Word: bondman
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Never an active churchman, rotund, convivial, energetic Son Bitting specializes in church and religious bonds. In 25 years he has floated $90,000,000 worth. To most of his clients he points with pride. But when he comes to the Methodist Episcopal Church, largest U. S. Protestant denomination, Bondman Bitting begins to splutter...
...Methodist women could not afford to pay, Bondman Bitting might be less bitter. But four trips to Los Angeles have convinced him otherwise. At its annual meeting last year, he discovered, the California Society reported total receipts of $87,281. Of that, $35,371 went to National Headquarters in Ohio. Thence, presumably, it went to China. For its U. S. bondholders, Mr. Bitting was informed on his last trip, the Society had nothing, would promise nothing...
...York's annual field day last week. The rain annoyed a troupe of women swimmers and divers hired for entertainment more than it did the 300 members who journeyed to the Sleepy Hollow Country Club near Scarborough, N. Y. For a long time no one noticed that Bondman Wilfred T. Pratt had fallen into the pool during an exciting barrel race. On the "Sleepy Hollow Stock Exchange" trading in lottery tickets for automobiles and cases of whiskey was active with no restrictions on short-selling or sharp practice. A winner of a case of bourbon was Chairman Winthrop Aldrich...