch elch etch e'lchlbe etchthe ' lbe the Atlantic seaboard Th1.t-though Th1.tthough Th1.t Th1t though Thit-though Thit Th1.tthoughthe Thitthoughthe Tint . - thoughthe the populition popuhbon population of the AmerIc American 1n < con con- contlncnt continent continent - tinent tlncnt started soon after atter the last Ice Iceage Iceage Iceage age \ when hen tnbel trJIJe'1 trJIJe1 tribe3 ' from the other sIde sIdeof sideof sideof of the world cro crossed ed Bering strait straitand straitand straitand and filtered slowly southward southwar 1 < to In 1n in- in inhabit Inhabit - habit a n continent-the continent the continent - the first roamIng roamIngcJtl7E'ns roamingeitiyens roamingcitbens cJtl7E'ns cJtl7Ens eitiyens ' of or the Atlantic seaboard ar- ar arrIved arrived ar arrived - - rived from the West only a 1hort short 1hortlead ' shortlead shortlead lead ahead of the man who bas lots lotscredit bascredit liascredit credit for finding tlie the New worldBut worldBut world worldBut But discovery dlscoery dlsco\ dlsco \ ery of a primitive prlmlUve slone stone sloneax stoneax stoneax ax , dug up in Ia Albemirle AlbeDl'1rle AlbeDl1rle Albenarle ) ' county , Vir VIr- Yir- Yir VIrginIa Yirglnla Virginia - ginia glnla , is serving to upset this theory theoryin , in the opinion opmlon of officials of the theSmlthsonmn theSmithsonian thoSmithsoman Smlthsonmn Smithsonian Institution , who say that thatformer thatformer thatformer former Ideas of when the first in- in inhabItants Inhabitants In Inhabitants - habitants reached the eastern shores shoresot shoresof shoresof ot of America are unsound . . . Tlicy They now nowbeUeve nowbelieve nowbelieve beUeve believe that man trod Virginia VlrgIma Bol1 soil Bol1somethIng soilsomething solisomething somethIng like l1ke 2,000 2000 , years ago . . Students of the races read a run run- running running running - ning story in this tlus new as ax that is fs so soold soold soold old It was no more than out of the theAlbem theAlbem theAlbemirle Albem AlbemrIe \rIe rIe \ ) rle county soil 5011 that hid h'1d h1d ' con con- concealed concealed concealed - cealed it so long until It began re redUng reciting reciting dUng citing Its tolo talc tale of age and strange strangeraces strangeraces strangeraces races Specialists 5pecJallsts who understand understandthese understandthese understandthese these things thmgs &ay ay bay say & that the prImitive primitiveas prImitiveax primitiveasas ax " \\as as "as was \ \ clilpped chipped out of black blaclc dlsabase dlsabaserock dlsabaserock disabaserock rock by ' some 'Some savage American Amer1can 20 20centurlCS 20centuries 20centuries centurlCS centuries ago and thit th1.t th1t that . In time . , , pos possibly possibly , slbly sibly because of disuse , It be became becamedull becamedull me medull dull andas and was \as as \ , shirpencd sh'lrpened shlrpened sharpened ' a again aln by byncn bynets bynew ncn nets and better informed cbJppmg chipping chippingpossible , posslbl possibly some 1,300 1300 , , years agu ago Then Thenit ThenIt Thenit it " was "as as lost for good so far a3 as the thestone thestone thestone stone as ax age \ was as concerned only to tobe tobe tobe be found by scientists of a new day dayand dayand dayand and age , " who "ho ho knew l.new lnew . how to wterpret interpret wterpretthe interpretthe interpretthe the signs of discoloration and wear wearand wearand wearand and other circumstances to d .termlne termlne determine determineage determineage .termlneage < . age and the part earlier earher races had to todo todo todo do with the population of this side of ofthe ofthe ofthe the earth . These readers of signs signsleave signsleave signsleave leave no point for layman laman ) argument argument.They argumentThey . They just move back . population his his- history history history - tory and we agree that tho.t thot . that is that . . But it does lay a 1l burden on Colum Colum- Columbus Columbus Columbus - - bus . , He thought , or may have havethought havethought havethought thought had he lived llved long enough enough.that enoughthat . , that he missed virgin discovery by byonly byonly byonly only 200 years And we know L.now Lnow . on the theevidence theevidence theevidence evidence of present day science that thathe thathe thathe he missed it ten times 200St 200 -St St - St . . LouieGlobeDemocrat LoulJ Louie LoulJGlobeDemocrat LoubrGlobe-Democrat LoubrGlobe Democrat Globe-Democrat Globe Democrat - - - . . . |