The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 22, 1920, Image 1
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$2.00 Per Year in Advance ' - BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22,1920. Established in 1891 '
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TOBACCO MARKET
WILL OPEN TODAY
SELLING OF THE WEED TO START
IX BAMBERG.
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New Era Begins.
People of This Entire Section of the
State Invited to Come to Bamberg
and Witness Sales.
Everything is in readiness for the
^ opening of the Bamberg tobacco mar-N
ket in this city today, Thursday. The
first sale of the "weed" will be held
today, and the new era in the farm
life of Bamberg county has formally
ctartoH
Both warehouses were open during
the past week, am! have on hand a
liberal quantity of home grown tobacco
to place on the market today.
An expert auctioneer will sell the tobacco.
Many buyers are here representing
the vbig tobacco concerns
of this country and the export trade.
The prospect is that the Bamberg
tobacco farmers will realize fine prices
on their product, as the better
' . grades of tobacco are greatly in demand.
Very little encouragement is
offered the farmer, however, for the
poorer grades. Very little of the poor
grades should be put on the market,
however, as it is a well established
fact Chat Bamberg county makes good
tobacco, the kind that the .buyers are
eager to secure. Of course, there will j
naturally be some poor tobacco, but|
with the past experience .our farmers
have had in the curing of their
crop, poor grades will be reduced to*
a minimum.
A vprv cordial invitation is ex
* tended to the farmers and business
men from all section of this part of
the state to visit Bamberg during the
season and see just what the Bamberg
farmers are doing to combat the
weevil. There is established here a"
stable tobacco market affording the
best nfethods of margeting tobacco,
and the farmers are assured of the
$ fact that prices in Bamberg will be
as good as elsewhere in the
state, and perl^aps better, for
this market has been fortunate in
interesting as managers of the warehouses
tobacco men of lifetime experience.
R. J. Works, manager of
the Farmers warehouse, and J. L.
Knight, manager of .the Denbow
warehouse, are both from Lexington,
Ky., which is said to be the largest
tobacco market in the world. They
know the business from alpha to omega,
and they are' pulling strong for
the-local market. They are both on
the ground, although they have a
string of warehouses elsewhere, to
give their personal attention to their
interests here.
Some twenty-five to thirty-five tobacco
men will be lodged in Bamberg
during the tobacco season, which will
afford Bamberg citizens a fine opportunity
to advertise the hospitality of
the town. Many of these gentlemen
have their wive^ and families with
them.
The public is cordiflly invited to
attend the opening of the market in
, Bamberg today, and at any time during
the season. Tobacco is sold in
v a most unique manner. It is auctioned
off the highest bidder, having
' previously been arranged in neat
piles. It is a source of never ceasing
interest to view this proceeding,
which is both novel and entertaining
to those who know nothing of
the marketing of tobacco.
It makes no difference whether you
live in Bamberg or not, whether you
plant tobacco or not, come out to
the opening.
Watch Bamberg grow.
Why, Indeed.
In Washington they tell a story
of a young man, just returned from
foreign service, who was * terribly
troubled by his "affair'* with a young
woman of that city.
<<T nrnra ttaii fh?Q + normf" J?S 3. birth
x gave j\J\X IUUV .?
day present, did I not, Janet?" he
asked.
"Yes; but surely, Henry, you are
hot going to speak of tokens as if?"
f "It was young and speechless at the
time, was it not?"
* "Yes; and it has never been out of
this parlor."
"And there are no other young women
in this house?"
"No. Why, what on earth do you
mean?"
"Simply this. When I-er-when I
kissed your photograph on the table
there last night while waiting for you
(what did that wrefched bird do but
imitate your voice and said: 'Don't
do that, Harold; please don't'."
CAN WITHOUT SUGAR.
It is Practicable and Very Much
Cheaper.
It will be wisdom on the part of
housekeepers to can the usual amount
of fruits and vegetables this year
even if. part or all of the fruit must
be canned without sugar, according to
a statement issued by the United
States department of agriculture.
From all present indications, sugar
will be more abundant next winter,
when the fruit will be used on the table,
the department says. There will
apparently be an increased acreage of
both cane and beet sugar this year in
the United States, Cuba, and in other ,
countries in the Northern Hemis- ,
phere. The rise^in the price of sugar .
has encouraged increased plantings
of cane and beets.
Xo Shortage in Domestic Supplies.
In spite of a world shortage of .
sugar and a decrease of 400,000,000
pounds in domestic production, there
has been used or hoarded during the .
current year in the United States 15 ^
per cent, more sugar than in former
years. In fact, a greater supply of
sffgar than ever before has been
handled in this country during the
past few years, with net imports 25 .
per cent., or over 1,000,000,000 j
pounds greater than in any previous
period. , It is Obvious, therefore, ^
that, there has been no actual sugar .
shortage here this year. The difficulties
encountered have arisen from '
the inability of the consumer to secure
his share of the supply. Unless
enormously increased amounts have
been consumed, the trouble must bb
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laid to hoarding, and it is very evident
that large quantities are being J
held for future use both by housei
wives and commercial concerns.
During the past 50 years the con- j
! sumption of sugar in the United
States has steadily increased, at an
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average annual rate of 1 pound per
year, until the last few years the ^
average yearly per capita consumption
for all purposes is between 85
and 90 pounds. This compares with
a per capita consumption of 58.9 .
pounds in 1899. The increased consumption
of sugar by the soft-drink,
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candy, and ice-cream industries aur-|
ing recent years .has helped raise the
total average, but to what extent is
not known.?News.
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Grown Gorilla Can't Be Taken Alive.
It is said that no gorilla has ever
been captured alive after he was
full grow;n.* Gorillas fear nothing.
Even when mortally wounded they
show an agility, strength and ferocity
which is astonishing. A famous
traveler once stated that it would,
take 150 men to hold down a gorilla
with any degree of safety.
On the other hand, all other apes
are said to be pathetically easy to
capture: The usual .method is for
a trapper to seat ifimself where he
is certain to be Observed by these
creatures and pretend to drink from
a bottle of crude spirits. When he is
sure that he has been observed, he
leaves the bottle and goes away.
The moment his back is turned
the monkeys rush to appease their
curiosity concerning the contents of
the bottle. They like the taste of the
spirits and quarrel among themselves
until the bottle has been emptied.
They are soon overcome by the intoxicant
and the trapper returns and
gathers them in.
Schoolboy - 'Traffic Cop."
One of the largest crowds in the
downtown district yesterday was that
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at State and Devonshire streets, aur- i
ing the. afternoon. The attraction c
was a school boy, about 14 years old, e
who for more than an hour perform- t
ed the duties of a traffic officer at I
that corner and his work was done a
so well that he was frequently cheer- 1
ed; not only by people on the street, s
but by bankers and stenographers, ?
who watched him from the windows
of nearby buildings. Sturdy, v clear- r
eyed, ruddy cheeked, the boy conduct- c
ed himself like a veteran traffic of- a
ficer. His uplifted a^m and his beck- t
on were religiously obeyed by the t
most hardened teamsters and speed- p
iest automobile operators, and when a
the fire goings sounded he made ajp
quicker and clearer path for the ap- t
paratus than ever did a regular pa- i
trolman. It all formed a bright touch \
in an otherwise most distressful day r
for many.?Boston Herald. t
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Consolation. 1
From the Agony column: "Young 1
man, recently rejected, desires apart- 2
ments adjoining those of the young c
couple possessed of a baby that cries c
all night, causing father to prome- e
nade in pajamas; good, loud swearing a
preferred." j j
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WILL CONTINUE
MALARIA WORK
COL. L'PIUXCE ADDRESSES CITIZENS
OF BAMBERG.
Importance Stressed.
Town Has Received Nearly $3,000
More From Outside Than Promised.?Collect
Pledges.
At a meeting of some of the citizens
of the town at the court house
Thursday night, it was resolved that
the work of malaria control must be
completed, and a committee was ap)ointed
to collect the unpaid subscriptions
and secure as much more as
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poesiDie, wmcn, supplemented uj;
additional government funds that it
is believed can be secured will complete
the work that was started here
last fall.
-The immediate cause of the meeting
being hastily arranged for Thursday
night was the presence in the city
unexpectedly Thursday of Col. J. L.
LaPrince, who has charge of the ma*
laria control work in a number of
southern states as a representative
oi the U. S. government. Col. LaPrince
wa? one of those actively engaged
in the work of clearing the Panama
canal zone of the mosquito. It
was felt by those locally behind the
movement that the citizens of the
town should not miss the opportuntiy
3f seeing and hearing this distinguished
engineer whose career as a
specialist in this line has been so
eminently successful. Consequently 1
i meeting, was called and as many of
;he citizens notified as possible.
C. W. Rentz stated briefly the .purDose
of the meeticg, and introduced
Dol.. LaPrince, who stated that
vork similar to that being
lone in Bamberg has been
mdertaken in 87 communities
hroughout the country. His experence,
he stated, has been that busiless
men are generally skeptical as
;o the results of malaria control
vork, but that once it is secured and
:ompleted, the benefits are so. marvelous
and far-reaching that it beicmes
a matter of local pride to all
!ommunities? where the work is unlertaken.
Nothing was known 20
vears ago of the control of malaria,
.^eople then fought the disease with
medicines, but now with scientific
nethods the mosquito, the cause of j
nalaria, can be and is eliminated, and
esulls that appear on their face as
mponsible are attained.
"I know that you have the right
;pirit in Bamberg. If you had not
rou would not have contributed to
;his work, the greater part of wjiich
las now been done. But there is
;till some more work before the job
s completed to eliminate the mosluito,"
said Col. LaPrince. "It would
)e a pity?a great pity?to stop this
vork now at this stage and thereby
vaste in a large measure the work
hat has already been accomplished."
It is a question of benefits to fuure
generations, and the people are
lot yet fully aroused to the vast imlortance
of malaria control, said Col.
^aPrince. One of the most insidious
eatures about malaria is that it
arely kills people?that is fatalities
ire not traced directly to malaria,
>ut if; so weakens the system that
he malarial victims easily fall prey
o all manner of other diseases with
atal effect. "For heavens sake
lnon fhio nrmnrf nrntv +r? rln thfi
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)iggest thing that you can possibly
lo for your town and people/' he
arnestly pleaded. "If a contagion
>roke out in your town, it would not
>e difficult to arouse your people,"
ind he reminded his headers that maaria
was worse than a contagion,
lapping the life and energy by decrees
from old and young.
"I'll tell you one thing: If you
leglect this work there will be more
ihildren carried to your cemetery :in
l few years than you have any right
o see go there," said the colonel. As
o the effectiveness of malarial cam
)aigns, the speaker stated that the
irmv statistics afforded absolute
)roof of the success of malaria .conrol.
If the soldiers of the Amercan
army during the woVId
rar had died in the camps of
nalaria in proportion to the fataliies
of the camps during the SpanishAmerican
war, America would have
ost 5,000 soldiers from this causeAccording
to Col. LaPrince, exactly
II men died of malaria in the army
amps during the world war. He rented
briefly some of the material benifits
that may be expected, giving as
n instance the town of Gulfpcrt,
diss., where it was found very diffi-*
BOLIVIAX CHIEF KICKED OUT.
President With Several Members of
Cabinet Deported By New Regime.
Washington, July 15.?Jose G. *
Guerra, deposed president of Bolivia, ,
with a number of his ministers and
other officials of the overthrown government
were deported yesterday by
the new regime, the State Department
was informed today in the first
dispatch from the American legation
at La Paz since the revolution.
The dispatch reported that W. Du- ,
val Brown, American consul at La
Paz, American Trade Commissioner
Schurts and ether representatives in
the diplomatic and consular corps at
the Bolivian capital had left the city
with the former president. (
Americans Protect Refugees.
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ISCy&l IUIC Ui LliO -.T.UIC1 l^cxja vuuuut
and trade commissioner and of other .
diplomatic and consular officials with (
Guerra was not explained in the cable- ^
gram, but officials here said they un- j
doubtedly escorted the former president
from the country to see that he
comes to no harm.
The deposed president with mem
bers of his official family, the dispatch
stated, were sent to Africa, a ,
Chilean port, where it is reported he .
will take passage on some vessel call- :
ing at the port. Previous to his de
portation Guerra had been a refugee i
in the American legation.
Under Savetra's Control.
Bolivia, the legation cablegram i
said, was completely under the con- ]
trol of the new regime headed by 1
Bautista Savetra, who had issued a j
proclamation providing for the formation
of a provisional government
under Jose M. Escalier, reported on <
his way to La Paz from Argentina. ]
Business houses with the exception i
of banks had been ordered to open t
yesterday. i
Deported with President Guerra, (
the dispatch said, were Julio Zamora,
minister of finance; Ernesto C. Lanza,
minister of justice; Vice President (
T7 T? Voloenrt (
v asquez., rreiat ncaiui v aiaovu,
Deputy Ezequiel Romecin and eleven (
others. 1
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Started >it 2 A. M. Monday. 1
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Lima, Peru, July 15.?The revolt j
in Bolivia against the government of
President Jose Guitterez Guerra i
started at 2 o'clock Monday morning, .1
according to details of the movement s
received here today. From La Paz i
fche president, learning earlier of the i
conspiracy, took refuge with several 1
of his ministers in the American le- ]
gation. (
The government^palace guard held 1
out for only a short time before sur- i
rendering and joining the insurrection.
Two persons are reported to ]
have been killed, one of them the j
former intendente of La Paz and the ]
other a soldier, and several wounded.
Guerra, according- to the advices,
recognizing that the coup d'etat was
successful, early Monday signed a <
brief formal resignation. / ]
cult to raise the necessary funds. The (
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work was finally completed, and the '
results were so satisfactory, that
within a few months three large fac- .
tories located there, doubling the
population. >
Captain Fishef, who has been the *
supervising engineer in charge of the *
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Jtfamoerg worK, siaiea mat iu wa& estimated
- before the work began that,
the work could be completed here for 1
about $24,000, but this estimate was *
based on prices at that time. It has
been found necessary to pay much
larger wages than anticipated, and up *
to this: time approximately $23,000
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has been spent, of which $11,700 was
secured from outside sources, and
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$11,300 has been secured through
local subscriptions. The city was assured
only of $9,000 outside aid j
and the town had agreed to raise
$15,000. If the $15,000 had been \
raised in the city, there would have 1
been ample funds to complete the e
work. (
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still some more work to be done i
and that it will require about $4,700 t
to complete the malaria control work, i
If the citizens of Bamberg can secure i
the balance pledged at the beginning, 3
Cs.pt. Fisher feels certain that he can
secure the balance from government i
sources. This will be sufficient to J
continue all of the malaria control t
work, ditching, oiling, etc.^ until the t
15th of November. He reminded the i
citizens that this would make the to- r
tal of outside funds more than $4,000 1
more than they had expected when c
the "tfork was started. * (
It was suggested that inasmuch as j
the town has heretofore spent $2,000 i
a year to maintain the ditches, which 1
will have been maintained this year i
by the malaria control work, that the t
council might see its way clear to 1
MACHINE GUNS
PROTECT NEGROES
TROOPS ORDERED TO PROTECT
4,
PRISONERS IN X. C.
"Shoot Straight, Is Order.
Governor Bickett Declares Accused
Men Must Be Saved at
All Costs.
Asheville, N. C., July 18.?"Capt.
Fowler, protect those prisoners^at all
hazards, and notify the people I have
ordered you and your machine gunners
to shoot straight if an attempt
on the life of tne>prisoners is niaue,
is the order given by Governor Bickett
tonight over long distance tele)hone,
from Asheville to Capt. Marion
3. Fowler, captain of the Durham machine
gun company, which is protecting
the jail at Graham, in which three
aegroes, charged with an assault on a
white woman, were lodged today.
* Later Governor Bickett got into
communication with Capt. Fowler
and learned that the machine gunners
had the situation well in hand
and at 10 o'clock tonight quiet prevailed.
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The machine guns had been placed
ground the Alamance jail, while
troops armed with high power rifles
patrolled the immediate vicinity of
the county bastile, allowing no large
gatherings.
"Shoot Straight."
Governor Bickett authorized the
captain to make public a statement
notifying the public of Alamance that
no mob violence would be tolerated
md that the lives of the prisoners
must be saved at all hazards, and
ordered the machine gunners to
'shoot straight if the need arose."
rhe Chief Executive also informed
3apt. Fowler that other companies
pf the State National Guard would be j
called out if he should need them to
protect the lives of the prisoners and
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nstructed tne captain in cuarge ui:
;he situation to notify the adjutant
general, who is also here, if additionil
forces are necessary. County
attorney for Alamance, E.
3. Parker, prevailed upon the crowd
:o let the law take its course and assisted
in keeping mob violence down
mtil the arrival of the machine gun- J
lers. Capt. Fowler was instructed\by
;he adjutant general to remove the
prisoners under guard to some other
county, or to the state penientiary, of
ae could do so without inciting the
nob to violence.
At a late hour tonight Governor
Bickett had heard nothing further
from Graham and presumed things
.iad quieted down.
Mob Repulsed By Shots.
Graham, N. C., July 19.?Jim Ray,
15, was killed, Willie Phillips, of Gra1am,
injured, and Clement Bradshaw,
)f Haw River, wounded tonight when
1 masked mob attempted to storm
;he Alamance county jail where
;hree negroes are held in connection
vith an attack on a white woman according
to a statement made by Cap
;ain B. Fowler, commanding tne curiam
machine gun company guarding
;he jail.
"Absolutely false," Fowler said ]
egarding a report that no reason
jould be assigned for the shooting.
'The mob," Fowler said, "fired the ^
irst shot. The machine gunner re;urned
the fire."
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The first wax preparations for the
lse of students of anatomy were
nade by a woman.
Philadelphia has a building and oan
association run exclusively by
md for women.
ending assistance to the work to this
xtent. Mayor Smoak, who was, presjnt,
assured the meeting that it was
;he council's desire to assist in the
vork in every way possible, but .that j
;he town is pretty much up against
t now on account of paving and oth^r ;
mprovements, some of 'which have (
rot to ho, naid for.
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Ways and means of completing the j
vork were discussed at considerable'
ength, and it was generally agreed
;hat under no circumstances must
;he work be stopped. In this idea
t seemed the citizens were deternined,
and with the proper determi-i'
lation on the part of even a few, no 11
loubt remains that the work will be '
;ompleted. A great many of the peo- j
)le of the town have been very liberal }
n this matter, whereas some others 1
lave done nothing, it was stated, and ]
f all the people will cooperate the J
hing can be done easily without
lardship on the part of anyone. J j
DOES CAVE EXIST?
German Spy Reported Alleged Cave
Under Stone Mountain.
A committee of noted geologists
from three of the prominent eastern
universities, together with two wellknown
field investigators of the
Smithsonian Institute are mobilizing'*
at Hagerstown, Md., for early en?
trainment to DeKalb county, Georgia,
where they will conduct extensive
borings and tunnelings in an effort
to prove that Andrew Withfngham,
of Oil City, Penn., was in his right
mind when he declared that a stupendous
cave exists under Stone
Mountain, one of Georgia's greatest
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natural curiosities. >
Withingham, in a lengthy letter to
the occupant of the chair of geology
of a great New York University, set
forth a mass of facts gathered by him
while in the service of the Imperial
German intelligence service in 1898.
He mailed his descriptions and his
drawing from Oil City on June 4.
He was run down by a taxicab in
Allentown, Pa., five days later. Now '
the professors, deprived by the taxicab
of any possibility of conference
with this German spy, have determine
ed to find the truth for themselves.
Withingham, who in his opening
paragraph, says that his name is not
Withingham at all, but is,something
radically Prussian, enters into minute
detail in his description of the cave
under Stone Mountain.,
"The cave," he writes, ."is not in
the granite formation. That would
be impossible igneous rock. It is
however, a vast hole caused by the
subsidence of the clays, shales and
limestones which underlie this im*
mense rock. Stone Mountain is not
where it was when it crystalized from
its molten state, millions of years
ago. Some action, probably glacial,
from the scarred appearance of the
nearly vertical face of the mountain,
has moved its tremendous bulk over
miles of ground. It is not an integral
part of the earth's bed-rock formation.
It is nothing> more
than a pebble thrown by a
child, except for. its size. It<? \v||
rests upon a compact bed of red clay
and of what is known in Georgia as
'fuller earth.' Beneath the rock are
compact beds of gravel, which once
formed the bottom of a great prehistoric
river.
"The cave, which can be entered
from the western side of the mountain
(chart No. 4) is 986 feet long and
has an average width of 350 feet.
Its floor is irregular, and ravine shaped,
with a deep slope toward the
south. A small stream runs down '
this ravine, and in the southern waU V||
of the cave. At this point (chart No.
6) the distance from the floor of the
cave to the roof, or the bottom of the
rock, must be 200 feet, certainly not
less, and Drobablv more.
"The entrance was plainly visible
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when I found it, in 1898, but having
important plans for the use of this
cave, and having communicated these >'
plans to the imperial German intelligence
service with recommendations
for use of the. cavern as a military
base for certain Qperations which I
designed, I did not feel at liberty to
leave the mouth of this cave open. I
blew part of the mountain over the
opening, and it remains buried now.
'/The unhappy result of the conflict ^
n wiiich the Fatherland has been tern,
porarily crippled, and the improbability
of any future use of this cavern _
by the German government, moves me
to disclose the facts herein set forth
for the benefit of science." *
Professor H. S. Terkle, in commenting
upon this astonishing epistle,
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said only: *'it may De true, we expect
to have our party and our e<yiipment
in Atlanta during the month of ^
August, and will begin our work within
a few days after arrival. We can
not afford to be skeptical in mattefs
of this kind. If Stone Mountain is a
detached rock, we want to know it."
Bamberg
Second Class.
Washington, July 15.?In the readjustment
of the classification of
postoffices for the fiscal year, beginning
July 1, 1920, as announced today,
Bamberg, S. C., has been advanced
from third to second class.
Paris Island has been reduced from
first to second class and Moultrieville
from second to third class.
Colored S. B. S. Union.
The S. B. S. union (colored) met
at the Hon<*y Ford Baptist cnurcu
July 9, 10 and 11. A successful
union was held and many good things
were said in behalf of education. The
union is composed of a goodly number
of excellent women, among whom
might be mentioned Emma Rush, Rebecca
Williams, Clara Wright, Banner
English, Amanda McMillan, Lou
Bing, Mary Williams, and many others
wliich space forbids mentioning.
They raised $2.80 during the session.?Contributed.
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