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Show ISITOI-JEIIiTO ETLARGEUARTERS "Owing to the substantial prowl h made by the Ashton-Jenlvins company it has become necessary to provide addi tional apaec for the handling of its real estate and insurance business," said one of the 1 members of the firm yesterday. "Recently the company has taken the ' state agency for the Maryland Casualty , ; company, which involves the employment i of additional help, and has, besides, en-i en-i tered the field for the extensive upbuilding up-building of modern subdivisions. Hoth : of these new changes are healthy indications indi-cations of the company's affairs, "Lauren-W. Gibbs, with a group of as- sistants, will have complete fnarge of the insurance depart mont f-f Die company, , and J. Frank "Ward and Blair kk'hard- 1 son will conduct the management o.r the; city sales branch of the company's business. busi-ness. C. i. Carlquist and J ten Hoycu will have charge of the farm end of the Ash ton -Jen kins company's business, and additional space will aiso be provided for them. "The auditing and financial department of the company will he under t ne direct management of Charles Gi bbs, who 1 has been with the company tor many j years. "The new changes 10 be made fur the business of the Ash I on -Jenkins com pany contemplate, among other L'nings, tiie use I of the enUre round f ioor of -17 Main! street. The Martin Coal company will move from their present quarters io 1 h- j room imrnediait-!y south, the spare whicii i for year-- has been used as the stairway in m the Hooper- Mldrid"1 bu iM i ng. Tlu stairway will be taken out -anil ;lie numi i completely remodeled for an up-iu-da il I coal office, the tipper portion of thcl Honper-Kldridge- building liaving !. n rented to one of the bi.'.t-kriuwij m-jr- I 1 cantile concerns in OLir city." i |