Sumter County GaArchives News.....AMERICUS PEOPLE GOLDBRICKED December 22, 1901
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Savannah Morning  News / Americus Times Recorder December 22, 1901
                          AMERICUS PEOPLE GOLDBRICKED
                               22 DECEMBER 1901
     Americus Times Recorder: Any kind of alluring advertisement promising 500
per cent in a day finds credulous ones ready to believe the fancy "get rich
quick" stories held out, and some people in the latter class live here in
Americus. The endless chain business still finds victims that even a gold brick
would not catch,and the Times Recorder was told yesterday of a scheme that is
being successfully worked here just now. It is on the "endless chain: principle,
and it costs $25.00 to get in on the ground floor. Several estimable ladies
here, believing the alluring promises held out, have sent this amount each to
the headquarters of the concern and are patiently waiting for the golden harvest
they feel sure will soon be theirs. Some of them have already been assured that
their hope is a pipe dream only, but they hold steadfastly to the belief that
they will get rich quick and already are busily engaged writing letters in the
"endless chain," which consists of more ink than of chink. 

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