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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
A Certain Cure T.

When O child showd
Group there il no time
with new rem. dies, TO
ly they may DO rec III
is one preparation thai
depended upon. 1t ht
many years and has ne
to fail, viz: Chan
Remedy. Give it an;
sure to follow. Mr.. n ON
Market. Texas, says d L ha
Chamberlain's Cough $emedy in
cases of Group with by children
car truthfully say tia ways gives
celief." For sale by hll druggist
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
Corsets at rs Cents.

Monday and Tuesday we wllplace
on one counter several styles Of the
G. B. s. j. B. cOrsets i'm all sizes and
shapes to suit the slender and stout
figure. These will be sold for the two
days mentiont d at75c mot more than
two to q customer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
The SWEETEST line OF hat pine. gold,
SILVER and sterling. at Fricker's. 10 If

See as before you buy your Xmas
whiskieI and wines. Four full quarts
Fine Old xxx Rye. $2.85. Whiskies
and wines of all kinds delivered in all
parts of city.
1mo AMERICUs WHIsKEY Co,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

We have The largest stock of dia
monds south of Macon.
1Oh JAMES FRIcKER & Bro.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Beautiful pedestals in oak and
mahogany at A. w. smith Fur
niturs Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
Sl.25 BroadCIoth at SO Cents.

This is a beautifully finishedpiece
of French brOadcloth in black and all
leading shades. Never sold before for
less than SIPS. To close. $500. csc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
ATTEND MEETING OF STEWARDS

Americas Delegates Go to Dawson
Monday.
A meeting of the district board of
stewards for the Americns District, M !.
e.. Church, was held last evening In
Dawson. Meaars. N A Ray, w. p.
Wallis, J. J. W.l.on and j. s. Jordan
of Americas represented this church
and county at the meeting.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
Ladies' Purses.

Ladies' purses i'm the new shapes
in black. red, brown and gray. These
make very nice gift for Xmas and
the prices range from .s5c to So. so.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Solid silver, knives, forks and
spoons at Daniels & Brannen, the jew
elers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Rich, cut glass at Daniels & Brar-
men, the jewelers..
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
FRIED ON ONE SIDE
FOR A QUICK MEAL.
Little Tales Cut Short In a
Hurry.
A MIRROR OF DAILY EVENTS

Happenings in the City and Suburbs
of Local interest to 5e Perused
Over While. Muffinssand Coffee are
Cooling.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Fancy box stationery, from 25c to So,
at Bells Jewelry store. 3-h
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Have just received the new sets of
Christy, Fisher and Kimball pasteIs-
call early and get first choice.
M s. HoILIDAY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Presents For Everybody. We have
presents for everybody in plenty. It
is an easy matter for you to select now
before our. lines are broken.
tn tn su If. M. s.. HOLIDAY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
HuMPrY puMPTY WILL APPEAR

AT Opera House on Thursday Night
Next,
The pantomine "Humpty Dumpty, %
with George Adams IN the title role,
assisted by cohort of show girls and
scenic electric effects, will be at the
opera house on Thursday night next,
21st. This production combines vaude-
vile, comic opera, comedy and panto-
mine. cleverly welded, making an en-
tertainment of varied and KALEIDOSCOPE
10 eff9ct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
HOLIDAY TRAINS ARE

NSntral 8 NoW trains MI
Monday.
The first OF the Central
trains" arrived yesterday 4
schedule, reaching Amer
from Macon and Atlanta
train for Atlanta and
Americus.ea afternoon
This schedule for the
will be very popular with
travellers and facilitated
of express packages as Y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
TRIAL THIS MORNING

Slayer of Brother May BE Tried fc r
Life Today.
The Powell case, wherein Meigs
Powell will answer to the charge of
murder for killing his brother, Thomas
Powell, one week ago, will probably
be entered upon this morning. The
trial of the case will be attended with
a great deal of interest as the Powell
brothers are very we'll known here,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

You can find just what you want Tor
a Christmas present, with price and
quality guaranteed at Fricker's. tt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
Csc and 35c Waistings at &c.

We will place on front table Mon
day morning the choicest patterns of
white wasting in price from zoe to
35c; to close at sc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Fer SaIe.-15 blu. Texas rust proof
oats. W. @. CARTER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

A full line of toilet sets to
make your selection from, A. w,
Smith Furniture Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19
Lou'SS andkerChiefS.

-edTe5 haNdkerchiefs of white
laNn hemstitched at SC
Ladies handkerchiefs of white
lawn hemstItched at SC.
Ladies handkerchief of all linen
hemstitChed at SC.
Ladies handkerchiefso fVery sheer
linen hemstitcbed at lOc
Ladies' very fine embroidered lin
en- handkerchiefs at 25c, per doz. ST 40
Other embroidered handkerchiefs
for ladies up to 73c each.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Americas is promised Illuminating
gas at 81 rs and fuel gas at 81 25 if the
pending contract is accepted. But will
the council accept it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-19

Sterling Silver Hat Pins 95c, Bells
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
It's One Cotton Deal a Loss.

An examination of the books back to
the date of the incorporation fails to re-
real more than one instance in which
the Storey Cotton Company ever dealt
IN cotton.
There is recorded one transa ction in
futures with the firm OF j. S. Bache Il
Co. New York, IN the name of the
Storey Cotton Company. This was
$500 deal which the swindlers closed
cut at s4,375, after losing $e25-
The books contain a number OF en-
tries of alleged deals in cotton futures
made In The name of Stanley Francis.
the prisoner in Moyamensing. These
deals were made with Charles w Fin
ninger. with offices at 1856 and 13S South
Fourth street. this city, and with
another broker named Nunne.
Almost Invariably these transactions
show a loss of from $500 to $1,000, and
while proving positively the interest of
Stanley Francis in the fraud, they prove
that the swindiers never made any of
the money they distributed as dividends
in cotton future deals. The books fail
to show trace of any deaing in spot
cotton.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Balanced With SundTy Margins.

When the end of the month was
reached, and it was necessary for ap-
pearanee sake TO balance the books,
there would be entered, with the ex-
pIanation. -sundry margins" or new
margins whatever sum was necessary
to force balance. These entries ac-
count for the disappearance of such
sums as $4,000, S50,0c0, S60,0o0 and s12O.-
coo.
In the case of the checks drawn to the
order of Ourselves the stubs of such
checks are filed out to make it appear
that the checks Were issued TO Graham
& Co., New York, or other brokerage
firms. The firm of Graham & Co. was
member of the Consolidated stock eN-
change. New York II failed a few
months ago. The seat used on this ex-
change by this firm belonged to Edward
F. Marin. brother of Frank C. Mar
rian, alias Judge" Franklin Stone, the
all-around crook. who was the genius
Of the Storey gang of swindlers.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Led Like Sheep.

In one of the country's great stock
yards is a large sheep which daily leads
to the shambles hundreds of its fellows.
1t is of solemn gait, and demeanor, and
has quickly the confidence OF all new
comers. When the knives of the butch
crs are seen the large sheep skips
blithely through a special runway into
freedom, leaving it's followers to their
fate. At the other end of the runway it
receives q pat on the back and an ap-
pie as reward for its meritorious serv-
ices. Langdon S. Thompson is just such
another. He has not the excuse of a
life among the liGht-fingered, among
whom the distinction between meum and
teum is nil He is a man who has for
years held a position OF trust. How far
he has been a hypocrite all these years
no one can say but himself
For sixteen years he has been super
vising professor in the public schools
of that city, and has been president of
the New Jersey Teachers Association
This man has led thousands of dupes
to the Offices OF the Storey Cotton Com
pany Like the stockyard's sheep. he
has escaped, while his followers have
suffered a cruel penalty for their con-
fidence.
According to his own admission. he
has been paid g. handsome bonus upon
every reassuring letter sent by him in
reply to requests concerning the swind-
lers and their methods.
Also. according 90 his own admission,
he has received, in addition to these
bonuses. about 100 per cent upon his in
vestment with the fraudulent concern.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
VIII LATIMER
Otherwise Known as
HANDSOME HARRY

cago combination blew UP. It is known
that this rair were in New York to-
gether a few days after Marin fed
from Philadelphia. They visited the up
per Broadway cafes in handsome tour
ing car, dining and wlning in style and
spending money with a lavish hand.
What has become of Marrin's wife, of
whom he has frequently spoken as that
she devil" and Richard Graham, who
forsook his place on his brothers feed
wagon to become the husband of the
woman swindler, is still mystery.
f. Ewart Storey, Thomas H Quinlan,
Walter B. Riggs, Frank Farrell, Arthur
o. Howard, all crooks and confidence
men, are also members of the ring But
a man who. while not a member of the
ring at least had a good standing with
the swindlers and to whom they owe
largely their success in persuading hun
dreds of persons to invest money in their
get-rich-quick concerns, is one .Dr. -
Langdon S. Thompson, the ''eminently
respectable" president of the New Jer-
sey State Teachers League.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
THE BUBBLES THAT HAVE BURST

The following list the
to the wall since the of the
together with list Of the individuals who
swindles:
Cotton Company building; losses
Bureau, street, VIC
ne
Leslie Morris Co, fifth foor losses
estimated, s250O00
Temple; victims losses esti
mated, $4,000.
Frank c. Marin, forger, embezzer man.
F. Ewart confidence m
Thomas II. Qunlan, confidence man.
Walter B. Riggs, alias w.
Arthur o. Howard, confidence
Sophia Beck Queen of Men"
c. E. Leslie o Leslie Morrs& Co
Frank Tuthill booster" Leslie Norris g. Co
banker -
Scott, of Ormiston, Co
charged with conspiracy in Storey wfndle
Handsome Harry Latimer and crook
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Stole Without Covering Tracks,

That the swindlers stole without COM
junction, and that they took no particu-
lar pains to cover their tracks. are also
shown by the books. There was kept in
the Offices a cash Journal in which We're
entered the name, address and amount
received from each victim; there was
kept, also. a general cash book, in which
there was recorded each day. under the
head of 'Sundry Cash Receipts" the
gross income of the day, which varied
from few hundred dollars TO as high
as $4,000 in a single day
On this book there was entered, also,
a record of the disbursements, the pay
ments TO dupes being Jumped from the
check books. Records of the victims
accounts were kept by means of an in
dividual ledger, in which trace was kept
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

go without being held up by the law
Whether or not he brought any in
fiuence to bear in the department. which
| also helped to prevent the issuance of a
fraud order against the company, can
! only be conjectured.
The methods of these get-rich-quick
concerns were plausible and as usual,
took with the public They offered to
pay big dividends. and they did it. They
| paid the dividends out of the capital
that the investors placed with them
and pocketed the rest of the invest
ments. 1t was as simple as the rule
of three, and as long as it lasted proved
a gold mine for the promoters.
| The methods of the Storey Cotton
| Company are good example of those
employed by the rest of the concerns
An exposition of its books will undoubt-
edly cause a Sensa ton.
1t Will be shown, IN the first place
that the sWind1ers cleaned the public
up for between 81, 900, 900 and $4,000, 900, of
which amount about 81, 900 was re-
| turned to the dupes in the guise of divI-
dends
Precise charges of fraud will be sub
stantiated in various ways. The Storey
Cotton Company alleged that its capital
stock of 500. 600 was fully paid. charging
itself with the amount of that capital
as a liability In the annual statements
| issued, and officially reporting to the
State of New Jersey that it's stock was
all issued
The books will show that every one Of
the four annual statements issued by the
company was fraudulent. They will
show. too, that not a single share Of
stock was ever Sold and not a single
certificate of stock was ever issued.
The stock book is in the hands of the
receiver. Every certificate it ever con-
tanned is still within the covers, and not
one has ever been filled out. On the
stubs of the first two is written the
name Of F. Ewart Storey but at that
the work of issuing stock stopped.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Handsome Harry

| Handsome Harry Latimer. the crook,
gambler. and general confidence man,
was not, as at first supposed. the head
of the Providence Investment Bureau
Behind him was Francis, the master
brain Of the whole unserupulous enter
prise. But Latimer had feathered his
nest well, as can be judged from the
fact that he owned two large country
places and any number of good horses,
Already accountants working under
the direction of J. Hector MacNeaI. re-
ceiver of the Provident Investment
swindle. of which Handsome Harry
Latimer, the crook and gambler, was the
manager. have completed their examina-
ton of the books. This examination re-
IYeals The fact that the first estimate of
the liabilities, made by Edgar J. Psirsh-
ing. counsel to the receiver, of half a
million liabilities, was about right.
According to the report, there are now
on the books 775 open. accounts. The
gross amount shown 10 have been paid
in by the victims is $316. .57e.ST, while the
amount which the swindlers surrendered
by withdrawals and so-called dividends
was $l7, ,225 81, leaving the net amount due
to the dupes $3.50, 1914. 20.
The statement of gross receipts is of
cash only. The commission book kept by
Crook I.atimer, and which is now in the
hands of Receiver MacNeal, shows that
allowances for more than $4,000 Were
made to dupes in the way of 10 per cent
commissions for the ensnaring of new
dupes. No account is taken bv the fe-
Iceiver in estimating receipts or habiH-
ties OF these allowances
The books show the heaviest loss to
have been 7.00O. sustained by resident
of Buffalo, N Y. while the smallest
investment was for $6.25. made by
resident of Augusta, Maine.
Receiver MacNeai. with his counsel,
Edgar ]. Pershing and r. NJ. Anderson.
having prospects of recovering for the
Icreditors the real estate which Latimer
purchased in his wife's name in Montour
county. hope TO be able to pay = fair
dividend to the dupes.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Sophia Beck.

Another figure scarcely less prominent
In the ring is that OF Sophia Beck. who
has been rightly named Queen Of the
confidence mem She is thought to have
fed with Frank c. Marin, alias Judge
Franklin Stone. another of the managers
of the Storey Cotton Company. This wo-
man was one of the cIeverest or all the
swindlers. Where the men failed TO dupe
victims wiser than the rest, she succeed
ed. She is an old hand at the game OF
confidence and was associated with Mar
rim in similar schemes in Chicago ana
escaped with him at the time the chi
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

spectors, looked into the matter before?
Why was 1t necessary to wait until ths
public had been muictcd of its money
before taking the steps to put stop to
these doinGs? The answer Is to be found
in the fact that Harrison ]. Barrett. a
nephew of Judge Tyner, former Assist
ant Attorney General for the Postoffice
Department, who was tried for con-
sptracy in the postofflce scandals, and
himself employed In the department on
the revision Of postal laws, became
counsel for the Storey Cotton Company
after his resignation was handed to
Uncle Sam. and all their mail matter
was carefully passed upon by him be-
fore 1t was sent out. He, of course,
knew just how far the company could
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Gigantic Swindle Based
On Get Rich Quick
Scheme.
Thousands Of Credulous
Victims Caught in
the Net.
<"HE devil was i'll,
The devil a monk would be-
The devil was well,
The devil a monk was he.


The devil was well,
The devil a monk was he"
81 guess we were doing an illegal busi-
ness, but we had to offer big inducements
to get the company started. We want
to do legitimate business now If we are
given a chance" This statement was
made within the past few days by one
of the leaders in the ring of get-rich-
quick-swindlers whose transactions are
now being held up to the light of day in
Philadelphia.
The plaint comes too late, however
for the meshcs of the law are already
about the now notorious robber gang
which has operated with apparent i'm
punity during the past few years, having
its headquarters in Philadelphia the
'1wickedest city but branch offices in
New York, Pittsburg, and several other
large cities. Few gangs of swindlers, if
any, have operated more successfully
than this. Within three or four years 1t
has stolen from the public. it's dupe
more than s5,0O0,000. AS the story of the
gigantic robbery has been gradually un-
folded many picturesque features have
been brought to light which would make
frst-class copy for the novelist.
The ngure of Stanley Francis, man Of
many aliases. promoter Of many COM
panies. looms up as that of the big chief
OF the gang. His was the brain which
conceived the schemes which he and his
unscrupulous colleagues afterward put
into operation. AS much as possible he
has kept himself in the background, but
his connection with the several get-rich-
Quick companies that have gone TO the
wall, and several more that are in
very wobbly condition, has been proved
concIusively by the investigation as far
IS II has gone. That he was one of the
managers, possibly the head manager,
of the Storey Cotton Company, is beyond
a doubt Today this man. who but Il
short two weeks ago lived on the fat of
the land with his automobile, his town
and country houses, and every luxury
that money could buy, is confined within
the hare walls Of a narrow cell in the
Mcyamensing Jail in default Of $4,000
ball.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

The admission that he was a specula-
tor in stocks before he became con-
nected with the Storey swindle was also
made by him.
AS the investigation of this huge and
well developed swindle is pushed further
and further, more ard more men are
implicated. Already half a dozen firms
which offer as inducements to the pub
lie for its patronage fabulous dividends
have been included in the net But the
end Is not yet. There Is a Washington
end to the story, too.
The question has been asked many
times. since the postal authorities have
at last taken q hand and begun 70 run
the swindlers to earth, Why has not
the department. with its corps Of In
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

by Walter B. Riggs in the corporation;
| cne share to George II. B. Martin, the
| incorporation furnished by the New Jer-
sey Corporation Guarantee and Trust
Company, and 400 shares 10 4. o. How
ard, the missing general manager.
This record IS absolutely refuted by
the stock book. as well as by the ac-
counts of the company, which fail TO
stock.
The fraudulent representations re-
garding the swindlers allegations of
profits made in cotton future deals are
fully demonstrated by the books.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Conflding Public Fleeced
to the Tune of Five
Millions.
Losses Range From Six
Dollars to Seven
Thousand.

of the amounts invested by dupes and
the so-caIIed dividend aceumulations.
There was kept, also, q card index sys-
tenn Of the victims. the number of which
is more than 10000
At the end of each month a balance
would be taken On the general cash
book. During the month the sxindlers
would take as much as they wanted Of
the cash in hand. These payments We're
made by means Of checks drawn to the
order spf Ourselves" signed and in
dorsed by The Storey Cotton Company,
a. Q. Howard. General Manager"
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Alleged Stock Issue a Gross Fraud.

At the office of the New Jersey Cor
poration Guarantee and Trust Company.
which acted as transfer agent for this
stock, 1t is recorded that 800 shares were
issued to f. E,wart Storey. ninety-eight
shares to Thomas II. Quinlan. the miss
ing secretary and treasurer; one share
to w. Beach Richmond, the alias used
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-18
Pecullarities of Koreans.

The Koreans are said to have Jap
anese faces, Chinese customs and
manners of their own. Next to the
Eskimos they are the heartiest eat
ers in the world The flesh Of young
dogs is their favorite delicacy; jap
anese beer their favorite beverage.
Every Korean house has cellar. call
ed khan. which is used as a furnace.
Its mouth is some distance from the
house. On a cold night you will see
one or more white-clad figures cram
ming the khan's mouth as fast as they
can with twigs. branches and other
combustT5le food Thus well-fed, the
furnace burns for hours and keeps the
house warm all night. In Korea. as
IN China. ancestor worship is the real
religion. Fortune tellers. astrologers
and sorceresses are in great demand.
The Koreans are a nation Of poets and
painters. Every fairly educated man
writes poems and paints pictures.
"Gessangs." who correspond to the
Japanese geisha girls. are numerous
in the larger towns, and especially
abound at Pingyang. in the northern
mining district The Korean popula-
ton is divided into two classes, the
workers and the students and off,
Gals. The workers are oppressed and
abused without mercy and are apa-
thetie. Indifferent and lacking in
annrcv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-18

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