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PROTEST AGAINST BANK RECEIVER'S Claim Amount Given Peurifoy Outrageous, Unjust and Unfair. Columbia, Sept. ceiver and his attorneys were dered today to show cause "withfour days" why an order lowing additional fees liquidation of the American Bank and Trust Company of Columbia should not be cancelled. The rule to show cause was sued by Judge H. Stoll of cuit court, who recently signed the order allowing James E. Peurifoy Walterboro, the receiver, $25,000 additional, and Robinson and Robinson, Columbia, the attorneys, additional. Pending return of the rule fore Judge Stoll they were strained from receiving the extra Judge Stoll signed the rule petition of the cause on Packing credithe bank. petitioners the extra allowance outrageous. unjust, totally unfair themselves depositors and each and depositor said bank: without any authority utterly The additional allowances would bring the total of the receiver and that of the attor$35,000. bank closed in 1926, and has paid approxi60 per depositors Giving his full the liquidation for three the records set receiver collected about $1,700,collected more attorneys $450,000 by litigation, carryapproximately cases the supreme court, was said.