The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-17
once II you wish to take advantage Of
this handsome advance"

once II you wish to take advantage OF
this handsome advance"
we need only a limited amount for
immediate development work and In
order TO secure the requisite SUN
without delay, we are making the con-
Bdential offer of a bonus OF u
share OF preferred stock for every ten
shares Of the common, which you a
secure at 30 cents on the par value
II you respond at once Just as soon
as our needs for development ex-
pendltures are met by subscriptions
on this liberal basis, It Will be impos'
sibIe for you to secure the common, as
II will be withheld from the market
except on offerings OF GO cents or
better"
"You arc taking no risk, for our
guarantee is behind every share OF
our stock. The Silver and Gold In
vestmeGt and Surety company ID back
Of our securities and the Searehlight
Investigation and Expert Engineering
Association has made a detailed exam
nation and analysis Of u properties
and stands sponsor to the world for
them. In the first three months OF
operation Of our properties, we have
been able TO pay our stockholders a
dividend Of IL per, cont, and the splen-
did ore bodies now In sight warrant us
in assuring our stockholders that this
dividend win be substantially in
creased In the next three months. ow'
ing TO the Increased facilities OF pro.
duction made possible by great add
lions to our working equipment"
These are only a lew OF the most
glaring statements contained in the
confidential circulars and letters,
displayed in advertisements, and made
BY solicitors, to draw money from the
pockets Of the wage There
are scores OF other and more subtle
and clever baits in every mode OF ex.
preston. but they all spell n word,
and that liz B.U.NC'0.
How do | know IT. How do ] dare
make so broad a statement? Because
We have had times Of unprecedented
prosperity for so long that millions OF
dollars belonging to capitalists are ~
ing idle or drawing only small inter
est. AZ a result, the sound securities
and the solid investments are snap.
ned III by men who understand values.
These men command large sums, and
In order to secure all the money re"
auired for a solid and honest enter
prise, 1t Is only necessary for men
real investment 'opportuni-
ties TO go to them and convince them
of the merit of their propositions,
They will not permit to slip past them
any chanaa to make 30 i-3 per cent,
or ever 10 per cent, provided the risk
involved Is not too great. Which Is
another way OF saying that when
a concern must so forth with blare OF
trumpets to secure money from the
wage workers. the proposition it has
to offer Is not only not worth consides.
alton. but It should be left severely
alone. II 1t were sound to the core,
idle capital would he put into it be-
fore the confidential letters to pros.
wage Garner investors could
be printed.
And this feature of the matter
stands out In its true light when some.
Ill., - tIn ,Np4 80 rnII,,,u rtNnLo h,y
IN appeal to the common people Ia
Understood. Not long ago a Chicago
which had gone to the "peo.
,le" for its support went into the
lands Of a receiver. Wage earners
md people working for small salaries
lad put 500, 900 into the enterprise.
When the receiver began his examina.
ion Of the affairs of the company in
rider to determine how much those at
he head Of 1t had diverted into their
pockets, he was amazed TO dis.
that the entire 500, 600 had been
peut in getting the great publicity
ampaign started" They had com.
nitted the error of making come
a~rticularly fragrant misrepresenta.
ions and this put a period to tSeir
lans by sending them to the peniten-
larry before they were quite ready to
the actual footing.
There is Just one thing for the sen.
ible workman suffering from an at.
ack OF the investment fever to do,
nd that Is TO go to a solid mar Of
experience, a trustworthy
ian. and ask him to ascertain for him
Who are the men behind this wonder.
III opportunity" offered to him find
nut what their records have been in
he past, and what they are putting
lis money into, as well as what
here Is aud who there is behind their
guarantees and "guarantors." When
on have done this you will find, in
probability. that your fever to get
tch quick has cooled to the freezing
loint.