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News of Interest In And Near Bethune Betliune. Juno 19.?Attending the Christian Kndeuvor convention in Clinton last week were the following delegates from the Bethune Christian Kndeavor society: Juanita i'ate, Margaret MeBaurln. Richard Mcl.aurin, Hilly King and Bethune Mcl?aurin. ('apt. Frank Arthur, who has been spending several days with his father, Mr, F M. Arthur, is leaving for Panama this week. Cupt. Arthur has hem coinmander of the S. S. Camden. Inn is leaving the ship for a government position in Panama, where he wtli have over-drill ol ilm C S A. vessels. Misses Sarah Hammond, Marv 1'. UatelilT and Fl-de Mae Hammond hae gone to Winthrop summer school Born to Mr ami Mrs Finery Parker ftnnday. .hum hhlt. a son. Mrs. Parker was-before her marriage Mis-Kittli .loim-t. the tiiiraelive tlttug-hler >f Mr ami M r l 'harlie Jones. Mm- Far i Ids. el M? Bee. is the - f i I If i .i ".n* M i-s Aliee MeI > mahl Mai" \iii - ait. mhim ' e I r . i T.iv ersity of Sen'h Carolina M - \l ai v I''' a M i ! ; i in is a d< le at. to the t'pvvonh I.> agile . onvnition I'eing held in Cohitnhia. 'I'lm Palmetto Am. m an l.<mi ni's aeronautics committee will eondm i an airpl.uie model contest at tlreenville. . u .!':!> "J. for a trophy donated by IJliitt White Springs of Fort Mill Gum Made From Sap Of American Tree j l'Yw of the millions of Americans! who daily wng tholr Jaws and support j the country's $"i0.00d,000 chewing gum industry know anything of the source j of that wad which forms a cushion; for their prancing molars. Probably i many of those who do have any ideas j on the subject believe that they are chewing something made from thej hoofs of horses or old rags or some; other equally ridiculous material, j However, there is an item listed I among our imports which explains | : ill ii.atti r quite fully. Known un chicle and coining prin ? ipalh Iroin Mexico. Cuatetnala. and the Hrittsh Honduras, tins item consists of the pure, solid 1 tied sap of the Sapoia tree which grows wild in lliose rmrrririi-s While 1 his product which . is Miippi d m tin form ot large, i uli! bet \ loa v i*s eottld linrdlv be ? all. d i eh* w*111cum at the tint.- of its univ it !. i! lee lie |i i \ III be replied i b a II . .t w i . . <i.i \ of> ! w rapp <1 I i . iii tin- finished product. Ar r. in:: ,i i < ir port > in ., ua at u c s of ; lo-arlv 1 u.eon,on., pounds ;i Neat", this i r.iw pro.in. i not otiiv provides the material for which Americans spend J $ l.t?uO.?"?0 a w ei k but also furnishes j a livelihood lor a small army of work i "is in the southern countries. I The gatherers of the juice are call ed chiclcros, and they do not tit well ' into the picture wiiii the efficient plant, which handle tin- product after it r< .o hes the I'litted States. Pic''tufts pu- in dn-s and improvident b> u a i are they son n new methods and | ai.vtloni. ii.il will build b r i In- future, i A ear attef vear they foliovv the same : i oiii'm . sji tiding tin ir tit o ;i > ; tn-fore tliev earn it and then endur! tug the hardships of the jungle to I pay their debts. Hecause a tree can j he tapped no olt. tier than once every j four years they are forced to move I each year Into new ground and search out new trees. Their task is made I more difficult by the fact that the sap of the Sapota tree tlows freely only during tin- rainy season making that their season or work. When tirst establishing their route they climb to the top of each tree and score the full length of the trunk with a series of V-shaped incisions. At the bottom they place a receptacle to catch the milky Juice as it trickles down the tree. Kach day they make a circuit of their trees and gather up all the sap, which has solidified and Tom Mix fCi reus On Ford Trucks I hut uiitomotlvo transportation has revolutionized the circus business la the verdict of experts who have studied the operations of the Tom Mix Circus and Wild West Show, world's greatest completely motorized ' "big top'" troupe, now on u 20,000 mile tour of the nation. i-Hst year the Torn Mix circus traveled more tliun lf?,000 miles by motor transport. The speed, economy and general efficiency of automotive travel caused Tom Mix to enlarge his show and augment his equipment. At tl?e start of the present seuson. Mix Invested in excess of 160,000 in new motor transportation, increased his personnel and extended his 193& itinerary to record-breaking propotions. When on the road, the Tom Mix Circus is a veritable Ford parade; and Hie coast to coast trek of the show is a 20,000-mile Ford reliability demonstration for which the highways of the entire nation will servo as a proving ground. Ford V-8 trucks curry the "big top" canvus, seats and props. The circus kitchen, caliope, animal cages and even the big parade,! wagon in which "Babe," pet elephant of the clrctts, rides in comfort, are all built on Ford V-8 trucks. hconomy and speed combine to popularize tiiis huge Ford V-8 fleet with the circus executives. First, there is. the saving in time and money that comes from elimination of the j reload and haul between the railroad I t0 I ho circus grounds. Then, there is tiie saving of $100 a day charged by tiie railroads for "waiting time" while a train is held on the> tra< ks for a show while playing a town. This [ saving alone will pay* for a lot of i Ford V-X trucks in a season, accordling to I). K. Turney, manager of the Tom Mix Circus; A well-equipped garage Oil Wheels accompanies the show and well-trained motor mechanics service tiie roll-iiig stock of the hig circus righi on the "lot." Miles mean nothing to tiie Tom Mix < ircus. I h<- entire show equipment glides over the highway 011 pneumatic! tins ami the p. rlonmrs live in 'raili i-iii gelows, iov\ ? ?! behind cars- . ml ' 1 "" ?? ??'-> of I }n-m privately ... ? i I - ?!,, \ ..s | ?a ,s. .< n-r." ears. "f'i d? ai' rs throughout tiie <"un ' are taking a keen interest i: '!, .gr- iit Ford demonstration being sgig.; <1 !>y the Tom Mix circus, and a Ford j passenger ear display is a permanent .attraction in tlie animal tent. The supreme court took under advisement this week, the claim of 31 large truck operators, that the law of 1933, limiting the weight of trucks using the highways of this state to 20.000 pounds and forbidding four wheel trailers, is unconstitutional, because it exempts the trucks of power, telegraph and telephone companies and those of municipalities. The supreme court decided against ltepi esentutive Godfrey, of Spartanburg county, ifi his suit for $130 balance of salary for the special session to outlaw cotton production, in 1931, called by Governor Blackwood, without results. The solons were paid for tile length of the session at tiie rate of $400 for 10 days, and Godfrey ? 1 ?iin.-. 1 that they should have received the whole $ icq, as it was a whole ' Session. Rome Not So Wicked History likev to talk of the vices of ol,i Roman world hut oil the whole it is u question whether tliev were s(, . t"bni(el\ more wicked than u> are of '"day. R u ;,s " rich ami cultured world with the virtues and vice* ,.f cn| Litres and wealth. Almost ;i!| (|?, . empire had a go, ,| sri,Ml " draiuuc. an nidnn' "a'er .a, |.;v I|l(. t!!i;ii.r Mori|i^ II v <d pnb.i.- i'ii;i\4'i;,i>ncis u< .. paved >t;-, 'a:-,. .-1: .i heatlti till Ixatiis m various parts of tae citv maiding every .citizen to have his daily hath tor little or nothing. ? Kansas City Star. ; lhe American Medical association, session at Atlantic City. N ,| , has v,,|,-d to make a study of birth cont rol. "lrned y-llow upon its tontacf with ,h'' air At a central station they boil and knead the . hi. I,. t,? rwluci' tlo moisture eon11 nt. and th- a mould it into loaves hi which form they sell it at so much a pound at th. end of Ho- season In some of the southern countries there nr.- large cultivated plantations of Sapota trees but as |_yet these have not hurt to any great I extent the market of the wild chicleros. Before the World war the habit of j chewing gum was distinctly American. ;l?ut through the contact of American ; soldiers with those of nearlv every j other nation of Kurope the habit was | spread widely over many of the foreign countries. So far England is the | seat of its greatest foreign popular ity. that country importing several million dollnrs worth of the American product each year. France and Italy come next in order of their consumption, but In most other countries the amount consumed is insignificant.? The Pathflnder. Will Kill With Gas Fumes I Killers iii North Carolina on and after July 1st who may In- coimI fin nod to death will pass out by the uso oi gas. The papers cull it "lethal kuh," an if that was si particular brand of gas. Bluett lethal ineuug any thinK that cause* death it is not really neccssaiy to explain that the gas will he used on persona condemned to dcuth will be "lethal." Thut muy be assumed, seeing the purpose for which HUH, states the Btuteavllle hundmark. The newapupera call it "letlial ga?," it is used. IteprcHcntatlve i'eteraon, Mitchell county, who is a doctor, is responsible for the change in method of legal killings. He had investigated and studied the gas way, which is in use in one or more western states, and decided that it was painless and a more satisfactory method of exterminating undesirables than killing by electricity. Seeing reasonably and all will agree that it is highly desirable to do the Job with the lcust possible Infliction of pain and as decently as may be. Also some of us llnd satisfaction in the knowledge that under the new method newspaper reporters who propose capital punishment ami try to make the executions appear as horrible as possible will be through ' writing about frying and cooking the poor devils to kill them. They may suggest that it isn't so pleasant io he smothered by gas, but since they can't stand by the victim and see all the reactions they may be less murk ed. The victim is placed in an airtight room and the gas turned on. Of course he suffers mental anguish, if such people suffer that way, about what is going to happen to him, that can't he avoided. Hut the theory is thai unconsciousness is quickly produced and tlie end comes without the seeming suffering of the electric chair process, although nobody is able to say positively that the chair victims do not become unconscious when the electricity strikes. Hut notwithstanding the gas method is efiectiw July f "there is much I work for the chair to do to linish up man-rial on hand, unless tle re should I be wholesale commutations, which J isti t tit..* Khringhaiis way. There are1 |> Imiiis on death row awaiting > > , nn ,;:i<ui. All who have been a -d in di. hi the < hair must .1 f ar v .iy i_,.t only I<iT1 all |< r.-<>nle.c. i.wn\itted up to July 1, r > :' r ' u;> i. i t Millrd' r.ng 11r ?.. Ii?-r 1''lut.ii 11 1 onie> prior to July 1 must i th> ikdfic tivatuuut because that was the law when the crime was commit ted. The electric chair ntay^ I lie doing some business a year hence. It is reasonable that all under conviction up to July 1 should die by the chair but it seems reasonable that those not tried or under indictment up to that time should take the method prescribed at time of Indictment. Hut the law says otherwise and the law must be followed, even if it doesn't always make common sense.. The fact that another method of execution was in vogue at the time of the commission of the crime shouldn't count so long as there had been no indictment or trial. Hut since all of them subjected to either treatment will be dead, whether it is* mentioned that the gas is lethal or not. it isn't .t matter to contend about. While holding firmly the view that lawful killings are necessary, we would have <idininistration as painless as possible and with that we would have the gas applied as early as possible without bickering ^iho111 the exact day or hour j of tin- nutrdi ring or whatever it was that called for the removal. ODD ACCIDENTS Mis .bumiene llowison nunowic ( ? ;?!?? <I death while driving from her to a n? ar by Ohio town, Her horse bcf-anto frightened :i t;?l rati away but tin* buggy bocarno entangled with a true whicU prevented her being drugged in front of a train. Otis Ashley was wounded in the leg by a shotgun charge with which a South Carolina man committed suicide. One shot glanced from the belt buckle of the suicide and struck the other as he ran to prevent the deed. A National hospital patient was surprised, to say the least, when a tumbler burst into bits soon after he had turned it upside down on the water carafe beside his cot. It was explained that "sympathetic vibration" set up by music from a near-by radio caused the explosion. Insect8 seldom merit praise but a big New Jersey "skeeter" prevented a disastrous fire. Mrs. Pearl Allenton was awakened by a mosquito bite. Getting up to close the window Blie discovered her neighbor's house' ablaze. Those who explain sundry black j eyes and such by saying they ran in-; to a door may also consider themselves as boasting of narrowly escap-! ing death. Mrs. Amy Onnsby died of; injuries received in just such an acci- [ Thomas Sanders, a negro scb<x teacher of Laurens, has hungup] new record. Sanders has been teat) ing for years and lias never misa a day. He has jus; completed year with the Laurens city school and has been re-ofect?d for anothi year. The liquor stores in Gaffney ?a closed all day Tuesday,, because d town was reelecting one membot the board of public works without position. He is Barney G. Clary, i ardent prohibitionist, and he got ma of a kick over the closing of the boo store than out of his election. Mrs. Sam Hacker was tried at Hoy Ark., on a charge of violating I) state's liquor laws. The all-wonu jury said she was guilty as charg and her fine was made |50. dent in the national capital. x As a rule the fireworks do not sh until the honeymoon Is over but carelessly dropped match at a " ding in India fell among some ap?i lers Intended to celebrate the ca mony. A stampede of guests result in four deaths and injury to 150of ers. A bee stung Murk Carron onj neck as he started to drive-off < North Carolina golf course. He-Jd ed as he swung his club, struck|j stander and knocked him ffl* scious.?The Pathfinder. - ' ? - | Friday - Saturday - Monday | J. & P. COATS SPOOL THREAD I ! 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