The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-09

has been run for some time and every
one has been sold a contract where
1ill the last persons who buy con.
tracts find buyers Of contracts to
enable them to get back the money
they paid for their 'ccntracts?''
While it is rrue," replied Skinum,
''that the end OF the chain Will be
reached some time. it Iced not bother
you Mr.. Rubin, because long before
that tims you will be able to qlit the
business with millions. Then the
feno~s Eirh contracts who can find
no one to sell contracts to can fall
back on the manchine and help the
farmers wives By selling than eaca
one. a. l said at the beginning, you
remember, that I was letting you In
the scheme on the ground focr. The
grand scheme Of selling contracts
has just begun, and you can make
your pile and quit before half the
world is supplied"
'I1 all fairness, MI. Skinum, do
you regard this endless c1ain scheme
In which ycu admit, at the end, some
body is going to fud no buyers for
their contracts and who will thus
lose the money they put in the scheme,
an honest transaction" asked Mr..
Rubin.
You are entirely too conscientious,
Mr. Rubin to ever make great fnan-
Ger said Skinuu. "DJn't bother
yourself about other people. Let them
take care Of themselves as you do. Ynu
can't afJrd to acj as guardian for al:
the people Besides, II they did net IL
vest their money in same grand scheme
like this they would throw it away any
how. You just buy contract and
then 70 out and get your friends to do
likewise and ycu will soon realize what
4 wonderful money making scheme I
have given you a chance to take hold
Of. Then let those to whom you sell,
90 the same thing with their friends,
and all of US will have money to burn. -
Farmer Rubin thought the msthr
over several days In the meantime
5klnum had been feeling around
the neighb ,rnood and reported that
be found several prospective buyers Ct
contracts, and urged Farmer Rubi
to close With him TOR IS, 900 agency.
'Tne trouble is" said Farmer Ruoin,
who apparently beca ma interested In
the matter, Il have not the cash to
put In it,"
"Oa, that is easily arranged" said
Skirum. You can give me your note,
secured by a mortgage on the farm. !
will give you six months on the $4,000
aqercy, and long before that time Il
out Jou pill have made ten times the
amount II Jour note selling con-
tracts"
IF only knew it would work out
that way" sail Farmer Rubin doubt
ingly, II would try it sure, but have
seen good many Of my neighbors
lose money on just as likely looking
schemes as this cne. I can now recall
Florida newspaper scheme and q
North Carolina cherry tree scheme
that took in the people right and left.
They eaca had an endless chain fea-
ture like yours, but some how 1t
didn't work, and quite a number OF
persons sb,u5 here exchanged some OF
their cash for experience.
There Is no danger Of your losing
a cent In my grand scheme OF 'ccn-
tract selling" said Skinum. Il will
guarantee that you can get your mon
ey back that you pay for the agency
in twenty days, and to convince you
that I am honest in what I say I will
agree to help you solicit for that
length Of time and II we do not sell
s5. 600 worth OF contracts will sur
render your note and mortgage to
you, and call the deal If Please do
not confcund this gr4nd scheme OF
GUS with the fskes you mention.
That ours is square Is conc'usively
shown by the offar I make ycu."
This little spaecaof Skinum's knock
ed the last doubt spoarently out Of the
mind OF Farmer 3 ,bin and he was
soon the possessor Of IS 900 agency,
giving his no:e for SIX months secured
by a mortgage on the farm, which was
duly executed before Squire Hard.
sense, who was the ccrif Id lawyer
Ct the neighborhood. 1t took some
persuasion on the part OF Farmer Ra-
bin, assisted by Skinum, to get Mrs.
Rubin to sign away her dover. After
sac did so Skinun assured her that 1t
was all right. While be was thus en-"
gagged. the papers were finished by the
Squire and turned over to him, after
which he executed the document that
was to give Farmer Rubin the right
to sell contracts and washing ma
chimes anywhere on the planet, except
where the people wore fig leaves In
stead Of clothes. As SkiIum present
ed the wonderful document to Farmer
Rubin he congratulated him on his
marvellous wisdom in going into
scheme that would surely make him
il he would push the con-
tract selling feature.
When they all got back from Squire
Hardsense's tfice, after signing up
The papers, ShiCun said he would
nave to go to CherrgVille on some i'm
cortant business, cut would return
the next day and help Farmer Rubin
round up his neighbors and sell that
s5 900 worth OF contracts which he
,aid would be very easily done when
the people had the beauties Of the
contract scheme exp:aiced to them.
Farme, Rubin said that was perfectly
agreeable to him, and Skinum drove
e.
Several days after Skinum had left
Farmer Rubin received l5tter from
lin saying that he had been G1ex-
oectedly called to Skinnersburg ano
;ould not return to help him sell con.
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