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Ibe Press and Banner, ABBEVILLE. S. C. l IbwIooteT t ? Purloined From the State Treasury and Resold. BY THE BOND CLERK Mr. Dan'el Z inmerman, For Whose Arrest a Warrant Has Been Issued, but he Cculd not be Fouod. The Defalcation Will be Made Good. The Columbia State says there was a great deal of astonishment in Col * * 1 A- rT1---J ~" ?nf la at", umoia iaie J.ueauajr aiuciuwu ? -~~weck when it was learned that the State treasury tad lest $16 500 by error or by criminality. When it was learned that a warrant had been isfcu?d by a magistrate and had teen lodged with the sheriff for execution, charging that Mr. Daniel Zimmerman is guilty of a breach of trust with Xraudelent intent, there was even greater surprise, and much regret was expressed because a name as yet untarnished had been connected with such an < ff nse, justly or wrongfully. Mr. Zimmerman had been the bond clerk in the cffice of tbe Slate treasurer, aud held that pojllion from 1891 until 1901. It was during that period that tbe fraudulent occurences were found after a great deal of Investigation. Tbe specific charge is tbat when bounds were brought In to be exchanged for stocks, one or more bonds would be extracted from the package and instead of being cancelled would be sold *cd an old bond or bonds of prior c a e ?ould be dug up from the vaults at.d substituted in the bundles for c&. e iition so that in a cursory examinatiot it would appear that all of the bond . u Lhat package were properly cancelled In this way a bond and a certificate of stock wculd both be in tbe bands of innocent parties and the State paying interest on both and obligated to pay the pr::.cip 1 at tbe expiration of " * " ~ A VAal4f.1T I IDS D1H16 Bp C il I* uiu ui a icbuij the bond bad be l> adeemed by tbe State, tbe stock hauig been In exchange therefor. It a trick it was, it rt quired nerve r to carry it through for tue occurences covered a period of several years. Mr. Zimmerman's friends, and they are multiple, persist in declaring their belief in his innocense, and expect at the proper time to see him vindicated before the lav? in the courts. Mi. Z mmerman has been looked upon as a man in rather straightened circumstances, and it is believed by many to be impossible for him to have covered np such a shortage. There are two things which have made some of Mr: Z mmerman's friends wonder. First is the faot that he repeatedly declined to appear at the office of the State treasurer and clear his name of the odium which was sure to ba attached to an unexplained pub'icition of the facts. Tbe . other is that yesterday before the warrant could be issued, Mr. Zimmerman, who prob b y was apprised of what was &<? ui 10 transpire, walked out of tbe hcCK door of the office of Mr. S. L. Miller where he was em ployed In a clerical capacity and disappeared. He has not been seen t .since. Even if Mr. Zimmerman is the victim of circumstances, it is quite evident that the transactions could not have been conducted without tbe as sistance of an outside party. Had an employe of the State treasury presented a bond for sale, the prospective purchaser would have declined, for the Incident would have been suspio lous and tbe puichaser would want nothine but "gilt ecg^d" investment. Evidently there was a broker. TO find that man is now the otjjot of the State officials ijteiested. The innocent holders of the oonds will be ask red through whom they secured tbe negotiable instiutaenia. No innocent holder will lose anything for the 1 J~ ?ill nQoVl UUI1US Wlli uo agaiuiougviugu xui uuuu, Although once before they have been redeemed in stocks. While the loes^ is not so large, i& shows how, even in' the most jealously guarded system of business, error and sometimes wrong may creep in. DIBrARITY NOTICED BEFORE. As far back as two years ago, Mr. S. T: Carter bookkeeper in the offioe of the State treasurer, called to the attention (f tbe wajs and means committee the isc: that there was something wrong with the Interest paid on stocks and tbe coupons paid on bonds. What this trouole was no one at that time could tell, although it was seen fchat the State was actually pxylng more interest than was mathematically pr jpsr. At that time no intent was tu pected or the matter could have been aired. Mr. Carter had been cauea Deiore the ways and means committee to testify in regard to the petition of Mr. Geo. H. Cornelson, of Orangeburg, who stated that his brother, who had lived in Australia had died, leaving 810,000 in South Corolina bonds, which could not be found. It was wb-le luokiDg into the Oornelson matter that Mr. Carter first had his attention attracted to the disparity in in the interest accounts. About a month or six weeks ago Capt. Jennings received a letter from ;6ome ladies in Charleston in reference ?o some bonds in their possession, and In looking up the record with reference to these bonds It was found that there had been substitution. This was the first intimation the Statei treasurer had of the transactions which are no* susptc.ed cf being fraudulent. He saw tnat the entries were in the handwriting of Mr. Zimmerman, and yet thinking that it was a clerical errrr, telephoned to Mr. Zimmerman to come to the State treasurer's ctti e. Mr. Zimmerman stated that he would be there that afternoon at 4 o'clock. Two days elapsed and as tie bad nnt seen Mr. Zimmerman the State treisur?r a^atn 'phoned to h s house and Mr. Zimmerman stated that be h*d tteen unwell but would b."! there the next; morning at 10 o'clock, suspicion first aroused, Mr. Zimmerman failed to keep that engagement Capt. Jennicgs feared lhat the extent cf the error, as he thought It d i/ht not ba known to Mr. Z mmerman, and he wrote a letter under date of September 18th asking Mr. Zimmerman to call and explain a matter of considerable importance to Mr. Zimmerman and to the oflloe. After some delay Mr. Z mmerman I drove up to the east door of 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 i had attracted atteatlon as It had been made eo long ago that he cculd not explain it. Subsequen-.ly Mr. Z mrrerman appeared in the corridor of the capitol bulldidg and explained to Capt. Jennincs that it would' not be worth while for him to try to explain the matter as he had no recollection of it. This excited the suspicion of the peo : pie in the tfflje and Capt. Jennings Immediately notified the comptroller i general and demanded a searching investigation of the books in which the records were kept. THE COMPTROLLER'S REPORT. | Comptroller General Jones yester- l day submitted to Capt. Jennings the | following report made after a very searching ex imlnatici: "In your letter diric;ed to me as comptroller general, dated Octioter 7, . you state that there appear* to be an irrigularity in the matter of the ex change of a certain Bro^n &.upm bond, and the amount covered into a I stock certificate. That the State ap t pears to have lest the amount of this < bond and the interest at 4 1 2 par 1 cent. forBeveral years. You at>k tha* I, as comptroller general, und^r >e> I tlon 672, volume 1, of the code of 19 J2 I make a full investigation of the 9tatus < of the State's securities as therein re- f quired. i "In CDnformitv with the ab.v3 re < qulrement, I have personally examln I ed, with the help of S. T. Carter, i bookkeeper, and J. Fuller Lyon, bonJ ' clerk, all the securi y transactions r the State from January 1st, 1894, to ? date. From February 2nd, 1895 to 1 May 23rd, 1901,1 find a numbtr of < fraudulent transactions, aggregating | 91Z,OUU; ur 111 ouuoi nuuo, nuoou * transactions have increased the State's ] bonded debt to that extent, together with t3.903.75 Interest paid thereon, f making a total of 816.403 75. I "The i:ems going to make up the ] various transactions are full 7 itemized 1 and hereto appended. The examina I tlon reveals the fact that the bond < clerk during that period in whlci i these transactions appear upon the ( books, has falsi fled oc erased the num ] bers of certain bonds surrendered for 1 exohange and has abstracted bonds ? previously cancelled and has submitted the same at a later date for such bonds surrendered, and has evidently, as shown by the interest account put ' the bonds so erased as u lcancel'ed on ' the market." "This is clearly shown by the fact , that all transactions during this period appear In tie hand writing ot the same . bond clerk. It seems that tbe bond , clerk in tbe State treasurer's office | has charge of all bond transactions." , When he had received the report , and the itemizad statement from the comptroller general, Oapt. Jennings forwarded these to the attorney gen ( ami's r.fflnfl with a rrnuesfc to be ad vise d as to the mode of procedure Mr. Leroy F. Yoamans, the assistant attorney general, replied In the following term : "I am in receipt of yours of today enclosing oopy of yours of October 7th to Hon. A. W. Jones, comptroller general, and his reply to you of this date. You ask that I instruct you as to your duties In the premises. ( If, of your own knowledge, you know, or If from information obtained from others you believe or If as a conclusion from circumstances you have a jujt cause to believe and do believe that the bond clerk referred to bas commit ted the offense charged in the corres pondence, it is yiur duty to proceed In the criminal courts against the said bond clerk. Civil proceedings will be a matter for further consideration." WARRANT SWORN OUT. When thus advised, Capt. Jennings asked the attorney general to make out the warrant for the arrest of Mr. Z:mmerman. The warrant charges breach of trust with fraudulent intent and larceny of State bonds with the purpose of devotlncr the prooeeds to hlH nwn nersonal use. In his affidavit upon which the warrant was issued, Treasurer Jennings recites the transactions narrated by Mr. J.nes and concludes: "That at all these dates one Daniel Z tcmerman was the bookkeeper in the office of the State treasurer and especially entrusted by the three treasurers of the State named above in succession, with the performance of the duties of the treasurer in the surrender of Brown ooupon bonds and the is suanceof stuck certificates in exchange there'ore. "That in 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 aaoh bonds surrendered and the numbers of cartaln bonds Vulva this dpnnnftnt is informed and bellev a, been altered in the writing thereof to the prejudice of and with the Intent to defraud the State. "That this defendant la Informed, has just cause to believe and does believe that the said Daniel Zimmerman has been guilty of the offenses ab >ve set forth; has In so doing committed a breach of tiuit with frsu'u lent intention, has stolen the b inds aforesaid the property of the State, i has unlawfully Increased the State's bonded debt to the extent of 812,500 | besides $3,983 75 interest; that this deponent, Wm. T. Bates, Wm. H. ! Timmerman, A W. Janes, J. Fuller Lyon, S. T. Carter, are material witi nesses to prove the same. When the examination was first concluded, co evidence of fraudulent transactions during Capt. Jennings' administrations had been discovered bur, by a careful revisioa it was found that there was one such in April, 1901,1 two months after Capt. Jennings came into office. Tne full statement of the Items discovered Is given elsewhere One of these was on Jan. 15, 1901, just four days before Dr. Tlmmerman turned the office over to Oapi). Jen nlngs. MR ZIMMERMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE There was some delay in the preperation of the warrant and Dr. Bates and Dr. Timmerman, the two fcrrncr State treasurers, who still have a very sympathetic regard for Mr. Z'oamerman, drove ou^i to his house to prepare him for what was coming and to make a final appeal to him to olear 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 surance office of Mr. S L. Miller Taey drove without del;>y to tbe office of Mr. Miller and weie informed t'aat Mr. Zimmerman had just left. That was about 1 o'clock and it was not until 4 o'ciook that the warrant was placed In the bands of Sheriff Cole man. As soon as the warrant ba3 been sworn out, the news was made publio, and Mr. Zimmerman's friends as well as the officers of the law were all on the lookout for him, but he has not been seen sinoe the time or about the time he left Mr. Miller's cffioe. TVR TTWMTT.TmAM HiRD TTTT. It will be some time before it can be told definitely Id whose administra tions these i Stirs occurred, but at present it appears that the liabilities will be about as follows: W. T C Bates $ 1,200 W. H. Tlmmermau... 10,500 R. H. Jennings 1,400 Total 812,100 To this of course must be added the interest which will increase the total imount lost by the State of South Jirolina and to be recovered on the 30nds, 13,902 It is alleged that the fraudulent entries were made in this wise: A party saving bonds might prefer stooks in ixchange. - The papers would be pre , lented and the transfer made. Then nstead of cancelling the bond the jlerk in charge, apparently, wculd :ake out one of the bonds when there would be a large package and at sc me rave lent date would put it on tne u as if it were a negotiable inurument Instead of a bond whose valdity had been wiped out by the ex jhange. Toe bonds of the State are payable to bearer, ju?t as a bank note )r other currency, and the stocks are payable to order only. The Interest on the bonds is the lame as the interest on the stocks, 3at the coupons on the bonds may he presented by any one whereas the interest on the stocks is sent in checks to parties in whose name the stocks ire made out unless the State treaslrer has been notified of the transfer )f the stocks. For that reason inany people prefer stocks to bonds and there ire issued sometimes as many as 1,550 stock certificates in a year. HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. To show how easily this kind of transaction might have baen made without discovery exiept by accident, there are on the books of the State treasurer bonds of this issue alone ralued at $3,374,000 and stocks valued it $2 226,000. Since the date of the issue of these bonds there have been Issued 4,044 bonds of the denomina tion of $1,000 and 2,134 bonds of the ienominabion of $500. Many of these bonds have been exchanged for stocks md therefore it will be apparent that fraudulent transactions might have occurred as the employes of the treasurer's office are considered above suspicion and the bonds are not counted. It is said that when a package of txnds would be returned in exchange for stocks it would be very easy to cancel nine of the bonds and substitute for the tenth a cancelled bond whichbad been taken up several years be fore. The legislative investigating committee would count merely the bonds as units without inspecting them, and if the Dumber correspocdad with the number reported exchanged for stacks within the year, there would be no susp'olon of the fact that one of the bonds exchanged, for Instance in 1895, had been substituted for a bond exchanged in 1900 and that the latter had been taken from the package and had been sold. The State woul'4 therefore be paying interest on the bond which should have been can celled as well as upon the stock certificate which had been Issued in place of the bond. As Mr. Z mmerman was charged with the custody of the bonds, as he the exchanged bonds "cancelled" and was the one responsible for marking as the entries on the books were in his handwriting it is easy to connect bim with the fraudulent exchange. His many friends hope that there will be some way in which the matter can be cleared up and Mr. Zimmerman prove that he was not guilty of the serious offenses charged. Mr. Zimmerman surrendered on Wednesday and gave bond lor seventeen thousand dollars for his appearance at court. Killed Two. John Price a young drug clerk, had a battle with a band of Italians at Paw Paw Md., and Frank Ficco and G Dalessandro are dead, and Clemento Ilonollee is said to be dying at the hospital. Price had had trouble with one of the Italians sis weeks ago, and Wednesday the men Insulted himPr.ce knocked knocked him down, whereupon a dozen Italians, with drawn revolvers and stilettos, drove tilm from the train at Okonoko. Price hid in the rear when the train pulled out, and. reaohiDg Paw Paw, he got a revolver and opened fire. The Italians returned the lire but Price was unharmed. He la in jail. That Settles ir. The Mikado tells his subjaots that he is perfectly satisfied with the terms of the peace treaty and tbat Is enough for them. But the minister of wai has taken the precaution to forbid discussion os the matter in the army, under heavy penalties. Imperial virtues are all right, but the heavy hand of authority is not to be depised. ANTI-LIQUOR IAW Must bo Enforced in Couities Which A Have Voted Out | The Ditp-msary. Constables Sent to Plckeus Connty on the Advice of Chit I Consttb'e Himmett. As was suggested in The State and other dally papers Gov, Hey ward has b:en puzzled to know what to do with the enforcement of the dispensary law in counties which have voted out the dispensary, At first his disposition was to remove the oonstables and to trust to the people of the county to keep down the illicit sale of llqu r. Complaints having come from P.ok- Jc ens and Newberry counties, Chief M Constable Ham met was sent to those ^ districts to investigate. Upon his *r showing that the officials Id Pickens 18 admit that they do not try to enforce the law, Gov. Heyward ordered con- 8U stables to be placed there, bu*. the -4 Newberry situation was not disposed jf pending the action of the law and wl Order league in that county. The constables in Pickens will be 54 paid out of the prooeeds of a special b* levy of a half mill in that county. Mr. ' Hammet's report is as follows, ad- to dressed to the governor: ed "At your request I paid a visit to Newberry and Pickens oouities last? 22 week, and endeavored to gather suoh ed Information as wculd enable me to make to you an impartial report of the actual situation with referenoe ^ to the enforcement of the law, which Lc report, I trust, will prove satlsfaotory. At Newberry I conferred with a 74 maAMn(nAM^ MAAnlA GI UULKiucr ui uiiu iiiuau |/iuuiiuouv ywpio both for and against the dispensary, and from a careful review of what of was told me I ?m led to believe that 10 the looal officials and the better ele M( ment of the oitlzens desire the enforcement of the law, and are endeavoring to oompel it In the olty. but at the same time I am foroed b to the conclusion that it is being vlo- ? lated in certain parts of the county ct outside of the town, and I would re- , commend that constables be placed in ?u the county where it is necessary to D prevent the trafflo in whiskey as long f ' as lc may be deemed advisable. fn. "From Newberry I went to Piokens, where I found about the same 70 conditions existing, with tha excep- mj tion that I satisfied myself that liquor b is being sold in the towns as well as in the country. Here, too, I Interviewed a number of substantial and rei well posted citizens, eliciting from f0] them sufficient information to warrant in< the above opinion. I learn that the iss distillers are again active, and that 1 most of the whiskey being used is th Diocnauta. ja. "In view of the above facts, I f0j recommend that constables be placed w} li Pickens county where necessary." sty Gov. Hey ward in a letter to Mr. D. 86 R. Coker of Darlington on the 15th yj of July stated his position on the matter. He will give the people of a county a fair trial Defore appointing constables. JJ Ml8? A.liOd'4 (Jltd. lQ If the presidents daughter desires lss to keep all the costly presents presentted to her trip abroad she will likely tli have to have the help of congress. In 26 no other way will she be able to get re them In duty free, unless she will do- fo nate them to some national lnstltu- In tlon. The law makes no exceptions 86 in favor of the president or members M of his family; consequently when Miss Roosevelt aril ves at San Franclsoo she will have to the custom offi- ca oials the value of all the articles she ^ brings with her. If they are really worth as much as reported, 1400,000, ? Miss Roosevelt oould not afford to pay q the daty, whloh amount to as much as her fathers salary for one year. Q1 i Pistol Due). 16 1 n a aanantinnol nlsf/tl Hnttl it. To. 61 J.U o oouoauv'uai V? UV? W? A w bule Miss., Thursday. W. A. Spratlin w and Jack Glenn, two well known trav- 8t ellng men, met death. Spratlin, it is ^ claimed, accused Glenn of cheating In a game of cards. Liter the two men met on the principal street of tbe town sg and both began firing. Glenn was & struck by four bullets, and Spratlin rj also received a death wound. Glenn tl represented a Greenwood music honse tl and Spratlin travelled for the Nation- g< al Drill Co., of Memphis. Here TMb week. ^1 Governor J. K. Yardman, of Missi-J sippi, will be In Columbia this week g. and deliver an address to the South- j em Cotton associatian. Mr F. H. Wesson, the secretary of tbe assertion, received word of Mr Vardaman's ?j intention to oome to Columbia and preparations will be made at once to reoalve him. Among other speak ers will be Messrs. Harvi; Jordon, sc tbe president cf the Cotton assocla- bi tion, and E- D. Smith, the president ? of the South Carolina branoh of tbe ol association. ai A A Hard Job. The Newberry Observer says farm- tl ers will have to protect their farms F and their labor from tbe blind tiger. C They can do It, but it will require El very positive and determined action, ei Herein is one of the great benfits of V neighborhood control, which can be V secured by tbe organization of law and order leagues in the several school B districts. E e< Burned to Deatb. ^ A negro child was burned to death q on Thursday in York county, haviug been left alone ip the house while Its E parents were out cotton-pickins. f And two others in the same county e< were burned to death under similar ? circumstances on Saturday. a Guests Lett. The appearence of a negro football d player at a table in a Chicago hotel f caused the hotel to lose eight faml- c lies who were boarding there. The c management of the hotel exercised ? the right of choosing their guests and the boarders evercised the right of tl choosing their associates, " 1 > THE SCHEME, j ] nd How It Was Worked by the Bond Clerk. i ? - 1 URRBNDERED BONDS,, 1 T~ 8 1 stead of Btiog Caoctlled as the Law a 7 Provides, Were Sold by Somebody I Conn cted With the Treasnrers Office as Will be ^ Seen by the Below. ^ Fullowlntr is Oomptroller Genera * mes'itemized statement covering ex ^ olnation of bond transactions of 9' ate i eaaurer's cfflje transactions of 1st, ei 94, to date: 01 On Feb. 2ad, 1895, E M. Moreland rrendered for exchange bonds Nos. 4, 745, 746 and 747 for 1600 eaob, lioh were exobang d and fr eluded & stock certificates Nos 542. 543 and ? 4 issued la the name of Jjhu Grim- * 11. . 7' The bonds appear upon bhe records $ have been surrendered and exohaog for a took certifloatea, bat appear W leoond time as follows, to wit: April 2( ad, 1899, Charles Logan surrender 81 for exchange bonds Noa. 746, and 7 for 85 JO each which were exchmg lr and Included la stock certificate 8< ). 947, Issued in the name of Chas E ?gan. May 23rd, 1901, ?. M. MIreland, rrendered for exchange bonds Nos. di 4 and 745 for 1500 each, which were *' ohaoged and lacluded in stock cer e< l;ate No. 1074 issued in the nam9 11 Mattie B. Btggs, trustee, and No. 75, issued lo the qame of E. M. jieland. ' 21 ??? si Dee. 3rd, 1895, E. M. Moreland sur- i< adered for exchange bonds Nos, 725 &] d 726 for 1500 eaoh, which were ex- 8i ansed and iacladed in stook oertifl* ol te No. 038,. issued in the name cf las. S. Bennett. The above bonds appear again upon si e records as follows: May 28, 1896 i< Chappelman, attorney, surrendered ai r exchange bonds Noe. 725 and 726 u r 9500 each, whxh were exchanged d included in stock certificate No. ti I, Issued in the name of the Ger im-American Trust and Saving* g, nk. - li Jan. 15bh, 1891, B. M. Moreland Bar- J! adered for exchange bond No 1173 r 11.000, whloh was exchanged and sluded in stook oertifioate No. 642, ued in the name of A. B. Murray. The above bond appears again upon F e records as follows: Jan. 26th, 1898, M. Marsnall & Bro.lv surrendered r exchange bond No. 1173 for $1,000, lioh was exchanged and included in E "-'i?oao oa* ...I C] JCJt Ujruuuaueo UUB> quo, OUT <MJU 5, ftnued la the name of M. E. ti bite, et aL e: Jan. 24th, 1896, E. If. Moreland rreadered for exchange bond No. . 1 for 1500, which was exchanged and oluded In stock oertifisate No. 649, lued In the name of . B. Murray. The above bond appears a second no upon the record as follows: Jan. , 1898, B. M. Marshall & Bro., sarndered for exchange bond No. 361 ~r $500, whloh was exchanged and oluded In stock certificates Nos. 863. 4, and 865, issued In the name of z . E White, et. al. ' tl April 9th, 1896, Henry P. Williams, b shier, surrendered for exchange bond a o. 1946 for 11,000; which was extanged and inoluded In stock oertifi ii ,te No. 687, Issuidin the name of <* irolina Savings bank. a The above appears a second time b) jon the records as follows: Jan. 5th, p 199, E. M. Moreland surrendered for l< ichange bond No. 1946 for 91,000, hloh was exchanged and included In e ook certificate No. 934, Issued in 8 te name of . B. Murray. o April 17oh, 1890, Wm. A. Nichol in & Son surrendered for exchange md No. 884 for 11,000, which was [changed and Included in stock cer- c flcates Nos. 688 and 689,. Issued in J le name of Wm. A. Nicholson & 1 an. 13 The above bond appears a second 8 me upon the records as follows. Oct. Lbh, 1899, D wight Hughes snrren- e ared for exchange bond No. 984 for 1,000, which was exchanged and in- e uded in stook certificate No. 974, is- c led in the name of Afattle E Biggs, 8 ceoi. et. al. and No. 975 in the name f Frank F. Whilden. April 17tb, 1896, Wm. A. Niohol>n & Son surrendered for exchange onds Nos. 283, 284 and 1944 for 9500 ioh, which were exchanged and in- ' uded in stock certificate Nos. 688 c ad 699, issued in the name of 1m. e .. Nicholson & Son t Tne above bonds appear a second I me upon the records as follows: a eb. 16th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & * 0., surrendered for exohaoge bond 1 k>. 283 for 9500, whloh was exohang- c i and included in stook certificate t [o. 766, issued in the name of Henry 1 1. Frost & Co. i Jan. 26th, 1898, B. M. Marshall & s ro., surrendered for exchange bond c -* Ui.v. ..Ann/. V 10, Z04 iur ?UVU, WUlUU nao cauuou^- 3 and Included In stock certificate c r-js. 683, 684 and 685, issued in the ' ame of M. E. White et. al. Jan. 14th, 1901, R. M. Marshall & iro., surrendered for exchange bond i To. 1944 for 1500, which was exobang- < d and included in stock certificate i Ic. 1058, issued in the name of Rioh- j rd J. Morris. / Oct. 8ih, 1896, W. A. Olark, presi- ( ent, surrendered for exchange bond f fo. 2552 for 91,000, whicii was ex- ? banged and inoluded in stock certifi- A ate No. 739, issued in the name of t be South Carolina Loan & Trust Co. ? The above bond appears a second c I no 9 upon the reoords as follows: Feb. r 6th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., i " 1 mrrendered for exchange bond No 2552 for 81,000, which was exchangee ind icc'uded In stock certificate No ^66, Issued In the name of Henry W. Frost & Co. Oot. 12ih, 1896 Wm. A. Nich hot lurrendered for exchange bond No. 1896 for 91,000, which was exchanged md included in stock certificate No. r42, issued in the name of Wm. A. Slobolson. The above bond appears a seoond lme upon the records as follows: Fab. 6th, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., urrender'd for exchange b3nd No. 896 for 81,000, which was exchanged ,nd Included in stock certificate No 66, issued in the name of H<.n y W. frost & Co. Jan. 18ih, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Jo., surrendered for exohange bono To. 2835 for 81,00}, which was ex hanged and included in stock certiflate No. 763, Issuad In the name of [enry W. Frost & Co. The above bond appears a second Ime upon the records as follows: Feb 0th, 1900, E M. Moreland surrender d for exc lauge bond No 2325 for 81, 00, which was exchanged and indud d In stock certificate N j 1 000, lssu i in the Lame of A B Mifrray. March 15 ;h, 1897, Hjnry W. Frost ; Co., sprr*Qd4rea for exchange bond to. 56 for 8500, which waa exchanged ad included in siook certificate No. 70, Issued in the nama of Henry W. '.rv?4- r\^ AUOU UV \JJ? The above bond appears a seoDP me upon the records aa follows. Jau 3ih, 1898, R M. Marshall & Bro., irrendered (or exohange -Bond No 3 for 1500, which was exchanged and loluded In stock certlflcites Nos. 863 34 and 865, Issued In the name of M I White et. al. Oct 9th, 1897, Coas. Logan surren sred for exchange bond Na. 1447 for 500, whloh was exchanged and lnolui3 in stock certificate No. 837 Issued i the name of Coas. L igan. The above bond appears a second me upon tbe reoords as follows: Jan.. 3th, 1898, B. M. Marshal* & Bro , irrendered for exchange bond No 147 for $500, whloh was exohanged ad included In stock certificates Njs. 33, 864, and 865, Issued in the name [ M. E. White et. al. July 22 id, 1898, Henry P. Aroher irrendered for exohange bond Ho. 335 for 1500, whloh was exchanged ad stook certificate No. 913, Issued i the name of Henry P. Archer. The above bond appears a seo nd me upon the reoords as follows: Jan. ibh, 1901, R. M. Marshall & Bro., irrendered for exchange bond No. 335 for 1500, whlc ? <*as xohanged - J 1_ ?.jiJ xt * ero aa 8(oo& cerbinsai; ?1 1 do, ioouvj i the name of Blew > J Morris. HOLD YOU a tor iOH. ourteen Reuonk Why the Farmers Should Do So. The following circular from Mr J. i. Wannamaker, President of the rangeburg County Cotton Assoclaion will be read with interest. Farmers, hold your cotton for iilghr prioet! Because it is worth 11 cents or more! Because It Is bound to soil at muoh Igher figures 1 Because the man who makes the Dtton should help to make the prioc! JD"OttUfiC tlftUO AO UlVOU OUU oviuugj ad record-breaking as to textilet! Because the mills are making mon y on basis of 11 cents and 12 canto DttOC I Because the world needle very bale, nd will take it greedily at 11 cants if re would hold flrn! Because we are no longer slaves to lie north, but free people with our anks full of money, and the merchants nd bankers at our backs! Because we live in a reoord-bi eakig age, and the present ootton crop, rhicb has matured and opened unuslly early, will be found to be very bort, when the world-wide and unreoedented demand for ootton goods i considered! Because the farmer needs the mony, and deserves it more than the peculator! Because money don't buy as much ow as former^! Because everything the farmer buys las gone up in pries, why not ootton! Because the Southern Ootton assoNation has fixed tbe price for (rood ottonatll cents, and this assooiaIon is fighting ourbattle, and has put nillions of del ars in the pockets of outhern people! Beoause we should be true to southern manhood and tbe southland! Beoause if we show the white feath?r and sell, we will felt like kicking lurselves out of sight when cotton is elllng at 11 cents to 12 1-2 per pound! S:and pat for 11 cents! T T? \A7 onro wotar Ill JJi? TTAUUHUUvavi] President Orangeburg Cotton Association. Hd Mean! 1c The Anderson Intelligencer says: 'Gov. Hey ward's election tothepresi lency of a large warehouse company impliasizes his statement made some ;ime ago that he would retire from >olltlcs at the end of his present term is governor. His tenure of the exscu rive cfflce has been marked by a comnendable firmness in dealing with lifficult public questions,and there are thousands of people over the State who will receive his announcement with egret. His administration has been a uooesful one, and on more than (n iccasion he has displayed an admira>le spirit in enforcing the laws of the ? ? ?* -? r\f an tin. Hjmmuuweaj tu iu uuc ia^ ui uu riendly public sentiment." Got. bi jwtrd in Atlantr. Got' Hey ward was the guest at At anta of Got. Terrell on Friday and Saturday last upou the occasion of President RooseTclts visit to Atlanta. 3e was presented to tbe president by Georgia's c'lief executive and had a jrominent part in the reception Besotted the distinguished visitor. Gjt >rnor Heyward recently advised Govsrnor Terrell of his purpose to visit Atlanta to confer about tbe disputed >oundary line between Georgia and South Carolina, and at the Invitation if Governor Terrell he agreed to renain over in Atlanta and meet Presdont Roosevelt. . mTsad tale .V ,/ ' '#4 { Of the Sea Told by Two Survi i vors of a Shipwreck. BEATEN TO PIECES \" ' 'x Off the Coast of South Carolina, Sir Members of a Schooners Crew Found Graves in the Deep, After Many Days of Most Terrible Suffering. "rrf" . v A story of a North Atlantlo ship. wr< ck, in which eight seamen* suffered so fearfully from exposure, hanger and thirst that six of th?m either died outright, were washed away, or orazid by their fearful experience, obrew themselves into the sea, was told by the twa survivors of the coasting schooner Van Kama and King, of New Haveo, Oonn, which vc s oeaten to pieces by a gale off the i^u'Li Carolina coast on October 6th. Tae two men w.^o lived through be. five days and were rescued by the jchoouer Stillman F.Kelly, whioh arrived at Boston, Mass., on Tuesday of last week, are Wm. Thomas and Wm Q. Warner, both about 29 years old, six feet three inches tail, and bail from Antigua, British Watt ladies. Tne six who, ona (by one, ape* oumbed, were Oapfc, Wm. A. Maxwell, of New Jersey, Mate B. Su HhaoA KAWIA ?a? ?' vuwuvj uwrno UUAUVHII) Oll||UM9f| . ^ German, name unknown; colored steward, name unknowc; ooloredOM* men, Wm. flilnill mil ftlfml fliMfti. both of Jamaica. The Van Name and King, tUA bas been plying op and Arirtt the coast since 1886, left Charleston, 8. 0., for New York oo Ook 3, with a cargo of hard pine. Two dsyslatsr, she ran Into a heavy gale and *CMK wallowing aooat In the great seas 9gr several hoars sprang a leak. Tin pumps were started, bat within a short time the engine room was flood* d and the pomps choked. At 8 o'clock on the morning nf Oot 6, with her hold nearly fall of water, the little, schooner was hove down op ber beam ends. The crew clamored up or the weather side aOd lashed themselves to bulwarks. There ther remained washed by the seas that b'oke mercilessly over thorn all day Friday. That night the storm Increased In fury and one great wave crashed aboard, breaking both lags of Prnmin Arthur and sweeping Grlxeli from his fastenings. Arthur's companions could do nothing to ease his Kzfisr* ings, but when on Saturday ths schooner turned completely over they managed to out his laahirigs and dag him on a piece of the after hones. It was Beveral hours before they west lU buddkd together on their little raft i That night Arthur died in the arm of Oapt. Maxwell and his body was dropped overboard. Sunday brought a ray of hope, when a craft wasUgftflh ed but the gloom shut in sgafn as she passed by without heeding the HtH? group.of seam jn who were frantically signalling her. That night the vtfM subsided and a little rain fell whioh was eagerly oaaght in a tarpaulin and brought some slight relief. , It was oaly temporary and not loot afte Mate Chase's mind gave way entirely and the craft was again lightened when he jumped into the as* Tae next victim was Oapt. Maxwell who on Monday forenoon became violently insane and followed his mate's example of sels-destruction as a rsllef to his sufferings. The spectacle eC two men throwing themselves into *>Ka cae mn/th /I ? UUU DWI fiv T WU WWW U4UVU VtfV Vdft man engineer and a few boon later he, too, leaped 60 his death. The last victim was the eolorad steward, who died Monday night and whose body was consigned to tbe waters by the two remaining seaman. Belief came 12 hours later when tbe > schooner StUkn&n F. Kelly, bound up the coast from Ceylon, Georgia, to this port, sighted the little eraft and hove to aloag8ide. Both Toomas and Warner had to be taken off in slings, and for two days were unable to move. The rescue took place off Oape Lookout Tot Kelly arrived this afternoon bat th * seamen were still too exhausted to land. Died at Hla Poat. Felix King, son of a wealthy New York man.died Wednesday nlghf at the Marine hospital at Memphis Tenn King was a Mississippi river pilot and was stricken while at tbt wheel of the govarcment steamer Parker. H3 leaves a wife and son here in poverty, though his widowed mother and a married sister in How York and two brothers in Detroet an onH tr\ ho wpa.lt,hv flni nfffmm hla own acts,King refused to inform them of his wants and was tended and buried by the government he served. His wi'e hopes to find the New York address of his relatives. A Dynamite Oatrag", A oharge of dynamite, exploded In the doorway of the grooery store of Antonio Gaibalvo, at 13 Stanton street, on the East Side, New York, early Wednesday morning, wrecked the lower half of the front of the bonding, shattered windows In the tenements above and threw into a panic hundreds of tenants in the neighbor* noou. u uue w<v? seriuusiy iujiuqu. Tae outrage is believed to have been directed agaima Garbalvo, who with bis two sisters, occupies living rooms at the rear of the store. Garbalvo a week aero recsived a Black Hand tetter demanding $1,000Matlnons Stokers. Thirty-three firemen oi the White tar line steamer Oceanic were arrested upon the arrival of the vessel at Liverpool, charged with combining to re* fuse to obey the masters command, have been sentenoed to seven days imprisonment , .