Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-10-20
VAST FORTUNE FOR MEN
WHO FIND PIRATE LOOT
Gold And Jewels Lie In Hidden Caves
And In HuIks OF Sunken Galleons
Beneath Ocean BilIows.

There is at least billion dollars
lying around in various parts of the
world in gold and silver and jewels
waiting for the first conner to pick 1t
up. But don't get excited. You can't
pick 1t up. Thousands Of treasure
seekers have tried and failed.
There is no secret about where this
enormous fortune is located. For ex-
ample, the Seaman's Journal prints
list Of treasures trove which includes
the Forentia, flag ship of the Spanish
Armada, sunk of the west coast OF
Scotland with $15,OOO,0OO in gold In
1883.
The Spanish galleons scuttled in
Vigo Bay to avoid capture blythe Eng.
lish in 1902 were loaded with gold,
silver and jewels valued at $780,.
100000. Benito Bonito, last Of the
great pirates, planted s60,0O0,0O0,
looted from the west coast Of South
America, on Cocos Island 300 miles of
Panama. Eighteen expeditions have
fitted out openly and many more
secretly to seek this treasure. Mil
lions are believed to have been buried
on the Bay Islands off Honduras by
Francois Olonois, the French free
booter.
Many More Listed
In addition to all the treasure sunk
by German submarines in the great
war, the Seaman's Journal lists the
following: On Alboran Island, rock
in the Mediterranean, lies $5,000;000
In gold buried by pirate crew Of the
Young Constitution" when cornered
by British gunboat in 1881; the
BLACK Prince" loaded with $3,000,000
in gold to pay the British soldiers, was
sunk by Russian gunfre at Sebasto-
pol; the East Indian "Grosvenor" went
down off st. Johns Cape Colony with
$5,000,000 aboard.
On the island of Mauritius is buried
$15O,0Oo,O00 in gold, silver and prec.
ious stones, pirate loot from the
French and English ships which in
island in the Spanish Main lies s1,2OO,-
900 in gold hidden by the French
pirate, Latrobe, one hundred years
ego, and another treasure estimated
at s6,OO0,OOO is buried near by, while
pirate hoard of s5,OOO,OO0 lies on an
island in the Gulf Of st. Lawrence.
Seventy Turkish vessels sunk in the
famous fight Of Navarino in October,
1927, by the Anglo-French-Russian feet
carried s5,000,0O0. "Oom Paul" Kruger
had something like 100000 when he
fed from South Africa. Some declare
it was lost in the wreck of the Zulu
land" in Delagoa bay; others say it is
buried in the Transvaal mountains.
Lying ITO feet below the surface of
Lake Naomi are two galleys belonging
to the Roman emperors Tiberius and
Galigula, which contain gold, jewels
and art treasures worth at least
s5,O00,O00.
Lost Spanish Gold
Three Spanish ships sunk by Ad-
miral Blake of Cadiz, Spain, hold
s5,00O,000 in gold. The Spanish treas
ure ships foundered in Santa Cruz bay,
Canary Islands, contained $4,000, 900.
On West Indian islands lies S5,0OO,000
buried by the daring Captain Kid, most
notorious Of all pirates. The $4,000, 900
hoard Of Captain Melville, Australian
bushwhacker, is hidden in the bush
of Australia. The treasures and loot
of Attila the Hun, $50,O00,000 in all,
lie buried somewhere under the River
Danube.
There can be no doubt that these
treasures exist. But whether under
thirty fathoms of water or as dry as
an undertaker's eye, they are out Of
reach. However, there is treasure
that can be picked up with little effort.
1t is right at your hand; in fact, It is
part Of your own pay. All you have
to do is save 1t by investing 1t in
Government Savings Securities. The
hundred you can have by saving and
safe investment may not sound so in
teresting as the million you cannot
touch, but it is a lot more useful. You
can get your hands on 1t.