The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-10-01
What IS Il hrgul Check,


What IS Il lrsul Check,
We find the following in lato
sluwbor Of the journal Of Commerce :
The following questions come to
from Southern banker
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 4, 1878.
10 the Editor Of The Journal Of Com.
nercc.
Twill feel much obliged by your
rcpi ing to the following inquiries
|. A check drawn pay yablo to order
Of, and tho blank hot filed up,
am right in paying tho amount 10
any person Ivy whom it ina y no pro-
bentcd, without requiring any en-
do'scment or acknowledgment from
chem
,. ~, check drawn payable to
"mysclf" and prosecuted !by the draw
CT. am [ right in compelling him to
endorse the same
Ny habit is, in tho first case, to
pay the check to any pcrson, without
endorsement and il the second case
/ require tho ''drpwer" to endorse,
that l may have evidence of the
raymnut in event Of bis dispnting the
tayt.
Your kind attention will much
obligc "TELLrR."
EErLy.-l. A check to the order
,cf blarE is By its express terms paya-
he with blank endorsements, and
rcquircs no name upon tho back Of
it.
.. There has been some legal dis
Oute,whcthcr check or lotc mac!n
% the order Of the drawer was a per-
fcct claim against the maker without
it lore also his endorsement. 4
check payable to "myself or order"
would be good voucher against the
drawer it tho bank could PROVE that
!he money VS. paid to him, but to
carry this proof with its possession
without further trouble the bank
ought to insist that the only one en-
titled to receive tho money as it
'tands should endorse it. The teller
is therefore right 10 botn nascs.
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They are in state OF great excito-
mcnt in Beckcnridge, Minu. This
youthful but fourishing town has had
ita first baby. The shops were clos.
cd, the field hands had a days ho!i-
day, and turnips, carrots and bects
lay idlo i'll the market wagons. The
solitary prisoner in tho log jill was
allowed to roam about in his cell
without his meals, ard the cry of
''mad bull' passed by uuhecdcd. 1t
was, in the language Of the local
journal, ga bright day for Hcckcn-
ridge, and gave it placo among the
brotherhood Of nations" The baby
when born, weighed one pound anil
a quarter, Tut when it was two weeks
old it hal gained two pounds. 1t
was only six inches long, and q COM
mon tuinhlcr would cover it. This
is small baby, it is true, but Beck
ridge is a small place ; besides, it is
young and oahpot ho expected to proa
duoo such large babies as oder towns.
But it is a thriving bhBy, or It would
not have gained two pohnds in as
many weeks. at this rate it will
weigh fifty pounds at The end Of n
year; and by tho time it is ton years
old it will pail down tho scales ut
SEQ pounda; SO it will he so"n that
although Bcckcnridso has bsyun
modcs,ly, it has begun well, and tho
creates: hopes may 10 entertained re-
garding its future progress.
Mr.. =. r.. Barnum announces that
if II balloon does not cross tho Alta
tic this fail he will spend $4,000 if
nccnssary in having that experiment
tried as early as possible next yoar,
provided one Or moro aofonaats can
be found in America or Europe who
will heartily make tho attempt: He
evidently does nor intend to make
the experiment. with cheap balloon,
for he says: As at present advised;
| shall hayo tho silk manufactured in
China, put together aid prepared
hudcr tho direction Of Scientific men
in London, an experimental abcension
made from the Sydenhhm Crystal
Palace grounds, thon bring the bal.
loon to America, and make ilio trans.
atlantic trip from Now York. thrust
the public will bolievc TINT II I put
ny hand to tho plow shall not look
back"
Tic Washington correspondent Of
tie Cincinnati Commercial writes
Sept. lGth "C. G. sammis (color.
cd) Who sailed from New York fol
E"ropc on Saturday last to assume
tho Office of United States Consul at
Stuttgardt, loft behind him IN this
city, several unpaid board bills, and
annmber Of protested notes or prom
i'es to pay. Sammis was appointed
on the recommendation Of ono of the
ElOrila Sonatora. of which State he