The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-31

And here comes another scheme
from another Georgia town. 1t says:
"Send us $40 and we will employ you at
$50 a-month for II months to write five
letters a day and get agents to work
for us and will pay two dollars extra
for each agent over five in month.
Some of our agents get from ten to
fifty new agents monthly and make
from $40 to $40 month. 1t will take
only few minutes every day to write
the letters" That beats the original.
| reckon they must have a thousand
agents in Georgia getting $50 month.
That takes S240,000 year to pay them.
Does anybody believe that? And yet
this investment company does not
seem to have anything to sell, but will
get you a sewing machine, gold
watch, Dyke or a gun. They refer
you to long array of references.
But here is one from North Carolina,
where the cherry trees grow: Great
est money making plan of the TWEEN
tieth century.
Five dollars per day made at home
mailing circulars. 1t breaks all rec
crds and the money comes rolling in"
These are the head lines of the offer.
The body of the circular is too long
and too fascinating to copy. 1t
might injure Atlanta's shoe trade
to spread this kind of news in
your columns. A lady writing to me
from Thomasville says her neighbor.
a good, sensible lady, was induced by
this circular to send $3.50 to another
lady. who was an endless chain agent
for this North Carolina party, and got
a pair of shoes she could have bought
at home for $3.50 and she had to pay
As cents express charges upon them.
have hunted for this little North
Carolina town all over the map and
have not found it yet. | reckon it is
some little town that is yet in the
woods.
am not through with these endless
chain frauds or delusions or snares,
but will close with the most amusing
little fake that has ever TRANSFERRED in
this region. A planter who lives in our
town says that one of his tenants got
a circular that came all the way from
that pious country where they used to
sell nutmegs made of wood and seed
oats made of shoe pegs. The circular
said that any one renting money
order for ST. 70 would have sent to them
handsome set of oak finished furni-
ture. The credulous man would not
consult his landlord, but sent it, and as
the circular said: please mention the
color of the upholstery that you pre-
fer,' he wrote that he wanted green.
in due time he was notified that the.
furniture had been shipped. So he
waited about ten days and then drove
IN with 4 two-horse-wagon to receive
Il and haul il home. On inquiring at
tbp. depot he found little box and in
side Sgps miniature, set of furniture
for dor The bedstead was eight
inches longAand The sofa six On the
outside OF ths box was rs cents for
freight. But the, upholstering Wa
green and the man sS,1iled siekly grin
and said: $50 am T."
Now, if there is anythfag for when !
have a particular GislikesS6 y q peF
sonal controversy with my, teiioNs-
man. was forced into this ere tGpfc-
tect my name and secure my peace, Gslt
if it shall result in protecting the de-
pendent women of this land from he
greed and tricks of strangers, | shalk
not regret the controversy. The gov
eminent will take hand in it after
awhile. but that will not refund the
money. A federal court has already
got the cherry tree man in limbo.
The United States postal law de-
clares that no newspapers shall be car
ried asSecopd-class matter unless they
are for Legitimate subscribers who
with their own consent have paid or
agree to pay the subscription price.
Let the law be enforced BILL ARP.
P. Slater from the front.-Since
| penned the above / have received am
other letter that caps the climax.
Winsboro, S. c., January 2.-To Bill Arp:
81 used to admire you and banked on your
letters You had my respect and confidence
to that extent that Igave my daughter SO
to send to you and get the monthly reward
for writing letters. That was more than
two months ago and you know the rest,
you grand old fraud. hate to think as
meanly of any man as now think of you
and your son. If you were worth the pow
der and lead it would take to kill you I'd
have you both arrested you two-faced old
lrypocrite. II you ever come this way, you
old sinner. what we will do for you will be
a plenty" Etc, etc. j. d. l..
. That man had better refund that $25
or run away. u. a.
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