The Greensboro patriot [March 2, 1910]

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VOL. 89. GREENSBORO. N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1 91 O. NO 9
UK w. J- RICHARDSON
OFFICE: MCADOO BUILDING
NEXT TO POSTOFFICC
UllDENCE: 615 WIST GABTON »T.
J. H. BOYLES, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Mice in Hoi ton Drug Store Building. Lm Offlce Phone805.
Kei- *0» w- Oaston; Res. Phone T68.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE
DENTIST
OFFICE IN CARTLAND BLDO.
LOCAII ara^we.
Or. M. F. FOX
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OUILFORD COLLEGE. N. C.
Or E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
Offlce in Mrs. Watlington building,
Next door to Conyer*s Drugstore.
Upstairs.
C. W. BANNER, M. D.
0PPO8ITK rosTorrics.
Practice limited to the Eye. Ear. Nose
and Throat.
Office Hours-9 A. M. to 1 P. M.; £30 P. M. to
I ?. M. Sunday, » to 10.30 A. M. given to the
worthy poor.
-Dr. W. P. Reaves, M. D.
Practice Limited to Eye. Ear. Note
ami Throat.
JBce and Innrmary—Mc Adoo Building,
Next to Poatofllce.
Phone No. 30.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
Office over Sykes Drug Company.
Phone 793.
FATHER AND MOTHER TAKEN.
Or PARRAN JARBOE
OFFICE: OVER FARI8S-KLTJTZ.
•.OPPOSITE OCILFORD HOTKL.
Phone: Office, 571; Residenoe, 19.
Calls may be left at Farias-Klutz drug store.
Stecial attention given to country practice.
G. F. ROSS, M. D.
Office—lOO McAdoo Building
Next to Postofflce—Phone 763
Residence—617 W. Gaston St.
Phone 1108.
DR. L. G. COBLE
DENTIST
Bunbow Arcade, opposite Beabow Hotel,
O reensboro, N. C. Phone 601.
■ . V. TAYLOS 4. I. ICI1.H.
Taylor & Scales
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
GHEEHSB0R0. I. C.
Robert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douglas.
DOUGLAS d DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
tales li Grtenaooro Loan and Traat Bldg.
THOMSON & HOYLE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Commercial rlat'l Bank Bldr.. Greenasoro.
«B«ola> attention given to collections,
.can, negotiated.
F. P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offioe In Wright Building, Opposite
Court House Greensboro, N. C.
:.•»'. M. Soott. Chaa. B. McLean.
SCOTT © McLEAN
ATTOUKEYS AT LAW
•Iflasi 111 Coart Sanare. Grecniboro.H.C.
GEORGE M. PATTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
101 Court Square, - Greensboro, N. C.
m.i I. SHAW CHII. a. MiMta
8HAW&HINES
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices: BOOMS 401 and *M New MoAaoo
Building next to Postofnoe.
Plant bed fertilizer at the Town-send
Buggy Co.'s.
Prof. T. E. Whitaker was here
from Oak Ridge yesterday.
Remember the Clover Leaf spread-er
Is the best. PETTY-REID CO.
Mrs. W. H. Matthews has returned
from Raleigh, where she visited Mrs.
T. B. Eldridge.
Mrs. S. W. H. Smith, of Guilford
College, has returned from a visit
to relatives in Davidson county.
If you are interested in second-hand
engines of any description, write
us. PETTY-REID CO.
Just received—a carload of barbed
wire. See us before you buy.
SOUTHSIDE HARDWARE CO.
Potatoes, oats, clover and grass
seed in abundance at Tucker &
Erwin's. The best grade of all stand-ard
varieties..
Mrs. J. D. May leaves tonight for
Baltimore for treatment. She will be
accompanied by her sister-in-law,
Mrs. L. V. Craddock.
Mr. W. C. Ogburn has returned to
the livery stable business, having
purchased Mr. C. E. Swain"s business
on South Davie street.
When you come to town don't fail
to call and see the new furniture at
Murphy Bros.' stove store. They are
offering some real bargains.
Clean Virginia seed oats—Burt,
Black Spring and Red Rust proof.
Come and see us.
6-4t. C. SCOTT & CO.
SEED POTATOES—Irish Cobbler,
Green Mountain, Early Rose, Hebron,
Burbank, Peerless and Rural New
Yorker. Call on the Foster-Moffitt
Company.
A fine combination: The Patriot
and the Thrice-a-Week New York
World (four papers a week) for $1.60
a >ear. Better than a daily for the
man in the country.
Mr. Charles M. Crawford, formerly
of Durham, has come to Greensboro
to become manager of the gas de-partment
of the North Carolina Pub-lic
Service Company.
During the month of February 72
patients were received at St. Leo's
hospital, 24 of them being charity pa-tients.
There were four deaths at
the hospital during the month.
Just a few of that lot of buggies
still on hand, and if you want one
you should see us before buying else-where.
TOWNSEND BUGGY CO.
We are paying 12 cents a pound
for hens and 15 cents a pound for
small young chickens. Bring them
in at once.
GREENSBORO FRUIT CO.
A good work mn.e for sale cheap
for cash, or will swap for cattle. A
bargain if taken at once.
W. J. GROOMB,
9-tf. Greensboro, N. C.
Rev. Sanders R. Guignard. who re-cently
resigned as rector of St. An-drew's
Episcopal church, has accept-ed
a call to become rector of Grace
Episcopal church, in Anderson, S. C.
Mr. Jerome D. Sechrest and Miss
Stella May Frederick wee marrried
yesterday at the home of the bride's
parents, near the fair grounds, the
ceremony being performed by Squire
Collins.
FOR SALE—106-acre farm 10 miles
sicuth of Greensboro. Good residence
and outbuildings. We'.l watered and
timbered. Suitable for tobacco
grain. Apply to J. F. Marsh,
D. 3, Greensboro.
Mr Max T. Payne, manager of the
Greensboro Drug Company, who has
had two attacks of illness recently,
left yesterday for Ashevillo to con-sult
a specialist. He was accom-panied
by Mrs. Payne.
Mr. George W. Crawford, one of
the accommodating salesmen at Craw-ford
& Rees1 clothing store, has been
confined to the home of his parents
Mr and Mrs. John W. Crawford, by
illness for the past week.
Mr Tom Dalton, a son of Mr. and
Mrs R F Dalton. has recovered
from a very serious attack of appen-dicitis
that kept him confined in St
Leo's hospital for several weeks and
is able to be on the streets again.
We have a big stock of seed pota-toes
in the following varieties: Irish
Cobbler, Green Mountain, Early Rose
Hebron, Burbank, Peerless and Rural
New Yorker.ogTBR MOFFITT CQ
We are making a specialty of hand-made
shoes and want your patronage.
A trial will convince you. Our shop
is equipped for the best class of work
and we guarantee satisfaction.
THOMPSON & SON,
West Market street.
Miss Lois Davidson, the attractive
young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Davidson, of Gibsonville. underwent
an operation for appendicitis at bt.
Leo's hospital Monday. The friends
of the family will be glad to know
that the condition of the young lady
is favorable.
Mrs. W. M. Settle, the mother of
Mrs. W. A. Davie, of this city died
Saturday afternoon in Wentwortn at
the home of another daughter, Mrs.
Sam Ellington. She was 76 J*""
old. Mrs. Davie and family attended
the funeral, which was held at MS.
Hermon church, near Wentworth,
Monday.
"Jack" Rldgeway, who will pitch
for the Greensboro baseball team
again this season, arrived la Uw city
Monday from his home in Philadel-phia
and was warmly greeted by
many friends here. Rldgeway will be
on
College
A Family Doubly" Bereaved in the
Death of Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Smith
—The Gritn Messenger's Toll.
During the past week the children
of Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Smith, well
known and highly esteemed people of
this city, suffered a double bereave-ment
in the loss by death of both
their father and mother. ^The father
died shortly after midnight Thursday
morning and the mother passed away
early Saturday morning. Both died
of pneumonia, Mrs. Smith contract-ing
the disease while tenderly caring
for her stricken husband.
The funeral of Mr. Smith was held
from the residence on Arlington
street Friday afternoon and that of
Mrs. Smith from Centenary Metho-dist
church, of which both were mem-bers,
Sunday afternoon. Rev. D. M.
Litaker, the pastor, conducted both
services, and large numbers of friends
came to extend their sympathy to
the sorely bereaved ones.
Mr. Smith was 70 years old and a
native of Randolph county. He was
a faithful soldier of the Confederacy,
serving throughout the four years of
the civil war as a member of the
sixty-second Georgia cavalry. Soon
after the war he married and located
In Greensboro, engaging in the con-tracting
and building business. He
was actively engaged in this line of
business until stricken by his fatal
illness, having several contracts un-der
way at the time of his death.
John Y. Smith was a man of few
words but of sturdy nature. He was
a stranger to ostentation and never
practiced hypocrisy nor deceit. He
was plain John Y. Smith, and with-in
his rugged frame there beat a
true heart.
Mrs. Smith was a few months
younger than her husband and before
her marriage was Miss Delphina
Kersey. She was a woman of sweet
and gentle disposition and held a
large place in the hearts of her
friends. Next to her religion, her
most distinguishing characteristic
was her devotion to her loved ones.
She literally lived for her family,
and no mother ever took more de-voted
interest in the career of her
children. A daughter was the joy
and comfort of her life, but she
watched with the pride of a Spartan
mother the course in life of her four
sons, two of whom have achieved
success in the business world and
two of whom are entering upon prom-ising
careers in profecsional life. ,
The surviving children are: Mr.
B. E. Smith, of this city; Mr. Herbert
L. Smith, of Durham: Mrs. I-ee
Smith, of Guilford College: Mr. David
B. Smith, of Charlotte, and Mr. John
Y. Smith, Jr., of Atlanta.
ago and recently he was elected sur-veyor
of Guilford county.
Rev. Thomas G. Faulkner, rector of
St. Barnabas Episcopal church, con-ducted
a funeral service at the resi-dence
Monday afternoon and yester-day
the body was taken to Emporia,
Va., for interment.
and
R. F.
9-3t.
Mrs. Paul C. Lindley.
This entire community was shock-ed
and saddened Sunday morning by
the announcement of the death of
Mrs. Paul C. Lindley. who passed
away at St. Leo's hospital at 7
o'clock. Mrs. Lindley entered the
hospital about a week ago for a sur-gical
operation, and while it was
known that her condition was seri-ous,
it was not considered necessar-ily
fatal. As late as Saturday after-noon
encouraging news came from
her, but in the evening her condition
became alarming and the members of
the family were summoned to her
bedside.
The funeral waa held from the
home at Pomona Monday afternoon,
the service being conducted by Rev.
E. K. McLarty. pastor of West Mar-ket
Street Methodist church, of which
Mrs. Lindley had been a member
from childhood. Rev. Stephen S. My-rick
and Rev. Eli Reece assisted in
the service. Interment was made in
Greene Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Lindley was a charming and
gracious young woman, possessing
many lovable traits of character. Be-fore
her marriage she was Miss
Mabel Glenn, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tyre Glenn. She is survived
by her parents, a younger sister, her
husband and an infant son. Unbound-ed
sympathy is felt for these be-reaved
loved ones.
Mrs. Lindley possessed all those
finer qualities of noble womanhood
that drew around her a wide circle
of strong and lasting friends. Her
untimely death is peculiarly sad and
is greatly deplored.
dining health for several years, but • ALDERMEN HEAR SPEECHES.
the end was not expected so soon.,!
Mr. Robinson was 53 years old and is/ Argument of Counsel in Case Against
survived by his widow, two sons aBO! John L. King.
three daughters. Mrs. Robinson was ... ■ ..
not with her husband when the end ' After a l22^S2e»Jl?S22s,
came, having been summoned to Vir- >»««. the board of aldermen adjourn
ginia several days ago by the critical •* Monday night without passing,
illness of a sister Judgment in the case of John L..
Mr. Robinson was a civil engineer King, who is charged by R. C. Hood ;
and for a number of years was con- j w"h official misconduct as a mem-,
nected with the engineering depart-i ber of the board of aldermen and of
ment of the Southern Railway. Fail-! »e Guilford county highway commis-ins
health caused him to leave the fion- The testimony as to business'
service of the railroad a few years transactions Mr King is alleged to
have had with the city and county
was heard at three former meetings
of the board, the session Monday
night being given over to argument |
of counsel.
Public interest in the matter was]
unabated and despite a heavy down-pour
of rain, a big crowd came to j
the court house to hear' the lawyers'
speeches, several ladies being in the
audience.
E. D. Broadhurst opened the argu-ment
for the prosecution, making a
succinct statement of the facts upon
which it Is sought to secure Mr.
King's conviction.
Col. James T. Morehead, for the
defense, argued that there had been
no violation of the law, citing author-ities
to show that the acts complain-ed
of did not come within the inhibi-tion
of the statute.
David Stern, representing the pros-ecution,
made an impassioned speech
in support of the contention that Mr.
King had violated a public trust.
He was followed for the defense
by A. B. Kimball, who cited numer-ous
authorities to show that the acts
complained of did not constitute vio-lations
of the law. He drew an an-alogy
between the action of Mr. King
and of Mr. Justice, the leading coun-sel
for the prosecution, who, while
a member of the legislature, drew
from the state treasury nearly $5,000
as counsel fees In representing the
state in the railroad rate litigation
resulting from legislation enacted by
the general assembly of which he
was speaker of the house.
Maj. Charles M. Stedman followed
Mr. Kimball and vigorously attacked
the spirit behind the prosecution of
Mr. King, declaring that in his ex-perience
of more than forty years at
the bar he had never seen a more
cruel case of persecution.
The argument was concluded by
E. J. Justice, who made a determined
effort to convince the aldermen that
Mr. King had violated the law. He
made a vigorous speech, especially
stressing the importance of civic vir-tue.
The board of aldermen held an ex-ecutive
session yesterday afternoon,
but if any conclusion was reached no
announcement of the fact was made.
An announcement of the "verdict" is
expected within a day or two.
Mrs. W. I. Anderson.
Mrs. W. I. Anderson, a well known
and popular young matron of this city,
died unexpectedly at her home on
East Lee street Friday afternoon,
following a brief illness. The an-nouncement
of her death came as a
great Shock to her friends, few of
whom knew of her Illness. She be-came
ill Thursday afternoon with
what was supposes to be lagrippe.
Her condition became serious during
the night and it was discovered that
she was suffering from uraemic pois-oning.
Mrs. Anderson was 31 years old
and a daughter of the late Capt. and
Mrs. A. Landis, of Oxford. She was
married to Mr. W. I. Anderson, of
Reidsville, eight years ago. In addi-tion
to her husband and a young
uuughter, she is survived by five
brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was held from St An-drew's
Episcopal church Sunday af-ternoon,
the service being conducted
by Rev. Sanders R. Guignard and
Rev. Thomas G. Faulkner.
There
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Are Two
! Honest Weys
Dr. D. A. Armfield.
Dr. D. A. Armfield, one of the old-est
physicians and best known citi-zens
of Guilford county, died of pneu-monia
at his home near Jamestown
at an early hour yesterday morning.
He had been critically ill for several
days and the end was not unexpect-ed.
The funeral was held from the
residence this morning, after which
the remains were carried to Deep
River for Interment in the Friends
burying ground at that place.
Dr. Armfield was 75 years old and
had practiced medicine^ for nearly
half a century. He was a skilled
physician and was held in high es-teem
by his patients and the public
generally. He received his early ed-ucation
at the old Jamestown Acad-emy
and afterwards attended Trinity
College. He studied medicine under
the late Dr. S. G. Coffin, of James-tewn.
Dr. Armfield is survived by three
sons and one daughter, all of them
being residents of this county. They
are: Messrs. Carl, Eugene and Al-len
Armfield and Mrs. J. E. Foscue.
His wife died suddenly about two
years ago.
Mr. H M. Robinson.
CRIMINAL TERM OF COURT.
Two Capital Cases *r Trial During
the Week.
A week's criminal term of Superior
court convened Monday morning, with
Judge W. J. Adams on the bench.
The judge's charge to the grand jury
was clear and comprehensive. In ad-dition
to the matters usually men-tioned
i.i charges, Judge Adams call-ed
the attention of the Jurors to the
l;,t,s resardins hoalth and sanitation
and the sale of narcotics. He direct-ed
attention to the law making it a
misdemeanor to sell or give a boy
under 17 years of age cigarettes or
tobacco or paper with which to make
cigarettes and said it 'was the duty
of the jury to indict any violators of
this statute.
The following constitute the grand
jury: J A. Coble, foreman; J. H.
Fryar, John McNairy. J. A. Bo'.ejack.
j p Bandars, L. A. Wyrlck, J. H.
Hedgecock. C. T. M. Clapp. W. L.
Miles. J. F. Starr. J. L. Frazier, J-R.
Cook. J. H. Low. C. H. Wooters.
J. R. Ware, A. E. Fordham and J.
H. Fields.
The following cases have been dis-posed
of: Jim Morrow, for the lar-ceny
of goods from the Greensboro
Hardware Company, ten months on
the roads; Henry Martin, for retail-ing,
ten months on the roads; Robe
Brower, for retailing, ten months on
the roads; Tom Ashe, for larceny,
two years in the workhouse; Charles
Baxter, for an assault, four months
on the roads. .
The case of Maggie Burton, col-ored,
charged with infanticide, was
taken up this morning. This will be
followed by the trial of Emma Walk-er,
colored, who is charged with the
murder of Jessie Criss, colored. A
special venire of 100 men has been
summoned in this case.
The case charging Marion Butler
and Lester Butler with libelling Judge
Spencer B. Adams through the col-umns
of the Raleigh Caucasian which
was sent back by the Supreme court
for a new trial, was continued.
Shemwell Renews His Peace Bond.
Baxter Shemwell. the former Lex-ington
citizen who was convicted in
Guilford Superior court nearly a year
ago of an assault upon Conductor
Smlthers, of the Southern Railway,
and for carrying concealed weapons
appeared a* the criminal term or
cour* Monday and renewed the peace
bond of $1,500 under which he was
placed by Judge Long. He testified
before the court that his failure to
appear at the December court when
his jail sentence for the assault upon
Conductor Smlthers was to have gone
into effect, was due to the fact that
he was ill at Hot Springs. Ark.
It was at that time that he was
reprieved by Governor Kitchin until
the April term of court, the reprieve
having aroused much criticism on the
part of the press of the state and
the public. Solicitor Gattls stated to
the court that there was no evidence
showing that Shemwell's statement
was at variance with the facts.
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Guil-ford
branch of the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Association will oe
held at the court house in Greens-boro
Saturday, March 26. 1910, at 11
o'clock A. M. for the election of of-ficers
for the ensuing year and such
other business as may come before
the body. All members of the asso-ciation
are urged to be present.
G. H. McKINNEY,
9-4t. Secretary and Treasurer.
In which a poor man may be-come
wealthy. One is by sav-ing
a part of his income regu-larly
and putting it into the
bank until it amounts to a com-fortable
fortune. The other is
by saving his money and in-vesting
it in profitable enter-prises.
In either case the bank
is a necessity. And which ever
way you try, this bank is glad
to hold out a helping hand
and assist you in every way
possible. Have an account
with us—become one of our
patrons—and see.
4 per cent, paid on savings.
Deposits made on or before
March 5th draw Interest from
the 1st.
American
Exchange Bank|
GREENSBORO. N. C.
Capital. - 1300.000.00.
NOW IN EFFECT.
K. P. WHARTON, President.
J. W. SCOTT, Vice President.
R. G. VAUGHN, Cashier.
V. H. NICHOLSON, Asat, Caahler.
SEED CORN DAY.
Pleasant and Profitable Meeting Held
at Groometown,
On last Monday Prof. I. O. Schaub,
of the state department of education
Meat and Milk Inspection Ordinance and tne national department of agri-
Became Operative Yesterday.
The meat and milk inspection or-dinance
recently adopted by the al-dermen
of Greensboro, and which
has been discussed and "cussed"
throughout the length and breadth of
the county, went into effect yester-culture,
and Prof. Thomas R. Foust,
county superintendent of schools,
went to Groometown to meet with
the boys and the men of that section.
There were about fifty presnet, and
Prof. Schaub made a most interesting
and instructive talk on the value of
dav and hereafter all milk and meat | selecting seed corn. After this he
sold in this city must bear the stamp I instructed the men and boys how to
of the approval of the inspector.
Three applications have been re-ceived
for permits to conduct slaugh-ter
houses and over 100 persons have
applied for license to sell milk.
Opposition to the ordinance on the
part of people living la the country
and who have been in the habit of
selling meat and milk In Greensboro
is very strong, especially in the case
of those who handle meat. Some of
these people have expressed their in-tention
of seeking a market else-where.
Waived Examination.
E. Massenberg, a well
select the corn.
Quite a number of questions were
asked Prof. Schaub, and there was
general interest displayed by those
present. Many had brought along
their seed corn, and Prof. Schaub
worked it over for them, giving just
such instructions as one needs in
selecting corn from the crib to be
planted this year.
After Prof. Schaub's address, Coun-ty
Superintendent Foust talked on the
value of selecting this corn in the
field, and showed how varieties of
corn can be crossed. He explained
the construction of the cornstalk,
showing that the silk and tassels are
the two flowers which are necessary
for the production of an ear of corn.
He suggested to the boys present that
they take up the study of pollination
of various plants, as it is a most in-
W. known
traveling man.whose recent elopement
with Mrs. Arthur H. Nowell, of this
city, created a state-wide sensation,
and who was under bond to appear
before Squire Collins today for a pre- terestlng and instructive study,
liminary hearing on the charge of After the meeting adjourned Prof,
abduction and kidnaping, went De- gchaub and County Superintendent
fore the magistrate yesterday ana I foust were invited to the home of
waived examination. He renewed his | jlr T s Groome, where they were
bend of $3,000 for his appearance at j entertained in royal country style.
the April criminal term of Superior
court, which will convene on April 4.
The case has aroused much public
Interest.
Farm for Sale.
Contains 95 acres extra good farm-ing
land; good water and good build-ings;
35 acres in cultivation and a
No. 1 good orchard; seven miles
north of Greensboro; two miles from
church; one mile from good graded
school; three-quarters of a mile from
Rudd station. Those Interested can
write or call on D. L. King, R. F. D.
2, Brown Summit. N. C. 9-2t.
Fertilizers! Fertilizers! Fertilizers!
We have the agency for all points
in Guilford county for fertilizers. If
you want a car load, write or see us.
Will sell in any quantity here. Stew-art's
old stand, back of Farmers
warehouse.
O. J. DENNY & CO.,
9_t_ Geensboro, N. C.
Cows Wanted at Once.
I am in the market for twelve good
freesh milk cows, giving three gal-ions
or more daHy.^ BBNBOW
Greensboro, N. C.
Altogether, the day was one of profit
and pleasure.
C<HXHKHKHKH>OO«KrrKHKr00O0i>3
$20.00 IN GOLD
TO GE GIVEN AWAY.
Ready for Service.
I have ought the famous Summers'
jack six years old, and will stand
Price, $8; foal
Mr. H. M. Robeinson, the surveyor
,SJt^£nU^t^^^^'.\V1SL^^ rnu8eUdSdaetnu?daayih,m at my stable. Jg*J%~
.JSSTJp,a league ~»&2z? «.«■**«one ^ft**r
At our stove store, on South Elm
street, you will find a nice assortment
of new bedroom suits, iron beds.
springs and comfortable chairs, at
prices to suit you."
MURPHY BR08.
Ths Commercial National
Bank will offsr s prize of $20
In Gold to the farmer of Gull-ford
who raises the best crop
of tobacco on one acre of
ground, provided there will be
twenty or more contestants.
The judges of this contest
will be Mr. J. F. Jordan on ths
part of ths bank, and someone
chosen by ths Greensboro To-bacco
Association, the third to
be selected by these gentle-men.
Those wishing to enter we
contest will plsass call at ths
bank and Isavs thsir namss
and addresses.
Commercial National
Bank
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