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NEWSPAPER ethics Tlu> profession in jinn ..h...... itled t<> stand side by side with the ? ? i ..??.ifouviniiH and is far Bion rightly unless lie recognizes his Kllgfltlon i" the public. A newspapef nut Uelonft solely to its owner B is not fulfilling its highest func ?t if dcvot^l selfishly. Therefore ?ho Missouri Press association pros ? the following principles as a gen I, guide, not as a set form of rules B the practice of journalism. I Wo declare as a fundamental prin B pie that truth is Mho basis of all cor- , Beit journalism. To go beyond the ?ruth either ill headline or text. Is I Subversive <>f good .journalism. To Suppress the truth, when It properly Belongs to the public." is a betrayal of Bmldic fa i Hi..' j ? Editorial comment should always be [ ?air ami just and not controlled by! Business or political expediency Biothing should be printed editorially Kl'h-h the writer will not readily ae Bi'owh'dgo as his own in public. B Control of news or comment for bus B considerations is not worthy of B newspaper. The news should be Hovered, written and intepreted wholly B at all times in the Interest of the Hublic. Advertisers have no claim on Hetvspaper favor except in their cap--> B 03 readers and as members of B.e community. ? N'o_person who controls the policy B a newspaper should at the same Hinic bold office or have affiliation^, B>e duties of which conflict with the ^mblic service that his newspaper Hliould render. I It is not good ethics nor good busl H(,&s accept advertisements that are ?isbonest. deceptive or misleading. ^oiireri)> in individuals who want to use your columns to #ell questlou?ble stocks or ?uyt^H|ip which prom* I so great returns for small investment should always be Investigated. Our readers ?hould be protected from ad Verttttfng sharks. ltates should Ik? fix ed at a figure and never cut. The reader deserves a square deal and the advertiser tile tame kind of treat ment. ^ t Advertising disguised as news or editorial advertising, e.vi?cclally should show at a glance that it is advertising. It i$ Just as had to he bribed hy the promise of political patronage as to he hril^d hy iK)lltical Cash. To tear down a COW^t^Qr 1" order tu build up unu's self b? not- good hp luess, nor Is it ethical. Newspaper coutroWrsles Should never outer news paper columns.' < I<n nl business de mands the same treatment to a com petltor that one woud like for a com petitor to give one's self. Create new business rather than try to take away that of another Advertising should iiev?u* he de manded from a customer simply be cause h<? has given it to another pa per.. Merit, product and service' should he the standard. The claiming of more subscriber* than are actually on the paid list in older to secure larger advertising prices Is obtaining money under false pretenses. ?l>Plie advertiser U entitled to know just what he is getting for Ids money, just what the newspaper 1> selling to him.' Subscription lists made up at normal prices or secured hy means of premiums or contests arc tx> he strictly avoided, in every line of journalistic endeav or we recognize and 'proclaim our ob ligation to the public, our duty to re gard always the truth, to deal justly and talk humbly liefore the gospel of unselfish service. Lynching Kccord for Six Months Tuskegee Institute, Ala., July 0.-^? I send you the following information concerning lynching* for the first six months of this year. I find according to the records compiled by the De partment of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, Nlonroe N. Work, in charge, that in the first six months of 1921, there were 3G lynch ings. This is 24 more than the num ber 12 for the first six months of 1920. and 7 more than the number 29 for the first six months of 1919. Of those lynched, 2 were whites and 34 were, negroes. Two of the latter were women. Eleven of those put to death were charged witb-the 'crime of rape. The states in which lynchhigs oc curred and the number In each state are as follows: Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 4; Georgia, 9; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana. 2: Mississippi 10; Mis souri. 1: North Carolina, 2:?South Carolina. 1; Tennessee, 1. Yours very truly, R. R. Moton, Principal. It's easier to acquire a poor wife than a good cook. MANY FORDS BRING BUILT UmimimI fcxtwdi Output us Kurd Breaks all Previous Kerorda. During t t*o mouth of June, the Ford Motor Company, 1 r??n?b Us Detroit Factories uml 22 Assembly Plants throughout tho country reached tho j production of 10S.P02 Ford cars ami i trucks, sotting a new high record for j oue monjb. says tho Kershaw Motor j Company of Camden, S. C Production of Ford cars and trucks j has hccu steadily increasing since early spring', and shows substantial gains over the same period last year. Tho second quarter of u>2l. viz , April May and Juno shows an output of .'KU.71K1 Ford curs and trucks against ?J20.N7N for the same three months of last year, or a net increase of St), ,018. Despite tho fact, howeveV, that tin) Ford Plants have been running at maximum capacity the demand for j Ford cttrs and trucks is not being met, and at the present time, many thous* and unfilled orders have been piled up ahead so that Ford sales' are still limited by manufacturing facilities rather than marketing possibilities, particularly Is this true with respect to enclosed cars, for which the de mand has been unusually heavy. One reason cited by the Ford Of ficlals for the unprecedented demand for Ford cars Is tho present tendency toward economy. Many of those whose names have been added to the long list of buyers might well have afforded larger and more costly ears than t,he Ford, but it is the belief that most prospective motor car buyers are inves tigating alt of the costs Incident to motoring much more carefully than at any period during the past five years. The estimated output of the Ford Factories for July calls for 109,000 cars and trucks, or a production of ?1,360 a day for 25 days. . Since the assembling of cars Is being handled during an eight hour work day only, the hourly output will be 545 cars. In other words, one Ford car or truck leaves the assembly line every fl 1-2 seconds. Burled at JMsgali. i Mrs. Lula Bond, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. \V. J. Dees, of this place, died In a ColunVbia hospital last Wed nesday and was burled at Swift Creek ! Baptist Church on Thursday after noon at three o'clock after divine ser ! vices .by Rev. .1*. W. Kennedy. A large number was present to pay tho lsst sad tribute to her memory. In early , life she married and moved North, but recently removed to Columbia. She was ii popular young lady and leaves her husband, two children, (parents, brothers and listers and numerous frieivds and relatives to mourn her de pa r tn re. She was 35 years old when ^ie died. J. E. DuPre. | Plsgah, S. C.. July 11th. ' (ihosts probably walk at night in order to keep in the shade. There's pleasure in cooking ' ^ in a cool kitchen ALADDIN SEITRITYOIL .V ' CMp\S\ HEN your cooking is done with a New Per fection Oil Cook Stove the kitchen isn't made uncom fortably hot. All the heat you need is ready, just when and where you want it ? there is none lost. You regulate it by simply turning the wick up or down a trifle. That's why it's so easy with ordinary cooking experience to make light fluffy cakes, crisply crusted pies and tooth some cookies. The New Per feet ion Oven is up where you can reach it conveniently and look into it easily. It's a pleasure, too, to be relieved of coal and wood carrying, of sweeping around and under the hod and wood ha-ket or box. A small dust-rag takes the place of the stove blacking brush. Always be sure to adjust the wick so that the flame has long white tips* These give you the most heat. Another feature of the New Perfection is its long blue chimney. This drives all the heat up to the cooking utensils and doesn't soot up the bottoms of them. Insures complete burning of every drop of oil; none is wasted. New Perfections are made in five, four, three, two and one-burner sizes. Most buy ers select them equipped with the warming cabinet. Use Aladdin Security Oil for best results; it's always clean and dependable. New Perfection Oil Cook Stores are so I J at most department, furniture and hard ware stores. STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) NEW PERFECTION Oil Cook Stoves MICROBE HAS MADE TROUBLE 1 "Miracle Bacillus" Really Quite Simple In Operation, but Hae Not Been Understood. One of t l*t* tuost curiously interest ing of microbe* Is the "miracle IuicIHus""^-I>uu\vh to science as It. pro dlglosus, in Us time it has been re sponsible for a whole lot of excite ment. In former dnya It used to happen once In a while that communion bread developed on Its sarfa*'*' stains of what looked II ko blood. The superstitious took It to lie really blood, attributing the phenomenon to miracle. Today It Is known that sueh stains, which sometimes appeal' on egj-s or In milk, are produced by. a culoriHak ing bacterium. Incidentally to the proeess of feeding upon the substance. They merely Indicate the presence of colonies of a species of bacillus (hat Is now Identified, "cultures" <>f which enn easily t>e made. When stains of the kind were found on food in former tidies, they were commonly attributed to witches or pome other supernatural agency. The hadllus Jn question, feeding on de composing material scattered over the ground. 1 1 a* been responsible for many tales of "bloody rains," which were re garded as poiM eht s of evil happenings to come. People In earlier days were less ad dicted to the habit of I va thing than is now customary, and sometimes crim son spot s app'-ared on parts of their persons where perspiration and dirt had accumulated. These were very alarming, being suggestive of "bloody sweats," but what the .sufferer really needed was a good scrub.? Philadel phia Ledger. BIRDS ATTACK COMMON ENEMY Feathered Creatures Gather in Flock to Drive Away and Punish Marauding Squirrel. I was approaching casually a small copse, being attracted by the chatter of many birds. I ' got as near" as T could without disturbing them and saw a squirrel being attacked by six missel thrushes and two Jackdaws. Every time !t climbed a few feet two or more birds would swoop down and flap their wings at the terrified animal. This continued for about three minutes. As I got closer the commotion ceased and the exhausted squirrel scrambled up [ to a fork in the tree, where It lay motionless, apparently completely out of breath, A careful search revealed no thrushes' nests, but twenty yards away the Jackdaws had a nest In an old tree. I wonder If any of your readers could give an explanation of this attack on an Inoffensive little ani mal.? G. Fox Itules, Osborne, Isle of Wight. The little animal Is not quite so In offensive as supposed, and the birds know It. Squirrels whenever they have *n chance will help themselves both to eggs and young birds, so that naturally when detected they get "mobbed." ? Ed. ? From the Field. Dollar Sign in Brazil. The monetary unit In Rra7.ll Is the Portuguese real, though In theory only, for no such coin exists ; hence In practice only the plural rels Is used and the unit Is really the mllrels, or one thousand rels. For some years the mllrels had remained at the fixed value of 15 to the English pound, or about 8,250 rels to the American dol lar. In larger transactions the unit Is the con to, one million rels. Gold Is never seen In circulation In Rrazll. Fj-om the mllrels to the conto there are paper notes, sliver c?lns from five hundred to two thousand rels and nickel pieces of four, two and one hundred, the last the tostao of popu lar parlance. The Rrazllian places his dollar sign after the mllrels and before the rels, so that 3$ 12 50 means the equivalent of a whole dollar and the man who pays $5<>0 for a news paper or a small glass of Iced cane Juice does not fee! that he has been unusually extravagant, at least If he has lived 'enough In Rrazll to get the local point of view. Street Crossings in Scarlet. Tiie employment of red bands to in dicate street crossings, the advan tages of which were demonstrated In recent experiments, is still under dis cussion. An early proposal for paint ing the crossings with red lead has, however, been abandoned because of the Insufficient wearing qualities of, the mixture, and the municipal admin istration has ordered red sandstone for crossings in Alsace whicH will pro vide durable safety zones showing where pedestrians may venture with out risk. It Is suggested that it would be advisable to follow the example of America in drawing up strict reguia tlons which would make the drivers of vehicles responsible In all cases for accidents occurring on the red liana. ?From Le I'etit Parlslen. "Fuel for Nothing." The case of a motor ship that trades between Europe' and America without having* to pay for fuel is mentioned by Motor Ship. The Rue nos Aires, running between San Francisco and Scandinavia, loads up with 1,500 tons of fuel oil at San Fth?K'?sco, H+dls 800 at Stockholm, and returns tn AmfHrn with y.azv.ct ol! left in her tanks, ha\ing used <100 tons out of flie 1,500 tons of her supply in ?^er engines. She psv? 7/-"" pounds for her oU In San Francisco and sells tons of It at Stockholm for. X. 000 pounds. The fuel Is carried mostly In tfce <ouble bottom, and therefore doe* not detract from the ship's car fo-earrylng capacity. ThfN is talk of th* serious Intention of Henry Ford to purchase tile big nitrate plant on which the government siHM.it millions of dollars at Muscle Shoals without completing. John A Moon, aged tW years, who represented the Third Tennessee (lis trlet In congress 24 years,, retiring at tin* close of tln? last session, died at hU home lit Chattanooga last Sunday. Most people who do not believe all they hear are fond of r<?}a>tttlug It. 1785 1921 THK COLLKUK 01' C HA lU^STON Open to Mea and Women. Knlrance examinations. and exam l nations for i the free tuition eounty scholarships ? at all eounty scats, Fvl ?lay, July 8, at 0 a. in. Four-year course* lead to t hi* It. A. and 11. S. degrees. A special two-year pre medical course Is given. Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities, A dormi tory for men. Fxpcnses moderate. For terms, catalogue and Illustrated booklet, Address. IIAKKISON HANDOU'll. President. KSTATK NALK < Mi July Kith, 1021, nt the residence of the bite U. li Rollins. lit ('assail. S. ('.. at 10 a> in. we wl}l Offer, for sale for cash I ho household and kitchen furniture, one Dodjfe louring car, certain scales and other personal ?property of the late K. H. Kolllns. JAMKS SToKFS, Kxecutor of the last Will of It. 1?. Rollins. deceased. FINAL DISCHARGE ? Notice is hereby given thai one month from this date, on Friday July 20th, 1D21, 1 will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final re turn as Administrator of the estate of James Dye, deceased, and on the same date 1 will njiply to Mie said Court for a final discharge as sjald Adminlstra- i tor. 10. I ;. F. MAOILL, Camden. S. C.. June 20tli, 1021. FINAL DISCHARtiK Notice is hereby Riven that M. C. Health, guardian of the estates of John F. Heath and Henrietta Mc WilUe Heath, now Henrietta Heath McDowell, minors, hath this day made application unto me for a final dis charge its said guardian, and that August nth. 1P21, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon has been appointed for the hearing of said petition at the Probate office In Camden, S. C. W. I,. McDOWRLL. i Judge of Probate Kershaw County Camden,. S. C., July 2nd-,- 1021. T. B. BRUfcE Veterinarian Lyttleton St., Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. Though she i* 121 yeara of aga au* claimed to -bo the oldest Filipino wo man, Thoniasa Carlos *mokes cigars ami cigarettes. ? MATT IK V. DAVIS Artistic Hair Dressing. Marcel Waving ami Manicuring KrteiitifU' Facial Ma^igo* shampooing a specialty Call KnglUih llarWr S!??p. rhono 211-J Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Buildlug Camden, 8. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, -BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUC.ER STS. Ph?ne 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. During the "Buy at Home Pay Up Week" We will Sell Anything in our Store at a Re duced Price M. H. HEYMAN & CO. Jewelers and Optometrists Seeds For Planting Turnips and Ruta Bagas, Cabbage, Collards, Beans, Beets, Spinach, Watermelons and Cantaloupes. To kill the pests we have, Calcium Arsenate, Paris Green, Bor do-leaded, Lime-Sulphur, Sulpho-Tobacco Soap, Black Leaf No. 40. To give new life to your ferns and plants try one of our 50c packages of "Bon-Arbor." W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 30 Went Side Broad St. THE KEY TO SAFETY A FIRE INSURANCE POLICY IS YOUR KEY TO SAFETY. IT SAFEGUARDS YOUR INVESTMENT. IN CASE OF FIRE YOU ARE ASSURED OF PROMPT PAYMENT OF LOSS. PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST FINANCIAL LOSS FROM FIRE. SECURE A SOUND POLICY NOW. COME HERE FOR IT. Camden Loan & Realty Company L. C. BERRY, Manager WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable We are doing it for thousands of others ? why not for you? We believe a trial will convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS Cumberland, Md.