The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 16, 1928, Image 8
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Mrs. Gilford Pinchot, wife of the
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from the fifteenth Pennsylvania district.
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WHEN PROMOTERS USE "CHARITY"
TO DECOY TRUSTFUL CONTRIBUTORS
Investigations of Vigrious Schemes for Defrauding Public
Out of Money EKsclosed by Bankers Association?
Many Kinds of Fake Industrial Promotions
Used as Bait.
By W. R. 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.
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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.
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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."
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