The Cameron Herald from Cameron, Texas • Page 9

CAMERON HKRAL" THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927 WAYS TO BLOCK CROOKED PROMOTERS By W. R. MOREHOUSE Public Commission, American Bankers Association (This is one of a series of articles exposing the uHles of sharpers who are after your money.) ANY reliable corporations, firms and individuals are engaged in developing mining properties, drilling for possible new oil wells and promoting new inventions and enterprises. On the other hand many unreliable persons are ostensibly engaged in the same pursuits, but in reality are only promoting frauds. Therefore, every investor should first divide the sheep from the goats before he hazards his savings.

Because these fields are crooked. The truth is, there are many trustworthy men engaged in promoting enterprises that are Ihonest invest- high-pressure variety. The former are engaged in legitimate business. The other group is engaged in fleecing the public. The number of those who deliberately scheme to defraud is large and they are shrewd and deceitful.

For this reason those who cannot afford to lose their savings should not trust entirely to their own judgment in making investments, In order to divide the sheep from the distinguish between reliable and unreliable promoters, to tell the good invest- Corn Show To Be Held L. C. Estelle Buys At Rockdale Oct. 1st Local Insurance Firm George Banzhaf, County Agent, announces that there will be a corn show at Rockdale about October 1, 1927 and prizes will be given by the I business men of Rockdale. Coi hibits must consist of ten ears each, All boys contesting in this corn L.

C. Estelle, former citizen of Cameron, has purchased the Milam Mutual Aid Association from Mack L. Harvey. He took over the business last Monday. Mr.

Estelle makes his home in Belton now but his many old friends here wish him well in his new show must be between 10 tnd 20 years business. of age, and members of the regular organized corn club of Milam County. a MOREHOUSE 10 -ear exhibit i 2 3 1 5 White Dent 15. $4. $3.

$2. 1 Yellow Dent 5. 4. 1 Mixed Varieties 5. 4.

1 Cropper 5. 4. 3. 2. 1 Prizes for AdultFarmers 10-ear exhibits 12 3 White Dent Yellow Dent Mixed Varieties O.

Best single ear any variety Mr. Harvey is not getting out of the insurance business but will now devote his entire time to The Home Owners Insurance Company, a mutual aid association that he is the head of with headquarters in Waco. States Geological Survey electric public utility plants in Texas used 19,108,220,000 cubic feet of natural gas as fuel in ll)26. This is one-third of the total so used in the United States during the year. Mexican Arrested For Stealing: Trousers I A Mexican was arrested morning for stealing a pair of trous- ers from the 15 Low Store.

While ATTEND KNIGHTS OF CONVENTION IN WICHITA W. O. Triggs and W. W. Chambers attended the fifty-fourth annual convention of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias which convened in Wichita Falls this week.

The thirty- second annual convention of the Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters also met here. Win Opener From Lions ments from the worthless rienced Investor should banker or let the National Better Business Bureau, whose headquarters are In New York City, advise him. It costs nothing to get such advice from either source. It is safe to say that if those who have lost their through fraudulent schemes had followed this simple course they would BtiU be in possession of their money. Get the Facts Invariably, get the facts and take no substitute.

There is nothing better and nothing just as good as the facte it comes to withdrawing your savings from the bank and investing them. The facts about an investment -either strengthen its position or show it up to be too risky for the person who cannot afford to Jo ae. the consult his I others you know nothing about. Some time you may be approached to make a trade by a plausible person claiming to have better investments to offer than those you have. Recently a woman owning a block of gilt-edge public utility stock was approached by two smooth sharpers and urged to exchange it for stock in a fruit company which, she was told, was not only very valuable then but would increase rapidly in value and soon make her independently wealthy.

Fortunately she told her neighbor about her offer. It happened that the neighbor had recently been defrauded in a similar way. She advised the second woman to report her offer to the local better business bureau. Having handled many similar situations the bureau instructed the woman to make au appointment for the traders to meet her in her homo. The Schumacher club won their opener from the Club 9 to 1.

The game was featured by much argument between the managers of the I two clubs over the of cer- tain players. Th so arguments are very horcsome to the fans and it is hoped Hint these will not mar any more games of this season's schedule. Alford was on the mound for the and he allowed only five hits and struck out ten men. Tindall was on the mound for the club and gave up nine hits and struck out eight men. 11 Schumacher 2 Club 1 5 The K.

and North End meet next Friday afternoon at five If you gotten that season tick et get it at once and come out and back your favorite club. Baylor Volunteer Band At reek On Sunday Texas Progress Notes -------Edinburg New telephone lin.es connecting this city and the Valley with San Antonio are to be built summer. Paducah A new substation of the West Texas Utilities Company here is now completed. Matador and Roaring Springs will be served thru here, i Amarillo- An additional unit of the Southwestern Public Service Company's electric engineering plant will be constructed at once. When completed the company will have capacity of 15,000 kilowatts here.

Midland- any improvements to the local telephone plant and service am- under way here. Greenville- A new modern telephone switchboard is being installed here by the telephone company and other betterments of service are un dor way. another man concealed the er. In a short arrested and tool; the trou- was fined. was buying a hat he trousers under bis jump- time the Mexican was: dentified as the one who ers.

He pled guilty and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Guggolz return- ed from Galveston Monday where they attended the wedding of Hr Emil i klatt and Miss Elizabeth Armstrong, Saturday evening May 7.

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Cascara-Bromide-Quinine Be sure you grt in thm red box with portrait. At alt And another golden opportunity will be lost 1o many persons in his city while their friends will be enjoying the conveniences of electric cookery. Will you pass up your opportunity? Don't put otherdav- it off an- V(T NOW BUY YOUR ELECTRIC RANGE TODAY Saturday the Electric Range Sale closes so buy your Range our low terms are offered. ONLY AND DOWN I New schemes to defraud are being hatched daily. The unscrupulous promoter never Bleeps but is continuously plotting new methods of attack on the savers' hard-won accumulations.

The liberties he takes with the law and the schemes he designs for belittling the sound advice of responsible persons makes it even more essential for investors to get the facts. Remember that that is worth investing in is worth knowing i about as to iis safety, its income, and its marketability. Anv investment i which is enshrouded by a screen of glowing promises or is so complicated that neither you nor your banker can fathom it and get the hard facts an investment you can afford to put your money into. Make it an unbreakable rule to get all the facts, whether the investment -he large or small, and you will save yourself the heartaches and bitter disappointment of losing your savings. Millions of dollars which have unfortunately been lost through poor investment might have been saved if the investors had taken time to investigate before inventing.

There is always need for capital in cafe, honest business and so great is the legitimate demand for funds that not one cent need he wasted by them on fraudulent schemes. Don't Traue Good for Bad exchange your investments fbr article tell of more They were on hand at the appoints hour. With the cunning of expert they proceeded to inveigle her stock away from her, assuring her that if she exchanged her public utility for that of the fruit company there was no doubt she would become spreading out heron? her a beautifully embossed stock certificate the detective stepped out from bin place of concealment and told he had come prepared tc lake them for a ride in his car. They protested loudly and even struck at him, but experienced as he was in handling persons who resist arrest be soon had them handcuffed together Investigation revealed that the certificate of stock of the fruit company was fictitious. No such company had ever organized.

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