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Show COCA COLA CO. PASSES ITS REGULAR DIVIDEND I NEW Y'iRK. Oct. 2C Directors Of . tiie Coca Cola company Holiday n-i nounct-d a postponement of action lnj payments of divldemlK on the common! utock. Dividend "t the rate of $1 a' I share were paid in April and July I Giving reasons for the postpone-; I ment the directorate Issued a stnte-' rnent In which they said th- sui.:.ir situation has nooeealtated the accumulation accumu-lation and carrying of larir.- quHntitlesi of mjtrar with an amount on hatnl for1 several months requirements. The statement added "A large sum of money is ncccssar-' ily invested therein, and the uncertain-; ties of the pfneral financial condition make It advisable to conserve the prcaent cash resources of the company com-pany . "The company has had I prosperous prosper-ous year, with profits for the nine rnonltuj ending Scplcrnbor 30 to !,- 090,000, before taxes and dividend." MU w Bradley, of Columbus. Go., MM war elected chairman of the board. MM Ch i lea F. S-muller, of Atlantt. Ga., MM e.i ,-l, -t-d pn Id'-nt and Harrison MMt Jones and D. S. MrCiish oi Atlanta vice MM pn idaota M OO BBBBBB |