Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 10
Marlin, Texas,Thursday, May 2, 1907

MAY CLOSE DOWN THE COMPRESS
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Owners Claim It Will Be a Losing
Proposition.
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       Owners of the compress that has been in operation here for four or five years are considering the closing down of the same.
       W.J. Neale and C. W. Lawson ef (sic) Waco, who own a large block of the stock, arrived Monday afternoon to look into the status of affairs.  When seen by a reporter, Mr. Neale admitted that such action was under advisement, but declined to say anything further for publication.
       It is learned from other sources that the construction of a compress at Mart by the merchants there will seriously lessen the patronage of the press here, as a very large potion of the cotton pressed here comes from that point, one firm alone sending 6,000 bales last season.
       There is some question as to the legal right of the company to move or close down the press.  The lot upon which the compress is located, was donated to the compeny (sic) by the city and the citiznes of Marlin as a bonus for locating the institution here.  It is claimed that it was a condition to the donation that the press would be operated for a period of ten years.  The existence of this provision is now under investigation.

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