VOL. XLVIL
REACTIONARIES AGAINST HELP
FBL AGRICULTURAL LEG
ISLATION.
i -4.
Pifetident Harding Taking up Vacation
Trying to StaHfchten Party Tan
gles-I—Appropriation Denied that
Employment Might bfc Fotifld For
Unemployed—Prominent Repub
lican Calls it "Stupid."
Washington, IJ. C.,, t Deq. 26.
Although Congress has goqe home
for the holidays, President Har
ding, according to an administra
tion local paper, will remain in
seekion to act as referee in faction
al party differences. The paper,
referred to saysr' "Nearly every
subject with which Congress is
expected to deal at the present
session shows widely different
opinions about what should be
done."
The biggest problem of the ad
ministration reactionaries is how
to "knock the block off" the agri
cultural bloc' or at least to head
off a revolt of that more-or less
Progressive element.
Secretary of War Weeks would
resurrect Cannonism to deal with
them, but fortunately the country
has emerged from the medieval
age. Secretary Weeks, recogniz
ed as one of the ablest spokesmen
of the administration and one of
the best investment bankers in
the country, condemns in strong
terms the so-called "farmers' leg
islation," particularly the act in
creasing the interest rate on farm
loan bank bonds to per cent
and leaving the rate to the farmer
borrower the skme as it had been.
Representatives Longworth and
Burton of Ohio are leading a
drive against the bloc in the
President's own state. ' v -,
That part of the reactionary
press which spebjcs for special
privilege and predatory interests
is excorciating the bloc and call
ing it a "menace."
Thesis attacks upon the agri
cultural bloc all foljowed Presi
dent Harding's message in which
he took what 'Was construed to be (
a fling at the bloc. Senator Cap-,
per (Rep., one of the
leaders of the bloc! toot exceptions
to the speech of Secretary Weeks,'
but at the same timfi eulogized the
President. This" anoffialous atti
tude of the Kansas Senator recalls
a speech by Senator .Pat Harrison
(Dem., Miss.,), on December 7, in
which he called attention to the
words of praiße given the Presi
dent's message by One of the
agricultural groupe leaders, aud
then asked:
"What did he get/out of the
message that holds any encourage
ment to them? Is it that he sug
gests in his message the enact
ment of the cooperative marketing
plan?" ' ' r '"'
Continuing Senator Harrison
i said: He (the President), is adroit.
He wants/to hand' to the farmers
just a little : fcop, because he knows
it does not'takO'much to iufiuence
the votes or some Sejiators. So
he thought perhaps il he said to
them, 'I atii ih favor of the enact
ment of t&'6 cooperative ' market
ing plan'that would cause much
jubilation anjong ,soip4 of the
agricultural groupe that they
would find no fault with' this con
demnation of their actions in
othet' matters. He should . have
praised the agricultural groupe,
because good legislation that nns
come, as I said, for tbe agricul
tural classes has beeu in large
part due to their activities,
joining with us, not on party liin s,
but/ for the good of tbe country."
Referring to President Hard
ing's plea for adherence to party
lines, Senator llarrisou propuetic
ally added:
'•"Yes, he thought by that meaus
that he might lufiuence tbe dis
tinguished junior Sector from
Kansas (Mr. Capped) aud those
who hive worked with bim tor.
agricultural iegisUtliou to atopi
0 aswcialfhg'With Democrats Ut ou
taining it, auh " vote with' tire Re
publican leadership upon all
measures."
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• "HWpid Beyond DfirfHjrtloli" »*
The recent conference on 1 un
employment .called by* the Prt»si
deut recommended auioug other
things au'appVoprfation Of
00o v fOr the" Federal L»l>br Em
ployment Bureau to aid iu reduc
ing unemployment; tbe Dawes
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
Budget Commission (loud ftp'
plaupe) fixed the amount at |2OO,
000, and the Senate fcy an amend
ment to a deficiency bill approp
riated SIOO,OOO, which was strick
en out in conference. ,
Commenting on this, Senator
France (Rep., Md.,). p»ade this
arraignment of his party, which,
by the way, is specializing on de
ficiency bills: '
"This condition of, nneirjploy*
ment is a serious and .tragic one,
ffctyd we are denied by the obstina
cy of some members of this con
ference committee in the House,
a paltry SIOO,OOO to find relief
of unemployed men,
who' are "purring not through
fault oif their'own, not because of
the consequeuces of war
stupidity flf .governmental
policy. There is, no fundamental
reason why there' sKiVuld be un
employment and financial/indus
trial and cominerfiia' depression
in the United States."
To this Senator
Robinson (Detii., Ark.,), replied,
deploring the injection ot, Topics
into this subject and saying;
"I have no disposition to take
issue with the Senator ffom Mary
land respecting the terrible arrign
ment he has made of the present
administration', when he has char
acterized its governmental poli
cies as 'stupid beyond description.'
I myself have no disposition to
inject at this tiiupiutq the Senate
a consideration of that subject,
"Three years and ijiore have
come and gone sincp the party
with which the Senator from
Maryland is assumed
control in., both bi-anches.of Con
gress, with au overwhelming
majority, and w;hen hedenounces
the gyvernmental pplicy, o£,,the
United States respecting un
employment cqpip.qfcift}, ,and
industrial conditions. as 'stupid
beyond description' he character
ises in his own chosen way' the
policies of the present and not a
former administration."
Which Will Last Longer
- Split or Round Fence Posts?
Some peoplqbelieve, split fence
posts last longer than do round
ones. Probably as large a num
ber bold tbe opposite view. The
ForesV JProducts Laboratory of
the United States, Department of
Agriculture says that one will
last about; as }qug as the other if
the percentage of heartwood and
sapwood are the. same in both.
If the percentage of sapwood is
increased by splitting, the split
post will be less durable, while if
the percentage, of is
is increased i( will be more dur
able than the round one. Except
ions to this should be made if the
posts are of spruce, hemlock, or
any of the true firs, whose heart
wood and sapwood «re , about
equally durable...
If the posts are. .to be .treated
with creosote or some other pre
servative tjlie round post is pre
ferable to the split, because of
the comparative ease With which
the sapwood can bd treated.
Experiments at the laboratory
demonstrate that .the heartwood
faces on split post®,, do, not, as a
rule, absorb the preservative ap
well as does the k sapwood.
The Wilmington Star,
Quite logically, one of the very
best places for investment is
North Carolina, for the reason
that she is ahead in production,
manufacturing and general prog
ress. The Slate's resources are
inconceivably great*. and the
State is going in a
broad development that ia rang
ing • her high among American
Commonwealths.' She is making
marvelous progress because of
the genius and enterprise of her
people, and they are the kind to
live among and t&ke a hand with
in the greatest things tbat are
yet to be accomplished in the
future.
The demand for .Tanlac has
broken all world's rec?rda. Ovpr
Twenty Million bottles have been
pold since it wan placed on the
market six years ago. For sale
by Farrell Drug Co., Graham,
N. C,
Subscribe lor THB QLBANBB- -
The State.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1921
" A Modern Country Bank.
World's Work
In 1920 the People's National
Bank of Charlottesville, the
county seat, decided that the
growth of its business was wrap
ped up in the development of the
rural resources of Albemarle
county. It established a Depart
ment of Rural Development, with
H. R. Boswelli a successful and
intelligent farmer, at its, head.
His plan was to put organizing
energy back of the regularcounty
officials, keeping the bank in the
background. Within a year the
bank added 2,700 accounts to its
list, nine-tenths of them beiriu
farmers." Some of the gold depos
ited under mountain hearthstones
for twenty years has thus been
brought into circulation and use.
Through Mr. Boswell the bauk
organized and partly financed H
triple cooperative campaign on
the part of the County Farm
the County Superintendent
of Schools, and the County Health
Officer. The appointment of the
last official wae secured through
an appropriation by the local Red
Cross. Better farming methods,
better schools, better health con
ditions, and better roads were the
objects.
The bank secured a moving
picture machine, good films, and
an operator. It sent out invita
tions in the name of the three
officials to public meetings in
schools and churches in all parts
of the country. The first
thirty-five meetings were held
and three-quarters of all the rural
population of the country attend
ed them. * 1 j.
When the work started there
was one accredited rural high
school, now there *re ten. An
agriculture high Bchool is being
built in each of the five districts.
The farmers voluntarily raised
for school purposes t,w«*»ty per
cent more money than the amount
of the county school tax. Th-ty
paid bonuses to get better teach
ers. Every coun,try school in the
county has been furuighed with
an excellent phonograph aud rec
ords. ~ ....
The bank held' coru and apple
shows in its own building aud
tested seed corn for all comers.
Farmers' union# fpr cooperative
buying and selling were organiz
ed. Experts from the department
of - agriculture at AVashiugtou
gave demonstrations of apple
picking, pruning, and other
works. The bank is now intro
ducing new forage and hay crops,
and financing the purchase of
'blooded cattle, hogß, aud poultry.
Concrete and other
roads are being built over the
county. Every district but ope
has approved considerable, bond
issues to continue the work.
Sanitary inspectors are at work
in all the rural sections. Clinics
are being held in remote moun
tain districts, with - special atten
tion to the toeph at' tbe school
children. Visiting nurse# travel
the county; Both the white aud
colored population are giveq At
tention.
This fall tbe bauk is showing
at the public meetings moving
pictures of the best and worst
conditions in the country, having
taken its. own films daring, the
summer. It is increasing and ex
tending the work; From every
standpoint it pays.
Preserving Eggs with Lime and
Water Glass For Home Use
Teste which involve the use of
water glass and limewater for the
preservation of eggs for hoine u»*
have been carried ou by the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul
ture. They show # that,, either
water glas# or liui&w'ater will pre
serve eggs successfully, and that
while water glass i« usually easi
est to use ani ordinarily gives
better results, limewater is a much
cheaper preservation. It was
found that limewater without sajt
gave slightly JjoUer ipsulis a* a
preservative, than qrbere salt was
used. Air-slacked lime did ,not
give as .satisfactory results as
where lamp, lime was, tested.
Galvanized receptacles were used
successfully for limewater tests:
the pails were thoroughly coated
with melted parnffine previous to
their use with the solution IVsts
iu which eggs were trapped in
tin foil and wax paper and kept
in an open oeller or room were
MAY THIS be your year!
M&y this be your most successful
and happiest year! "Cram, iam full" of
tho&e things you have longed for, and
sometimes thought that perhaps after all
you were not going to get.
A fine New Year every day of 1922 for
you. Come to think of it, there isn't much
more you can wish anyone than a happy
New Year. If you are happy there isn t
much more to life. That is about the long
and short of it. If you are happy that
means that you have a clear conscience,
that you are a pretty good daughter, moth
er, son or father. You may not have set
the world on fire with your hustle, and you
may not have all the beauty of some of
those queens of ancient times we use to
read and wonder about, you may not have
as much money as Henry F (you know
very well who I mean), but if there is a
song on your lips and sunshine in your
heart, no one else in the world is better off
than you.
And that is what it means when you wish
anyone a happy New Year. And that is only
what I am wishing for you.
PATRONIZE THE HOME
MAN-BUY AT HOME
Some Thoughts The Thinking Ones
Will Concede Are Along Right
Lines.
Individuals who are dependent
upon a community for their in
come, should think twice before
they'resort to the illogical prac
tice of encouraging the monopo
list c tendencies of the various
catalogue concerns, that are men
acing the growth and prosperity
of communities such as ours.
f, ."Biting the hand that feeds
yoqV imirrors the ingrate. Thq
.local uieirchaut who caters provi
dently ty our wants, is indeed a
trustworthy friend. He,lives iu
our midst, and is one of us. He
places,hi6 fund" in local creative
toiler prices, pays his taxes and
chips in for civic advancement
Wheuoocasion requires. He ever,
aud»afcways striven to please and
| gift* good,, honest values in de
pendable,, on-thospot-goods.
.jyity.t realizes that any other
course is disastrous to both you
and him. ,
Whep you send away froui your
home town for goods, you are
consciously, or unconsciously as
the case may b«s doing an injus
tice to your benefactors and to
the community in which you re
side, and to which you look the
wherewithal of the larder, and
olothe the family. Money Invest
ed i' your homo town comes hack
tp.yQH with certain in re rest. In
helping your home town, you are
helmy# yourself. .. ,
lbs movement on fodt to dis
courage out of town buying was
instituted in your behalf. The
gradual growing common sense of
things.! demands a cessation of
practice that irrefutably trends to
local commercial retrogression.
A little calm analysis on your
part of this subject will suffice to
convince yon that the movement
is just* a sane and worthy one,
and deserviug of your eudorse
ineiit and support. If you, as a
citizen, do not suppprt your home
U»wn, your home towii will be
obviously handicapped in sup
porting you and yours.
Take a broad-minded view of
this vitally important moveolent.
Do not attempt to deaden your
conscience to your honorable duty
by reporting to that trite verbal
panoply of—"Well! my money is
tny own, I earn it, and will fcpond
it where I see fit." Suuh rmyi.ni-.
Wig is not consistent with horse
sense. You would consider your
self greatly abu»«d if the u>an
who e iiployea youj were to send
out of town for some one to take
vour place-—baling bis action on
tbe fact that he can itet his labor
done cheaper, and I hut it was -his
perogative to pay his money to
, • I . r*' , I '* . .i A
not nt nil (vtliiUc »ry, .Although
iL« tin (oil reduced evaporation
to a. uegituild'- quantity, tbe eggs
developed extreme mustiuess
within a short time/
[whom he saw fit. Yon would
naturally and justly feel indig
nant, and chide him for his con
temptible action in giving an out
of town man the preference
over a local resident.
Take this analogy unto youself
and ponder upon it. It pays to
think Do not think the instigators
of this movement are prompted
by selfish motives. Calmer minds
looking into the future see the
menace Dont't prove yourself
to be a mental runt. Think with
the thinkers and act as your con
science is bound to dictate—Buy
ing at Home. Relegate your cat
alogues to their proper place—the
waste basket, and be a loyal citi
zen.
"Though man, a thinking being
is defined.
Few use the grand perogative of
mind.
How few think justly of the
thinking few,
How many never think, who think
they do."
FALSE REPORTS
Ky- Burley Tobacco Association Will
Function.
County Agent W. Kerr Scott
received the letter and telegram
below from J. Y- Joyner, chair
man of the State Organization
Committee of the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association. It will
be welcome newa to the members
of the Association, and should
put a quietUH on the efforts of
those who are trying to break
dowu the tobacco growers' organ
ization that the tobaccoj growor
may contihue to be robbed of his
just share of the profits of his
product
Italeigh, N. 0. Dec. 22, 1020
Dear Sir:—
Finding the report was
being studiously circulated that
the Burley Tobacco Aasociatfon
had failed to arrange for the
handliug of the crop this year, I
wired President J. C. Stoue yes
terday.
Below is a copy of his telegram
in reply. -I suggeM you give wide
circulation u> this t«legraiu
through the prefes and your work
ere for Co-operative Marketing
Lexington Ky., Dec. 21, 1921
J. X. Joyner,
Chairman Org. Committee.
Report that Hurley Association
handle thin j'eitr's crop
aprtolutbly false. We are buying
our receiving plant* ibis week.
Have our organization lineal oper
ation about completed and will
bejgiu receiving tobacco within a
short time. Have over 55,(>>0
signed contncta in Association.
Conditions could not be better
forae.
James C. Stone, Pres. & Gen.
Manager, Hurley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative ABSII.
Witb best wishes,
Yours truly,
J. Y. Joyner,
Chmft. Org., Com.
A PLAIN FAR VI HORSE
I have a letter.
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From an lowa farm, t
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And the letter is signed.
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"A Farmer's Wife."
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And she tells me of' Dick."
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A plain farm horse.
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That for many years.
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Worked faithfully.
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And as horses do,
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Had grown old.
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And last spring came.
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And the farmer man.
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Went out to the barn.
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Or wherever Dick was.
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And patted his neck.
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And said to him.
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"You're a good old hor»e.
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"And you've served me well.
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"And we've both worked hard.
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"And I can't quit.
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"But from this day on.
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"You're going to rest.
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"And do no work."
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And so it is
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That good old Dick.
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Just roams around.
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In a pasture field.
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Where the grass is sweet.
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And all he does.
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Outside of this.
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Is once in a while.
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When they harness him up.
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To something light.
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Just to let him know.
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That he's needed still.
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And tbe farmer's wife.
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Says she's just come in.
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From the haying field.
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And beyond the fence.
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She saw old dick.
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With his ears straight up.
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And a twist in his neck.
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As he looked across.
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At the busy men.
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And heard their calls.
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To his Htableinates
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Of younger yeara.
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Who still muni work.
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And she aakn of me.
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That I write these lines.
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And she'll clip them oat.
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! And put them iiwuy.
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And so I write.
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And add Dick's thanks.
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For a Otrwer inao.
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Who was good to him.
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I think you. t
■ . % -i >
*
j Don't blame anybody butybttr
aelf if your nights tire made mis
erable i>y indigestion. Yon failed
to take TMIIIHJ. For sale by Far
re* I DI UK CO., Graham, H. 0. YV>»»
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Uuited Stales ».overuinent
struck, the first coins in 1792.
NO. 47
HOW TO START THE NEW YEAR.
Thoughts and Conclusions of Noted
Men About Saying.
Theodore Roosevelt: "Extrava
gance rota character; train youth
away from it. On the other hand,
the habit of saving money, while it
stiffens the will, alao brightens the
energies. If you would be sure
that you are beginning right, begin
to save."
Thomas Edison: "The time is
coming when every man who lays
claim to business ability will keep
the question of waste before him
constantly." :,t *
David Starr .Jordon: "Thrift is a
determination to live with a margin •
for future advancement; to earn a
little more than one spends or to
spend a little less than one earns,
getting meanwhile the value in
strength, in satisfaction or in other
worthy returns for the money end
feels free to spend."
Sir Thomas Lipton: "I have often
been asked to define the true secret
of success. It it* thrift in all its
phases, and principally thrift so
applied to saving. Saving is the
great principle of BiiccesaMf-: It
creates independence, it gives a
young man standing, it fills him with
vigor, it stimulates him with the
proper energy, in fact it brings to
him the better part of any success—
happiness and contentment."
Sendi mf spoken messages from
a trolley car has been made possi
ble as the resnlt of » unique tett
successfully made in Schenectady,
N. Y., of a new communication
system for electric railroads. A
telephone message was transmit
ted from a moving car, over the
same wire which carries the power
for the operation of the trolley, to
a substation three miles distant.
Take Taulac and .eat three
square meals a day, For sale by
Farrell Drug Co., Graham, N. 0.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counsetlor-at-Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
AoodaUd with V. S. Coulter,
No*. 7 tad 8 Pint National Bank Bk%.
S. C. SPOON* Jr., M. D.
Graham. N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drag Co.
Hours: 2 to 3 and 7 to y p. m., and
by appoint ment.
Phone 97
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
BuUngM, N. c. „
Office Hour*: 9 to 11a.m.
and by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephoa«i: Office 446—Keald«B«e 264
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C. -
Olllca over Natloul Dukti AIaMM
T. S. COOK,
Attornay - wt- La«r
• K\HAM, .... N. 0
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Floor. • . ,
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»mOK is SIMMONS BUILDING
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