Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-09
THE MAIL sW!NDlERS
Bogus Bargains Fer pumpkins WIZ.
Bite az 3i3 Bait and Get Bitten.

\ great C.c.a' OF money is roaxetl utis
OF country communities by the mai
sWindlers. These gentry moi only jt~,'
the mails ia sendin. out circulars g
rerins fake bargains for the ullAt.a"..,
but they frequently get their al!ur;n"
advertisements into the cheap !tt!.
mail order Journals Hhici circulate /
some extent IL nearly every coumN4
~. People should be on guard aaaias
all advertisements which offer an III
reasonable value for Il little none.
| The safest way is to spend the none,
at home, where you have a chance t
look at the goods before buying III
pSstOfhce department issues franz III
! sisrs against ANY Individual or conce.
| which IS discovered in the practice {
| using The mails ~ swindle but IT.,
qlently these S2iajllers rake IN Inne.
money hcfor. tie mails are closed
them.
The ayefa@ - saintllrf who nses e..
mails is = Il. fellow. He has le;,ra
ed the :@f Il wording his o(l',F<
they atfyi- i4e remote All iniide
entity educa;r,i. ana 50 plausible 10 II
statement I'D tiiat ~ Glnl, ,-:,
and read, titn5. One is fran
amazed 81 - erctlulity of the lnI.
race A tyi,eTriter coitpany Of ".
York induced persons - send ST.
a guarantee Of good faith IN a .ro3ei,..
at home 3eiieEDc IN which the plre!....
er was TO have typewriter ana =
sheets Of paper aud copy lcttcrs
$3.50 thousand. The typewri;5~
proved 10 be toy affair that WAS u.l
less for the work The purchaser W
out about s. add the firm in that nu :.
One clever NevY York firm bought 1.
a lot Of letters from an agency 10 .
addresses then wrote each person ia !
ne or she had won q prize which Won |
be sent on receipt Of Sill to COY !
cost OF boxin; and packing charges |
Each delighted person invariably 81.
the amount and received Il piece
cheap jewelry worth few cents.
bluing company offered Il new n,
matte tension sewing machine" To
sons selling thirty packages of W
blue at 10 cents apiece. The mach
,royed to be toy affair, and the
.er In answer to q woman's threat
sue is filed away as Il mark of genu
,leverness on the part of the ART
1odger who originated the scheme.
Bogus detective agencies We're Ia
n the land for awhile. For cert
'um OF money they would send a 50
certificate of membership credcnt;
.tc, to the purchaser and not until Il
lstofiished victim had been hauled VI
>efore unfeeling magistrates for car
,ying gun or for impersonatlng az Q.
icer did the luckless fellow reali7.
hat he had been the victim Of scom
Irol.
Had Slow Bat Sure Gait.
There have been numerous disap.
,ointmenrs In the outcome Of some o.
.he boys. We remember one boy IL
particular who was the butt OF all rid
,ule from the boys OK his age, and he
ook it good naturally. He seemed n
lave 40 particular friends and herdeo
~ himself His clothes always locke.
unny. and he had that awkward swas
ger over which the rest OF us haze
much sport, No one ever thought tha,
hat plug would ever get anywhere -
lave anything. But today that PIN.
9 drawing Il better salary than am,
wo Of the old gang. Tie has mo- (
money. more influence aud more
riends than any OF the rest OF us. r.
lug had gait that was slow. but :,
vas sure. He didn't appear to be bit
right then. but he had a surface thar
ooA On polish. Westphalla Nfot
1mes