Show REAPER CHANGES HANDS AGAIN stock company organized to control the old reliable officers elected by stockholders again has the reaper changed hands this time a stock company takes up the work of producing a journal that will in every respect rep resent the great and growing interests of sevier county and the country tributary to it the first move in this direction was made a few weeks ago the leading spirits in the movement of acquiring a paper owned and controlled by men of the community were G M jones john hood G W coons J M lauritzen Laun R D young and homer mccarty after loorine the field over the gentlemen named decided that if the reaper could be purchased that this would beabout be about the right thing to do mr mccarty was commissioned to do the work he secured a thirty day option on the entire plant and paid for it the promoters immediately started stock hits h its in the field and up until the last day of the time of the option etwas it was anipen an open question whether sufficient money could be raised to meet the payment demanded by the owners hanway and woodring on monday mr air mccarty notified the former proprietors that he was ready to close the deal and the papers were presented together with the money and the deal vas as closed the purchase price was in two equal cay tay ments the second payment to be made in six months the corn com pany is comp composed oed of men who have long desired a paper owned and controlled by local people the stockholders on monda monday night meland met and elected the officers of the corporation as fol lows lowb W H president J F mcgregor Me Gregor president J M lauritzen Launt zep secretary G W coons treasurer john hood morten jensen and homer mccarty directors these gentlemen form the hoard board of directors who will control tho the policies of the paper the new company will proceed at once to have the entire plant moed mined to the new building on mun street between center and first north streets which was erected by fred nelson for a permanent home for the piper this building will afford mole moie commodious quarters for the and ever everything athing has been prepared with a view to comfort and convenience of the employees the same mechanical force has been retained and the compani will be prepared to turn out the highest grade of work |