The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
BUNCOES Dealers
film FLAM GAME PLAYED By A
SLICK ARTIST
STUCK FOR LARGE sums
Alleged Fraudulent Representation
by Agent Of White Sewing Machine
Co. to Business Men and Conse-
quent Suits Filed by the Company
Brings Out Some Interesting Facts.


quent Suits Filed by the Company
Brings Out Some Interesting Facts.
The Herald, of Athens, Ca, carried
news story few days ago on the
suits filed by the White Sewing Ma
chine Co. against prominent citizens
of that section of the State Of Geor-
gia. These suits were filed in the
United States Court and were for
large amounts. One suit was against
Dr.. w. P. Delaprierre for s13,500
and one against the Ebert County
Supply Co. for $500.
The Herald says there Is very in
teresting news story behind these
suits. The parties who have been
suied strenuously deny that they owe
the White Sewing Machine people
anything whatever and claim that
they have been buncoed and defraud-
ed bya shrewd agent of the company.
1t is claimed by them that a smooth
agent by the name of N. D. Massey
came through the country last year
representing the White Sewing Ma
chine people, and that he sold num-
Der of large merchants in that section
of the state and also in South Caro-
lima. Numbers of these merchants
were induced to buy as many as 500
sewing machines. Large lots of these
machines were sold in Athens, Com
merce, Canon, Hoschton, Calhoun
Falls, Elberton and other places.
The Herald says none Of these mer-
chants seem to have bought less than
800 machines so that there are more
White sewing machines in this sec
ton of Georgia than Carter ever had
oats. Massey, who sold these ma
chimes, is reputed to be the smoothest
and most energetic salesman Of sew
ing machines in the world. He COW
ers a wide territory, but it is said that
he never covers the same territory
twice.
Those who have purchased ma
chimes claim that Massey represented
himself to be the agent Of the White
sewing Machine Company and that.
as agent he would make prices which
were claimed to be very low and that
to induce the purchaser to close the
trade he would guarantee that he
would resell these machines through
agents appointed by himself in less
than sixty days, and that the pur-
chaser could then settle up for the
machines and have the profit without
running any risk.
That he carried along with him an
expert salesman by whom all state
ments were proven and who guaran-
teed that he could sell the machines
in the time indicated by Mr.. Massey
and that he had done so in every In.
stance.
The purchasers in each instance
believing that they were running no
risk and that they had a splendid
profit would close the deal and give
their notes and the agent, Massey,
would enter into an agreement, but
instead of drawing it in one paper he
would usually draw it in thre pa
pers. Two of the papers he would
sign for the White Sewing Machine
Company, but the third paper, it ap-
pears that ne signed personally.
This third paper contained the ma
terial part of the agreement and the
one most advantageous to the pur-
chaser. In each instance it appears
that the expert salesman never re-
turned to make the sales, he was u.s.
ually detained on account of sickness
in his family or some other good rea-
son and other salesmen were sent
who prove to not only be inefficient,
but made a great many sales that
were not bona fde, took numbers OF
mortgages from people who had no
property and raised the notes, selling
machines for $25 and afterwards
raising the notes up to SIS.
Nearly all CT these purchasers who
bought large quantities of machines
from Massey claim that they have
been fimfammed, have refused to
oav these notes and will fight the
Eases in the federal court. Some OF
hem will claim heavy damages
gainst the White Sewing Machine
Company on account Of the misrepre-
;entations made by their agents. 1t
promised to be a big legal battle as