The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-09
The LOST BONDS
OF Mt. AdoIphus CorneIson's Es-
tate Cannot be Found.
INTEREST COUPONS

Cashed by 4 Farmer in Australia,
Who Says He Found Them in a
Hollow Tree.-It is Said Mr.. Cor
nelson Died by This Tree Out
There, and His Brother Is Trying
To Solve the Mystery.
Mr.. Adolphus CorneIson, who will
be well remembered by the people of
Orangeburg, as well-to-do farmer
nving afew miles out in the country
on his valuable plantation, and whose
dead body was found leaning against
tree in Australia about six years
ago, where he had gone in quest Of
health after a trip to the Father
land, was the owner, along with a
large amount Of other property. of
$4,000 Of South Carolina State
bonds which will likely never be re-
covered to his estate.
A strange and interesting story Of
the lost bonds is revealed by the ex-
perience of Mr.. George H. Cornelson,
of Orangeburg, in his long quest to
recover this and other property left
by his brother, who died without
leaving Will nor any explanation as
to his property. Mr.. George H. Coz
nelson, who is executor Of the estate.
is a wealthy retired merchant and cot
ton mill man, whose own estate IS
valued at million dollars.
After several years work the ex-
ecutor has Just been able to trace
possession of the interest coupons for
one year, which turned up in a mys-
terious manner at the State treasur-
ers Office for payment the yer; day,
and perhaps the very hour, that the
legislative committee reported favor
ably on a bill introduced by friend
of the Cornelsons to have the State
issue certificates of State stock for
the lost bonds, Mr.. Cornelson being
prepared to put up an indemnity
bond of $4,000 to protect the State
in case the lost bonds should ever
turn up.
This interest bill amounted to $3.50
and in order to reimburse the Aus"
tra1ian brokers. who cashed them
through the Bank Of Australia. the
rarne~ wh,, sold them to che brokers'
has had To mortgage MS little Aus
tralian farm. This farmer says that
these interest coupons Wee all tha1
he had. that he has never seen the
bonds and never heard Of them. He
goes on to explain that the coupons
we're found in a hollow tree or MS
place by farm hand.
Possibly it was this same tree
against which AdolphNs Cornelsol
leaned when he breatheo his last. He
was living in that neighcorhood ano
If was his custom to go out for Ions
| walks. and he died while out Oh one
of these trips. Whether this expia
nation needs further elucldatlon
whether he was murdered, whethe,
these bonds are not now being hele
secretly in New York by person.
awaiting opportunity to present tneh
for payment the public are lett u
guess.
When the coupons were presente'
at the State treasurer office Tor pay
mont through the Palmetto Natlona
Rank of Columbia along with 5000
others amounting to s149, 600, Whlc
represents the State seml-annual ID
forest bill on the bonded debt, Cnle
Clerk Carter had much dlfacuity l
tracing their arrival in South care
lima. Finally it was discovered ina
thev were sent here by the HanoVe
National Bank Of New York. Arme
with letters of introduction. MI GeS
n Cornelson went to Ne" 1ori
where the president of the HanoVe
Bank informed him that the coupon
came from the Gerald National ban'
through whose president Mr.. Corne
!. SON found the New York brokers WI
, had cashed them.
The brokers refused to give al
D information. but finally by a cou
9 nrder they were made to explain. VI
;. cornelson knew from the stamp
he back Of the coupons tnat TN
h had been cashed by the Bank OF Au
.ralia originally, and the broke
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