Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-16
CORY RfenT 1918 ~ THE

Alec promptly. :.
1.-THE operating company ssked
Wallingford.
Alec's ears almost perked forward.
"F4ow did you know there were two
companies!'' hs demdnded in a panic.
saw the stxts records Of incorpofat
tom" explained Walinyford. and ther
In a much smoother tone: "Yof sse.
these FEW shares are to give the
townspeople greater interest ID tie
mine. and for that purpose they should
be in tho operating company. Do you
object to parting With some of them7""
Alec considered tile matter doubtful
iy. The train thuHdered down to the
platforn, and stopped to a mere crawl.
NO" he said hesitatingly. md then
agaia, with sudden decision: ''NO!
mike you those at a." r. =.
MAKE II 50 anta II, 20 yea" offered
waliiHgford.
'.wNu's taxing this trainr' asMed the
eonductor roughly. !
II am" answered Wallinsford,
imountine the lower STOP Toad was
already on the platform with a bag
and suit case. "EightyY
Aicc stiif stood III indication Tue
conductor, muttering curses. waved his
hand and jumped upon the steps OF
the car ahead. The engine gave an
angry puff, and the train, which had
not come to a complete stop. began to
pick up its momentum. Wallingford
Aanesi far out ffemt the steps,
make 10 SOr' NJ shouted +,
"AiI right" called Alec weakly. ard
Wallingford went into the car. chuck.
ling. s.9
The miracle happened-two miracles,
In fact. one when J. Rufus Walling-
ford erected his mushroom city In the
twinkling Of an eye. as it were. from a
Job lot Of portable houses that he and
BlAckie Daw had obtaiaed at 10 cents
on the dollar and the other when he
induced big press association to fall
for his sehenae OF gratuitous advertis-
ing Through this publicity the won
derful Kimbely mine became house
bold word overnight, and the aston
ished Brother Ralph. who had beer
waging a desperately uneven battle
for subscribers in the effete east, sud-
denly wired frantiaally to bis brothers
to increase their capitalization, as he
was running out Of stock. Immediate
~ after sending this telegram he plac-
cd 1Nn hot M fol
lowed the cleavage of his nose In the
haunt most infested by Blackie Daw.
''fhe Kinbeiy mine u just douhlins
It's capitalization" he proudly twangeA.
Good work." approved Blackte.
There's no rsasOA Why you Shouldn't
keep right on printing the stock AZ
long ~ they'll buy. T."
They'll buy II as long 40 they nave
such proof as we have Of q fvefold
profit" snthusSd tiis eastsrA Des1rat
tobber. ITS worth IS now. Have
you seen In TN papers how Dou4al.
ville was boilt ovesnlsntss <4 "
II invented that trick myself" stated
Blackie complacentiy. Its the great
est mine selling scheme ON earth, and
l lost fortune by not patenting II"
Brother Ralph was WORKING no
harder thar they wete h DougalS illes
however. Laborers fiocked there in
sA0als and weEU either puts lntb the
mines df chased down the track to the
jeers Of the rapidly growing populace.
Wallingfotti fOr The time BENZ. an
nothing but sell houses FOR cash when
he could. on instruments when he must.
For 500 lie could sell a house and lot
that cost him $50 and share Of stock
that had cost him $50. He obtained
copies Of the, charter, constitution and
bylaws of the Kimbely Mine CON-
pany. and every time he read them be
frowned over just one. puzzling prob
lem; thet 10 went out and mingled
anew WITH his. tenanssys for svess
hdAsdAolder would be d votef ID III
approaching Stoc kholdees, mesein9 He
got grocer. a butcher. a baker and
other enterprising merchants to buy
bungalows and open shops; lawyer
and four doctors-allopath,s homeopath
osteopath and horse-cast their lots
With hun. and carpenters. bricklayers
ssa stpas'assons fairly swarmed to the
t!tte. ~