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VOL. 35 PLYMOUTH,~ N. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1924. NO. 23
: ILL PROHIBIT
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SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT
NATIONAL BANKS PROHIBIT
ED BY LAW.
4 DECISION WILL HAVE EFFECT
Opinion Reached in Cate of First Na
tional Bank of SL Louis to Be
Far-Reaching
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• 'Washington.—In a decision which is
expected to have far-reaching effect on
the branch banking by national banks,
the supreme court in a case brought
by the First National Bank In St.
Louis, held that national banks under
the federal banking act ara prohibited
from establishing branches unless
they come within the exceptions
pointed out by the court ’ r
Specifically the court held that the
opening of a branch by the SL Louis
bank wis in violation of the federal
law, and furthermore, that a Missouri
state law which also forbade it could
be enforced in the state courts.
Whether the decision which was de
livered by Justice Sutherland, would
apply also to existing branches of na
tional banks established under*,fdti&al
laws passed in 1865 and 1918 *111 be
determined by interpretation and study
of the court’s decision or by further
cases which may come up for consid
eration.
The law. of 1|#5 permitted state
banks *with branches to become na
tlonal banks retaining their branches
the law of 191* permitted other; na
tional banks to absorb the foppaer. In
that way hundreds of national bank
branches have become Yjito -being.. ’
It is understood that the comp
troller of the currency was Inclined
to construe the decision as not af
fecting the recent, rule that national
banks might establish teller’s win
dows for conveninece of customers
at outlying points, biit lawyers who
studied the decision were doubtful of
the soundness of the comptroller's
view. /• :■’ * •'
\ However iar-aweepmg or uanuw
the decision ultimately feay prove so
' far as concerns the rights of national
banks to establish branches^ under
federal statutes, the court uiequlvo
• cally took the position that states
could enforce in * their own courts
their laws prohibiting branch bank
ing, even though the offender was a
' '' national bank. /stfyg •, N \
?; •: The decision was by 4 Biviue'd'cbuft
but the division was not over the
question of branch banking, bu,t over
"■ ' the right of states toenforce their
laws in this respect again»fl national
banks. Chief Justice Taft 'and Jus
' tices Van Devanter and Butler, in a
. -i “ dissenting ^-opindaon delivered by
i Justice Van Devanter, took the posi
tion that national banka were im
mune from the operation of state
' laws, and that the question of branch
. banking by them could only be
• brought under federal statutes.
Ford Company Soto Record.
t Detroit. MichWThe Ford Motor
Company made 2,100,682 automobiles,
trucks and tractors In 1|M—775,059
more than in any previous yey, ac
cording to production Azures tor1 the
year announced. Of the total 1,915,
f.» 485 automobiles and trucks were made
in this country and 175,474 In foreign
■* plants, IncllidlUr Canada. To the total
■ X,! of flrtsa ara added 101,898 trsetgrs and
7,125 Lincoln cars.
The figures were coupled yyitb.an
' announcement that the Ford; ConjbaM
expects to exceed this figure In 1924
> production and that It plans to start
early this spring on Its program of
>.«a ' 10,000 cars dally.
: 1 “The production of more than 2,
200,000 automobiles In one year prob
' ,* ably If the greatest feat In manufac
' taring over accomplished, especially
in view of the fact that the Ford Com
M pany controls the complete manufac
ture and raw material, supplies for a
* large proportion of everything that
goes into the make-up of its^roduct.”
Five Burned to Death.
Farrell, Pa.—Five persons were
V burned to death and four others ser
'■ •>' lously injured in a fire which destroy
ed four houses here.
The dead: Wade Poling, Mr. and
t Mrs. John Cioco, Mrs. James Mac
’ *' Cauley and David Ors. j?
A series of explosions preceded the
Are and the police expressed the be
lief that they were caused by a broken
■ gas main which served the houses de
‘ stroyed. Firemen were seriously ham,
pered by explosions after they reach
ed the scene and it ssas not until live
hours had passed that 'they were able
to recover the bodies.
FIFTEENlKILLED by
Explosion of ga§.
Pawtucket, R. I.—Fifteen persons
were killed when escaping gas
flooded a two-family cottage at
Manville and an explosion and fire
yhich followed wrecked the build
ing. The victims were Michael
Conway, who lived in one side of
{he house; Adelard Hamel, his
wife, six sons and five daughters,
and Miss Apolllne Dancour, a
boarder with the Hamel family.
So far as the authorities could
learn, the two Conway boys, after
smelling escaping gaft, opened the
cellar door and a light in the hall
way ignited the gas. The explosion
which followed, is believed to have
detonated some dynamite which
Hamel, who was a wood chopper,
had stored in the cellar. Hundreds
of windows, within a radius of half
a mile were shattered by the com
bined gas and dynamite explosion,
and the detonation was heard 20
miles away.
.OUTLINE STEPS FOR RELIEF
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE TALKS OF
SITUATION IN THE '
NORTH^EST^ V\ V
Congress Told of Necessity For Action
That -Will Prevent Further
\ 1 Failures. '
Washington.—Moved by the increas
ing acuteness of the economic situa
tion in the Northwest/President Cbol
idge sent to congress #a1 special mes
sage outlining steps for relief and
quickened efforts of the federal gov
ernment to>prevefat further bank-fail
ures in that section.
The chief executive presented flvp.
- methods for “orgtt&ized cooperation of
the present federal government and
the local institutions of that terrri
tory.
Congress, he declared, should extend
financial assistance, through a feder
al agency to promote diversification
in farming by-the wheat growers and
lengthen^from- Mgrch31 to December
31, 1924, the period during which the
war .finance . qorporb'tfiin may make
loans. "rThe diversification proposal!
embodiedVin • the a‘ Norbeck-llurtniess
bills, is under stiyTy'by senate and
house agrfcillture^committees and the
president's nfessaige is expected by ad
ministration leaderfe to give it im
petus. .
The executive branches of the gov
ernment working in cooperation with
^prilfnteyinterests, .Mr.VCoolldge -assert
■ ed, --Tnitthf sffek hrling aBSut' the
refunding of the pressing past due
inde£t§dfaess of the farmery, i to re
store-' the impaired (Capital ot-Mbtfnks
and confidence in those hanks, and to
promote creation by private* capital
of fnedl financing tfgencies,' such1 as
shave been organized by live stock in
terests to work in cooperation with
the war finance corporation.
The work of restorifcfe the iln$&lVed
capital banks already has been started
With t^e sending .of, p -federal jralsslqq
headed^by Comptroller Dawes' to the
Northwest, j The1- war finance corpora
tion bps been directed to extend all
aid it legally can-give and Mr. $ool
idge has*4f termined to - call bankers
in, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul
to Washington for conferences in
«4vsut • th9y 1 hesitate to accord the co
operation gsked by the Dawes mis
sion. i‘ \.'v
. The president toia congress me wei
tare of Urge business concerns, rail
'rosds; mertanttte^estaWtshments and
ajggfcfultu£i&r supply bouses, was lm-,
medUtely connected with the welfare
«£ %he fargidr and annouhced that be
bed directed 'SecrdiarW Hoorer and
Wallace and Managing Drlector Mer
er of the war -finance icorporatloia to
confer with representatives of these
Interests, to bring about refunding of
farmers* indebtedness.
Plan to Withdraw Ships.
Washington.—Mansion, over the Mex
ican situation appeared; to hare been
completely related when' the state
department announced that American
war vessels -ordered to Vera Crus an<|(.
Tampibo. were already in process o'
being withdrawn' from Mexican ^waters
sinae the rebel le'hdirs had?ab*ndon?
ed’theiV attempted blockade of Tam
pico and had ordered mines removed
from the harbors under JthoIt control.
With this compliance with the^'de
mands of the Washington government,
the De U Huert*, leaders .have with
lO wo - r-- -
‘.dffwn wll tbr4»ts against the con
tin'
lnuetf movement of peaceful Ameri
can commerce, and the occasion for
sending the ships has passed.
tjnleSs American lives and property
should again be jeoparlsed, it is un
likely that the Washington govern
ment wilt take an further action than
to continue to make sales of war mu
nitions to Obregon.
BELIEVE 40 WERE
KILLED BY BUST
SEVENTEEN BODIES ARE REMQV
ED FROM THE LANCASHIRE
MINE.
JOHN RICO SAVES 9 LIVES
Coffee and Sandwiches Served to Rela
tivea Throughout the Night; Wo
men Comforted.
Shanktown, a.—Forty men, lost their
lives In the 'explosion which wrecked
the Lancashire mine of the Barnes
and Tucker Coal company here ac
cording to the best estimates obtain
Seventeen bodies have been brought
out, and nine miners, who were saved
by the prompt effpyts of another min
er, are in hospitals .recovering from
the effects of shock and gas. J^xperj
ienced rescue crews, led by J. B. Par
ker of the Pittsburgh station of the
bureau of mines, are working in one
hour relays to penetn^tn the workings
and reache the entonfbed men. All
hope that any is alive he been aban
doned.
“While no one is quite sure,” said
Engineer Pafker; "there is every rea
son to Relieve there jjvere 40 vie toms
of the mine disaster. Seventeen
bodies have been located, and there Is
hardly a possibility, that the 23 other
mlrferi* escaped. The rescue wo^k is
proceeding favorably. The main head
ing has been explored to the face of
the mine, and the crews are now fgv
ing Into -the side * entries. We exjfisct
to have the mine completely explored.
The .women and, child/c^ who stood
in theVbitter cold and blinding snow
awaiting vainly, for some news from
the workings, were., iflducy*! 4o; fo
their homes by tbe-fted Cross hurtes
and the Salvation Army workers.
They served sandwiches and coffee to
the emerifendy men during the. night,
and, comforting the stricken women
/and schlldren, finally led/ thejpjjhome.
The nurses were then sent to the
Anergency morgue at S&arjprd, a
' neighboring village, where they took
charge of the bodies. ?. - ■ **
: John Rico, a miner, was on his way
tq»work iq^thd night shi(y^|j||^,be
,fore 4 o'clock when he saw a great
volume of smoke burst from the pit.
Without hesitation, he ran into the
mine and almost immediately came
uppn., a broken pick aryl a smashed
T
almost a mile, he
mouth of every gallery^ but got no
response, until he was gjjsgr the^jlxth
heading, ftiere a faint'cry answered
him, and his search was rewarded by
finding ntnp meh alive^byt some ol
thenSMbforoering on uncoUseiousndss.
Rico induced them to sbak their
handkerchiefs in water and tie them
abem^ethehr faces. He. quickly found
an air passage, and leading the weak
and staggering men along Hs entire
lenktb,’ he -finally .dame to. p fpoint
where he knew the earth had fallen in
from above. He then helped them
one by 'one to'trfmb to' the surface
and safety. ‘ • v,
U. 8. Warships Quit Tampico.
* 'iTata’pico.—The Urfftfed States1- Aar
craft, which compelled the rebels to
ca'ljl off their Blfl«hhdfe of ■ Tampico,
hare departed. The destroyers Cory
and<Hull sailed fqr Vera Crus, and'the
eruiherRlchmohdf»f4r^Galveeton.,!The
iJtebM^gunboats Zaragoza and Tampico
remain" outside, the port but. are 'not
Interfering wi(h the /-movements of
merchant shipa In and out of the
harbor.
Federal troops under Oenerai Cor
doba hare defeated the rebels In the
Juan C as la no-Los Naranjos region,
forcing them to .fall back upon Lo
'tonsi tialf-wpy to Cdshmixtle, where
they are retrenching.
Federal troops are assembling ma
chine guns phd',cavalry equipipeat re
ceived from the United Stales.
Admits Murder of Wife and Brother.
- Aurora, 111—CaatMn a block of^ipn
terdteAthe £eads, of Mrtyildn* djncoln
and* flyron Shioup,* her brother, were
found In a dump heap here by the
authorities working under the direc
tion of Warren jr 'Lincoln, eccentric
lawyer and horticulturist, who is ac
cused of their mprder.
Making his fourteenth statement
and his fifth confession in an many
days, Lincoln told his questioners
that he had shot both his wife; and
her brother, hacked their bodies to
bits and buried the pieces, sealed
their heads in a block of concrete
which he used for a time as a support
under his porch, and then threw Is
the city dump.
MAN WHOSE STORE FIRE
KILLED 7, IS A SUICIDE.
Lyndonville, Vt.—Albert Stern,'
lit whose building a Are started a
tew nights ago, causing a loss of
seven lives and $500,000. property
damage, committed suicide by
slashing his throat.
Stern, who conducted a 'clothing
store in the building, had been
ejalled as a witness at an inquest
into the fire set for Monday. ' A
preliminary investigation develop
ed the fact that Stern was in his
store 10 minutes before the flames
were discovered.
IS. „ 'iMNrf —
TO SEARCH SUSPECTED SHIPS
BECOME EFFECTIVE ON RATIFI
CATION BY ENGLAND AND
AMERICA.
British Vessels Improperly Detained
,Aor Searched Would Be Compensat
or- ed Fori Loss Resulting.4
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Washington.—The double-barreled
liquor treaty with Great Britain was
signed by Secretary Hughes and Am
bassador Geddes, to become effective
when ratifications are exchanged. By
tactic agreement, however, the two
governments are expectecmo give the
pa'pt some 'measure of immediate .ap
plication*.^?! ^dealing with rum-smug
gling and ship liquor matters which
may arise before ratification is com
pleted. *
- Under the treaty suspected liquor
i*amuggling craft under the British flag
would be. liable to search and seiaure
-ife.interoepted,;anywhere within .an
■ houi's Sailing' distance of shore, the
speed of the* suspected vessel being
the,measure of distance" in her case.
In return for this aid in prohibition
enforcement, the United States would
jgant to Bri^h ; ships the right to
carry sealed stores- of Ahjp liquors
within American waters anywhere pn
the same terms that such liquors now
pass through the Panama canal.It is
to run .for one year at the end of
-which period it can be terminted on
three months' notice.
‘f ‘^summary of the treat!/ made pub
lic at the state department shows a
provision not previously discoised
under which British vessels improp:
erly detained or searched would, be
compensated for any loss or damage
resulting. Such cases would;be re
ferred to a Joint commission- for ad
judication and award. - - -
Signing of the, treaty, which officials
tfope 'will pavejthe way for breaking
up the rum fleets off the American
coasts and also eliminate causes of
irritation between; 'the two countries
with"respect to ship-liquor matters and
the. seizure of British suspected craft,
■was the last official .*<?t of Ambassa
dor Geddes. He edited1 'afterward at
the White House to present his let‘
ters of recal land with the exception
of one or two addresses hp is schedul
ed to make in New Yprk before he
sails for home his service, in the IJnlt
ied States is over. . .■
Four Parish In Fire u Home Burnt.
Pottsvllle. Pa—A mother and'her
four daughters, ranging^ln age from
one to sixteen, were burned to death
»■ fire at. Mlddleport, Are miles
from here, when their home was al
almost destroyed. Andrew Harvilla,
the husband and father, was severely
burned In attempting Jg. rescue them.
Mrs. Harvilla lost her life In an
heroic effort to save her children.
Witt pert of the house. a > raging fur
nace, she dashed Inside the house ta
the second floor, where she seised her
one-year-old baby daughter from -her
crib and was making her way to the
stairway when she was overcome by
smoke.
Lint Flfuree Refleet 9aln.
Washington.—Cotton ginned prior
to January 16 amounted to 1,941,112
running bales, including 116,111 round
bales counted -as half bales; 20,111
bales of American-Kgyptian, and 781
bales of sea island, the Census Bureau
announced.
„ To that date last year ginning*
amounted to 9.648.201 rubbing bales
including 168,428 round bales, acount
ed as half bales; 30,827 bales of Amer
lcan-Egyptlan and 5,074 bales of sea
Island.
Glnnlngs to January 16 this year by
states follows. Alabama, 595,9?8;
Arlxona, 68,673; Arkansas, 620,136;
Salifornla, 45,184; Florida, 13,485;
Georgia, 608,916; Louisiana.- 369,262;
Mississippi. 615,449; Missouri, 109,851;
North Carolina, 1,028,998; Oklahoma
643,871; South Carolina, 784,591; Ten
nessee, 225,581; Texas, 4.139,952; Vir
ginia, 48,013. All other States. 38i
712
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37 ARE KILLED III
MANY OTHERS ARE BADLY IN
JURED AS RESULT OF
DISASTER.
MEN NEAR ENTRANCE ESCAPE
Last of Injured Brought to Surface
and Given Modleal Aid In Herrin
Hospital.
Johnston City, 111.—Thirty-aeroa
men are dead, six injured and badly
burned, while eight others suffered
burns about the head and body, in a
mine disaster which occurred hare.
After hours of faithful work on the
part of volunteer rescue teams to aid
the organized teams of Williamson
county, the last of the injured in the
explosion at the east side mine of tlid
Crerar Coal company mine here had
been brought to the surface and given
medical aid in hospitals in Herrin.
The men near the entrance escaped
easily but entries Nos. 9, 10, 11 and
12, located in the depths of the ool
leriea where the actual explosion took
place, were farthest from a means of
escape and the men there suffered the
full terrior of the terrMc blast.
Hundreds of men volunteered to go
down into the mine after four Johnson
City physicians stepped forward and
Announced their intention of braving
the poisonous gases of the inner re
cesses of the mine where the men
have been trapped.
Waiting in the tero cold outside the
mine shaft relatives and workers were
completely enevloped >y clouds oC
dense, black smoke coming from the
shaft. Ambulances from Herrin and
Johnson City were lined up outside
and as each body, borne on a stretcher,
was brought up out ot the smoky
shaft, the waiting crowd pushed for
ward fearful that it might be soma
relative.
Bootleg King to Penlt *ntiary.
Atlanta, Ga — Marble walls of tho
'Atlanta federal penltentii xy housed
George Remus* convicted bootleg
Icing-of the middle west, aid 11 of his
associates.
Royalty, was recognised by fellow
prisoners, for when Remus entered
the prison, coming direct here from
Cincinnati 6n board a private car, he
was glveh an ovation to the full ex
tent of prison ru'es and regulations,
the silent’ waving of arre through
grated windows.
The Cincinnati millionaire started
service of . a two-year sentence for
having conspired to viola .e the Vol
stead act. He also must pay a line
of $10,000, and at the termination of
this sentence will serve one year in a
state prison in Ohio.
His associates, Harry Jlrown, John
Gerhunf, Charles Wiseman and George
Dater, will serve 18 months and pay
gnes of $5,000 each; Clarence Bell,
Ernest Brady, George Gillenbeck and
George King, 15 months' sentence and
fines of $1,000 each; Harry Gardewing
and- Harry Boyd, one year and one
‘day and pay fines of $1,000 each; El
mer Roth, 15 months' sentence and a
fine of $500.
Three Mummlaa Are Dlecevered.
Luxor, Egypt.—Thrae mimmiea, two
excellently preserved, hare baas dis
covered by Dr. Hobart Mond, tha
English Egyptologist, who during tha
^nat waek has been clearing the apnea
behind the ramlahum. or mortuary
temple,"of Ramaaaa II, In tha region
Known aa Sheik Abd-El-Querna, to
remora tha rubble for hla Intended ea>
caratian of tha tomb of Ramose. rialer
of tha hartlc king of Akhenatloa. Tha.
third mummy found, peaalbly tha bady
of a soldier killed In one of tha wars
of anclant Egypt, la In a bad atnte.
Tha well-preserved mummies ar those
of a goldsmith and hla wife, a priest
ess of Amonle, of the twenty-fourth
dynasty, 7I« B- C. Under the outer
wrappings of the priestess mummy,
her clothing of fine linen, now brown
ed by age, was found laid, neatly fold
ed, upon the body. There was a long
robe, piped with green, with a V
shaped opening in front and holes for
the arms, fringed around the hem;
then an outer garment with a hole
for the head and several fringed
veils.
Months Before Shenandoah Can Fly.
Lakehurst, N. J.—Contrary to expec
tations, It probably will be three
months before the Shenandoah, giant
Navy dirigible which was battered on
[ her Involuntary flight a week ago, will
| be In condition to fly again, it was
I said at the naval air station here. It
5 had been hoped to place the ship
| back on active duty within a month.
BANK RESOURCES INCREASE
Excellent Showing Made in Stockholm
* ere' Meeting of Land Bank at
Durham.
Durham.—Resources of the North
Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank here
hare increased more than six-fold, ac
cording to the reports at the large
stockholders’ meeting held here. The
total jumped from 1700,000 to $4,250,
000.
All directors of the bank were re
elected to office at the meeting, and
one new one, R. R. Cotten, of Bruce,
was added. The officers, consisting
of Gen. Julian S. Carr, chairman of
the board; Southgate JoneB, presi
dent; J. A. Long, Roxboro; W. P.
Clefnents and E. H. Meadows, Jr., of
New Bern, vice-presidents, and John
R. Holloway, secretary and treasurer,
were re-electad.
Among the out of town stockhold
ers who attended the meetidg'we're:
J. A. Long, president of the People’s
Bank of Roxboro; C. A. Johnson, pres
ident Farmers Bank and Trust Co.,
Tarboro; D. F. Wooten, president of
the First National Bank, Kinston;
Jesse M. Ross, vice-president Bank of
Washington, Washington, N. C.; H. A.
Parker, president of Citisens Bank
and Trust Co., of Benson; A. L. Healy,
of Page Trusjt Company, Pinehurst;
G. A. Barfoot, Wilson; E. H. Meadows,
Jr., New Bern, and J. G. Goddard,
president of Martin County Savings
and Trust Co., Willlamston, N. C.
Fourteen Dentists Licensed.
Asheville.—Fourteen of the 17 appli
cants for licenses to practice dentistry
In North Carolina before the North
Carolina State Board of Dental Exam
iners in Greensboro January 7-9, pass
ed the examination. Dr. F. L. Hunt,
Asheville, secretary of the board an
nounced.
The mid-winter e.^^ ..nations are
given dentists who have practiced in
other states and desire to enter prac
tice in this state, the main examina
tions coming in Jnne. Those who
passed the board are as follows.
Dr. B. W. Barnes, Greensboro; Dr.
M. L. Watts. Raleigh; Dr. H. W.
Chandler. Greensboro; Dr. V. R. Da
vis, Salisbury; Dr. J. B. Wright*
Goldsboro; Dr. J. E. Fennell, Kerr;
Dr. J. B. Shea, Asheville; Dr. H. P.
Edney, Washington, D. C: Dr. W. A.
Pressly, Jr, Rock Hill, S. C.; Dr. W.
T. Burke, Norfolk, Va.; Dr. W. L.
Nance, Fort Valley, Ga.; Dr. C. N. t
McMillan, Washington, D. C.; Dr. L.
C. Rogers, Raleigh, and Dr. C. E.
Cox, Fries, Va.
Strawberry to Carry Certificates.
Whlteville. — Columbus county
strawberries grown on tbe lands of
farmers who wish it,' and who follow
some small requirements of the health
department, may carry a clean bill of
health on each crate when it is placed
on the market this year. Dr. Floyd
Johnson is posting the following let
ter at all postoffices in the county and
he will be glad to have berry growers
consult him about the matter in ques
tion:
"The state deputy health officer has
promised to help us to advertise the
quality of our fruit by allowing1 me to
furnish certificates for each package
when the farm and premises of pro
ducer have been inspected and the
sanitary conditions found to meet the
approval of the heealth department.
"Any one wishing to take advantage
of this will please communicate with
me at once and I will furnish infor
mation as to what preparation will be
necessary to procure the certificates."
Tebacee Salon Exceed Expectations.
Kinston. — Tobacconists here say
their estimate of season’s sale of 30,
0*9,900 pounds on the Kinston market
will be slightly exceeded. The auc
tion warehouses will close Friday,
February I, after one of the longest
aeltlng seasons in the market’s his
tory. The opening took place ta
August. The sales total will break all
records.
Current "breaks’* are small. The
January sessions of the market ars
held for "mopping up" purposes.
Peckhousea on farms are being swept
clean of their last few thousand
pounds. Prices nje ruling well.
Chain of Warehouses For Rowan.
Salisbury—A chain of bonded ware
houses is to be built in this city for
the purpose of serving the farmers of
Rowan and adjoining counties, the
Piedmont Bonded Warehouse Corpor
ation being the name of the new enter
prise, which Is financed and officered
entirely by Salisbury men, who have
already demonstrated their faith in
this city and county by making large
outlays in the construction of indus
trial plants and numerous residences.
The officers of the new warehouse
corporation are: E. A. Goodman, pres*
dent; L. C. Goodman, vice-president,
and A L. Kluttx, secertary and treag
| urer. ui
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