The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 21, 1932, Image 10
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CROOKS
KconomisU am* financial expert*
have given you many explanation*
of the depression, but nobody has
told you the truth.
Yet the truth is clearly apparent
to all wbo have oye? to aee and the
wit to understand. People overlook
it or disbelieve it because it is their
nature and habit when disaster comes
over which they had no control. The
more mysterious the cause, the less
they need to blame themselves for
overlooking it. ?
Hut the truth is that this greatest
of calamities was brought upon us by
an army of unprincipled rogues who
ranked as prominent citizens.
Their lying and thieving wrecked
the country.
That is not a hysterical (Nr Wrathful
exaggeration, but a simple and
temperate statement of fact.
The people of America were deceived,
betrayed unci robbed by men
they trusted and honored.
Some of these men wero habitual
knaves and some were apparently
honest until their wealth was threatened
by a falling market, but all alike
built their fortunes by stealing the
savings of the unwary!
What big men thoy were I Ho w
common people enviod them and mar-1
veiled at their genius! They had but
to open their hands and some myater-1
ious system filled them with gold.
Thoy realized their importance.
They were princea among commoners.
They built groat enterprises and
show places for their homos. They
kept armies of servants. They owned
fleets of cars.- They did not associate
with common people.
But tho common people made them.
Common people bought tho gold
bricks pr entrusted their savings to
the great ones' care.
It was called high finance, but it
was plain swindling. It didn't require
peculiar ability, but only hypocrisy
and u complete lack of conscience.
These big men in no way differed i
from common swindlers, .except that'
they operated on a larger scale, Their
success was based on falsehood*
cheating and plain robbing of the till.
They sold worthless stock; they got
money from new victims to pay dividends
to the old; they usod stockholders'
money as thoir own; they!
misrepresented values; they used the
money of depositors to^naJc* a profit
for themselves; they faJced their
books; they made themselves great
by stealing or misusing the money of
the common people they despised.
Their financing differ^ from that
of-Ponxi only in degree?pot in principle.
They flooded a gullible nation and
milked it dry, and in no particular
were they more ho*>oraJble than the
meanest crook in jail.
That ""explains the depression.
Crooked business couldn't stand when
is lost the prop of secrecy.
The savings of a generation were
stolon and dissipated and now tho
land is broke. |
Look back over the last two decades
and try to realize how great
and rich this civilization would now
be if all of the money filched from!
the gullible had been honestly used.
What was gained by so much dishonor
? The fortunes won by trickery
are gone now.
Exposure destroyed them. Every
institution built by deceit and knav-j
cry and supported by falsehood has J
crumbled to the ground. Not one of
the rogue* has manage# to keep hi*
taking*. Their only reward for year*
of dishonor is the contempt and loathing
of mankind.
If they were smart men, they
should have known that no graft can
continue forever nor any theft for*
ever'remain unexposed. The showdown
was sure to come some day.
Was their Little day of strutting
worth all of thi?? They ruined all
of us, but they also are ruined.
Where is their profit?
What fools men are! Look back
through the page* of history and you
And countless rogues who made
themselves great for a day by means
of sham and falsehood and theft, but
every one came at last to his day of
reckoning. Dishonor can profit only
in secret and it can't be hidden forever.
Ix>ok about you in this community.
Where are the men who grew great
by tricking their neighbors? They
were important citizeps for a while.
They talked big. People looked up
to them and asked their advice. They
strutted on the stroet with their
head? high, scorning common, poor
folks who had no money in the bank,
Where are their gains? Did any
one of tjbom profit in the end? Their
money is"gone; their reputations are
gone; and the poorest honest nigger
in the community speaks of tbem in
a voice of amused contempt.
You can't ge^ away with it. You
can rob your neighbors and make a
great show spending their money, but
you can't stay at the top that way.
There is only one way to built
solidly and that is by creating wealth.
And the only way to create wealth
is by means of honest labor.
Trickery can make a great show,
but so can a bubble. One man by
robbing many can give the appearance
of creating wealth, but he is
merely creating poverty.
If you take all of the honey from
the hive, you may, astonish the
neighbors by your success; but the
bees will starve when winter comes
ami there will be no hfftiey at all
next year.?'Bob Quillen in Fountain
Lnn Tribune.
Program of Union Meeting
.
The Union Meeting of the Kershaw
Baptist Association will hold its next
session at Malvern Hill Baptist
church. October 29, beginning at ten
o'clock a. ra. Following is the program:
' Devotional by H. B. Gaskin; organization;
"The ftoly Scripture" by
James Outen; "The True God" (by R.
D. Phillips; "The Fall of Man" by J.
E. Williams; 'The Way of Salvation"
by J. T. Littlejohn; "Justification
Through Faith" by B. S. Broome;
"The Freeneos of Salvation" by J. B.
Caston; business; lunch.?-P. E.
Blackmon, chairman of program committee.
'xSwapping
Horses
Every election held in the United
States within the two past years inI
dieates a desire of voters to swap
horses. They .are weary from wishing
good things at the hands of those
who represent them in government.
If the democrats fail, at this time, to
win tho national ?lection, it may as
well disband.?Marion Star.
Birth of a Son.
Mr. and Mi's. S. C. _Rochelle, of
Rethune, announce the arrival of a
boy, Sonnie Claiborne Rochelle, Jr.,
September 28. 1932.
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Notice of Election
State of South Carotin*
County of Kerthaw I
Notice i? hereby given that the
genera] election for state ami county
officer* will be held at the voting.
products prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November 8 j
Ipfl2, said day being Tuesday follow- j
ing the first Monday in November,
ft# proscribed by the at ate consUtu- j
tion. f < V
The qualifications for suffrage:
-'Managers of ?lection shall require |
of every elector offering U> vote at j
any election, before allowing/ him to
vote, the .production of his registra*!
tion certificate and proof of the pay-1
ment thirty days bofore any election
of any i>oll tax then due and payable.
The production of a certificate or of
the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such tuxes, shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
The poll* shall be opened at such,
voting places us shall be designated
at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and close
at 4 oVlock in the afternoon of the
day of election, except in the City of
Charleston, where the polls shall open
at 7 o'clock in the forenoon and in
the Cities of Charleston and Columbia
where the closing hours shall be
0 o'clock in the afternoon, and shall
be held open during these hours without
intermission or adjournment; and
the manager shall administer to each
person offering to-^ote on oath that
he >is qualified to vote at this election
according to the constitution of this
state, and that he has not voted during
this rloctipn.
Th? managers have the power to
fill a vacancy and if noqe of the 'managora
attend, the citizens can appoint
from among the qualified voters, the
managers, who, after being sworn,
can conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the
managers and clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and continue
without adjournment until the
same is completed, ami make a state-1
ment of the results for each office
and- sign the same. Within three
days thereafter, tho chairman of the
board or some one designated by the
board, must deliver to the commissioners
of election the poll list, the:
boxes containing tho ballots and written
statements of the results of the
[ election.
At the said election qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of amendments to tho state
constitution, as provided in the following
joint resolutions:
State-Wide Constitutional
I, Amendments
No. 1 '
A JiOJiNT RESOLUTION Susbmit1
ing to the qualified electors of the
j state an amendment to section 5 of
article VI of tne constitution
'relating to the manner and' means of
codifying the general statutory law
: of the state.
? No.
. A JOX-NT RESOLUTION to Amend
section 10, article X, of the constitution
relating to the fiscal year by
Changing from tho 1st day of
Jajuuaijy to the 1st d*y of July, %nd
providing authority to the general
assembly to make same effective.
Local Constitutional Amendments
No. 3.
ANDERSON COUNTY
A JOLNT RESOLUTION proposing
an amendment to section 14 of artiIcle
X of the constitution by adding a
special proviso as to the City of Anjderson.
so as to permit said city to
assess the cost of street improvements
against abutting property and
to issue improvement certificates or
bonds thereon.
No. 4.
DORCHESTER COUNTY
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
section 5 of article X of the constitution
by adding thereto a provision relating
to notes and bonds heretofore
issued by Dorchester county and providing
for the payment, funding or
refunding of the same.
No. 5." ~
GEORGETOWN COUNTY
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
section 7 of article VIII, section 5 of
article X and section 13 of article II
of the constitution relating to tho
bonded indebtedness of cities and
towns, by adding thereto a proviso
as to the bonded indebtedness of the
city of Georgetown.
No. 6.
SUMTER COUNTY
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend
article V, section 21, of the constitution
of the state of South Carolina,
1895, so as to enlarge the jurisdiction
of magistrates in Sumter county.
No. 7.
OL A REN IKXN AND ('OLLETO N
<: ' COUNTIES
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend )
section 7 of article VIII and section 5 |
of article X and section 13 of article |
II of the constitution relating to mu-|
nicipal b< tided fry add
1 rig a proviso thereto a^. to th*1* bonded
debt of the town of Manning and the'
town of VValterboro.
Met With Mrs. Trueidile
The DeKalb Home Demonstration
Club was delightfully entertained on
Tuesday afternoon, October 11, at the
home of Mrs. (Shelby Trueadale. All
of the regular club member* ware
present and the teachers pf Baron
DeKalb school were guests of th?
club for the afternoon. The club
president, Mrs. L. D. Broome, presided,
and after the usual program the
meeting was turned over, to the county
agent, Miss Sadie Craig, who gave
a very interesting and helpful demonstration
on renovating and remodel*
ing clothing.
After this the members were favored
with some special music by
Misses Graroling and Richards. Much
^un was had in the Hallowe'en games
and contest that followed,
#The guests were then invited into
the dining room which was pretty in
its effective arrangement of autumn j
foblige and Hallowe'en decoration*. I
Jack-o-Lanten> salad, saltines^ cgkea
and Russian tea were sarvpd. The
hostess was assited "in serying by
Mrs. Sam Truesdale and Miss Craig.
The Managers at each predict
named above are requested to dele-J
gate one of their number to secure
the box and blanks for the election.
Registration Bflpks?At the office
of County Auditor on Saturday/ November
5th, at which time ' Boxes,
Tickets and instructions will be delivered
to the Precinct Manager Calling
for same.
Election Managers
The following managers of election
have been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the'
said county:
Antioch?C. W. Shiver, J. D. Davis,
H. N. Barnes.
Blaney-?H. T. JefTers, A. K. Rose,
J. M. Martin.
. Bethune?<Loning Davis, T. R. Bethune,
M. G. King.
Buffalo?W. T. Holley, S. M. Sowell,
Otis Broom.
Camden?J. K. Goodale, J. D.
Sheorn, Mrs. S. C. Zemp.
Cassatt?<0. L. Mc'Caskill, M. T.
Hough, H. E. Gardner.
Charlotte Thompson ? Mattie I.
West, Arnold Workman, D. L. Sowell.
Gates Ford?J). A. West, W. E.
West, W. C. Gaudy.
Hermitage Mill?W. T. Player,
S. H. Mickle, Henry Christmas.
Kershaw?Paul Jonesi, W. R. Taylor,
A. L- Cook.
tugoff?John Rabon, H. A. Rabon,
Luther Jones.
Liberty BUI?N. S. Riohnrdb, W. C.
Perry, W. B. Eh>yd.
i Ned's Creek?-B. F. Roberts, V. AHumphries,
S- F. Williams.
Rmbon'a Cross Roadts?J. A. Rabon,
Jfohn Taylor, R. M. ForA
> Ra ley's. M&ll?C. B. Pate, N. B.
Welsh, F1. C. dodgers.
'Shamrock?J. If. Baker, D. F. Hilton,
W. E. Elliott.
Shaylor's BiH?>S. M. Hori*sby, a
W. Kelly, Tom Catoe.
Three C's?J. L. Hough, Hardin
Coats, Henry Smith.
Pine Oreek Cotton Mill?A. D.
Hurst, (C. M. Brown, Eldredge Mtoore.
Weetville?D. D. Truesdale, L. CL
Clyburn, Wesley Boone.
Stockton Place?>W." A. Boykin,
Mrs. F. B, Hay, Anna G. Sanders.
Willie Brannon's Filling Station?
W. L. Hunmcutt, J. S. Dunn. J. B.
McCoy. ~.
Stokes School House?J. H. Watkins,
L. L. MoLauchlin, W. J. Bullock.
Beaver^Dam School House?H. C.
McCoy, John Anderson, J. M. Threatt.
Stoneboro??C. V. Hammond, Butler
Truesdale, B. N. Goodson.
Ratcliff's Mill?H. R. Hall, W. H.
RafcclifT, Jr., Lee Outlaw.
WILEY SHEORN
H. D. NILBS
W. T_ FLAYER
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Kershaw County, S,
October 21, 1932.
RIDICULOUS FANATICISM
Mayor Porter, of Las Angeles, almost
redeemed himself from a position
of ridiculous and despicable fanaticism
on the occasion of Franklin
i >. .Roosevelt's visit to his city last
week.
The mayor had announced that he
I would not be able to greet the iDemocratic
candidate in formal welcome
I to the city because Mr. Roosevelt was
I'-wet* and he was The inayor
refrained from going to the train
to meet the p^rty, and ip hie place an
enthusiastic vyclcoin? was extended tp
him by Charles H. Randall, president
of the. city council and a Republican.
The route of the pajrade took
the nominee twice past the windows
of the mayor's, office, but the shades
were tightly drawn, The machine*
stopped for a moment at the high
steps leading into the city hall, where
many people crowded around, and
someone yelled "Where's Porter?"
Just then, eays the dispatch, the ntiayor,
"hatless and breathless dashed
down the city hall steps. Roosevelt's
car was nearly half a block down the
' street before the mayor, panting,
caught up with it. Governor Roosevelt
stopped the car And extended his
hand in warm greeting."
What a performance, one must say,
for the official head of a large Pity
welcoming a distinguished visitor!
One imagines it is quite true that this
mayor had the id'ea that his difference
;??rrr'?n
of view* ovpr prohibition rxm&M
proper for hify to shako ban*!
the governor of the nationTj
state. TKortf a^ems no other?
of explaining His strange con<J
the explanation is sufficientS
viot him of a fanaticism almj
y.ond the bounds of belief. Thl
or ovidently realized at tl* lj
ute what a silly and ridicuwj
tacle he was- making 0f hinal
adopting such an attitude, pj
tion has made fanatics, and th?l
aticiam Hae been evidenced in?
curious forms, but the case of B
Porter appears to be one of
extreme on record since the wfl
*it tike Volstead
Newfr
Rbsd To RqiH
There are four things that s(fl
a community down?suspicion, I
dice, aelf-eatisfacton and indiff?
And these four things will till
an individual business down. I
will tear an individual ch?
down. And we might add the I
est of all' these destructive foB
suspicion.?Clinton Chronicle? B
The grand jury at Pensacola?
failed to return an indictment al
Major Cuy Wyman, a retired arfl
fleer, who was charged with B
shot his divorced French war I
to death. I
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