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UJhi^A Au?- B.-^The house lust k l)y au overwhelming vote panned r0u,nlbu8 anti-alien bill. The bid ?? ? virtual one-package odl0f the most drastic provisions of !l moro than one hundred alien bllla ? have been Introduced lu this aesVyj 0f Cougrees. It la apeclflc and K, those aliens who advocate overthrow of government, those guilty of al turpitude, and those who be* e public charges within Ave yeara ,/ter entry. One of the definitive aecdouB elaborates on these claaaiflcatlpaa in one sentence that is four pages long. peporiutlon la provided for aliens fho enter the country Illegally, who -gage In espionage for a foreign govintent, who carry weapons illegally, f)jo teach, talk or write any advocacy 4 overthrow of the government by torCe( or who advocate illegal destruens of property, and those who have sentenced for crimes Involving #oral turpiude and those involved In prostitution and the white slave trade. The bill would require Immigrants to be fingerprinted in their native lands. Another section Imposes penalties rsnglng up to ten yeara in prison and (10.000 fines for aliens who counsel members of the armed forces to disobey orders. The House on Thursday by a vote of 191 to 170 defeated the new $3,800,000,000 spending lending program and refused to consider the senate-approved $800,000,000 housing bill. It seems that the House believes that the billions already appropriated during this lession is enough for one year. A far wider margin against the Housing bill had been Indicated in earlier polls, but Intense pressure and trading between urban and farm b.oc members on proposed restoration of the (119,000,000 deficiency hill cut in Commodity Credit corporation funds apparently weakened the opposition. The house of representatives has treated a five member committee to Inestigate the National Labor Rela-^ Kiw-board:?Thts^lnvestlgatidn is ex^ petted to determine whether a new Avd should be created to administer tk act and what effect the board's tilings and practices may have had m employer-employee relations. The Senate passed a measure broadening and continuing the municipal bankruptcy act, which permits municipalities to file voluntary petitions in bankruptcy upon consent of creditors holding 51 per cent of municipal obligations. The bill would continue the act from June 30, 1940, to June 30, 1942, and would make it applicable to counties and parishes. The Senate sent to the White House a bill which would give Spanish-American war veterans an advance in the rank at which they were retired from the army. This advance covered all grades up to the advancement of colonels to the rank of brigadier generals. The House passed and sent to the iVhite House a measure authorising instruction of a spare set of locks !or the Panama Canal, and the Senate ipproved a final appropriation bill, tarrying $73,993,021 for defense purges. The additional locks are to Wure that the vital artery would be >Pen to the fleet in event of war. More ton five millions were added to the leficiency supply bill In the Senate or defense needs. The senators reared a $2,675,000 cut made by the Jouse in the Civil Air Pilot training irogram, designed to provide a "blackof partially trained airmen for wo hi emergency. Allowing $5,675,W for ie program, a total of 16,000 allege students will be given flight wtruction this fall if the House frees to the addition. The Senate, also, added $2,5?0,000 ?r purchase of two merohant vessels to their conversion as naval auxillarM It eliminated funds, however, for instruction of a naval dirigible, advance by the House. The way congress?the ljouse printed?went after the president's ?<ilng-spendlng bill reminds us of o* Louis' tactics when the dusky tompion is in the peak of form and Wermined to have it over with in tort order. Item by Item was reject* or forced down, with final dlsmls1 of the bill for the session, climax* hy refusal to consider the addi^>1 $800,000,000 for 'housing and to? clearance! Seemingly TV t h e c*le? have dropped from the eyes of 01frossmen at last, and they perthe real plight the country is in * * result of the wild, extravagant *4 wasteful spending; The next ,r??14ent?if he Is a practical, farman and not^^rthmer or viscertainly going to have a 014 hu hands td clean up the rubReporter. ^ Cabinet Makers' WorkJflL From Cradle to^^Tfin The scope covered by the work of Chester county, Pa., cabinet makers was literally from the cradle to the coffin. The daybooks are filled with orders for these two articles, which with that other symbol of man's recumbency, the bed, seems to have been the most popular furniture of the day. In between, of course, were the various articles which a man used and from which he drew a large measure of comfort during big earthly existence, writes David Stockwell in "American Collector." There were chairs, tables for dining end other purposes, chests of drawers for storing his clothes, desks for his accounts and letters, tall clocks to measure the passing of time, and sundry items that filled the home of the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries. All these were made, and made well, by the cabinet makers of Chester county. According to the records, however, it was late in the Eighteenth century before any craftsman of. this section actually styled himself cabinet maker. The reason is not far to seek if one remembers that Chester county had no large centers of population at the time. There was no courthouse in Goshen and the town of West Chester was not only unincorporated, but consisted of a little group of houses at a crossroads known as Turk's Head. Through the hills and hollows of the county, every township, hamlet or tiny cluster of houses had its own group of artisans. These were a cobbler, a tailor, a potter, a wheelwright, a joyner, a whitesmith, a blacksmith, and possibly, if the farmers were prosperous enough, a I silversmith and a cabinet maker. v\.V Washington Still a Forest When First Congress Met Washington still was just a forest on the Potomac "some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and the Connogocheague." The United States was a government on paper. It had a Constitution, freshly ratified, writes Robert C. Albright in the Washington Post. It lacked a President, a legislature and a judiciary, all duly provided in aforesaid document. In New York a small group of perplexed gentlemen impatiently were trying to muster a quorum for the first congress under that Constitution. The quorum wouldn't muster. It looked as though it never would. It was in fact, March 4, 1789, a sizeable span back across the arc of years that have since linked 75 congresses in unbroken progression and cemented a loose confederation into a power among nations. But the gray dawn of that day in 1789 was not an auspicious start for a daring young government. Faint words penned into a faded old journal tell the story of that first meeting of the first congress. ? "The number not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, they adjourned from day to day?" Out of 22 elected senators only 8 were present. Of 59 representatives but 14 were on hand. From "day to day" stretched into weeks. It was 27 days before the house could count a quorum. It was another six days before the senate could proceed. Canada's Status Canada, like Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, is a selfgoverning part of the British empire or Commonwealth of Nations. She pays no taxes to the mother country and is not bound to render her military help in time of war. Her governor-general is appointed by the king on the advice of the Canadian ministry, and has a theoretical veto power over legislation. The supreme judicial authority of the British empire is the judicial committee of the Privy council in London, before which appeals may be brought (in the form of a petition to the crown) from consular courts and courts of vice-admiralty and from the courts of India and every British dominion. India has a limited amount of self-government with two native legislative chambers. Other portions of the empire consist of crown colonies and protectorates. ? Fox-Squirrel's Diet The diet of the fox-squirrel ranges from crow's eggs to muskmellon, although it will live almost exclusively on various kinds of nuts if they can be had. Cutting down of nut-bearing trees has helped crows by limiting the squirrel population. When squirrels become too plentiful, they will at times raid truck gardens and cause heavy damage. It is better, according to the National Wildlife federation, fdr hunters to harvest the surplus of any species of wildlife, thgn fox it Jo increase beyond the limits of its natural food supply. - Most Famous Stoic Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived approximately between the years 50 and 120. He was born a slave in Phrygia, banished from Rome by Domitian and taught philosophy in Epirus. The nobility and moral earnestness of the ffcan and simplicity of his style hare made him * ****** with many net ofMrtler tattrested In thesubjtct which )*e taught and of which he wrote* -crAi. -ry,v "-7.Z/ ' ~ . " Pisgah News Notes PUgatl Auk. 8.?John Marlon Shi ver, of Rembert. spent lust week here with Arthur James. Supper KUtjsta of Mr. and Mrs. W F. Baker last Thursday night were Mr. an<J Mrs. Harold Hatfield and daughter. Dot, of 8umter; Mrs. Carl Black moil and children, Dorothy, Ann, of Chappells; Mrs. Virgil Harvey and little daughter, Peggy Hoy. of Elliott; Mr. and Mrs. Uallllard lamolr and infant*1, daughter, of Horatio; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McLeqd and daughter. Mary, of Hembert. Mrs. .1. T. Wataon, Xfto. Ernest McMautis, Mrs. Hoy Baker and son. l*e land, spent Friday In Camden with Mrs. Clarence Hough. Mr. and Mrs. James Shlvar, of Columhla, were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Shlvar.s Clifford Smlt^, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dean, of Sumter, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. HatI field, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Watson and daughter, Suzanne, of Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. S. G. l^enolr, and little (laughter, Juanlta, of Horatio; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baker and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McManua were supper guests Sunday night of Mr. land Mrs. B. B. McManua. I Mrs. Carl Baker and children, Carl, Jr., Bettle and Roger, have been visiting Mrs. T. M. Rogers. Little Miss Bettle Ann Hatfield, of Sumter, Is visiting relatives here. MT. ZION CLUB DEDICATES NEW COMMUNITY BUILDING The people of the Mt. Zlon section assembled at their new community center on Thursday afternoon, July 27, t,o celebrate the completion of their new building. The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the building committee, Mrs. Paul Brown, who extended ,QU behalf of the community, a cordial welcome to the distinguished guests, the former residents of the community and friends from over the county. The meeting began with the singing of "America," after which Mrs. Brown gave a brief history of the movement which led to the erection of the building and of Its purpose. The Reverend Bryce Herbert, pastor of the Camden Methodist church, made a very Impressive talk on what Buch a center can mean to the social, cultural and spiritual life of the people. In a beautiful prayer he dedicated the building to the service of God In the upbuilding of the community. The home demonstration agent for Kershaw county, Miss Margaret Fewell, was then Introduced. She had Just returned from a trip to the World Conference of Farm Women in London and a visit to the Aorthern countries or Europe. She gave a short talk on her travels and then presented the head of the home demonstration work in South Carolina, Miss Lonnle Landrum. She brought greet ings from Winthrop and congratula ted the people upon their fine commuj nlty spirit and the realization of their I 8?al. The county farm agent, W. C. McCarley, introduced Mr. Stewart from ! Clemson College, who has been working In the county for a cooperative rural electric line. He told of the campaign to bring this great convenience and necessity to every farm home In areas too thinly settled for the commercial line to serve. j Mrs, Brown then introduced the speaker of the day, Mr. Lear, of the extension service at Florence. Mr. Lazar made a splendid talk on what cooperation can accomplish, saying that he could take twelve men and twelve women with unity of purpose and accomplish anything for a community. Winthrop was very generous on that occasion, for not only was the state demonstration agent present but also the assistant state agent, Miss Harriet Layton. She also brought greetings and congratulations. In introducing the Hon. L. C. Clyburn, representative from Kershaw county, Mrs. Brown expressed the gratitude of the people for the aid given by the county delegation to complete the building. Mr. Clyburn spoke of his pleasure In being able to further the development of the rural sections of the county. He praisedthe building and said that he could not see anything that he would wish ch Mfce?- _J _ Mri: iathleen Watts, county super-j intendent of education, was presented as one of the outstanding women of the county. 8he told of her Jiiterv est in rural projects and of her pleas-, ure in seeing the dreams of the community become a reality. After the singing of "Auld Langj Syne," the meeting adjourned and a bountiful picnic supper wae eerved. The people of Mt. Zlon are Juetly proud of their community center and truftt that In the years to come it may contribute greatly to the welfare not only of the community but of our |?onty and state. j Caterpillars breathe. through "portholsi" .along their aide?. I: ;*T < t . ilIl?- * " New Study of S'iu S->o*s Detailed in Publication ; Popular conjecture as to the importance of sun spots to Inhabitants ; of the earth is Just so much wihl guessing until scientists learn mote ! about sun spots themselves. Among ; other astronomical centers where , widespread study of sun spots is be- | Ing carried on is the University of i Michigan observatory at Ann Arbor, j Discoveries of the last few years have made possible the prediction of latitudes of sun spot activity throughout an 11-year cycle. This I fact, together with evidence that regions of maximum and minimum sun-spot activity recur with each 27day rotation of the sun about its axis, led Michigan astronomers to believe that further studies might reveal the basis for predicting the longitude of sun-spot activity, as well as its latitude, After three years of intensive study of the problem, Dr, Hazel Marie Losh, of the Michigan observatories, has published the results of her observation of the distribution of sun spots in longitude, indicating strong evidence for the belief that sun spots follow regular patterns in their distribution across the face of the sun, as well as they do In distribution up and down between the solar poles. Most striking among Dr. Losh's findings is the tendency for opposite sun-spot activity to ap-t pear in the northern and southern I hemispheres of the sun at any one longitude. While occasionally similar atftivity areas were found at the same longitude in both hemispheres, by far the most common situation was the finding of maximum activity in the northern hemisphere, accompanied by minimum activity in the southern hemisphere. Refute Used in Bricks Tells Story of the Hopi Watermelon and cantaloupe graced the tables of Americans in the Far Southwest 300 years ago and perhaps before the first white settlers arrived at Plymouth. These delicacies, not native to either of the American continents, made their debut in what is now the United States as early as 1629, says Volney H. Jones, University of Michigan anthropologist, the r.tory of whose research story appeared in the New York Herald Tribune. Evidence that American Indians Included these melons and other foreign foodstuffs in their diets at this early date is provided by, of all things, the bricks of a Spanish mission in the old Hopi Indian village of Apratovi In northeastern Arizona. In Mr. Jones' research waste food j and other refuse was separated from the adobe bricks of the mission. This refuse, M*. Jones explains, was used as a binding material |n manufacturing the bricks. Because records give 1629 as the -date for the building of the mission, the Introduction of these foods by the Spanish is known to be not later than this date. In addition to the melon seeds found in the bricks, fruit pits, grain and straw also indicate that the Hopi people were cultivating wheat, peaches and either plums or apricots at this time. The Information given by the bricks indicates that there have been no important changes in the climate, vegetation or animals of the region in tfte 300 years since the mission was built- . a - # - Jumping Beans Mast Mexican Jumping beans come from the province of Chihuahua; they are the seeds of various members of a family of swamp trees listed as euphorbiaceous plants. When the plant is in blossom the moth (Carpocapsa saltitans) lays an egg in one part of the flower. The hatched larvae bore into the growing beans but do not attain full growth until the beans are hard and ripe. The larva inside the bean moves it by coiling up and then suddenly extending itself. Later in the season it cuts a circular door through the bean and changes to a pupa, then when the pupa is transformed to a moth it escapes through this door. Close examination of the bean will show this means of exit. About Cans and Canning The "tin can," in which so much of our food comes today, is made of very thin sheet steel, coated with tin; and the American canning industry has grown to such proportions that it now uses more steel than every other industry except automobile manufacture, taking a greater tonnage even than the combined railroads of the country or the nation's building requirements. American can producers now make more than 12,000,000,000 containers annually, 60 per cent of which are used for the canning of food and 40 per cent as containers for tobacco, paint, oil and other commodities. Laid end to end and side to side this number of cans would cover an 80-foot highway from New York to San Francisco. 4 New York Constitution The original constitution cf New York state is oldor than that of the United States for on July 6, 1776, a constitutional convention met in White Plains, N. Y., to set up a substitute for the royal regime in the province of New York. In April, 1777, tha constitution was adopted at Kingston without submission to a popular vote. The United States Constitution was adopted on 8ap' tasnbar ITr^1787. PRELIMINARY BOOK LIST OF CAMDEN CITY SCHOOLS 1939 1940 First Grade 1 No books to bo provided before opening of school, September J). 1939. The first price is the purchase price and the second price is rental. Second Grade Header: Friendly Stories? Trips To Tttko $ .41 .14 Arithmetic: Fun With Nutn * hers 40 .14 Health: Building My House of Health 63 .21 Spelling: Spelling for Everyday Use 21 .07 Work Hooks: My Word Rook Third Grade Header: Treasure llox 48 1G Arithmetic: Champion Arithmetic 40 .14 Language: American Language (third year) 45 .15 Health: The Hoad to Health .06 .22 Spelling: Spelling for Everyday Use 21 .07 Work Hooks: My Word Hook Essentials of Everyday English. Fourth Grade Arithmetic: Strayer-Upton (fourth grade) 33 .11 Header: Magic Hour 69 .23 Language: American Languago( fourth year) 38 .13 Spelling: Spelling for Everyday Use 23 .08 Geography: At wood-Thomas (fourth grade) 66 .19 Health; Health by Doing .. .61 .17 Work Hooks: My Word Book Essentials of Everyday English Other work books to be selected. Fifth Grade Reader: Pleasant l^ands 76 .25 History: Estill's History ... .60 .20 Arithmetic: Strayer-Upton (fifth grade) 33 11 language: American language (fifth grade) 41 .14 Spelling: McCall's Speller (complete) 30 .10 Geography: At wood-Thomas (fifth grade) 73 .25 Work Books: My Word Book Essentials of Everyday English Other work books to be selected. 8lxth Grade Reader: Golden l^eaves 76 .25 Arithmetic: Strayer-Upton (sixth grade) 33 .11 Language: American Language (Blxth grade) 41 .14 Geography: Atwood-Thomas (sixth grade) 76 .26 History: Slmms* S. C. History 87 .29 Spelling: McCall's (complete) .30 .10 Work Books: My Word Book Essentials of Everyday English ' Arithmetic (to be selected) Olher work books to be selected. I 9eventh Grade Readers: Studies in Reading .74 .25 History of American Progress 1.00 .34 New Day Arithmetic . 37 .13 Our English (seventh grade) .48 .16 Atwood-Thomas Geography (seventh grade) .".. .73 .25 McCall's Speller (complete) .30 .10 Work Books: Arithmetic: Lennes Drills My Word Book English Work Book. Eighth Grade Payne's Speller 38 .13 West: Short History of Early People 1.88 .46 New Day Arithmetic 37 .13 McKltrlck - West: English Composition 92 .31 Literature and Life (Blue) 1.55 .52 C. & C.: Introduction to Science 1.46 .49 Ulman & Henry: Elementary Latin 1.05 .36 Gregg: General Business Science, Pts. 1 .& 2 1.29 .43 Wells-Hart: Modern Algebra 1.18 .40 Ninth Grade" Payne's Speller .38 .13 Webster: History of Mankind 1.83 .61 Wells-Hart: Modern Algebra 1.18 .40 MoKltrick - West: English Composition 92 .31 Literature and Life (Book II) Blue .1.66 .56 Arnold: Cooperative Citizenship 98 .33 Baker-Mills: Dynamic Biology 1.48 .60 ogy 1.48 .5 11 s. .2..; Ulman & Henry: Second Year Latin 1.20 .40 Gregg: General Business Science, Part 3 87 .29 Tenth Grade Chew: Speller 43 .15 Webster: History of Mankind t 1.83 .61 Bruce: Plane Geometry 69 .23 Tanner: Correct English ..^.21 .41 Literature and Life ('Book III) Blue 1.73 .58 20th Century Bookkeeping, Introductory Course 90 .30 20th Century Typewriting, 1 Year Course 96 .32 Gregg: Shorthand Manual .. 1.29 .43 Gregg: Speed Studies 1.04 .36 The New Chardenal 1.55 .62 Vermont: La Belle France .. 1.04 .35 Eleventh Grade Chew: Speller .43 .15 Latane: History of American People 1.72 .58 Wells-Hart: Modern Algebra, i Second 1.07 .38 Literature and Life (Blue) 1.90 .64 L, F. it 8.: Introduction to Economics 1.25 .42 Hessler: First Year Chemistry 1.32 .44 I>a Voyage de M. Perrlchon . .69 .23 20th Century Bookkeeping,. Two Years 1.26 .42 20th Century Typewriting, Two Years 1.26 .42 Tanner: Correct English ... 1.21 .41 The New Chardenal 1.56 .52 Vermont: La Belle France .. 1.04 .25 Gregg: Shorthand Manual .. 1.29 .43 Gregg: Speed Studies ...... 1.04 .35 There are one and a half million guitar* in a*e in America, - - Wells Paints Dark Picture London, Auk 3.~- H G. Wells. gloomily Hurvaylng civilization In a new book published today, surmises that "the universe is bored with man" and that humanity, "which began in ft cave, will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum " The llrltlsh man of letters who popularized science and made history ft best seller bases his possjmism on a concluslan that: "New powers, Inventions, contrivances and methods are not the unqualified enrlohment of normal *i*u that we had expected. They are proving dangerous and devastating in our eager but unprepared hands." Jn a 330 page volume called "Tl?3 Fate of Homo Sapiens" Wells somewhat glumly concludes, however, that the salvage of mankind is "still Just possible" by a "wilful and strenuous adaptation by re-education of our species now? forthwith" to fit It for a kind of universal democracy. This education would be along a more International and more widely understanding scale than ever yet has been conceived. Wells added that "today catastrophe is well on Its way . .. . But education seems still unable to get startod.'' He dealt in this fashion wiht European leaders: Hitler?an "unqualified horror." Mussolini?"Vain, rhetorical and Immensely energetic . . . Often, sb school boys say, a bit of an ass? which Is much more endearing" (than Hitler). Chamberlain?"Essentially Ignorant, narrow-minded, subconsciously timid, cunning and inordinately vain." Stalin?Not of "overwhelming Intelligence," but "honest, strong and human.", . 8ON8 SERVED A8 PALLBEARERS FOR MR8. JULIA 8. DoTREVILLE Funeral services for Mrs. Julia 8. DeTrovllle who died Saturday morning at Walterboro was held from the Walterboro Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon. Mrs. DeTrevllle was the mother of R. H. DeTrevllle. of Camden. She was the widow of James C. DeTrevllle, of Walterboro. Her eight sons served as active pallbearers and elders and deacons of her church as honorary pallbearers. | Mrs. DeTrevllle died at the EsDorn hospital, where she had been a patient for two weeks. Prior to her last 111ratfes, in which she developel pneumonia, she had been In" good health despite her 83 years. She had spent her entire life In Walterboro and was well known and highly esteemed by a wide circle, of friends. She was long an actlv^'and outstanding member of the PresbyterIan church. Her Interest centered In her children, her home and her church, and she loved the people of Walterboro and Colleton county. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hat- tie Peoples, of Charleston; Mrs. Johnnie Jones, of Augusta, Ga.; eight sons, ' Richard DeTrevllle, of Camden; George DeTrevllle, Morgan DeTrevllle, Ellis DeTrevllle, Julian DeTrevllle, Jesse DeTrevllle and James DeTrevllle, of Walterboro; and Alfred DeTrevllle, of Thomasvllle, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. Bethea, Miss Marie DeTrevllle and Miss Catherine DeTrevllle, all of Walterboro; a number of grandchildren and one great-grandchild, also survive. CURTAIN FALL8 LA8T TIME FOR FORMER CIRCUS CLOWN Gastonia, Aug. 5.?There was no sound of the calliope, no smell of sawdust, no tint of grease paint, no big top atmosphere around Morgan .Poole, 75, when he passed off the stage last night For many years Poole was a circus clown with several of the larger circuses of the country. He died within the grim and cheerless walls of the county home at Dallas, where he had been an Inmate for some time. Final rites for the ex-clown were conducted this afternoon at a local mortuary and his body was laid to rest In a local cemetery. Quitting the sawdust ring some 25 years ago, Poole, had never been under a big top since. For many years Poole lived as a "squatter" on the Southern Railway's right of way a few miles west of Gastonia on the Gastonla-Bessemer City highway. He cultivated here a-little truck patch and rah a roadside shack where he sold fruits and vegetables. He lived in the shack which he had built himself. Life passed him by but he was not a sulker. His wants were few and the little profit from his roadside stand provided for them. He rarely left his little acre by the side of the road. Many pedestrian* and not a few autolsts stopped and bought from the old man and frequently engaged him in conversation. He talked , freely and Interestingly of the old circus days and the Joys of a circus life. ' 1 " ; But passing years left Clown Poole unable to make a living and ha finally found himself in the Oastoa county home where last. night after a brief OMm, ke died.