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ROBBERS OF THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Mayor Burnett Maybank Uses Plain Language in Describing Bank Receivers (Charleston News and Courier) The receiverships of closed banking institutions in South Carolina assailed yesterday afternoon by Mayor Burnet R. Maybank at the coronation of Walter L. Shaffer as king of the seventy. sixth annual Schuetzenfest of the Charleston Rifle club. Referring the spirit of rejoicing which should be prevalent in Charleston the announcement that the South Carolina National bank will reopen on basis allowing cash withdrawals by depositors, which made yesterday on the coronation day of the annual spring festival. Mayor Maybank said: "The small part which played in bringing this about by spending the best part of last week in Washington pleasure to me. If the same treatment had been accorded another institution of this city two years ago, and it had not been turned over Incapable hands, the people of this state today would be receiving some money from it. It was the influence of men like Julian Mitchell, R. M. Edwards, Senators James F. Ellison D. Smith, and State Treasurer Julian Scarborough that prevented the same situation from occurring again. squandering of public money and the mismanagement of public affairs has ended under Roosevelt, believe. and that is the reason that the same burden was put on the backs of the people this time. know that this is no occasion for such speech. It is a time of rejoicing but I want to tell you people that some day the names of the receivers of the banks of South Carolina, have robbed the widows and stolen from the orphans will be told, and told in no uncertain terms.