The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-01-28
the SPECTACLE FRAUDS.
Men Who Worked Brookhayen ID
Trouble at Jackson.

Trouble at Jackson.
A crew Of spectacle frauds we
lglean from the Clarion Ledger Of
jackson. have gotten up against it
in The capital city.
These learned spectacle men,
Of the mythical .'BurIIn Optical
Co.. Of Atlanta. Ga - spent Jan.
18th. 9th. 10th and 11th 10 Brook
haven at the G. E. Grafton Drug
ICo.
A deal was made with Mr.. S. p.
Bloom for headquarters and the
managers temporary domicile, for
this wonderful Burln One Dollar
Spectacle concern. though the man
ager pf the said drug store was in
no wise connected with the rowing
and roaring spectacle venders, his
only interest being a small commits
sion on sales.
After advertising extensively in
Brookhaven for several days a
bright little fellow, of the Hebrew
race. sailing under the high-sound-
ling name of "Dr. Harry Hoyt. =
arrived accompanied by a man NAM
ed Or. q. Ward Shelter. advising
refraetionist, /" and they proceeded
to do business, to a limited extent.
because, torsooth, the spectacle
purchasers Of Brookhaven. with the
memory of other One Dollar Rims
in their minds. were slow to invest
in gold rims or gold bricks.
What they took out of Brookhav-
|en was not enough to start even a
small bank.
The Jackson trouble all grew out
of the failure of the spectacle men
to meet their advertising bills. the
Clarion Ledger being hit for $81. 90
and the News for $500. There
were some four to six experts"
with the only 'BurIin Optical Co.
of Atlanta, Ga - the game being
to play two or three towns on
the same dates, and from the
Clarion Ledger's report their names
were about as numerous and
changeable as the colors of the rain
bow.
at jackson DR.. N. A. Williams
the real head and financial end Of |
the concern seems to have jumped |
his partners while the papers were
preparing to get out an attachment.
A. Frank Gwin. "Advertect and
Business Manager" of the COM
pany. who spent several days in
4 khaven. complained after pro.
ngs had started, that all had
him, being due him. for salary
otherwise. Word was tele-
q to Greenwood and the "man
gold TOOTH in the front
u SIEn wss BfUughtr Town to t
Jacksgn, arraigned before Commits
sioner Moseley Tuesday on a charge
of using the malls to defraud and /
is now in jail On account of his in
ability to furnish $500 bond.
Hoyt. or Hosch, as he acknowl-
edged his real name to be, then
broke down completely and wept
like a child. saying he could not
give the bond, that he had no
friends or relatives in the State
who would 60 on the bond. It was
suggested that he communicate
with Williams. but he said he did
not know where he was. he only
wished that he did. When asked
il be could not get his father to ar
range the bond he wept and said
his father was dead and his mother
had no property.
Dr.. Williams was located in
but managed to get
away 1t the first note of warning.
though diligeHt search was made,
one report being that Williams had
secured an automobile and left with
his wife and child and spectacle
cases. and another that he had gone
across the river and was moving
westward. Anyway. he got away.
and the Cassell Drug Company
missed the company of the spectacle
sale and the volubility of Williams.
whois also descendant of Abra-
ham
The Jackson. Vicksburg and
Greenwood papers whom this con-
Germ owes. can afford to lose the
money these spectacle worthless are
due them. if it will be the means
of ridding the State of One Dollar
Gold Rimmed spectacle artists in
the future. who dodge all license
BY operating in the stores Of drug
gists. and using the druggists
names m their advertisements. ALI
such men should be run out Of the
State. as they are in three-fourths
Of tine States of the Union.
A letter from Hattiesburg also
states that the Hotel Hattiesburg
was buncoed out of $3.50 by the
same crowd.