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THE RURA-L, NEW-YO RKER 
October 2, 1915. 
The Man in the Multitude 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
I shipped II. L. Pence & Co., 20 East 
lotli St., New York City, some hides sev¬ 
eral months ago, and have been unable to 
get pay for them. Pence & Co. acknowl¬ 
edged receipt of the hides and promised 
to pay for them in a few days. Can you 
collect the* account for me? S. II. C'. 
West Virginia. 
We have been endeavoring to get set¬ 
tlement for this subscriber since July 3 
last. II. L. Pence & Co. have made va¬ 
rious explanations and excuses for tin; 
delay in making settlement, and numer¬ 
ous promises to give us cheek in the sub¬ 
scriber’s behalf at stated times, none of 
which has been kept. Regardless of 
the good or bad faith of II. L. Pence & 
Co. |n the transaction, and the promises 
made, we could not advise shippers of 
hides, furs, or ginseng, in which this 
company deals, to continue shipments ex¬ 
cept upon receipt of certified check in 
advance payment. 
We are in receipt of a circular from 
the Arkansas Pecan Orchard Co., Little 
Rock, Ark., which the circular alleges is 
now being formed, and on the basis of an 
option on 80 acres of land near that place. 
It is proposed to set out paper-shell pecan 
trees and grow two crops of potatoes be¬ 
tween the rows while the trees come into 
bearing. The company is to be incorpor¬ 
ated at $10,000, the par value of the 
shares to be $1 each. The usual promise 
of enormous profits from the enterprise is 
held out to prospective investors. If any 
It. N.-Y. subscribers are approached on 
this proposition, we feel sure they will 
follow our advice and leave it alone. 
I shipped Louis Simon, 538 Blake Ave¬ 
nue, Brpokyn, N. Y., two cases of eggs 
on April 23, and have heard nothing from 
him. lie paid promptly for two previous 
shipments so I assumed he would be all 
right. Can you help me? c. r. R. 
New York. 
Keep this name on your list of dealers 
to be avoided, as Mr. Simon evidently 
belongs to that class. lie has now re¬ 
moved and left no address. It is the usual 
practice of these people without financial 
standing to pay for the first shipment, 
neglect adjustment for the next, and then 
disappear. 
Anti-Fake Club, is this the old fraud 
Oxypathor in a new name? I)R. c., 
New Jersey. Anti-Fake Member. 
This appliance, treatment or apparatus 
is called “Farador.” It allays pain with 
surprising swiftness; has checked violent 
fevers like pneumonia within a few 
hours; has conquered tonsilitis, appendi¬ 
citis, rheumatism, meningitis and many 
other diseases. It is called a scientific 
diamagnetic apparatus. It may not be 
the Oxypathor, which was shown to be a 
fraud, but if not a relation it is at least 
an imitation. It costs $35. Before part¬ 
ing with your good coin of the realm, take 
your ailment to your physician and ask 
his advice. These devices should be 
shunned, for money invested in them is 
lost. 
I want to thank you for the excellent 
work in getting the entire list of claims 
from Adams Express Company. I had 
failed and about given up hope. c. w. n. 
Delaware. 
Thank you for collecting the bill for 
coop from the express company. I told 
of this in Pomona Grange and the result 
was a subscription from the secretary of 
the Farm Bureau. Also advised patrons 
to send such matters to your office. I 
will try to get some more subscriptions. 
New York. F. N. R. 
We like to record the thanks of these 
friends once in a while, for it shows the 
appreciation of the work we are doing. 
The first case covered some 20 claims 
ranging from $1 to $20. which had been 
overlooked and declined by the express 
company, and it was only by our in¬ 
sistence we got the adjustment. 
John Kline, alias W. J. Broueher, is in 
jail in Wisconsin under the name of 
George %.dler. He is wanted by the 
Pennsylvania authorities in connection 
with a land swindle. Posing as a retired 
farmer of wealth he would call on an un¬ 
suspecting owner of a farm and agree to 
make a purchase. He would then find a 
buyer for the land, and when this had 
been arranged the seal and signature of a 
notary was forged to the deed and the 
document recorded. He was then able to 
secure the money, and, of course, departed. 
Something like $3,000 was secured from 
residents of Easton. I’a., on there forged 
mortgages, and in all his operations are 
alleged to have netted him $3,00.000. 
Frank C. Marriu, head of the Storey 
Cotton Company swindle, was arrested in 
Syracuse and taken to Philadelphia to 
stand trial for conspiracy and misuse of 
the mails in connection with the cotton 
company. He had been known as “Judge 
Franklin Stone,” and in 1906 was con¬ 
victed of conspiracy to use the mails to 
defraud and served four years in the 
penitentiary. 
Frederick S. Johnson, reported to be 
sales manager of the Florida Develop¬ 
ment Company, Grand Central Terminal. 
New York, was arrested and taken to 
Lafayette, Indiana, charged with theft. 
It is alleged that Johnson induced par¬ 
ties to give him various sums for invest¬ 
ment in Texas lands. Johnson explains 
that the money was invested in these 
lands, but the venture proved unprofit¬ 
able. This is the usual result to the peo¬ 
ple investing their money in property at 
a distance. When you want to buy real 
estate go to the section, look over the 
ground, talk to the people in the vicinity 
and make your own selection. 
Note the clipping from the Poughkeepsie 
Courier. Those men should read The 
R. N.-Y'. anti-fake columns. c. N. f. 
New York. 
The local paper reports that a suit has 
been brought against the De Soto Oil and 
Development Co. for $5,000 by Dr. E. 
LeRoy Silvey, who represented the com¬ 
pany in that territory selling lots in this 
“oil section.” The doctor alleges he is 
convinced the proposition is misrepresent¬ 
ed, and the damages are asked to cover 
the loss of business which he has suffered 
in giving up his practice. It is said that 
a good many thousands of dollars have 
been invested in this scheme by people in 
Ulster, Orange, Columbia and Dutchess 
counties. Of course, every reader of Pub¬ 
lisher’s Desk would recognize the schemes 
as just the sort this department has been 
warning readers against for years. 
Your letter enclosing check for both my 
claims against Adams Express Company 
received, and I sincerely thank you for 
your efforts in my behalf. It certainly is 
a great boon to country people to have a 
“Big Brother” in the city to straighten 
out tangles for them. e. g. 
Delaware. 
Two shipments of eggs were refused by 
consignee because they were in such a 
damaged condition he could not handle 
them without great expense. We wore 
successful in getting the claims adjusted 
in two months. For clear cases of mis¬ 
handling on the part of carriers it should 
not take longer. As this claim was ca¬ 
tered promptly there was no excuse and 
it is best to get the complaints in without 
delay and give the carrier no opportunity 
to complain that you neglected to com¬ 
ply with their requirements. 
During 1914 my daughter was in the 
training class. S. II. Kemper of Syra¬ 
cuse, came to the school with books, “The 
School Methods,” and urged the class to 
buy them, saying that if they did not 
teach or tin 1 books were not satisfactory 
they could be returned. The books came 
and she was not satisfied with them upon 
examination, so promptly returned them. 
Then, came a letter saying they had her 
note. She says lie never mentioned a 
note, but asked each to sign their name 
and address so he would know where to 
send the books. He held the book with 
his hand covering the top of the page, and 
showed them where to sign, but they had 
no idea they were signing a note. Others 
of the class say the same. Then came a 
letter from the United Credit Association 
of Chicago. Now one from Snow and 
Church, Syracuse. These slips were sent. 
I suppose, to convince her that she must 
settle, which she has not done. She was 
18 at the time. Can you advise? 
New Y'ork. o. B. M. 
We wrote the School Methods Company 
ill reference to this transaction. We re¬ 
ceived no acknowledgment of our letter, 
but the subscriber received a letter saying 
they could collect the amount, but their 
time was more than it was worth, and 
they were instructing the collection 
agency to cancel the claim. They refer to 
the amount being small in comparison 
with the principle involved. We count 
the principle small which will permit a 
concern to condone such transactions on 
the part of their agent. Educational pub¬ 
lishers should have more regard for their 
standing than to attempt to enforce a 
contract made under misrepresentation, 
and the reliable publishers promptly re¬ 
pudiate such an agent. 
That the human voice may 
be transmitted across our con¬ 
tinent by telephone is the 
marvel of this age of wonders. 
Yet the full significance of the 
achievement is not realized if 
it is considered strictly as a 
coast-to-coast connection. 
The Transcontinental Line not 
only bridges the country from 
east to west, but, by having 
finally overcome the great barrier 
of distance, it has removed the 
last limitation of telephone com¬ 
munication between all the 
people of the nation. 
This means that the voice can be 
sent not only from New York to 
San Francisco, but from anywhere 
to anywhere —even from any one 
to ary one —in the United States. 
Wherever you are, it is possi¬ 
ble to reach any one of our 
hundred million population. You 
can single out from this vast 
throng any particular individual 
with whom you desire to speak. 
To bring this about, the Bell 
System has spent years and 
millions, extending its lines 
everywhere, anticipating the 
ultimate triumph. It has had 
the foresight and the courage to 
unite this great country, com¬ 
munity by community, into one 
telephone neighborhood. 
With success achieved by the 
Transcontinental Line, the es¬ 
tablished Bell highways make 
you, wherever you are, the near 
neighbor of your farthest-away 
fellow citizen. 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And Associated Companies 
One Policy One System Universal Service 
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