The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-29

ing for my position, but think it was
more than a year. l will not under
take to tell all the different dates and
positions given but want to call at
tention to a few of them, which are as
follows:
June 10, 1906, they wrote: There
is 80 ahead of you for disposal"
Now | shall skip the positions given
between the 18th of June 1906, and
January "a, 1908. AS you will notice
something like year and half of
the correspondence is left out, which
is just about as unsatisfactory as the
part given you.
January "a, 1908, they wrote that
there were only two ahead of me-
April 81, 1908 they wrote that there
were only four ahead Of me.
June %, 1908, they wrote that there
were only four ahead of me.
October Is, 1908, they wrote thai
there were only three ahead of me
March 8, 1909, they wrote that there
were only three ahead of me.
So I gave it up as a bad job as
every effort to get a satisfactory ex.
PLANTATION as to the cause of my con-
tract getting further from maturity,
being further-as will be noticed from
the positions given on March 8, 1909
than on January "a, 1908. Meanwhile
they sent me letters stating that they
were loaning from nine to twelve
thousand dollars per month, and that
they had $40,000.00 ready to loan as
soon as security could be offered, etc,
which looks to me is too inconsistent
for any use. AS above stated l lost
ton about the matter and at last sur
rendered the contract to the company
receiving SAFE of each 5000 six dol
lars paid in plus three per cent, SO
| got out with a loss of about $71.00,
or little more. Now, do not want to
be understood as claiming that they
treat all contract holders in this
manner and really don't think they
do for | know of my personal lnowi
edge of some that has secured loans
from the company, that was not paying
near so long as I was and this is one
reason that it seems to me that there
is no fairness in their method.
Now if you believe as l do that it is
only just and right for the public to
know the methods Of such concerns
hope you will kindly give space IN
your valuable paper for this letter aud
if you will ask that other papers over
the country publish it | am sure that
there will be much good accomplished
and some individual saved money anl
worry. | know of more than one man
that lost money by fooling with the
jackson Loan and Trust Company, and
while | am not mentioning this to
prejudice any one against the Stand
ard Home Company, as it is now
known, but only state how they have
treated me and knowing as l do that
there are other companies advertising
to do about the same thing, and is
suing almost the same kind of a con-
tract l feel like that it would be a
good thing to warn as many as will
take some one elses experience for
facts, and profit thereby. Now, if the
company referred to in this letter want
to they are at liberty to dispute any
part or all of what l have written and
if there is any contract holder or one
who has secured loans from the com
pany, that doubts the truthfulness of
the statements made herein l will
gladly go over the correspondence with
them. Thanking you in advance, Mr.,
Editor for giving this a prominent
place in your paper,
l am yours very truly,