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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
f News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere,
r Colston Clippings.
^ Colston. June 19.?There will be
preaching service at Colston Branch
Baptist church Sunday afternoon. The
public is invited.
Mrs. S. P. Chisolm. Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Beard and little son. Williard,
and Miss Inez Clayton spent Sunday
with relatives in Norway.
Mr. J. A. Padgett, of Walterboro.
was the guest of his brother. Mr.
Calvin Padgett, Sunday.
Miss kudv Kinara, 01 auruarui, is
* visiting Miss Annie Florence Fender
at present.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kearse and children,
Miss Minnie Kirkland and Mr.
Preston McMillan spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kearse, of Buford's
Bridge section.
The friends of Mrs. T. D. Beard are
very sorry to know that she is confined
to her bed with illness. They
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Mr. Frank Kirkland. Jr., spent Saturday
night \<ith Mr. Will McMillan.'
I Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walter-,
I boro, visited relatives in this section;
Sunday and Sunday night.
Messrs. Jasper Hiers and Speaks, j
S of Ehrhardt. were visitors in tliisj
m section Sunday.
^ Miss Mamie MbMillan spent Saturday
night with Miss Evelyn Kirk-j
land. I
Miss Inez Clayton was the pleas-j
ant guest of her sister, Mrs. B. W. j
Beard, Saturday night. j
The many friends of Miss Sadie
Boyd, the former principal of the
Colston rural graded school, were
glad to see her at Sunday-school,
Sunday afternoon, before leaving for;
her home at Chester on Monday. She
^ " has^een visiting relatives in oiar
since school closed. j
Miss Minnie Kirkland spent Saturday
night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. L. Kearse.
We are sorry to hear that Mrs.
Matt Inabinet is still In a critical
condition. I
Little Julia and Catherine Beard
are staying at the home of Mr. and |
Mrs. J. C. McMillan during the illness
of their mother, Mrs. T. D.
Beard, and little Gladys and Sease
Beard are staying with their aunt,
Mrs. Ogreta Beard.
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-Mr. Kid rcay spent ouuua* ??hu|
^ Mr. Will McMillan.
, The friends of Mr. Perry Padgett
Mr are sorry to know that he is still conK
fined to his bed.
^ Messrs. R. L. Jackson and J. A.
Curry spent last week-end with relatives
in Sumter.
Misses Mary Clayton and Reba|
Williams and Mr. Sammie Clayton
attended the Bamberg county short
I course at Bamberg Thursday and Friday
of last week. They came home
complimenting the people of Bamberg
for their kind hospitality.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rentz were
the welcome visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McMillan Sunday.
Miss Mary Fender returned to her
home Sunday after spending several
days with Mrs. T. D. Beard.
Mr. Calvin Rentz. a prominent old
soldier from this section, attended
the reunion at Washington recently
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, June 16.?The Civic and
Home Demonstration league met
with Mrs. J. F. Lightsey at the home
of her mother, Mrs. F. M. Young, on
[ last Tuesday afternoon. On the arL
rival of the leaguers they were usherm
ed into the parlor and shortly after^
ward were shown to the dining room
for a demonstration lesson in canY
ning beans by Miss Clifford Barrett.
county demonstration agent.
Government bulletins were distributed
for future reference. Th*e hostess,
assisted by Mrs. \V. M. Lightsey.
served iced tea with a bountiful supply
of sandwiches.
The annual picnic given by the
Daughters of the Confederacy of
! Fairfax passed off successfully. Only
a few veterans responded to the inl
vitation. who were: M. A. Move.
Josiah Loadholt. O. B. Harden. J.
p. O. Brunson. H. M. Goodson, .Miles
Loadholt. I>. M. Hoover. O. W. Barker.
Ed Bowers. Dr. .1. \V. Weekly.
J. F. Preacher. H. M. Preacher. V.
W. Manuel and M. M. Liahtsey. M.
A. Moye and J. F. Preacher gave a
very entertaining account of their
trip to Washington: Miss V.oe Thomas
gracefully recited "The Old Butktle
Flag." Then came the Cnited
Daughters of the Confederacy's song
AHMV CANTOX.MKNT SITES.
lia.st Four (ities of Total of Sixteen
Announced.
Washington. June 14.?Four sites
for war army divisional cantonments
were approved today, completing the
list of sixteen points at which military
towns are to be built by September
1. when the first draft of
troops will be called to the colors.
At each cantonment a full division
will be given its preliminary training)
before being sent to Europe for final]
instructions behind the firing line.
They will be located as follows:
Aver. .Mass.: Yaphank, L. I.. X. Y.:
Wrightstown, X. J.; Annapolis Junction.
Md.: Petersburg. Ya.: Atlanta.
Ga.: Columbia. S. C.: Chillicothe.
Ohio: Louisville, Ky.: Battle Creek.
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| -MIL" II.. LillUC nin n, .11 n. , ituvm v> v.<
I 111.; Des Moines. Iowa: Fort Riley,
j Kan.: Fort Sam Houston. Texas;
j American Lake. Washington.
How Houses Kxplode.
|
| The most remarkable phenomenon
connected with tornadoes (such as
j have recently devastated towns in
the middle west) is the explosion of
j houses, which literally burst, scatI
tering their fragments in all directions.
Somarimes substantial dwellings
are carried high in the air and
| then explode.
It is now understood that this is
due to the fact that the "funnel
I cloud" (revolving at a rate of at
least 300 miles an hour) has a vacj
uum inside. Thus it sucks up everything
in its path, even emptying wells.
It sucks all the air fro maround a
j house over which it passes, and the
house la vacuum being thus created
outside of it) promptly explodes, owing
to the pressure of the air, at
thirty pounds to the square inch,
from within.
The house, in a word, is transformed
into a bomb.
Knlistmerts in tlie Navy.
Washington, June 19.?Since the
beginning of the war with Germany
56,246 men have enlisted in the navy.
The total now is 120,915, recruiting
j today and yesterday bringing a net
gain in enlisted men of 1,203.
by Mesdames J. F. Johnston, J. E.
Harter, Ruth W. Young, J. F; Light|
sey and Miss Maude Barber. Miss
j Sadie Harter played a beautiful solo.
After the dinner M. A. Move charmed
all with his violin selections, ac[
companied on the piano by Mrs. J.
; E. Johnston. The occasion was enj
joyed by all and the Daughters were
happy in the knowledge that they
I had added a bit of sunshine for a
j few hours.
Khrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt. June 18.?We are having
fine weather now; the farmers
are very busy getting their crops in
shape after the recent rains. They
say that Gen. Green with colors hying
and bands playing is steadily
advancing.
We are sorry to learn of the illness
of Mrs. T. D. Beard, of the
j Colston section
Mr. G. F. McMillan was in town
'Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Merrick Kinard, of the St.
John's section, was here Saturday.
Mr. George Kearse. of Kearse's,
was in town Saturday afternoon.
Mr. G. P. Sease is making good
headway on his new dwelling, which
will soon be completed.
Mr. D. C. Copeland was here Saturday
afternoon.
Dr. J. L. Copeland has purchased
a new car.
Mr. J. L. Kinard, of the St. John's
j section, was in town Saturday. He
i says his daughter, Josephine, who
' has joined the tomato club, has some
[ very fine tomatoes promising a large
I violH
Mr. F. E. Copeland was here Fri,
day and Saturday on business.
| We hear that there are plans afoot
; for selling the warehouse at this
place.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Clayton and
; Mr. 0. .1. Hiers visited at Mr. F. E.
Copeland's Sunday afternoon.
| What has become of our old cor
respondent Jet'?'' Let us hear from
! you again.
; Mr. Harry Hiers. who has been
attending the medical college in
I
j Charleston, has returned home for
the summer vacation,
j Messrs. J. J. Hiers. F. K. Copeland
' and daughter. Miss Julia, visited at
Mr. W. S. Mullen's, in Colleton cou:i.
ty. Sunday aiternoon. They report
very nice crops in that section,
j Mr. Editor, we already have "J?*i"
j as a correspondent from here, so
why not have .Mutt"? M L'TT.
i>r\( a \-ka v i:s \vki>1 >i sa.
Mr. I). >1. Haves, of Bamberg, We-ls
Miss Louisa l>uncan, of I'nion.
Gnion. June 16.?The culminating
event in the series of affairs preceding
the marriage of Miss Louisa Merriman
Duncan and Mr. Donald Matheson
Eaves, of Bamberg, Thursday
evening at Grace Methodist church
at 9 o'clock was the reception at the
church. The marriage was of cordial
interest by reason of the popularity
of the couple and their extensive acquaintance
not only in South Carolina
but many places outside the State.
For some time before the ceremony
tho hanrtsnmplv downed women and
their escorts were arriving until the
church was entirely filled with guests
and friends. Miss Mary Jones, Miss
Kathrin Thompson and Mrs. Henry
S. Adams, of Chester, rendered the
following programme: "Cortege
Nuptial." "Salnut d'Amour." "March
Pontificate." "Traumerie." At the
conclusion of the programme Miss
Kathrin Layton sang "O Perfect
Love." The "Bridal Chorus" from
Lohengrin was played as a processional
and during the ceremony improvisations
were softly rendered.
The altar was banked with palms
and ferns ana lighted with cathedral
candelabra. Southern smilax and ivy
traced the chancel railing and tiny*
; wedding bells were artistically swaying
in the double arches. The pews
for the reception guests were marked
by tall standards, topped with
bunches of pink and white sweet
r
peas tied with fluffy hows of white
tulle. Stationed at the ribbons were
little Misses Henrietta Jordan and
Roberta Wallace, escorted by Thomas
McXaliy and Alex Garner. The little
girls wore white organdie with pink
sashes and their escorts white suits
and a botonniere of sweet peas.
The bridal procession was led to
the chancel by the ushers, R. P.
Harry. Sam Layton. .Maurice Garner,
and Dr. I. M. Hair, of Spartanburg:
then followed the groomsmen, who
entered singly and down opposite
aisles. The maids were: .Miss Mary
DuPre. Miss Kathrin Clinckscales, of
Spartanburg, Miss Margaret Gage, of
Birmingham. Ala., Miss Dorothy Bettis,
of Trenton, Miss Mary Ellen
Eaves, of Bamberg. Miss Jenny Robinson,
of Easley, Miss Kathleen
James, Miss Ludie Jordan, Miss Eliza:
beth Arthur, Miss Virgina Poole, and
Miss Theo Young, of Union. They
were modishly gowned in turqoise
i blue satin with silver trimmings and
carried arm bouquets of pink sweet
peas tied with pink satin streamers.
The groomsmen were: A. W. Knight.
Will Duncan, J. D. Copeland, Jr.. W.
A. Klauber. Lane Ethridge. Jack Burnett.
Byrd Miller. Duncan Bellinger.
Jim McGowan, R. P. Morgan. Gordon
Hughes. Stuart Smith. Following the
maids and groomsmen was the matron
of honor, Mrs. Turner Fitten, of
Atlanta. Ga.. sister of the bride. She
! wore a gown of pink satin crepe with
j bodice of lace and pearl embroidery.
l An arm bouquet of pink sweet peas
tied with tulle ends completed the
costume. Next came the dame of
honor. .Mrs. T. C. Duncan, mother of
the bride, who wore orchid satin,
combined with Venetian lace, richly
embellished with seed pearls and carried
a shower of orchids and sweet
peas. Miss Fanny Duncan, youngest
sister of the bride, was maid of honor
and wore a girlish gown of silver
cloth overdraped with tulle and held
in place by a silver girdle. An armful
of sweet peas tied with pink tulle
was the flower carried. The little
flower girls, Ruth Alston and Frances
Keller, came next and wore lace
frocks with pink sashes and from
silver baskets sprinkled the pathway
of the bride with pink sweet peas
and valley lillies. Just preceeding
the bride was the ring bearer. Turner
Fitten, carrying the ring on a
silver tray. The bride was given
in marriage by her father.
Colonel T. C. Duncan, and the
groom, attended by his best man.
Havelock Eaves, joined her at the
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chancel steps ana nere tne rtev. j. w.
Speake performed the ceremony, assisted
bv the Rev. J. F. .Matheson.
The impressive ring ceremony was
used and the vows were spoken l?eneath
a wedding hell made of white
carnations and ferns brilliantly illuminated,
j The bride was a beautiful picture
| of youth and beauty in her wedding
gown of georgette crepe fashioned
with grac eful draperies of chiffon and
dainty hand run tucks. The bodice
! was embroidered in seed pearls and
roses and handsome Venetian lac?
formed Hie yoke. This lace was par:
J of her mother's wedding gown, thus
i adding a bit of sentiment. The tulle!
j veil was caught to the hair with aj
j bandeau of pearls and orange bios
COTTOX AND SPl'IW.
>larl!?oro Fanners are Trying; Fvperinient.?Good
Potato Yields.
Bennettsville. June 16.?Crop conditions
in .Marlboro county have never
been more promising than they are
at this time. The rains of the past
week or ten days have caused the
grass to make some headway, but
taken as a whole cotton, corn and
other crops are looking unusually
well.
In the Clio section of .Marlboro
county a number of live, aggressive
farmers have made quite a success
with Irish potatoes this year. They
have made'good crops and have got
good prices ror menu i iieir geueui:
plan of cultivation was to plant the
potatoes so that they could put in a
row of cotton, making the distance
between the cotton rows about five
and a half feet, whereas they have
heretofore planted their cotton in
rows of about four feet. They have
chopped to a stand much thicker in
the drill than they have done heretofore
and now that the potatoes have
been harvested, the cotton is looking
fine and the probabilities are that
they will realize practically as much
cotton as they would have done otherwise.
Arrangements are also being
made for planting a fall crop of potatoes.
Quite a good deal of corn is
being planted after small grain and
in this county experience shows that
with a reasonably late fall good results
are obtained from this late corn.
Undoubtedly there are more gardens
and better gardens in the county
than ever before. This is noticeable
on every hand and a drive through
,any section of the county reveais
splendid gardens on every hand,
showing a greater variety of vegetables
than (is usually seen in this section.
All Alcoholic Drinks Included.
Washington, June 10.?Any drink
containing alcohol was defined by the
postoffice department today as intoxicating
liquor within the meaning of
the law forbidding mailing of advertisements
of liquor into dry territory
after July 1. Methyl, wood and denatured
alcohol are excepted. The
department ruled also that the prohibition
against advertisements applies
to liquor for scientific, sacramental,
medicinal and mechanical purposes.
Must Serve His Sentence.
Charleston, June 19.?P. Pappas
was ordered to serve the sentence
which was pronounced upon him and
suspended during good behavior at
the February term of the Court of
General Sessions for violating the
whiskey law yesterday afternoon af
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ter a Hearing ufiuic .mu^ .uiun.....;,
er in the County Court House.
Pappas lias a four months' sentence
to serve. Xo notice of appeal had
been filed with the clerk of court last
night.
The case of Mrs. F. Aschenbeck.
who was ordered to show cause why
a suspended sentence against her
should not be made operative, will be
heard today.
To Fight Wire Worm.
Washington. June 14.?Representative
Byrnes, upon receipt of information
from Hampton county that wire
worms was doing considerable damage
to crops in Hampton and adjoining
counties, took the matter up today
with department of agriculture
and the authorities at Clemson college
and has asked that an expert
be sent to that section of the State
to inspect and determine whether or
not anything can be done to stop
the destruction of the crops by this
pest. In previous years this worm
has done considerable damage in that
section of the county and Mr. Byrnes
is informed that it has already begun
its destructive work this year.
soms and fell the length of the long
court train, caught here and there
with clusters of fragrant bride flowprs.
She carried a bouquet of orchids
with valley lillies in the shower ends.
To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march the bride and groom left
the church followed by their attendants.
The bride is a daughter of Col. arc!
Mrs. T. C. Duncan and is an attractive
girl. Since her graduation from the
College for Women several years ago
she lias been an acknowledged be'le.
and in this her home town numbers
her friends by the score. The groom
is a member of the Eaves family of
Hamberg and is a prominent and successful
business man.
The wedding gifts fi 1 !?m! an entire
room and represented the thought of
hundreds of friends and relatives
from far and near.
Mr. and Mrs. Eaves left that night
j for a honeymoon trip North.
LirH OF MK.V IX TKFXCHFS.
German Propaganda at Work in the
Training Camps.
Fort Sheridan. III., June 19.?
German propaganda has entered the
officers" reserve training camp here
in the opinion of officers of the regular
army who are acting as instructors.
and orders have been given that
every effort should be made to ascertain
the source of "baseless reports"
concerning the risks taken by men
who go to the front in France.
"There has been a determined effort."
said Major H. L. Cavenaugh,
"to spread baseless reports that the
average life of a man in the trenches
is three davs. I haven't any doubt
this emanates from a German
source."
H IS EYES SENT TO EIAXCE.
Joking Threat Against Ivaiser Ilesults
in l>eath of Erench Prisoner.
A grewsome story of an almost incredible
act* of brutality perpetrated
by Prussians was told yesterday by
Peter Debrolles, a merchant returning
from a business trip to France,
and who stopped here en route to his
home in Montreal, sayi a New York
dispatch of last week
"At Harve. I met Mile. Gabrielle
Dalbert, whom I had known in .Montreal."
said Mr. Debrolles. "She had
gone abroad to try to reach her fiance,
Lieut. Francois Bourdain, also of
Montreal, who had distinguished himself
greatly in many battles.
"When she reached France. Mile.
Dalbert learned that her sweetheart
had been taken prisoner and was being
held in a camp somewhere near
Berlin. In some manner she managed
to communicate with him, and in
ins replying letter to me yuuiig wuman
he expressed the deepest sort
of gratitude for the sacrifices she had
made to try to see him. He closed
his letter by assuring her that lie
would always be happy to be at her
service, no matter what she might
ask him to do.
"Half jokingly, Mile. Dalbert told
him in her next letter that she had
often wished she might have an opportunity
to meet the kaiser. 'If my
wish ever comes true,' she added, 'I
surely will scratch out his eyes. And
here is a good chance for you to
prove that you meant what you have
written about being anxious to do my
bidding. As you are so near the
kaiser's residence, send me his eyes.'
"It is poor policy to joke with the
Prussians. Less than two weeks after
Mile. Dalbert had written that letter
she received a parcel from the prison
camp. It contained a pair of blue
eyes. There was no writing with the
grewsome present.
"The young woman's mind became
unbalanced and for many weeks she
hoveredvon the brink of the grave. I
saw her after she had recovered her
health and reason. She told me that
her fiance had not replied to any of
her letters since. He had blue eyes,
she said."
Twelve Years for Kx-Auditor.
Dillon. June 14.?The case of the
State vs. C. G. Bruce for alleged embezzlement
of county funds, was concluded
this morning and went to the
jury about noon. After about two
hours' deliberation he was found guilty
on 13 county and sentence was
passed upon him by Judge Spain to
serve twelve years at hard labor in
the State penitentiary. Another bill
of indictment has been handed out by
the grand jury against Bruce, former
auditor, and Will Mclnnis, former
treasurer, of Dillon county.
Thomas Barfield, Sr., and Thomas
Barfield, Jr., father and son. who
were tried for the murder of Jack
Barfield. pleaaed guilty to manslaughter
and were sentenced to twenty
years and two years, respectively, at
hard labor in the State penitentiary.
Cliarged With Bigamy.
H. P. Parish, a barber of Greenwood,
was arrested last week charged
with bigamy. A few days ago Parish
married the daughter of Whit Finley
of Greenwood. Later it was discovered
that he had a wife and four
children living in Swainsboro. Ga.
Parish was released later on the intercession
of his second wife and Iter
father on condition that he leave
the State.
The Berlin electric central station
under private ownership paid all its
operation costs, set aside reserves
and a pension fund, and also turned
into the treasury of the city in
one year $ 1.9."-!.;<*>> to cover the usual
franchise tax and other levies.
The lighting rate charged in Berlin
is 9 1-2 cents.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Construction work lias been begun
in Charleston on a large naval hospital.
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v,ieiusuii cunege awaraea 1 iu uiplomas
this year: Commencement exexcises
began Sunday and concluded
Tuesday.
Jerry Dix. a negro man. and one of
his young children, were killed by
lightning near Cameron Wednesday
afternoon.
Fred E. Rochester, a private in Co.
E. First regiment. S. C. X. G., died
in a Columbia hospital Friday of
ptomaine poisoning.
Will Gilliard, serving a two-year
sentence on the Andersin county
chain gang for forgery, made good
his escape last week.
Ninety-five students received degrees
from the University of South
j Carolina, Columbia, at the closing
| exercises last Wednesday.
Ten white women between the ages
of 15 and 20 are incarcerated in the
Greenville county jail. Most of them
are charged with vagrancy.
A flag was raised over the Cowpens
battleground monument* in Cherokee
county Thursday unnder the auspices
of the Gaffney chapter D. A. R.
J. Martin fell out of a second storv
window of a house in Charleston
Sunday night and received injuries
from which he died later in a hos|
pital.
A. C. .Mann has resigned as magisi
trate of Union township which in|
eludes the town of Union. He will bei
come associated with a law firm in
Greenville.
The .Methodist congregation of
Conway, Horry county, has recently
completed a handsome parsonage
which is now occupied by the pastor,
Rev. E. L. McCoy.
Lester Taylor, aged 11, of Fair Forest,
Spartanburg county, was killed
Friday afternoon in the cake room
of the Fair Forest oil mill when a
stack of cakes fell on him.
Christian W. Muller, a Charleston
grocer, said to have been born in
! Germany, committed suicide by
j dirowning himself in a lake near
Asheville, N. C. He was 59 years
I old.
J Capt. Robert C. Heyward, of PelI
zer has been promoted to the rank of
I major of the first regiment S. C. N.
! G. He succeeds T. B. Spratt, who
! was appointed lieutenant colonel
I some time ago.
Lampley Whisenant, salesman for
j the \V. D. Arthur company, was se'
riouly injured and Albert Reid, ne!
gro driver was killed near Lockhart,
Tuesday morning when the heavy
truck in which they were riding
crashed into a 15-foot ditch.
I
An unknown negro attempted
asault upon a young white woman
living near Easley last Tuesday afternoon.
The negro has not been
captured. The negro is said to have
been coal black and to have weighed
about 175 pounds. He wore a black
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i suit ana a oiacK siuucu uat.
I i
Alester G. Furman, of Greenville,
[ was reelected president of the South
Carolina Underwriters association at
. the annual meeting in Charleston
last week. L. M. Pinckney. of Charleston.
was elected vice president,
; and Simpson F. Cannon, of SpartanII
burg, was elected secretary and treasI
urer. succeeding Sam M. Grist, of
. Yorkville.
Paul Heymann, receiver of the R.
M. Rose company, an interstate liquor
concern, well known to many people
of this section, has filed a petition in
federal court in Chattanooga, seeking
to wind up the affairs of the R.
I M. Rose company, a Florida corporai
tion. as bankrupt. The liabilities of
I the Florida concern were placed at
j $263.623, and the assets at $352,623,
i much of which, it was said, is stock
I of other bankrupt concerns.
! The Columbia canal property under
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tll6 act 01 LHP let?1*, icgisiaunc
J verted to the State .Monday when the
j canal commission appointed by the
j last legislature declined another prop>
position from the "Robertson interests.
" The ninety days allowed by
the act under which an agreement
might be reached having expired
.Monday, the act automatically de ,
clares the title in tlie State. The
i property is valued at S.".u')0.000. The
next step now to be taken is awaited
j with a great deal of interest.
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