Beware of Patent Well Auger Swindler
By Editor
We learn that a person in Missouri, calling himself for the present W. W. Jilz, is sending out circulars of a patent well auger, to our brethren, addressed “to any male subscriber of the REVIEW AND HERALD.” He claims to be a Seventh-day Adventist, and that he will make special bargains with S. D. Adventists and S. D. Baptists. This man is sailing under false colors. He is not a S. D. Adventist. He has no connection, and no sympathy, with this body, and on some points is bitterly opposed to our faith; and we are informed that he has not for some time observed the Sabbath at all. Respecting the merits of the auger, we have nothing to say; but the effort to induce Sabbath-keepers to purchase the right to use the instrument at what we deem exorbitant figures, under the special plea that he is a S. D. Adventist, and is giving them a wonderful bargain, is an imposition. Knowing the antecedents of this man, which will not bear exposure to the light, we are not surprised at his course in this matter. But we caution our brethren not to be fleeced by the specious pretense of extra offers, or the prospect of such a marvelous income as $50 a day.