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Pale Children Made over to-your liking, -with rosy cheeks, hearty appetites, rigorous digestion and robust health, (live them a glass of this delicious di?jeatant with rhcaU. , Shivar Ale .? Pure Dlo??tlve Aromatlcs With Shivar Mineral Water I Ginger Nothing l?ku it for building rich blood and solid ilesh. At all grocers and druggists? satisfaction or your money back on first dozen. If your regular dealer cannot supply you telephone Camden Wholesale Grocery Co. Wholesale Distributors Honor Uoll Antioch School tirade 1?Mae Sinclair, Peggie Holland. Grade g?Lewi Boykin, Jr., Louise Hinson, Arthur Holland, Jr. Grade 3?Robert Uodgers, J. C. Branham. Grade 4?Lacy Galloway, Leila Hinsou. Grade G?Evelyn Branham, Katie Arledge, Grace Marsha "! Grade 7?Jessie Mae Sinclair. Grade 8?OzeLla Bradley, Lena Smith, Harold Lee Joye. Grade 9?Loyd- Davis, Henrietta Joye, Sallie Winn Johnson. Grade 10-^-Margaret Johnson, Clara Hinson, Myrtle Pate, Cornelia Johnson, Lucile Sinclair. . Grade 11?Lota Croft, Ida Pate, Lawrence Sinclair. Smith-McDonald Mr. Edward L. McDonald of Betbune and Miss DociaPauline Smith of McBee were marired in Camdoh on April 4, Judge of Probate McDowell officiating. Farm women in some sections of Sweden cook their coffee in glass water bottles.. Renew Your Health by Purification Any physician will tell you that "Periact Purification of the System is Nature's Foundation of Perfect Health." Why not rid yourself of throniO ailments that are undermining your vitality? Purify your entire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabs,?once or twice a week for several weeks?and see how Nature rewards you with health. Calotabs are the greatest of all system purifiers. Get a family package, containing full directions. Only '*5 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.* EXPOSES WILES OF FAKE STOCK SALESMEN AND PROMOTERS Latest Methods of Confidence Men Described by American Bankers Association Official ? Declares That Shrewder Schemes Than Ever Before Are ' Taking Peoples' Savings. By W. R. MORE-HOUSE. Public Relation* Commission, American Banker! Association. ARTICLE NO. I j JL/TUGTI ot (|)h distress of many people in America today is IVx due, not to the fact that they have not had an opportunity to earn ami save money, hut to the fact that they have lost their savings in fraudulent schemes of one kind ? 01 an?tl^^r- Many a widow is in financial diflftif" ' dty not because she was left penniless by her |lusband but because she lost her inheritance by I^JilS *nv?stinK in "gold bricks." Many a bank dew'i3SaBK' {)08^tor who once carried a fine balance is penni> HT less today not because he did not know how to save but because lie did not know how to invest. PS~T^ iwB Perhaps if I relate some wild-cat promotions lmk jm that give an insight into the activities of investment sharks it will quicken a relentless determiubemsbbmbhji nation to provide depositors with much needed w. *. Mor*hous? ?*dv^ec^|J"ct^wdh" nmny^aaca aomethorn^almost unbelievable because of the very crookedness of the schemes to defraud, yet thousands of our hard-working savers have been led to invest their savings in these promotions. In giving the high lights of certain cases I am not draw-^1 r-??- ? ing on my imagination in the least, nor aw I relying on hearsay, but glvlag first hand information. Unbelievable but True Muny millions of dollars have been lost In oil. The sum is staggering. Into ever corner of the United States the mails, carry high-powered sales tulk of great riches to be made 111 oiL Carried away toy these promises, depositors quietly withdraw funds from their banks and scud them on to wildcut speculators. Not one out of a hundred has ever recovered the money he invested. Still wild-cat promotions continue to flourish, with a new crop of ; victims coming up to take the place I of those who are forced out of the | j \ excitedly hack to the derrick, wrench in hand. "We have drilled, to the 'Bell'ean&!" the lecturer shouts, bringing cheers from every high-pressure salesman, followed by a chorus of voices from the. surprised audience. "We can brlug in a 6,000 barrel well if we care to, but if we go deeper to the 'Meyer' 'fv|| \ aandwecan got a 12,000 MjET barrel well!" he odds. "Go o n deeper! Co The Fake Oil Stock Sale Was Opened Wtt#i Prayer mi down!" about iho salesmen almoat in unison, followed by cheers from the listeners. The zero hour Is at hand. The time has come for the hi;sh-pressure art-, ists to sign up the listeners for units. The salesmen "hit while the iron is hot." Nearly ever, listener is signed up. Th.- t'c who hesitate are p6r?otten onlv lnnrnonin. running because tlu-y have already lost their savings. Listen to this.one! It is a typical case. A trarr of land, just ordinary land, nothing about it to indicute there Is oil beneath the surface. An oil rig, a few tools, half a dozen strings of pipe are cloBe at hand. A large show tent lllled with chairs that will seat several hundred people. It is 1U a. m. The sun is shining brightly, and it is a glorious day. Presently several large busses draw up loaded with people ranging in age from fifty years to e ighty. corps of high-pressure salesmen Tush out to greet the arrivals and to assure them that they are most welcome to what will be the -orejrt -great oil city of America. The aged and feeble minded ate tenderly conducted to comfortable chair? under the hlg tent. In plain view of those seated as they peer out through the (lap of the tent stands majestically the oil rig spattered with crude oil and nearby is the big oil sump also filled with oil. Through an ingenious circulating system oil from the sump flows Jnto the well and back Into the sump through a pipe In full view Religious Revival Methods Presently the utIUial lecturer calls the meet ing to order, ma iinprcssfnTr he create*- is that he is cither a minister or has studied for the ministry. He opens the meeting with prayer for the success of the venture in oil. After i prayer this sanctimonious gentleman} tells how lie has Invested all of his! own earnings and all of h:v children's ravines in the venture, ro confident is! he that It is t > bo an oi! gather and; nil are to he made rich I He charms his amHcpc- with hk> oratory. He impresses them with h!?; honesty. He calls their attention to' oil In plilin view, intimating that it is from the well. And while he Is painting before them, figuratively speaking, luxury and old age comforts if they Invent In the "A-A" Oil Company. the foreman of the rig rushes i In. his clothes spattered with crude ' oil. He is excited and almost out of breath as he reaches ;hc sar.otimr.nious lecturer. A few words are whispered. The lecturer's face registers great delight at the news. He turns back to his Nwdieace. a smile *>f tictarw face. Tfca foreraai; rvhea ' ? sv n-- - - v-' - - Jl; '; ? rily, for the tables are brought in anil the big free lunch made ready. As all sit down at least one salesman is at every table. The work cut out for him is to sign up the few ,vho escaped the first "pulling of the net," anil you may take my word for it few escape. One by one these old people, under the spell of being rushed into the deal, pay over their cash, sign notes or turn over good securities for units In the "A-A" Oil Company This picture of an oil speculation may seem too crooked to be true, but it is a real story of how thousands of savings depositors, all past the age of fifty, lost over hair a million dollar*. This story is one of many hundreds that might be told, all of which have ended disastrously for millions of investors; ' (Article II will reveal further fraudulent scheme* for robbing workers mf thetr /tarings.) Truth and Advertising Have Made America Great Truth in iron's columns and udver.ising in jhe .foundation of America's pfCSperlty, MolVin A-. Tray lor: Second Vice President?American 1 tank era Association/recently said, adding:. ... "Continuance.of our prosperity rests chiefly upon continuation o,f the greatest of all causes for ohr present good times?tftjth in news columns truth over the store Counters and truth in rdverti- : World-wide acceptance of gie.i: discoveries and invon(iovm has l*?*tn due to the fc^t that the nrwtpapers truthfully described thvrffand the manufacturers truthfully utlver lined them if deceit had been the general rule, if tlte m >tto bad been sell quick and let 'be buyer beware,* tlte public .Youhl have turtwd against the new thing- J recall one particularly larg*- tire,i which three years ago began advertising its wares falsely; II is today hopelessly bankrupt. "Wise advertising costs nothing. You have only to increase the sale of your products to the point that covers the advertising cha'*re to en)ov the enlarged business without cost. Thi natural saving in overhead is extra : profit for dividends or for further eg panslon." y. ^vr ^ -i* * LANCASTER COUNTY NEWS Aa Copied From The Newo Published at The County Seet Saw W. Iuman, 65, well known traveling salesman of Florence, and one time manager of the Hotel Royal in Lancaster, died at 9 o'clock after a short illness. Heart trouble caused his death. He hud worked on his orders up to 11 o'clock Tuesday night and although he complained of not feeling well, neither "he nor the .family felt any alarm over his condition. The funeral services were j held Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock. Mr. Inmun is survived by his widow, who was Miss Annie Hope of York county, and three sons, S. W. j Inman, Jr., Kdward Inman and Earlo Inmun. He was a native of Yorki county. Gasoline tax receipts for March, amounting to $.'110,689.70, have been distributed to the various counties of the state. In the allocation the state highway department gets 60 per cent or $186,413.82. In the distribution of the 40 per cent balance Lancaster county received $1,801.73; Kershaw, $2,975.85; Chesterfield/ $2,409.30; Chester, $2,506.43; York, $4,357.90; Fairfield, $1,366.27. Total distrttnir tion to counties, $124,275.88. An Oakland car driven by a fnah giving his name as Woodley and a Ford in which John T. Mackey atpl his family of Elgin, were riding, collided on the Camden highway a short distance below Elgin Saturday night. Mr. Mackey and two of his young children were more or less painfully hurt and had to be given surgical treatment by a local physician ut their home. The Mackey ckr, a new 1926 model Ford wus badly damaged and the driver of the Oakj land was taken into custody by Dep! uty Sheriff Montgomery and lodged in jail to await the extent of the injuries to the Mackey children. Woodley, who says that he is a resident of the Blue Buckle mill village in I Rock Hill, is not charged with having | whiskey and the authorities think it was a case of being- an inexperienced driver rather, than intoxication that! caused the collision. a. ' Player-Brown ! Mr. Cerie Ilrown and Miss Marj garet Player, both of Camden, were | married by the judge of probate i:i | Camden on April 5. ' i ' L.V 77 /,? ; A white man who said he was Noah F, Coggins, 45, of Sylvia, N. C., waS arrested in Yorkville Thursday afternoon by Policeman Dave Boyd and ,when searched was found to have on three pairs of Trousers, topped by a striped pair of overalls. His equipments also included an uutomutic pis! tol, a small bag of cartridges, six razors and twenty-seven cents in money. Coggins said he had, been working in Lancaster, had been to Gas.kQ.tna and was enroute back?to Lancaster when pinched, He is in t he jail house now. The company in London operating i.thb omnibus lines issues about 4,000,-000 tickets every day. Consider Cotton For Bale Cover Washington, April 15.?Possibility ! of using cotton bagging instead of jute for covering cotton baleB is being taken up by Senator Harris of Georgia, with various manufacturers, and also with the Bureau of Standards and the Bureau of Foreign find Domestic Commerce. It is estimated that ubout 09,000 yards of jute are used per year for baling the American cotton crop. The average price of raw jute per pound last year was ten cents, and it takes twelve pounds of jute to make a yard of rloth. The price of jute has meil GO 2-3 cents since 1923.. Heretofore cotton has been considered wtoo expensive for use in baling, hut if the tendency of jute to rise continues this condition will not long exist. Is a Regular Juror York, April 14.?J. Hemlet Carroll, York business man, drawn to serve as juror in York "civil court next week, has been drawn as juror each year ever since he was 21. He is now. 39. Yet he has . never been drawn to serve as a juror in criminal court. - ' When a distinguished visitor enters u Japanese office or laboratory he is I at once served with tea. At Nik to, Japan, there is a lacquered bridge over which only meur; hers of the royal family may cross, and they but once a year. NOTICE ; Applications will be received at the City Clerk and Treasurer's office up to Monday, at noon, April 26th, for the following positions to be filled by election of city council: One City Clerk and Treasurer One_ Chief of .Police Three Policemen ' One Motorcycle Policeman One Fire Truck Drivel One Street Commissioner One Clock Keeper * - - \W. , City Clerk and Treasurer. Sale of Refused Freight. We will sell at freight depot, of * Northwestern Railroad * Company of South Carolina at Camden, S. C., on Friday, May 7th, 1926, at eleven o'clock in .the forenoon, for , freight (and charges the following Refused Freight: ?j'. "One car load of hay shipped in car N. Y. C. 254289. Shipped by H. S. Cruikshank to Order notify H. S. Cruikshank, Camden, S. C."Quality and quantity of goods not guaranteed. Terms of -sale, cash, purchaser* to reiyiove goods from premises of Railroad within, twentyfour hours. Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina. By John Wilson, President. fit REAL ESTATE ^ Homes with large gardens?Small homes ?Building lots?Close-in Acreage 'I 1 '' " Camden, perhaps, offers the best values j?real estate in the entire South. Un mistakable signs point to substantial advances in prices. Choice locations are being rapidly abgprbed for permanent homes. . " CONSULT WITH US BEFORE BUYING ! We have an unbroken line of satisfied customers running back sixteen years. Our methods are conservative. We do not wish to take up your time unnecessarily but we do want to offer our services and show you what we have for sale. LET 'S TALK IT OVER ' K ' ' ' i in I ,1,1 ii ?i ' ' C. P. DuBOSE & CO. : First Flour l.uun & Savings Bank Bldg., DeKa% Street Phone 43 Night Phone 321 -:-N. C. Arnett, Realty Dept. "Don't forget us when you need Fire Insurance", I1 1 ? Ambulance Service Day or Night Motor Equipment of the Best C. W. EVANS MORTICIAN Telephones 535 DeKalb St. 91 and 283 * Camden, S. C., COLUMBIA LUMBER & I MANUFACTURING CO. I MILL WORKs P SASH, DOORS, BLINDS | AND LUMBER B PLAIN *mr~TER STS. Phooe 71 | i COLUMBIA. S. C. i ' * . 1 , T. B. BRUCE ! Veterinarian Day Phone 30?Night Phone 114 CAMDEN, 3.C. - z , J. P. PICKETT. M.D. | PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ? Physiotherapeutic Treatment with Alpine Sunlight and Medical and Surgical Diathermy. IM'J Broad St. Camden, S. C. 0 ' 11 i ii% NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSBS Made in Camden and For Sale By DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 95 666 ?~ia a prescriftite faT ColcU, Grippe. Fhl, Dengue, BIUmw Ftnr aa4 i3? ? *nb ?* .. ? , I ] I ?I II. Ill 1 III I . .r-.TH-rr -r.--.i-r- ->! i - jE | ^ ^ ^ v | At^^D^r Withjlothinq Slsetolhy L_ Equipped With j < _ . Jl Front and Rear Bumpers; f - f\% CoU/lAP Automatic Windshield Ctr r.n! . .f**" *' er; Rear View Mirror; Tram - RM|, LM/HJ minion Lock (built-in i: R?ll?tor Shutter-; MotoI j ft7V Motor; Combination Stop and * " , , Tail Ugl*. ~ "=* . . V - ' ' ? 1 t J : 'JSUEI , a ' > >; . \ ? Essex costs little more than lowest priced 44Fours". Built on V V | ; famous Super-Six patents it gives the performance, comfort, ' . u J | ; , smoothness, good looks and riding ease of the largest selling j , "Sex" type in the world. It is economical in fuel, tires, oil and 11 maintenance. It retains high resale value. In every automobile ' ! J qualkyitis time proved m thehandaofmorethan 300,04)0 owners. ; I Hudson-Essex sales coMr.:::. 1^^ ^ South Carriii:r. ?