The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 21, 1911, Page 8, Image 8
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Hamburg Ifrnilb
Thursday, Dec. 21, 1911.
SHORT LOCALS.
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Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
More business and less booze is
wanted in Bamberg.
Enjoy the holidays all you want to,
but have a due regard for the rights
and personal comfort of others.
It is certainly quiet enough so far
this week. Let us hope it will remain
so during the Christmas holi
days.
The boys and girls are coming
home this week from college to
spend Christmas, and the town will
he lively during the holidays.
If all the money that will be spent
in Bamberg county this Christmas
for booze were put in home comforts
many homes would be happier.
f We appreciate very much indeed
the expression from Rev. W. C. Kirkland.
He says continue his paper.
"Can't do without The Bamberg Herald.".
Mr. W. H. Patrick happened to a
painful accident Sunday while cranking
an automobile. He had his right
arm broken, and will be unable to
work for a while.
Mr. J. A. Byrd has sold his mercantile
business to Messrs. C. W.
Rentz and I. B. Felder, who will continue
the business at the same stand
under the firm name of Rentz &
Felder.
Col. W. G. Smith went to Bamberg
last Sunday to attend the funeral of
an old colored woman, who was the
colopel's nurse when he was an infant.
She was 110 years old.?Orangeburg
Sun.
Mr. E. Dickinson has been elected
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night policeman by city council, he
taking the place of H. W. Moody,
who resigned. Mr. Dickinson has
held the position before, and made a
most efficient officer.
Be careful with fireworks during
the holidays. It would be a terrible
recollection of Christmas if a disas
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trous lire was siariea uecause ui mc
carelessness of some one with fireworks,
and especially so if the parties
burned out were not able to
stand the loss.
Many of the small ginneries in
this section have closed down, and
in consequence the large ginneries
are being kept busy. The gins at the
oil mill here are running steadily.
Last week they ginned a bale which
had been hauled here from within
two miles of Blackville.
Mrs. Thomas Black cordially invites
the members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union to meet
with her next Tuesday afternoon, December
26th, at four o'clock. A
most interesting program has been
prepared, and a delightful hour is
promised to all who attend.
The graded school gave holiday
last Friday to the pupils in the higher
grades in order that the high
school teachers might attend the
conference of high school teachers at
' Denmark. School was in session
* last Saturday, in order that exercises
might be suspended Thursday after
noon of this week for. the unristmas
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond
Bamberg, have just returned from
Bamberg, where they went to attend'
the wedding of Mr. Greaton E. Bamberg
to Miss Bessie Weathersbee, of
Williston, Thursday night. During
their absence from Charleston, Mr.
and Mrs. Bamberg visited the sister
of the latter, Mrs. William Raymond
Johnson, v in Augusta.?Charleston
Evening Post.
Mr. Frank Kinsey, of Ehrhardt, a
son of Dr. C. E. Kinsey, died this
week after an illness of typhoid fe-*
\ ver. The burial took place Tuesday
afternoon. Frank was a fine young
man, and had many friends in Bamberg,
where he and his father's family
lived for several years. For several
years he had been in business
with his brother at Ehrhardt. He
was about twenty-tw6 years old.
Letters to Santa Claus.
Friday Night.
Dear Santa Claus: It is now getting
time for we little boys to write
to you. Please bring me a jumping
jack, fruit of all kinds and caps for
my pistol and a pop gun. Please
Dear Old Santa Claus. Many thanks
to you, Your little friend,
HALLIE HUTTO.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 18, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus: I want you to
bring me a big doll, a bed stead &
cups & saucers. Also bring candy
and plenty of fruit. Pleafee bring a
doll carriage tob. A little girl,
LIZZIE BEARD.
Bamberg, Dec. 18, 1911.
Dear Santa: Please bring me a
stove a doll & carrage a bedstead a
rocking chair & plenty of fruit.
Your little friend,
EVANGELINE BEARD.
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New Advertisements.
J. L. Copeiand, Adminsitrator?
Notice to Creditors.
Rubin & Pesken?What Shall I
Give?
The Carr-Carlton Co.?Frost Proof
; Cabbage Plants.
Jones Bros.?Fancy Drivers.
R. W. D. Rowell, County Superintendent
of Education?Teachers' Examination.
Pastime Theater?Don't Miss the
Great Civil War Picture.
Herndon's Grocery Store?Christmas
Turkeys.
J. Ham Kirkland, Esq.?For Rent.
J. A. Byrd?Special Notice.
R. W. D. Rowell, County Auditor
?Assessment Notice.
Married in Williston.
Williston, Dec. 15.?At 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Miss Bessie
Weathersbee, the daughter of Mrs.
Annie Weathersbee, was married to
Greaton E. Bamberg, Rev. Mr. Jones
officiating. The bridal party entered
the beautifully decorated rooms to
the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, rendered by the bride's sister,
Miss Mattie Weathersbee. The bride
was attired in a handsome goingaway
gown of brown broadcloth,
with velvet trimmings, and hat,
shoes and gloves to match. She
carried am armful of bride's roses.
There were present only the immediate
members of the family and a
few intimate friends, and the wedding
was a simple and beautiful.affair.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for Jacksonville,
St. Augustine and other winter
resorts.
Miss Weathersbee was one of Williston's
most popular and lovely
girls, and has a host of friends and
relatives throughout the county and
State. Mr. Bamberg is the eldest
son of Capt. Wm. S. uamoerg, or
Bamberg county, and is one of the
largest and most prosperous planters
of that section. He has long
been prominent in all the social and
business affairs of his community.
The happy couple received many
beautiful and costly cut-glass and
silver presnts, together with several
substantial checks. They will make
their future home in Bamberg.
Among the out-of-town guests
present were: Capt. and Mrs. Wm.
S. Bamberg, Miss Kathleen Kearse,
Laurie P. McMillan and Wm. P. Murphy,
of Bamberg, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Hammond Bamberg, of Charleston,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. DeWitt, of Blackville,
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Snelling,
Tom Snelling and Miss Dora Green,
of Barnwell, Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Toole, of Aiken, Mrs. S. E. Bates,
Miss Minnie Brabham, Miss Kate
Kirkland and Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Howell, of North Augusta, Mrs. W.
L. Jenkins and Miss Meda Whipple,
of Warrenville.
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Masons Elect Officers.
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The following officers have been
elected to serve Ornan lodge, No. 38,
A. F. M., for the ensuing year:
G. E. Bamberg, W. M.; Chas. F.
Black, S. W.; M. E. Ayer, J. W.; W.
A. Dickinson, treasurer; Robt. Black,
secretary; Thos. Ducker, S. D.; R.
L. Risher, J. D.; 0. A. Simmons,
steward; G. O. Simmons, steward;
D. W. Phillips, tiler.
Cotton Meeting.
, A meeting of farmers, bankers,
merchants and business men generally,
in fact every one who is in-,
terested in the price of cotton?and
surely every citizen of the county,
should be?is called to meet in the
court house in Bamberg next Thursday,
December 28th, at eleven
o'clock. Let there be a full attendance,
for it is most important that
we co-operate one with another on
the cotton problem.
J. P. O'QUINN.
The Cotton Market.
The price of cotton is about at a
of o t-> rf of 1 11 Iho nriop hpinsr about the
OVUUU VUV ~ ^
same as last week. Some mighty
bad cotton is coming to market, and
on the various grades the prices
range from six to nine cents the
pound, although there is no real good
cotton being marketed. Most of it
is poor grade and the price obtained
is low. The receipts continue good,
and already there has been marketed
here about thirteen thousand bales.
The outlook now is that the receipts
for this season here will be 16,000
bales or more.
New Telephone Directories.
The new telephone directories for
the Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.
have been delivered to the subscribers
in Bamberg by Manager R. N.
Pfaff. The new directory is very attractive,
and contains all the changes
and corrections in listings that have
been made since the last directory
was printed.
The number of names appearing
in the new directory would indicate
that there are constant additions to
the number of subscribers to this exchange,
and that the telephone development
is continuous.
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A Prelude Concerning the Industri- ii
ous Hen, Economies and Sugges- a
tions for the Christmastide. r
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As Christmas is so near we will c
let the hen rest so far as the paper c
is concerned but hope in the mean- o
time she will be unusually industrious
and will supply you with many t
comforts for the holidays. Rightly v
managed there are great possibilities C
in this humble bird. Mine have already
treated me to a pair of warm
blankets?a most acceptable gift
these cold nights. But you should
remember as you treat the hen so h
will she treat you. There is a law P
that is inexorable, ruling in every b
business however small: "As we
measure to others it will be measur- y
ed back to us." C
Merchants would do well to put 8
on their thinking caps along this h
line. When they sell shoddy articles s
for several times their value they are a
making a little temporary gain but e
losing in the end. Mail order houses ^
are being largely patronized. This ?
trarip shnnld bp kent at home. Peo
pie know full well when they are 9
getting value received and when they r
are being euchered. They will re- E
spond to fair treatment. The man ^
who does business on the "love thy
neighbor as thyself" principle will 0
soon have all the best trade and the E
customers will exhaust every effort a
to pay him. Right here let me suggest
to the farmer that he must use 11
more judgment or he may not t)e able 9
to pay. This year's record shows 0
that lands- are being overdosed with n
commercial fertilizers. You can g
overfeed land as well as people In b
either case the result is injurious. e
Lands with small amounts of fertil- a
i?er have made the best crops. Sta- tl
tistics show that cotton is being a
grown in more countries each year, ^
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nence tne suppiy is exueeumg uc ucmand.
By making small crops of ^
cotton, thinking more of the quality
than the quantity, you could get bet- ^
ter prices. The most pressing need *
is for people to learn to live at home. s
Make everything you can to live on, "
rotate your crops, letting cotton take b
a secondary place, and you will soon 13
be masters of the situation. Provi- s
dence has been leading you away v
from cotton several years now, but h
instead of feeding the warning, you p
. rush in faster only to meet with disaster.
Still a merciful Providence
watches over us and makes up for it
in other ways. n
"Borrowing dulls the edge of hus- b
bandry." The credit system is ruin- j
ous to this country. If the farmers ^
could go one year without plunging
into debt it would be a blessing to n
the country. Mix more brain and z
less commercial fertilizer with the
soil and see if you won't get better "V
results. 0
Americans are proverbial masters. ^
The master is a twin brother to the
slothful man, both coming to pover- S
ty. In nature nothing is wasted, g
Providence thereby teaching us a
most important lesson. ,
When people become more careful, g
al j t*t 111 tt7 Vin o
men (1UU IUCU uilljr Will ?IC i* Q
happy, independent people. Buying r
only what you can pay for and treat- r(
ing others as you would like to be
treated are good rules to follow. The n
golden rule is as applicable in business
as in morals. a
It seems we are not to have much j
money this Christmas but that is no n
reason we can not make it the best u
one we have ever had. The best
things of this world are not pur- ^
chasable with money. You will have ^
an opportunity of showing the true
Christmas spirit. There are many g(
little attentions and courtesies that p
would be more highly valued than j,
costly gifts. "The gift without the ^
giver is ^base." Do all the kind
deeds you can especially to the neg- n
lected ones of earth and see how S1
happy you will be.
The Designer gives a new idea for a
Christmas. Instead of spending what 3
money you have on your friends, or ^
for things that do no good, put your q
money together and buy something ^
especially needed in the home. Then
watch the tired, over-burdened moth- n
er and see how she will brighten up. q
Then she in turn will not save all
her best things for company, but 3
will show her appreciation by giving g
you nice wholesome meals every day.
Then instead of having only one ,
Thanksgiving day in a year we can
have one every day. The most ac- o
ceptable gifts are those most needed, a
A true mother always enjoys every- ii
thing that will add to the comfort fi
and attractiveness of the home. If b
the bedding is getting in bad shape, e
now is the time, while cotton is plen- v
tiful and of a low grade, to replen- h
ish them. Buy some good stout cov- a
ers and make some new beds, or (
perhaps the covering is getting worn, v
Find out what is specially needed, c
supply it, and you will make your
mother feel ten years younger. Try v
this and see if home will not be a t
better place to live at in 1912. n
I have been studying the origin e
of the abbreviation Xmas for our ii
beautiful word Christmas. My A
thoughts at once centered on the n
low grade of liquor, and I said it is i
singularly inappropriate, transform- v
ig a man into the very opposite of
Christlike being. In algebra X
epresents an unknown quantity.
Vhen we consider how too many
elebrate the birth of the Christ
hild, it doesn't seem so much out
f place.
By consulting an encyclopedia dicionary
I find X is the Greek abbreiation
for ch?the initiaf letters of
Jhristo?Christ.
MRS. A. W. BRABHAM.
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockolders
of Bamberg Banking Comany
was held at the offices of the
ank this (Wednesday) morning at
en o'clock. The report of the past
ear's , business was presented by
iashier D. F. Hooton, and it was
een from the report that the bank
ad a successful year. The usual
atisfactory dividend was declared,
nd the following directors were relected:
H. J. Brabham, J. A. Byrd,
. B. Black, J. D. Copeland, E. C.
lays, W. D. Rhoad, H. F. Bamberg.
The meeting of stockholders then
djourned and a meeting of the diectors
was held, at which Mr. H. J.
irabham, who has been connected
rith the bank for twenty-five years,
?ndered his resignation as president
n account of failing health. Mr.
irabham has wanted to retire from
ctive business for several years, but
he stockholders and directors would
ot accept his resignation until he
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n account of his health. His resigation
was accepted with great reret.
During his long service his
est time and talent has been devotd
to the institution, and it has been
great success. Under his adminisration
the bank has long been known
s one of the soundest and safest
anks in the country, and yet it has
ever failed to pay most liberal diviends.
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J. A. Byrd was elected president;
. B. Black, vice president; D. F.
looton, cashier; Henry Stokes, asistant
cashier; W. D. Coleman,
ook-keeper. Mr. Byrd has for years
een one of the most successful
merchants of Bamberg, and has
erved the bank for some time as
ice president. His friends feel that
e will continue the success of his
redecessor.
Baptist Chnrch News and Notices.
DIRECTORY.
Preaching service every Sunday
lorning at 11 o'clock and at night,
y the pastor, Rev. O. J. Frier.
Sunday-school every Sunday mornag
at 10 o'clock, J. A. Hunter, superatendent.
B. Y. P. U. every Sunday after,oon
at 3:30 o'clock.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
light.
Woman's Missionary Society meets
Wednesday afternoons after the secnd
Sunday in each month.
Sunbeam Band meets every two
reeks on Friday afternoons.
Monthly conference each fourth
unday.
Observance of Lord's Supper the
rst Sunday in each quarter.
NEWS AND NOTICES.
Every teacher was present in Sunay-school
Sunday, and a handsome
ffering of over ten dollars was
ounded out for the aged ministers'
elief fund.
Pastor Frier preached Sunday
lorning to a good sized congregaion.
The divine transformation of
human life as seen in the life of
acob, was his theme. His theme at
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mphs.
A shipment of sweet potatoes to
tie Connie Maxwell orphanage will
e made the last of this week.
The Sunbeam Band is arranging to
2nd a nice Christmas box to the orhanage
also. They have their reguir
meeting St the church Friday af*rnoon.
The devotional study at the prayerleeting
Thursday evening will be
uggested from Psalms 27:8.
Let no one fclan to, or engage in
nything during the Christmas holiays
that would dishonor our Lord
hose birth is celebrated by the
ihristmastide. Wickedness and
orldliness engaged in at Christmas
;me is doubly wicked, because it is
ot only sin but an offered insult to
ihri&t to celebrate his advent into
tie world by drunkenness, carousing,
ancing, and such things that are unodly.
. Judge Robert Aldrich Dead.
Robert Aldricn, judge 01 tne seund
circuit, died Tuesday morning
bout three o'clock at an infirmary
1 Florence, where he had been ill
3r some time. His condition had
een serious for some days and the
nd was not unexpected. He is surived
by four daughters, his wife
aving died about sixteen months
go. The burial takes place to-day
Wednesday) in Barnwell, the serices
being held at the Episcopal
hurch of that town.
Judge Aldrich was born in Barn,-ell
county in 1844, and had lived
here all his life. He was a promient
and successful lawyer, and was
lected judge of the second circuit
a 1908. succeeding his cousin, Jas.
Jdrich. For years he was promient
in politics and served several
erms as State senator from Barnrell
county.
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NEGRO LODGE MEN ARRESTED,
They are Charged with Burning a
Farmer's Barn.
A dispatch from Abbeville to the
Greenville News says for a time Monday
morning there was considerable
excitement in Abbeville and threats
of lynching of four negroes who had
been put in jail, charged with burning
a barn belonging tb a farmer by
the name of Bradbury, together with
four fine mules and the contents ol
the barn. Incendiarism was suspected,
and some of Mr. Bradbury's sons
stayed up to watch for developments.
In a short while a negro boy came
stealing up and when he saw the
white boys he ran away, but he was
followed and caught, pe confessed
that he was one of four negroes who
set fire to the barn and that they
were appointed by a lodge of which
they were members to fire the barn
and also the residence of Mr. Bradbury,
and that he was returning tc
fire the house when he was captured.
He said that he was compelled by ths
other three to go with them to fire
the barn, and that he was threatened
with death if he told on them.
The whole trouble started aboul
the removal of a lodge room off some
land which Mr. Bradbury owned. The
negroes did not want to move, and
sought revenge in the torch. A message
was sent the governor Tuesday
morning asking a speedy trial foi
the four negroes, and it is probable
that a number of other arrests will
follow. Feeling is intense against
the negroes under arrest, and there
might be an outbreak at any time
unless there is a speedy trial.
Waitress Saves 1,000 Dimes.
Denver, Dec. 18.?Deluged with
letters and with Christmas gifts, Miss
Ivy Cole, a waitress in a local cafe,
who saved up 1,000 dimes received in
tips within one year to buy a fui
coat is amazed at the attention her
frugality has attracted.
She has received letters and postal
cards from many parts of the country
and proposals of marriage from East,
West, North and South.
Miss Cole began saving all the dime
tips she received a year ago last
Thanksgiving day. One day before
Thanksgiving of the present year she
had saved exactly $100 or 1,000
dimes.
Looks Like Business.
Mr. W. L. Izlar has been served
notice by Postmaster Webster that
the buildings on the lot bought from
Gen. Izlar by the government#for the
site of the postoflice building must be
removed within thirty days. The
only building on the lot is the one
occupied by Messrs. Glaze & Herbert
and Abial Lathrop, Esq., as law offices,
and these gentlemen will have
to hunt new quarters. This looks
like work on the new building will
begin soon.?Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
O'Riley's Christmas Day Specials.
"The Yuletide," a neat folder with
quarter size cabinet photo. Cute for
new year's remembrance. These
pictures are offered for Christmas
day only.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
The subscription price of The
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a year; 75 cents for six months;
or fifty cents for three months.
This rate applies to all subscriptions
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A cannon report has been heard as
far as 146 miles.
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LINEN SHOWER AT DENMARK. 1
i Miss Floride Garris Honored at
Charming Afffcir. -4
Denmark,. Dec. 16.?One of the
most enjoyable social affairs of the <
s season was the linen shower given in
i honor of Miss Floride Garris by Miss
i Olivia Ray at the home of Mrs. I..
W. Wyman on last Wednesday after- >
noon. On entering, each married
i lady was requested to write some
! piece of advice for the bride-to-be.
The reading of these by Miss Steadi
man caused much enjoyment. The :"
, guests were then asked into the din- ^
! ing room, where salad and sweet
k
s courses were served. After the re\
freshments had been served an atl
tractive scheme of telling fortunes
of the young ladies was carried out,
' each of them being blindfolded and
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l lea to pierce a neart containing ner
l fortune. As the eyes of the guest of
. honor was covered a door was open- p
ed and she opened her eyes to see a
. table covered with numerous-dainty
! and handsome gifts from her
j friends. ,
I Miss Garris wore a handsome and ?'
becoming gown of pink crepe-de;
chine, elaborately trimmed with gold
> lace and chenille fringe.
BYRNES TRIES IT, ALSO.
Bat House Again Defeats Proposition
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for Mileage Redaction.
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! Washington, Dec. 16.?In the de
bate on the urgent deficiency bill,
' in the house of representatives this
! afternoon, Representatives Byrnes,
! of the 2d South Carolina district, p
took a prominent part by. offering a
resolution to reduce the rate of mileage
allowed members hem twenty *
cents a mile, the present allowance,
, to five cents a mile.
His resolution, like all others to
L reduce the present amount, was re.
jected by an overwhelming vote. The
Rftnuhlicans voted almost solidly /
against any reduction.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.
Highest price paid for cotton seed.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
O'Riley, the photographer, is located
in Bamberg, "down by the de:
pot," for a limited time only.
See me now about your cotton >
> seed. Will buy or exchange for meal.
W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
O'Riley, the photographer, is located
in Bamberg, "down by the depot,"
for a limited time only.
O'Riley, the photographer, is lo-cated
in Bamberg, "down by the depot,"
for a limited time only.
When in need of a quick lunch
come to the Palace Cafe. Everything
fresh and clean, and prompt, and polite
service guaranteed. We serve
, the best of everything that the mark- ,
et affords at live and let live prices. v
When you are hungry come to our
place. S. YEITRAKIS.
O'Riley, the photographer, is located
in Bamberg, "down by the de?'
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Look at the date on the label of
your paper and renew if your subscription
has expired. We need the J }
money due us. If you don't want
the paper, let us know afid we will
discontinue. We can't afford to send
The Herald on credit.
The He-aid Book Store has received
a b.autiful line of Christmas
goods. Toilet cases, manicure sets,,
brush and comb sets, traveling sets,
lap tablets, hand bags, brass goods,,
children's books, gift books, seals, ?
stamps, bells, fancy boxes, and many
novelties shown for the first time
here. m
O'Riley is in Town.
[By Mrs. J. W. L., Walterboro, S. u.i ^ .
The little baby of just a year,
You'll all agree is a perfect dear;
But looks will change as time pass
by,
And to keep the baby we like to
try, $
So his picture we'll take as he looks
just now,
With dimples and smile and curl y
on his brow,
But this is no news to the mothers j
around, . . U
As they are all busy, "O'Riley's
in town." fj
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