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IS OLDEST BAIT Hoffe of Getting Something for Nothing Springs Eternal in Human Breast. . - - [ i . mil r ' i. m i l MANY WILD SCHEMES TRIED Story of Romance, Hardship and Vio fence, of Adventure, Despair and Gullibility, With 8udden Trip* Abroad Made by Promoter#. ltoMon. i;v. r since t tit* beginning of things men have, been trying in oiih fashion or another to achieve their fortunes oyer night, to recover tin* Midas touch of the fabulist, fo "get rich quick " Sometimes they have auccvedjd. Sometimes they have nurtured their hopea ouly to com* baek to hard re ality with a hard hump. Sometimes in their haste they Imve been swindled. From the day* of the sailing of J aeon upou his long quest of the Golden Fleece, from the time* o ( the alchemists of the middle ugos, who pattered out tholr lives among dusty toraea, seeking with tlre<l hut hopeful eye# to r the key to the enigma of sud den wealth? the touchstone which ahotild transmute lead to gold? to the days of mushroom fortunes in "inter national reply coupons," isn't auch a far cry after all, James II. Powers writes In the Boston G.lobo, It Is a story of romance and hard ship and violence, of adventure and despair ami sometimes absurd gulli bility and sudden trips abroad made by promoters with gripsacks stuffed with cash. Mad Rush for Gold. In America the story really begins:;! with the mud rush across the prairies and the mountains In 'ID to the gold fields of California. There had been other "gold hunts" before t.his, but none of them developed suclr a nation al fever as resulted from the announce ment of this discovery of nuggets "weighing as much ais half a pdtfnd nplece," that percolated through the Kast and started that famous uproar. Enthusiasm rose to unbelievable heights. Families started out from , Massachusetts, New York and other rastorn aeo const states without even bothering to sell their' houses. By horseback, farm wagon and by ship the migration not under way. Parties of prospective millionaires chartered schooners and sailed all the way around the Horn in their excitement. Ami upon the retina of (he Inner eye of every one persisted the dream Picture of "marble halls," and s "span," and the Imagined luxury of doing nothing in particular, while obedient lackeys hovered about for ever ufter, like the gouiL_nf Aladdin's lamp, awaiting orders. v. The California gold rush- enriched thousands, though at the price of vast hardship and sacrifice. Thousands of others it ruined, when they hecatue Hfranded in a wilderness, 5,000 miles from settled civilization, on their, ill fated claims. The best thing about it wasn't the wealth it produced at all, hut the fact tlmt it began the definite expansion of the t*nlted_ States. Capt. Kidd and the K.ondike. "Something for? nntlilni;/' many years later, drew thousands mure Atnericaus flow n In the Oklahoma ter ritory when tin- . j;o\ernment an nounced tliaf it would permit h<?me Kteads to be "niched" on n certain date. All the man who wanted to become a property holder had to do was to he hn hnnd when the signal was given. v ? (Jovernmenf otliciuls lined otT the start, as If it were a I 10 yard dash of today. Fences were built and yvery claimant had to he hehilid I lie bulwark ready. Then, at a nl\en signal, down .went the barriers and Llie swarm of fortune hunters piled Into the plains, pellnu'll, to stake their claims and he Kin their new careers, and h* happy ever after. So. (on. in the lattiw part of the last century, when the Klondike In* came a word of magic, .lust as in the days of '-IP. there was a wild rush for gold, the prospectors being. In the main men who were doomed to fail ure. although hundreds of them won from the frozen rocks and river hods the fortune* upon which not a few American families base their ability to purchase a new -e\ on passenger . car every year. One of the olde-t and the most per Msientlv attractive ltir<? of golden affluence tint await- the fortunate Is the nnthical buried treasure of Capt. Kidd. t li r- pirate, familiar to every schoolboy and to the -choolhoys of Hnstnn in particular. For the two emu urn'- ot more that have elapsed since Kidd swung; at tli^ gibbet in Fxecutb t I>oek, Kngland, expeditions have been continuously gotten tip with the purpose of finding Mix hurled booty All that lias been recovered (o date has been about $00,000, most of which was found at one end of ?Inrdner's island. The nu merous search parties, according to some estimates, have spent a totnl of about $71)0,000 in Lin* effort. To Pay 96 Per Cent a Year. Along with the popular quests for "k'oSd in the raw," or in hidden caches, there have also l>een scores of clever schemes for enriching people through marvelous "new" discoveries and ihrocjjf* manipulation. Massncbusctt* has had its full share of such ven tur#*; In ihe last half century, and Boston has been the cantor of the ac tivities of not a f? w. More It) (in forty years agw, for ??*' shui-e, ther? was In*1 notorious "Ladle*" iviHNjIt," conducted by Mr*. Sarah K. Howe at 9 Kust llrook line mutI. Mrs. Howe had ? sensational career In giving people "*omo?blng for nofhlM." The ' i-iuiirv Deposit" wn* an inatt lutiMM based npon her stntenient thai 4he wuh tl agent of ? legacy amount to more. ttian Sl,fuX>.?oo. wiittfi left by a Quaker who wmiit'il to Uo benefactor of "widows and Mingle women only." With this money she was supposed to establish a foundation In Boston which paid iBCh wouiun, whow in comm-s Hi'ii- inadequate to penult thriii to live In comfort, Q6 l'??" Ctlll ? >,ar a , deposit* made at the "Ladles' De posit." Mrs. Howe was no parslmonl ous person. She paid Interest three months In advance. Three Years In Jail. Mrs. Howe Is described as being "short* fat, ugly looking and lnde serlhably vulgar." She couldn't write grammatically and this wan one of (he <11 dsns of hor dfuvnfall In Boston, for hor lack of culture sronsed the sus picion of th#? authorities at last and they began an Investigation which landed her In Jail." v ' Then It came out In the con rt trial that Mrs. Howe's "Quaker" was a day dream and despite the fact that during Hn> last day* ot "l.adles' Deposit, when fho run started, she paid out tyBlwen J|75,000 and $100.O<X> in one day, the Investigators found that her insolvency amounted to $U00,00(>, with the "hank" and some cheap furniture profusely covered with gilt as assets. .Mrs. Howe Insisted to the last that she was uierely a salaried agent, re colviug $1-0 a year for her work from the "Quaker organization," but that did not keep her from serving three years lo Jail. Boston Vfij? In an up roar dlirj|| tin* whole flfoceedlng and hundrdH* of fascinated hopefuls ihronged*"the Institution during the week' before the crash. Received Secret In a Vision. Then there was the masterpiece of nil strokes of the Imagination, the lte>, r. F. Jernegan'H scheme for yet linn gold out of sea water. As a "get rich quick" scheme this Is yet unsur passed?both from the romantic aspect of the undertaking and in the Sheer audacity wlt7T~\vhlch It was worked nut. Mr. Jernegan was a -former Ibtptlst! minister, a graduate of Brown uni versity and of tho Newton Theological seminary. After s few years In the ministry his health broke down and he went south to recover. It was on the way hack that "the heavenly vision" came to P. F. Jernegan. and the "Electrolytic Marine Salts company" took shape In his brain. The "heavenly vision," according to the claim of Jernegan, showed him a marvelous way of fretting "something for nothing"? of jetting gold from the water In tho ocean by a secret process. lie formed a company. He opened offices In this city at 53 State street and 2J? Washington street. The "Ma rine Salts company" became a slogan^ of amazement and wonder. Mr. Jerne gan showed to the donbtlng Thomases he met several thin metal plates upon which there had been cst'Sfalllzed small deposits of gold. lie suggested the wonderful secret In his possession and spoke vaguely ?>f the fabulous fortune that awaited him. Financiers, men and women of wealth, poor and prosperous ? folks Thronged his offices to buy shares of Uls stock. There was, ho affirmed, about four cent.?*' worth of gold In every ton of _sea water. Now, Ju?t think of !t. four rents' worth in every ton! And t lie Atlantic, Pacific, Indian. Arctic ? nil the noVaiis In tho world wore t.o pay tribute to his sChome. t a* make their deposits of gold In tho pockets of his shareholders. Mr. .lernegan estimated tho possible (???turns ;i t 72,000,fX)0,000 ton- of gold. Hoston w??fct Into a fronzy. All Now PJngland wont Into another frenzy. Mr. .Tornoyan wont to Now York, whore ho deposited $tkS,0(X> with one of the larg est savings hanks there. Soon after Tie made another large deposit. The deposits were cheeks. A few days af ter this ho drew out $20.<kM) and then $7.r?.()00 in hills. Then the hank told him Jhnt they didn't want his account. He to|d New Yojkors that he In tended to issue 2,r>00.000 shares of stork at ?1 a share. Meat) while, his friend. one "Frank \Y. Thompson," took the money withdrawn from the New York hank and between them the pair bought .tlJAOOO* worth of govern uient bonds. Machinery Never Caoie Meanwhile, at North Lubee, Mr. the Marine Salts company*' hegnti opera Mon*. \ dam was raised, and when 'he tide receded it left unter twenty feet deep behind the dam. Thi* was to he flowed over tftc ">eeref*' ma i liair invented by Mr .Ternegntr. tnd h\ :i "secret" process tin* metal plate*, ??ailed accumulators were fo g.?M?er the i'liM from the sea Mor?* than WO workmen were hired, and the buildings were begun. Tt v this time I? h ).t)O0 shares of (he ? t ? ?< k had been M>ld and the eftpital wn? In the hands nf the rx < tei ?'\ .i:?r ???>... lew! ?tad the "vision." To work the plai t at it- proper cn pa i i f \ . ?naehlner\. of ???njrs.?t was urc c>s ary. Mr .fernegau :tri<| I !* partner boarded a French liner f < >r I.cIIavre, Fi*ua<e to cet flu ma<hiuerv. Mr. .Iomega n took passage as "I.miiIs Sin clair i>f Chicago," with "fh. vevessarv fundi' thnf I " a!! ?>f 1 1 ? - : ? j Tl.r day after l.i* dcpartine gold censed to rrystnJIize on the j ? ? ? #"?h of that marvelous ? -??< ret" maf !i.ne up In t.uhoe. Mp Tl^e coiapa r.y >u>pende<l huflino*- and rh> <V*i u -rkuien on the new buildings were out ??! a joh. Th e ?hn i eV ahler* :n "l"evt.-ot > tie Murine Salt* company" were wit In nif their money. too. The gold Or.VHtals on tt?*? plsfett luiil been "plumed." !u apite of efforts tu bilng about ex tradition, Jt-nngtiii and lil>? |?ul vh? In T|m'.v later *(?ot ??i?e ??f (heir money buck (o rhMi typ tin* Ivllh-H of th< < '? >i i) ; i.i it y , I?tH :?.cy did tint |I|U\?' hack to |lo?toil. 920 Per C?nt Miller. Not more t li h it t\v<nr> yea*** aj/o there was miolher hiicJi ^ilteme (?r overnight vxitaUh, the notor.ou* Irank l|i> tiyndlciite. which wns pledired to imy Us iDvOMlorw "CO |>er rent. This syndicate. the product of the br-.'n of William I'ninklln Miller. had pt? nir ?'? pie OINCCX urut OIMU IIIOMW IMMVt Mini *tnr|ed Ill New York. The pin ii wa* aftiT the fashion of ^the endless chain." (.'old was to How forever to the depositor*. at the rate of ten pt?r cent a week. Any sum was acceptable to Mr. Miller. When the HchOftO collaptfed there was 3.1 10 I creditor* and claims for $238,(XKV which were not finally cleared np un til fifteen yearn ofo, ; No the atory runs, year after year. The ''Luck Box" l? an affair of only ye<derduy. To make oue's fortune without an effort, to hope desperately for "good luck" In "taking a chance." to find a silver mine or become heir to a kingdom, to dig for Kldd* treasure or to buy a muchlne wliich will turn out crirfp uew bank notes In a legal manner; sbove all, to uvold as much work as p^lble In the -whole alTalr, has been a LLtnan trait ever since Adam fared forth from ICdcn, when' he was not bothered with such dreams, Gets Dividend Check From Oil Circular, ('ha (Iron, Neb. ? Frank 10. Ko?* \ , ' ter, tin itinerant carpenter, is Under arrest here on the charge of obtaining money hy false pre tenses, In Ills travels about the country Foster picked up some oil stock literature in which whs related the story of a poor wid ow who had Invested $2,000 in a certain benefHvni corporation and soon aftenyard .received a dividend check for $200. To prove ii a facsimile of the $20(> check was printed In the circu lar, and Foster, it Is alleged, cut out the check, indorsed it on the hark and, presenting it to a green young teller In a country bank, walked off with the $200 It called for. When the boss banker found It among his assets lie set the officers on Foster's trail. The check bore the \Vbrds "fac* simile" and "void" across the face, but evidently that did not Impair Its cashing quality. RECORD DOWNFALL OF RAIN Two and One-Half Inches in Three Minutes Has Been Known in the Canal Zone, ' * I Two and one-hull inches of rainfall in throe minutes ! A reproduction of the rain gage ro ister showing thnt downpour ? a ree ord. made In 1011 and still recognized by the weather bureau, United States (tepartment of agriculture, as the most Intense rainfall of which It has data? appeal's in. th? current -number*"' of Jthe Monthly Weather Review, pub lished by the weather ' bureau.. The illustration accompanies a technical discussion of ruin and sunshine in the Canal Zone. This heavy fall of rain occurred at Porto Hello In the Canal Zone. Not alone in the Canal /.one but at points in the Tinted States the weather bureau maintains observation stations at which accurate records are kept of rainfall, snowfall, temperature, etc., so that any person interested can ascertain accurately the weather his tory of practically any section of the country by applying to the weather bu reau, Commercial and scientific or ganizations, as well as farmers and others interested in various crops, fre quently apply to the bureau for infor mation of this sort. EVEN MONKS PRINT MONEY Tyrol Government Puts Ban on Craze of Issuing Currency ? Becomes Scandal. Vienna, Austria. ? Tin* Tyrol govern ment has prohibited the further issu ance t>f communal fractional curren cy, which has becorjie a scandal In the Austrian states. It was found that none <*?f the notes were In circulation, till the issues having hern sold to col- | lectors at enormous profit. Some Is- ' eues of ten anil twenty-dollar notes I have sold as high as SO i<> H>0 crowns . apiece. The craze of issuing currency has spread to concerns and associations of various kinds, among those printing their own money being the monastery of tf^tweig and the Anli-Seii?hic n? : social Ion of Amsteftcn. Prodigy Enters High Schorl, Armada, Mich --Carol M. Hart, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W IT. Hart of this village, is perhaps the vonngAst child in the state I" pas.- i successfully the Michigan eighth grade ! examination^. The K'irl i* in the so - ( ? ?mi?- ura?le. but through ^ j ?* -4 ? J n 1 iui noli *?> licr father wl:n was furnier j t\ n 1 1 superintendent. she cjual .rieil ei i> r riu- i?-?iv ll?*r brother who is llir ??? " eai-s her s??ilior. carried ? > i . h - i !,i?s f; passing, and \VAV ' .UiMiii; (lie WO Mac ?.Kiih cuiili ?> stiiUi; .> vsi;<' passed. Champions of the World The American Small-Bore Rifle Team won the Olympic matches in Belgium last summer with U. S. .22 N. R. A. cartridges. The great majority of prize-winners at the national matches in this countiy used them also ~ - ? .22 N. K,. A. iUKAV.1 ucMSHHrinMHaaiaaHMBMi Long Rifle Lesmok Cartridges are used aimort universally by expert .22 calibre usera because : 1. ? They are cbsolu' w^y -Accurate at all ranges, from 25 yart's to 2,?0 yards. 2.? If after ucinp *, art of a box you are dissatisfied witi. thief vi, yynr dealer will refund the. pr:.ce of full box. The following is quoted from a news itepn regarding the Olympic contests in a famous rifleman's publication, dated July 15, 1920: "They picked U.S. Am rr\unition for the cold - blooded reason that they found it to shoot straighter than anything else on the market." > -? ,? " O U. 5. C~ riri 'ge Company, New York, Manufacturers $ Come in and gci a copy of the U. S. Game Law Booh? Free ?V ? ? ''r* MACKEY MERCANTILE CO., Camden, S. C. BURNS & BARRETT, Camden, S. C. ,'M^* W A A. ii a Women are going nfter city offices in the municipal election during the eamhiar spring and fall, warns Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, of Ohio, .promi nent suffragist and one of Senator Harding's campaign chiefs. "There is no better place to start the clean-up proceedings than in the cities," Mrs. Upton said. "Women sire going to take a leading part and start this job witty enthusiasm and determination. Tla\v^are well qualified for this parti cular sort of work. City government is hut a large housekeeping and that is one thing women understand. It rather, looks as though the entry", of women into municipal politics mcaii the smashing of political nationwide." .Mrs. Upton haa mentioned" for u place in "tti? Hartiag cabinet provided the department o{ edhefttjon with a ciihinet member it i i s head is created. Legit Blanks for, sale at Ms qflk-e Facts of the Telephone Situation in South Carolina By J. Eppg Brown, President. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY What the Company Asks ~ The Company asks to earn only such i>rof tts as are necessary to protect the rights of the public. The public needs and demands adequate and efficient service, now and in the future. To furnish this service, additional facili ties, coating many million dollars must be constructed. This men ey must be gotten from the in* voting public. Investors will not put their money into an established business unless they are sure of a fair and adequate return upon their In vestment They cannot receive a fair and adequate return upon their investment unless the business earns a fair and just proft. The inventor is guided by the profits earn ed in the past, and the prospects of profits to be earned in the future. When fhe Company's profits a:e such as will enable it to obtain from the investing public the money needed to furnish adequate facilities to supply the demand for service, Its earnings will be fair and reasonable. A fair and reasonable profit is as neces sary for the protection of the rights of the public as it Is for the protection of the prop erty rights of the Company. What return is a fair and jusl profit de pends upon general economic conditions. What was a fair and just profit in 1914 is not a fair and just profit in 1920. The investor Is entitled to, and demands, 'he pame return upon his money invested In the telephone business a* he receive* on money invented In other businesses. The profits earned In other business de termine whRf profit i h#> telephone business must earn Tho available supply of money for inveat* ttent 1h limited. The opportunity and 6+ maud for new capital is unprecedented. ne telephone business must compete with all other businesses, public and private, for ? tnis money. The lnrestor will put his money in the en terprise which assures him the best return. To protect the rights of the public to re ceive adequate service, the profits of the Jelephone Company must be sufficlenl to attract the foresting public. do Company must earn as Tnlr^v as *,en 'cent upon its investment. The Company's Investment is all physl* raI Property; poles, wires and equipment exclusively used In furnishing telephone service. No franchise, going value or any "tangibles are included, nor is there any >onds, stocks or other forms of capltallxa tlon Involved. 1 he amount of the Company's investment '5 what It originally cost to construct its physical property; the "bare bones" of Its telephone plant. Practically all of the plant was constructed at low pre-war prices. Its present value today Is much greater ?nan its original coat. To reproduce the Company's plant at to 'lny'a prices, after making full allowance f or its present condition, would cost ?0 per cont more than the Investment. Ton per cent return upon the Investment 's less than 6 per cent upon the value of the Company's property. No one questions the right of the Company to earn a fair and reasonable return upon 'he value of its property. Measured by the profit* earned today 18 other businesses In South Carolina, the re turn the Company la asking to earn Is a fair and Just proft. ? EC