The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-18
GIVEN TWO YEARS
SEMINOLE AGENT CONVICTED
AND IMPRISONED.
Agent, Who Operated In This State
Arc Likely TO be Prosecuted II
They Can Be Reached.

Much interest is Felt over the
State in q special dispatch sent from
Monroe. " c.. to the Charlotte OBJ
server to the eject that T. c. Whec~
bee, an e1-agenc OF the Seminole
Securities Company was convicted IN
Moa-oe on Saturday Of obtaining >
not. from ". C. Heath IN payment
OF Seminole stock under false pre-
lenses. and had been sentenced to
TWO years for the o1ense.
The Columbia Record says SO far
no such such criminal proceeding has
oeea Instituted IN this. State. out
; this has not been on account OF lack
OF evidence. and 1t ia not unlikely
| that the result OF the North Caro-
Ina case will inspire a number OF
similar criminal cases IA this State
There are two strong difficulties IN
the way OF such course at present
One Is that practically all OF the
agents who operated n this State are
Ia the West. and viii! oe very difficult
TO locate. though there are few
still living in South Carolina
The other Is that the stockholders
organization. which was formed in
Columbia q short time after tie
crash came and which appointed .
president and q beard OF directors,
is practically detuncs. the court plae-
Ing the practical management OF the
company in the hands OF receivers.
This Organization requested the at
;oroey general to institute criminal
proceedings.
The receivers, It is understood.
aave much valuable information and
evidence or which to Base criminal
proceedings. and they would cheer
fully so after the agents and Of
acers OF the concern in this way.
but they are given no authority 70
employ council for such work. A
circui, Judge was applied to for .
special order authorizing such .
course. but declined to grant the
order. It IS stated.
/, Is hardly likely that individual
stockholders would fee! justified in
going to the expense Of prosecuting
i, he agents. particularly II they had
to employ q detective to hlat 70:
the alleged criminals. and It Is POS
stble that another meeting Of The
stockholders nay be held SO ss to
raise funds for the prosecution.
which could be dous go much moro
economically By cocceltratio0 a21
organization
Following is the special from
Monroe: The jury returned ve..
die OF guilty at O'Clock this evening
In the case Of the State vs. T. c,
Whed bee. charged with false pre-
tense in obtaining no:e from 4aie'
". C. Heath for stock IN the Semi.
mole Security Company. The judge
sentenced Whedbee to two years IL
the States prison. The defendant
took an appeal to the Supreme
: Court.
Thus ended one OF the most in.
portant cases from legal stand.
point tha: bas ever been tried II
Union county. The trial Of the case
s consumed three days. Major HEATH
claimed that Whedbee represented tc
9 him that 100000 in securities had
been deposited with Insurance Com.
missioner Young for the protection
OF the stockholders OF the company
The defendant further represented
TO Mr.. Heath that the company was
being organized on Yer: econoni'
cal basis: that Gen. Wiley Jones and
M ". A. Clark. OF Colunb bia. the
promoters OF the enterprise. were
working without salries, paying
only s25 orace rent and buying sta.
tionery from hand 70 mouth.