The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-04
PLAIN TALK.
A New York Baptist Minister
Calls Mccall a Thief
FROM HIS PULPIT.
The Preacher Taking for His Text, the
Commandment, Thou Shalt Not
SteaI," Said the Insurance Man
Had Violated That Com.
Hand by his Act.
nand by his Act.

LIE New 7 Ok American says JCll
a. Mccall, president OF the New
York Life Insurance Company, Wa
scathingly assailed from the pulpit o:
the Riverside Baptist Church Sunday
by it's pastor, the Rev. DR.. A. Lin
coin Moore.
A demand was made for the i'm
mediate resignation Of M. Mccall
and DR.. Moore declared with passion
ate earnestness that the head OF the
New York Life mad grossly violated
the commandment Thou shalt not
steal" Ia taking vast sums OF the
policy-holders money from the treas.
ury Of the company and contributing
these funds for partisan political
purposes.
Dr. Moore took as his text Exodus.
Xxx, Is: Thou shalt not steal" His
entire sermon was devoted to drawing
the distinction between honesty and
dishonesty His unexpected attack
upon the president OF ths New York
Life created a sensation in the crowd
ed church auditorium.
I'VE all recognize, :" said the divine
impressively, the rights OF property,
be that property great or small-5he
widows mite OF the fortune Of the
greatest millionaire. This brings US
to the forgotten commandment, thou
shalt not steal.
IT you would alwags Call stealing
stealing, and a thief thisf, there
would be less stealing and fsWsf
thieves. II an office BOY steals 500
from the cffice in which be is employ
ed, he is prosecuted and sent to jail;
bu5 if the president OF the same con-
pany finches few hundreds OF thous-
ands OF millions Of dollars from the
corporation's funds, be is hailed as a
Napoleon OF finance and men will be
found to sscone apologlsts for his
action s. :,
"The commandment ''Thou shalt
not steal" should be branded il let
tiers OF FIRE in the Office Of every bank,
and life insurance company OF tne
land and in the heart Of every man
vino handles other peoples money
and properly"
Dr.. Moore then electrified his hear.
ers by his scathing invective against
President Mccall, OF the New York
Life. In doing so be quoted largely
from an open letter that ae mailed TO
Mr. Mccall on Saturday.
"I have read the testimony OF John
A. Mccall, president Of the New
York Life Insurance Company" said
DR., Moore, and from reading that
testimony I have concluded that be
has arrogated to himself the power
and right to use the investors money
at his own discretion, unmindful OF
the fact that the money so used be-
longs to others.
Upon what ethical grounds does
this nan base his righb?" cried the
minister. Serving in a i3ucia7y Ca
pacity, as a TRUSTEES and not the own.
er, the testimony Of Nj. Mccall, with
it's unbl1sning confession Ct nisap'
preparation, Misrepresentation, mis-
management and possible speculation:
reveals his manifest moral urfJness
Tor the responsible position that be
holds, an Office which be has discredl.
ted and betrayed. Office is a Sscred
trust, and to bstray that trust is the
worst because the mean5sG KIND OF
stealing.
THE actions OF jain a. Mccall
are h.srant Violations Of the hrst
PRINCIPLES OF honesty and are utterly
tndefesible In law, ethics and business.
II unhesita5ingly affirm taaS MS
action in taking vast sums OF the poll
cy holders money from the treasury
OF the company without authority
other than his own, aod oeVotlng
those sums to partisan political puf'
oses, wasa gross violation OF tae
commandment, Thou Saalt Not
Steal"
THAT money was stolen just as
surely as 1t he had placed ais Eand
in the policy holders pockets and III
ched it from them"
The minister then quoted the 1ol'
lowing verse, which Is embodied IN
nis letter to President Mccall:
SIN vain men call old notions fudge
And bend the conscience to their
dealing;
The Eighth Commandment Will not
bulge
And stealing will continue stealing
THAT money wrongfully taken, SC
run1or says, was undoubtedly employ
ed either directly or indirectly II
constituting the ballot and dsbauch-
ing American citizenship" Continued
DR.. Mo ,rs, as be pounded MS pulpit
with emphatic earaes5aess.
Thus wropgdoing IS ever .proGuc'
tive OF wrongdoing, and the moral IN
6uence CT such men as Mccall anc
those associated with him ia the man
aeement, OF rather missnanagenen1
OF the n ew York Lite Insurance Con'
pany, will inevitably result in de1d
liz harvest OF wrorgdoing Throughout
our land. With many, premium
will be placed upoa dishonesty, anc
with Others, business integrity vii
become an empty name.
.tI ar, convinced that tire testimony