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Nobody's Business wru... r? *?j??ic::?br McO#?. Copyright. *?? WAR VIEWS KKOM FLAT ROCK war situation has .tiffed up a rlglil attiarl of pairlollstu In ?*' ? evsrtuxltly la with pres. re.oyvelt for soil tors anil more airplanes anil mul, battleships, silo, chance, the 3rd. has gone to the county-seal to jlne UP with the aylug corpse, he wants to he a number aviator, he wishes he was "over there' new his daddy, sll.tt chance. Jr., has told htm all about the world war and It has got him in a notion to light, ho was at ramp Jackson enduring the other one. but he got badly gassed down there and Is drawing a compensation Oil it. hIIiu chance, the 3rd. ban a quick ml nil io learn about machinery (ut he newer got annywheres In books at jjcholl. be can allso draw thing*. * painted a pitcher that looked ao much like a apple a honey-bee 111 on It and etung It he .nought be a airplane draftHtnan, but hie main Idea la to ?y and let the other fallen draw up tbe plans and make the planea. he feels like he could drop a buuib from 5.00b feet on top of a dime with a Hill, ? practice. lur art square's youngest son. square, wants to get Into the army. bul he prefers the job of d^ter-mas* ler. his daddy explained to him that a quarter master stayed several miles behind the front In a store house and deuIt out stuff on written orders am soforth. he I.NselerkeillaHHoat tt^ that's why he wants that kind job; ho is qualified to hold It without no further experience, to head s son. pud din head, will possibly go Into the tank corpse, he has drove a tractor for nearly 2 years und Is tine with miss jennie veeve amlthi^Qur -afflelent scholl principle, mought jlne the r,.d cross and go to europe to help take care of the sick and the wounded. she Is verry handy with a hyperdermic and glvvlng inedison internal* lv we would hate to give her up. but She Will go If her duty calls her. she thinks the u. s. sennators who are lighting the dies committee just because he Is a good deiiimocrat ought ti, h,? investigated thelrselves and possibly imported from this country, blunders In high places Is what has caused so much trufoblo In furrin nations. sundry items of interest from flat rock deer mi', auditor: after lltening In on mr c.iarley 1 In.thing's raddlo speech a week or so ago we have decided in Ant rock to ask congress to give him back his *perrlt of st louls" and let him fly across the ocean another time with Ills earthly possessions, if he Is going to help hitler, we believe ho could help him more over there than he can over here. mr eddltor. there is some talk In our lltllo cltty that the republicans will also nominate mr. Tosey-velt for a third term, they don't seem to have army buddy in their own party to hold down the job as it now is. niebbe *!h- v will let mr. hoover run for vtce ;d.-m. and nir. land on could bo a nice j >t> under th-m that \>*'A ln'iiiu j t). ot kansas. wo ... v will get i* lived Si's ev. r, ; ; . w :. 1 be ha pp> an>?>; ' h. .i) ',.i p|i.-;i kti-e.v. mr edditor, . i in.-vs v. i'.l gi't any govern-| h.-ck-, enduring tli- spring! ... , :r we had err parri'ies now u . .. . j , ej-i a inly a ? to 'ewn pric es . ;;; ,:i 1 i i!i. and : addios have :::. . a* - per c. :it. bu: we have to; wait till fall fur our monuey. the cutflggers will possibly be withdrawn, rite or foam mr. morgan thaw about this, ph'so . . . you can do in the name >>! t)io undersigned if you don't -want to ti-k >or.? little bit of influence in getting ;i nncor nit oddtor. yore little paper gets tr?11* and better, don't stop our subscription till you hear further from :n.', i received yore not is, you have nit' uro'ng: i think them 2 liens i paid you last fall should of carried in** till august of this summer, plese took into the hens and straighten :Ii? in out:' i don't want to miss ainiy war news or yor? funny page, kind regards to you and the little boy that helps you in >oro offls. yores trulle, mike lark, rfd. corry apondent Science Re-Maps Trail of Soto The 400-year-old trail of Hernando De Soto?'ttrat white man to peiietrate the Interior of America?haa been mapped by ethnologists of tiie (Smithsonian Institute in Washington. The ethnologists spent tweuty years (racing the Spaulah captain and his little expedition from the east Florida coast to northern Mexico. It took De Soto three years to make the Journey that men now make by air in tlx flours. The task of trailing DeSoto, which historians had held was impossible because of the few records of the Journey, was performed by Dr. John II. Swanton, chairman of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission in preparation for the 400th anniversary of tlie expedition. Dr. Swanton directed a staff of assistants that included Miss Caroline Dormon of Chestnut, l^a., and Colonel John It. Fordyce of Little Hock, Ark. Colonel Fordyce died recently, soon after completion of ills long and arduous task, During the four centuries that have passed since the Spanish captain landed on the Florida coast and undertook his expedition into the interior of the continent, the countryside has undergone profound changes. The last speakers of the tongues of some of the savage tribes he encountered, have died. No accurate journal was kept of the 1,500-mile trip. The trail had to be pieced together from scanty records and diaries of members of the party. These sometimes dlffor. The expedition moved through an unmapped and > unknown territory. Names of rivers land other landmarks differ from one I | , source to another. Dr. Swanton concludes his report with a tribute to De Soto: "We are paying tribute to an eni terplse which lias an Important hisi toric. ethnologic and achealogic meanings for tiie people of the United States as a whole. We are paying tribute also to an onterpriso which In spite of its coarser aspects, did not lack something of knightly character, a theatre for the display of real virtues albplt virtues of the sterner and harsher type. " In the leader of the exposition we have no Galahad, but one who by the standards of his time and country, compared favorably with Cortez, Plzarro and other similar leaders. "His courage was unquestioned, his skill tested over and over again in the most difficult situations, and the cruelties in which he. like all of his contemporaries, Indulged appear almost to have been motivated by supposed military necessity rather than the enjoyment of suffering for itself. "De Soto, when dying far from home as a disappointed, disillusioned and financially ruined man, could not have foreseen that his passing In what was destined to be the heart of one of the world's greatest nations, and his burial beneath the waters of the grandest of North America's rivers, would givo him a place in the world' shistory far more assured than if he had discovered the fabled El | Dorado for which he searched." Burma, Important British Colony, Provides 'Back Door' to China china ^^CHUNGKING^ ""india jmr >|g|g3' JT CANTON r\ "BACK DOOR" OBEN. Map shows the route of the recently completed highway running from Rangoon, Burma, to Chungking, capittd of war-torn China. Because many of China's eastern seaports are blockaded by the Jajtanese this route has bStome an important life line for the forces of Chiang Kai-Shek. Recently Completed Highway Used for Shipping War Supplies. Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.-WNU Service. Burma, where demands for independence are reported to be growing steadily more insistent, is an important link in the British Empire chain. East of India, Burma touches on the north the border of Tibet; on the east that of China proper, French Indo-China, and Siam. With Angers of land thrust into the Bay of Bengal, Burma stretches south far down the west coast of the Malay peninsula,' to share with Siam the narrow and strategic land bar to the China sea which culminates in the Malay States and England's naval base of Singapore. From Burma runs the recently completed highway that is China's vital back door entrance for supplies, now that many of her eastern ports are closed by Japanese occupation. Connecting Rangoon?halfway down the long coast of Bufrma ?with the Chinese provisional capital of Chungking, in the heart of that war-torn country, this route covers in all more than 2,000 miles, twisting a tortuous motor path over China's high western plateaus, dipping deep into rugged gorges and rising high over mountain passes. Burma Route by EsiL The Burma section of the route, about one-third of the entire distance to Chungkiiig, is mostly by rail, which provides communication between Rangoon and Lashio, near the western border of China. On the way the railway passes the town ol Mandalay, of Kipling romance. Through Rangoon, as capital and chief port of Burma, flows most of the country's foreign trade, now reported to include incoming trucks, gasoline, machinery, and munitions destined for the Burma-China road as a result of the war in China. Alltogether, Burma's import-export business was estimated for the last fiscal year at more than $278,000,000. Rangoon, accessible to river navigation 900 miles inland, is also known in the international transport field for its excellent airport, where three major lines converge. So many 'round-the-world aviators and air-minded travelers come this way that it has been predicted that Rangoon will become to the air lanes what Singapore is to sea lanes?a "crossroads of the East." Burma is strictly agricultural I country with rich soil and plenty of rainfall. It is more fortunate than many of its oriental neighbors; for with little more than 144 million people to support in an area of about 261,610 square miles, there is an adequate food supply of the East's chief staple?rice. More than two-thirds of all cultivated land in Burma is devoted to rice production, which provides a large exportable surplus sent not only to populous India and other Far Eastern countries but also to Europe. A largely one-crop economy, however (of secondary importance are other products such as peanuts, cotton, millet, sesame seeds), presents problems of its own. There is need for new industries to provide more diversity and help solve the unemployment problem. Of Burma's millions, less than 90,000 now are employed in industry. After farming, the famous teak industry is Burma's next best means of livelihood. Without Caste System. The Burmese have developed Into a group different from either Indian or Chinese, yet with traces of the influence of both. They are without the caste system and their women go unveiled. Although their main religion came from India, their dialects are related to those of the IndoChinese. Most travelers agree that the people of Burma are easier to ur.derstar.u than other Orientals; for while their manners are 'hose of the East, the \ r.aw ,.ioo a frankness a'd direct ser.se cf h. r.or akin that of the Wos'.en er. Yet despite ir ial and c'.r.c t .< - : a - t apart tram Ir.d ii. r * !a was uivorcea irom tne lai^n country only two years ago. Today this country, as a crown colony of Great Britain, has its own senate and house of representatives, although the legislation of these bodies is subject to veto by the English governor who also controls national defense and foreign relations. Odd Regulations Give Protection To Auto Driver Traffic Safety Rules Vary on Highways of Foreign Nations. Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington. D. C.?WNU &?rvlc?. While many traffic safety regulations are similar the world over, some countries have evolved unusual and even comic measures for the safety of their people. Though comic many of these rules are none the less effective. In England there is no speed limit on highways except in the congested areas. In Bucharest authorities have recently instituted a drive for pedestrian control. A special court has been set up to try offenders. This safety regulation has been successfully used in other European and American cities. The traffic board of Calcutta not long ago passed a rule banning ra NOISELESS COP. You can't blow your automobile horn in Rome, and the traffic cops don't have any whistles, but they stand on a pedestal in the middle of the street. So the old excuse about not having seen them doesn't go at all in traffic court. dios or phonographs in automobiles as distractions to motorists and therefore traffic hazards. Officials of Riga, capital of Latvia, quieted traffic by prohibiting the unnecessary tooting of horns and ordering that all milk cans be silenced by wrapping them in sacks or straw. Americans visiting large European cities are often amazed by the lack of traffic noise due to such "non-tooting" regulations. Several countries have adopted the use of posters as a means of reducing accidents. In Sweden posters are used to combat jaywalking. One Swedish sign warning pedestrians against jaywalking shows a hen scuttling precariously across a busy street. The sign reads: "Don't be a Laura!" Flashing red and green signals are the usual world-wide traffic symbols denoting stop and go. However, there are found many and amusing variations in style and color. In Lisbon, on narrow streets, policemen hold up paddles painted 1 red on one side and green on the ! other." In Singapore the traffic j "cops" have n long horizontal, white board attached to their backs To regulate traffic, the policemen turn not a light, but themselves. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1 (Continued Prom P*g? One)~,f tod States can safely pertnlt the Upltod States to become a lone wand In a world dominated by the philosophy of force. Such an Island may bo the dream of those who still talk and vote as Isolationists. Suoh an Island represents to me and to the overwhelming majority of Americans today a hopeless nightmare of a people without freedom, a people lodged In prison, handcufTed, hungry and fed through the bars from day to day by the contemptuous, unpltylug masters of other continents. It Is natural also that we should ask ourselves how new we cau prevent the building of that prison and the placing of ourselves In the midst of it. Let us not hesitate?all of us?to proclaim certain truths. OverwhelmIngly we, as a nation, and this applies to all other American nations, are convinced that military and naval victory for the gods of force and hate > would endanger the Institutions of democracy in the Western world?and that equally, therefore, the whole ot? our sympathies lie with those nations which are giving their life blood In combat- against those forces. The people and government of the Unltejl States has seen with the utmost regret and with grave disquiet the decision of the Italian government to engage In the hostilities now ragbag in Europe. More than three (months ago the chief of the Italian government sent me word that because of the determination of Italy to limit, so far as might be possible the spread of the European conflict, more than 200,000,000 of people in the region of the Mediterranean had been enabled to escape the suffering and the devastation of war. I informed the chief of the Italian government that this desire on the part of Italy to prevent the war rrom spreading met with full sympathy and response on the part of the United States and I expressed the earnest hope of this government that this policy on the part of Italy might be continued. I made it clear that in the opinion of the government of the United States any extension of the hostilities In the region of the Mediterranean might result in a still greater enlargement of the scene of the conflict in the Near East and in Africa i and that If this came to pass no one could foretell how much greater the 1 extension of the war might eventually 1 become. Again upon a subsequent occasion * not so far ago, recognizing that cer- < tain aspirations of Italy might form i the basis of discussions between the < powers most specifically concerned I offered, in a message addressed to the < chief of the Italian government, to < send to the governments of France < and of Great Britain such specific in- t dications of the desires of Italy to oh- 1 tain readjustments with regard to her - position as the chief of the Italian J government might desire to transmit 1 through me. v While making it clear i that the government of the United ' States in such event could not and i would not, assume responsibility for the nature of the proposals submitted t nor for agreements which might < thereafter be reached and that Italy's 1 voice in any future peace conference t would have the same authority as it j I Italy had actually taken part in the J war as a belligerent. j ^ Unfortunately, the chief of the Ital- j t ian government was unwilling to ac-. f oept the procedure suggested, and he | r has made no counter proposal. I c The efforts of this government have j been directed to doing what it could : t to work for the preservation of peace , in the Mediterranean area, and it J 1 likewise expressed its willingness to j t endeavor to cooperate with the gov- , v ernment of Italy when the appropriate J d occasion arose for the creation of a j stable world order, through the reduc- ! d tion of armaments, and through the d construction of a more liberal international economic system which fl would assure to all power# qfl of opportunity in the world's J and In the securing of raw uu| on equal terms. I have likewise, of course, U necewsary in my commualcat\M Signor Mussolini to express tl oern of the government of thefl States because of the fact thta extension of the ar in the recti the Mediterranean would imnfl result in great prejudice to t;h?fl of life and government and |l trade and commerce of all oi UmI erloan republics. I The government of Italy htl chosen to preserve what it tol "freedom of action" and to fuM|H it states are its promises to 0<l In so doing it has manifested I gard for the rights and securl other nations, for the lives I peoples of those nations whkfl directly threatened by this s|tl the war, and has evidenced lul lingness to find the means pacific negotiations for the fll tion of what it believes are ttll mate aspirations. On this tenth of June, hand that held the dagger It into the 'back of its neUWstl In our American unity wsrtl jue two .obvious and jourseS; we will extend towl leuts of force the materUlndl >f this natioii and at the sve will harnesa and speed ?] )f those resources in order jurselves in the Americas uufl equipment and training oqusII^B ask of any emergency and euH tense. All roads leading to the accflij nents of these objectives ? tept . clear of obstructions. Ij lot slow down or detour. 8I^H signals call for speed-full I ihead. *-*' It is right that each new^B ion should ask questions. BtH :ent monthB the principal ias been somewhat simpliflei^B nore the future of the natlos^H he American people Is at We need not and we will vay, abandon our contihulnr^M nake democracy work ,wn borders-. We still lnsU? leed for vast lmprovemenU^B >wn social and economic W*M But that Is a component ional defense Itself. The program unfolds swu^M nto it will flt the responsll>W| he opportunity of every soman to preserve our h?? lays of peril. I call for effort, couragd, * levotlon. Granting the lam, all of these are poBSlo* And the love - of fre?d??^l lerce and steady in the W, W. Boy kin Dfa At Charlotte fl William Whltaker Boykln ^ day morning at 3 o'clock at fcui 812 Kaat Worthlngtou avenue *| illness of about nix yean, jj vlco preeideut of the America Stationary company of Baltta*),, waa a member of OasU T?n?g Phalanx Masoulc lodne. Mr. | waa also a member of Myen Presbyterian church. Mr. Boykln waa boru Qctti 1875, at Camden, 18. C., the so^ late Mr. and Mra. Hunter Hltet kin, of Charleston, S. c. He [ vlved by hla wife, Mra. Msry Boykln; four children, Mr?. j Keok, William Whltaker Boykj Mtaa Margaret Boykln and I Rives Boyklu; three brother^ Boykln, of Charleston, T. K. | of Beunettavllle, 8. C., and Bel Boykln, of Camden; two slste^ Nellie Boykln, of Charleston, u William H. Heyward, of AtU?k and a grandson, William Boyklu, 3rd. Funeral services Monday aft at 5 o'clock at Hovls funeral Rev. J. A. Jones, .pastor of Park Presbyterian church oflV Iuterment in Elmwood cenvt Monday's Charlotte Observer. ' ? ; iQBtsiipated? j ? i* > I li.id i > nii.il i'il'i*l:i>.itioil, | i liuiat mi*. tir.inaclir* a tut Ii.uk iuhiiS. i . .iIa.uk ik i < i { r: k111 away. Now. 1 | i ;i , ii.iiiai ik. r o, anvtlimyf I want. j : ;> ' .1 r " Nt- k M a'lrl S. tum ] inn iHj-n 9jfj% DeKALB PHARMACY | I To Close Saturday 1 p. m. I By order of City Council of Camden, S. | I | C., the Water and Light Office and the j ! 1 Treasurer's Office will close at 1 o'clock i i ; every Saturday until further notice. This I ' i order to begin Saturday, June 1.5. The | ! public is requested to bear this in mind. I By order of City Council, I F. X. McCorkle, Mayor Ij Louise W. Bovkin, City Clerk I1 i I City Licenses Duel * fl I Notice is hereby given that all licennfM M for business, occupations and profession? I for the year 1940 for the City of Caifldfi^B : are now due and if not paid by June^B I 1940, a penalty of 15 per cent will be I MRS. LOUISE W. BOYKlN,j* I City Clerk and Treasurer#JM I Camden, S. C. ??-?-? ?? m. - -