The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 03, 1926, Image 7
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The killing ot Editor Don Mellett,
crusading young editor of The Dally
New# of Canton, Ohio, under circumstance*
indicating that the crime was
the work of organized vice, was a
shock to the entire country, and from
every section came editorial comment
to the effect that the murderers
should be traced down and brought to
punishment. Howards totaling more
than $25,000 were offered for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty parties.
Nationally famous detectives and
investigators were employed and put
to work on the case. Although several
weeks have passed, there seems to
be as yet no solution of the mystery.
The general opinion is that Canton's
"underworld" was responsible
for the -elimination of Mellett from
the forces - that were lighting the organized
crime of the underworld. Ho
had been unsparing in his criticisms
and revelations and the truth hurt to
such an extent that .it was decided
that he must be put out of the way.
There the average observer of the incident
has allowed his opinion to stop.
A special correspondent for a leading
newspaper, however, who is not
only a trained journalist but also a
man of wide learning and deep convictions,
has reached another conclusion,
and writes his paper to the effect
that it is not the underworld, but the
Mellett murder. Bu? McKelway is
one of the great newspaper men of the
country. In his study of the situation,
after spending several weeks in Canton
in .an effort to get every line on
the tragedy, Mr. McKelway says:
"The good people of Canton will
wash their hands of the affair, utter
sanctimonious phrases concejrnring the
fact that murder will out, and conclude
rightfully that Mellett's death
has been avenged (when a denizen of
the. underworld shall have been convicted
and executed.) It is these same
godd people of Canton, however, \yho
love their God and their country, but
who stand 'indicted for the murder of
Mellett. Ttyey may talk loudly of the
jungle and its stalking criminals.
They may sigh and wonder what the
country is coming to under prohibition.
They may shrug therir shoulders
and decry the police force. They
may pass the buck and blame it on
the politicians. But with them rests
the fault.'Upon their shoulders hangs'
the shame. Good Americans, who go
to church and sniff at * the 'foreign
element,' good Americans, who gather
at their luncheon clubs and boast of
being he-men; good Americans who
gaze with rapture on the tall stacks
which belch black smoke by day and
red flame by night; good Americans
who pride themselves on living in a
free country?but lazy Americans,
careless Americans, selfish Americans.
Only one in five of them voted here
in the last primary."
There is the real trouble. The city
of Canton, Kke other American cities,
is careless of its privileges. While
only 150 years ago men were dying
for the principle of self-government,
the right to vote, less than half of
those who have the right to vote* in
this 20th century take the ^rouble to
exercise it. Thfs is true even in all
the excitement and enthusiasm of
presidential elections, and in._ other
contests, the proportion is still
smaller. ?
The city of Canton ^neglected to
take care of its affairs. Only one in
five of the better class of citizens, according
to Mr. McKelway, took the
trouble to express * their choice for
public officials in the primary election.
Therein lay the opportunity of
the underworld to capture the affairs
of the city government, and that portion
of the electorate is never neglU
gent of its opportunities. It is not in
the least surtfrislng that Canton fodnd
itself in the grip of the underworld,
and it is scarcely less surprising that
the quixotic young-editor who undertook
to fight the battles of the negligent
80 per cent should have been
shot down in cold blood* He undertook
to fight the battle of those who
deserted, those who failed to do their
part by not using their ballots and
their influence for good government
In the city where they were rearing
their children. The odds against the
brave young alitor were far; too great,
'and he fell, a victim of the faithlesness;of
those for whose homes and
children he was fighting.
:?Anfl there -are other cities in the
United States where the same condition
prevails. Failure to use the ballot
is inexcusable, and unfortunately it
is most frequently chargeable to the
more substantial citisen,\ the "better
element," those who are too busy or
too little interested to take the trouble.
Don Mellett's death shows graphically
where such Indifference sometimes
leads. v ?.. I
Taxes in the United States today
are $16 a year for each person, as
compared with $76 In Great Britain,
$86 in Franca and $88 in Germany.
Free libraries are being organised
throughout Turkey by the ministry of
ywMtc education.
Bad Color
(liver trouble)
Y\CCA3lof)ALLY I am trou^
bled with spells of constipation
und inactive liver/' eaye
Mrs. John L. Ponce, Broadway,
Va. 1 always use Thedford'e
Black-Draught when I fool a spell
of this kind coming on, fer it
saves me a bad headache. My I
color gets sallow at times. I get I
real yellow, showing that the tro- I
uble comes from the liver. ! j
"I have found Black-Draught to I
bo the finest kind of a remedy I
for this. 1 take Black-Draught I
and make a tea out of it, and take I
it, along in small doses for sever- I
i. al days. I have never found any- I
thing that served me so well. I
"Since I have known about I
Black-Draught, I have not suffer- I
ed nearly eo much with head- I
ache, caused from indigestion. If I
1 find my tongue is coaUd, and H
I wake up with a bad taste in II
my mouth, I know 1 have been }
eating indiscreetly, and I imme- II
diately resort to Black-Draught II
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HISTORY IN CAKJ3
.TJiis replica of historic Independence
Hall in Philadelphia is a fine example
of the baker's art. )t was made
by the chef of one of Philadelphia's
leading hotels to advertise the SeeQulCentennUl
International. Exposition,
which will open in that city June 1
and run to December 1 to celebrate
the 160th anniversary <tt American Independence.
The . "State House"
stands on a table at the entrance to
the main dining room of the hotel.
/ AMERICAN YOUTH I
Elisabeth ( 'Betty") Clark, IS, ol
Cedars. Delaware, 1b one of. that
state's girl candidates for the American
Tooth Award, established by the
directors of the Sesqni-Centennlal In
ternatlonal Exposition, to be held at
Philadelphia from June 1 to December
1 In ebservanoe of 160 years ol
American Independence. If "Betty" ii
finally chosen to represent Delaware
he will be glren a week's trip to the
Exposition and to Washington and the
White House, where she will receive'
a medal from the hands of President
Ooolidge.
The British police force was organised
in its present form just one century
ago. The name 'Bobby', so often
applied to English policemen, is derived
from that of Sir Robert Reel,
who established the force.
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has an average ef 499 customers.
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The SOUTHERN RAILWAY
should be owned in the South
IN THE SOUTH there are many great
industries which, with their products,
are known the country over.
One of the greatest industries of the South
is the Southern Railway System. It is one
of the largest employers of Southern men
and women, a large purchaser of Southern
products, and one of the South's largest
taxpayers. It is also foremost among the
carriers of Southern products.
We who are devoting our lives in the
service of this railroad like to call it ours.
And you who travel on it and ship on it,
day in and day out, are entitled to call it
yours.
4 It will be a great day for the South and for
the Southern when thousands of small andt
large investors of the South speak of the
Southern Railway System as theirs.
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A luminous spider, the first ever
discovered, was found recently by a
scientific ..expedition in Central
Burma. ^
* The combined circulation of America's
13,400 newspapers is 45,000,000
copies.
Latin America took over $880,000,-J
000 of imports from the United States ;
in 1925. This was a gain of 44.25!
per cent over 1924.
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A rich oil field has been discovered
in North - Central Siberia, almost
within-'the Arctic Circle.
(Superstitions Chinamen play spl/
many wierd insttuments white the mST
is in eclipse to frigtiten away the eeft
spirits they believe are devour!tig: &
Three recruits at au air field atola
a pl#ne and, after flying a short di?tance,
crashed outside a police station.
Jjetter lubrication
from the moment the motor starts
x ?that's the sesxet of the new oiL_
T TUNDREDS of road tests on all types of cars
JUL and trucks prove that the new '"Standard"
Motor Oil produces results never before associated
with motor oils.
Typical of these tests is one with a Dodge, run
over a 1,080 mile course from September 24th to
October 22d, 1925, under engineering supervision.
This test revealed 40.9% increase in oil mileage;
10% increase in gas mileage; smoother operation
. of the motor at all speeds; more power; less drag
on the hills?all due to the remarkable lubricating
properties of the new oil.
You can verify these astonishing results in your
own car. Just have your crank-case drained,
flushed and filled with die new "Standard" Motor
Oil. Tnen expect results. You can actually feel
th+difterence.
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