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Article: Charleston Cash Register files bankruptcy: ; Former owner seized control of failing operation
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- Charleston Gazette
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- December 18, 2001
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One of the original owners of Charleston Cash Register Inc. put
the firm up for bankruptcy protection Dec. 10, less than two months
after seizing control of the company from the woman he sold it to a
year ago.
John P. Bott is listed as the debtor on the company's bankruptcy
papers, filed by lawyer Stephen L. Thompson of Barth, Thompson &
George. Bott listed $531,700 in assets for the firm, all personal
property such as inventory, trucks and a host of service contracts
with small businesses and government agencies.
But the office machine supplier at 115 Spring St. listed more
than $2.77 million in debt. The list of creditors, which runs 126
pages, includes a $373,000 loan ...