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j&y . & BONDS LOOTED. Purloined From the State Treasury and Resold. BY THE BOND CLERK Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, For Whose Arrest a Warrant Been Issued, but he Could not be Found. The Defalcation Will be Made Good. The Columbia State says there was a great deal of astonishment in Columbia late Tuesday afternoon of last week when it was learned that the State treasury had lost S1U.500 by error or by criminality. When it wus iuiuiitu LLiiuj a warram naa oeen isEU3d by a magistrate and had t een lodged with the sheriff for execution, charging that Mr. Daniel Zimmerman la guilty of a breach of trust with fraudelent intent, there was even greater burpnse, viud much regret was expressed bee wise a name as yet uuiariiihbfid had been connected with such an (ff jnse, Justly or wrongfully. Mr. Zimmerman had been the bond clerk in the offloe of the State tr v urer, and held that position from 1891 until 1901. It wao during that period that the fraudulent occurence* were found after a great deal of investigation. The hpecitic charge is that when bounds were brought in to be exchanged for sucks, one or more bonds would be extracted from the package and instead of being cancelled would be sold and an old bond or bonds of prior oate would be dug up from the vaults and substituted in the bundles for cancellation so that in a cursory examination it would app ar that all of the bonds in that package were properly eaiioollcd. In this w??y irbond and a certificate of stock w< uld both ho in the bauds of innocent parties and theStatc paying interest on both and obligated to pay tho principal at tho expiration of the time spcC.li d?and of a reality the bon 1 had been redeemed by the State, the stock having been in exchange therefor. It' a trick it was, it required nerve to carry it through 'or tuo occurences covered a p-jriol of several yours. Mr. Zimmerman's friends, and ttiey are multiple, persist in declaring their belief In his innucetse, and expect at the proper time ti) see him vindicated before the law in the courts. Mr. Zimmerman has been looked upon as a man in rather straightened circumstances, and it is believed by many to be Impossible lor him to have ojvorod up such a shortage. Tnero are two things which have made tome of Mr: Zimmerman's friends wonder. First Is the fact that he repeatedly declined to appear at the olllce of the State treasurer ai.d clear his name of the odium which was sure to b.i attached to an unexplained pub.ication of the facts. The other Is that yesterday before the warrant could be issued, Mr. Z mmermau, who protr b y was epprhed of what was about to transpire, walked cut of the back door of the cilice of Mr S. L. Miller where he was ern plo ed In a clerical capacity and disappeared. Ho has not been seen since. Even if Mr. Zimmerman Is the vie tim or circumstance*, it is quite evident) tjh'?.t t ie transactions c uld not have b en conducted without the as sistanoe of an outside party. II?d an f mplojo ot?he State treasury pre i.uv : (l ii bono r . ? it* pro peciive puro baser Wdtiid have declined, for the incident would have been su&ple Jous and toe purchaser would want notbiuir but "giit edged" investment. Evidently there w>u a broker. TO liud that man is now the object of the State oltioials iuteiesfced. The innocent holders of the oontis will be ask ed through whom they secured the negotiable ins wu merits. No innocent ko.dor will tuac anything-for the bonds will be agim redeemed for c'is i, although once before they have been redeemed in stocks. While the loss Is not so large, it shows how, even in the most jealously guarded system of business, error and sometimes wrong may creep in. JJIS.^WTV NOTICKD 11KFOR 15. As fallback as two years ago, Mr. S. T: Garter bookkeeper in the olllec of the S^a'oe treasurer, called to the attention of the ways and means committee the faC i that there was 8om-. thing wrong with the interest paid on stocks and the coupons paid on bonds. What this trouble was no one at that time could tell, although it wis seen that the State was actually plying mo^e Interest than was maiiherrjTiti cally proper, At ttr.t time no iut nt was kUipooted or cue matter could hav;: hern aired. ~ Mr. Carte/ had been call id before the ways and meensc -mmittee to tesf tify in regard to the petition of Mr. Oeo. 11. O'jrm'H.m, of O wgeburg, BP who stated that hU broile r, who had live I di d i i v. I -y; f $10,000 in Booth Corollna bonds, v wul.oh could not to found. It wa^ . Wh.; 'i.okh.g h,to the Corn-ison m-J. f Urth VMf. Carter first had his attention attracted to the disparity in In the interest accounts. About a month or six weeks ?go Capo. Jennings received a letter liotn some ladies in Charleston ia reference to some bonds In their possession, and in looking up the record with refer ence to these bonds It was found that there had been substitution. This was the tirst Intimation the State treasurer had of the tramactl ns which are now suspected cf being fraudulent. lie saw tnat the entries were In the handwriting of Mr. Zim merman, aud yet thinking that it was a clerical error, telephoned to Mr. Zimmerman to come to the State treasurer's < 111 ;e. Mr. Zimmerman stated that he would he there that afternoon at 4 o'olock. Two days elaps d and as he had not seen Mr. Zimmerman the State treasurer again 'phoned to h s house and Mr. Zimmerman stated that, lie had been unwell but would be there the next morning at 10 o'clock, SUSPICION VIKST AUOUSK1), Mr. Zimmerman failed to keep th^t rug^gemcnt Capt. Jennings feared that the extent of the error, as he thought it n i{ht not be known to Mr. Z mmerman, and he wrote a letter onder date of Septcmbei 18th asking Mr. Zimmerman to call and explain a ma1 tor of considerable lmp irthine to Mr. Zimmerman and to the c 111 oe. After some delay Mr. Z mmerman drove up to the ea?t door ot the State capitol and called for Mr S. T. Car ter, and Informed Mr Carter that It would be of no use for him to make an examination of the entry which had attract!d attention as it had been made r-o long ago that he cculd not explain it. Substquen .ly Mr. Z mmerman ap peared in the corridor of the capitol building and explained to Capt. Jen nings that It would not be worth while for him to try to explain the matter as he had no recollection of It. riils excited the suspicion of the peo pie in the (11139 and Capt. Jennings immediately notitled the comptroller general and demanded a ssarchlng in AL-- V - * - ' * * * uik?i>iuu ui HIM OOOKS 1U WHICH LH6 I records were kept. TIIB COMITUOI.LEK'S llEPOHT. Comptroller General Jones yesterday snb.nitied to Capt. Jennings the following report made after a very searching eximination: "In your letter directed to me as comptroller general, dated Octoter 7, you state that there appears to be an irrt gularlty in the chatter of the exchange of a certain Hrown coupon bond, and the amount covered into a st( ck certificate. That the St.aic ap P ars to have lost the amount of this oond and the interest at 4 12 par cent, for several years. You ask tha* I, as comp r >)ler g neral, und r-ev Lion (>72, v lume 1, of the code of 1932 make a fu 1 investigation of the stawUt? or the State's securities as therein required. "In c mformh v with the above rc qulrement, I have personally exam?n ed. with the help of S. T. Carter, bookkeeper, and J. Fuller Lvon, bond clerk, all the secuvi y transactions of the Stale from January 1st, 1894, to < ate. From Fobru<*ry 2od, 1895 to May 23>d, 1901,1 find a number of frauduh ut transactions, aggregating 412,f>00; or in other words, these transactions hav:* increased the State's bonder) debt 'o that? xtent, togethei with 13,903.76 interest paid thereon, making a total of $H> 103 76. "The i ems going to make up the various transactions are fully itemized and hereto appended. Toe examina tion roveais the fact that the bond clerk during that period in whiei these transactions appear upon the books, has laislUed o. erased the num bers of certain hoods surrendered for exchange and lias abstracted bonds previously cancelled and has submitted the same at a later date f or such bonds surrendered, and has evidently, as shown by the Interest account put the bonds so erased as u icancsl'ed on the market." "This is clearly shown by the fac'. that all trausac iorm during this period appear in t e hand writing of the same bond clerk. It. seems that the bond clerk in the Sta'o tret urer's ollios >has charge of all bond \ lansactlons." Wh?n he had received the report and the Item zed statement from the comptroller general, Oapt. JenDings forwarded these to the attorney gen oral's (.ilice with a request to be advlv!( fl S1U fn r!,e? mnftii f ( ^1. u< V* U)| IVI V\IW I11U11I/ Ut piUV/VUUld ill I Leroy F. Youmans, the assistant attorney general, replied in tbefollowir g term : "I aminrtedptof yours of today enclosing copy of yours of Ost obcr 7th to Hon. A. W. Jones, cornp troller gon ral. and Ids reply to you of this date. You ask that I instruct you a* to your duties In the premises if, of your ov/n knowledge, you know, or if Irojia information obtained from others you believe or if as a conclusion from circumstances you have a jmt cause to believe and do believe tnat the bond clerk referred to has commit ted the offense charged in the cones pond once, It is y( ur duty to proce d in the criminal courts against th? aid bond clerk. Civil proceeding will be a matter for further oonsider atlon." WAllKANT 8WOKN" OUT. W 1( ? MiUS if vl-cu, uapt. ?l I'MDl J?'! ask d the attorney general to make outj the warrant for the arrest of Mr. Z'.tiiracrman, The warrant charge-. ureaoh f trust with fraudulent i ite i and larceny of Slate bunds with the purpo se of devoting the , roe >ds t < hie own personal u uj. In his allkLvit upon which the warrant was 1 sued, Treasurer J innings recltes the transactions narrated by Mr. .1 >ne? ar d concludes: "That at all tu se dates one Daub Z' rvni rman was 1 he bo kkceptr In i be office of the St*<e treasurer and e.s-* peel ally entrusted by the three trea urers of the St tie named above. in boo oesslon, ?* ith the performance of the duties of the treasurer In iho surrey dtrof Brown coupon bonds and the l: suanoeof stock certlllcites liiexchange therefore. i / "That la connection with these transactions, bonds surrendered and which should have been cancelled, have been abstracted from the State State treasury and substituted at a later date for sioh bouds surrendered and the numbers of certain bonds have, this deponent is luformed and believ s, been altered in the writing thereof to the prejudice of and with the intent to defraud the State. "That this defendant is informed, has just cause to believe and does believe that the said Daniel Zimmerman has been guilty of the offenses above set forth; lias in so doiug committed a breach of trust with fraudulent Intention, has stolen the b itids aforesaid the property of the State, has unlawfully increased tho State's bonded debt to the extent of $12,500 besides $3,983 75 Interest; that this deponent, Wm. T. Dates, Wm II Timmerman, A W. Jones, J. Fuller Lyon, S. T. Carter, are material witnesses to prove the same When the examination was lirst concluded, no evidence of fraudulent trai sections during Capt. Jennings' administrations had been discovertd. but by a careful revision it was found that there was on >such in April, 1901, two mouths after Capt. Jennings came into cilice. The full statement of the items discovered is given elsewhere One of these was on Jan. 15, 1901, j ist four days before Dr. Tiuumerman turned the otlloo over to Capt. Jennings. MR. ZIMMERMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE I There WHS HOITIA fU Iav In Mm I j ... ?uu rratlon of the warrant and Dr. Bites and Dr. TiniraernQan, the two former State treasurers, who still have a very sympathetic regard for Mr. Zimmerman, drove out to his house to pie pare him for what was coming and to make a tinal appeal to him to clear up the matter if it lay within his power to do so. When they arrived at Mr. /Zimmerman's home about noon they were Informed that he was at the in suranee tilled of Mr. S. L. Miller They drove without delay to the olllco of Mr. Miller and were* Informed that Mr. Zimmerman had juso left. That was about 1 o'clock and It was not until 1 o'clock that the warrant wa> placed In the hands of SherilT Colo man. As noon as the warrant had b?en sworn out, the news was made i ublto, and Mr. Z immerman's friends well as the otlicevs of the law wer all en the lookout for him, but he has not been seen .since the time or about the time he left Mr M'Iter's cilice. Dlt. TIMMKUMAN IIAHl) HIT. It will be some turno before it can be told dcfinitely In whose admlnlstra Mons these illilrs occurred, but ai present it appears that the liabilities will be about as follows: W. T. C. Bates % 1,200 W. II. Timmerman 10,600 II. II. Jennings. 1,400 Total #12.100 | To this o? course must be added tin-.! Interest which will increase the total amount lust by the Slate of South Carolina and to be rcoovored on the bonds, $.1,902 It is allege i that the frau lulent entries were made in this wl?e: A parti having bonds might prefer stocks in exchange. The papers would he pre sen tod and the transfer nude. Then instead of cancelling the bond the clerk in charge, apparently, w( uld take out one of the bonds when tber> would he a largo package and at 8( me convenient date would put it on toe market as if it were a negotiable In strumeut instead of a bond whose val idlty had been wiped out by the exchange. The bonds of the State ar< payable to bearer, just as a bank rio'e or other currency, and the stocks arc payable to order only. > The interest on the bonds is the same as the Interest on the stocks, b rt the coupons on the bor.da may br presented by any one wherea. the interest on the s'ocks is sent in checks to parties in whose name tbe hOwhk are made out unless the S^ale tre urer has been nofcilied of the transfer of the stocks. For that reason m any people prefer stocks to bonds and tb>r. are issued sometimes as many as 1,1150 stock certificates in a year. HOW IT COULI) IIAVK IIEKN DONE. To show how easily this aiud of transaction might have b 'en made wltiiocft diaoovery t xcept by accident, there are on the books of the State treasurer bonds of this issue alone valued at $3 .'174,000 and stocks valued at $2 22(1 00(1 Sirmo , i ? ? , Miuvu uiiv u?UC< Ul Mil" issue of these bonds there have been issued 4,044 bonds r>f the denomina uon of *1 OuO and 2,134 bonds >f the denomination of $500. ftf.iny of these bonds have been exchanged for stock , and therefore it will be apparent that fraudulent transactions might huv occurred as the employes of the re -, urer's oil! :e are considered above >;u . ptoion and the bonds are not counted. lu is said that waea a package < bonds v.ouid be re urucd in exchange f.;r Blocks it wool! be very easy to eui eel nine of the b^nds and substitute for the tenth a co ceded b u.d w; ;ch tail k-""" * ?? -- 1 uau uocu tiOK 1 VI J f y . Y i f foro. The lo,?i lativo in >< I !gati. g oon.unibLco would count merely th*i bonuf? at units without inspecting them, and h the number coi espm d j'1 svith the number r*,porioci t<x;oanged for ht cks within th year, there would he no bUip.oloa ot phe 1 -co that u of the bondH exchanged, for instance hi* 1805, bad bo -a *ubstltu .^d for u bond exchanged hi 1900 and that tbc latter hud b tu U'k i? from h pickago and had b> n sol I. "he Si woul' therefore b> paying in'oresj or. the bond wl'tiO ?b 'UlU have he*:< uu? celled as wed as upon t.\o stock corti*. ticite whibh had b en L sued in place of .ho bond. A \ Mr. /. nrcennan \?as ehargee wlta t e custody of t.ne bou a, as be the exc a g d boa is "cancelled" and was tlio on^ rci?p mslble for marking as the entries ou the books were lu his handwriting It is easy to connect him with the fraudulent exchange. niK many friends hope that there will be some way in which the matter can be cleared up and Mr. /Jodmerman prove that he was not guilty of the serious offenses charged. ( Mr. Zimmerman surrendered on Wednesday and gave bond for s?vcnteen thousand dollars for his appearance at court. WHY EE LOST JJB. , i The F.xplnnstion ot t ho Su m mary DiAiit IhkaI ol a Clerk. I The biggest sensation in government service in Washington in year was the dismissal, without hearing or chance of defer.es, of Walter S. Elvldge, a| messenger of the bureau of standards, which comes under the department of commerce and labor. No reason was assigned f??r the dismissal, but it Is now known that E v idge is the man who was driving an automobile a few d rys ago in front of ; the carriage of President. Roosevelt , and would not move out of the way t<? let the carriage of the president, bv annoy ing the president by the dint he threw brhind. i As a result of the act of Elvldge, win was app fluted from Mlnneso'.a, the President Tuesday issuul an order conferring upon cabinet (.llloers and himself Lin ritfhr of instai.r. <iiumiuuai without notice or nearing, of any em oloyc of the government serviC3 observed to he conluotlog himself emproper ly or to b3 inefficient. It is sup posed that the president immediately gave orders to Secretary Metcalf to have E'vldge dismissed, and this was done Thursday. When seen on the subject Secretary Metcalf declined to give the reasons for the dismissal of Elvidgo or to admit that he was the man who had kept in the way of the president. The action of the department was accomplished with the greatest kind of mystery. President Roosevelt himself, under civil service regulations, that existed until Tuesday, could uot bring shout the dismissal of Elvidge without tiling hargss agaist him an 1 permitting E vldge to tile a defence, but under the new order Eiyidge was not allowed a j defonoo. < The statement of E vldge is that he < did not know that he was keeping in i front of the president's carriage, lie did not know whose catrlag ; ho was i in front of. lie remoLtibjrs that borne ono (.to now understands it was a see- i rot service < Hi cor) motioned to him to , got out of the way, but that he d d j Dot pay nry attention, because if he 1 l ad crossed to the other side of the i . rc'i oull tr-v; violated I.) h trie i regulations and laws as to keeping to ooe side of the s'rrot, allowing tile other for v ihicles coming from ao op- 1 p >stte direction. 1 On the other hand it Is charge:! that J i; vfdge Pv'rs stoutly kept his Mi'oma- ' u.le in front o' the presidential oirriage doing so in a disagreeable and 1 u.jfair way. j ill IkJVolt, Thorougly disgusted by tbo unlver- { sal glvlug up of tnelr wives to boctal * functions, 200 cltlz ins of Williams port, Warren county, iud., have en lerer vigorous protests against the practice, and have demanded in no uncertain terms that there must bo " in ire consecration to home duties and ' less devotion to clubs The recant 1 utterances of Mr. Cleveland on the 1 kuI j 3Ct caused lqucu comment among .CH husband, and it was concluded that the ex president knew a thing or ' two about women that he was not afraid to tell, aod the Wllliamsport husbands determined to be equally bold. Tills led to protests home, and when mere were Ignored, another plan w. s avanced. The husbands met yesterday afternoon, had a pink tea of their o vn, and then marched n a body lu l.he various places, wn re their wives ware being entirtaln d Hid burle quad their f-ooial functions. Tne husbands were f dlowr.d by a lar gs crowd of b >ys and single men and the alllir was made as grotesque as posuible. "i'Hilholt" No More, There Is no sentiment Jtt the hearts of the gentlemen in charge of the postollice department; neither is there any murlc in their souls. With owlish wisdom and due disregard public feel ing they have declared "Ta lholt" to be laewng in euphony, therefore the postoillce of Taliholt, I nd., is no more. In its place we are to havo Carrullton. In the name of all lovers of real poetry, The Commoner proieits. When Jam's WnHecomb Riley wrote "The Little Town o' Taliholt" he made t '.t village famous, and he added tc i i gaiety of na ions. And now to <i ?v j uuw *or>ua, uupo?Tio, prortaio tuv urn; nbimeutal posbofflce ftut loritlcs u too v.l.nge from the nr p 1h too much. li'ittrjr Ooaili Show r. At Otaicago, 111., five toni of mol e metal exploded at the Joilot plant ?if the Illinois Steel Company Wed * < day fulling In a shower of d abh on a band of workrnoh about ;; uonvert r One man is dead, t ire - arc fat . lj born a end half a fl Z3n are b-sjued ho b 'dly that they may die. Too accident came without warning. The tx, odor; a hook the whole p ant, vony, panic hn.) r-very our or o/1 toe great wo ki. Halt a hundred moo w re wit dn ran-.To of the liquid metai ana many suit M "irns. W I li V lHIC (Jn. Secretary of War lionap. .o has pi\;ml'iud t > v sit Oaarl ; >n s rn Vl c Jo Nov uuo&r or L> o uhor, on .tie < c ;asiou Ol die present it ?a of a Silver sarvica to the cruiaer "O turl&stun" by the city of Uhariojton. 1 i THE SCHEME, ' \nd How It Was Worked by the Bond Clerk. SURRENDERED HONDS, nstead of Rcin^ Cancelled as the Law Provides, Were Sold bv Somebody Connected With the Treasurers Office as Will be Seen by the Below. Following Is Comptroller Genera I ones' itemized statemont covering eximinat ion of bond transacttonsof S' ate treasurer's rill so transactions of 1st, 181)4, to date: On Fab. 2nd, 1895, E M. Morelatid surrendered for exchan^o bonds Nos. 744, 745, 710 and 7 17 for $500 eaoh, which were exchanged and included In stock certificates Nos. 542, 543 and 544 issued in the name of John Grimhall. The bonds appear upon the records to have b~en surrendered and exohaog ed for stuck certificates, but appear a second time as follows, to wit: April 22nd, 1899, Charles Logan surrender f?d for exchange bonds Nos. 74(1, and 747 for >>500 each which were exolnng ed and included In stuck oerthioate No. 947, issued in the name of Chas Logan. May 23-d, 1901, E. M. Moroland, surrendered for exchange bonds N ;s. 744 and 745 for $500 eaoh, which were exchanged and included In stock oer blli ate No. 1074 Issued In the name >f Mattle It. Ltiggs, trustee, and No. 1975, issued Id the name of E. M. Moi eland. Dec. 3rd, 1895, E. M. Merciand surreudered for excaauge bonds Nos, 725 and 72(1 for $500 each, which were txahauge 1 and included in stock certtfisale N >. <138, Issued in the name of has. vS. Kennett. The abo;e bonds appear again upon hhft ? >? iff o *i a f/~0 1A i>u> M'o .? ') U I u iul .. i vw^/4 < j i* -? xvnv " o *ri ft*j | IU?'" I). Chappciraan, attorney, surrender1/) for exchange bonch Noa. 72 > and 726 for 8.7PO each, wh.ch wore exchanged i! 1 include 1 in stock cert I ti oat, e No. 7(8, is uod In tiro name of the Gor man-American Trust and Gaving* bank. Jan. 15th, 1800, E M. Moreland sur rendered for oxcnange bond No 1173 for $1,000, which was exchanged and included in stock cert.itibatc No. 012, l.i.su ;l in ihe name of A. I). Murray. The above bond appears airaiu upon the records as f )llows: Jan. 26th, 1898, it. M. Marsnall A Bro., surrendt sred for exchange bond No. 1173 for $1,000, widen was exchanged and included in jtock cirtilieates Nos. 863, 861 am. $65, is mod in the name of M. 10 Whit e, et al. Jan. 24 th, 1896, 10 M. Moreland mrrendered for exchange bond No. 161 for $500, which was exchanged and nciuded la stock cerdlicate No. 649, Issued In the name of a. B. Murray. The above bond appears a second [iroe upon the record as follows: Jan. 26, 1808, It. M. Marshall & Bro., sur rendered for exchange bond No. 301 for $500, which was exchanged and Induced In stock certificates N< s. 863 864, and 805, issued in the name of M. E White, et. al. April 9bb, 1896, Henry P. Williams, cashltn. urrendci.: d for exchange b >n<l No. 1946 for $1,000; wnioh was exchanged! and tnc udoU In st ? k c*..r Hi >ate No. 687: 1 suxl in then.mo of Carolina Savings bank. The above appears a second time upon Ihe records as follows: Jan. 5bh, 1899, E. M. Moreland surrendered fur exoiiaiKG boud No. 1946 for $1,000, which was exchanged and included in stock certilibAte No. 934, issued In the name ot A. B. Murray. Jan. 14th, 1901, R. M. Marshall So hro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 1944 for 8500, whloh was exchanged and Included In stock certificate Nc. 10.58, Issued In the uamo of Richard J. Morris. Oct. 8th, 1898, W. A. Clark, president, surrendered for exchange bond No. 25f>2 for 81,000, whlc i was exchanged and Included In stock certificate No. 7:19, issued In the name of the South Carolina Loan & Trust Co. The above bond appears a second Mma upon the records as follows: Feb. 16th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrendered for exohange bond No. 2562 for 81,000, which was exchanged and included in stock certificate No. 706, issued in the name of Ilenry W. Frost & Co. Oct. 12th, 1896 Win. A. Nicholson surrendered for exchange bond No. 1 W(Wl f/.? ?l nnn ? lufn IUI ?> i,uuu, wuiuu was exchanged unci included in stock certificate No. 742, Issued in the name of Wm. A. Nicholson. The above bond appears a second time upon the records as follows: Feb. 18thf 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrender* d for exchange bond No. 1890 for $1,000, which was exchanged and Included In stock certificate No. 700, Is ued In too name of Henry W. Frost & Co. .Ian. 18th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrendered for exchango bond No. 2835 for $1,00 J, which was exchanged and included in stock certlti cite No. 763, issued In the name of Henry W. Frost & Co. The above bond appears a second time upon the records as follows: Feb. 10th, 1900, K. M. Moreland surrendered for exchange bond No 2325 for$l,000, wh'ch was exchanged and Included in stock certificate No 1.000, issued lu the i.amo of A. 11. Murray. March 16th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrendered for exchange bond No. 56 for $500, which was exchanged and included in stock cortiUeate No. 770, Issued in the name of Henry VV. Frost & Co. The above bond appears a second time upon the r*cords as follows. Jan. 20ih, I89t^, It. M. Marshall & Ilro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 50 for $500, which was exchanged and Included in stock cortiticUch Nos. 803, 804 and 805, Issued In the name of M. 10. White et. al. Oct 9th, 1897, Cnas. Logan surrendered for exchange bond N;, 1447 for $500, which was exchanged and included in stcck certltioato No. 837 issued in the name of Caas. Ljgan. Toe above b md app iars a second time upon the records as follows: Jan. April i . 'I, iflHO, wra. A. INlcnol so i & Son viirre idered for exchange bond No. 881 for $1,000, which wa? exchanged and Included in stock cartiticates Nos 088 and 680, Issued In the name of Wm. A. Nicholson & Son, The above bond appears a s cond t'me upon trie records as follow?.. O; . 14th, 1800, Dwight Hughes Biirren* it rod for exchange bond No. 084 for $1,000, which was exchanged and included in utook certificate No. 071, is suei In the name of Mattle 10 Uiggs, oxecx. efc. al. aud No. 075 In uic uuoic of Frank F. Whllden. April 17th, 1800, Wrn. A. Nicholson & Son surrendered for exchange bonds Nos. 288. 284 and 1944 for $500 each, which were exchanged and included in stock certificate N^s. 088 and 609, issu. d In the name of Viu. A. Nicholson & Son Too above bonds appear a second lime upon the records as follows: Feb* loth, 1807, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrender ,di for exchange bond Nj 9.S3 ' A , !il n itn'1 n?# ....... ?W ? *.'VW) ninvi tAuii'lls r-rl arid included in 8took c rt'tioiti No. 700, .u<:d lu the nanao of Hoary W. Frost & Oo. J 411. 20jti, 1818, R. M. Marshall & Bro., surrendered for exchange bond N >. 281 lor $700, which waj ? xcha;;,.<ci aud inoHidcd in wtock c rtltioaro Nufl. 683, 681 aid 085, Issued 1q the name of 1*1. 10. White et. at. 2<>Lh, 1898, R M. Marshall & Hro., surrendered for exohange bond No. I'M7 for $f>00, which wa< exchanged mid included In stock certificates N >s. 803, 8(51, and 865, Issued lu the name of M. 10. White et. al. July 22id, 1898, Henry P. Archer surrendered f r exouange bond No. 1035 for $500, which was ? xcharged and stock oriilicate N ). 913, Issued in the name of llenrv P. Arouer. The above bond appears a seo nd time upon the records as fol ows: Jan. 14th, 1901, R. M. Marshall & hro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 1035 for $500, which was fxchanged and stock certlii-'ao N >. 1058, Issued in the name of Richard J. Morris. Pointed I'Ht'AKri |)fl8. Beware of the willlug worker; he may try to work you" Y< u may lead a fool to talk but vou cannot make him think. It's imqosslble to cot vince a spinster that marriage is a failure. If a man owes any thing to himsolf he is apt t < settle prompt I >. Give a pretty girl a c lance to show cIT and she'll not g *t Ion s <mn. If touie men were to \ u - their consciences on ice tnoy would spoil the ice. ' lb Isn't ri^htto Julge a man by tiho company his wife's folks 1. lliot upon him, Now la the s ason fast approrohlng wh n the can-opener will bo mightier than the sword. Any young man who bellberately jilts an innocent girl deserves t) be nenpeoked by her successor. M ? Al t i*u Aiprioriso, we nave no data at haad relative to any ice dealer having been driven to suicide by remorse. A fber reaching a c ?rtain aye a man begins to rn vki up liis inlnd?and a woman beglnsto make up her fao). Nothing makes a woman .so angry angry as to prepare for cjmpany that falls to come?unless It is 11 have company come when she isn't prepared. I'istol Duel. In a sensational pistol duel at Tehule Mi >r., Thursday. W. A. Spratlin and .lack Glenn, two well known traveling men, met death. Spratlin, it Is cUlnabd, accused Glean of cheating In a game of cards. Liter the two men met on the princ'p u street of tbj town and both began firing. Gle 11 was struck by four bullets, and Spratlin aisu recelv 1 a death w mod Gieun repie tnte 1 a Greea vo d r udc li r.se and Sprat lira trav Hod f r t o National Drill CD., of Mer p ?ta. Fivo Deer Foan i Deed Sports mo ab nit C arie.?. n are Couoer.j' lover the nu ob.ir of dead deer found in fcho wjods, live being discov 1 in the past week lying dead apparently without a ?y reas ri for t ielr deaths. .Some of the hunters av that paris green used on cotton plants to kill A rpillers is responsible for the killing of the deer, which have eaten the pob on and died from ^ Jts effects. None of the deer had "black tongue." 1 v\