Kinston, Dec. 29—Sale by three members of the firm operating the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse here of their shares in the business has been announced. Withdrawing from the concern were Arden W. Taylor, Henry Tull and Harry Wooten. The house will be operated in the future by E. Prentiss Wooten and W. Birth Douglass of Kinston and J.E. Bowling of Durham, a brother of the managing director of the British American Tobacco Company. Figures were not revealed in the announcement. The property, one of the largest brick warehouses in the eastern belt used for auction sales, is known to have a valuation of $60,000 to $70,000, however. It is in the center of the tobacco district.
From the front page of the Wilson Times, Tuesday, December 30, 1924
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