The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-21

that sn0WeQ he vas not q bill collector
Hi look was not i~nterrogative, and
therefore be was not gOing to inquire
for the corn doctor or dentist upstairs.
The grand promoter was puzzled.
and he held his breath While the caller
looked around and made ready to ask
Excuse me, but is this the office of
Major CrOfOot?'
1T is"
"Maior Crofoot, the grand promot-
err
"The same"
'"The Major Crofoot who has made a
hundred different men rich by letting
thpll III on the ground floor of his Ell
tcrpriSc =
Il am the man. What can L do foi
you today?'
"Look here, major" continued the
caller as he helped himself to q seat
on one of the broken backed chairs,
i've got a little money to invest, and
| was advised to come to you. | was
told that you could double and quad
ruple it for me in six months
Breathed With Difficulty.
ne ma lDT DItdlleu Win NlI1lSullg'
He had counted up his cash capital
that morning and had found it
amounted to but 81 cents. His shoes
needed repairing, his clothes needed
cleaning and the landlord would be
after him for the rent that week.
Here was a fly that had walked into
his net, and he looked like an easy fly
to work. It was fifteen seconds before
he could reply;
"You have come to the right place,
sir, and you could not have arrived at
a more OppOrtune moment. l have Or
ganized and am just incorporating tie
greatest, grandest enterprise Of the
forty that I have had to do with in
the last five years. l can make a rich
man Of you in a year"
by crickey, but you are the Teller
I'm looking for" exclaimed the other
My names White-Jim White. I've
saved a little money, and | want to
get rich. I'm no hog, but I want a
span Of horses. n diamond pin and
enough 20. buy three tons Of coal at
once. Go ahead and tell me what you've
got. I've got the rhinO right here In
my pocket to hand over"
My dear sir" purrcd the major as
his smile took on the look Of a bunch
Of ripe yellow bananas, my latest
and greatest ana grandeSt enterprise is
The Great American Hole In the
Gr0urI.' The capital IS $3,0OO,OOO, but
NC have only to pay in 81 1000 for adj
vcrt;~ing purposes. The shares are
worcestershire and will be sold for
whatever we can get. Everything that
coircs. in over tn. first thousand is so
much velvet. | am the president Of
the corporation, and | want a secre-
tary. His duties will consist in help
ing me Cpp1 the mail and taking out
and counting the money sent IN by
suckers"
Then it's a snide thing" queried
Mr.. White.
"Not at all, sir. On the contrary
it's a perfectly legitimate enterprise
| can take up Il daily paper and show
You thirty advertisements of the same
thing. The only difference is that
wnf.e they advertise their schemes as
copper and silver mines. we are honest
enough to advertise ours as a hole il
the ground. It's just as honest as the
railroad deals taking place every day
Cur only are must be to make the
bile il the ground Zig enough TO hole
a.. the money sent in by the suckers
But who will bite at a hole in The
ground?"
The Majors Scheme.
ITEMS Of thousands OF people, most o
whom wouldn't by a thirty dollar Gov
FOR 500 if offered II che OF their neigh
bors. They've g9t money to burn. an
they had as soon barn it in a hole In ID
Erround as anywhere else. | adVertis
1T simply as q hole. The public imas
sination puts gold, silver. copper. Of