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PLANS TO STEAL TIME AND MONEY FROM THE UNWARY ,f" 1 * Association Official Tells How Young People lye Fleeced in Ml]pkum Pokum" Movie Scheme*? The Investor Loses Savings by Listening to Messre* Slick and Smooth. / s , .1 uy W. R. MORtMOUSS PutMC R?i#t?w?S CvmntUslOR, Ant?iU?n B?nk?r? A?*u?i?tion PIIE fabulous salaries paid stars of the first magnitude, apd I the publicity of the "movies" naturally crsate longing in L breasts of thouSajiMls of our younir Americans to vet ?nt<? motion pictures. Because so many are ready to leave home, and risk everything on a fling at motion pictures, unscrupulous persons have devised wavs of fleecing these ambitious young people out of their savings. "Hokum-pokum" schemes of various kinds are used with great success. Fake courses in the art of acting before the camera, fake courses on how to make-up, fake registration gags and screen tests, are among the schemes used to sejfkrate these thousands of young people from their cash. The pilgrimage to the motion pictures centers by thousands of novices usually ends disastrously for the pilgrims. 'Naturally a few are successful, but only a very, very few, the ninety and nine meeting with disapnointment. The truth is, the number of persons who seek to "break into" the movies exceed the number of available positions by fie hundred to one. while in the realm of popular stars It Is ousands to one. Do/i t be misled by ?the promises qf promoters of hokum-, j kum schemes that there la room < f ^11, because this last' year over D.000 young people knocked at the or for admission and were^rned ny because there waS*no roe^ on i lnafcde for iheih. Consult your Bker.or address the National Bettot dneR8 Hureau, .New York CftyriB tarnation or adylee regarding an? ttrprlBo that seeks to gain posses* 0 of your raony. They 'will give interested counsel before It Is too 1 -r' ' jso let every Investor approached either Mr. Slick or Mr.. Smooth b a proposition yielding big divl-v [ads remember that ^ich assurances hrays spell financial danger ahead, b every investor who Is InexpertSeed in making investments, In other lords perhaps Just a little green and irhaps a little too ?eagy, any plfer imlng from thla source should be ke a red flag warning to come to complete stop. Such investments as Mr. Slick or I. Smooth offer are too good to be? ue and therefore they are not true, lick. Smooth and Company are not Iracle workers although from their lea talk you would Inter that they uld make you rich as If by magic. ), they are not miracle workers? Bt slick and smootn. The Estate Gag Twenty*oar "eatatee", representing | billions of dollars hay#' been .need bait to interest a lot of savers and kly bleed them of their savlags. scheme is built around a supEd search tor the heirs to certain Etom estates. At all oosts these In must be found. Every person ito can by any hook or crook, figure lout that he fs in anyway related to i deceased are urged by some shyIn Uvyer or genealogist to send In ft urnes and their life history, fooi they receive glad tidings tell l Una that their family tree can be tock to the deceased, in fact. Brin ? direct descendant and an frit law. lAt take raises everybody who reE?di to the eearoh is found to be a other wovd* as Mhet*r li where the rainbow ofcaaer fu lammed. Before his claim to the Itthicii thousand* can be pressed so i to Insure success m demand It made l him to advance attorney's fees and if the expense of tracing through h lenealogy. T'*~ + ?***? ' > ?v Not surmising that he Is being trapped and seeing only the big inheritance which he Is led to believe be will aoou receive, be draws the amount necessary from his savings account and sends it on, not knowing he Is actually" throwlug It away. Hut he is, for like thousands and thousands of other rainbow chasers, he parte with it for the last time. So-called estate schemes which have produced thousands of "heirs" and at s | The Pilgrimage to the Movlee hoary lods to them hare been worked under the following names: . Baker .*?*?.?& 6 - 250,000,000 Chad wick ........... 37.000,000 Edwards .....* 90.000.00d Ittgraham 600.000.000 jHyde ........ 860.000,000 Jennings 400.000.000 Hedges 360.000.000 Kern 5 2oo.opo.ooo Leak 100,000,000 Bhepherd 176,000.000 Trotter ??? ? ? 300,000,000 Ohaae ?? ... ?* i,800,ooo,ooo Tow ill oy 600,000,000 ttlbW............. 60.000,000 WeleO ? ?? ? 30,000,000 Again. before parting with your ^ money In any scheme yon do not know,all about consult your banket or a Better Business Bureau. frflflnts ~~ ' '* T7T "-1 - -v' - - . iteTwrrriT-M r - jn - Lr. morehoube E NEW FUSSING ACCOUNT SCHOOL jhvui-; ?:? The good business fartJerthdfcy itches his farm account*. cstfefully. respect to his labpf, hlpfarm stock '<1 his,sot). he knowt wtEat thdy ' *nd how they earn too moat pro^b >lj handled. Es ttoi Ntlcs of growing food from ths toil, H and poultry from AJie fsofl *hd *h profits from pig* end poultry, e knows whether he is milking thy Gr tor paying returns or Q& oow is hlng him out of hla Invested capit. Wherever his accounts show s jflclt or Insufficient profit pn one ot ore Items, he Immediately studies ' overcome the" handicap dad corw any mistakes that have been Me. The Agricultural Commission of the toerican Bankers'Association Is con icting a nationwide educational camJgn tor better methods of farm a?Ruitlng. The commission has been ressing the wisdom of country bank through cooperation Of. county *??u- calling farmers together, snd lldlng acconnt schools where lnstruo)n ts given on the use of the tsrm count books. ?*cb Person is led through the vert M *teps in keeping aooonnts and *h enters his own inventory which 1 has previously been instructed to and tiring to school, This gives food start and when properly fol , . , . .. , ? . towed upby letters and an occasional visit by the specialist in charge, greatly aids the tqaa who Is really In isrfiest to come thTdhgh his first year Of keeping accounts successfully, lfanj times country h<"ih? offer the fOOttiS for holding the?account schools. In some tnsUnces. an employe of the bank te'ddsifcnatetf 10 assist fkrtner patrons during the year In keeping their aoobunts. HOW TO 00 BROKE FARMINQ L Grow only one crop. t. Keep no livestock. 8. Regard chickens and a garden as nuisance*. 1 ~ <L Take everything from the soil and return nothing. . j , I Don't stop gnhies or grow covsi crops?let the top soil wash away, then yon will, hare "bottom"'land. ,6. Don't plan your farm operations It's hard work thinking?truat to lock, v ?. Regard your woodtand as ~too would a coal mine, cut every tree, tell the timber and wear the cleared land ont cultivating it In corn. 8. Hold fast to the idea that th? methods of farming employed by youi grandfather are good enough for you 9. Be independent?don't loin with your neighbors In any form of <o operation. 10. Mortgage youf farni for every dollar it will etand to tray thlna* you would have the cash to tray If you fol towed a~gOod system of farmlng^Dlvinlon of Extension, University o* Tennessee. Wild Ponies Roam On Island of North State (Ralph Pool in Our l>uu?b Animals) On the North Carolina Banks, that succession of sandy isles fringing the Atlantic like a string of topaz beads, there still survives an industry that is o|d as human occupancy of the xoast landa?the growing of banks ponies. It is not as profitable an industry as it once wua, by reason of the increasing use of the automobile; but still it affprds a fair income tor many of the '^bankers," as the inhabitants of the banks are called. When young colts, the banks ponies are branded by thir owners, freed on the desolate waste lands of the .banks, and left to wring from the country such subsistence as they can. In summer, they live mainly on the tough, wiry grasses that grow on the level spaces between th?? great, sprawling sand dunes; and in winter t'hcy dig up and eat such roots as are to be had. Life during cold weather months is much of un ordeal for the ponies. Stern necessity long ago taught the little animals to dig holes in the sand to obtain fresh water, when t(je usual supply failed; and they have learned in many other ways to meet the peculiur difficulties of their environment. tor instance, when a howling nor'easter- descends furiously upon the banks, driving sleet or biting cold rain before it, the banks ponies huddle together in a close circle, their heads all pointing toward the center of the group. Then, one by one, they change places in a systematic way, so that no individual pony will be exposed to the full force of the storm for more than a few minutes at a time. This is vouched for" in" all seriousness ,by ^bankers," who have lifelong familiarity with the ponies and their ways. In meeting the exigencies of their struggle for survival, the small animals go afoout in herds, maintaining a semnblance of community life, and meeting perils and hardships with a skill that is almost uncanny. At various times in the year, governed largely by the demand for them, the fully grown ponies are rounded up by their owners, and the difficult task of breaking them to harness and the saddle is begun. The ponies are immensely intelligent, hut most of them have a streak of deviltry that complicates the process of teaching them to work for man. It is even necessary to teach them to eat corn, ordinarily a staple article of equine diet. This is usually accomplished by staibling them with horses already accustomed to it, and letting them learn "By the example thus" set. " Many of the banks ponies are owned on Roanoke Island, a scant three or four miles from the coastal island chain, and When they are taken to island, according to the folk there, they must be kept penned up for weeks, else they will go unerringly to the east shore and swim across Roanoke Sound to their former homeland. Insured to hardships beyond those which an ordinary horse could stand, the banks ponies are noted far and wide for their strength and endurance, and are in constant demand for that reason, though ponies that formerly sold for $100 apiece now bring only $40 to $50. '.?v In; the ftfty-mile stretch between Kitty Hawk and Hatteras, there ate many hundreds of these ponies. They fifty Only the most casual attention to passer-fey as they nibible all day long at the sand grasses. Toll of The fioads ... Columbia, July 25.?Careless driving continued to lead as a cause of accidents on state highways during the month of June, according to report*. presented to the state highway commission. Fifty-three accidents doused the death of seven person?, sixteen cases of severe injury and twenty-one off minor hurts the commissioners were told. E.'J-vt? . ?;' . ii% iLooklng Book Slouch-?"You'd never, think t?is street used to ibe a cowpath, would you?"' Skinner?"Oh, I don't know; look at all tfte calves on it." i* * * . ?j. __? BE? Price H *or over 35 year* I 25 ounces for *Cc H II USE LESS than of high i H priced brand* H MILLIONS OF POUNDS '^TT * Just plain ? wonderful f * sat/ a// who hove seen if Amid all the fanfare of new car announcement*, one fact stands out with shining clarity* Owners of cars In every price field are turning to the Silver Anniversary DuicL tuitli an eagerncsa which proves that they regard it as the greatest value ever offered In the motor world! 'I'hi* rudically new and different automobile in rolling up the biggest demand ever won by any new quality ear. It is drawing more people to the ahowroontn, day after day, than any other automobile ever jirew before. It i* focusing the attention of America by quality-standards 00 new, ho advanced and bo epochal as to preclude any thought of comparison. New IViasleaplece llodicu by Fisher marking the highest degree of dashing, dazing, debonair beauty?thrilling new abilities as unmatched mm they were unknown a few weeks ago?near appointments of luxury and csavwikaesaww bflfont known to motor oar practice! America has seen plenty of autanobilfs. Hot America has never seen an automobile IQcs this. "Just plain Wonderful** is the country's verdict on the Silver Anniversary Hoick! THE SILVER AIM Ml VERS ARV BUICK WITH MiSTKKPIBCl BODIES BY YISHKR LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY ES ARE I* U I I, T . . . 1* IJf C K WILL nil! I-1) T H F. M j i A. D. Fairbairn of Washington, member of the farm comittee of 22 and a well known Republican of that state, has announced his support of A1 Smith for the presidency on the ground of his belief that the Democratic party will solve the farm problems. Frank W. Murphy, Whea4ton, Mich., delegate to the Kansas City Republican convention, has also announced his support of Governor Smith. The first bale of the 1928 crop of cotton of Georgia, sold in Atlanta, for 42 cents a pound. It was shipped by airplane to New York, where it will be donated to the A1 Smith campaign fund. . Judge Henry A. Grady, one time admitted head of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, has announced that he will support A1 Smith in the general election. v NOTICE OF REGIS|^ATION The books for the registration of voters for Kershaw county will be open the first Mondays in August, September and October and remain open for three* days each month. G. R. CLEMENTS, G. E. TAYLOR, Board of Registration. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that each and every person must have all weeds and other useless growth on their premises cut at once. You are required to give the albove notice immediate attention. Should you fail to comply within a reasonable time you will be amenable. JNO W. WILSON V Health Officer. EXCURSION To FLORIDA Also SAVANNAH and HAVANA TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928. , I Following are round trip fares: ^ronr> __ Savannah Jacksonville Tampa Miami Camden $5.00 | 410.50 $18.00 [ $20.50 i Charleston 5.00 8.50 16<00 18.50 Cheraw 7.00 11.00 18.50 21.00 Columbia 6.00 10.00 17.50 20.00 Darlington 7.00 10.60 18.00 20.60 | Denmark 4.00 8.50 16.00 18.50 Florence 7.00 10.60 18.00 20.50 Georgetown 7.00 10.00 17.50 20.00 HartsviHe' 7.00 10.50 18.00 20.60 McBee 7.00 .? ifrfrO 18.00 - 20.50 I - To Havanna: From Camden, Darlington, Florencev Hartsville, MoBee, $45.25: from Charleston, Denmark, $43.25; from Cher aw $45.75; from Columbia $44.75. j Proportionate fares to m*ny other Florida points. ^Tickets sold for all trains August 21, 1928. V Limits: Savannah,. August 28; Jacksonville, Jacksonville i Beach, Ocala, Daytona, St. Augustine, August 29; Key West, September 6; Havana, September 9; other destinations, September 2, 1928. * All tickets good in Pullman cars upon payment Pullman fares. 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