The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-11-10

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CAuTloN-We warn all persons
against sending money to the "Law'
renee Company" as we have every
reason to believe that it Is "a swind-
ling concern. We have their adver-
tisoment, and very much doubt wheth-
er we will get our pay or not. The
advertisements will be out soon, aud
if we do not get our money we in
tend to publish the concern. We re.
ceived a letter on yesterday morning
from friend residing near Courtland,
Lawrence county, requesting inior:
nation Of US, in regard to this Com
pany, and informing us that himself
and several others had sent them some
money, and, as yet had received moth
ing in return. We say, send them no
more money. We knew nothing of
them until we received their adver.
tisement, and on the strength of fair
PROMISES, we We're induced to publish
it.. Send them no more money friends.
Florence (Ala) Gazette.
Well, Mr.. Gazette, we don't pity
you much il you nerer get pay for ad.
vertising the Lawrence Company
We do not, really. The fact is, the
Press is to blame, and not the swim.
dlers. Every newspaper publisher
ought to adopt a system that would
secure him against the frauds OF
these northern humbugs. Suppos c
every publisher were to require pay
ment in advance, don't you knoU they
would never be cheated. Why sir,
we have circulars printed on the fourth
page of letter sheet paper, and at the
bottom is the following special, italia
icised notice "F'o, cign advertisers
must pay in aduance. If they are un'
willing to do this, experience and com
mon sense warn us that they will not
pay in the future" And whenever
we receive advertisements for insGr.
ton in the Journal, and the money
does not accompany the same, we
send back one Of those circulars, stat.
ing cur charges, &C., aud asking that
the amount be RENTED before we
comply with their request. Honest
L. A. Cooley, editor ofthe Lady's Book
at Philadelphia, was so pleased with
this course on our part, that he wrote
to us, and congratulated US for it,,
saying Would that every publisher
were as careful" Some one Of the
many advertising Agents, in Northern
cities, that are constantly humbug-
ging the Southern Press, sent US those
same Lawrence Company advertise
ments, telling US to insert them and
"send bill" And, the audacity Of the
rascals! Just as though they couldn't
afford to send pay in advance and
trust to our honor, as we'll as for us to
trust them whom we didn't know from
so many sides of sole leather. We
lust sent them a letter containing our
circular, and in it stated that one of
the advertisements was worth $50, the
other $40. and that if they would
send one-half in advance, and the
lest on the reception of the paper
containing them, it would all be right.
But we heard no more from them
You see, these rascals advertise some
humbug and if the money comes in
pretty freely for "a while from the de-
luded masses, then they pay the news
paper publishers, only because they
know that it is through the influence
of the press that they succeed. Now,
when will publishers learn to do right,
when! The path is plain, and if they
only follow in it, you wouldn't see so
much space taken up in papers in
order to abuse bogus concerns. There
are some agents who will do to trust
S. M. Petlingill & Co., New York,
for Instance. Whenever they send
US advertising to be done, we do it,,
money or no money, for we know it
,uiH be paid. Why sirs, there is scarce
" a day that passes, bnt we get f ON
the post office in Winchester, II letter
or two from men living away North, or
East, or West, promising to pay if we
will advertise so and so. Some say
they will pay on receipt Of paper
containing advertisement, some quar-
terly. some yearly, and so on. Last
week we got several lottery advertise.
ments, but we didn't insert them, and
we wrote back and stated that money
must come in advance. Wood, Ed
dy e. Co. pay us promptly, therefore
we trust them. Anderson e. Son, at
Macon, Ga, swindled US few years
ago, and you see "a burnt child fears
fire." When VIC are humbugged a
second time it is our fault. The fact
in a nutshell is just this: Newspa-
per publishers ought to be ashamed
to cry about what they can pre-
vent; ougbn't they, Mr.. Gaze,te'