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KXPOSKS ECONOMY HOME. Orphanage at Kinu'H Creek Said To lie In Bad Wiy. (YorkviHe Kmjuirtr) "If there- ever was a wi\>r\g for the Ku Klux Klan to right it seems to mo that they might correct fraud and ?ham and hypocrisy going on at the Bcononiy Home, roar Kings Creek, and I have told some of them hciv just that," ukt Coke l>un cunofBlacksburg.toa reporter las; Sunday in dixus*:ng conditions at the orphanage' or alleged "home". Magistrate I>*?rvc*n went on to aay th^t "I vo.-h t>e home was m my jur ritdUvl;ot> and 1 had the authorities, If ;Wc< are any, in my court, "I'd cer vJuaTy g.v< Ym che limit because ther* no dk>ubi that the whole bus o?fr* > . i rx*tiefu The Economy Home 43 acs :a Cfeerv>kce county but is in York en >un;v. U >Hms to me that it ^ uo to the State Hoard of Public Wrlfure x..r the York county grand jury to nve-stigiatf, ^o do a thorough >ob of it ar.d to do it at once," Judge Duncan did not hesitate to speak hfc mind and ho io!d ::i detail of a trip that h? recently made to the "homo" n compahy with W, F. Brown of (JalTney, who is foreiuan of the Chero kee grand jury. Magistrate Duncan and Mr, Brown J "began inquiry after Cecil I>ane, ah inmate of the Economy Home at, Kings Creek came to the home of W. A. McFarlane, a Blacksburg citizen and sought refuge. The boy, who ex hibits! many bi-uises, was in company with another boy and declare<l that he had been whipped by J\ev. li. K. "Walters, present superintendent of the Kcononiy Home. McFarlane gave the lads something to rat and notified the magistrate who in turn notified the grand jury foreman. Mr. Brown examined the boy, Cecil Lane, and instructed Mr. McFarlane ? to buy suitable clothes for him and his companion, Carroll, and eharg.* the same, to Cherokee county. This he did, in the meantime taking care -if t_he two boVs i* t his 'home. I.ater Mag istrate Duncan accompanied Foreman Brow 11 1 to the Kconomv Home. Th ? The magistrate tells of the visit: I. intended to let Mr. Brown do all the talking, but before we left, there 1 had to kind to come to the rescue. Mr. Walters was not at home,4 but Mrs. Walters came out, her eyes snapping tiro arid talking a blue streak. "Yes, Mr. Wallers whipped Cecil, and he didn't give him half enough. He ought to have been whipped and whipped good." "1 managed to halt her stream of ?onversation long enough to tell her that they would have been trying her husband for murder if he .had whipped the boy much more and that it was against the law to whip a horn - like Cecil had been whipped. "And then," continued the magis t rate, "one of the matrons or some woman evidently connected with the institution came out with a little b: I of a switch and < '.aimed it was the one that Cecil had been whipped with. "I convince I her that a little switch ? ike. she claimed was used couldn't trakc marlv< like the boy's back and arms bore. Then she said something about t he boy having- burned a table 'loth. 1 t|ur/./,ed her a little hi ore and '.inally she said she might have been mistake?) about the tablecloth. That i> about ail we ^o; out />f them then." "Mr. Blown got the information," | continued Magiffyute l>uncan, "that, the field agent* work on a fifty-fifty basis, Thai is, they go out among the public, reeking donation* (or the or J phanagc or homt-, as they call it. Thej agent* got fifty per cent of what 1 he collects from hi* work aiui the or phar.age is supposed to get the rest. J \> - f how many .0/ (hnk?0 collectors on Acid agent* there hdbod> ttms" to know. The understanding is that Rev. J. If. .Spauldtng, who used to be fU}>ennt^ndinV tif tru- institution is now working a field on this fifty-fifty basis. Just where he is I ' don': know, *1 ?1 1 villiH find anyhodv who doc. 4 "Neither have 1 been able to learn 1 why Spau'ding stepped down as sup- i irintendent or when. But I know enough to know that the whole thing is irregular and that these people, pretending to run a charitable insti tution, are charging parents of chil dren who are placed there pretty heavily for so-called board and lodg ing and schooling and are going out and soliciting contributions and dona tions on top of that. "The principal owners of the prop erty who live over here in Gaffney, are getting regular interest or divi dends, or whatever you want to call it, taking theirs, it appears, out of the pickings from the public. Oh, it is a great institution and if some authori tative ngon.y doesn't go into the thing fully and put a .stop to it why it seems to me this country is in .1 mighty bad way." W. A. McFarlane has received this letter from Miss Carrie Haney, of Union, S. C., 11. F. D. No. 1, written under date of August 11,' 11>25. "I noticed an account in the papers of charges of brutality against II. K. Walters of Kconomy Home, 'and that you were- keeping the boys until the conduct of the orphanage could be in vestigated. I commend the citizens of Blacksburg for this and trust a thor ough investigation may be made by Mr. Brown ? I believe he was to make the investigation. "I know from my own personal ex perienro there, (1 was matron ' there the past year) that the whole thing is a mess. Most of the children come from better homes and were better treated than they were .at Kconomy I Homo. "Hev. Spnulding was as cruel as he j could be. He even made a 12 or 13- 1 yea)' old jjirl strip her clothing to the waist and beat her, raising blisters on her. I didn't see this; but one of the teachers told about this, and of course 1 >a\v the- tfirl 'daily. I think charges of brutality should have been brought I against him.. To my own knowledge, he treated a little* boy very, very 'cruel. "1 was cabed home the 12th of May on account of the illness of my lather. I worked there for a very small salary, and haven't - received pai t of that. The institution sti'l | owes me fur ab<Jut three and one-half 'months' work. Of course they have 1 promised to pay me as soon as possi ble. I know there is .enough- in that j institution to pay the salary of the j workers there and I think there would be more honor in paying the d< bts {than trying to put up more bn ild i J etc., for a -how." Yours wry tiuly. (.Miss) Carrie llanley. j - .. . ; Sep 1 i> n rich brown pigment pre jpaitd from the ink, o> black wc re - tinii, of \ .4 f it>u 1 lit I lefivhes of the > a me ll.t nie. Is a Prescription lor Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever j It Kills the fJerms Prescriptions DeKALB pharmacy PHONE 95 CAMDEN. S. C. Trouble Later On The man who does not make the ac quaintance of a hank account in his early years, frequently becomes inti mate with the sheriff in later life. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits Stay Away From Florida's Lure A young man of Spartanburg is back from Miami. Ho came back with the story that he could not make enough money in Miami to pay his living expenses. Though he was mak ing about $200 a month, it costs all ^ie made to live.; What he had to *b> ab^ut the situation in Miami is bupported by no less authority than the Miami Herald. That paper speaks very plainly of conditions in Miami confronting the people of mod i-rate means: "New comer* seldom linger more] than a few days or a few works. Tttfcre is nothing in prospect for them here. Thw week a young man, recently marriod, was anxiously ask ing about prospects in* the north or anywhere outside of Florida. As his case is typical of thousands] wo -will cite it. After marrying, the pair* be gan to look around for a home. They had friends in the city and were not hurried in their search, but the only place they could find where the wife could do a little cooking and other domestic details dear to tho heart of young brides was a t wo- room -and - bath apartment with a tiny kitchen ette attached. This was to rent at $50 a .month. The husband's salary was $40 a week. Fifty dollars is a tremendous r^nt for a man getting only $40 a week, but worse than that remained behind. The landlord noti fied his tenant that on ami after No vember 1 the rent would be $150 a month. Thus a young couple, both Florida Jaorn and raised, will have to leave, as it is plainly impossible for them to pay $150 a month rent out of $160 salary. And there are hun dreds ? yes, thousands ? of similar eases," -Spartanburg Herald. j ? ! Rough On Evangelists Should an evangelist pay income tax? The tax-gatherers are right in behind Evangelist Mordecai F. Ham, who within the past year is said to have received a salary here in North Carolina equalled by few business Whether Mr. Ham did or did not deliver goods for. value received is another question, but R. E. Powell, Raleigh newspaper correspondent, says of him: "Mr. Ham stirred CJoldsboro from neckband to narrative and put a blight on it that will live until eter nity' ami that was over t\v > years | ago." Mr. Powell also takes a little fling at Cyclone Mack when he says: "The law might go back and- get the famous Cyclone Mack but for the tact- that Mack has long since declar ed himself a bankrupt. High priced South Carolina land got Mack's pro fits. They say that endowment in surance gets the profits of Ham." \V. O. Saunders, editor of The Eliz abeth City Independent* has .said even worse things of Evangelist Ham. Ac cording to Saunders, Ham is the greatest disturber than the devil him self. and always leaves a community infinitely worse than before holding his meetings. ? Monroe Enquirer. Horn With Two Teeth. f Bessemer City, NT. Auk- ? A baby boy with two front teeth was born about a month a^o to Mr. an>l Mrs. Marvin Onpps. Dr. (Jeortfe Pa trick. tin family physician, vouches for the \eracity of the statement.. When the child was a few days old * one of t.' ? :? . 'Ji cut the baby's tonpue ; making it :u ? ssarv for the doctor to 'extract it, leaving the other on.1. 1 Yesterday the remaining tooth caus fd the tongue to become ulcerated and Dr. Patrick took it out. This I raibul the infant much pain. The I baby u rowing nicely and i-> :i fine bo y . Til;- is the lii rt ?a,?e of this k;nJ to occur here, so far as any record known. Dr. Patrick suggests the child will nut cut its l?rst teeth in this space, but he does not think K Will interfere with the permanent -ft. Professor Kills Self. With a bullet hob' through the * en ter <>f hi^ forehead, and a .">J caiibrej rrvii.vi r on the tb>or beside him. Prof.' K. (? Hutchinson, profe^m of chem ? 1 ! \ and biolotfN at t'oiuel'Se ('o| levje. Spartanburg, was found dead in his private office in his laboratory at ' the co'ifije Saturday afternoon at >ixi o'cl-n k fl? . found sitting un- 1 i' i i> * .i thaw before the table at which he apparently, had been read ing working. Tii. (x ?<! y \s.?- ?-rt d t<> Mi ?. >1 utrhi?T-??n and a neighbor, Dr <). H Wil-on, whom ?he had asked t > ac mpany her to the < '?? m ( k r hu.-'band, af'er he had to kc? an appointment with ,t . r.ti^n. Dr. W; forced 1 pen I ; *? iockfd <)<?. ?. i f the private office ;r ?hu h the rorpso was found. That the dead man committed suicide was the opinion of Coroner John S. Turner who conducted an investigation. (iten Prank, newly appointed presi dent of the University of Winconsin, in njtid to bo the youngest university president in tfe* United State*. UStfejs *Mit MEET "71 Two Killed When Telegrapher Fails ' l<eadvi}le, Col,, Aug. 20. ? Two fire men were killed and l4 passengers arc known to have been injured in a headon collision between the pa nor amic specials on the Denver and Ris> Grande Western railway in Granite Canyon, ten miles west of Buena Yi?ta, late today. Failure on the part of a telegraph operator at Tennessee Pass to trans mit orders were reported to have been responsible for the collision. Both trains were heavily loaded with east and westbound passengers, t f\e major ity of them tourists. The trains crashed at a curve in Granite Canyon and the engine and two eoavhes of (train No. 8 were de railed and tossed against the canyon wall near the. banks of tho Arkansas river. A heavy grade at Granite prevented the trains from moving at high speed through tho cauyon. Both trains are ; operated on a schedule to permit a t daylight view i of the Rocky moun tains. Passengers wftr? absorbed in viewing tho scenery when the trains crashed. ' ? i Mad Cat Bites Child at Greenwood. ' Greenwood, Aug. 20. ? Little Caro lina Lawton, six-year old daughter of, Mr .and Mrs. R. O. Lawton, was bit ten by a mad cat on Monday and ;s ; undergoing treatment at her home. She is responding to the ' treatment 1 nicely her physician states, and no ilj effects are anticipated. She suffered only a slight abrasion on her wrist. | As soon as it was discovered thai ; the little girl had been bitten the cat was killed and its head was sent to , Columbia and a positive report came back Monday afternoon. The cat is ; supposed to have been bitten by a mad dog, which also attacked / Mr. Lawton's pointer some time ago. The pointer was treated and has not 1 shown any signs of rabies. Physician Slain Answering Call Farmville, NT. C., Aug. 20. ? Dr. U. P. Moseley, widely known physician and a member of a prominent Lenoir County family, .was shot to death by Frank Frizzell, negro, tonight whc.i he went to the home of the negro in response to a professional cull. Friz zell was a rested and was rushed oui of town for safekeeping in the jail at Raleigh. A load of buckshot was.) fired into the physician's body, eaus- I i ing almost instant death, i ? I THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH ,, i r ~ i . ?? i i i " Til - i r -n? r-ri?ii- i ii m i liiii As the South grows the Southern must keep pace Freight traffic on the Southern Rail- , way System has nearly doubled in ten years. With the South growing at its pres ent rate, traffic a few years hence will be double what it now is. Many millions of dollars of new capital will have to be found for increasing the capacity of tracks, yards, terminals and shops, and the purchase of cars and engines. This needed new capital will be at tracted to the Southern if the profits from its operation are maintained at a level to establish a broad market for its securities. SOUTHERN RAI LWAY SYSTEM Thijce hens that lay purple eggfs recently arrived at Purdue University in Buenos Aires. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All parties indebted to the estate of C. .J. Nunnery, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the un dersigned, and all parties, if aoy, having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested with in the time prescribed by law. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate Administrator Estate of C. J. Nun nery. Camden, S.. <?., Aug. 17, 1925. "That's no way to do things! You can keep putting in new bushings till Doomsday and they'll always burn out. Remember this: where there's an effect there's cause. Bearings don't just burn out unless there's a reason for it and that reason is usually 'not enough oil.* It takes years and years of experience to learn all the tricks a motor can play. It takes even more experience to turn out a good reliable motor oil year after year with a uniform high quality. We have been at it from the earliest days of motoring and we are still improving our products. The latest "Standard" Motor Oil is one especially re fined for Ford cars. Gives you easy starting, easy stopping and quiet bands. Try it next time you drain your crank case and note the difference. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) STAN DARD" I^'iasi motor oil