The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
a FAMILY AFFAIR.
N Interesting Chapter t, Insurance
Policy Holders
How Somo OF the Old Line Insursnos
Are Worked for the Benefit of
Certain Families.

HOW SOmo OF the Old Limo Insurance.
Ave Worked for the Benefit OF
Certain Families.
James Hazsn Hyde, James w.
Alexander, John a. Mccall, George
w. Perkins, Richard A. McCurfly,
Robert II. McCurdy. The Nav
York American eaitorially says tues=
are a few Of the Insurance. grafters
who should be tried or crln.lr.a, Char
ges. Commenting on tn, In" s,'ga-
zion now going on in Nsw N"k Of
the insurance compapies' tue N wv
York American says: I'VE hope and
believe that all the people f the Uni.
Sted States are reading day by day the
reports Of the investigation of the
methods OF the life insurance com.
panics now In progress. The braz IN
confessions OF grating, lootlng and
p,culatiOn made by the heads OF these
companies are so apparent to even
the casual reader that there seems
little need to call attention to them
II any man holding a policy In the
Eq lltable, the New York Life or the
Mutual Life docs not discover from
the testimony OF the officials Of those
companies that he has been sold a gold
brick, or butchered to make a holiday
for the families Of the presidents, he
must be more than blind-he must be
insane.
Now, mark, these men who have
been taking the money painfully scrap
ed together by hard working people
to furnish fund for the support OF
their wives and children after. death
are eminently respectable. They live
In beautiful houses in Morristo wn,
Long Branch, Newport or other
charming spots. They are members
Of the best" society, but for all that
they have done things that demends
investigation by Grand Jury.
Oi all the crimes which Nav York
has known there ls none SO heartless
and SO cruel as that Of which MsCall
and McCufdy are cOnfessedl guilty.
1t is high time that what ~ have
done should be looked at ia / proper
light as a crlme-a crime 81, b., yun-
isned by a penitentiary strisuc.--and
not as a mere matter O.. 60. ,orAtion
finance.
The money paid into the insurance
companies IS not, In the main, that OF
rich men. We hear now and again of
people who hold policies for $500 600
or more. They are the exception
The great volume of the insurance
assets Of something more than o bill
lion dollars Is made up Of policies of
81, 600 or less. These policies reprL-
sent the painful savings Of hard work.
ing men, savings on which they can
aope TO realize nothing, savings laid
up to save their wives and their boys
iyat ion ssStls
Should take The wage -earnef away.
Could there be any more sacred
fund! Could there be any trust r.
posed in man that should be quite
80 faithfully administered
And yet this is what the heads O!
two life Insurance companies did with
these fuads:
THE NEW YORK LIFE
John A Mccall, president 800 900
Darwin 2. KinSley, son iu.law,
second vice president 10000
John @ Mccall, secretary, son IA 600
Ballard Mccall, son 10000
Ambrose Mccall brother 5000
E E. Mccall, brother 10000
Walter Fitzpatrick, brother
in.law 1000
Frank Dolan, brother-in law $500
Albert McOlave, son in law 6,OOO
There are also at least ten other
relatives OF President Mccall who hold
minor places that pay them from
81, 200 to 81, 200 year each.
TIE MUTUAL LIFE.
President Richard Richard A. Nc
curry $l50,000
R,bt II. MoCurdy. sou, general
manager, salary 10000
Robert III. McCurdy, general
manager, com missions 100 600
l.. A. Thehaurd, son-ln.law,
commissions 147. 600
Z. a, Gillette, cousin, connected with
IeXaS agency; commissions 10, 800
ELLIS j. Moore, brother-in.law $4,000
z. Stuyvesent Pilot, cousin to
brothcr-in-law 5000
The story Of boys OF nineteen to
twenty one being paid out Of the fam
lily loot salaries Of $40, 900 to $40 600
IS too familiar to recount here. Bat
What of tine man who earns 81 500 a
year and pays the rascaly parasites !
You, VINO may read this editorial
may have an insurance policy, taken
TO keep your wife or your child from
want II you should die. Does 1t moi
compel you to scrape and save to meet
the yearly premium? Don't you once
in while lie awake wondering how
you are going to get tho money TO
keep 1t up. Anl now, when you find
your money, and that OF host OF
other people like you, Is beirg used to
maintain useless Cilicials, all Of one
family, in luxury, don't you think
chat IL Is time to act time to put
some OF these rich and respectfully
scOundels n~jaN?
WhaU more contemplate lot OF ras-
Gals has the world ever known than
the mon who send agents to gather In
the money of people Of slender means
and then use 1t for their own profit
Ii the criminal law Is unable to reach
these smooth scOundels, new laws
should be made to seEd these mon tC
the penitentiary. The mere matter
or restitution is nothing. They arc
criminals and should be punished as
such.
Killed Two.
At Chicago on Wednesday Robert
Newcome, colorcd, ran amuck and
Killed policeman and q woman and
fn trll llxr L., Il