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VOLUME XXXVI
CLINTON, S. a, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1936
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NUMBER 4
ROOSEVELT OFF
ON LAST DRIVE
President Brushes Aside Ques
tions On Possibility of NRA
Revival and Prefers To Dis
cuss New Speeches. Promises
To Continue CCC.
To Conduct
Revival Here
Washington, Oct. 27.—Before leav
ing for his semi-final campaign drive,
resident Roosevelt today smilingly
brushed aside press conference ques
tions a^ut revival of the NRA._
Asked point-blank whether he plan
ned such a j*iove, Mr. Roosevelt mere
ly suggested avreview of his past and
present speeche.<fi
-He.did&»yrh<>weVeJS-«v response- to j
questions about a new coal regulation j
bill that something had .^to be done
about the coal industry. He also an
nounced plans for continuing the CCC
on a slightly smaller basis thah. this
year.
With his heaviest campaigning be-^
hind him, Mr. Roosevelt in response
to a question pronounced himself,
physically and mentally in good
shape. . /
Before leaving for his special train
to take him overnight to Bayonne,
N. J., the president sent half a dozen
speeches to the mimeograph ma
chines. Tomorrow he will motor
through sections of New York city,
inspecting federal w'orks projects,
and laying a cornerstone for a build
ing at Brooklyn college, then speak
in the afternoon at exercises com
memorating the 50th birthday of the
Statue of Liberty.
That speech has been labelled “non-
political’* by the White House; but
campaign addresses have djeen sched
uled for Wilkes-Barre anX Harris
burg, Pa., Camden, N. J., a\d Wil
mington, Del., Thifrsday. * x .
General Hugh S. Johnson, first
NRA administrator, called on the
president today, but Mr. Roosevelt
denied there had been any discussion
of a new NRA.
Reminded that his son James had
been quoted saying he planned a re
newal of the old “Blue Eagle” agen
cy, Mr. Roosevelt retorted wi'th a grin
tpat James also had been quoted as
saying no revival was planned.
(The president’s son was quoted by
the* Worchester (Mass.) Telegram as
saying 4he chief executive planned to
seek a constitutional amendment to
tontinue NRA principles.; Young
Roosevelt later gave out what he said
was a transcript of the* speech which
quoted him as saying he, as an indi.
vldual, saw no alternative but a con
stitutional amendment if there was
no other way to accomplish the pur
poses of NRA).
With reference to his suggestion
that his speeches be examined, the
chief executive said it would be un
necessary to go back more than a
month or a month and a half. But
those who have been following his ad
dresses closely could recall few direct
statements on the subject. ■
They recalled that in an address
Would Treat [Heavy Vpte
All Highways! Seen In State
Outgoing Delegation Requests!Increase of 115,000 Ballots Go
Commissioners- To Enlarge| To Officials For General Elec-
Previously Authorized Reim
bursement Program. ,
(ion November 3rd.
Bankrupt Mill^
Goes To Court
Cplumbia, Oct. 21. —^ Lane Bonner,
state Democratic secreTafy, shipped
Laurens, Oct. 26.—All the.highways
of'Laurens county now a part of or 261,000 general election ballots to
later to become-a part of the state [county clerks of court the past week
highway system would be surface-'for use in the general election No-
treated under reimbursement agree-j ember 3.
Creditors of Stutz-Hadfield Silk
Corporation Hold Hearing
Here Before Referee A. H.
Macaulay. ~
The first meeting of creditors of
Stutz-Hadfield Silk corporation of
this city, was held Tuesday morning
ON TO MADRID’
FASCISTS CRY
Expect City To Fall By End of
Week. Seven Towns In Path
Taken As Artillery Wheeled
Toward City Gates. Govern
ment Soldiers Routed.
On Madrid Battlefront, Oct. 27.—
at the office of R. W. Wade, attorney, j Saturday was the cry of
mem.s if a .evolution recenUrsdopt-i H,. sai.l tho number represented i '“Wbefore Angus | SP«"i»h fascits tonight
ed in a delegation meeting ever be- U5.000 more than had ever befolmj "- f »‘f.«dtly towards its goal
Komes effective, it was learned at the heen sent out for previous elections.-! ^ >»'•(:<! ofj he insurgent army swept over five
Lsupeivisor-s office last Tuesday. ! The larger.number was sent because|»"d,‘"wns today in a drive to bring its
i The resolution, which was intro- of increase,1 registration this year j f"‘*‘'"''-d H«:i'-claims as creditors of j artillery within range of the Spanish
duced hv Reitresenlative Phil L). Huff, and thr larger vote which is expected, j ’
*e..aeta.ut halleU-wme-indudodti5;^!-"-’.SVv -
t \vaa....ai-iolluvv.i:a..
“Wheroa.';, the Hoard of County
Commissioners of Laurens County
of’capital tomorrow.
TJiu'i-' -sels..uL hallpU-wejc.^ vigorous.
in those sent to the court clerks with | \ , Hazeltpn Heights^ right wing of the insurgent front sev-
.instructions to turn them over to i Sol Stutz company ^ on miles to a point within 16 mile-s
under Act No. 1222 found at Page election commissioneiTs. ,, . ,, ■ o , ca . # ■
2J35 of the Acts of the year ISWii, of Ballots were: (1) federal,/(2) state!preferred
the Slate of South Carolina, effec- and county, and (3) constitutional common s oc oters. ack
tive May 13th, 1936, were authorised amendments.
against the corporation as well aa(of Madrid.
REV, E. N. ORR, D. D.
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■The Rev. E. N. Orr, D.D., pastor of
the'Tabernacle Assdejate Reformed
Presbyterian church of 'Qharlotte, will
conduct ¥,week of special., services at
to issue serial coupon bonds of Lau
rens county, for the purpose of rais
ing moneys to aid in financing the
construction of certairi State High-'
ways in said Act designated, to-wit^
Route No. 30 from Watts Mills to
the Associate Reformed Pi'^.sbytenan Yarbor^gh’s Mill; Route No. 56 from
church of this city, beginning to Musgrove Mill; road from
Monday night, November 9th. There u. g. Route No. 221 via Jones Store
will be two services daily, in the af->^„j g^^^s’ place to U. S. Route No.
ternoon at 3:30 and 7:30 at night. 05^ and any or all other roads in Lau-
puubhc^is cordially invited to attenovl County that may be hereafter
Dr. Orr is pastor of the ^^rgestj^j^.^j State Highway System,
church^jof his denomination and isj
one of its leading preachers. His ser-!
vices are broadcasted regularly over
Bonner predicted that the Demd-
cratic vote in the state will increase
this year by 60 per cent over 1932 to
a total of 165,0(H).
He said he based his prediction on:
increased enrollment, added .support
for President Roosevelt drummed up
by organized campaigning this fall,
and because of votes on social secur
ity amendments to the state constitu
tion.
He pointed out that there were ap
proximately 365,000 names on regis
tration lists, representing an actual
WBT, Charlotte. Many people have
heard him over the radio and are
looking forward to hearing him in the
series of services in this city. He for
merly was pastor of the United Pres
byterian yjhurch of Denver, Colorado.
hereas,^jl was intended that the!j:figistration of about 245,000, ac-
provis^ons Oj^aid Act should applyjcounting for duplications, deaths, and
tu all roads/in Laurens CounTy, that disqualifications. ,,
were thejj^/n the State Highway sys-j With the third ballot citizens will
teni, as /ivell “HA' those "that mi^ghl /be abTe to vote “yes” or ‘^no’* on a
to the
School District
Borrows $10,000
Treasurer Makes I.,oan Author
ize By Delegation To Meet
Unpaid' Claims of Clinton
Schools For Past Year.
thereafrer be added
Highway system.
“Now therefore, be it resolved, by
the Laurens County Delegation in
State proposed amendment to the state con- hearing that the claim.s of Hazcl-
Davis, Jr., local attorney, repre.sented
a group of the local preferred stock
holders in- the bankrupt concern.
T?io hearing w’as held in response
to notice which had previously been
nf\ailed out by the referee. Thje cor
poration was adjudicated bankrupt
on Oct. 6, 1936, under a voluntary pe
tition and the matter was referred
by Hon. J. Lyles Glenn, district judge,
to Mr. Macaulay. The records filed
with the court show that the liabili
ties of the concern amount to $93,-
181.09 and the assets were listed as
$38,16.3.45. The liabilities include
$32,151.00 accrued and unpaid divi
dends on the preferred stock, and a
claim of the Hazelton Heights Silk
company of $19,332.55 and Sol Stutz
co,Tn7>Any of $780.00. It dev'eToped at
stitution to allo'v^ old-age pensions to j Heights Silk company and Sol
“needy individuals who have 'attained ^ company were both disputed hy
the age of 65 years and who, by rea-
the General Assembly, that the Board 1 son of age or other infirmities, are
of County Commissioners of Laurens I unable to support themselves and
*A loan of $10,000 for Hunter school
inl
district No. 6, was made Monday by
County Treasurer D. R. Simpson from
the Palmetto bank of Laurens, at an
interest rate of The loan was
made upon authorization of the coun
ty delegation to pay unpaid claims of
the district for the past 1935-36 ses
sion which were presented the treas
urer Tuesday thrmigh M. S. Bailey &
Son, Bankers, of this city. The note
is to be paid from revenue derived
from the 1936 tax year.
At a recent meeting of the “old”
delegation, W. C. Oxley, representing
the Clinton trustees, appeared before
the body with a request for a loan
for the renewal of two outstanding
notes against the district of $5,000
and $6,000, representing money boi*-
row^ by the. truat««s to complete the
County, and the State Highway Com
mission of South Carolina, be, and
they hereby are requested to enter
into all necessary reimbursement
agreements and other contracts for
the construction of any, or -all high
ways in Laurens County, now in the
State Highway systeuL!’
What weight the . resolution will
have upon the board of county com
missioners and the state highway de
partment could not be definitely es
tablished yesterday.
The delegation also requested the
highway department to add to the
sUte system the road beginning at
tilie M. M. Teague place on the Cross
Hill highway which passes through
Mountville and connects with the
Cross Hill-Belfast road near the J. H.
Byrd place. The resolution introduced
by Mr. Huff would also make this
would otherwise suffer.” The amend
ment would also allow state aid to be
paid to the blind, and needy childre;!
under HI. /
Another constitutional amendment
which must be voted upon would al
low the general assembly to pre
scribe larger limits for school dis
tricts in 22 counties. At present.the
constitution restricts the area of
school di.stricts to 49 square milesj—
Bonner predicted that the two Re
publican factions presenting tickets
in the ^neral election would poll
only about 1,650 votes, several hun
dred less than in 1932.
Cotton Ginning
At High Figure
the bankrupt and would be classed as
contc.sted matters. The referee stated
that he would set a date for hearing
on these in the near"fiiture. The rec
ords also'TRowed liabilities for city
taxes of $2,924.25 and county and
state taxes of $8,241.09, both o^
which are classified as preferred
claims. R. W. Wade, attorney fijrthe
bankrupt, stated that there was a
mortgage obligation against the mill
building amounting to $8,094.00-which
had been reduced to judgment. This j
also was cla.s.sified as a preferred
claim. - -
Local slockholder.s attending the
meeting elected D. E. Tribble, trus
tee for the property, W. J. Hadtield,
five insurgent planes spat fire at
.C. W. Stone and P. B. Mitchell of every anti-aircraft battery their pi-
Goldville, as apriraisers. The referee lots could pick out.
confirmed their appointment.
road eligible for surface tre.tipent j, .p,, gj j „ „ „.j.
m case the reimbur.sement program'
goes through. —t
VISITING MINISTER
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Under reimbursement agreements,
the bounty provide.s money for the
work by the issuance of notes or
The pulpit of North Broa<l_Strcet
lion Bales Ginned Up To Oc- Methodist church, will be occupied
. , Sunday morning by Capt. Robert M.
tober 18th.
Sunday morning by Capt
1‘rice, commander of the (X)C camp
,,, , ^ gx . r./. g. a. ,,near here. ('apt. Price is a member
^ ^ . . , , . . . , (W- 2'!._ (,olton of' (btrolina con-
bonds whore principal and interest,this years growth ginned prior to f^enco and has affiliated with Broad
The Madrid government troops
were forced b]l^ the onslaj(ig4it to re
treat to within 10 miles of the capi
tal and took up a po.sition at'El Cerro
de IjOS Angeles.
Peasant farmers in the area fled to
places of refuge. From Pinto and
Valdemoro citizens plodded along be
side a covered wagon procession.
Peasants crouched, by their belong
ings, despondent. But they weYe quick
to raise clenched fists in the com
munist salute.' ' .
Towns capturyd by the fascisit
troops today were Torrijon de Vel
asco, Torrijon de la ('alzada, Casar-
rubuelos, Cubas and Grinon.
The insurgent varmy was clo.se
enough to the capital that a short
advance tomorrow would bring their
guns-within ahelling range. -Officers-
expres.sed hope they would bo in Ma-
,<lrid by Saturday.
Atillery, tanks and airplanes sup
ported the drive by the fa.scisf legion
naires. A government counter-drive
on Navalcarnero was repulsed. 'Fhe
government militia claimed, however,
that its troops were in position close’
to the town'. ,
For the first time in weeks govern
ment planes bombarded the fa.scist
air base, Talavera de la Reina, but
without crippling the insurgent aerial
force. .
Huge fascist warplanes — “black
birds of death” — splattered Madrid
gun emplacements with machine gun
bullets today in their <laily sortie to
terrify the populace into quick and
bloodless surrender.
Dipping and diving over the city,
September 10 in Charlotte, N. C., a! past year’s school session. The dele-
speech described by the White House [gation acted wfavorably^ upon the re-
as non-political — the president said
that most thinking people “believe
that the National Recovery act, dur
ing its short term of life, accomplish
ed as much for the restoration of
prosperity through the establishment
of the minimum wage, the shortening
of hours and the elimination of child
labor, as any law put'on the statute
books of the federal government in
the past century.” \
In a recent political/^peech at De
troit the presidentj without direct ref-
(Brence to the NRA, said employers
*^^TnraBt plan ahead with an idea of
spreading work and increasin]
quest as presented by the chairman
of the board. The board of county
commissioners, in turn, on Oct. 1.5th
passed a re.solution permitting the lo
cal trustees-Yor-borrow $10,000. Papers
upon the request of the treasurer to
float the loan, were then drawn by
the county attorney and executed on
Oct. 26th.
While no financial statement cover-
«ie paid iy. the highww department. OeL 18 wax reported today by ^,
few weeks aao on hiVfeseiit (tovern
6<G running bales, excluding linters. ] ^
All Eyes Set On
Hurricane Game
„ \ , “ 1 ment assignment. The public is invit-
Roui^d luiles coun ed as ha f bales,
included totaled 149,147; and Amen-
can-Pogyption totaled 4,158 bales.
fort To Develope Interest In
Furman Game Nov. 6th.
. * . I football game just a week off, the
mg the. operation cost of the district 1 clubA of the city at a recent
for the past year has teen furnishedmeeting formulated plans for
the taxpayers by the_ board of trus
tees, jt will be recalled that the fi
nancial stateibent of the county su^
perint^dent of education, issued in
Au^st, stated that no warrants were
conneciion wixn '-nis son s, re- arawn on ms oiiicir uy me viinion
LS^ the president a8.sert?3“thaKhe'school district for teachers’ salaries
jrT^’tb t»ke his son’s word rath-! during the last two months of the
tncoine of employes.
in connection with •-his son’s ^ re- drawn on his office'by the Clinton
marks
prefe
er than that of_ji Wprehester news
paper on what was said about restor
ing the NRA. > -
■fhe chief exeepafVe said he thought
an enrollment of 31R),0()0 in the C(X
in the coming fiscal year, compared
with 350,000 authorized by congress
for the current year, probably would
be justified. A check is being made,
he said, to determine the likley num
ber of enrollees from relief families.
term (^^ril and Miy). The salary
list bf tte schools, he s^tated, amounts
to about $5,000 per month. The, treas
urer^ office at that time, showed the
operAing cost of the district only up
to Mawh 27, 1936, Claims for pay
ment si^e that date, had not teen
presented to his office, Mr. Simpson
stated.
The treasurer’s notice for the fiscal
year 1936, appearing in today’s pa
The [)a.<?tor of the church. Dr. J. C.
. * . , , n is i" Union attending the an-
OinninKx toUle,I «590,41)2 runniriK, iweetinK. No niltht
Civic Clubs Join College In Ef-lb”';". '"‘JuJ'nit round bales ^eld Somlay at hi.,
and LMH.-) bale.s of Amencan-Egyp-!
tian to that date last year. And twoj
years ago, 6,743,904 running bales in-j ^ ^ !!! ^
cluding'121,613 round bale.s ami-6,074
of American-Egyptian.
Ginnings to Oct. 18 by states were:
Alabama, 950,219; Arizona, 57,294;
Arkan.sas, 922,979; California, 149,-
601t Florida, 25,795;'Georgia, 807,050;
With the ..Presbyterian - Furman
developing interest in the big battle.]
The clttba *6ted that they were j
whole-heartedly behind the college in
, , ' J L ” ,853: Missouri, 209,432; New Mexico,
itSAthleUc program, and.te^an a se-|42,o<jg. North Carolina, 214,171i 01(^1 Carolina vsThe Citadel at ^ange-
This Week’s Menu
On Gridiron
Friday
lahoma, 190,632; South Carolina, 410,t
753; Tennessee, 27*5,613; Texas, 2,083,-
063; Virgrnia,'10,466; all other states,
8,594. \ ^ ■
0®.* M advertising and advance -sale
of tickets for Die game.
Tickets are noW^on sale in the prin
cipal towns in the"" Piedmont section
and the town and college is preparing'
to entertain the largest crowd in their
histories when the Blue Hose meet
the Hurricane here beneath the flood
lights of Johnson field on Friday
night, November 6th.
The Furman fracas is the'focal I T ^ • w
point of tbo Blue Hose «:hedule this! If•««>» 'O”
yenr and Coach Johnson and bis sUff! * t*»-V ““-on last
are determined that an attack will be IW Poplar Springs
County Baptists
Re-elect Officers
„ .. . . . ■ X .C. -n . w . released by the Hosemen which will I
He touQhed on the question of a per, shows 18^ mills for Hunter McLeod’s Purple Hurri-■ accepting an invita-
1 4 ti A $ Cl 4
permanent CCC when he remarked he! school district No: 5, the same as last
had received an interesting letter
from Robert Fechner, COC director.
year.-Last year the levy was divided:
12 mills for operating expenses, 5^
cane.
-yT'
tion to hold its 41st annual meeting
burg..
Wofford vs Rollins "at Leesburg,
Fla.
^skine vs Stetson at DeLand, Fla.
(night). ,
Newberry vs Troy Teachers at
Troy, Ala.
Saturday
Presbyterian vs Wake Forest at
Wake Forest, N. C. (night).
Furman vs Davidson at Greenville.
Clemson vs Georgia * Tech at At
lanta.
General Standings
about the physical work the agency' mills for bonded indebtedness, and
could accomplish as a permanent or- one mill fpr payment of note held by
ganization. ‘ j'the sinking fund commission. The au-
Asked whether there were plans! ditor’s office for the present year
to ■whittle down the WPA in the next j shows that a switch has been made
year, Mr. Roosevelt said he would be I by the trustees from the bonded in-
uni^le to tell pntil considerably later, debtedness levy to the operating ex
on. Like last year, he said, a budget pense item, giving an increase of 2
VISITOR HERE MONDAY -offigiaj personnel was the election of The Citadel
F. Jqe Bishop of Macon, Ga., was; j)j._ ^ 3^ Langston as vice-moderator
a visitor in the city Monday, having to succeed S. W., Sumerel, of this
estimate might be sent in on that
item in March instead of being in
cluded in the regular budget in Janu
ary; He added that a last minute
check would be necessary to deter
mine relief needs for the coming fis
cal year..
/ Dr. and Mrs. Felder Smith, Mrs.
/£. M. Timmerman and little son, Mur-
pk®y». 4P*ent Thursday at the state
fair in Columbia;
Co^i
mills for operating expenses this year
over last. The 18% mills this year, ac
cording to the auditor’s books, is di
vided: 3% mills .for bonded, indebted
ness/ 14 mills for operating expenses,]
and one mill for the retirement of
note iheld by the sinking fund com-
missibn.
come up from Columbia to^meet and
shake hands with many of his boy
city, who had asked not to be re-elect
ed. C. B. Bobo, moderator of the body
hood friends and acquaintances. Mr. i 27 years, was re-elected, although
Bishop was reared in this community ^ j expressed a deTire to retire,
and left Clinton forty-seven years ago] w. P. Culbertson, veteran clerk; B. Y.
as a young lad with his parents to assistant clerk, and R. E.
er, James T, Bjshop, pasted away
two years ago at an advanced age.
in office.
Wade of Clemson college, spent
leek-end with his parents, Mr.
Irs. R. W. Wade.
'Thirty-one of the 33 churches com
prising the association were repre-
sented'on the first roll call, and oral
BIRTll ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs; A. L; Shepard an- r repor^.from each indicated fair pro^
npunce the birth of a son, Roberti;ee;;|re88, spiritually, fihapc'raljy ahd sta-
OM Wednesday, Oct. 21. tistically during the pate year.
Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Henry an
nounce the birth of a^ son,.
Brodie, on Monday, Oct. 26.
Edwin
Miss Maud Geer left Saturday on a
business trip to Trenton, N. J.-
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T
Pet.
Furman . 3
2
0 ,
600,
Carolina 3
3
0
500:
The Citadel 3
3
0
500
Clemson .... t..; 3
3
0
500
Presbyterian 2
3
0
400
Erskine' X 2
4
0
333
Wofford 1
4
0
200!
Newberry .... 0
7
0
000
Big Four Standings
W L
T
Pet.
Clemson .... 1
0
0
1000
Furman 1
0
0
1000
Carolina .T.. 0
1
0
000
'The Citadel 0
1
0
000
X
.... — LHtle Fonr Standings
—
■’ -/ W
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Pet.
Presbyterian 2
0
0
IOOOj
Erskine 1
1
0
500
Newberry 0
t
0
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hWofford r. 0
1
0
(MO
pick
. The city’s defenders blazed away
at the planes without effect, although
government plane.s did not take the
ai^ to fight off the invaders.
Some of the planes’ fire ricocheted
through the city’s streets, but no cas
ualties wore reported. Finally the uv*i-
ators, their daily tour of terror fin
ished, wheeled their heavy ships’ and
soared away back of their own lines.
Ijeaders of the capital’s defenders,
claiming they had 20,000 soldiers and
civilians in the fiold. satd they e.vpPd-
ed a decisive battle within a “few
days.”
A “human avalanche,” they told the
populace, was ready to be loosed
against the fa.scists a.s soon as the big
■push wa.s begun. '
American newspapermen, captured
by fascists on the' battlefront, told
theiir compatriots in Talavera de la
Reina today that;
“'ll is quite possible the militia will
run from Madrid when it is attacked.
Madrid can be taken in two days.
There are many trenches a|‘ojipd. Ma
drid, but they are nothing more than
shallow ditches such as the militia de
serted at Navalcarnero as soon as the
Moors got within rifl,e, range.”
T^*. American embassy in Madrid
issued a note advising Americans
still in the capital that the building
would be reopened if the situation
should become more serious.
The note advised Americans not
to expose themselves to danger, and
cautioned them against any expres
sions. which might be interpreted as
showing partiality in the tense politi
cal situation.
, The government, fearing that the
insurgents might break through their
lines and gain the gates of Madrid,
organized a “regiment of steel,” com
posed of fpur battalions of shock
The inhabitants of the city, by now
of enemy warplane.s, breathed
the custom the attackers made no at
tempt to. bomb the city Itself,
An apparent attempt by the avi
ators to destroy gasoline depots on
the city’s outskirts failed.
'The government forces were or
ganized for imminent attacks on their
foes in the south and western sectors.
An additional 250 children were
.sent from Madrid to Valencia today,
making the total of such evacuations
thus far about 15,000.
One government counter-thrust
agfamst thti'eiicamped >osurgerits was,
aimed ,at Navalcarnero. The militit"
marchea from Mostoles, about 10
miles south of the capital, and'fought
baBd-to-hand with ferocious Moortsh
legionnaires.
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