The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-15
PASS THEM AROUND.
FREE ADVERTISING ASKED roa
soME sHARrEas
who Are Baaacing Psspls 0us Of
Money On a Get Rich
Duck cheme.

Money On a Get Rich
Duck cheme.
Some OF the washing machine pso
pie who had been operating In this
county up TO last week have gone TO
sumter, whore no d1ubt they are now
actively engaged In trying 10 get ahe
uneophisLicated to exchange somo of
their hard earned money FUR q get
rlch quick scheme wlich they palm
OH under the plea Of selling rights to
sell washing machines and establish
sgencieg. When they came to
o;angeburg something over two
mon6hs ago they gave 1t out that
they would be here ak or more months
and that they int nded to carry at
least seventy five thousand dollars
from this place II lis we are glad 10
say they have failed to do, THANKS TO
the potency II pri ter's ink The,
were here some little while before the
character OF their business was ex-
acsly understood, aud in that time
they inTCco1 ma folks to invest Il,
their Scheme, which Ia one CT the
most bold faced bunco games we have
ever attempted to run down.
On Aprii 20 The Times and Demo
crat ex posed the scheme and warned
the people to les it alone. This ex
posure had tho des red eff aot, and from
then up to the tine they left they
dld not ounce 8 single victim, unless
IL was some n who did net read
The Times ard Democrat, Before
n scheme was ex posed In The Times
a ID ,mocrat they had bur coed
several people out OF sums yarylno
from Two hundred TO fifteen hundr,d
dollars. s ma OF this money was
PAID IN cash, some IN notes and some
OF lt IL secured by mortgages on farms
we understand that some of Those
"h1 paid cash have torn I'D the
wonderful piece Of blue paper the,
received for their money and Qon
back to work on their farms. while
tho'e who gave notes and mortgage,
are Kicking like blind mules ant
swear that they will never q eithe,
note or mortg age. We do not beliey,
they will unless these papers are helt
oy iuuOCenJ paft)ea.
Several OF tho victims were In towr
Saturday and what they said abou
Tue washing machine folks and thei |
no de Of d ling business was simply s
plenty, Oae pc r fellow, who had s
large family, and who had given ,
mortgage for five hundred dollars OF. |
d 8 farm for a right" was loud AMI
deep Ia his denunci alton Of the wa
Gnoy had robbed him by Undue |
Ing him to buy som ,thing that the, |
knew was worthless. This man ia Al |
honest, Woodworking farmer, bu
knows nothing about the numerou, |
lakirs that go up and down the world
ehtrap n inexperienced. He saio
'hey mace him believe that people
YOU'D run him down to get o chance
TO buy a right" and that in a little
while he would DO able to own ar
Automobile or two. After trying {,
sell rig ats" and machines for abou
SIX Wes&s he has given up in disp ua,
and gone to work on his farm, q poor
but wiser man. Any man or set
81 men that would take ADVANTAGE ri
Ghe man we mention above will bear
.watohing.
These people lived In great styls
acre. They drove the horses ant
'ooe 0 IN one OF tho most fash
enable traps In town. Tlsy evident.
y spent the money obey got from
heir victims with q free hand, and
,ao org time G Morally 80 far as
'cou nvlpg was concerned. Their
ira q Zen or more people in the
'r6y who have been boarding here
nc udihg the wives of the sevara
gents. We regret to be compelled
% aIUac3 any mans business, but WI
'annot conscientiously let these
moo talking people go to som,
'ther county and bunoo the peopl, s
9 they did here without warning
heir intended victims. The press OF
he State should pass them arouno
compel them to go else where tt
airy on their conf fence game, Isl
,nat Ghey are doing is little less thai
hat.
AS we see the two things. bunoo
6eerlng is an honorable OCCUPATION
comparison with selling a mar .
fiRht" TO sell really nothing Of any
alue. me more we hear about thu
OF these people the more In.
ANGUS they appear in cur estima
ION. We are satisfied If the United +
tates postal authorities were aopris- .
i OF their mode Of doing bushes, I
lat a fraud order would be ISSUED 5
5alnst them and they would be d.. y
lrreo d use Of the mails. Tina, y
az what was done In the cherry ire, "
Vlndle, and we can t see where ther y
any diff 3rence In the two Gases. Tb, {
lerry trea s%windlers sold rights" t
III Oh Try trees, and the washin. =
aohine people sell rights" to es
'ollsh agencies to sell washing ms. i
ines. La both instances the peopl il
invested we're buncoed and 1
to US that the steerers oukh, J,
be punished. The Times and Dem. ,s
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