Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Wednesday, March 30, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 5 DECLARED A GOOD DIVIDEND. Healthy Condition of the A. C. Staley Manufacturing Company. The A. C. Staley Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of the famous Staley knit underwear, elected the following officers Monday for the ensuing year: M. B. Staley, president; C. B. Stevenson, vice-president; W. H. Mack, secretary; William Mack, treasurer. The company declared a comfortable dividend on the business of 1897, and has taken more orders for 1898 than for any previous corresponding period.