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Show J. C. PENNEY COMPANY' ADDS 59 NEW STOKES The J. O. Penney company, which has operated a very successful store here for a number of years, is opening' open-ing' up fifty-nine new stores throughout through-out the country. When this has been accomplished, the nation-wide organization organ-ization will have 371 stores in all. The present expansion policy of (he company contemplates still more stores next year. The growth of the company has been most remarkable. The first store was opened twenty years ago, 1902, doing a business of $28,898.11. Last year, 1921, it has 312 stores and the gross volume of sales amounted to $46,641,928.20. Mr. J. C. Penney, the founder of the company, is still active in the affairs af-fairs of the organization, being chair- fnan of the board of directors. |