The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 14, 1940, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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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
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"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. '
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DeKALB PHARMACY
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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
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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.
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