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Volume 19 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY^ S. C.. JANUARY 14, 1915 Number//
WILSON HINTS
AT CANDIDACY,
AUDIENCE CHEERS
Chief Executive Enthusiastically
_ ?y Received In Indinapolis Many
Matters Touched Upon. ]
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9.?
President Wilson in a Jackson 1
Day speech here yesterday afternoon
voiced what his hearers in
tarpreted as a hint that he might
be a candidate for the Presidency
again in 1916. The audience of
more than 4,000 people rose to
their feet and cheered until the (
President called for quiet.
The President had been discuss- \
ing the Mexican question. Refering
to his belief that he knew the ,
? temperament and principles of J
the American people, he added
that he would not be fit to stay ?
* where he was if he did not understand
them.
"There may come a time," he
said. "When American people (
will have .to judge whether I
know what I am talking of or not" v
There was a slight pause and r
the crowd began cheering. Real
izing thJ construction which had
been pin on his word, the Presi- "
dent held his hand for silence and *
said:
"? "I did not mean to stir up any- ^
thing. That was merely prepara- f
tory to saying that for at least '
two more yearsj..am free to think (
I know the American people."
' Previously the President had j
attacked the Republican party, u
defending the record of his t
Administra/ion on the Mexican
policy, the tariff and currency v
and declared-that a careful examination
of the. return^ from the
f elections last November showed j,
" that If it had been a Presidential
year a Democrat would have had a
majority of about 80 In the elect- m
^>ral college.
The President criticisedRepubopposing
the
Government ship purchase bill,
whom he characterized "selfstyled
friends of business."
lie said the Republcian party has
? noLhad a new idea in 30 years,,
and thai "the Republican sdo not
know how tn <lo anything, but on
i the lid." He added that the|J
[ country wants the ship purchase L
hill enacted into law and "will
have it."
Mr. Wilson gravely spoke
warning to Democrats not to
^ ^""break up the solidarity of the
ptfrtv. lie declared those who e
did would gain an unenvable <i
position for themselves. ?i
"If a man won't play on a team t
he must get off the team," he said t
and later spoke of himself as the i
f"captain of the Democratic team i
for the present." i
The President spoke briefly of t
Mexico. IIe*said the people there ?i
are entitled to liberty, "no matter <1
110 matter how long they take in <
determinining 4 it" Speaking i
slowly and carefully, he declared n
that "so far as my influence goes, fl
while I am President, nobody t
shall interfere with them. 1
"Have not European Nations *
taken as long as they wanted, and t
spilled as much blood as they i
pleased to settle their own affairs, <
lie continued, "and shall we deny e
the same right to Mexico? No, I >
f/T say."
.Much o' Mr. "Wilsons address i
was devoted to the independent *
mwl nmmvssivp voters TTp said M
about one-third of tlie Republi- r
<*ii11 party is progressive and about '
two-thirds of tlie Democratic '
party is progressive, ''the
Demoerntic partv is more progresive
than the Republican." lie
declared that most of the voters '
of '.lie country are independent.
luit that was his ambition to
have them vote with the Democrats.
He sppoke of him self as ?
an "animate conservative," ami ;
added:
"The people of the United ;
States should not pay too much
attention to the European war.
hut should keep their own affairs
in g'jfod order." lie closed his
a?hlres with a fervent expression
of the hope that the time might
come when the United States
be instrumental in restoring
peace.
Easiness conditions were taken
up briefly. He characterized talk
rof business deprression "as a state
of mind. He said the Democratic
party already had done
much to free business and that
its program was not yet complete.
Whenever the country really
\ \ 11 I I i ^' ?iii- tiling in iiuirrj uuu, IM i
mhlcl. it tunics to the Democratic
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party. y
establishment of a great Federal |
employment breau, said some
means should be found for
quickening and cheapening the
processsity of the courts, and
spoke of the necessity of Congress
passing Ihe Adminislration
conversation conesrvation bids.
Cherring intrupted the Pdesident
at frequent intervals during
liis address. . Pj
TO BE OFFERED EARLY
Enactment Into Law will Avoid Revision
by Each State Convention
Hereafter Rc
g<
At the present session of the gen- 'n
?ral asembly bills will l?e introduced Uf
troposing to enact into law the rules th
governing the recent Democratic pri- thi
nary election. The law, of course w
vill apply to rimarlco iu general, no
natter of what party, end will apply hi
o congressional and municipal as well of
ts to State and county primary elec- Ju
ions. fr
This statement was made by a mem- kr
er- elect of the legislature, after a pe
(inference among newly ejected ar
neml)ers of the general assembly. It
vill be proposed to put into the form bl
egulations governing the enrollment an
?f the voters that were adopted by the th
democratic State convention last May,
nd the rules governing the conduct of to
he primary election. The successful f<>i
iid satisfactory working of these rules bu
ms impressed the advisability of put- a
lug them into effect in permanent do
orm. It wiU also be proposed to ni
pplv the principles of the Australian of
>allot system to all elections, State
nd municipal in cities of more than on
0,000 population. A modified form sc
if the Australian system was used in H<
lie recent primary election in the city an
f Charleston, and was found to work caj
rith great satisfaction. ? Secrecy of '
he ballot is insured, and the prob- ex<
bility of corruption and intimidation cot
s greatly reduced by this system. j \vh
T ""
Real Estate .
Loans
Insurance We ma
of
All Kinds
and
Bonds Phoni
TOBACCO PECULIARITIES.
The tobacco trade reports a fulling 1,10
ft' in the chewing tobacco line. Sales
f l>lg by jobbers have been 011 the ""
lecline and search is being made for *0
he causa The commonly accepted
heory is that tobacco chewing is gong
out of fashion. There is less dif- fl"
iculty. however, in arriving at an ex- ,lu
Imitation of the situation develojied
he past year in the cigar trade. Not ' ''
?nly has the manufacture of cigars
leclined, but there is a demand for ,r"
heaper and smaller cigars. The To- "1(
acco Leaf, published in New York,
md considered an authority, says 28.- 01
00.000 cigars less were manufactured
he past year than the year preious.
Hie increase in the demand forlittle su
. . ?a. nu
mokes leads to tne conclusion mm ??
he public lias begun to economize on
ts tobacco bill. But while plus and an
Igars have "felt the pinch," as the ,K':
xpressiou goes, It is a' different
natter with the cigartto. The figires
showing the increase in the man- '",l
ifacture of cigarettes are almost bemud
belief. The production of cigirettes
last year excec<led the largest "a
word known by 14 per cent. Ten ni
voro manufactured in the country. ,,a
ast year thn factories turned out the
moriuous number of 15,5000,000. I1'1
Vad this despite State laws and local -l(
etrislation directed against the sale of
he eoffin taek. m'
til
The Safe and Sure Crop.
The best news that the State has
ind lately is that never before was
, i
here siieh a demand for brood sows
is there is in South Carolina now. 1
'arloMds of sows and pigs are being x
rouglit to South Carolina?so it is re orted
from various quarters of the "
<tate. U
i
N>wr has there lieeii an over-proMiction
of pork in SmTth Carolina.
Not the faintest prosjiect is in siplit
'lint uSotli Carolina will raise more
ork than her people eat.
Raising hops is eaiser ami simpler 1
linn inislnp cotton. :l
The serum is insurance against hog
holern. ''
South Carolina couhl pet rich on 11
u\
hops if never apain a crop of cotton
onhl l?e planted?and that, thouph a
liroad and swecpinp declaration, is '
iot an exasperated one.?The State.
i?
The Chronicle $1 a year
OUR TOWN AND
HOME MERCHANTS
A WORTHY CITIZENSHIP
ttronize Home Industries and Co
Operate With the Idea of Aiding
Worthy Causes.
The folowing from The Rock Hil
K-ord is weO worth the study of all
>od citizens:
"Dutv is a nnwer that rises wth in
the morning nnd goes to rest with
i at night. It is coextensive witt
e action of our intelligesce. It if
e shadow which cleaves to us, gc
here we will.
" Let us do our duty in our shop 01
tchen, in the market, the street the
'fice. the farm, the school, the home
st as faithfully as if we stood in the
ont ranks of some great battle anc
lew that victory for mankind de
inded upon our -bravery, strength
id skill.
"When we do that the very humest
of us will be serving in that greai
ray which achieves the welfare o1
e world.
It should be the slogan of every
wn consumer never to send awa>
: goods that he can just as well
ty at home. Every time^ou send
dollar to a mail order house that
liar, as far as you and your commuty
are concerned is practically out
circulation.
'"Your own home merchant is the
ie who helps to keep up your
hools your churches and your town,
s is the one who deserves your trade
id not some catalogue house in Chi;o
or elsewhere.
'When you have nothing to give in
change, to whom do you go for ac
nmouauons until some certaiu time
en you can pay?
FIRE
ke a specialty of writing
"84 Maynard-Ral
111* v/in tint nhcoce tin/1 ?rnm? liAt?n
* 'V VM? llVi HUM ,T"IU I1UU1C
reliant ready ami willing to lot his
>ils g<? on promises, not guaranteed
tos, lmt verbal promises, trusting
in* honesty ami ginxl puck in uieet[
the obligation later?
'How many farms have been paid
by your merchant advancing both
> goods necessary to keep life in
' body and cash to meet that dread ?
interest on the mortgage?
'Under the same conditions would
e fanner trust the merchant for
uiths and months with the produce
his farm, or would he ask for cash
its equivalent upon delivery of the
ads ?
"We know that the average conmer
does not feel that his local
?rcliant is a robber or a cheat; but,
;e all humankind, the catalogues
d prices of mail order houses aj?a'l
to him. and lie forwards his orr
and cash without considering the
justice lie is doing himself, his merant
and his home town.
"Thp catalogues of the mail order
uses are illumined with pictures tc
tch the eye of the unwary. The)
nge in complexion frcm a brunette
nana to a blond canary bird. The)
for to sell you anything from a
itoscphcr's stone to a cypress shin
? sawed out of a sunbeam.
"It seems tinbclievable. but it if
verthesess a fact, showing the en
e lack of any sense of justice, thai
my people regard their local store?
merely institutions of aeeommoda
?n. When these people have cast
spend it goes to the far-away liiai
del* houses, but when times are dull
ten they are sick or out of wort
ring the season when farmers an
t turning their produce into cash
hat do they do? 1 to they write t<
e catalogue house ami ask foi
edit V
"If they did do. you think the)
utlil get it V Not on your life. Those
morns must have cash, nut: t liavi
iii advance. must lisive it before ym
ii even see tin* goods ymi Iruy. Tin
iisiitii ?r scuds his money and thei
Is 11'>aii :iiul waits until the mail or
T liniisr gets good ami really to lil
S ilI'lllT.
"Itut wlii'ii Iiiuiii' |???i?|?lt* want civil
i?i* favurs nf any kiml they liuslli
I' to their huiiie merchant, vor;
11 i-_rii?irIy order what they want am
II him tn charge. it. expecting him t
wain at least from one |fl? six months
for liis pay. *
"In buying from yow home merI
chants you deal with nwghbara. Boy
| with goods before you. py when you
get the goods if you si elect Have
goods delivered free, pteturn goods
if not satisfactory. Bfe&d up your
home store.
Help build up yW* own
town and make ycursfcf worthy of
your day and time.t!'13very man '
should take pride in ?*lnf * food
American citizen, amfc^mbeiieve most
men do and that flUEfxoea are, at
least desire to be,,* ^Brjiat kind of j
citizen is the maa^^^supports an 1
j oriopus: smiouiu ue nnym ux a
^ ^lass with the mau thjjk knocks his
own business? That scftfof van Is
invariably neither a ibd neighbor ;
^ nor a good citizen." p 1
\ U. S. ASKS REPA^HON |
?~j : '
r Demands Indemity anQilahmect In (
Connection With Bor?f; ?ragedy, <
' Washington Jan. 7.- United <
States today sent a f< hoal note to i
1 Great Britain throng g^fBr Cecil
Springs-Rice, the Britis - ambassador :
' requesting the punlshir nt of those <
t guilty of killing Waltt ' Smith and <
wounding Charles Dors* i two Amer- i
leans who were shot by-j jVujUan ml* I
11 tin men at Fort Erl^i Ont, While (
' hunting ducks In alleged violation of I
the Canadian game iaw& ,
The communication was of a friend- i
ly character and pdlnj^fl tout Ithat 1
not only did the gov- I
ernment expect the ofiwRers to be 1
punished but that adedhVto compen- I
' nation be given the vidB^ families. I
Coineidentally with tij sending of J
the note, Secretary Bryflkrecelved a '
> British ambassador hertKfter which 1
the,secretary said: ' ?|,J >
"The (British governrattt without' i
deciding the question ^arSkblllty will <
| consider the paymvif?^Kmages to. 1
the injured man aM 'tm family of <
| the deceased." ?
fire Inshrance and represent <
Losses' Paid Pr< >mptly
ley Reaity U Tru$
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Depdsit you
The Bank <
Cherav
: STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER E
4 (J/ compoui
/O in savin,
?
Putting the Law on Liquor.
Speaking about liquor legislation,
one hears it said now and then that <
. the Legislature cannot enact a law i
prohibiting shipments into the State;
s that it would not stand the test of
. the courts. We know very little about
t it, but High Point has an act that pro-1
< hibits shipments into that place and
. it seems to be sticking^ If a cty
i can enact such legislation, why not
I an entire State? One report is that I
. High Point has this law inserted in <
: its charter. If true what is the mat?
tor with Greensboro that she cunnot
. -lo tne same thing? This would be a
? great help locally if no more, for
r liquor shipments are growing heavier
all the time, though until recent
; months they were diminishing. Such
a law, even for Greensboro, would
;> save the city and country a great desl
i of money, for the way thingp are now
going on, the criminal terms of eourt
i are crowded with relating cases to.
- the exclusion ol other cases where uac
1 is able to give bond aud keep out of
jail.
Dresden's Cigarette Industry.
Of the 7*000,000,000 cigarettes man1
ufactured annually in Geri 'any 52 per
o tent are produced in Dread en. >
1
BLEASE BREAKS
> All RECORDS
' > PARDONS MORE THAN 1000
Aetien^Taken to Prevent Paroled Men
' Being Returned to Prison.
. iL
.;ColambUtfTSaturday, Jan. 9.?Forestalling
any effort that might have been
made by his successors to return to
prison for service of the remainder of
their sentences, Gov. Blease - signed
festerday a decree granting full pardon
to all convicts of the state and various
counties whom he had previously
granted paroles "during good behavior.
The governor accepted as approximately
corrected the estimate mado In his
office that this blanket pardon would
effect 1,500 persons, who had teen colcrime
on the calendar.
This estimate appeared somewhat
high to otherahlght to other state officials,
and attaches of the office of
state and newspaper men placed the
number effected between l,t)00 and
1,200 persons. Those former prisoners
who were paroled upon the coniltion
that they never return to the
state, never again take a drink of Intoxicating
liquor and upon other eoniittons,
save that of "good behavior,"
were not affected by this pardon.
The official document stated that all
persons paroled "upon good behavior"
?y Gov. Blease "during the years one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, one
thousand nine hundred and twelve, one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen,
ind one thousand nine hundred and
fourteen" were granted' full pardon,
rb* decree plainly stated, however,
that none others were effected.
Gov. Blease greatest act of clemlhy
came without warning. With
>na stroke of his pen he returned to
those former prisoners their right of j
dtlsenship which their convictions for <
sriipes against the state had taken i
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>nly the best old line compti
: Co., Agents csec
r money in
of Cheraw i
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IANKS IN COUNTY COMBINED'
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away. Though the exact number given s
lull pardon by this comprehensive !
document was not established yesterday*
the number was known to be suf- i
l i cntly large to give G< \ Blet o ^
he dlstinct'ou of graut!i at one i
time a number of pardons 1h excess of I
that ever granted by a chief executive
of any state of the Union. ?
Though the present administration
will continue only ten more days, at (
least 3?000 persons have received ex- t
ecutive clemency from Gov. Blease,
and it is probable, according to best
information obtainable here yesterday,
that he has established a record high
mark in total number of acts of clemency.
Individuals numbering 1,664
had, when his office closed last, received
clemency from Gov. Blease, exclusive
of the number effected by the i>ardouing
decree.
This latest action by the governor
came as a climax for the record of
liberality in the granting of pardons,
paroles and commutations of sentences
to prisoners of the state, counties
and cities. This document was
signed ? by Gov. Blease about 12:45
o'clock in the presence of his private
secretary, W. F. Blackburn, his
private secretary, W. F. Blackburn, his
stenographer, Miss Lucille Parrott;
/
rench Q. Boozer, state electrician, and
i representative of The Record.
None kenew of the governor's inten:on
save himself and Mr. Blackburn,
md the Governor's assertion when Mr.
Blackburn gave him the document for
lis signature that "This is a pardon
tor them all' caused amazement
ment among those present Gov.
Blease exercised marked delibration
n signing the blanket pardon. He
carefully selected a pen, dipped it in
)lood-red ink and signed, in bold,
ruuuu ilia iuu uauie, v-yicuiau
Livingston Blea?e."
Gov. Blease explained last night, in
m exclusive interview, that this ac:ion
was taken to prevent any of his
'paroled convicts" being forced back
nto prison. His explinatlon follows:
"I had noticed in~a Sumter paper
ecently where it was heralded to the
,vorld that, within a limited time after
Blease had retired from office and
vhen Mr. Manning had become governor,
a very large i>ercentage of
Blease's paroled convicts would be reurned
to the penitentiary. I had also
ieard the remark made by Mr. Manling's
friends that this would be the
:ourse pursued. Believing that Mr.
Manning and many of his friends
vould be willing, at thf expense of
lumanity, to do things which would
nake Blease's paroied convicts vioate
the "during good behavior" of
heir paroles, and would be willing to
ause suffering to these poor, helpless
mman beings in order to herald to
he world that another one of Blease's
mroled convicts was returned to prison
ind in order to prevent that, among
ther good and sufficient reasons, this
his 'blanket pardon' was issued.
Well informed officsfls at the capiol
yesterday expressed the opinion
:hat this documnt held a unsue place,
ind that a precedent for all state on
he Union was probably established by
he governor's latest action.
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Dally Thought.
If it requires great tact to know
iow to speak to the purpose, it relulres
no less to know when to ba
illent?La Rochefoucauld.
We are eager
t?
lies serve you
&nd
appreciate
w$ your business
i
Famine In Mexico
Consul Gen. Hanna sent the followng
message from Monterey:
"There is an alarming shortage of
jtaple food supplies. Several outly.
ng towns are appealing to me for help
li me war aeeps up mere win De
jreat suffering. I need two thousand
heap blankets. After four years of
y?r this whole country is short of
'o >d."
The consul at MaLamoras said:
The conditions in Eurooe, which
h1 adjacent to our borders for fotnjhock
the civilized world, have exist
ears, unconsidered. Mexico is peo>led
with widows and orphans and
'amine is in the land. One sees it
laily in avacuted forms and shrunken
cheeks. Many have died on Amercan
soil during the past year, not
'rom obscure diseases but actually
lreds of children who never have had
jufficent food in their lives. The
jound of laughter anil playing children
s stilled in Mexico.
"They have endured much, but now
las been reached the end of even their
jtoicism. and from east and west and
'rom the south comes a cry for bread
"There is need for food and clothing
ind medicines. The need is pressing
Arrangements have beeu made where
Arrangements have ben madiy where
ay supplies can be sent from the
American consulate at this place to
iny locality in Mexico."
COTTON MAKES THE GREA'iEST
ADVANCE SINCE THE REOPENING
New Orleans. Jan. 12?Cotton today
node the greatest advance it has on
my day since trading was resumed
>11 the local exchange. The most acive
months in the trading up to noon
vent 20 to .12 points over the close of
ast week, a gain of more than $1.50
i bale on the strongest months. March
rose to 7.83 as compared with the low
evel of 0.04 made during the long
lecline which followed the beginning
thn T"m?otkAon ? n v*
u tuc iiuiu|?va? ??ai.
Tlie advance was caused by heavy
nuyiag by outside interests, continued
large transactions in the spot department,
heavy booking of ocean tonnage
by cotton exporters and the better
reports from the stock market.
The Chronicle $1 a year
THE STATE MILITIA
IS DISBANDED
' . ? t-. .
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B LEASE MUSTERS OUT GARDS.
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GoTernor's Order Leares South CareUna
Without Military Protection
for Week
? f!nltimh1a.
January 11.?The entire
National Guard of South Crollna was
desbanded this afternoon through a
proclamation issued by Governor
Cole L. Blease the Commander-inChief.
The reasons assigned by him
are differences with Secretary of War
L. M. Garrison, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore and
his opposition to the Dick law, whereby
the militia were brought under control
of the United States Government
The three regiments of infantry, coast
artillery, naval militia and every sin- v .
gle member of unit of the militia la
mustered out of service by this order.
The orders made effective immediately.
Adjt. Gen. Moore knew nothing of
the order until The News anl Courier's
representative told him of it oVer the
telephone at his home, where he had
gone for lunch. "I was not surprised
at his action in this matter," said the
Adjutant General "It is only in keeping
with his attitude towards my administration
of the past two years. If
he got any satisfaction outof the act
I am satisfied it would meet with the
approyal of the majority of the officers
of the organised militia. It is perfect- ly
satisfactory to me. I hare no doubt j but
that a thorough reorganization of
the National Guard would be beneficial
to it"
No Comment to Make.
Governor-elect Richard I. Manning ; / ^
was informed of the action of Governor
Blease over the long distance telephone
at hla home In Sumter, but, of
course, had no comjnent to make underf
the circumstances and in the absence
of any copy of the order. The
.matter will come before Ipivernor
office one week from to-morrow.'
That there is no need for alarm
over this action of Governor E.ease
is pointeo"out here in well informed
circles, for he has only one wee* left
iu office, and Governor Mauu'.ng,
should he so detre, can roust to the
militia through aproclamat* >n. Of
c'tifle, as s e ident th's lev.ei the
Site without mil'tary pr-weottoa fo?
oae week, but, as wa? alr-o eraplia
sized here this afternoon, this is no
cause for alarm, for not a militia com
pany has been Called out for a long
time.
The disbaudment of the militia created
a great deal of interest in Columbia.
The order was made public
by the Governor at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and it was late before it sot
general circulation. There were seve
ral telephone inquires of The News
and Courier Bureau as to Just what ,
had been done by the Governor.
EXTENSION WORK IS INCREASING
Lever Art Will Augment Largely the
Amount Available for Helping
Farmers.
W. M. Riggs, president, gives an account
of the publie service work of
Piaincnii ciiIIpcp hn conducted bv W. W.
Long in the annual report which has
been i repared for the legislature. He
says that Mr. Long is "the right man
in ibe right place."
During the year, unde the supervision
of the demonstration ageutss,
there have been planted 138,000 acres
of corn, vetch and clover, 2,100 acres
of alfalfa, 17,003 acres of corn, 19,646
acres of cotton. On the corn acreto
conduct the crop rotation demonstrations.
Last year 285 farmers' institutes
were held. Over 55,000
l>ersons attending these gatherings.
"With the work still in its infncy
and accomplishing so much, what
may we expect, when the I/ever bill,
fully grown, brings to its assistance
the princely sum of $214,000 annually,"
says President Riggs.
Tbe actual tangible wealth added
age the average yield was 40.8
bushels, as compared to an average
of 20 bushels for the Stat^- Over
1,200 boys were enrolled in the corn
club work, 16 of whom made between
IfK) and 158 bushels of corn per acre.
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According to tne report. iw ?uwia
have accepted Mr. Long's proposition .
to donate a three-acre plot on which
to the State last year by the work is
estimated by Mr. Long at $2,22,252.
Up to Doctor to Work.
The Eskimo pays his doctor his
fee as soon as he arrives. If the patient
recovers it is kept, if not it is
returned.
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