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MOREHOUSE Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association MILLIONS of dollars raised tinder the disguise of charity go to line the pockets of promoters. Ticket sales on rallies are commonly used, and while the loss to any one person who buys a ticket is small the atfKreurate loss for the United States runs into millions of dollars. Usually the promoters of these schemes first make a contract with some charitable institution to conduct a campaign for funds on behalf of the institution. They are to run the campaign in the name of the institution and share the proceeds. The whole scheme is often one of deception. To those who have been led to believe that their contrjbu tions go practically 100 per cent to charity the following case we investigated should prove illuminating. ? A number of promoters recently contracted with a charitable institution to put on a campaign to raise funds by the raffle of a. new automobile. So far as the public could ' tell from the banners used in displaying the automobile, the full amount of the Hale price w r morehqu8E 0f tickets went to the institution. There was nothing to convey any other impression. Apparently it was open and above board and was being conducted by men who were contributing their time gratuitously. for several duya a new automobile, ? mounted on a truck, was driven up and down the street#, with banners tolling about the drive for funds for the charitable institution. One day the truck would go by displaying one of the popular makes of automobiles. A few days later it would parade by displaying some other popular make. Periodically the truck would pull Into the curb where it would park for several hours while the promoters pleaded with passers by to take tickets on the rattle and thereby help a deserving charitable Institution to meet Its bills. Thousands "Touched" Thousands of people, touched by the appeal for help, bought tickets, the total sale running Into the thousands of dollars. Contrary to the belief of the ticket buyers their contributions did not go 100 per cent to charity. Instead the charitable Institution received but 20 cents on the dollar, the promoters getting 52 cents on the dollar as their net profit, or twice the amount received by charity, while the remainder of 22 cents on each dollar represented the amount charged against gross sales by the promoters as expenses. In other words, every person who bought a 50 cent ti^et for the sake of charity, contributed but 12 cents to charity and 'i > cents to those promoting ' he scheme. Whether you give to charity or make an investment It will pay you to get the facts! I tifortunatoly there is a general im* 1 pression abroad that wildcat promotions are confined to oil. mining and new Inventions The truth Is, many stock selling promotions are operated under the name of other Industries. False Claims A certain group of promoters In- ! vnHtlgatod offorod for sale slock in a proposed woolen mill. In order to sell 'he stock they resorted to the use of misrepresentation and false claims. \fter renting space on the ground door of an office building fronting >n a busy street they began their campaign Orally and by printed adver- I tisomenta extravagant claims were made for the proposed corporation which were grossly false. 1 WASHKOWSKY'S OLD SHOE We call the attention of the Aniorl can Hankers Association to the case of Mr. Washkowsky of Brooklyn. Mr Washkowsky is hard working and thrifty, but like so tnany of us his education Is defective; who is to blame for that we don't know. Mr. Wash kowsky has been saving a part of his weekly wages for a long time, but hadn't told Mrs Washkowsky whor* he was depositing his nest egg. That was a mistake, probably, but an in ijuiry into it belongs to another branch of education with which It is probable the bankers association cannot bo held to have any concern. But witii Mr. Washkowsky s de posltory it has He chose for that purpose an old shoo. He kept the shoe and Its mate in his closet, and up to the it her day had tucked away in one of them savings amounting to >250. On that same other day M--S Washkowsky. rummaging Mr Wash kowsky's closet like a good house wife, seeking what she could throw away or transfer to another place where Mr Washkowsky couldn't find tt. as Is the habit of good housewives found this same pair of obi shoes W. suppose she said to herself. Mr Wa?h kowskv not h.-mg present to hive it siid to hrtr. Isn't that Just like * ruan*" and a< Mug thereupon lust like a woman she sent the shoes to cobbler to he repaired It was eitlw'hat or the ash barrel for them an being fruga; and Mr Washkowsky pa\ lag the i lbhler bills anyway, she sen them to the cobbler. A distraught man was Mr Wash kowsky when he n->xt went to make a deposit tn hit old shoo. "What new > It was claimed that the promotion hud the support of the Chamber of Commerce, but It did not have any such an endorsement. It was claimed that the corporation had a signed contract for the sale of millions of dollars' wurth of Its products?orders onpugh to keep the mills running day and night for many years and accordingly Insure its success, but all that It had was a valueless fako agreement. It was claimed by two of the prin clpal promoters that they had had many years of experience In the manufacture of woolens,?In fact had organized and financed a woolen mill which is the largest in the United States. The facts were these two pro motors had not been connected with any mills for j^ver twenty years and they had attempted at different times to promote mills, all of which had failed. One of the promoters represented that formerly he was president and general manager of one of the largest woolen mills In Canada. The fact was tho mill referred to had gone Into bankruptcy and he had been oare taker of the plant. This story of misrepresentation can be duplicated In practically the whole Industrial field, and because our in dustrles are being exploited with In tent to defraud, It behooves every Investor to Investigate carefully. He should consult his banker before drav* lng his savings out and losing th on some wildcat Investment. place," he asked In that martyr tone affected by husbands on similar occasions, "have you found for my old shoos?" Mrs. Washkowsky told him, expecting to be praised for her thoughtfulness. Women?but that's another branch of education. Mr. Washkowsky went to the cobbler and found his shoes, but not the money, which we cannot but feel Is not remarkable. We hope he will find It, but he hasn't yet, which again should cause no astonishment. But what we would like to hoar from the American Bankers Assooia Hon is what steps It 1b taking to discourage people of magpie habits from keeping their money In stoves, shoes, mantle clocks, bohind wall picture-, under floor boards and similar places. We have made no exact calculation, but from casual evidence we are In clined to believe there are enough funds hidden away In such places In this enlightened and progressive coun try to pay ofT the national debt. Not that we advise paying It off, because that would leave congress nothing to fuss with Mr Mellon about: but If deposited In banks our banker might have some to lend when we need it. which he now never has; he says money Is very scarce. We hold It Is not. it Is merely in Mr Washkowskjr's shoe. Seeing that we have been pursuing -duration, or snnvthing call-d that for several centuries, we cannot but f-'el this Is s bad slvowlng and that lie bankers association is somehow responsible It hasn't, sufficiently 1m pressed on the people that it has banks and what they are for Mr. Washkowsky hasn't heard. And there ire a lot of him la this country.? Kansas City Star. The "Charity" Drive CONVICT HICKMAN AGAIN Parker Child Slayer Found Guilty in Second Cuhc. Iajb Angeles, March 10.?William Edward Hickman wan convicted of hia Second murder today. He and hia former pal, Welby llujit, were found guilty in euperior court of the alaying of C. Ivy Toma, a druggiat of Koae Hill, a auburb, in a hold-up on Chriatmas eve, 1020. Life imprisonment was recommended for both. The jury of six men und six women found Hickman sane, as did the jury which convicted him of the killing of Marian Parker, twelve- yearold daughter of a I?s Angeles banker. Formal sentence will be imposed on the two by Judge Elliott Craig Tuesday, March 13. Under the California law Hunt cou^d not be sentenced to death in this case, as he was under eighteen years old when he committed the crime. His seventeenth birthday passed during the trial. Hickman is twenty-two. Outlook on Vegetables Clemson College, March 12.?To plant about the same acreuge, or possibly a reduction of the acreage, of commercial vegetable crops in South Carolina would appear more profitable than to increase the acreage, according to "The Agricultural Outlook in S. C. for 1928," recently made public by the Extension Service. Regarding Irish potatoes The Outlook says that in 1926 the acreage in South Carolina was 18,720, with carlot shipments of 5300 cars, and fair prices were received, while in 1927, the acreage was 17,780 with a 3800car shipment at good prices. Shippers are estimating that the acreage will be increased this season 15 percent largely due to the fact that lettuce and cabbage were injured by the cold weather. Because of the same conditions in other competing stnte3, prospects for satisfactory prices are not very good. Prospects for spring cabbage prices in this state are fairly good because of some being killed by the cold weather in January. If cantaloupe growers in this state continue their acreage in cantaloupes without improving the Quality as well as the grading thev cannot expect satisfactory prices as they have to meet Western competition. If the watermelon growers will improve the Quality of their product and ship only melons averaging 24 pounds or larger, they should have no reason to expect other than satisfactory prices with the present acreage. Sweet potato growers in South Carolina need to produce more No. 1 potatoes and use proper storage methods. Unless they do, satisfactory prices cannot be expected with the present acreage. In many sections various vegetable crops can be grown for a local market at a profit. For those who ilve on heavily travelled roads, there is good opportunity to sell vegetables at roadside market houses. For those who produce quality vegetables, display them in an attractive manner, charge a fair price, it should prove remuneratir?. Senator Frank Gooding of Idoho, chairman of the senate interstate commerce sub-committee investigating the coal industry, declared at Pittsburg, Pa., that the Pittsburg, Terminal Coal corporation was aiding and abetting the industrial Workers of the World, "the most dangerous organization in the world," to destroy the United Mine Workers of America by permitting the I. W. W's. to invade company camps. => ALL EXPENSE TOURS To The ACADIAN COUNTRY "The Land of Evangeline" The Maritime Provinces of CANADA July 1 to July 13 July 15 to July 27 July 29 to Aug. 10 Aug. 12 to Aug. 24 Aug. 26 to Sept. 7 Under Direction of I. V. WOOD, (Inc.) For attractively illustrated itinerary and full information write or consult W. E. McGee, D. P. A., Southern Railway System, Columbia, S. C. ^ ^ r 0 Death of Aged LugofT Lady A' long, beautiful and useful life was ended in the death of Mrs. L. VV. Watts of LugofT at 2:30 p. m. last Thursday. Mrs. Watts filled most admirably the capacities of wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Her Christian influence fell as a benediction on all her associates. She was a faithful member of the Pine Grove Baptist church. Mrs. Watts was 81 years of age and is survived by her husband, L. W. Watts, who is 83 years of age. This happy, well matched couple had the rare and precious experience of celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary last Chistmas. Mrs. Watts' grandchildren number 42. She is also survived by three daughters and two sons: Mrs. J. Dinkins, G. F. Watts and E, ^ Watts, all of Lugoff, Mrs. J. Cabe of Columbia and Mrs. H. N. Castles of Winnsboro. Funeral sei*vices were held Friday conducted by the Rev. Mr. Graham of Canuien. Interment followed ?fc Smyrna church cemetery, near Lugoff. * ___ The pope of Rome in his first Lesten utterance on Sunday, scored what he terms as the shameless immodesty of dress of too many modern women from which results Mia-fl suits to the eyes of God and catutf for temptation or disgust in the tjtrl of the world." -Mu for vouh NEW COTTON CROP I Havk you bought your Chilean Nitrate of Soda 1 for your new crop? It isn't too late... but It I is dangerous to delay any longer. The demand for Soda this year is extremely heavy, so take a friendly tip. 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