The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-25
FAKE LAND SALE
The Fraud Vas Easily Detected BY Co.
lcnbia Photographers
YOW GAME Was WORKED
The Prospectus Carried Faxed Pho
,"Sraph>. the Pictures !ciux Made
TO Show Handsome Buildings.
Where Oniy Pine Barrcns, With
Standing Trees. Exist
standing Trees, Exist.

Standing Trees, Exist
Neither Being able TO furnish the
5000 bail demanded OF each. J. c,
Masters and l. c. S!b!ey. arrested in
Jackson. Miss. 20. rs;as the mails 20
'c.raud. II connection with con.
c"-a :h-y we-- ?-o.oi!nS. called TIE
tlheaa-:e Development company,
:A:bc-a.ic. y. G. haze been remand
ID 20 jail. a; Jackson. 20 swai: re
aov2l 20 The jurisdiction o. the
,nited St-:es court to- the western
i:.;7:c. OF North Caroli3a-ail Q:
yh:ch.. s-vs me Columbia Record. :
Interesting 20 number o. Co:-n n
Slams. several blocks 20 Albe@a.ie
sock having been placed IN this city
Nv plausible yo"ng man. giving his
:a,ne rs z. D Lany4a.c.
The Record says It was in fact
former Colum b;an. now manager OF
news bureau in the Southwest, anc
I firm @. Columbia photographers.
-ha. ars, suspected the promoters Of
The A!bemarle concern OF fraud. At
:he request OF the news tIreau man
ager. newspaper men here consulted
he photographers and learned that
i.aasdale had so,a to them-or rath-
or had exchanged with them 70: two
dozen photographs OF himself. val
ued q. s2i-a participating ce-tif-
cate" No. L-.54. IN the Albemarle
Development company.
LansGale bad failed IN his effort
20 part the photographers from cny
cash. because they detected evidences
OF fraud in the handsome prospectus
that he displayed. In the prospectus
there were. besides the usual roseate
word pictures. several illustrations.
purpo-cing to De from actual photo
graphs. showing considerable prog
-ess upon the development Of the Al
herarle tract into pretty suburb.
w;.h large hotel. stores. costly resi-
4arcos and tho Ike II reGaired only
s,r.-Acial examinations CT these pic
.,;-ns hv \ Photographer % show that
ts"v were cr:nc'2cly made coHr?o-
sites Of photography an! d-awins.
Actual 2ho.ocrarhs had been tak-
en- o. n" woods on me tract and the
several clea-:ncs and then half con-
alc.cd Buildings hai been drawn in
at -" proper places and the doctor.c
picture itself had been photographed
and from this second ;..cture the cleo
trotrae reproduction used in tie
prospectus had been made. The
work had been skilru,!y done. Dat !;
is next 70 impossible TO give TO these
synthetic productions such appear
ance Of cenm!neSness as 20 deceive
?he:
I..rgdsie. confronted with this evil
sence Of fraud. said he knew the
pictures were misleading and had
strongly urged lis supe.!ors not 10
resort 70 such methods. He insisted.
however. ssat the proposition un1er
promotion was legitimate and gave
h!bemarle bank references. These
tie photographers did not trouble to
verify. rs they had 5ut sral! IN
vestmen: II stake ard were willing
N these circumstances 70 take their
ctarccs
The stock certificate they hold Is
signed hv Masters. one Of the men
.ow under arrest. as secretary
treasurer. II :s dated November ! s
an! The po>tmark shows IL was
@a!,ed November - from: :i!h"ti'-ie.
The arp:ication FOR it was s:cacd
hc-" Seo.":rbc: -. Lsnsdale was
I YOU. aaan ot cooi appearance and
maze easily a favorable imr7eSs!"n
upon his acGuaintanceS here. he
claimed 10 have been educated Al
Harvard and said his home was in
New Haven.
Masters and S:hiev were arrested
;r Jackson on warrants issued upon
the ac'da:!t 0. Pos;ofSce Inspector
+. ". Rri,a Of North Carol:@r. wao
presented documentary evidence II
srDror: ot he sc""-"mcnts conien-
:itn that ;i!e dev"lopmei'; company
las being promoted BY fraad In
s>cccor RGiia is quoted as saying
that on an investment OF sl."oo n
100 acres OF land 3.a: Aloeo:a7ie the
promoters have taken in about $3.50
aoN. lie said that S!olcy had been
connected VII similar scheme 4;
Wa:teboro. Texas. ahou. five years
ago. Th :: ave recently Z. ca;cd
n 5o:h the C.,rolin"s AID in Ala
,aa.a. as w.i, rs in Mississippi.
Winthrop, >;:Ient MarrieS.
Mss less. Mcleod. student az