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"Il H. L. offutt, Jr. 4 W.P. Lipscomb | “District National Bank 1406 G Street Financing the Future How are you going to do it? There’s only one safe, sure, practical way—and that’s to take it out of the surplus of the present. In other words—SAVE! Everybody can—some = thing—and it isn’t a matter of how much, but rather of how persistently. A dollar will open a sav= ings account—and your en- R. N. Harper Vice Presidents Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury Cashier TLANDRUTOOFFER PLEAFISANITY Attorneys Will Attempt to Show Modern “Bluebeard” Was Irresponsible. By the Assoclited Press. VIEERSAILLES, November 1%—An attempt to establish that Henri Lan- dru, the modern “Bluebeard,” is in- sane will be made at his trial, now in progress in the assizes court here. Landru is charged with the murder of eleven persons, ten of them women whom he is said to have promised to {marry. This decislon was reached after’ a conference between Landru and his lawyers last night, at which they sald they found him in a state MILK DISTRIBUTION GAINS Companies Claim It Is Now 80 Per Cent of Normal . Daily. NEW YORK, November 12—Milk ting companies continued their effort today to restore the city's normal supply regardiess of the in- from conveniences resulting the wagon drivers’ strike, The companies claimed thet distribution had reached 80 per cent of the necessary dalily quantity. 'The Borden Company reported that 1,000 of its wagons were on the streets yesterday and that high-grade bottled milk would be available today at all stores. The union's [epreuntmlven asserted, however, that the majority OVER NEW YORK STRIKE |uh PROMINENT LAWYER DIES. COLUMBIA, 8. C., November 12.— Col. B. L. Abney, prominent Columbia attorney and counsel for the Bouth- ern rallway, died here yestarday aft- ernoon at the home of former Gov. Cole L. Blease, with whom he lived. Col. Abney is survived by a brother, John R. Abney, New York ecity attor- ney, and a sister, Mrs. 8. E. Hunter of Atlaata, and several nieces and ephews in Jacksonville and in Ten- . He was sixty-four years of Lumberman and Deughter Dead.” Three Teachers Seriously Injured. GREENVILLE, 8. C., November 12.— g 3. B« Barton of Anderson, president nf the Barton immber Company, sad his young daughter were killed aimost instantly and three women were Se- riously injured, when Mr. Barton's,’ automobile turned turtle on the Na- tlonllf?lthwny near Piedmont yester- day afternoon. The party was coming ts Greeaville to attend a historic pageant. The car skidded in & sand bed and turned over. Mr. Barton and his daughter, who were sitting on the froat sest, were pinned under the car. ’r{na three wom- en were riding .on the back seat and were thrown out of the car. 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