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THREE BIG BATTLES
BROUGHT BY SPRING;
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SUPREME EFFORT OF. ALLIED
FORCES STILL TO COME.
German Attack Around Ypres De-1
scribed as One of the Fiercest
of tiie War.
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Although spring has faiied to bring
the long expected "big effort" of the I
allies against tre German lines in f
France and Belgium, it !has furnished
three of the most desperate engage- 1
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ments of the war.
Tha first was at Nueve Chapelle,
where, in three days fighting combined
losses numbered 30 000 or more, with
victory resting on the Britis*h arms.
The second was southeast of Ypres,
when tbe British captured hill Xo. 60.
| This involved the most furious kind
' of fighting and after the hill was taken
- i hv thp Germans for
a UUlilUdii um^uw v; v ?
several days.
Then, bringing up heavy reinforcements,
the Germans began an attack
around Ypres, wt':ich is described as
one of the fiercest of the war. Tbis
?'"'amanf wac nartlv in the nature of
iiHJ 3 i-mi-u 1. ^
a surprise and the allied lines were
pushed, back for a considerable distance.
Some of this ground has been
regained, and according to Paris, the
Germans not only have been checked,
T7,-ronr*h
tut the Belgians, jBnusu
by determined counterattacks, continue
to force their adversaries back.
The Germans are reported still to be
employing bombs containing gas forming
chemicals, and their use is admit*
ted and justified by the Berlin press,
one Berlin newspaper asserting that
bombs of a similar nature have been
employed by the French ana unusn. i
The^ full force of ti':e German attack
is being directed .against the
British front from several directions
l and ijere the Canadian troops, who alre^Sy
?ad distinguished themselves by
brilliant counter attacks when the Ger
mans swept the Frencn line back, are
V bearing fbe brunt of the battle.
With 750,000 men on the continent,
K announced recently by the British
Br chancellor of the exchequer, reinforceK
ments doubtless have been hurried
forward to fill t'~e gaps in the British
lines.
In one of the its infrequent bulletins,
P the Belgian legation at London an'
nounces that the town of Tiberns, west
of the Ypres canal, which was captared
by the Germans Friday night,
has been retaken by the French and
Belgian troops and tt~at the Belgian
artillery has been engaged in a duel
norm an batteries the whole
v? nu I.UC vivo??
length of the Belgian front.
The Carpathian situation remains
with no notable change.
German newspapers insist that the
German fleet has been cruising in the
North Sea. According to these published
reports, the German fleet has
been "vainly seeking the British fleet.'"
Tf:e position of Italy witn respect
to the war remains as it has from the
beginning?one of "armed and watchful
neutrality."
NEW SENTIMENT
THROrGHOFT S. C.
The Record, 25t"n.
.Tas. A. Hovt, president of the PeopVs
National bank and speaker of the
house of representatives of South
Carolina, has been one of the closest
students of conditions affecting the
people of the State and from t)ve conditions
illustrated by the depositors of
his bank as well as by information
from the State at large, he feels that
there is a new sentiment throughout
the State and that tf~e people are feeling
more ready to attack the prablems
tTio future ATr "Hnvt feels that the
era of depression is over and that
prosperity is ahead for those who will
take hold of the situation and go to
work as if there had been nothing to
disturb tibe normal.
iCard of Thanks.
We take this method of returning
sincere thanks to the many friends and
neighbors who showed ft':eir sympathy
and kindness during the last illness
and at the death of our mother. Mrs.
Nancy Taylor, and assure them we appreciate
it all more than words can
express. Her Children.
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THE SEWS OF PROSPERITY. j
Rev. i\ H. Sabers Resigns a? Pastor
of A. R. P. Church?The Literary
Sorosis?.Personal.
Special to The Herald and News.
Prosperity, April 26.?Misses Martha
Creighton, Isoline Wyche and Willie
Mae Wise spent Saturday in Newberry.
Miss Gladys Miller, of Little Mountain,
spent Saturday and Sundav with
i
Miss Clara Brown.
Dr. J. S. Wheeler was taken Saturday
night to the Columbia hospital l'or
treatment.
i.Misses Aline Griffin and Aubrey Oxner
have returned from a short visit
to Whitmire.
Miss Viola Adams and Mr. John Adams,
of Pomaria, spent Monday with
Mrs. J. H. Crosson.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Blaekman. of
Lancaster, have been visiting Rev. an,!
Mrs. Z. W. Bedenbaugh.
Dr. .E. X. Kibler and Dr. G. W. Harmon
will attend the Dentral association,
which meets in Columbia Tuesday.
Mesdames Elizabeth DeWalt, G. Y.
Hunter and Corrie McrtVaters are
spending the week in Atlanta.
I
Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh, of Pomarla,
sjient the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. iM. Werts.
Miss Annie Lee Langford, of Winthrop
college, is home for a few days'
stay.
!
Rev. C. H. Xabers has resigned as
! pastor of the A. R. P. church, his
resignation to take effect May 2nd.
j The Literary Sorosis meets Friday
j afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. A. G.
| Wise.
Messrs. >A. B., W. J. and G. S. Wise
j and Mrs. J. F. Browne spent Sunday
| in Columbia, the guests of Mrs. A. H.
i^Kohn.
j Dr. Y. M. Brown, of Newberry# spent
I ouncray ai uomc.
Supt. G. D. Brown goes to Chattanooga
this week to attend the Southern
| Teachers' conference.
SPECIAL PULLMAN
FOR CHATTANOOGA
South Carolina Party Will Leave
Columbia on Carolina Special
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3C.\l iaunuaj.
Among those who have made reser*
vetions of space in a special Pullman
car, to leave Columbia on tue Carolina
Special of the Southern railway next
Mondav for Chattanooga, to attend the
j Southern Conference for Education
! and Indusry, are the fllowing: J. E.
j Swearengen, State superintendent of
J education, Columbia; .'William Spenser
j Currell, president of the University of
1 South Caroline, Columbia; the Rev.
j J. H. Harms, D. D., president of Newi
berry College, Newberry; J. P. Kinard,
j Ph. D., president of Anderson college,
Anderson; H. N. Snyder, Ph. D., president
of Wofford college, Spartanburg;
W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson
college, Clemson; J. H. Brannon. county
superintendent of education. Spar
| tanburg; ?\3iss Lois Erwin, Miss Helen
I Prince, Miss Catherine Mulligan, Spar!
tanburg; Miss Wil Lou Gray, Laurens;
' Miss Sadie Goggans, Newberry; Miss
I Kate Simpson, Camden; Miss Mary
} Eva Hite, president of the South Car..
! olina School Improvement association,
I Columbia; J. B. Felton. county super
intendent of education, Anderson:
George D. Brown, county superintendent
of education, Newberry; Lueco
Gunter. State supervisor of elementary
rural schools, Columbia; Miss Leila A.
Russell, Winthrop college. Rock Hill.
1 "v jivic juiuiai wi??uvu
Two school districts that have recently
h'eld elections on the voting of
a special tax were Wheeland and Kinards.
In Wheeland fc'-e vote was on
the question of an additional tax of
two mills, making a total of four mills.
! Tho orMiHrmal fwn mills was voted
and this school will another year be
a rural prided school with two teachers,
an.i will receive $200 from the
State. At the election at Kinards the
vote was unanimous in favor of a
four mills tax, making tT:is scholl also
a rural graded school, with two teachers
and $200 State aid. This is a line
school and it is expected that a portion
of Laurens will join in the four
mills tax, and in t-^is war the district
will probably be aple to employ three
teachers and receive $300 State aid.
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NEGRO INVADES
GREENVILLE HOME
SHERIFF AM) POSSE SEARCHING
FOR FI GITIVE.
Officer Will Take His Prisoner to
Columbia if Capture Is
Made.
The State.
Greenville, April 25.?Sheriff Hendrix
Rector and a posse are scouring
! the upper end of this county and also '
Pickens in search of a ne^ro who1
Saturday nigot at 8:30 o'clock en-1
t' ered the home of a white woman near
Traveler's Rest, in the upper section
of this county, and after assaulting1
her robbed the house. The negro'
called in the afternoon and talked to i
! the woman and asked wo ere was her !
J husband. He retired to the woods until
dark and t' en surprised her.
! A negro suspect was arrested early '
j this morning by the sheriff, but he
! was not the man, according to the
victim. She said the negro had bad ,
scars on both cheeks and no mus-1
tache; tre man caught had.the scars, |
! but -had a mustache. He also proved a
good alibi. I
Reports are that the citizens in the
upper part of the county are aroused
and several have called at the jail
to know if the right negro had been
j caug!'t. promising a visit in case
j he had. I
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i snerm rtector aimouutcu wai
; would not bring the negro here, but
would hurry him to Columbia in case
he catches him tonigftt.
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OUR SCHOOL GARDEN
AT JOHXSTOXE ACADEMY
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Last fall, in November, our principal,
Miss Lizzie Neel, had the school
garden broke up. She inteded to begin
+i-rv wordan at that timp hilt CVT1 3C
. l-C jjUl U^U UL VilUt ? V? w ? ,
I count of the heavy rains that continued
through the winter it was not
I planted until in February. Then, with
the help of the school children, she
sowed mustard, turnips, radishes, lettuce
and set out fifty cabbage plants.
Chickens belonging to a colored man
living near the school house ate up
part ofthem. but with careful work
t':ey grew out and the garden if, iooking
fine at present
Last fall the children also helped
| dig a :ie?;> rrench wrrch was filled
i with stable manure and oak leaf
i much Here the teacher sowed sweet
| peas. A row of lillies in front of the
! steeps add to the beauty of the well!
kept scaool yard. In the flower garden
there were 12 cose bushes bought and
set out in February. There are also
violets, jonquils, verbena, lillies, Eas'.ter
lillies.
Tho phildrpn take delight in their
garden and flowers and it is scared
by our very efficient teachers. They
encourage the pupils by taking an interest
in the work themselves. No
fault can be found in the school yard
for cleanliness.
When it is time to set out tomatoes,
peppers and potatoes they will be added
to the gardee. It is hoped that
i enough will be raised in the school
> garden for a canning club demon
, stration. I might add here that when
I Miss Willie Mae Wise visited the school
! to organize a tomato club every girl
j old enough joined, and all except two
I of them have tomato plants enough o
set out the one-tenth of an acre.
This is something we have been
wanting, and I am sure 11 is going iu
be a great success. .Johnstone has
i one of the very best teachers in South
Carolina, thoroughly awake to the
best interest of her sc' ool, and if the
; canning club and the school garden
! is not a success it will assuredly not
! be because she does not try to get her
! pupils to take an interest in the work,
i Miss Wise also is doing a noble
1 work in organizing canning clubs, and
she should have the co-operation of
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j t V y p <1L1 U XX U i. til v. o vjav v* ?- -?? ? %
! girls marry ana (have never even
canned a can of fruit, made a glass
of jelly nor a can of preserves; hardly
j know how to put up a can of pickles.
I But with the clubs they enjoy learning
and profit by what they learn. I think
J'DOin an' JllSl Jiaau.
Ola Banks.
| Tbe Ladies Aid Society of t'*e Church
; of the Redeemer will meet Tuesday afj
ternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. B.
] Fox.
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GERMANS iLAIM
GROUND IN WEST
RETAIN TERRITORY NORTH OF
YPRES.
In East Situation Remains Unchanged
With Two Attacks by Russians
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IVfJI U19CU.
Berlin, April 25 (Wireless to London).?The
army headquarters gave
out today the following report:
"(Western theater of war: We obtained
further results at Ypres. The
ground captured on April 23 north of
Ypres was still retained yesterday in
spite of the attacks of the enemy. Further
east we continued our attack and
took by storm the Solaert farms, south
west of St. Julien, as well as the villages
of St. Julien and Kerscselaere,
and advanced victoriously towards
Grafenstafel. During these engagements
about 1.000 Englishmen were
taken prisoners and several machine
guns were captured.
'A British counterattack against our
postition west of St. Julien was repulsed
this morning with very heavylosses
to the enemy.
"West of Wiel attempts of the Britj
ish to make an attack were quenched
I At the very start by the fire of our
artillery.
! "In the Argonne we reptilsed an at
tack by two French battalions north of
I Fleur de Paris. >
| "In the Meuse halls, southwest of
i Combres, tne French suffered a heavy
defeat. We began an attack at this
point and in the rush broke through
i manv French lines lving one behind
I
j the other. The French attempted at
| night to take away from us the cap!
tured terriaory, but again failed, with
j -heavy losses to them. Twenty-four
j French officers and 1,600 men, with
j 17 cannon, remained in our hands af1
ter these engagements.
"Between the Meuse and the Moselle
fighting at close quarters occurred
only at certain places. On our
southern front the fighting at Ailly
has not yet come to a conclusion. A
French night attack in the wood of
Le Pretre failed.
"In the Vosges a dense mist pre..
!12*_ VOCffpfdAV.
vented an mnuai> ...?v.
"Eastern theater of war: The situation
remains unchanged. Two weak
attacks by the Russians west of
Ciect' ano were repulsed.
"In reply to bomb dropping by Russians
on the peaceful town of Denburg,
the railroad station at Bailastock
was again bombarded dv us. iwtm?
bombs were dropped."
>'ewberrians at Reunion.
Among the visitors to the State reunion
were Col. W. Y. Fair, Dr. Jas.
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Mcintosh, Col. tieo. joansumc, oajji..
W. C. Sligh, Capt. M. M. Buford, Dr.
<W. A. Fallaw, E. P. Bradley, J. G.
Rikard, D. M. iWard, M. H. Buzr.ardt,
J. A. Rikard, W. W. Johnson. E. P.
Matthews, >E. S. Cromer, J. B. ChamI
bers, J. C- Shealy, E. D. Lathrop, W.
^ a r Prnmpr. X. B.
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Wheeler, L. G. Wheeler, John F. Taylor,
R. I. Stondemayer, W. H. Sloan.
J. C. Sligh. .A. A. -\ates, G. A. Mills,
J. W. Monts, B. H. Miller, A. M. Milj
ler, J. P. Kinard, J. J. Hipp, H. T. Fe!i?
T vir p p p.romer. J. P.
iers, . w. 1 uul", iv. . ?
Blair, G. B. Aull, D. T. Long. Godfrey
Harmon, G. P. Griffin, Sumter Holt. J.
H. Crouch, Frank Bobb, L. S. Bowers,
X. H. Young, Mr. and iMrs. Rainy Hirt,
Mr. and Mrs. Joun C. Adams, Miss Xel-\f7-c
a ci Sale. Miss
lie Auauio, .ui o. . ?. ,
Blanche Sale, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Johnson.
W. F. Suber, J. W. Lake, Mrs.
Charles (West and little son, Misses
Lillie Maee and Mari Moore, Rev. and
i
j Mrs. C. H. Xabers, J. Marion Davis
i and son, Wm. Whitesides, Capt. W. W.
! Riser, Dr. J. Henry Harms, Dr. W. E.
I reiiia.ui, 01.
>ine Ford Care Sold in One Week.
We told you Mr. Will Smith, of Summer's
garage, was a good seller. Look
j at this list for a week. You needn't
! look at it that long, but take it in as
I being good work for one week: Ford
| roadsters went to Boyd Jacobs, Dr. W.
| A. Dunn, B. A. Dominick, R. L. Lewie,
j of Newberry; G. R. Miller and R. H.
: Burris, of Kinards, and Ford touring
j cars to J. Wm. Hipp, of Whitmire, and
? * ^ TI'Vv AT*rTT
I'. Lj. WaiKIIlS. IH .\cnucii;.
The jitney bus has had one good effect
at least. It has improved the sight
of the street car motorman.?Rochester
Herald.
| A>DERSO> LAD IS ELECTROCUTED
BY FAULTY WIRING
Mother Swelled Burning Clothing and
Went to His Aid?Found Wire
Wranned About the Body.
Anderson, (April 24.?James Payne
j McCown, aged 13, the second son of
S. A. McCown, a prominent merchant
here, was electrocuted in the basement
of the McCown home, one mile east
j of Anderson, at noor today. Mrs. Mc
Cown detected the odor from the burning
cloth and went into the basement.
She found her son on the cement floor
with an electric light wire wrapped
around his body and his clothes on
fire. She attempted to unwind the
wire from t-'ne boy's body and was
knocked down by the current. Two
white men in the yard were called and
both of them were knocked down w':en
they caught :hold of the boy's body.
The wire was then jerked loose from
the rosette.
Physicians were called, but evidently
the boy died instantaneously. A
similar coincidence appears in that
young f.VIcCowan and Ernest Cod':.ran,
who accidentally killed himself three
days ago, were classmates and exactly
the same age. Another coincidence
was that former County Treasurer
.lames M. Payne, grandfather, and for
whom the lad was named, died eight
months ago today.
This is tJ" e second tragedy to occur
in this house, the other being the selfi
destruction of U. E. Seybt four months
ago, who built the magnificent 'home
less than a year ago. The insulation
on ti-e thumb switch was broken, and
it is believed this caused young McCown's
electrocution.
EDUCATES EMPLOYES
Fine Work of Textile Industrial Institute
in Spartanbnrg:.
Commerce Reports, the new publication
issued daily by t-'ne bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, contains
a story of interest in this section.
It is entitled "Half-Time School in
Cotton Mill Town." It is as follows:
"In September, 1911, the Textile Industrial
institute was opened in Spartnnhnr?
S. C.. in the faeart of the
Southern manufacturing district, for
the purpose of discovering, training
and placing practical men and women
as leaders among the half million cotton
mill operatives. The institute addresses
itself to t'ne task of furnishing
a class of young men of high moral
character and special training, wt:o
j shall rise to positions of influence ana
intelligent leadership as superintendents
and overseers in the mills, while
its young women graduates are being
; trained to establish such homes as
I will challenge their less fortunate ac)
quaintances to do likewise.
I "Rv o svctAm of half-time alterna
tion between work in tJ-e mill and
class room duties the institute discovers
the fittest young men and
women and affords opportunity for
self support. The training consists of
thorough grounding in the common
| branches, accompanied by religious ini
struction and sociological studies, and
I practical work in textiles and homei
?T:ln inctriwinn is lars:elv in
j IIIctlVHlg. i HC uwi.1 uv?vU ? u ?
I dividual in character, and every effort
is made to promote initiative and selfdevelopment.
The principal of t:e
school is a practical mill man, who is
able to supervise the theoretical side
of the work in the school as well
as the practical work in the mill. The
home-making course for girls includes
I practical lessons in cooking and sew
ing, with informal lectures on housekeeping,
sanitation, home nursing, personal
attractiveness, beautification ol
premises, kitchen gardening, poultry
raising, etc.
' There is a well-defined demand in
| the mill communities for men and wo"*
J1? q f
men fitted witn tne picp CL aiivit
forded by the institute, and the success
of the experiment seems assured,
T e institute is financed by private
contributions and subsidies from the
mills and other corporations. There is
hearty co-operation on the part of cotton
mill presidents and fc.eir several
corporations, which have, with the con~
J
sent of tJ' e stockholders, assessed
themselves three cents a spindle to assist
in the erection of the main building
of the institute, at the same time
declining any official relation with the
enterprise, in order that no sinister
motive might be suspected in their
+v,a rail mads
pt' liantnropy. vi mc
entering Spartanburg agreed to trans
BIG GtRMAN EFFORT
SEEMS NEAR AT HAND
RUSHES IN FLANDERS AND THU
VVOEYRE SHOW TRY COMING
Attack Originally Leveled at tlu
French Has Been Transferred
to British Lines.
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London, April25.?The Germr.i
j rushes in Flanders and the Woevr
i wnere they claim considerable sueces .
are believed to be forerunners of a
' other big effort to break through tV. .
allies' lines in the west.
For many days Belgium has ber?
sealed from the observation of ne
i trals, while German reinforcemen t
i arp hpin^ movpri'tn thp south to ta\ *
' part in the new offensive, which the
j hope is to carry tfcem to Calais. T!
attack in Flanders, originally leveled
! at the French, has been transferrr
' to the British lines 'held by the Ct!
nadians, on the immediate right c
; the French, and there for two day;
the men from the Dominion have ber r
engaged in a deadly contest with Vr'
t .
Germans. The Germans claim tit a:
British counterattacks have been
i
! puisea.
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! The French, on the other hand, 3f
clare ttfe allies' counterattacks cor.
! tinue with success and that the Br!:
; is;'.: hold all their positions, and ru|
peat the charge that the Germans a:
using bombs containing asphyxiatin.gases.
! The Frankfurter Zeitung justifies
the use of their missiles on the grounl
that the allies ihave done likewise.
j The German attack in the Woevre.
i "or in the Meuse hills, was directed
' against the French positions southwest
of Combres and according
j Berlin, the French suffered a heaw
defeat. Paris, rrowever, says that yer'terday
by counterattacks the Germans
were driven from the French first lino
which they'had pushed back.
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These offensive movements by V - %
Germans have "been made possible '
the state of. tibe ground in the- eas* '
where operations are virtually impo: sible
until flooded rivers have subsided.
Taking advantage of these conditions,
the Germans transferred a
large number of troops to the west t">
make another big effort, which show they
are not content to rely on a
"passive policy.
It is believed that 300,000 ne^
German troops f:ave reached Flanders
and that more guns and material ar
to be used than were provided for
the original attempts to destroy ttallied
armies in the west, attempts
which met with failure both in August
and in October.
In the meantime the eastern frorf.
is enjoying a period of comparative
calm, except in the mid-CarpafoMans,
where the Russians continue to attac'* 1
the Austrians. In Uzsok pass and t*
the eastward, where the Austrian*
?and Germans are trying to crush tin
. Russian fiank, both sides report successes.
Operations in the Dardanelles stiv:
.are apparently confined to the bom-bardment
of fc':e Turkish entrench
ment, while preparations are bein,7
made for landing the allied force*
part of which is already on Turkish
MrritArr at ,Fn ns and other points.
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Death of Mr. J. H. Setzler.
! J. H. Setzler was born in the Poir.aria
section of Newberry county, December
23, 1847, and died at Greer
>'ville, S. C., April 19. 1915, at 3 o'clocv
j and was buried at Laurens, April 20
He leaves five children, Mrs. Riden.
hour, of Birmingham, Ala.; Mr. M. K
Setzler, Mrs. Bramieu, i?na. OVUVUCl u,
of Greenville, and Mr. Robbie Setzler
of the U. S. navy. He is also survive'
by two brothers and three sisters, Mrs
Lou Lyles and Mrs. Xora Rhoden, c*
Xewberry, and Mrs. N. C. Wicker, o'
? i
the county.
:i gf
' port material for this building free oJ M
; charge. I
x - ? f nV> a1 o r* i
j it is necessary 10 rai?e a oluv/iui ship
for each student, since there i'
no endowment to cover the margir.
of difference between half-time earnings
in the mill and the costs to tb'^
' institute for schooling. 1
' j Although this enterprise originate*
' and is being directed under privat3.
' ( auspices, the plan contains certain
features that are applicable to puti
lie school conditions. The president of
j the institute is Rev. D. E. Camak.
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