The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 17, 1928, Image 3
PLANS TO STEAL TIME
AND MONEY FROM THE UNWARY
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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E NEW FUSSING ACCOUNT
SCHOOL
jhvui-;
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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Just
plain ?
wonderful
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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
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WITH MiSTKKPIBCl BODIES BY YISHKR
LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY
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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.
For further information, upply Ticket Agent.
SEABOARD AIR JUNE (RAILWAY
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