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BANK PROPERTY TO GO ON THE AUCTION BLOCK Hopewell Court Orders Sale of $30,000 Property on December 9. Special Dispatch to The Star. HOPEWELL, Va., December 3.Attorneys J.O. Heflin and David Harrison, receivers for the Virginia State Bank, which closed its doors four months ago, have arranged, in pursuance of an order from the Hopewell circuit court, to sell the property of the bank, amounting to about $30,000. at public auction on December 9. The receivers, who were handicapped by the fact that the majority of the bank's collateral consisted of liberty loan bonds, which have decreased in value since the war, have. made exemplary progress in the handling of the bank's affairs and in bringing them to a speedy conclusion for the alleviation of the small depositors who suffered much when the bank went under. It is expected that the bank's affairs will be completely wound up within three more months.
