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VOLUME XL
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940
NUMBER 34
Oi^ihaiitoge Begins
’40-’41 Year’s Work
On Next Tuesday
Nesgr SeaskMi of SdMMri and De-
partaMBt.Work To Start Af
tar Vacation Saaaon. List of
Tcadrars aad Hatrona Givan.
c'y£y''
Roosev^ praises
Farm Progrmn
Expreaacs Approval of Work of
Sacretary Wkllaca For Agri>
eoKora During Paat Saven
Yaara.
•i
ri.
The Thorawell orphanage schools
Mdll open their new session on next
Tuesday August 27. Hie childrmi
have aJl returned from their vacar
tkms and the large fam^ is now
organized for tiie year's woric, both
in the class rooms and vade d^rt-
ments. \
Behael FaenMy Given
The schools are 'again headed by
B. S. - Pinson as principal for the
thirteenth year. Two changes, due to
re^gnations, have been made in the
teaching sUdf for the coming ses-
Sion. Miss Virginia Stowe of Pacolet,
who resigned to accept a position in
. Easley vsdlQols. is suooeeded Iuf
Min Margaret Hazle of-Woodr«tf, a
graduate of Presbyterian college in
June. Walter B. Todd of this city,
who resigned to enter the U. S.
army, is succeeded by Miss Mary
Fran^ Griffhi of Belton.
The following teachers, in additkm
to Mr. Pinson, will constitute the
staff:
Mrs. Sara A. Jacobs, Newberry.
Miss Margaret Hazle, Woodruff.
Miss Evelyn McDowell, Pacolet. !
Miss Luva McDonald, Iva.
^iss Elizabeth Akers, Beaver Ok
lahoma.
Miss Frances Gwaltmey, Charlotte.
Miss Leta McIntyre, Clio.
Miss Helen Porter, Clinton.
Miss Julia Parter, Clinton.
Miss Mary Frances Griffin, Belton.
The MLatron's Staff
Four changes have been made in
the matron’s staff for the coming
year due to resignations. Miss Mary
Leonard of Rcidville, succeeds Mias
Frances Bowen; Mrs. Phil Price of
Brownsville, Texas, succeeds Mrs.
CHis Lathem; Mrs. L. A. Gambill of
Seneca,, succeeds Rrs. Virginia
deMontmollin, and Miss Rachel
Westmoreland of Hickory Grove,
succeeds Miss Mary White Cakjtwell.
The list of matrons and their
homes, follows:
of ihMrons. . •
Miss Cora Ric^iey, Home of Peace.
Miss Sara Patlenaoa, Edith Home.
Miss Mary Adams, Fairchild Cot
tage.
Mm. Helen Dorroh, Silliman Cot
tage.
Mrs. Bessie Godfrey, Anita Hmne.
Mias Mary LMUwrd, Harriet Home.
ICrs. Dora Fowler Cottage.
Mrs. T. H. ilgi^rk, Hollingsworth
Home. I
Miss Janie Stewart, Georgia-
Mrs. Hattie Blankenship, Florida
Cottage.
Bfrs. Phil Pricey McCormick Home.
Miss Lucy Watkins, Virginia
. 1^. Margie McFaddra,
Baby Cottage.
Miss Frances |;^nard. Baby Cot-
Mi^^A^^rtlervey, Faith Cot
tage and Sewing Room.
Mrs. May Frowein, Kitdken.
Mrs. L. A. OamMll, Dining Room.
Miss Rachael Westmoreland, Lesh
Inlinnary Nurse.
Miss Clare M. Huber, Infirmary
Matron.
Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Presi
dent Roosevelt today accepted the
resignation of Agriculture Secretary
Henry A. Wallace, effective Sept 5,
to permit his vice-prcsidcntial run
ning mate to begin an active cam-
PLANS COMPLETE FOR HORSE
'' SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT. AUG. 30
Entry Blanks Musi Be Returned
IB^ Menday, the 26th. Puny
CfauKcs Added. Officials Se
lected For County-wide Event
On Johnson Fidd.
With Monday set as the final day
for the return of entry blanks, plans
for the fifth annual Laurens Couirfyl^
paign for the Democratic third term Horse show are about complete. The^^
show will be held here Fri^y night,
tieket.
Mr. Roosevelt in accepting Wal
lace’s resignation from hia, cabinet,
attacked Republican farm policies
which, he oserted, had prostrated
agriculture before 1989.
Wallace’s resignation was accepted
Just 10 days before he delivers an
address at Des Moines, Iowa, accept
ing the vice-presidmitial nomination
August 80, on Johnsmi field at Pres
byterian college, under the sponsor
ship of the Clinton Lions club.
Three classes for ponies, Maturing
one, two, ’and three year olds, have
been added this *year to bring the
number of classes to be entered up
to thirteen. *rhe fourteenth class, the
final events on the program (and a
Joanna School
Faculty Given
America Neict
On Hitler
Bullitt Says
City Schools To
Open ’40 Session
On September 3
Philadeli^ia, Aug. 18.—William C. Belk Ta Rrintr 9 iwui
Bullitt, United State ambassador toj
[France, declaring that Hitler will at
tack this natiem if Great Britain is!
Sdiools Again Headed By G. N. defeated, urgrt Ameri^ tonight to
telegraph their congressmen de-1
Foy. Several
Faculty.
Changes In
Ckildren Back From Vacation.
Sekoob Again Headed By
Monts. Five Faculty Ckanges.
manding that World war destroyers
be sent to England’s aid.
“America is in danger,’’ he assert-
The Jornna Khool M Cokh-illelf*
The 1940-41 session of the Clinton
city schools will open on Tuesday
morning. September 3. at 8 o’clock.
begin the 1940-41 session on
dependence square. “It is my convic- according' to an announcement yes-
Mond.y, Septemtar 2, •>.» o'clock.!^-offica or Suparin-
At tha opanliif hour a ihort davo-if"'!.™ “Iwndant W
tioh.1 pri^will ha given in the !>“<» ot our govarnmmt in W.»»h-
auditorium with all pa6t>ns
Wallace plans to begin active cam- very exclusive claks it is, too), will
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iblican
fdng^
nomlhee, 'Wendell L. Willkie, begins
his first campaign swing at Caffey-
viUe, Kaittas.
In a letter to Wallace, Mr. Roose
velt predicted that the November
election would result in a vote of
(xmfidaice in the farm policies which
he aad bis secretary ef agrleaHarc
have instituted.
“With them (rank and file voters)
rests jixlgment as to the woric ymi
have been doing during the past sev
en years and more in b^alf of ag
riculture and in behalf of the na
tion,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote. “You and
I are content to leave determination
of the iskues in our campaign this
year to the calm judgment of the
voters. Under our form of govern
ment there is no higher arbitrament
than the bar of public opinion.”
Attacking Republican farm poli
cies during the administrations which
preceded the New Deal, Mr. Roose
velt recalled the plight of agricul
ture in 1183.
“You found agriculture prostrate
in March. 1933,” he wrote Wallace.
“The vicious wheel had turned full
circle whan you came to the rescue.
Markets had been ruined; gurchas
ing viklue was gone; the farmer was
penntleis. Foredosures and tax sales
had Aide tie
hw tnrtiwidiisl—fhA
all pafrons and
friends of the school invited to at
tend the exercises
Laurens oounty’s equine aristoc
racy—^thc horse that successfully de
fies competition and emerges the
19M winner. Defending champion is
“Smart Alec,” owned by B. H. Boyd,
of Clinton, and winner of the 1939
event.
The wide range of classes offered
makes it possible to show many
styles of horses, beginning with draft
brood mares and going on up the
scale to the dancing, prancing five-
gaited beauties—all of which will be
seen in the show next week. Women
and children will have an opportu
nity to eochibit their ricill in horse
manship in two events arranged es
pecially for them, the girls to be up
to and including If years of age, and
women 17 years and over.
A privately owned riding ring near
the field is available tor training
horses to b^ entered in the show, and
owners are invited to use the ring
any time they wish. Forty stables at
the ring are also available.
Winners in each event will be pre
sented silver cups second place win
ners will receive halters and leads,
while third place winners will get
riding whijw. Hie usual ribbons for
winnets in each event also will be
presented. The grand champion will
reoffve a large silver cup, appropri-
aU^angrw
from the information in the
year
ington, that the United States is in marks the beginning of the sixth
as great peril today as was France session under Mr. Monts’ supervii-
uw M... ® ^ ion, and he states that all teachers
of’n.ltoMil''*''' >*»" *'>'''«* >"<* «>' 'ive
^ _ buildings of the . district, though
^ I municalions to congressmen and “tell j crowded, are in' first-clalss’condition
we back up” ^General John J.' with painting and minor repairs done
1*^* aianmaiy w ’i
ofldwar^estroyers for Five changes have been made
G. N. Foy as superintendent for the, . j „ *•
twelfth ,«ir. n^e ch.n««,
been made in the faculty due to res-.j.'* *
ignations. Miss , Laetitia _Jones ofj^®™
..vMwvv, replaces Miss Bebe~Dinai»: „ . ,
of Clinton,^Mis8 Edith Childers of ® .
GreenviUe, a graduate of Winthrop.' Bullitt returned
m
above au else, to a return to.self-
not UkeW to IbiRM ffiis. Tbair IniWf
are^searM with hitter memories ot
official neglect and official incompc-'
tence which brought them and the
nation to disaster.”
Saying that the New Deal farm
program broke the “vicious circle,”
Mr. Rooeevelt’s letter conunended
Wallace to agriculture as a guaran
tor that farmers continue to receive
an even break. *
“I know and they know that bank*-
ruptcy ruin, despair, and dkaster,
vriiich had been their previous por
tion through long years of na^ect
and incompetence at Washington,
gave way under your guiding hand
succeeds Miss Mary Fell and T. S.
Lacey of Tallahassee, Fla., a gradu
ate of the University of Alabama,
replaces W. M. Schumpert, principal
for the past several years.
The revised faculty is composed
of the following members, in addi
tion to Mr. Foy:
T. S. Lacey, Tallahassee, Fla.,
manual training and mathematics.
Miss Edith Childers, GreenviUe,
>me economics and scienn.
Miss Clifford Lovett, ^Cuthbert,
Ga., library, English and social sci
ence.
Miss Paul Vane Elrod, Greenville,
seventh grade.
A. B. Galloway, Jr., GoldviUe,
sixth grade and athletic coach.
Miss Sarah Clarke, GoldviUe, fifth
grade.
■the corps of teachers, with the prin-
recently from cipals remaining the same as the
Nazi-conquered France after nar- past session. Members of last year’s
rowly escaping death in a German'staff who will not be members of
air raid on Paris. He chose his home this year’s faculty are: Ned Sprunt
city, Philadelphia, for his first public Hays, Paul K. Harmon. Miss Laura
appraisal of the international situ-[Lynch, now Mrs. Frank Kellers, of
ation during nearly four years as the high school; Miss Marie Smith
ambassador to the French republic, iof Florida Street school, and Miss
His address, sponsored by the Georgia B. Blakely of Academy
American Philosophical society, was Street school.
made before a crowd of several! The above vacancies will be filled
thousand at the nation’s historic'by the following; Miss AdajGambreU
“cradle of liberty” and broadcast of Honea Path, Sam H. Arnold of
over two nation-wide radio net-: Woodruff, Joe W. Wray of Cedar-
works. [town. Ga.. Miss Elizabeth Boland of
The people of the United States Springfield, and a fifth new tecaher
must “wake up,” and quickly. Am-,not yet announced. ,
bassador Bullitt declared, or suffer, FoUowing is the complete list of
the same fate as France. . teachers for the respective schools;
“It is as clear as anything on this with- their home addresses;
earth that the United States will not
go (abroad) to war,” he said, “but it
HUs LMtltia Jon«, Clinton, fourth “
’ ’ I towards the Americas.
“The agents of the dictators are
already here preparing the way for
Workman, Clinton,
1^ trainer, of Winston-Salem, N. C.
Ring master wiU be Finley Jtfnison
of GreenviUe, and the announcer will
be J. D. Massey of GreenviUe.
respect and sane thinking,” be wrote.
Closes Friday
r
Mountvflie Seboed
Opens Sept 5th
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The Ifocuatville pubUc school wiU
begin its i949«41 session Thursday
mdming, September 5, at 9 o’clock.
The public is invited to the opening
exmxiseg, whidi wUl be held at 9
q’clock in the achool auditorium.
A faculty meeting will be held
Wednesday afternoon, September 4,
at 8 </clock.
Members of the faculty for the
coming session are as follows:
A. D. Abercrombie superintend
ent, Mountville.
Mim Thelma Taylor, Clinton.
Sirs. A. D. Abercrmblc, Mount-
viUe.
Mias liaiy Boyd, MountvUle.
Mi« Elaia Gaoroer. Ninety-Six.
Miss-ltea llaeon, Westn^ister.
' Mias Louise &d)b, Gray Coml
Mrs. J. S. Winebreimcf, Mount
ville/
The county candidates wiU speak
this morning in Laurens at • 10
o’clock. Tonight they will go to Tip-
Top filling station, near here, on the
Whitmire highway.
The campaign will come to an of
ficial eloee Friday night at Laurens
Cotton mills when the candidates
wiU nQake their last effort to woo the
ballots of voters.
Three days later, August 27tti, vot
ers wiU go to the polls to express
their preference for a number of
county offices tq be fUled. The sec
ond primary will be held September
10.
Dr. Moorhead To
Fractke In Texas
grade.
Miss Roia B. Dreher, Prosperity,
third grade.
Mias MUdred
second grade.
Mias Katherine Blakely, Clinton,
first grade.
. Miss Jane Winn, Due West, first
grade. —
Miss Katherine Fischer, Newberry,
High Schaal
John B. Gentry, Clinton. principaL
R. P. Wilder, Clinton, mathematics
and director of athletics.
F. M. King. Seneca, agriculture.
Miss Irene Clinton, mathe-
Absentee BaUots
Are Available
their armies. They are preparing thej^ij^j, ^ dvi^
way in th^me manner in which; ^iss Rosa Mahaffey, Clinton, Eng-
they prepared the way m France. , Journalism.
Bullitt said he could not p^lct p. gloan. Clinton, history
where or when the blow would fall I government
but expressed certainty that, if Great
Britain is overwhelmed, “the attack
win knd that all the strength
we are to parry H and save the in
dependence of our country.”
Throu^iout his prepared speech, a
4,000-word document bearing the
imprimatur of the state department,
the ambassador warned in hot phras
The many friends here bf Dr. Wil
liam H. Moorhead, ton of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Moorhead of GoldviUe,
w^ be interested to know be left
recently for San Antonio, Texas,
where he is jiqw associated with Hr.
Mefioh Tiinter in the practice of
internal medicine.
Dr. Moorhead, a graduate of Tu-
jMtq* spent die past yeir doing post
gra&uite work at the graduate school
of the University of Pennsylvania.
He spent the month of July at the
University of Chicago pursuing a
apeelal course before going to San
iwtonio where he is now located for
the practice of his profession.
Miss Margaret Webb, Dawson Ga.,
home economics.
Miss Margaret Culpepper. Hogans-
Mias AUce Gaines, Greemvood,
English and French.
Miss Eloise Miller, Pauline, math
ematics.
Miss Jessie Newby, Herlfo^d, N. C,
the danger of minimiring the' ‘ J*w."Younginer. Irmo. business,
Clinton Democratic club, states that j effects of a German victory oni Cambrell Honea ^di.
he has received a supply of absentee j American security. Repeatedly, he!
ballots to be used in the August 27th
primary.. Voters desiring absentee
ballots are requested to get in touch
With the secretary of the club either
by phone or at his residence, 73 Mus-
grove street.
College Opou
compared conditions in this country
today to those prevailing in France
before Hiller’s hordes swept down
from the north.
“Unless we act now, he asserted,*
[“the dictators arc convinced that all
I democracies will always be too late.”
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Talk Called “Treason”
Washington, Aug. 19. — Senator
Clark,.. Democrat, of Idaho, toW tl«r
senate today that the address of Am-
Presbyterian college will open for [bassador William C. Bullitt, predict-
the 1940-41 session on September 10,
it has been announced by college of
ficials. New students will report on
the campus on this date, to be fol
lowed by the upper classmen on toe
12th.
ing a German attack on the United
States if Great Britain is defeated,
was “very very little short of trea
son.”
Bullitt’s speech, Clark added.
(Continued on page two)
Sam H. Arnold, Woodruff, English
and band director.
Joe W. Wray. Cedartown, Ga.. sci
ence.
Miss Allie Garvin, assistant libra
rian.
Flarida Street Sdwel
J. A. Cheatham, Abbeville, prm-
cipal.
HOLIDAT8 TO CLOSE
The summer half holiday on Wed
nesday by local merchants and buiri
ness firms will come to k dope next
Wednesday, the 28th.
The closing obsarvaiice has been
in effect for the months of May,
Juna, Juty and August, foJlbwing a
custom of several years ttanding.
RACE FOR SENATE WARMS UP
& •
NYA Sitydfyifior
Hate ‘nwrtfilays
J. H. Sunmer, af Vewbirry,
supervisor of tha Watfmml
Youth administration,
'toat she will be in CUMon ovmf
Thursday from 9 to 11 aja., io assM
I aacHdi
youths ot Clinton and tois
vrito fHW interestad in
NTA trainiiig. R«r
hart wtfl ba at tt»a
Unamptaymant
Mrs. Stonnar states iha
to eonfar with
toa agas of 19-38
iity oflarad by NYA.
8ha wUl te #
LauzaM on
to 4 pun.
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sifci
The county political campaigh is
now on the home stretch with chief
interest centered in the three-cor
nered race for the state senator-
ship. The vote-hunting by the can
didates will come to a close Friday
night with the final spaaking
Laurens Cotton Mill.
The candidates have been greeted
with large audiences, the speeches
varying little from the opening of
the campaign.
Monday night the candidates were
heard by 1500 people in an out-door
meeting at Clinton Cotton Mills pre
sided'over by J. C. Cannon. Several
of toe speakers were presented bas
kets of flowers.
Mounting interest was shown in
the ssaate race, with C. D. Nance
as the first speaker. Mr. Nance told
of toe high position he held in tlm
house and senate whan a nwrober
of todsc bodies, and said he had kept
ev«y premise bt made in his cam-
paifpi tot toe senate four years ago.
SooM of the promiaes ha UM war*
radttPtkm of tot county tax levy,
ptovifhag for a vote on the rural
polioa ayalMi and putting toe game
isardan In ih* primary. He t^ of
his iaIluMot with the highway de
ed resolution to congratulate the j had been reduced during the past!
president on hh birthday. He said^lour years and how he has always'
that Nance would not diacuas the worked to help the people of the I
proposed sales tax or federal wage-; textile industry. !
hour law. ' Long followed his general speech |
The last speaker. Senator C. A.[of the campaign. He injected the^
St Cromer, said he had given the coun- federal-wage-hour law charging that!
ty an honest and decent administra- “Nance won’t stand up here on this'
tkm and that he had kept his prom-1 platform and discuss this law with!
ise, and had cooperated at all times lyop people.” |
wito toe federal government. He, candidates spoke yesterday at' cipal.'
gartEMhiend gen Sawyer, and nam
ed aevvll ^oys he
he had- gotten . Jobe
foe whil Jhe department
Q. L. Long, the aceond speaker,
btgen hie addteeg expressing hia ap-
peoval of (dtlrefe assistance for all
eotittad b> agdi aid« and of the »o-
y lew
oial aeeurity law. The main issue
baibce yeq, he skid, is whether you
that graft preaidant Frank-
Q^RooMr^^ or for Nance, wto
the president from the
was elected. In substantl-
9f mg rood
Nance was
as votkii agelnst e iwopos-
Miu Lily .Yarborough, Enoree;
Miss Ella Little McCrary, Clintoii.
Miss Nancy Owens, Clinton.
Miss Agnes Davis, Clinton.
Miss Carolyn Lane. Newberry.
Miss Ruby Norris. Newberry.
Miss Evelyn Jones. Anderson.
Mrs. Myrtle Blakely, Clinton.
Miss Irene Workman, Clinton.
Miss Elizabeth Boland, SpringfieUL
Mrs. J, Will Dillard, librarian.
Aeadcmy gfeaet Sebasl
J. B. Ouzts, Edgefield. principaL
Miss Elizabeth Brooka, Athens. Ga.
Miss Nancy Yougg, Clinton.
Miss-Collette GnfHn. Clinton.
Miss Elizabeth Copeland, Clinton.
Miss Elizabeth Nelaon, Clinton.
Mrs. Nene D. Workman, Clinton.
Mrs.^ Hugh Donnan. Clinton. .
Miss Odetta Mauney, Clinton.
Miss Martha Davidson, Clinton.
Miss Mary Johnson, Clinton.
PrevMence Scheal
Mrsr H. A. Copeland. Clinton,
said that when many cotton milU in | Youngs, WoodviUe, and a third odd-
the sUte were shut down, the legis-|ed place in the upper part of the'
lature appropriated $150,000 to eid'jjoonty. The speeches were along the,
unemployment. He secured $28,000
of this amount for Laurens county,
more than Spartanburg and Green
ville counties combined. Of the
$2|,000, he said. 819,000 was spent
to aid the people of the Lydia and
Clinton Cotton MiQi He told of his
efforts for old age igsistance, of toe
county’s heavy indebtedness left by
thoee who preceded him in office,
and of toe Improvements made in
the county during hia term of office,
citing a 100-mile road program, an
agricultural building, curb market,
improved court bouaa, circulating h
same lines as outlined in The Chron-;
icle last week.
Senator Cromer made a vigorous
defwtse of his record, which he
termed as both economical and pro
gressive.
Nance told of his previous expe
rience in the legislature and of his
influence when in that body. He said
Miss Lou Belle Nalxirs, Clmton.
Miss Beatrice Highsmith, Clinton.
Miss Jane Ginximan. Newberry.
Miss Margaret Blakely, Clinton.
Miss Macie Davis, Newberry.
tax receipts for toe last three years
wito those of the years before,” he
saM. -
At the GoldviUe meeting. Nance
used most of his time boasi^ of his
influvice with the hi|9tway depart
ment and Ben Sawyer and namad
several GoldviUe boya he bed helped
gst Jobs as pstrobnm and in other
departments of toe highway ayatem.
- Senator
Cromer gave ah account
of his record in office qnd cited ac-
eomplidunents made during his ad-
min^at^ explaining hew taxes
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Agency Set-Up For
WPA Employment
The Department of Public Welfare
he intended to capitalize on his in-j has made a formal agreement with
fluence with Sawyer for the benefit toe WPA. under which the DPW
becomes the official referrer ^gency
for WPA employment for the daler-
of the county, He said he lowered
taxes whan senator.
Ix>ng continued to attack Nance’sjmination of need of persons for cm-
. , . J .former record. He stated that Nance pioyment by WPA
nunw home and other no credit for reducing taxes. I Need for employment, the sgree-
>s<ty secured In coo^rat^ adto thajHe said that the Land Banking com-'roent provides, shall be delennined
£**-'y*. This has all j mission and the Home Owners’ Loan ■ in accordance with the provisions of
baen dona, m s^ sm at toa same ^corporation, “organizations that Mr. [the rules and regulations of toe
time taxes towered. “Compart yourjHanca is fighting in opposing toe,WPA. The Laurens cvHinty Welfare
New Deal,” were directly responsi- department has not yat been fur-
bte for toe reduced tax rate because nished with these rules and regula-
they made possible toe collection of tions, Mrs. Mabel B. Little, director.
tlO,(K)0 in deUnquent taxes in toe. stated yesterday. She also stated that
county during li^ and 1934, when,she was expecting the necessary in-
Nance was senator, and tois resulted structions and forms for making the
in a lowering of the tax levy. Long required investigations next ,week.
also chargi^ that Nsmee had refused'The Laurens county board has bami
letata with toe Roosevelt ad-! instructed to -emDioy one addikgitot
to coopetata with toe Roosevelt ad-J instructed to -employ one sridithl
ministration, “even in the qgkantion case worker to perform Ous
of his own private farms.’*. Long!tional work,
chared that Nance planted this yearj No applicatioos kax-i been
189.8 acres of cotton more tbao thelto WFA since June 39, the Uiieetor
889.9 acres aUotted him by the AAA. mated.
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