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!f The Independent i =~ i NO- 1 10S a: Bjnbtik ' b, w. o. ifcunder? ' ELIZABETH CITY? N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1934. " SINGLE COPY~5~fcgST8 Potato Growers From Three States to Meet in Washington, N. C. Monday, December 3rd I ..rcr* of car!}/ Iris!' potat on* from Man/lam!,i d the two Carolines trill (/ether in Wash I .V. C. Monday to consider proposed AAA I (/ agreement amendments. A si,oiler meet-' I rnia end Florida growers will be held at i " . Fla., Friday, Dec. 7th. f f ..; in Washington Mon I attended by Governor Congre urn Warren .?en and mtrketin? e\ . e-.n State and Federal De nts of Agriculture. Fertilt ?r.n , tu.vrs and commission in:e: >t.d u; the potato crop on hand too. A> pointed out in a recent inter even :iii- :: ?v..<>a;;er by ?; F Sample, the potato market - emanating from the Wa hington some wsks ' v. erth the paper i: ?n. Mr. Sample airs e in this is-.te of i,i iT.it - ui But the artve a; We Piir.eton ? amendments and . vv.ll consider pro wil come out strong rnmen: crop ccn :atoe>. such as the it: effect on cotton Government control I ... ... the potato growers of V.r ad North Carolna the same pr.-.v-rity new enjoyed by the to c-.o and cotton farmers, is the ?of ail authorities on the I " I Urges Farmers To Vote For the Bankhead Act W: ;i > ?: wilh Hit' hitch ; ric n !'?; -y received for '' ! !'??! i' ! '>t: cn>p. the a'P iu.'lllt Is I.'f Nofill v>i rn North (iarolinn nrte ? " l ift! t<> voice tremendous t ? : I itiuhiii'ud '? : .Idl i.l ;t fe -!>-iilutiifiy sit for '' ?" i whirh thev :. t. v upon '? .n :.u ? tit? act r crop year. Question on which the grow-J "Ar-. you favor. *hc Bankhead Act for 1 > to Mav ? - .. . - o;y w;u oe suo c, ...lilied voters, these? vson? ?who have the' : . snare cropper, orj ; cotton on any thereof, in the The As; will not | rule s two-thirds of '? . f.ivor it. .*1 Act. enacted byj ril 21. 1981 provided for ?r c -at of the average i ii marketed in ex ...Jha: 500-pound bales., v..i> the same as thatj - .tnent program. . i a.i.> supplementary id 'ci by the Adjust Bankhcad Act. with .or... undoubtedly in-j war, who otherwise! .drawn from the pro-| the Adjustment Act.i ' Ac discouraged prb-j had not s.gned contracts ... ta-ir acreage so as reduction made by errs. Thus the Bank Ai made it more certain that rction in national . would be obtain : ans <>r main ? d production and ta;> million in . would be under are as they were - !? .!?: to volume pro chief factor in in reeard for price. r:ner. feel that this . an a-roege in 1935 ? u ihe acreages of ? : tci that the increase bring about an ? apply, low prices, ors. County Agent urges all cotton rotary and section lUiuwalion of the ed when somebody ? ..rail details thru the . "ton busy"' to rool Taylor Grandy Will Provides ForGoodWork The ltde (lias. Taylor (irasuly. ?>i lliis oily, meditat ed much ia his later years iiji oii l!it- lopsidedness of ail educational system that laid nuicli emphasis upon how lo make a living. He did some thing ahout it. In his v. ill probated in Washing ton this week he makes prevision lor the establishment of a chair of Fiiila-opity c' Living. Taylor Grandy left real estate valued at $53,750 and personal prop erty valued at $2,455. The bulk cf h.i estate he left to h.s only sister. M..-> Lill Giandy cf this city. But upon her death one third cf the residee of his estate is to go to the I niver-ity of North Carolina to ctabh>h he Taylor Granny Chair cn Tit f'hiiosophy cf Liv.ng. .Ine c ::uv o Camden will be given one third of the estate to improve its stnool system., the remaining third will be paid into a fund to be created by Miss Grandy for the "shut-ins" in Elizabeth City. The will cf Taylor Grandy is a post mortem revelation of the heart and mind of a decreed citizen who was a scholar, a gentleman and a hum antarian who felt for all man kind. Thanksgiving Brings Turkeys to More Tables Klixubcth City meal and poultry dealers were thank ful at the close of business Wednesday night for the best Thanksgiving trade they have had in two or three years. "Our sulci cf dressed turkeys prob ably exceeded last year's Thanks giving sales by 30 per cent," said Love Bros. And their experience v.as the experience of dealers gen erally both in and ou: of the market. Dealers also reported heavy sales of geese. Turkeys live sold a: 25c a lb. which meant approximately 32c to 35c dressed and drawn. Geese dressed sold at 20c a lb. Elizabeth City was preparing for a quiet but generally pleasurable Thanksgiving as this newspaper went to press Wednesday night. Banks and business houses were j scheduled to close for the day and | he past otr.ee to observe Sunday I hours, the churches to hold their usual Thanksgiving services. Foot !bail fans were anticipating a good game cn Cardinal Field and a dance ! was billed at the Virginia Dare Hotel. The Carolina Theatre is put ting on a good stage show. I Southern Loan | and Insurance Co. In New Location ' The Southern Loan Insurance Co. announces its removal to the banking roornt of the Atlantic Dis count corp. in the Carolina Bank Building this week. Removal of the Virginia-Carolina Joint Stock Land J Bank to the same location will be announced in a few days. At last these three closely affiliated financ ial imfifftions will find themselves domiciled in the same quarters, i Otherwise .hey will function as the ? paratc and distinct institutions that ih'-y are, without any change of 1 personnel. J Each institution will have its own qnar.r.r:. the large banking room heretofore occupied solely by the . Atlantic Discount Corp. having been remodeled to accommodate the three i organizations. It is pointed out that the removal gives these institutions highly desirable fireproof vault faci Ltu-o that thev have nor previously j?n;cv?d. BRIGHT BROS.1 TO IE HONORED. fiHATIM SAY Belated honor canie last! week end to the courageous) Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, when Federal and ( private aviation officials join- i ed together to designate as' National Aviation Day the an niversary of the first success-' fid airplane flight made byl t!ie Wrights at Kill Devil Hill on Dec. 17, 11KK1. The aviation oflicials who took this step to honor the inventors of' tire first successful heavier-than-air i machine are now engaged in ar-1 ranging a nation-wide observance | cf the 31st anniversary of the fam-| ous flight which was made on aj bleak December day in 1903. An effort is being made to have every j available plane in the country go| ?aloft on December 17 at 10:30 A. M.. the same hour that the Wrights j ccaxed their crude ship into the air. | Army. Navy. Marine Corps, Na tional Guard. Coast Guard, com m:rc:al and private planes have been a-ked to participate. Arrangements are being made with airjiort managers, army and navy fields and air stations, and owners! and operators of aircraft to place j their ships on display after thei flights. I Addresses have been planned ini many communities on the progress in flying in the last 31 years and the outlook for the future. I Among those on the committee in j charge of arrangements for the celebration are the secretaries of! War. Navy and Commerce as hon orary members; Engcne L. Vidal, director of air commerce; Elliott Roosevelt, assistant to the president) of the National Aeronautical Asso ciation. and Clark Howell, chairman of the Federal Aviation Commis-h sion. Altho no ceremonies have yet! been planned to take place at the] Wright Memorial, on thesite of the first flight, it is considered likely j j that several planes from government > fields in Virginia may fly over Kill Devil H.11 on that day. All Is Set For I ! Opening of First j Rodeo in State i Elizabeth City and the Albemarle section is -awaiting with a keen an ! ticipation the opening of the first I real rocieo ever to be held in North Carolina, which will be staged here on Hunsuck'r Field Friday and Sat-j , urday afternoons and nights. un-j , der the sponsorship of Dr. Victor' ! Finck. local veterinarian and ex-1 I cow-puncher, and the Seth E. Per- ] i ry Post cf the American Legion. | The rodeo will be preceded by a i parade on Friday morning at 11 ] ' o'clock with the cowboys and cow- ] ' girls and the Boy Scout drum and i bugle corps participating. The; actual rodeo will open at two o'clock j Friday afternoon and will be given ! again that night at eight o'clock1 | Performances will open at the same hours on Saturday. 1 The opening events on the rodeo .program will be the steer-riding and! ! broncho-riding, with unbroken and I unruly steers and bronchos being (used. Following the steer and broncho riding will come bareback riding, boys calf riding, Mexican stunt j flopping. in which a cowbody I mounted on a running broncho! j throws a steer by twisting its tail, i | trick and iancy riding, horse: (catching and stunt roping, spin ning a 75 foot rope on the ground; ? and from horse back. (ChangingI 'horses at a dead run, horse catch-j I ing from a running broncho, the; Chase For the Bridge, a stunt seen| I in western thrillers at the theatre,! (in which a cowboy takes a girl ofTj I a running horse, the Pony Express relay race, changing saddles, com edy cowboy race, steer bulldoggingi from an automobile or horse back, I Roman riding, with a foot on each 1 of two panning horses, trick and ' fancy riding by cowboys, a blind ; folded cowboy jumping his horse, (over an automobile, wild cow milk-,1 inc. boys calf roping, local boys! j trick riding, local boys trick rop- j ing, and many other stunts which are being added to the progranj- I Dr. Victor Finck. who will take' part in all of the more dangerous j ! stunts, will perform a feat which i he says never has been accom iplished before. This is changing aj ,;40 pound saddle without dismount-; .! ing from the back of a running! j horse. j The entire performance will jfake fr.wn one to two hours. Sreensboro Daily News Offers Fudge I. M. Meekins as G. 0. P. ^ice-Presidential Timber For Vice President of the United States, Isaac \i. Meekins of Elizabeth City! What might easily ?ulminate in a vice presidential boom for Elizabeth iity's eminent citizen and distinguished jurist is an editorial published in The Greensboro Daily News, ssue of Sunday, Nov. 25th. Read: nttutu t\ x nurnu i IT and when this country must needs have another Republican President?and we wish it under stood that we are not trying to mark anybody's ballot for him? wc caji think of no accompani ment that would please us better than Judge Isaac M. Meekins as vice ditto. But until the nap is thoroughly gone from the New ! Deal and there is plainly evident a disposition to tuna to the party of Hamilton and Mellon for poli tical light and administration we trust that Judge Ike is going to i go about his business of tempering justice with mercy and showing ] divers and sundry vicious parti- I sans in both camps what a good j sport is like. North Carolina would be much the poorer without Judge Meekins , on the bench, where he presides with a grace?and for aught we | have ever learned to the contrary with precision?that it is a groat source of comfort to i:hose who like a jurist who can hold his justice. There may have been abler men on the District federal bench hereabouts; there has been ' none who has more understand ing of human frailty or more clear- , ly has refused to make use of his j position to further some doubtful j social theory. Indeed, we like him so much 'hat even if he were vice presi dent. we'd still be calling him Judge Ike?and this in all respect, but a respect tempered with the same sort of affection that the western half and more of the stal e gave to the late Chief Justice William A. Hoke, who along the j countryside never became other than Judge Alex Hoke. It's a great thing to be able to sit in judgment on one's fellows and make 'em like it. Judge Meekins has a national reputation and sufficient; nation wide contacts to get himself nomi nated for the vice presidency 0:1 the Republican ticket if the Repub licans ever stage a come-back. And when and if they do stage a come back it would be good s;rategy to give a Southern man place on their ticket. The suggestion is interest ing and quite pleasing to the Judge and his host of friends and well wishers in these parts. But, aside from the boost for the vice presidency, the Greensboro edi torial is a fair and intelligent tri bute to a local man who continues to distinguish himself as a Federal jurist. Building and Loan Opens 59th Series Dec. 1st The 59th series of The Albemarle .98 ilding & Loan Association will open Sat irday, Dec. 1st. The series will be open for subscriptions any time after the opening date. Inveii.crs in Building & Loan Shares make their payments in weekly or monthly installments, Shares are $100 ana the installments on a ringle share may be as low as 12 he a week cr as high as 50c a week. The shares earn not le>s than six per cent intereit. and sometimes better that. W. Ecn Goodwin, secretary of the Association makes an announcement of interest to full paid shareholders this week: Dividends on full paid shares -are not due until Jan. 1st, 1935, but dividend cheeks will be mailed to these full paid sharehold ers before Chrhomas. providing Christmas spending money ior those 'shareholders who want to use their dividends for that purpose. Vice President! FEDERAL Judge Isaac M. Meekins, is mentioned as desirable timber for the Vice Presidency of the United States on the Republican ticket, by the Greensbc 10 Daily News. 1 cy A?Vv /^)V 1 d/h?<BANK CLCQK **<> TU? 900A dCPKOP THEY DISCUSS THE PROPOSED 30-HOUR WEEK "I see by the papers that the' American Federation of Labor is making a strong demands ior a 3U hour work week. Do you reckon they'll get it?" asked the Scda Jerker. "There are strong arguments for a thirty hour week," replied the Bank Clerk. "The Roosevelt admin istration has said .to industry, in so many words, 'You can take the job less off our relief rolls and put them on your pay rolls, or we'll create jobs for the millions out of work. Take your choice.' Nov;, as I see it. if in dustry is going to find jobs for all the jobless it is going to be neces sary to reduce the number of work ing days and/or working hours, and spread out the work." "The trouble about that is," replied the Soda Jerker; "if th"y spread the work and spread the wages too, the country will he in the same fix it has been in for the last five years. II j wages aint raised the same timej hours arc cut we won't be getting anywhere at all. If we employ 40 million people 30 hours a week and they don't get more money than 30 million people are getting for 40 hours work, the buying power of the country won't be increased by so much as a nickel, and there won't j be any more business in sight, or any more gocds sold." "You are right about that too."j agreed the Bank Clerk. "And that reminds me that Mr. Joe Knapp proposed a better plan to the Ad ministration. Mr. Knapp's idea was that we should have a variable work week and a minimum wage; the hours of work h?in? fitted t- the i needs of production and wages ad justed to the needs of the wage earn er. The wage earner should bs guaranteed a certain wage whether he worked two days a week, four days a week, or six days a week." "Mr. Knapp's idea is the best ithat has come from any capitalist yet,' said the Soda Jcrker; "But I aint convinced that Mr. Knapp aint wrong along with the rest of our accredited best minds. Now. the way I figure it out from my read ing the actual wealth of the country consists of the products of our farms, mines, forests and fisheries. This wealth is increased many times by human labor employed in digging it out, transporting it and processing it. In o.hcr words, human labor produces all the wealth of the coun try. Now it strikes me as foolish economy to deliberately cut the sum total of our wealth down 25 per cent by working 30 hours a week instead of 40. What we need is not Ick wealth, but more wealth." "But what's the use of creating more wealth if we can't consume it?" asked the Bank Clerk, petulant ly-. "One hundred and twenty million Americans could consume twice as much as wc are now producing ii your capitalists would just yield tc some plan to distribute it," said the Scda Jerker. There is no form of nerve disorder that may not be caused or aggra vated by Eye Strain. For a thorough Eye examination see, DR. J. D HATTLV.7JLY. ft-"." OUTLAW SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT THIS JOB J "I hardly think I would ac-j cop I the position if I were fortunate enough to be offer ed it and thought myself cap able of filling it," said County |Welfare Agent A. II. Outlaw j this week in discussing the probability of his appoint ment as Emergency Relief Administrator for District 21, | embracing the counties of Curri ituck, Camden, Perquimans, Pasquo tank, Chowan and Gates. I Effective next Friday, under an order made public by State Admin istrator Mrs. Thomas O'Bcrry this iweek, the 104 local relief units in i North Carolina are ito be consoli dated into 33 districts, each super - I vised by a District Administrator, i Elizabeth City w;ll be the center for this district and it is being talked j that, because of the fact that he ; is County Administrator for this county and has had considerable ex ?perience in welfare work, Mr. Out | law may be selected as the district administrator. But Mr. Outlaw has i something to say about this. "I am not at all certain," says i he, "that Mrs. O'Berry will offer me I the position, nor am I sure that I j am capabie of filling it. At any event, I could not possibly fulfill all the duties of district administrator, and at the same time give the prop er amount of time and attention to my duties as County Welfare Agent. II could not handle both jobs. If it I were put up to me to choose be i tween the two positions, I think I i would t>2 inclined to suck to my present job, that of County Wel fare Agent, which I have held far a number of years." In all probability, this consolida tion will mean the abolition of the jobs of the county administrators of Camden. Currituck, Chowan, Per quimans, Pasquotank and Gates, but the administrators probably will be .! retained as case workers or in some ,1 other canity. Branch offices will i b3 maintained in each of the coun ! ties, but these branch offices will ifall be headed by the district admin | islrator and will have no adminis . | u afar of their own and no clerical , j force. Each county will have several i j case workers, tho. Increased efficiency, in addition i to reduced expenses, is expected 11 frotn the consolidation, said Mrs. O Berry yesterday. The number of 'case workers will be increased and .[greater emphasis placed on their ; work of investigating the true needs of each relief client -and applicant I for relief. (I Enough case workers will be added to staffs of each district to ? provide one worker for each 100 'families on relief. In some in ?[ stances, case workers at present I carry loads as heavy as 200 families, j There are approximately 630 case j workers cn the NCERA pay roll. In j addition to an increase in the num ber of workers, there have been !two case work instructors added to i the staff. Relief Rolls To Be Cut More thorough investigation by case workers is expected by Mrs. O'Berry to reduce drastically the number of persons on the relief ; rolls. The savings thereby aflectcd can. be used to provide more ade ! quale relief benefits ot those who are qualified f6r relief, she said. Suspension of direct and work re ?'jlief in farm counties in September 'iand order by Mrs. O'Berry that ''counties would have to assume their | responsibility for unemployables on 'January 1 preceded the consolida j t-icn announcement. ? Under the new set-up, each of ?,the 33 districts will be staffed with 'jthe following key personnel: district !j administrator, case work super I viscr, disbursing officer, project supervisor, rural rehabilitation su ? 'pervisor and statistician. This staff 1, will act as a planning board in each ' jdistrict. ;j Senior ca'.e workers will be in charge of each county branch of jfice. As far as jxxssible, said Mrs. O Berry, the present personnel of 1 the 3 04 local units will be retained l| in other jobs under the new system. Four Counties Left Intact Only four counties will be main 'jtained as relief units within them jselves: Wake county with head quarters in Raleigh; Mecklenburg. : headquarters in Charlotte; Dare, headquarters in Manteo; and Cart eret. headquarters in Beaufort. I "As a result of this consolida ; tion," .said Mrs. O'Berry, "we feel ? | that the NCERA will be a more ' closely knit organization. We will ! be able to place the greatest em . phasis on the relief client himself, | who is after all the paramount issue ?'of relief. By closer case work, we . J will be able to remove all persons II from our relief rolls who are not , properly qualified to be there. ??Win!* ue are s.v.:?vd of r.rfjnen i dou.s .savings in administrative cos'.1:, perhaps as high as $180,000 a year, I wish to emphasize that the im portant efTcct of the consolidation I will be to give us increased cfli i oiency.'' j Provided there is not a conse quent reduction in the relief grants for the State, the estimated (saving of from $10,000 to $15,000 per 1 month in administrative costs ^should decrease, the percentage of administrative costs for North Caro lina. which is already below the national average. North Carolina* ! average should be o.ie of the lowest in the naT'on rati Mrs. OT?err/ Give Us Dirt, WeDon'tWant Art and Music By KEITII SAUNDERS I was ashamed of Elizabeth City when the curtain went up 011 the presentation of "The Mikado" last Friday night at the S. L. Sheep School with harelv 100 per sons present. Before the opera had ended I was no longer ashamed of Elizabeth City; I pitied it. It is a sad commentary on any town that a really excellent comic opera can draw a mere handful of people, while a hootchee kcotchee show in a punk carnival can draw hundreds upon hundreds. I have known a thousand people right here in Elizabeth City to atand in line for an hour and then stay up until about two o'clock in the morning in order to witness a midnight show that was so putrid it left a bad taste in one's mouth. I A few mora.hs ago a cheap, lousy | Negro minstrel show packed its tent here for six consecutive nights. The carnival that was here re cently drew thousands of people, th" ; actual paid admissions at the gate i numbering 15,000 or more, j And yet less Chan 500 persons saw I "The Mikado" during the two per j formanees staged here last week, j After seeing the opera, I can but (pity the hundreds of others who | misled it, for it was truly one of | the best stage presentations in Eliz la'oeth City's history. ] ReltiWilkins, as Ko-Ko, gave one ? of the best comic performances it I has been my pleasure to witness, on screen or stage. Arthur Hanna's (tenor numbers were alone worth the I price of admission. George Nelsons ibass and his comical acting were (most pleasing. And Virginia Hufty, ; former Elizabeth City girl, playing the feminine lead, electrified the audience with her fine soprano. The opera was most ably directed by Alexandro Angelucci, of the Phil (adolphia Opera Company. "The M;kado" is cne of the light-1 est and mo-: amusing of all the operas. Gilbert and Sullivan out did (themselves in creating lilting : melodies and humorous dialogue for I this opera. All who missed the two ! performances here last week are to ? be pitied. W'alkallum Continues 1 In Guilford Superior Court Wcd Incsdaj', Judge John M. Oglesby de I clincd to issue an order re:'.raining iRay C. AlvLs and associates from further operation of the walkathon, I or walking marathon, which has | been under way since November 19 Jon State Route 10. midway between I Greensboro and High Point. Judge i Oglesby based his decision on his i belief that if the walka.hon Ls the i nuisance the plaintiff's allege, there is adequate remedy in the criminal | courts. I Some lime, in the future, cvery body 'will have work again and there i will be howls that will reach heaven from those who prefer relief. ! North Carolina Counties Must Furnish Relief for Their Unemployables After Jan. 1st This is the Ultimatum from State Head quarters of The FERA and It's Sad News For Those in Distress Who Are Too Old or Sick to Work j Conditions of hunger and distress that were not equalled even at the height of the depression may be expected in Elizabeth City and Pasquotank, County this winter as a result of the announcement from State FERA headquarters Monday that the counties of North Carolina ivillhave to assume their just re sponsibility for unemployables on January 1. i ne question as 10 wiuii i^uci cases are i.he responsibility of the Federal government and what ones are rightly the wards of the local government will be determined gen erally as follows: Those persons who have become relief clients as a result of the effects of the depres sion and are willing and able to work are the rcs|>onsibility of the Federal government. Those unem plcyablcs who are on relief for o:hcr causes will be regarded as the obligation of the counties. According to A. H. Outlaw, Coun ; ty Welfare Agent and Relief Ad ministrator, this order will throw around 215 family heads and non family persons upon the county welfare office for assistance. And the County's relief fund is woefully Iclim. In plain words, Pasquotank Courj.y will be faced with the task of providing food, clothing and other necessities of life for 215 or more families and or non-family indivi ?iauls thruout the winter and spring, and Pasquotank County has virtu ally no money in its treasury for re lief purposes. Which means simply that the winter of 1935 is likely to j be by far the worst yet experienced I in this city and county. ! Asked how he intends to cope 'with this distressing situation, Mr. ?Outlaw confessed himself to right much at sea regarding this (perplexing problem. [ "We'll jutt have to straggle ! along," said he, "in much the same manner as we did before the Federal relief funds were poured ' into our coffers. We'll have to rake and scrape, getting assistance from this, that and the other source. We'll have to count on the church | es, the fraternal organizations, the Associated Charities, the Red Cross and kind-hearted individuals to helj) us out. Maybe, thru a ; combined effort, we can get thru the winter, but Indications are that we are going 1.0 see more distress i this winter than we have seen here tofore in Pasquotank County." This order regarding the unom 1 ployablcs is but another step in the gradual curtailment of North Caro lina Emergency Relief Administra tion funds which has been sought continually since the expiration of the CWA program last spring. The reason for the curtailment Is obvi ous. The Federal government hai been oring for thousands of persons who arc rightly the wards and rc spoivibilitics of their local govern ment units. During the first three quarters of 1934, nhe Federal govern j mcnt poured $10,900,000 into North Caro'ina for relief, while local gov ,Lr:.mcnts contributed only $134,720. Nor is this .step the end of the ?curtailment. The FERA is not go ing to wield its Big Stick on North Carolina until after the General I Assembly has met. If the solons fail to vote a substantial relief ap ! propria tion, the Federal govern men: Is going to curtail its a?ist ! aiiec to an even greater extent. I 7 Am Going To Hell This Bank" Says Coppedge The highest bid of $29,000 for the 'fJcvings Bank & Trust Co. building made,by W. J. Woodlcy at the sec f.rid sale Monday of this week, didn't : sptal .0 R. C. Coppedge, the bank's I liquidating agent. And so Mr. ?Coppedge bid the building and 1 furnL-hings in for the bank at $23, 500. J. W. Crew, of Pleasant Hill, N. !C., who latsed the previous bid of : v25.000 made by the I. O. R. M, i would not offer a bid higher than his five per cent raise. Mr. Wood ley jumped Crew's bid to $29,000 and it stuck at that figure undl Mr. |Co;;p(.d??. grimly one day tins ,ur.d bid for the bar.k. ! "I am going to sell this bank building at private sale," said Mr. Coppcdcge," 'grimly one day this week. "When I make up my mind to do a thing I usually do it" He lid nob indicate where he expects to find a purchaser. After clearing out the gangsters the government ung... tiniJe f.v Lril aurnmchhe inwr,
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