The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-19
oo,,prLsoRY VACATIONS.
TAD EMPLOYEES Who Are Required
'S7'' 10 Rec-eate.

10 SecrSatS'
I'm, the NelC York Star.
.rIpg1A. July 4-Compulsory
fHlLA-,e are in favor ia financial instltu-
vsc2'i'-,d other establishments where en-
ions az entrusted with the handling of
p0y II NAV seem strange to many people
iuhlN clerk or a cashier should re-
tai avail himself OF the chahce
fuse vacation in this hot weatner'
Of Ia ahnrs are many business houses III MI
bls &c that have learned 10 thelr sorloS
sleip -assoD why conhdential clelAs alu
- steadily refused TO absent 'reilio9l ~,
80. their desks Sucn men S onei any
4 from lu1t dafaulters, and the only reason
proVeu t.sined from taking two or three
they lfF in summer was the fear that tnelr
"eehs " ,1,ight be audi ed in their absence,
aeco iii Lead to their detection.
WHICH If tie thIeving that has been
ID va Inv such trusted officers, bank
pefpalr+s and employers in genera! nave
presiu..nl raalize that it is a good thing TO
H come VI ornnloyes handling money absent
MAKE ',e a.. for a short time during the sum-
the nisolr so as to permit an examlna-
non of their accounts. ,o.o- ~ a,raran+
w. m duty while robbing their en-
ue 5oe'rS occurred in the Chesapeake ana
P B}tsuara Canal Company, where two
Jed old men, Lesly and wilson, stole
ssnS ooO from the company. Neither Wouid
90. take a vacation for fear the pooks
I'D he ex mined in their absence boCh
ara now serving long terms III inc eaSUeIh
penitenuaTy' shat IF Toseob KNIGHT
"a AlI Iras emnloved for a quarter of cen
W.. in the Manufacturers National Bank.
Igi -aver had a day off. and would not
-. of taking a vacation In summer. he
- bis nositlOu so well that he steadily
Haf,,sad n promo ion, and also turned his
tooi, IN better position offered him by an
- hank When he was tripped no 1t
,ras learned that he had stolen about
;s a. oo6 He is taking prolonged vacation
in Jail ,,i,;o oboroo+o. ruos
.ba+ NJ Glenmore Todd, of the Provldent
life and Trust Company. Oh, no, he
iilsd his work too we'll to accept the vaca-
ron offered him every summer by the com
many. Finally, when suspicious OF the
Pfficers were aroused and Todd was forced
TO take a vacation, he was found to be about
sl50OCO sho in bis accounts.
William A. Smith, who held position OF
+r,ist in the Commercial Notional Bank,
|. ST q utlN tIlLGA "a "iAOCA
Int he was taken sick one day, and then it
was discovered that he had stolen $4,000
cashier White of the Times, who was
recently released from serving a term In
Novamensing, was too much in love with
his books 10 remain away from them a
single day. He, like the others, spurned
the idea of a vacation, but the day of
reckoning came, and Cashier White went
to iail as an embezzler.
I'VE always advocate giving holidays to
men holding positions of trust" said Secre-
tary Sabine Of the Guarantee Company of
North America, whose business consists of
bonding employees of corporations and pub
lie institutions. We think the men should
be made to take vacations whether they
prefer it or not, and t ey ould be notified
before hand Il their absence their &C
counts should be thoroughly examined
Many banking institutions have, i'll addition
to granting vacations, adopted the plan of
shifting the clerks and bookkeepers around
at frequent intervals so as to prevent col
fusion between the men,"