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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULiY 9TH, 1925.
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NUMBER 45.
BARNWELL GIRL WILL GO
TO SAVANNAH THIS MONTH
“T
MISS GRACE HOGG WINNER-OP
FREE TRIP.
To Represent Barnwell County
Savannah Water Carnival.—
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judges Unable to Select.
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3Iiss Grace Hogg will go to Savan
nah this month as “Miss Barnwell,”
representing Barnwell County at the
Water, Carnival to be held in the
Georgia city July 16, 17 and 18 in'
Cofthection with the formal opening
Of the new bridge over the Savannah
River. - This selection was made ^s
the result of “the bathing beauty
contest” held at. Dyches’ Swimming
Pool Friday evening under the auspi
ce? of the Barnwell Chamber of Com
merce, which had beenv^Sked to send
4 representative to Savannah. ' •
There were eight contestants for
the honor of attending the Water
Carnival as “Miss Barnwell”—ope
from Blackville and seven from this
city—and the judges, who were the
Rev. Howard Cady, Messrs. ^Solomon
Klatt,. M. CT Best and W, .L- Cave,
weie unable to make a final selection
’’rjifrom the bevy of pretty girls. Tlow-
, ever, they -narrowed their choice
do\.y i n..te twq young ladies—Mi?s Hogg
?”and Miss Sarah Storne, of Blackville
—and these two decided to let the
Goddess of Chance render the final
decision by the simple but etfective
method of “drawing straws.’ The
straws were duly prepared and . an
agreement was mafie whereby the one
getting the longest- straw would be
- the choice of the judges. Luck smiled
/ on Miss Hogg and she was named as
! -the' official representative of Barn
well County., The other young ladies
in the contest were Misses Frankie
Harley, Emily Kirkland, Zelt^a Dia
mond, Lavinia Moore, Mary Francis
Moore and Annie Moody. i —~
The winner of the contest is the
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. P. Hogg, of this city. As stated
jn last week*s issue of The People-
Sentinel, she will represent Barnwell
County as the guest of the Savannah
Water Carnival, receiving railroad
* transportation and hotel accomoda
tions during her stay in the Georgia
city. In addition, she has a chancV tp
win a prize of $100 in^gold, offered
to the young lady who has the larg
est number of -automobiles,from her
home county in line behind her float
ivfthe parade that opens the carnival.
The People-Sentinel congratulates
Miss Hogg, while regretting that .it
was impossible for the judges-to send
each and every • one of the young
ladies who entered the contest.
“Some” Potatoes.
There are no “small potatoes'”
in tire fanning lexicon h of The
People-SenWi&i*& gobd friend,
Mr. JohuR. Ray, who lives at
his home afew miles from / this
city and boards at the same
y place. FridrijMie brought the
editor four “spuds” that tipped
the scales at 3% pounds. The
variety is . Irish Cobbler and Mr.
Ray says that he grew a suffi
cient quantity on, a small plat of
land to supply the needs of his
family until Fatlr *
Mr. Ray is a progressive far
mer and grows other crops equal
ly as well as he“ does potatoes.
If more of Barnwell County’s
<*- farmers .raised their own. £ood
and feed crops this wouhLindeed
be one of the most profp<
sections in the world.
>erous
Engineer Hurts Hand.
Balbock. July 4.—A. C. Wingo, en
gineer on freight No. 94 on rhe Char
leston ahifWesterh Carolina Railroad,
which passes through here tibout 4
o’clock in the afternoon, was painfully
though not seriously, in jured when
a grease cup exploded in his hand. His
hand wa's? broken and the hand and arm
were badly burned. Both eyes were
.scorched and he received-other burns
and some cuts. He was given first
aid at the store of J, C. Calhoun, here,
and a physician was summonded from
Allendale, but before he could arrive
it was decided to send the injured man
' to Augusta on the passenger train No.
45, which passes here about that time.
He was taken to an Augusta hospital,
. where he received treatment, and he
is now coricalescing from his iniuries.
Three Auto Accidents
Near Barnwell Sunday
On Sunday afternoon three automo
bile accidents occurred near Barnwell,
the cars in each ins^nci being almost
total wrecks.
On tbn Spelling read the car of
Mrs. V. ,\ Fates, cor.taijrng Mrs.
Bates and several children, was run in-,
to by Bitha Meyers., negro employe
of Mr. Perry Harley, , both cars be
ing wrecked. Mrs. Batts two small
children were thrown out and. Mrs.
Bates was thrown against the wind
shield with such force as to render her
unconscious for a short time. Mrs.
Bates and children were brought to
town by a passing machine and given
medical attention. Both children were
severely bruised and lacerated, the
ilittle girl suffering internal injuries.
. On the road from Millette to Allen
dale the car of Mrs. Meyer, wife of
the Section Foreman at Millettville,
was run into by Mr. Charlie Boyles,
of Allendale. Fortunately no one
was injured but both cars were badly
damaged. • V
WEEK SEES DROP
PERSONAL NEWS -1
OF BLACKVILLE
Blackville, July 7.—Mr. *nd Mrs.
Judson Birt motored to bjlloree re
cently to visit relatives. They were
accompanied by their nephew, Mr.
Randall Birt. ' (
Mrs. Ellen Smith' and two children,
from Gastonia, N. C., who are on an ed, was^ so much larger than popular
IN COTTON PRICES
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New Orleans, July 5.—The govern
ment report on condition and acreage,
as welTas. the indicated crop, was the
leading factor in the past week’s jept-
ton market. An acreage increase of
8.9 per cent, or 46,448,000 aerbs plant-
VIKCINIA-CAROUNA club
WILL HOLD TRIALS HERE
extended visit to relatives here, and
'her mother, Mrs. Alice Still, have
returned from a visit to Messrs. Lh-
ther and Howard Still, at Blythe, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs.>4Heffnan Buist and
Mrs. J. Lang ^ Buist and daughter,
Mrs.f S. H. Rush, were among the
shoppers in Augusta last week.
A "’delightful rain -fell here last
night^ which was very much needed.
Many people are attending the
Presbyterian Revival tent meeting to
include all the churches, which is
going un in Denmark, and teport a
wonderful time, great preaching and
wonderful sjnging. Let everybody':
go who can.
Three hundred and eighty-six cars
of Kukes were shipped from here
during the season, and many can
taloupes arc being shipped now.
Mrs. Fannie Wall, of the Dunbar-j
ton section, was returning from 'Bam*-
berg on Sunday afternoon when her
car collided with a buggy containing
several negroes. The buggy was de--
molished, the horse crippled and the
automobile damaged but fortunately
no one was injured.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ladd and little
^daughter, of Charleston, are visiting
Mrs. Ladd’s parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Whaley.
Mr, and Mrs. Somers “Buist Pringle,
havq returned home after a visit to
relatives in Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Free, former
Blackville residents, but now living
in Columbia, are the guests of Mrs.
C. R. Kelly' for several ’ days. They
are receiving cordial greetings from
liosts of friends. - . - *-
Mrs.,C. W. Kearse and children,
Mary, Dorothy and Charles, are vis
iting Mrs. Keafse’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Halford.
The Ladies Aid Society was de
lightfully entertained by Mrs. C. S
Buist M.onday afternoon.
Friends of Mrs. Ellen Izlar will
be interested to dearn that, though a
“great grandmother”, she decided to
mart with hef tresses Monday and
taas had} “her hair bobbed.” Mrs.
Izlar is quite modern in her ideas,
but wants it thoroughly understood
that she took this step in order to be
more comforable instead of “more
beautiful:”.
Mr^.MamteGautey.ofWagcner.is
Entertains S. S. Classes./
Jennys, July 4.‘-Mrs. J. D. Jenny
entertained about 20 members of*'the
Intermediate and Junior Sunday school
-t classes Tuesday afternoon.
Frany Jenny has returned to his
home at Pittsburg, Pa., after a visit
with friends and relatives in this com
munity. N ,
The Jenfiy chapter of the fir stem
Star held its regular meeting Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and MrA! Willie Allen and family
of Sycamore visited Mr. and Iflrs. G.
M. Loedholt Sunday.
i Death of Mrs. J. A. Cave.
Scholarship Exams.
Held Here Saturday
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Three , young ladies stood the
rcholar?hip examinations for Win-
throp College held in the Court House
here Saturday. ‘ They were Misses
Willie Bush Deason,. of Barnwell, Kate
Odiorne and Gladys 'Thompsoft, of
WHliston.' *
Messrs. Aubrey Harley and Al
bert Cornell, both of this city, stood
the examination for Furman Univer
sity.
Attention is again called to - the
scholarship examinations scheduled
to be held here this week. Tomorrow'
(Friday') examinations will be held
to fill two four-year scholarships and
one two-year scholarship to Clemson
(College. At the same time a scholar
ship examination to the University
of South Carolina will be given. On
the same day, a four-year scholar
ship to The Citadel will be decided as
a result of a competitive examinatipn.
Last but by no means least, an ex
amination for a vacant scholarship
to the College of Charleston will be
held tomorrow. . i
These are all excellent opportuni
ties for young mdn who desire a col
lege education and it is to be hoped
that none of them will be allowed to
go- elsewhere by default.
May Get Pension $foney.
expectations that this sharp 'break
in prices followed publication of the
report.
While the condition average of 75.9
per cent, of normal Was higher than
the trade expected, it would not, with
out the sensational increase * in acre
age, have justified the decline which
took place. The indicated yield^-yeiL
14,338,000 bales, exclusive of linters,
was necessarily the result of the acte-'
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age total given. ■‘■'i?.
Prior to publication of the report
the market had shown some disposi
tion to improve ow'ing to deterioration
iq. condition and the more moderate
acreage increase estimated by pri
vate reports. ■
Prior to the announcement of the
government’s figures, October traded
at 23.54 and before the end of the
sessionF after the publication of the'
totals, October dropped to, 22.30, a
decline of 124 points.
At the lower levels of Thursday
more or less trading demand de
veloped, an^ with the disposition of
shorts to cover in advance of the
double holiday, caused a mild rally
This steadier tone at the close of
the week was helped by the fact
that the drought situation in Texas
was still unrelieved.
A sustaining factor was the im
provement in the‘demand for cpt-
tdn, goods as shown by the liberal
salbs both in New York arid Fall
Rivpr. The latter center reported
sales of* print cloths for the week
would probably exceed'200,00 pieces.
Celebrates Fine
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Mr. W. B. Norris, a fanner of
the Siloam section, celebrated
his good health and fine crops on
the Glorious Fourth by entertain*
ing abbut 45 relatives, friends
and farm hands at a mammoth
barbecue dinner with all the trim
mings. Two carcasses.
and a goat, were prepared and
everybody, from the oldest to fche
youngest thoroughly enjoyed the
occasion.
Mr. Norris states that hta
crops at this time are the best
in many years and 4hat his
Jhealth could hardly be B«tter.
-The -People-Sentinel • congratu
lates him on bath and hopes that
he will continue to enjoy good
health and make bumper crops
for many years to come.
Building and Loan .
* to Open New Series
At a meeting of the directors of the
Barnwell County Building and Loan
Association, held here Tuesday after
noon, it Was decided to offer a new
series of stock to the people of this
city. This! series, wHich is the 19th to
be issued by the association, will be
limited to 50 shares, of which 26 have
already be&n subscribed. Only 26 re
main, therefore, and anyone wishing
to buy stofck for an investment or to
borrow money to build a home should
get in touch immediately with Mr. A.
A. Lemoti, the president, or Col. N. G.
W. Walker, the secretary.
This association was organized
some 20 years ago, the promoters be
ing G. M. Greene, Esq., Mr. J. G.
Moody, Sr., and Mr. .Marshall Moore,
who at that time was superintendent
of the local schools. During these
years of its existence, the association
has helped a large number to realize
their ambition of becoming home-
owners and ha-' also helped others to
save small amounts that would other
wise have-been thrown away. Not^ a'
penny has been . 'st ; n that time and
a report submitted to the directors
Tuesday afternoon shows that the
affairs of the association are in a
most flourishing condition.
The association affords an easy
method of saving and many people
have gotten a start - in the world
through such an organization. Else
where in this issue will be found an
announcement of the new series. *
Watch Us Grow.
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Essie
Bates. *
The Rev. F. H. Funderburk, pastor
of the Elko Baptist Church, and_a
former Blackville pastor, and the Rev.
Nungezer, of Columbia, were in Black
ville for a while Monday, e,n route to
theii; homes, after carrying on a
very successful revival at Elko.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weyer have re
turned to their home at Lockhart af
ter a visit to Mr. Meyer’s-sister, Miss
Marie Meyer. <
The death of Mrs. Carrie Mathis
Cave, wife of Mr. ^o?h A. Cave, who
died at their home at Mt. Pleasant
Saturday night after a lingering ill
ness, brought sadness into many
hearts in this section. Mr. and Mrs.
Cave are both originally from Barn
well County, and Mrs. Cave was the
sister of the late_>Mrs. W. B. John
ston and Mr. Charlie Mathis, of
Blackville, and had endeared herself
to hosts of friends here, while vis
iting her sister and brother. Her
body was brought to Elko Monday,
and interment took place in the
family burying ground there,
sympathy is felt for the entire fami
ly in their sorrow.
“The melon “colic” .days are here,
.The baddest of all the year.”
The Korn and Kotton crops in this
section look perfectly splendid and
the future outlook for p^rospierity
rieems very bright right now. But
we are keeping in mind the fact that
“Paul may plant, and Apollas may
water, but God giveth the increase.”
An occasion of much importance to
the younger social set occurred here
last week, when Mrs. A. H. Nine-
stein entertained about twenty boys
and girls in honor of th? fourteenth
birthday of her son, Albert Niriesteiri,
Jr.
An interesting contest was enjoyed
Two more new subscribers joined
The People-Sentinel family of satis
fied readers this week—Mr. U. B.
Hammett, of Barnwell, and Bennie
Bennett, a colored farmer, who lives*
near this city.
Several subscribers have' also
brought or sent in their renewals, as
fbTIbwsl r— *
A. T..Beard, of .Augusta, Ga.
Moses Morris, of Ashleigh.
Mrs. M. M. Still, of Blackville.
The .editor thanks..-these good
friends and expresses the wish that
many more will follow their exam
ple. If you,* dear deliquent subscri
ber, are one of those who thinjc that
“the laborer is worthy of his hire,”
send in ybur renewal TODAY, 'the
People-Sentinel ha« made a contract
with you to furnish you with the
news of Barnwell County at a cost’of
less than three cents a week. This
paper is fulfilling its part of the
agreement—are you doing likewise?
EVENTS WILL RUN WEEK OF
NOVEMBER 30.
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Officials Met Here Thursday and An
nounced Decision After Ybiting
Proposed Grounds.
The annual meeting of the Virginia-
Carolina Field Trial Association will
be held at Barnwell this year, accord
ing to an announcement made Thura-
day by Col.R.T. Steadman, of Winaton-
Salem, ,N. C.. president of the V^C.
Club, after hie had inspected . the
grounds offered to the club bjr the
local Chamber of Commerce in be
half of the 'Citizens of Barnwell, who
had received the generous consent of
the ownersthe property for this
purpose. Col. Steadman, wap ac
companied to Barnwell by My. Tracey
S. Comstock, secretary of the .JYJrfti'*
ia-Carolina Club, of Thomapville, N>
C.; Dr. E. M. Wilder, secretary *of
the Georgia Field Trial Association,
of Augusta, Ga.; Mr. Mark D Brain-
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Baldock News.
Boldock, July 4.—The young folks
of this vicinity enjoyed a motor ride
Friday night in honor of Miss Lillian
Calhoun, who left Tuesday for New-
benw. where s he is attending summer
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school.
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Cohqr Smith has returned to his
home“1iere aftpr a visit with his cous-
^sjns near Grays. ' -
Much*H ^j ex s m ith has returned to his home
near Grays after spending some time
with his son, C. C. Smitji.
Mrs. C. Uj Smith and children and
her brother, Eddie Anderson, spent
Thursday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Anderson, at Vamville.
Bryant Calhoun has been spending
several days in Allendale with friends.
The Fourth in Baruwell.
in which Miss Etta Mathis and Ruby
The People-Sentinel has been re-. Martin were winners of the girls
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MrS. Carrie -T. Mathis Cave, wife of
f^r. Josh A. Cave, of Mt. Pleasant,
died Saturday evening at her home.
The funeral services and interment
were held at Elko Monday afternoon.
The many Barnwell County friends
of Mr. Cave will sympathise with him
in hi? deep bereavement*
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quested by the local U. D. C. Chapter p r j zei an( j Laurie Buist won the boys
ta announce that Mrs. Cornelia Jane prize. The decorations for the occas-
Ready and Mrs. Martha Hutto, wid- j on we re pink and white,
ows of Confederate Veterans, have< Progressive conversation and other
failed to call for their money. If merry games were played, and every-
these two ladies are sick and unable body who b ad the ’ privilege of en-'
to come to Barnwell for the money, j joying the pdrty, pronounced it a
they may send reliable parties for | grand 8UCC e S s, and their best wishes
same. Any reader of this paper liv- j were very cordially extended to their
ing in the same community with i yowg friend tha t he would live to
either Mrs. Ready or Mrs. Hutto c *i ebrat V af* least a hundred more
are asked to kindly notify them in birthdays like this one, and that they
regard to this matter. " - 1 would be able to attend each one.
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The Glorious Fourth passed , very
quietly in Barnwell, there being noth
ing to distinguish it from aay other
Saturday in July except that the
two local banks , were closed for the
day? That night, several boys cele
brated the birthday of the nation by
exploding fire-crackers and shooting
roman candles. Thtf stores of the
city were closed Monday in order to
allow the merchants and their clerks
to enjoy a holiday. t
Luncheon Is Enjoyed
By Barnwell Ladies
To Confer M. M. Degree.
iHiere will be a special communica
tion of Harmony Lodge No, 17, A F.
M., at Barnwell this (Thursday) even
ing at eight o’clock, for the purpose
of conferring the Master’s Degree on
Fellowcraft Newman Connor. A cor
dial invitation is extended to visiting
brethren. 7
Bamberg, July 6.—Special. One of
the most elaborate social functions of
the summer was the lovely x bridge lun
cheon given last Friday morning by
Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker, at her home
in honor of Mrs. John Wright, of John
ston. About forty guests were invited
including visitors from Barnwell and
Aiken. Mrs. Brooker’s lovely home
was beautiful for this occasion. The
spacious parlors were thrown ep-suit^'
arid decorated in red cannas and red
zinnias. Before the game a sumptuous
luncheon was served; the following be
ing the menu: Tomatoes filled with
chicken salad, potato chips, pickles,
olives, beaten biscuit, spiffed peppers
with cheese, sliced ham, and an attrac-
ive calla lily formed from. r .4 wafer
with whipped cream and iced tea. ,—. , ... ..
The favors were little red .baskets
filled with red cherries and salted
almonds. On the handles were tied
miniature fire crackers.. The color
scheme in the decorations and refresh
ments carried out the sentiment of In-,
dependence Day.
The high score prize waa won by
Mrs. Harry Calhoun, of Barnwell and
she was presented with a bottle of
perfume, 'the consolation falling to
Mrs. John Williams, of Aiken, she re
ceived a box of imported powder. The
honor guest was given a lovely hand
made handkerchief.
The guests were: Mrs. E. V. Camp,
of Bartow, Fla., Mrs. Frances Bam
berg, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. R. B.
Cole, Fort McPherson, Ga., Mrs. Cher
ry; Iowa. From Barnwell were: Mps.
H. D. Calhoun, Mrs. Lonnie M. Cal
houn, Mrs. Charlie Brown, Mr*. Wil-
hemina Dicks, Mrs. Bush, and Miss
•Virginia Mosely. Aiken guests were:
Mrs. B. D. Brooker, Mrs. Plunkett,
Mrs. Merely, Mrs Ernest Brown, Mrs.
»rd, secretary of the Southern Field
Trial Association, of Union Springs,
Ala,; Mr. R. R. Hickson, local secre
tary of the y.-C. Club, of Cheraw,
and Mr. Houston,, a member of the
Board of Governors , of the Georgia
Association. They all concurred in
the oniqion that the proposed grounds
arc the finest for the purpose that
can be found anywhere in this country.
After looking over the grounds, the
visitors agreed to the proposition to
teake the V.-C. Club a Big Circuit
Trial^the Circuit now being composed
ctf five associations—thg American
Field Futurity and the Southeastern,
both of which are run at Vanita, Okta.,
the Georgia Association, which win
be run at Waynesboro, Ga.,' the
Southern, which will be run at Union
'Springs, Ala., and the Virginia-Caro-
lina, which will be run here. Dates
were also arranged to complete the
Southern Circuit, beginning i n Barn
well on November 30th. The follow
ing week the Georgia Association will
hold its trials at Waynesboro, while
the Southern meets at Union SpVings
Dec. 13t!i.
It is believed that the finest dogs
in the country will be drawn to Barn
well, as the purse of $3,500 offered at
Barnwell and Waynesboro can be
competed for with little extra ex
pense to the handlers. It\is esti
mated that there will be about 150
visitore, including some of the coun
try’s biggest sportsmen, and about
200 of the finest dogs in the United
States. The Georgia Club will fur
nish mounts for both trials. This
club, together with the Southern, has
«hown a beautiful spirit of coopera
tion with the V.-C Club and Bfirnwell
is very grateful for the consideration
which was received at their hands.
And it might be remarked in passing
that it wa^jpainlv through the efforts
of the Rev. R. W. Humphriees, and ’
fSolbrnon Blatt, Esq., of this city,
that the trials are. to be held here.
A little later on, the Chamber of
Commerce will be notified -by the
Club as to the approximate number
of visitors to expect and the follow
ing steering committee has been
named to perfect plans for the meet
ing in order that it may be a success
from every standpoint: The Rev. R.
W. Humphries, Messrs M. C. Best,
J. W. Paterson. W. J. J,emon, Solo
mon Blatt and Perry A. Price.
Needle?« to say, the citizens will
cooperate in every way possible and
The People-Sentinel can assure the
members of the V. C. Club that there
will be no occasion to regret their
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Sherriff Arrests Negro.
Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches and his
deputies raided the home of Arthur
Green. a riegro, at Walkers Station
Saturday afternoon and found a com
plete etill, together with some math, is
the house. GreeiUWas brought to Barn
well and lodged in the county jail on a
charge of violating the prohibition
law. .*
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Solomon Blatt, Esq., was a business
visitor in Olar Monday.
John Williams, Mrs. Herbert Gyiea,
Mrs. Cleve Thomas. Bamberg guests
were: Mrs. G. F. Bamberg, Mrs. F.
B. McCrackin, Mrs. J. W. Price^
L. P. Tobin, Mrs. L. D. Keel,
G. F. Hair, Mrs. H. J. Stuckey,
Carl Kirsc^, and Mr*. W. A. I
and Misses Nell Bamberg and Mildred
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