The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-30

and years after SO bills ceased to be issued.
de kept some government bonds here, and
came around at regular intervals TO request
us TO cut off them there cowpens' for him.
You have read, perhaps. of the country
man who bought draft to pay note
which was about due at some bank in a
distant city, put the paper in his pocket,
imagined 1t to be receipt, and only
dreamed of his mistake when he received
notice that his note was about to be pro-
tested. | have known just such cases my
self. But people may joke as they like
about the country folks; had much rather
do business with them than with some of the
smart city men who imagine they know
everything and seem to think a cashier is
wofully ignorant If he says doesn't know
them.
often, In answer to a request for identi-
hcation, l have been greeted with the set
phrase. Young man, did business with this
bank before you we're born 1t is amusing to
see what ridiculous passion such man
will sometimes get into when he is told the
fact may be exactly as he states it, but the
bank does not know him now. 1t is to be
expected that people who are unfamiliar
with banking rules and methods will give a
good deal OF annoyance, but there are others
like the man have described, who do the
same thing in order to impress us with the
sense of their Importance.
An amusing thing took place in our
bank few days ago. A laboring man had
been given q check by well-known con-
tractor, and came in to get his money.
told him he must be identified. The man
started, not having the faintest idea what
the word meant
"'Do you mean vaccinatedr he asked.
No, no. replied, after turning away to
laugh.
Bring somebody here that knows you
are the person named on the check. We
can't pay money TO people we don't know
The man departed and returned in about
fifteen minutes accompanied by his wife
He seemed greatly surprised when told
him that her Identification of him would
not be sufficient, and that he must bring
somebody who was known to the people in
the bank. After l had wasted half an
hour making explanations the maker of the
check happened to drop in, and got rid of
my troublesome visitor.
II have often seen men get so angry over
polite request that they may be identified
that they would actually tear up their
checks, meanwhile denouncing loudly the
man who paid his debts with worthless
pieces of paper instead Of cash.
There are any number of people, some
times, | think, as many as nine out of ten,
who seem to think it no crime TO cheat
bank. If there is streak of meanesS any
WuOFo III IIlallS nature III Will crop out
when he is put to the test on question of
money. Sometimes | have amused myself
by experimenting with men to find out
whether they were honest. There is an
easy way of ascertaining. For instance, u
depositor hands in his bank book, together
with a number of bills and checks the
amount of which are to be placed to his
credit
HE has n ade cut a deposit ticket which
he holds in his hand while / count the
money. Row muchP l ask. What do
you make itP he inquiries. name sum
IS or SO larger than l have ascertained
the amount to be. If man is honest be
will say that he thinks am mistaken; but
often he will turn around and make out
another deposit ticket, fixing the amount to
correspond with the figures have given
Then, of course, | count the cash again and
announce that have made mistake, and
to prove it hand back the money and let
him recount it. Men whom nobody would
ever suspect of crookedness are often very
quick to take advantage of little mis-
take in their favor. l know several
wealthy gentlemen who | truly believe
would never think of paying any sum,
large or small, that got into their hands
through bank clerks mistake"