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I Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1911. One Dollar a Year
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> COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
I IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
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County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Feb. 20.?The paint
brush is being plied on Mr. H. A.
' Hughes's new dwelling. The work
has not advanced far enough to tell
what color he intends using.
The Rev. R. A. McDowell has accepted
the call from the pastorate of
. which Ehrhardt Baptist church is a
$ ? part. Will take charge perhaps the
middle or last of March.
Prof. C. J. Shealy went to D^n(mark
recently to meet with superintendents
of education and other
teachers of schools to swap thoughts,
etc. There is one teacher from this
section that pleased him more than
the others and said it would be a
I ; pleasure to him to instruct and be
instructed on a subject that he believes
would be interesting to both,
ha! ha! ha!
Mr. Charles Ehrhardt is the busiest
man in this community, always
i on the move, Sunday not excepted.
Mrs. J. C. Move and son passed
through Ehrhardt en route for Walterboro
this morning to visit her
^ brother.
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r tion sold to the Farmers' Mercantile
Co., of this place, a light bale of
cotton not long ago. Samples of the
cotton were returned to them last
,t- week?old pieces of cast iron and
the like. This community is won-j
dering what kind of seed was planted
by him and in what kind of soil. Too
bad. JEE.
Springtown Splinters.
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Springtown, Feb. 20.?Mrs. F. M.
Ray and son, Horace, visited Mr.
and Mrs. D. K. Ray, of Denmark,
Saturday and Sunday.
We are sorry to note Mr. A. C.
Free and Mrs. W. S. Eaves are on
the sick list.
Mr. Gerald and Wesley Kearse
spent Sunday with Mr. Milford Free.
Mrs. Rosa Hooton is the guest of
her brother, Mr. F. M. Ray.
^ Mr. and Mrs. Starr, of Olar, visited
Mr. F. M. Ray Sunday.
Miss Hutto, of Denmark, visited
Miss Ethel Sandifer Saturday and
Sunday.
r Miss Elvie Kearse spent the night
*" v with Miss Fannie Lou Free Moday
/ i night.
' Mr. H. D. Free, of Bamberg, and
Mr. D. H. Rice visited Mr. A. C.
Free Sunday.
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Miss Claribel Kearse was the guest
of Miss Nannie Ray Saturday night.
Mr. Louis Blume visited friends
I in Olar Sunday.
Mr. Daniel Carroll visited Mr. D.
L. Smoake.
Mrs. D. L. Smoake is not improving
very fast.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Free visited
her father Sunday, Mr. F. M. Ray.
It seems as if all the young men
j were out calling Sunday evening.
Farmers* Union Prize.
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TThrhorHi S C. Feb. 18.1911.
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Editor Bamberg Herald:
Dear Sir:?I see a good deal being
said about a corn contest for Bamberg
county. The Farmers' Union
of Bamberg county has offered a
prize for the best acre of corn to be
grown in 1911. A good number have
expressed their intention of compet^
ing for it. I will be glad to correk
s spond with any one desiring to compete
for the Farmers' Union prize,
t. The next meeting of the county
t union, April the 1st, will be pretty
I late to enter. Your truly,
^ J. E. MCMILLAN,
Secretary.
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Deserving of No Mercy.
" Here," said the policeman after
> he had hurriedly entered the dentist's
reception room, according to
the Chicago Record-Herald, "what's
going on? You've had a man in
t there hollerin' bloody murder for
nearly half an hour. Why don't you
give him something to stop his
pain?"
"Give him something to stop his
pain? My dear sir, you don't under
stand. I had occasion to take a lady
to lunch one day last week?oh, it
was a business matter, nothing more
> ?and this chap saw me. Well, the
r next day he happened to meet my
wife, whom he knew before she was
married, and he mentioned that he
had seen me and wanted to know
what the other lady's name was. Of
course, I?"
"Oh, never mind. Go ahead and
kill him."
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MEMORIES OF "OLD TIMER."
The Oyster Supper at Kearse a
Great Success.
Wanderer's Rest, Feb. 20.?The
oyster supper given by the ladies at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Kearse on Friday night last was a
great success social as well as financial,
and all who were there, so
far as this old scribbler has heard express
themselves, spent a delightful
evening. Glad to hear it, for it was
for a worthy cause. A certain old
man was left at home to nurse his
many aches, and enjoy an evening
all alone. Tho madam went with
the boys and girls to the oyster supper,
all was quiet except the tick of
the clock, and memories of the past
came thick and fast. Old things
were wont to run riot in his reveries;
old days of the chase came, when i
foxes were much more plentiful than;
now. The time when an old hunter
said soon after one was caught,
"well, boys, this is our 64th this fall. '
It was sport then. Other nights spent
alone came, too. and old books and
papers reviewed. Soon the last night
of last year returned, as the lines
below will show:
The old year is dying, dying,
It is half minute to eight,
The clock on the mantel ticks away,
Merrily it ticks at a lively gait.
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The old year is going, going,
Four hours more it has to live,
Then all is over, the year 'tis done.
Some to recall, their all would give
*******
The old year is dying, dying,
Soon its hours will be gone,
Only in deeds it is remembered,
Yes, by only the things that were
done.
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The old year is fading, fading,
n s requiem me wmus uu mucin,
No more 1910 we will write
For it is going, going, it is gone.
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And as the chase returned he
thought, yes, the old hunter gone,
one then a boy gone, one boy now an
old man left, only one out of three
that were on the chase that night so
long ago. Then school days, the
boys and girls of long ago, the games
that were played, mumble the peg,
steel burr, jumping the rope and
many others. The teachers,* too,
that learned new ideas how to shoot,
came one after another, and the old
field school-house among the pines
where the old man, then a boy, graduated
at the tender years of twelve,
all came. The old house gone, more
than half the boys and girls gone,
I MM J mVI nil oma An fliA nfhrtr
auu LUC Lcacucio an axe uu luc v/luvi
side save one; hallowed memories
these.
But now the spell is broken, they
all come tramping in from the oyster
supper, all fun and mirth, hunting
! up the old man, tucked snugly in bed
they found him, soon all was quiet.
Thus ended the evening, so much enjoyed
by all. OLD TIMER.
Saves Station for Port Royal.
Washington, Feb. 20.?The Port
Royal naval station has been saved.
The order for its abandonment,
which was contained in the naval
appropriation bill, has been knocked
out on a point of order raised by
Representative Legare of Charleston.
The consideration of the paragraph
in the naval appropriation bill directing
the secretary of the navy to
abandon and dispose of the naval
reservations at Port Royal and certain
other places, was reached at tonight's
session of the house.
As soon as it was read Mr. Legare
raised the point of order that this
was new legislation and can not be
included in an appropriation bill.
There was some discussion of the
point, but Representative Currier of
w.T tt -/v ?..v.? A
i\ew nauiysunc, wuu wens iu iue
chair, held that the point was well
taken.
This decision knocked out the entire
paragraph directing the abandonment
of the several navy yards.
Mr. Legare was congratulated on
having won out for Port Royal so
easily when it was supposed the
fight for the navy yard would have
to be made in the senate and the
navy yard is safe until another ses
sion of congress at least.
Petition Circulated in Colleton.
Walterboro, Feb. 15.?Hugo S.
Strickland, of Williams, was in town
Monday with a petition to Governor
Blease, asking pardon for John J.
Jones, who is now at the penitentiary,
having been sentenced to 10
years for killing Abe Pearlstine, of
Branchville. This petition has a
large number of signatures and was
being generally signed here. Mr.
Strickland stated that he was circulating
this petition on his own initiative.
I IN THE PALMETTO STATE
! SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
! Stato News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The legislature has passed the bill
introduced by Mr. Hunter forbidding
speculation in theatre or railroad
tickets.
T. Hasell Gibbs, cashier of the
Bank of Columbia and twice mayor
nf thp. oanital citv. died last week
after an illness of only a few hours.
In Florence county the governor
ignored the delegation and refused
to appoint the man for county commissioner
whom the delegation liad
named. He appointed another man.
It is likely that there will soon
be a clash between the governor aid
the supreme court in reference to
appointing a judge to hold the term
of court in Horry county, which convenes
next Monday, as Judge J. C.
Klugh has notified the chief justice
that he is too ill to preside.
The bill to allow Barnwell county
to vote on the liquor question was
opposed by Representatives Hunter
and Riley of this county, and very
properly so. They very truly stated
to the general assembly that Bamberg
county would be flooded with
liquor from thp Barnwell dispensaries.
The house refused to pass the
bill.
There will be no fifth associate
justice of the supreme court this
year, the general assembly having
adjourned without electing. Last
Friday a resolution was passed postponing
the election until next session,
as there was a deadlock and no
plp.rtinn was nrobahle. Watts. Mem
minger, and Fraser were still in the
race to the last.
The governor ignored the recommendation
of the Spartanburg delegation
in appointing magistrates for
that city. The delegation recommended
two men, but the governor
appointed two others, something that
no chief executive has heretofore done.
One of the governor's appointees has
notified him that he will not accept
the office. The senate must confirm
these appointments, and it is not
likely to do so.
AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS.
Senate Passes Only Three Items Over
Governor's Veto.
Columbia, Feb. 19.?The Senate
this (Sunday) morning took the following
action on the items coming
from the House:
Extra clerical help, treasurer's office,
$600, Governor's veto sustained.
Water for public institutions, $7,500,
passed over governor's veto, 21
to 8. -Extra work code commissioner,
$450, by vote of 25 to 4, passed
over governor's veto.
Insurance on armory $31.50, governor's
veto sustained; for work on
State House grounds, vote of 13 to
16, veto is sustained; repairing or
arsenal $400, by vote of 23 to 6, veto
was not sustained and becomes
law; salaries Inspector Commissioner
Watson department and expenses
$3,400, by vote 11 to 17, governor's
veto sustained.
The big fight in the Senate this
(Sunday) morning was on the University
appropriation, which Governor
Blease had vetoed, but the
House had passed over his veto. The
Citadel got her building and Winthrop
hers, so the argument was effectively
urged that Carolina get the
proposed $50,000 auditorium. The
vote in the Senate to pass the appropriation
over the governor's veto resulted:
Yeas: Carlisle, Christensen, Clifton,
Croft, Green, Johnstone, Laney,
Lawson, Mars, T. J. Mauldin, Mc
Cown, Montgomery, Muckenfuss,
Spivey, Stewart, Stuckey, Young?
17.
Nays: Appelt, Black, Crosson,
Earle, Epps, Forrest, Hall, Hardin,
Lide, W. L. Mauldin, Stuart, Sullivan?12.
So the University lost. 1
The Senate sustained Governor
Blease on nearly all items he vetoed.
The governor thus won nearly every
contention, except three. Only $10,000
was appropriated over the governor's
veto.
Winthrop loses the $960 for three
critic teachers, the governor's veto
hpine sustained
The college at Orangeburg, for negroes
lost its $2,000 for an artesian
well, the governor's veto being sustained.
Prof. Tate lost the $720 for a
stenographer.
RE A PPORTIOXM EXT BILL.
Measure Passes Ik>th the House and
Senate.
Columbia, Feb. 17.?Charleston
retains her eight representatives in
the House of Representatives under
the provisions of the amended re-apportionment
bill, passed in the Senate
to-night and adopted later in the
House. This ended the most persistent
fight, extending over several
days, that the Senate had and is all
the more significant, inasmuch as the
House passed the original bill with
no changes.
The Senate adopted the amendment
of Senator Sinkler to-night,
giving Charleston eight instead of
seven representatives, as the bill at
first provided, and giving Colleton
two representatives, instead of three,
as originally inserted into the bill
and as Colleton now has.
In the battle for reapportionment
at this session Senator Robert Lide,
of Orangeburg, was the leader, and
it is owing to his untiring efforts that
the maesure finally passed the senate
He was helped by other Senators,
with no ill-feeling toward Colleton
county. Senator Sinkler, when he
found that Charleston should, because
of the annexation of a part of
Colleton, retain her present representation,
came to the rescue and
won out to-night.
It so happened that when the reapportionment
bill was made up,
Charleston, because of the smallness
of the fraction of proportionate inhabitants,
after the seven representatives
had been accorded, was not entitled
to another representative. This
cut Charleston from eight to seven.
How it Figures Out.
By the anexation of Adams Run
and Collins townships, formerly in
Colleton, to Charleston county, Charleston
gained 6,444 inhabitants. Before
this Charleston's fraction was
only 3,047, with a representation of
seven. Adding the two townships
Charleston's fraction would be 9,491,
entitling her to another representative.
Colleton, on a population of
35,390, had two representatives and
a fraction of 10,948, which would
havegiven heranother representative
Taking away the two townships'
population, namely, 6,444, Colleton
has two representatives and a fraction
of only 4,504, not enough to give
her another representative. She thus
loses one as Colleton now has three.
After Hard Fight.
This state of affairs was called to
the attention of the Senate by Senator
Sinkler and a fight of three days
was then had on the bill. The question
arose as to whether the census
should De adopted as it stood Deiore
the annexation, or should the new
territory be added to Charleston and
taken from Colleton. The Senate
voted 20 to 6 to give Charleston he?
eight representatives and Colleton
only two. The six negative votes included
Ackerman, of Colleton; Black,
of Bamberg; Earle, ( Oconee;
Green, of Marlboro, and Summers, of
Calhoun.
The Senate adopted the bill with
the Sinkler amendment inserted
therein. Charleston population un
der tbe census was given at ?s,oy4
for the county.
The bill as adopted reads:
Reapportionment Bill.
"Section 1. That for the purpose
of the apportionment of representatives
in the House of Representatives
among the several counties in the
State, the enumeration of the inhabitants
of the several counties by the
United States census of 1910 is hereby
adopted as a true and correct
enumeration.
"Section 2. That, until the next
apportionment, the representation of
the several counties shall be as follows:
Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 3; Anderson,
6; Bamberg, 2; Barnwell, 3;
Beaufort, 2; Berkeley, 2; Calhoun, 1;
Charleston, 8; Cherokee, 2; Chester,
2; Chesterfield, 2; Clarendon, 3;
Colleton, 2; Darlington, 3; Dillon, 2;
Dorchester, 1; Edgefield, 2; Fairfield,
2; Florence 3; Georgetown, 2; Greenville,
6; Greenwood, 3; Hampton, 2;
Horry, 2; Kershaw, 2; Lexington, 3;
Marion, 2; Marlboro, 3; Newberry,
3; Oconee, 2; Orangeburg, 5; Pickens,
2; Richland, 5; Saluda, 2; Spartanburg,
7; Surnter, 3; Union, 2; Williamsburg,
3; and York, 4.
"Section 3. That this apportionment
shall not take effect until the
next succeeding general election."
The following counties gain
one representative each: Anderson,]
Greenville, Dillon, Orangeburg, Richland
and Spartanburg.
The following lose one each: j
Aiken, Berkeley, Beaufort, Chester, |
Fairfield and Colleton.
When the bill went back to the
House to-night a big fight was precipitated
on the change, but the bill
passed.
WHITE DUN WILL BE TRIED
L. B. TUTEX CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF J. R. LAXGFORI).
Grand Jury Finds True Bill Against
Him and Bench Warrant for His
Arrest Has Been Issued.
Hampton, Feb. 21.?The grand
jury rendered a true bill this afternoon,
charging Leroy B. Tuten with 1
the murder of James R. Langford
and the court has issued a bench
warrant for his capture.
Up to this hour, 8 o'clock, Mr. 1
Tuten has not been found. If Mr.
Tuten is arested to-morrow, his trial 1
will probably take place at once.
Richie Williams, the negro who
was at first charged with the murder
of James R. Langford, has been
confined in the Hampton jail since
being brought from the penitentiary
and Mary Harris, the white woman 1
who figures very much in the case, is
also in the jail, being held waiting
further development.
The jail is closely guarded at night
but no violence is probable. The
court house and grounds have been
filled with people from every sec- '
tion of the county, anxiously awaiting
the trials of various cases.
Killed Under Mass of Steel.
Greenwood, Feb. 18.?Mr. J. P.
Hill arrived yesterday afternoon (
from Lenoir City, Tenn., with the
body of his son, Julian, who was
killed Wednesday in the large car
shops in that place. The burial was
held at 4 o'clock here yesterday afternoon,
the service being conducted
by the Rev. Geo. N. Cowan. When
the news of the young man's death
was first ? received here no particulars
as to the manner of his death
were given. It seems that young
Hill, who had quite a mechanical
turn, had entered the employment of ,
the shops only & short time ago. He
was directed to do certain work with ,
which he was not familiar, piling
pieces of steel, and while engaged in
the work the pile gave way, precipi- ;
tating a large mass of the steel upon ,
him, killing him instantly.
The young man had made many
friends in Lenoir, and many expressions
of sympathy and kind acts were
extended to Mr. Hill while there.
DENMARK BLOCK BURNED.
Flames Consume Dwellings and Outhouses?Total
Loss $9,000.
Denmark, Feb. iy.?adoui z
o'clock this afternoon fire was discovered
fiercely burning in the upper
story of the Griffith residence, located
on Beech avenue. From this
building the flames spread rapidly
/ north and south, until the entire
block consisting of four dwellings '
and many outhouses, was consumed.
In one hour and ten minutes $9,000
worth of property was in ashes, with
insurance of only $4,000.
Two dwellings on the east side of
the block were owned by J. T. Grif- (
fith, of Denmark, valued at $5,000,
insurance $1,500. West of the Griffith
property, and in close proximity,
was the residence of J. S. Matthews, ,
valued at $2,500, isurance $1,500. ,
The last building on the west side of
the block belongs to Miss Donnella
Rice, valued at $1,500, insurance $1,- 1
000. ;
The origin of the fire is unknown. ,
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The large art glass windows of the
Methodist church were cracked and
warped by the heat. Two of the .
buildings could have been saved, if
the town had had even a small water
supply or a partially trained bucket .
brigade. .
Latest Tilings in Titles.
"We Americans," said Simeon 1
Ford, the famous after-dinner speak- 1
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er, at a banquet in New York, "are
justly famous for our titles.
"I used to think that the finest of
all our titles was that of Col. Abra- !
ham Hardgrass, who told a question- 1
er that he was neither a regular nor
a volunteer colonel, but a colonel by c
marriage, having wedded the widow
of Col. Harrison Pike of Pink Creek.
"But I came across the other day a
g
still better colonel than this. He was
rather seedy and, handing me a
?
soiled card, he asked me in a low
voice if I could lend him $2.
"I glanced at his card. It was inscribed
Col. William Melcher Dana.
I " 'Viin aro T nrfsnme.' I said, 'a
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colonel in the army?'
" 'Yes sir,' said he.
" "Regular or Salvation?' I asked. *
" 'Neither, sir,' he answered. 'Army 1
of the unemployed."?Detroit Free s
Press.
All kinds of legal blanks for sale J
at The Herald Book Store. (
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ATTORNEY'S STATEMENT.
"Give Us a Rest on Jones Case,"
Pleads W. C. Wolfe, Esq.
Orangeburg, February 15.?Owing
to the continued discussion of the
Jones case in the newspapers and especially
the letter published Monday
in The News and Courier, from its
Columbia Bureau, signed "A. K.,"
the correspondent of The News and
Courier here interviewed this morning
(he was absent from the city
yesterday) Mr. W. C. Wolfe, the leading
attorney for Jones, and after discussing
the matter freely and candidly,
Mr. Wolfe handed the correspondent
the following statement for The
News and Courier:
Attorney Wolfe's Statement.
"The continued discussion of the*
Jones case in the newspapers has
not been especially agreeable to
Jones nor his counsel, and a number
of erroneous statements have been
made in connection with the case, '
both before and since the trial. In
order to set these questions at rest
his counsel are induced to make a
brief statement. -h
"First of all, Associate Justice
Gary has been severely criticised for
granting Jones bail before trial. This
was wholly undeserved, as Solicitor
Hildebrand, consented to it and to the
amount of bail. Again at the trial
Mr. Raysor, leading counsel for the
State, in argument, practically conceded
it was manslaughter under the
evidence, and the verdict was for
manslaughter. Manslaughter before
trial is always bailable. Before ?
criticising Justice Gary these facts,
which were of record, could have
been ascertained from the records. .;
"As required by law counsel for
Jones gave notice within ten days
after adjournment of court of intention
to appeal. The appeal has never
been abandoned. Counsel for Jones
have 30 days in which to prepare the
case for appeal, which will be done;
then the case cannot be heard in the
supreme court until during the first
week in May next, and Jones has
until that time to determine whether
he will press or abandon his appeal.
Of course he may abandon the appeal
at any time before then, and in candor
his counsel have been considering
the advisability of abandoning
the appeal and allowing him to enter
upon his sentence. .
Jones Wasn't Comfortable.
"The jail at Orangeburg has an
iron cell or cage in which the negro
prisoners are confined; thru there is
one cell fixed up for white prisoners,
but the lunatic, Gunning, (who has
within the past few days been taken
to the asylum,) occupied this cell,
Trtnao nnnl/1 nnt ha
ailU) Ul twui cv, u vu^o VVU1U uvu vv
put in a cell with him, and had to
be kept in the corridor of the jail,
which was neither safe nor comfortable;
hence the sherff took Jones to
the penitentiary, Jones assenting to
same, pending the appeal. The
sheriff carried along a certified copy
of the sentence so that in case of
abandoning the appeal, which was
then, and even now, seriously considered,
there would be no hitch and
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runner rormamy required, rrisousrs
are often carried to the penitentiary
for safekeeping, both before
and after trial, so why so much talk
about this case?
Petition for Pardon.
"As to Jones's intended application
for pardon we will say that we
know nothing of this at this time
and have taken no part in such an
affort,, but if necessary, and at the
proper time, we have no doubt that
an application for pardon will be
made, as it ought to be. As we un- ^
ierstand, Jones has the constitution
il right to apply for pardon; he has
:he constitutional right to work for
lis pardon whether in jail or in the
penitentiary, pending an appeal or
vhile serving his sentence, and upon .
proper showing the governor, whoever
he may be, will have the consti;utional
right to grant him pardon,
ill prejudicial newspaper correspondents
to the contrary notwithstand
ng.
"We have been informed that some
>f Jones's friends, without consultaion
with us, are now circulating pe;itions
for his pardon, to be used,
10 doubt, at the proper time, and we
;ee nothing improper in this, for the
>verwhelming opinion in Orangeburg
md surrounding community is that
tones should be pardoned. In imposng
sentence Judge Memminger stat;d
that if Jones behaved himself at
he proper time, he, no doubt, could ^
ecommend executive clemency.
"So why cannot we have a rest as
o this matter? We are not criticisng
anybody. Jones is not saying
mything."
WANTED.?A good porter at the
tohnson Hotel. Apply to G. W.
JARLAND.
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