Show Man lan Raises Check The Delta State Bank reports this the first heck check that has I been bee done in 10 thIS thi community and warns warn its customers against writing checks m in lead pencil A check heck was written by one of its cus mem for 32 30 being written writ writ- ten en in m pencil the who person-who received received re re- it rubbed out the figures and nd the written words of money and nd simply wrote in m 77 30 in 10 figures gures 10 intone one place and the words words' Seventy seven and thirty cents in t the body I He cashed Y I the cne check at one une o u. u we ue w stores and nd skipped Do not issue checks m in n pencil This loss lose will fall on th the fie maker of the check not on th the he bank as Its the law 1 holds hold that the he use of a pencil is not sufficient protection to the bank that bank that the thea customer using a pencil IS so 0 careless that he invItes fraud The names of all persons connected connect connect- ed WIth thIs fraud are am though the information is gIven to the Sheril |