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The Washington herald., 1916-11-25
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. Nov. A-Ths wheat market was with
out strong and influential friends today and It was
kicked and cufed around during the entire ses-
don. Resting spots for the day showed losses Of
lba24 cents The price changes were quite sharp.
with heaTy buying Of both cash and futures on
the weak spots established. England and Greeoe
bought wheat in large quantities. the price was
suitable to their tastes Tho tAkings & those
countries were estimated at 10000 70 800 900
bushels cash wheat In all positions
There was no Improvement In conditions In the
Argentine republic. Shipments from that coun-
Try this week wee IS3.ooo bushels. which was
nearly l.opoo0 bushels larger than q year ago.
The feature Of the corn market was the reported
taking at the Seaboard Of 10000 bushels by n
porter1. while the business at Chicago was small
At E0.Oo buShelA Prices were Hah cent lower.
Il was said that some Illinois points are selling
corn At . much better basis than Chicago could
pay at those same points Husktng returns were
below early e1pectationa
Oats were OF AaS cents. and whfls the Seaboard
reported liberal takings Of this grain b exporters.
the amount was not made public
Hogs products closed easy, although there was
. Good cash demand for meats and lard but
tho business was limited By light onerngs A
pant Of the selling Of the products wls In antid-
patton d q heavy hog movement to the leading
Western ceDters during the first of next week
The stock yards contingent sold the List heavily.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-25

New York, Nov. A.-Dun's Review Of
Trade tomorrow will say:
inability to meet requirements Is be-
coming more pronounced and general.
an increasing number Of sellers endeavor
to repress demand in an effort to control
prices. Yet the upward movement IN
many lines is unchecked as buyers find-
ing supplies scarce and fearing a greater
shortage next year. are competing more
actively in the markets for raw materials
and finished products.
In all leading branches the rush to
cover forward needs continues, and steel
and Iron. textiles. hides and leather and
footwear have gone still higher, with no
sign even now that the crest has been
reached. Rising cost Of production have
an important influence in determining
present and future quotations, but the
further wage increases at steel works.
cotton mills. and In other quarters tend
10 onset the advances in prices of neces-
sltles. Evidences OF contraction In buy-
ing are not wholly absent yet under the
conditions consumption is sustained in re-
markaole volume and the preference for
the better classes remains a conspicu-
Gus feature. Distribution OF holiday goods
mas already become a factor in some sec
tions as result of the agitation for
early trading and the movement gener-
ally is expected to reach exceptional pro-
portions. With business booming at high
ana advancing prices and speculation con-
tinuing active, bank clearings naturally
make phenomenal exhibit, being $50 Der
eehI larger this week than a year ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-25
WEEKLY REVIE w OF TRADE

New York, Nov. A-Bradstreet's will
say tomorrow:
Trade, In company with Industrial
operations. moves along at a record clip
with products OF the mine, field and fac.
tory virtually selling themselves, wheth.
er 1t be steel, or iron, provisions dry
goods or furniture. On the other hand
speculative markets-stock, grain and
cotton-tend to lag, presumably because
OF calls for larger margins or concern
about possible international political
complications, while retail trade in win
ter goods is held in check by mild
weather.
Buying Of manufactured products. in
stead Of being stayed by higher prices
seems to have become frenzied because
Of fears Of further advances, because OF
concern about future available supplies
and because 1t is recognized that unpar-
alleled consumption overtaxes production
The most serious car shortages in the
country's history render 1t difficult to get
goods to points OF destination, and, OF
course. to ship outputs from centers OF
production, the most severely affected
lines being coke, coal, lumber, grain
steel and iron. Coincidentally come re.
ports of the heaviest new buyings Of cars
ever experienced at any one time. The
early arrival Of the Christmas spirit has
resulted In heavy. perhaps record, buy
Ing OF holiday goods, and the disposition
Of employers to share profits Is evidenced
In countrywide advances in wages bene.
fiting over 100000 workers"
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MARKET AGAIN STARTS
ON UPWARD JOURNEY
Coppers Join in Movement-Some
High Records Made,

New York, Nov. Alt was the bears
who saw ghosts In Wall Street today
the ghosts Of the many false rumors they
had circulated earlier in the week-and
they ran for their lives. The market was
strong throughout the session with
few high records made. Even the cop
pers Joined the upward movement No
U-bosts made their appearance, Won
Bernstorn did not go home and there was
further evidence Of a long drawn-out
war instead Of a peace proposition talk
ed OF yesterday.
OF the stocks attracting attention by
their wide move the most spectacular
were Gulf States Steel. Montana Power,
Ohio Cities Gas, Distillers' Securities and
Alcohol. Dozens Of stocks showed net
gains Of more than point and gains
of rTo points and more were common.
Advance Of the Montana Power Com
pany stock today had nothing to do with
the copper merger. 1t was simply an
other of those awakenings of sleeping
industrial giants with which Wall Street
will become more and more familiar as
the winter progresses. Montana Power Is
a company that furnishes power to An
aconda Copper Company. The boom In
the copper has resulted IN such a drain
on its production that extensions nave
been rushed and increased earning power
viii be available early next year which
Is years In advance of the greatest ex-
pectation Of the past
Advance of Ohio Cities Gas was due
to acquisition OF new sources Of supply
In Oklahoma and Kansas.
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies de-
clared q per cent dividend on its COM
mon stock and Railway Steel Springs puts
its common stock on a 5 per cent dividend
basis
Copper sold at 80 cents for delivery
next April. Cotton was impressively
strong, closing in the midst Of a boom.
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o. 8. Treasury Statement.

The condition OF the Treasury at the
close OF business yesterday was:
Net balance in general fund. S13o.SH, ,fn;
total receipts yesterday, s2.12s, ,ssS; total
payments yesterday, 1855, ,6s1-
The deficit this fiscal year Is S1oo. .673, 576
against a deficit of S47, ,S39, ,164 last year,
exclusive of Panama Canal and public
debt transactions.
Revenue receipts for this fiscal year VI
to the close Of business, November q
S2S9. .26o, 34S. S.; revenue receipts for the cor
responding period last year, S25s, 81, $50 20
Ordinary disbursements for this fiscal
year up to the close OF business Novem-
Der q, 1890, 496, ,9397O; ordinary disburse-
ments for the corresponding period last
year, S3o9, ,66, ,46.R.
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COTTON MARKETS.

New York, Nov. A-Although' less active the
tone o the cotton market was stronger today.
There were reports from New England that mills
had purchased . larger amount Of the spot ar
ticle In the past two days than for several weeks
AdTices from the South continued to report a
hrm attitude on the part Of holders and q fair
demand for Southern mills
AT the start the market was steady, December
showing loss Of points. October points. but
other months were to points higher. After
the call an irregular tendency was displayed. and
after prices had advanced Q to 8 points pressure
developed. % that at the end Of the first Is min
utes prices had lost the gains and In some cases
were below the opening levels.
In the afternoon the market held firmly On 4
smaller business. Spot houses furnished most Of
the demand. while eariy commission house buyers
IN many instances took prohta The close was
frm At q net advance Of % to 60 points,
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foe recepts for the day were 2,a7 bales New
toh warehouse stocks are 1oe74s bales Export,
iI tne Gay were 1880 bales Cleannces for the
Sesson 10 date aggregate 2Zns bales
=. spot here was steady IS pants higher NJ N a.
were no sales. The SPOT article at New
=. c I was auiet with middling g points lover
AZ is75; the sales were $50 baIes,
Inc amount brought into sight Tor ths v..k NJ.
oIieahs figures was 54,S54 bales
Liverpool cables were favorable, near month,
s.ue %e uoWn one point and distant options up one
NJ, que TO come 6h to points down. A rrivat.
eaoie stated that short covering and trade buyins
ABSORBED all further Liquidation,
Receipts at New Orle.r. w.r. "A, 49,, q.
'Innsn' SI' o.ao bales; Norfolk. S,555 bales
epot cotton at Liverpool was quiet TODAY NJ ,
u,S.s o. points on the basis Of IL GOD fer mid
S.nd: The sales were 5000 bales, INCLUDING 500
S psies American. There were no imports. The maj:
u to q points neo q
Furnished BY n. L Carpenter 4 Co.
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Chicago. Nov. A-HOGs-Rscetpts $500 head;
strong cents to 10 crnts above yesterdays average;
bulk, sl5a99; light, a0aS.To; mixed. slOalolo;
heavy s4oaIol5; rough. s.4oas6o; piEs. s.4oasn.
CATTLE-Reesdpts 5000 head; weak; native bed
cattle e5oaI26; Western steers. 6SOAlol5; stocker,
and fseders'. Asa7.7o; cows and hdfers. s.56asD
calves. aocaI3oo.
lambs s5ar2lo
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. A-H0G5-Recipts
6oCO head: higher; bulk. ssoslo.oo; hsaIy. so.
1910; packers and butchers. 9Aal06; Light. s.5a
SIS; p1, T.5a815
CATTLE-Reeeiptss L5oo: steady; prime fed steers,
10 5cailT5: dressed beef steers 75oalo5; Southern
aeerS ST5aA5o; COWS. 475as 50; hetfers. s.ooalo >
stockers and feeders 52Sa775; bulls 6S7oo; calves
60aIl.oo
sHEEP-Receipts. Loo head: higher; lambs. Il. %,
12B: yesrlinEH aT5alooo; Esthsrs. T.5oaSe; eveA
ATa75
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nse.-oui, Ara, No. M.nifsb.. ara Ezpet-s
took about Lsujco1 bushelz. p.r hard viute. p~ri
hnnffobl-
ooRN-E.vi b-,iB-- b Actira No. yeIlo-i
kilndrisd, LII. for shipmsut an NUsmba. toot
Do.o0 bu1heh 10 arrive
OATS-steady; demand h fnif. No. : whita
ef,s.szA: Standard. eszssfk: No. wlnts. CzzEA
No q vhits e14s6sk: elrvator bssis. ungndsd. 81
g. Ezporsers took Solop b1shsla. part outpofA
The Washington herald., 1916-11-25
In the World of Finance and Trade
PRICES SHOW FIRMNESS
ON CAPITAL EXCHANGE
Italy Said to Have Closed Contract for
10000 Tons of Steel Insots.

Asking prices showed strength. and
figures paid for securities were firm at
yesterdays session Of the Washington
Stock Exchange. Capital Traction 5s
sold at 1o7, a gain OF IA of q point;
American Graphophone IS at l02 Ia, Fed
eral National Bank stock at 165, a new
high for the year and a gain of 1C
points over the last sale price; Lanston
at n ex-dividend, and American GRAPHIC
phone preferred at ls5.,
New Steel Contract.
Italian interests are understood to have
closed additional contracts for about
1000 tons of small steel ingots for ship
ment late in 1917. This makes purchases
on this account about 5000 tons In the
last few days.
Some French merchant interests also
are understood to have secured possibly
20 900 tons more Of steel billets In the
Central West The total purchases of
she'll steel for delivery over the last
half Of 1917 is now close to 10000 tons.
Dividend. Declared.
The Railway Steel Springs Company
has declared q quarterly dividend Of
lila per cent on common stock, payable
December 30. to stockholders of record
December 10. The regular quarterly div
ldend OF "a per cent on preferred
stock, payable December 20, to stock
holders Of record December 5, also has
been declared. This Is the first disburse-
ment on common shares since March p,
1918, when per cent was declared.
Pig Iron Market Advances.
The selling Of Lake Superior iron ore
for next years delivery at an advance OF
$50 over the present years prices has
started the pig iron market at Pitts
burgh to fresh advances, according to
the Daily Iron Trade. Round tonnage OF
Valley basic pig iron has sold at $50 al
the furnaces for delivery in the last hall
Of next year.
Steel rivets have advanced 81 q ton
English ferro-manganese makers talk
OF price reductions.
The Connellsville coke market gathers
more strength and shipments decline.
A. & p. Tea Co. Sales Grow.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tes
Company, Inc, reports sales for the first
eight months of 1916 of s4492s, 233, com
pared with sales of $27. .163719 for the first
eight months of l915-an increase of $17,-
74.514, which is more than s. per cent.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

Nsv York. Nov H.-BUTTER-steadi.r; r,r-.rks.
foeo packages; creamery. higher than sItras gas
creamery extras Ce2 scors1. q; Arsts. Ss4al; SO
onds. aasR
EGGS Firmer; receipts. Il1 cases; fresh rath-
cred. extra fine. ioa5o extra tryts 45a4s; frxts
Gas; seconds, SAT- Nearby hennery whites fine
to fancy. Ss66; nearby hennery. browns 5aS
CHEESE-Firm: rso-ipts l96 boxes; State
The Washington herald., 1916-11-25
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGs.

New York. Nov. A.-Bank clearings In the United
States for the week ending November 9 as re-
ported to Bradstreet's Journal New YORK, sggre-
gate s6.7W .53ooo against IS $50 $50 900 last week
and S.6o7 Zoo In this week last year. Following
are some Of the returns for this week, with per
centaRes shown this week:
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Chinese jade Is so successfully initiated
by German manufacturers that experts
Of the Far East frequently mistake the
artificial for the genuine
The Washington herald., 1916-11-25

fresh. specais sska5fs; Do, average. f.ney, sztssL
DRESSED PoULTEY-Frn; chisksn1. n.sl-
fowis. l6A5; turksyA 5asl.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Nov. A-Money On caIl opened at
per cent; high. per cent; low, PER cent; closed
81 PER cent Most Of the days loans were made
at Der cent
Time money continued nrm- Rates, " Der cent
Tor sixty to ninsty days; pr cent for four to sx
months.
Mercantile paper also hrm. H&tes 81 Der c.ut
Tor SIXTY to ninety days on Endorsements; 3k to ~
per cent for other maturities
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New York.
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Baltimore, Nd. Nov. A-wHEAT-C1csed easy.
NO. red spot lsik; December. Lsi8; January,
Ls1N; No. red Western spot, .l@H.
low i.o5 :. =
oATs-Ccsed steady. No. whits. 0asrk;
standard uhite. szk; No uhitA. slk
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Boston. Nov. A-Ths market was substantially
reduced In volume. West Indies Steamship common
vas active on its first dividend declaration,
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NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET

New York. Nov. A.-wHEAT-weaker; d~ru.pd 4,
trtsk. No. nd, Lask; No. Northern 4 a b.
20h; No. hard winter, {. o. b., i.spK; Ns.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
National Metropolitan Bank

AT washington, In the District of CO.
lumbia, at the close of business
November II, 1915.
RESOURCES
!. Loans and discounts. g So lss 4s
2 Ovedrafts, unsecured ............. 1873
). United States bonds:
U. 8. bonds deposited to
secure circulation (par
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aEw YORK BOND MARKET.

New York. Nov. A-Frum D. n. 10 closing:
American Foreign Securities k..................
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

IBID tAaked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

rave the burro some scraps of camp bread, knowing that the little animal would not stray so long as he was fed, even a little, each day.
 It was while he was securing tAe fry pan that he noticed the black sand across the stream. Leisurely he rose and scooped a painful of the sand and gravel and began washing it, more as . pastfme than with an idea of finding gold. Slowly he oscnlated the wtis- peripg sand, stopping the water out un- til he had banned the lot He spread his bandanna on smooth rock and gently empded the residue of the wash ing on it. Color, but thin" he said. ~Lst's try her again."
 He moved farther upstream, this : time with one of his regular pans. He became absorbed in his experiment. He washed painful after painful, slowly, carefully, collectedly. Suddenly he stood up, swore softly and flung the half washed dirt of the lastpan on the rocks. NsTm a nut" he exclaimed. sAThis Twin in civilization has been putin my inte1lec to the bad Too much eastern sassiety." And with this inexplicable self anaignment he stoop- ed at the tent door. buckled on his gum and started upstream. He gianc- cd from side to side of the steep and narrowing walls as he advanced slow ly. He passed places where the stream disappeared in the sand to find some subterxanean channel and reappear be. low again. Rounding an angle of the cli6, he dropped to his knees and ex- amined some tiny parallel scratches on . rounded rock-the marks made by q bootheel that had slipped For an hour he tciled over hefocks on up the dimfnishing streom. "Getttn' thin" he muttered, gazing at the silver thread of water r1ppling over the pebbles. A few feet ahead the cliffs Pet at the bottom in a sharp edged "V," not over . foot apart in the stream bed, but widening above. Overland scrambled through. On the other side of the opening he straightened up, breathing hard. His hand crept to his hip. Or sandy level a few yards ahead oi him stood a na22ed and faded canvas tent, its hap waEerfng idly in breath of wind. In front of the tent was the rain washed charcoal of ansold fire. A rusted pan, a pick and tke worn stut of shovel lay near the stream. A box marked dynamite" was half i'll cd with odds and ends of empty tins cooking utensils, and among the things was glass fruit jar half filled with matches.
 Slowly Overlan6s hand dropped tt his side. He stepped forward, stoOp ed and peered into the tent. Though, so," he said, laughing queerly. Save for a pair of old quilts and an old corduroy coat the place was empty.
 Fools luck!" muttered Overland wonder the GophsRtown outfit didn. find him and fix himl But, come tt think of it, they ain't so anxious tt cross over to this side of the range and get too close to q real town ant yet .-ln in or shot up. Fools luck 1. he reiterated. coolly rolling a cigarette and gazing about with a critical eye ''Theys another trail into this canyor that the prospector knowed. I got tt dnd it. Billy Il be some interested"
 
 royo at the fcot of the range. H. could overlook the desert without be ing seen. It was the afternoon of th, day following Wfnthrop's departure.
 aince discovering the dead prospec
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30
previous occupancy.

previous occupancy.
 "This here's been too easy" said Overland as he sliced bacon for the evening meal. "When things comes as easy as this you want to watch ont for change in the weather. We aift through with the bunch yet"
 After the evening meal they drew nearer the fire and smoked in the chill silence. The flames threw strange dancing shadows on the opposite cliff.
 Winthrop, mindful of Overland's ad- deepened. About your adopting a disguise" he began. "I should think you would look well enough clean shaved and dressed in some stylish, rough tweed. You have fine shoulders and"-
 Hold on, Billyi Pm Twin statoo, I know. But listen! I got to go the limit to look the part. You can't iron the hoof marks out of my mug in a hundred years. The old desert and the border towns and the bottle burn ed lem in to stay. Them kind of looks don't go with business clothes. I got to look fy-jest like I didn't know no better"
 Perhaps you are right. You seem to make go of everything you tackle. . "Yep! Some things I made go so fast l ain't caught up with 'em yet. You know used to wonder if fella's s face would ever come smooth again in heaven That was spell ago. I ain't been worryin' about it none lately"
 "How old are you?"
 "Me? >Tm huggin' thirty-fve clost. But not so clost can't hear thirty y-six lopin' up right smart"
 "OnIy thirty-f1vev' exclaimed Win throp; then quickly, "Oh, beg your pardonv' :,
 "That's nothin'," said Overland gen. ially. "It ain't the 'thirty-fve' that makes me feel sore, it's the only You said it all then. But believe me, pardner, the thirty-five have been all red chips"
 "Well, you have lived!" sighed Win throp.
 And come clost to forgettin' to once or tWlCe duy uOW, cpCdhA oA AAs-eA' en, I'd jest as soon take my chances with this here mug of mine, what shows I earned all I got, as with one of them there dead fish faces seen on some guys that never done nothin' bet ter or worse than get up for break fast.'
 Winthrop smiled. "Yes. And you
 
 'From mornin' till night. And then more than ever. Not your kind of a heaven, or mebby any other guys But as sure as you're goin' to crease them new boots by settin' too clost to the fire there's somethin' up there windin' up the works regular and seein that she ticks right and once in awhile chuckin' out old wheels and putin in new ones. Jest take look at them stars! Do you reckon they're runnin right on time and not jumpin' the track and dodgin' each other that slick-test because they was throwei out of a star factory prouiscus like shovel O gravel? Sure. there's sOmethin run nin' the big works. but whether me O: you is goin' to get look in-goin' tt be let in on it-why. that's different"
 Winthrop drew back from the fir and crossed his legs. He leaned for ward, gazing at the flames. From tn. distance c~'r,, +,,o how, nf coyotes 1~. n. r~outyuu>A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30
(Coutinued,a

I Inc third morning Winthrop had awakened feeling so completely re- freshed that hs begged Overland to allow him to make an attempt to find thc hidden papers and the little bag of Eold. Overland demurred at first, fear ing that the customer would become lost or stricken with the heat. Through. out the day Winthrop argued stubborn ly that he ran no. risk of capture, while Overland did. He asserted that he could easily find the water hole, which was no difficult tass., and from there he could go by compass straight out to the tracks. Overland had told him that somewhere near a little culvert beneath the track was.the marked tie Indicating the hiding place of the dead prospector's things. It would mean a Journey of day and a night. travel Ing pretty continuously.
 Finally Overland agreed to Win throp's plan to make the attempt the following day. After they separated Overland found his slow way back to the hidden canyon. He felt lit tle lonely as he thought of Collie. He
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY you
 are able to provide for your future
 by laying aside s5 per month in an investment safer than banks and showing a far larger return, Ad- dress Safety, FARMER. L29 sip
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

The New York Stock Exchange authorities decided to close the board on the first three Saturdays of Sep tember.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

The three-story building of the Century Fireproof Door Co.,, of Will iamsburg, was destroyed by fire at loss of s10.000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

YOUNG LADIES, 16 to 23. education 9th grade grammar school or equiv. alent, to learn telephone operating. Dollar a day for 4 weeks Rapid advancement thereafter. Perma- nent positions. Apply at 1S4 Fair field Ave. Ask for Miss Wheeler. The Southern New England Tele. phone Go.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30
(To Be Cnntinuod.1 }

The amount raised by German mu- nicipalities for the relief of families of soldiers has reached $400, 900, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30

The Pennsylvania Rubber Co.,. Inc, of New York, has been chartered at Albany, with a capital of $6,000, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30
Female Help Wanted

WANTED-Schoo1 girls during vaca ton on light pleasant work. War ner Bros. Co.,, Call at Employmen Office. corner Lafayette and Gre gory Streets.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-30
Automobiles
Awnings a.itl sail Maker
ChirOpractor

DIR. l.. C. ROUTON. Chiropratic spe- cialist, Newficld Building ll*T 1 Main St.. r. s. c. Graduate. Hours 11-12; 2-5:30 Gaiiv Monday. We1- nesday and Friday evenings 2 Tel. 262. Saturday hours during July and August. 10 to l o'clock only.
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