The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 26, 1905, Image 5
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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.
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"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
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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."
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