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A Martyr foe the Cause of Bigkt
The entire nution h?i been shocked
by the wanton killing of Don R. Melf*.
lett, youthful cmsadinf editor of The
Canton, Ohio, Daily News. Official*
and citizens agree that the murder
was a thrust at the very Wuli of law
and order.
Like a captain leading his forces in
battle, Mr. Mellett has fallen a martyr
to a system which In too many'
places in this country is getting a
strangle hold upon government. Vice
runs rampant in hundreds of cities
and towns in America. Nearly every
day we read that public officials,
chsrged with the enforcement of all
laws, have been arrested and exposed
for grafting or laxity in office. *
; Corruption in public office should
not be tolerated. Don Mellett, a born
fighter, stood alone for weeks in his
battle to rid tbe city of Ca^tifen of
thieving office-holders, rum-runners,
drug peddlers, gamblers and gunmen.
A brave and courageous saditor, shot
down, the victim of cowards who were
afraid to fight him fairly.
Now?too late to sifVe Don Mollett's
life?Canton rises?in indignation.
Canton realizes more forcibly now
What Mellett was fighting for and
why he was fighting.
The Mellett murder is strong proof
that good citizens, in all cities, should
rally to the active support of newspaper
editors and officials who have
the courage to defy the powers of
evil. Crusading editors usually have
th<? mere approval the better element
of their communities, but not 1
much active, virile, efficient encouragement
and assistance. Indifference
1_ ; . ?n the part of the citizenry only.
serves to help the vice rings.
Don't Write Anonymous Letters
Why do people write anonymous
letters to newspapers? *
Accomplishing nothing, and less
than nothing, in the way of spreading
their own ideas and theories, nevertheless
they .continue doing it, and
the owners that did not get half a
dozen such letters every week well
might fear that its importance in the
c public estimation was waning.
As a rule the anonymous letter Is
thrown into the wuste basket half
read. Once in a long while one of
them contains some really useful information.
Sometimes they are so
amusing that their abusiveness is ignored
and other readers of the paper
are 'allowed to join in the editorial
laugh at the ignorance or the absurdity
of the nameless critic.
? j. - Perhaps the anonymous letterwriter
is content to "get it off his
chest." Very well. Hut don't send
any unsigned communications to this
newspaper. They will not be published.?Walterboro
Press and Standard.
Will anything be done*to the prominent
Columbians who seem to be primarily
responsible for the wrecking
of the American Bank and Trust Company?
This question is being asked
on every side, and the man who asks
it usually goes on to answer it, and
his answer is always in the negative.
Men who deliberately take, for that
is what it amounts to, the hard-earned
dollars of men and women who are
in no position to incur financial loss,
and whose tiny savings may represent?their
all, laid away for a rainy
day, ought to go to the roads, and
stay there the rest of their lives; ami
they oughtn't to have any wator-boy
job cither. But it is a safe bet that
not a hair of their heads will be harmed.
We doubt, in fact, if they are
ever prosecuted. That's what makes
the administration of law in this
* country a travesty, and is responsible
year by year for crime of all kinds
shoeing sue 1) a?1lemenduus?increase. ?Chester
Reporter.
hire losses on American farms total
$150,000,000 annually.
CONFEDERATE
HOME AND SCHOOL
This institution still continues
Its career of useful service in the
^ education of women. It is prepared
to receive girls who wish to
attend Memminger High School
Cj and the College of Charleston.
A comfortable home, supervision
of studies, onroful chaperonage,
ana" attention to the mental and
physical welfare of the pupils is
provided under the management of
a matron of experience and ability.
A number of scholarship are available,
among them one from each of
the seven Congressional Districts.
For information as to the very
h moderate terms, apply ' to Mrs.
George S. Holmes* Correaponding
^Secretary, Confederate Home and
School, 04 1-2 Bmi St., Oiarles
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(By (M*tor R. U fmman, K<Mt?r
Th? Fm Dh Advocate)
Several banks which hare failed in
South Carolina during tha paat yaar
or two havo hold notoo fivon for loano
to W. W. Bradley, the oUU bank
examiner.
Why should the man who haa
official supervision over the atata
banks of Sooth Carolina be borrowing
so much money from weak banks
? from banks which fail and cannot
pfty their depositors?
There is at least ground for suspicion
that these banks have been
making loans to the examiner in
order to hold him off and let them
continue to receive deposit# after they
were insolvent.
It was known lest winter that Mr.
Bradley owed failed banks in different
parts of the state, and a resolution
was -ityiroduced by Mr. Nance
and passed the house of represents-1
tlves to investigate the bank exam-1
iner. When the resolution reached I
the senate, a determined and
ful effort was then made to kill the J
resolution. The argument was used I
that an attempt to investigate the
bank examiner would be ruinous to 1
the banking business of the state, and I
might result in the closing of a great
fnany banks. "We had better not stir I
up any more trouble," they said: we I
should put on the soft pedsl and be J
quiet about- the bank situation." I
And now another bank has felled, I
after letting the bank examiner have
Urge amounts of its money on his J
notes and second mortgages. Not I
only does Mr. Bradley owe the American
Bank and Trust company a considerable
amount of money, but the 1
bank virtually made his wife a pres-1
ent of $6,000 worth of stock in the
bank? For what? i
Can a bank be organised and run
by issuing all its stock to people who I
do not pay a dollar on the stock?' If I
it could not issue all its stock that I
way, why should it issue some of its I
stock that way to specially favored
persons? Why.should $5,000 worth
of stock be issued to Mrs. W. W.
Bradley when she did. not pair a dol-I
lar down on it? Why should her note I
be taken for the full amount of stock,
and only dividends be credited on it? I
dividends earned on other peoples' I
jiiOuey, or taken from the capital in- I
tested by other people? |
We think it is high time that the
bank examiner should be investigated I
and these matters cleared up. If I
there is nothing fishy about it this I
should be shown and explained. It is J
no time to pussy-foot, and be afraid
you will "hurt the banks/' when the I
money deposited by widows and or-1
phans, and poor, trusting people, is
being used to loan to an official whose 1
duty it is to protect them and see I
that their money is ready to be paid
to them \yhen they need it and want I
it. ,, I
It is evident that Mr. Bradley!
knew the American Bank and Trust I
company was in dire straits several J
days before it closed. What did he
do? Did he take charge and try to I
protect what funds were left? He
went over the state trying to get
more money put into the bank, .even j
transferring funds from failed banks I
which wore under his care. He failed
to get enough to keep the bank go-1
ing, and while he was waiting and
trying to get money for the backs,
the rumors of the difficulties spread, |
and those who were on the inside, or
were so situated as to learn the sit-1
uation, got their money out or what
they could of it, and left the far-off, j
the ignorant and unsuspecting depositors
with the money bag tothererape I
itors with the empty bag to hold.
At least that is the situation as it
appears to an outsider. We think
there should at Jeast be an investigation
of the bank examiner. .
Talk Up Your Town j"
' If you had a horse that you wanted
to sell, you would not go about
town talking constantly about its bad
points," says Heinio MitcheTTT "If
yuu did you wouldn't be likely to sell
it. What would you think," points out
the Rice Lake (Wis.) Chronotype,
"of a merchant who made a practice
of standing out in front of his store
telling all passers that his goods
were shoddy and not worth much?
Y'ou would probably rftay he is a fool,
and you would be right.
"Now, the town in which you live
in is your own; your business is here:
your job is here; your property is
here. Do you think you are going
to make your business any better or
add to the value of your property by
standing arour.d and roaring about
what a rotten town it is? If you
do, you'd better see an alienist about,
your mental condition. As a matter
iTf fact, every time you run down
your town you are hurting your own
business and detracting from the
value of your property,
TrFIven though you may have no
pride in your community, you ought
to have sense enough not to injure
your own interests. Every business
concern, in addition to a stock of
goods and plant, has intangible asset"
of the greatest value. Among
the assets is its good name, its reputation
for square dealing. When you
hurt the good name of such a concern
you injure it more than you
would if you jfhould burn down i13
plant. Besides'its business and industrial
institutions, its homes,
schools and all other kinds of property,
every town has intangible assets
which must be protected.
"When you talk down your town
ymr are injuring its good name ami
thereby giving it a blow of the most
serious kind. If you want your business
to be better, if you want your
property to increase in value, if you
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Ufa ia * Wtttf i^wn, tor ftt your
grouch and begin U talk tor your t
town initwd of running it down."
Nw? Pickings for OUuebU.
Senator Freemnn'i Poo Deo Advocate
b authority for tbo eUtoment
that tbo aapreme court bee betted on
order that ell briefs and arguments
for use in the caaea before the aupreme
court must be aent to the clerk
of the court and that he must have
the printing done. Thia is but a tendency
of the age to centralise all
government and all government activities.
That uieana that >all this
printing will be taken to Columbia*
whereas a good many of the country
printers have done a pretty good business
from thia class of work. Thd
rule has all the while required a certain
aiso of typo and a certain style
in which the printing shall be done,
and there Is no reason why the lawyers
who have to pay tor the printing
should not have it done where to them
it was mdfct convenient so long as It
complied with the rules and regulations
for the work *as laid down by the
court.
The Sumter Item adds this bit of
information:
And it should not ~ be forgotten
that the clerk of the supreme court
is empowered to charge and collect
from the attorneys 10 cents per page
for handling the law briefs for them.
Pretty soft, aa Mutt ao frequently
remark!.?Newberry Herald-News.
yfhj Discriminate?
We are told thgt public funds deposited
in the American Bank - and
Trust Company of Colurab|a, which
went to the wall a couple of weeks
ago today, are amply secured by collateral
and that the highway crowd,
the county of ftichland, and the city
of Columbia who had, like a bunch of
boobs, entrusted public moneys to the
tender care of -a bombastic banker of
the gambler-plunger type who had
"busted" another Columbia banking
institution higher than a kite less
than three years before, will not lose
a cent. We do not know whether that
statement is true or not. We do not
believe everything we hear coming
out of Columbia, especially relative
to banking and politics.
But suppose they are amply secured.
How about the widows and
the orphans, the hard working men
and women who had been "soft
soaped" into putting their meagre
savings into a banking institution
which in . all probability wsb never
solvent from the day it opened for
business*? Are theirs secured? Is it
right to take care of the public funfjs
and give individual depositors (in this
case mostly poor people) nothing in
the way ofTeturn but expressions <>f
sympathy? We think not. We know
not.
in the opinion of The Yorkville Enquirer,
public moneys should pot be
deposited in any banking house without
being amply secured by real securities
and not ornamental bundles
of paper. And in the opinion of this
newspaper deposits of individuals
should be jyst as secure as public
moneys.
Not all the safe crackers operating
in South Carolina wear masks and
carry big pistols and use nitro-glycerine
in their operations.
0 And another reason why South
Carolina should fiave a hew and larger
penitentiary is to take care of
some bankers and some others connected
with banks and the banking
business who should be added to the
penitentiary population. The drouth
and the boll weevil and low prices of
cotton arc not responsible for all the
banking troubles.?The Yorkville Enquirer.
Two Missouri black snakes are soon
to battle two Texas rattlers before an
audience of Texas state officials. Tha
belief has long been current that
black snakes, which are harmless to
humans, will kill rattlesnakes. Jf the
two selected win their battle, 10,000
more black snakes will be imported
to Texas in an attempt to war on the
rattlers.
Government buildings at Fort Simcoe
on the Yakima Indian Reservation
are to be converted into a tuberculosis
sanitarium foT Indians.
Spitzenbergen, recently annexed to
Norway and re-christened Svnlberg,
has coal deposits estimated at 8,750,000,000
tons.
The number of tubercular cattle in
this country has been reduced from 4
per cent in 1923 to 2.8 per cent this
year.
American typewriters supply 70 per
cent of the demand in Argentina.
Comptroller General McCarl has
ruled that a man 23 years old is not a
dependent?child. The ruling was
made when former Ambassador Kornfeld
asked the State Department for
$860 to cover travhl expenses for his
23-year-old son, Albert-, whom he
brought hack with his family from
| Persia.
, Ilemy D. McDaniel, 89, former gov!
ernor of Georgia, died at his home at
Monroe Sunday after a short illness.
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COW ON TEST j
SHOWS NEED OF
SUMMER GRAIN
For wmal years dairy author*
(Ita have expressed the opinion that
cow owners could not rely on paature
ni ne for milk and make money
In (be long run by doing It. 80 tar,
however, this baa been largely theory,
and it U ouljf very rt**-ntl> that
real evl.Uiuv baa barn obtained) te
nettle the question.
For tw<l whole yqjire several cows
have' ixeen under observation at
tli (arro Ibpcarrh Farm, J ted ford,
Michigan, wlwre the <*omparatfre
value of grain and iMtisture was tested
hnt to their conijdete satisfaction.
The record of cow So. 76 during
1034 and J02& is typical of the ne?
suits obtained. she U uu ordhuiry
grade IfoLsteiii. n pretty goriflKroduoer
and as good a cow as Tould
bare tx-en chosen forr such an experiment.
^Throughout her whole faetatlon in
1024, thia cow was kept oq a ggtln
ration, with absolutely hq pasture.
She produced am high as SI) lba. per
day. and kept up a good, even milk
flow, averaging 31 lbs. per day
throughout the milking period.
Towards the end of the 1924 lactation,
cow No. 76 showed an entirely
normal decline in milk production.
Xhe was in splendid condition
aa the result of her year-round
grain ration, and gave evidence 0#
this fact by starting off her JP0
lactation by producing up to 47 lbs.
of milk per day?8 lbs. higher than
her jierformarto? In the preceding
year.Oh
kny 13, 1025, this cow went
on (ttKture. For ton dr.ys her milk
prod uctJon moved up. but after the
And stimulus of the grass tonic
wore off, shy fell Hleadlly in milk aa
her grain ration was reduced.
Two month'* after slie went on *
pasture, when slie was getting only
2 Ilia, of grain per day, shy had
fallen from 4?) lb-*, of milk per day
to 22Vi lbs. This wis true though
paid "re was plentiful nnd good She
simply ivjih n >t getting auHeient
nourishment o* Hi-? right kind, npd
her miik y*..-'d w.ia-etit practically
lu half.
.The production continued to drop
off until the 2SS.U day, tfhen she
was prodgcln r only 10 lbs. daily,
as ugainst 25 Rif. daily in the
-ft vidua lactation Jit the samo time.
.*??? dairyman could ask for more
. i:i-lng proof thht reliance on
? r?..-s alone is crJHtiy, nnd that a regular
grain ration, with pasture
throughout the summer, pays real
dividends in milk production.
Heard at the Hospital
"Did your friend completely recover
from his broken leg?"
"No, complications set in."
"He married his nurse!"
A shortsighted whale, mistaking a
fishing smack for another whale,
gamboled about the little vessel,
spouted water over it, administered
a couple of playful smacks with its
tail and departed, leaving its unwilling
playmate in a sinking condition.
"Hiring fairs" are still held in the
large country towns of England." All
farm laborers and boys gather in ?he
streets of the nearest towns and wait
for someone to employ them for the
next six months. After the question
of wages is settled and a shilling
given as guaranty, everyone joins in
merry-making.
Eight states received 75 per cent
of the immigrants arriving. in the
United Sta'tes in the nine-month
period ending March 31. The states
in the order of the number received
were: New York, Michigan, Massachusetts,
Texasj Illinois, California,
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Exports from the United States to
the Oriept for the month of April,
according to the Department of Commerce,
were 511,000,000 greater than
for the same month in 1925. However,
our total trade with the Orient
for April showed a drop of 7.2 per
cent as compared with the previous
month. - %
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Wants-For Sale
WANTED?Room and board in* private
family by young couple; permanent.
vMust be well located and
reasonable.-Address Box 12, Cam-"
den, S. C.
LOST?On July 24, a platinum bar
pin. Finder please return to Victor
Ward, Lugoff, and receive reward.
LOST?Monday night, one hound,
white body with small red spot on
left side and red head. Answers
to name of "Big Boy." Has on
collar with name of E. R. Frletag,
Camden, S. C. Reward to person
returning dog to owner. l-sb
FOR SALE?One 'Fordson tractor,
one saw mill complete, one Gibbes
shingle mill. For prices and particulars
apply to R. L. Peeples, or W.
F. Nettie*. Camden, S. C. 17-19sb
FOR RENT?One house for rent. Apply
to L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden,
S. C. 16-?b
NOTICE?I wish to announce my
canning season is now 011 and any
one having fruit or vegetables they
wish canned will please see or
phone me. Phone 325-W. Winter
Green Cannery, B. H. Baum. Mgr. FOR
SALE?rAi a bargain,! 11 acres
good farm land four miles from
>? T ~ '
Cassatt. Address L. J. Walters,
Cassatt, S. C. 1 Y-l'Jpd
PHOTOGRAPHY?I have recently
rebuilt my home at 1340 Halle
street and built an up-to-date home
studio where I am prepared to do
any fcind or style of photograph
and at a reasonable price. I have
some of the latest equipment and
can make pictures regardless of
weather conditions. Joe B. Gaskins,
Camden, S. C. 14-tf .
WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highest
cash prices paid; year round de.*
r v ' ;?: f
mand. Sumter Planing Hill# and
Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth, ?
Sumter, S. C. l-tf-ab
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? U. S. POSTOFPK5E, Camden, S. C.,
Office of Hie Custodian.?Sealed
proposals wilt be received at this
office until 12 M.t August 21, 1926,
and then publicly opened lor new subdrainage
system, etc., at this building
in accordance with the drawing R-701,
and specification, copies of which may
be obtained from the Custodian only.
W. TV Stewart, Custodian. *
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Camden Steam Laundry I
Incorporated 9
EAST MCA LB ST.?TELEPHONE 17 'I
CAMDEN, S. C.
July 15, 1926.
To Our Patrons and the Public:
The new management of the ? Camden Steam I
Laundry desires to thank its customers for the support I
given in the past. We, are making considerable
changes in the method df handling our work and be- |
lieve within the next few weeks we will have every- I
thing adjusted to turn out the best kind of work. I
All goods are now counted when received and I i r
checked before going out in order that no article will
be misplaced or delivered to tftie wrong person. To
perfect this system it will be necessary for us to mark . I
* certain articles which at present have no identifica- I
tion mark. This marking will be done in small figures I
and placed on the article where it will hot be ob- I
jectionable in the least. L v I
We invite your criticism and ask for your suggestions
to help us improve our service for our aim is I
< to satisfy our customers. j j
Respectfully, I
E. N. McDowell,' Mgr.", I
"77- Camden Steam Laundry.
I Plant During August
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I Snap Berns?Bush Limas?Early Corn
I ?Spinach?Rape?Cabbage?ETC- :
I ^ NEW SEEDS JUST IN,
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