The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1926, Image 7
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
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sv n-- - - v-' - - Jl;
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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."
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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. '
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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
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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",
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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
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, T. B. BRUCE !
Veterinarian
Day Phone 30?Night Phone 114
CAMDEN, 3.C. - z
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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
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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*.
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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.:::.
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