The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 12, 1920, Image 1
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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. Established in 1891
SENATE ASPIRANTS
SPEAK TO VOTERS
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED VOTERS
PRESENT SATURDAY.
Speakers Well Received.
Smith, Pollock, Irby and Warren Ask
Bamberg Citizens for Senatorial
Support.
Saturday the four candidates for
the office of United States senator addressed
the voters of Bamberg county
at the court house. The meeting was
attended by a fairly good sized crowd.
It was estimated that there were two
hundred voters in the court house
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and most of them remained throughout
the speaking. The candidates
were given a most respectful hearing,
and all of the candidates, received
more or less applause, although the
meeting was entirely lacking in the
old time political enthusiasm of other
days.
George Warren, apparently^ was
the favorite among those voters who
showed any preference at all. Judging
from the applause he received
Warren will show up well in Bamberg
county. Next in point of applause
came E. D. Smith, the incumbent
for the past eleven years. Pollock
and Irby received also a share
of the applause.
Notwithstanding the fact that in the
person of ex-Senator Pollock the woman
suffrage advocates have a very
warm and enthusiastic supporter, not
a single woman of voting age?if they
had the ballot?or any other age,
effort thp court house with her pi^es
ence. It was strictly a men's meeting.
If the women of Bamberg county
desire the ballot they certainly
showed no evidence of it Saturday.
The meeting was presided over by
County Chairman J. F. Carter, who
opened the meeting with a few appropriate
introdurtory remarks. Dr.
. George F. Hair offered an invocation,
- , and Senator Smitfr was presented as
the first speaker.
Senator Smith exhibited considerable
fire and earnestness in his address,
and it is quite evident that he
is not going to let his defeat be encompassed
through default. Senator
Smith spoke for thirty minutes, about
20 to 25 minutes of which were devoted
to his old time and most effective
.subject of farming. Senator
Smith makes no attempt to disguise
the source of his popularity in South
Carolina. He opened by saying that
he is before the people to give an account
of his stewardship in the United
States senate for the last eleven years.
He devoted a few minutes to discussing
the , circular that has been
sent broadcast through the state attacking
his record in the senate and
said that the author of this circular
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pointed in not receiving an appointment
from Senator Tillman and himself.
In regard to the charge that he
had missed more than half-of the roll
calls, Senator Smith said that he was
not sent to the senate to sit idly at
his desk merely to answer to filibustering
roll calls: that he was in the
senate on all occasions when his
presence was needed, and that the
remainder of the time he spent in
committee work on many of the important
senate committees, in which
work he was of vastly more benefit to
the people than in answering idle roll
calls, many of which were only for the
purpose of killing time. He is willing
to compare his record with any
other man.
He referred to his vote on the ISth
amendment, denying that it was any
abridgement of the rights of states,
in that it is necessary for threefourths
of the states to ratify before
the amendment becomes law. South
Carolina almost unanimously ratified
the amendment, as did almost all the
other states. He is as much in favor
of states' rights as anvbodv else, but
he is heartily in favor of the abolition
of the liquor troffic and has no apologies
to offer for his vote to submit
the amendment. Th i-e are ?ight lawyers
in congress from this state he
said, and one farmer?and he is the
farmer.
Senator Smith v,vt over in detail
his many bills fj- the betterment of
the condition of the farmers, accounted
for his record do iag the war, asserting
that he had supported the
-administration in every particular.
W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, was the
next speaker. Mr. Pollock said that
he was no stranger in anv part of
South Carolina. He had come before
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the people six years ago when a condition
existed that he considered de|
manded his services, and he had offer|
ed himself on the altar of state patriotism.
He said he had a distinction
no other candidate had ever
enjoyed?that of receiving more applause
in that election and less votes
than any other candidate had ever
received.
He had again come before the voters
two years ago seeking the unexpired
term of the lamented, Tillman,
which honor the people had conferred
on him by one of the largest majorities
a candidate had ever received.
He served only three months, and he
gave an account of his services during
this brief period, asserting that
he had stood squarely behind the
president and the Democratic party
throughout. He now asks for a full
term that he might demonstrate what
he can do for the state and that he
rmffht make a record lie mav be Droild
of.
He asserted that he is making no
race against Senator Smith, whom he
referred to as his good friend, or any
other candidate. He asks to be judged
purely on his merits, and if he
has no merit he does not ask for the
vote of any citizen. He stands squarely
on the great Democratic platform,
he believes in states' rights, and does
not consider that the settlement of
the liquor question by congress is any
abridgement thereof. He promised
if elected he will never vote to bring
liquor back. He pleaded with, the,
people to stand back of the Democratic
administration and said that if the
Republican ticket is elected it will
mean a deflation of money. He believes
ardently in the league of nations
and every other plank of the
Democratic platform.
W. C. Irby was the third speaker.
Mr. Irby. stated that he, ^so, was
no stranger to the people, as he had
been a candidate for governor in
1914, and thanked the voters for their
support in that race. He reminded
the voters of the recital of conditions
by the otheT eandidates, and asserted
that he is the only one of the four
who has a solution of the present-day
problems to offer. His principal
theme was the currency question and
warehouses. He is very enthusiastic J
on these matters, and devoted nearly
all of his speech to their discussion. The
profiteers, and speculators
stand between the people and the consumer,
he said, and discussed the drfficulties
the farmers have in attempting
hog and cattle raising; There is
something radically wrong, he said,
when cattle is sold by the farmers
at. 16 cents a pound and then they
have to pay 40 and 50 cents a pound
for the meat. It is to remedy such
conditions that he has devoted his
life. They have called him a crank
on the subject, but he is going to stick
to it.
He criticized the bank laws and
said that there is plenty of room for
improvements, and he ga^e a rap at
the practice of spending millions of
dollars annually in the sending out of
speeches by congressmen and senators
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speeches, he said, never having been I
delivered.
George Warren, of Hampton, was
the last speaker of the day. Mr. Warren
is the youngest of the quartette,
although.he has had several years of
experience in politics, having been
solicitor of his circuit for several
years. States' rights formed one of
the principle features of his speech.
The gradual extension of federal authority
has progressed to such an extent
that states' rights have almost
become obsolete.
The passage of the Volstead enforcement
act, he said, was iniquitous.
He is in favor of prohibition, he said,
but favors state regulation. His stand
on the question has been construed by
some that he is opposed to prohibition,
but he cited the fact that he was
the author of the present state prohibition
law. Mr. Warren said that under
the Volstead act every woman in
the state who extracts a little fruit
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wine for medicine is a criminal in the
eyes of the law.
If elected he will use his influence
for a curtailment of the federal authority
and for the expansion of
states' rights. He defined his youthful
appearance, and said that the
United States senate is no refuge for
the aged and infirm. At the conclusion
of his address he was surrounded
by many admiring friends and was
given a fairly good sized ovation.
All of the candidates vouchafed
their*approval of the principles of the
Democratic party, and assured the
voters if elected they would stand behind
the party.
Tobacco twine at Rentz & Felder's.
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GOVERNOR HEARS
EXTRADITION CASE
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BAMKKKG COUNTY MEN WAXTKJJ
IX XOBTH (W KLIN A.
Final Action Delayed,,
Legal Technicality Prevents Immediate
Decision by Cooped?Voluminous
Evidence.
Columbia, Aug. 8.?Governor
Cooper yesterday postponed final action
on the requisition papers to extradite
W. D. Mayfield, James Breed
en and Henry B. Sandifer, of Denmark
to Anson county, North Carolina,
for trial on a charge of kidnaping,
the request for postponement
coming from counsel for Mr. Mayfield,
Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifsr.
Voluminous testimony was introduced
at the hearing in connection
with the extradition proceedings, covering
the entire history of the case
and the govenor's decision would
probably have been announced immediately
following the reading of
the affidavits but postponement of
final decision was made to allow attorneys
for Mr. Mayfield to present
authorities giving governors of the
asylum state the right to pass on the
"substantial truth" of the facts alleged
in the warrant, accompanying the
request for extradition. Governor
Cooper held that the law only permitted
him to -examine into the technical
correctness of the requisition papers
and did not allow him "to inquire
into the guilt or innocence of the alleged
fugitives." Counsel. for Mr.
Mayfield will be allowed ten days.
.Air. Alayfield and his two"associates
are wanted in North Carolina on a
charge of kidnaping. Jesse Jones -and
Eugene Stroman, two nogr f rema
Eugene Stroman, two negro farm
hands, who had previously worked
for him but several months ago had
gone to Anson county, North Caroline.
J. F. Tic-e, North Carolina constable,
according to J. A. Lockhart,
of Wadesboro. representing the s'tate
of North Carolina at the hearing, has
been arrested in North Carolina in
connection with the case and hiikpreliminary
hearing set for next Friday.
Affidavit of Jones.
Jesse Jones, in his affidavit said
that J. F. Tice, a North Carolina constable,
called at his house on the farm
owned and operated by N. K. Zorn, of
Bamberg ^county, and ordered him to
open his door, representing himself
and party as federal officers connected
with the department of internal
revenue, searching for contraband
liquor. He swore that when lie opened
the door Mr. Tice, Mr. Mayfield
and Air. Breeden drew revolvers on
him while Air.. Alavfield handcuffed
him.
He further swore that after he got
some of his clothing, he was forced to
accompany the party, while Mr. Mayfield
held a revolver at his neck, exclaiming:
"I want to get Eugene now
and I want you to go there and call
him and if you say anything else outside
of just calling him, I'll shoot
your head off." He took the party
to the residence of Eugene Stroman
he declared.
Eugene Stroman testified that the
party consisting of Mr. Tice, Mr. Mayfield
and Mr. Breeden, after Jtmes
called horn and he went to a window,
forced him to come out of his home
without his clothes. They permitted
him, however, to put on his trousers,
but not his shoes, and he was handcuffed
to the other negro, he said.
Both negroes in their affidavits,
testified that*they went up the road to
where the car owned by Mr. Mayfield
was bossed in the mud with Mr. San
difer guarding it. Mr. Tice then went
and got a car driven by Earle Benton,
and Mr. Breeden ordered the negroes
into th? car and, with he and Mr.
Tice guarding them, they were carried
to Cheraw, where they waited
on the Mayfield car. they swore, containing
the owner and Mr. Sandifer.
They were fhen ordered into the car,
still handcuffed, and were carried to
Bamberg by Mr. Mayfield, Mr. Breeden
and Mr. Sandifer, according to the
negroes' affidavits.
Both negroes testified also that they
did not want to return to South Carolina,
but went because they were
afraid they would be killed if they
resisted.
In Middle of Xiglit.
Jones and Stroman testified that
they were taken from their homes between
l'and 2 o'clock on the morning
of July 22, 1920.
Earle Benton, of Wadesboro, a
transfer driver, testified by affidavit
that his car was hired about 4 o'clock
on the same morning by Mr. Tice,
and lie took Mr. Tice, Mr. Breeden
and the two negroes to Cheraw. The
negroes, he swore, were handcuffed
together the entire journey.
i The affidavit of W. D. Mayfield recited
the allegations contained against
the two negroes for selling property
under lien, the requisition of Governor
Cooper for the return of Jones
and Stroman from Anson county, X.
C., and the rejection of it by Governor
Bickett, of North Carolina. Subsequent
to the "hearing by Governor
Bickett on the requisition, he affirmed,
he was informed by Frak Bessinger,
who lives on the Zorn property
in Anson county, >that the two negroes
were dissatisfied and desired to
return to South Carolina, provided
the}' were given sufficient protection
when being brought to this state.
The affidavit stated that Mr. Mayfield,
James Breeden and Henry B.
Sandifer, all citizens of Bamberg
county, went to Anson county in Mr.
Mavfield's automobile and the two
negroes cheerfully accompanied them,
even after they had been informed
that Mr. Breeden had a warrant for
their arrest, which would be served
after they reached the South. Carolina
line. When they got the negroes, according
to the testimony, they were
accompanied by Mr. Tice and Frank
Bessinger, Jones, affirmed the affidavit,
himself went over to Stroman's
house and got him. When his car
got stuck in a bog in the road, he testified
the negroes willingly and cheerfully
helped to pull it out of the hole.
The affidavit likewise dehies that
the "members of the party represented
themselves as federal officers,
used revolvers and handcuffed the
negroes.
Affiant's Position.
The affiant took the position that
he did not bejieve the prosecution was
brought by the negroes but was "instigated
by the hatred of one, M. K.
Zorn, owner of the property in North
Carolina, where the negroes went, has
fof this deponent, which has grown
out of the disputes between Mr. Zorn
and deponent, because of the fact that
Mr. Zorn on various occasions and
through various agents, has caused
many of deponent's laborers to leave
his plantation and other plantations
around Denmark and go to North
Carolina and work on his own place."
The affidavits of Air. Breeden and
Mr. Sandifer were merely papers substantiating
the material allegations in
the affidavit of Mr. Mayfield.
Frank B. Bessiner, who formerly
lived in Bamberg county, but is now
in Anson county, N. C., said that he
knew Jones and Stroman and knew
that they had left the Mayfield plantation
with criminal charges hanging
over them, and gone to North Carolina
to work on the Zorn farm, their
railway fare being paid from Den- .
mark by M. K. Zorn. The negroes
were dissatisfied with conditions ih
North Carolina and expressed the cjesire
to return to Bamberg county if
they had some one to accompany
them. This information, Mr. Bessinger
testified, was transmitted by
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him to Mr. Mayfield, and the latter
and his p.arty came after, the negroes.
The circumstances surrounding the
incidents which took place when
Jones and Stroman were taken from
thejr homes by the Mayfield party as
contained in thp affidavits of Mr. Mayfield,
Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifer,
substantially/were reiterated by Mr.
Bessinger.
No Violence Used.
J. F. Tice, in his affidavit, told of
being approached by the Mavfield
party with the request to accompany
it to the homes of the two.negroes,
which he did; but when informed that
Mr. Mayfield had warrants for the two
negroes, he informed them that he
could not assist in taking Jones and
Stroman forcefully into South Carolina.
He said that the negroes' went
without protest and seemed to be
overjoyed at returning home. He
swore that he did not go either to the
house of Jones or Stroman; that Mr.
Mayfield and Mr. Breeden went to
Jones's house and they and Jones to
Stroman's h'ouse. The remainder of
his testimony was a substantial reiteration
of the other affidavits, except
that he does not mention whether members
of the party impersonated
federal officers, carried revolvers or
handcuffed the negroes.
Affidavits from H. F. Dyches, over- seer
of W. D. Mayfield; C. M. Cox,
bookkeeper for W. D. Mayfield; G. H.
Hope, contractor and builder of Bamberg,
and E. D? Jenkins, negro farm
demonstration agent for Bamberg
county, affirmed that W. D. Mayfield
treated his labor with the greatest
consideration, was kind to them and
many times assumed their debts in
unfruitful seasons, was not known to
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SLAIN BY BROTHER
IN HAMPTON CO
TERRELL SMITH KILLED m
JESSE SMITH.
In Mother's Presence.
First Shot Fired in Garden While On<
Ketiiriis With Milk
Pail.
Hampton, Aug. 9.?Jesse Smitl
shot and killed his brother, Terrel
Smith, at 8 o'clock Sunday morning
about three miles west of Hampton
using a shot gun 'loaded with hire
shot. Facts have been exceedingl:
hard to get, as there werb no eye wit
ness to the first part of the difficulty
According to those who went to th<
scene shortly after the tragedy, ii
seems that Jesse met Terrell in th<
garden as Terrell returned from th<
barn with a bucket of milk in his
hand. Terrell ran for the house bui
was shot in the back just as h<
cleared the corner of the garden nexi
the house. It seems that Jesse followed
and reached the door just as
Terrell put down the bucket of milk
The mother of the two men states
that Terrell turned around as Jess*
reached the door and said, "Jesse
why did you shoot me?"; that Jess*
did not answer but pushed the gur
almost into Terrell's face and fired ?
second time, killing him instantly;
that Terrell was unmarried and apparently
made no effort to defenc
himself, except to try to get out ol
Jesse's way.
Jesse Smith is about 4o years oi
age and lives within a few hundred
yards of where Terrell Smith lived
with their mother on a farm. Terrel'
was about 28 or 30 years old.
NOTE NOW OVERDUE.
Was Made Four Thousand Years Age
For Four Shekels.
Philadelphia, Aug. 1.?The unpaid
note for four shekels of silver bearing
40 per cent, annual interest for nearl\
four thousand years recently was
found among the clay tablets at the
University of Pennsyvania museuir
by Dr. Leon Legrain. The note was
given by a man named Bur-Mama tc
II Sinnutum in October. 1962 B .C.
the ""year in which the King Lim-ir
occupied the town of Dur-Damigilisha."
There were four witnesses to the
note. Instead of signatures the witnesses
placed their seals on the document
and were not liable for paymenl
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unless it was siiown iney Knew tut
character of Bur-Mama was bad wher
they swore it was good.
Although comparisons are difficuli
Dr. Legrain said, a shekel of silver ai
the time the note was made was equa
to about $100 at the present time.
Place to Learn.
Bacon?"They tell me the shac
have begun to multiply."
Egbert;?"That's the advantage o)
their going to schools, I suppose."?
Yonkers Stateman.
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Don't fail to visit the one-day sale
of aluminum ware at G. 0. SIMMOXS'S
on Saturday, August 14
Values from $2.50 to $5.00 for $1.8?
each.
carry arms and was an exemplars
citizen.
A. M. Denbow, of Bamberg, gav(
oral testimony that W. D. Mayfielc
was an upright citizen and substantiated
the affidavits as to the humane
treatment of his labor.'
An indictment, signed by R. L. Gun.
ter, solicitor of the second judicia!
circuit, was attached to the presentation
before Governor Cooper, showing
that Jesse Jones had been charged
with violation of the liquor law ir
Bamberg county, and he pleaded guil?
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ty on Septemoer \?t t i J i O, auu ti m>
sentenced to serve three months oi
pay a fine of $150.
Mr. Mayfield likewise presented ar
affidavit from Earle Benton, the trans
fer driver, which merely stated thai
he drove Mr. Breeden and the twc
negroes from Wadesboro, X. C., t(
Cheraw, and that the negroes slep:
nearly the whole way. He said noth
ing about the negroes being handcuff
ed, as was affirmed in his affidavit pre
sented by the prosecution.
The State of North Carolina wai
represented at the hearing by J. A
Lockhardt, Wadesboro attorney
while counsel for Mr. Mayfield wer<
Edgar M. Brown, of Barnwell, and J
Wesley Crum, of Bamberg.
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SAYS KILLIXtt WAS ACCIDENTAL.
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Marion County Prisoner So Says in
Confession.
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Marion, Aug. 4.?Arcllie Turner,
- one of the men arrested last week
charged with the killing of Edwin #
White, made a confession to Sheriff
John V. Rowell, in which he statesA
substantially the following:
That on a Friday afternoon last
a spring, the day Mr. White was last '
seen alive, he (Archie Turner) was at
the home of Mack Turner, standing
011 the porch with Henry Turner, and
that Mack Turner's wife was in the
! house. That he was playing with his
1 pistol and that it was accidentally
discharged. Immediately after this
shot he heard some one cry out and,
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I going out m iront ui me nuuse, ub
i- found that he had shot Mr. White,
- whom he did not know was anywhere
. around, and Mr. White died instantly.
3 About this time his brother, Mack
t Turner, rode up into the yard. In his
3 excitement he picked up the body of
3 Mr. White and carried it about 150
3 yards back of Mack Turner's house
t to a pine thicket. He left the body
3 there while he went home jmd got
t his father's mule and wagon, in which
- he took the body to a nearby field be3
tween his father's house and Carry
. lake, a small lake adjacent to Little
3 Pee Dee river. He left the body there
j and went ho.me to spend the night.
, Next morning early he pretended he
j was going after a load of straw, put
i his plows and wire in the wagon and
l drove down to where he had left the
; body. He then took the body and
- carried it down to the lake and' hid it
i ti-iovo Qinnjr with thp nlows and wire.
f H? then got a little straw and took it
home. He then came to Marion
c where >he remained until 2 o'clock. ,
I About that time he left Marion, went
I back to where he Jmd left the body,
I putting it in a small boat and wiring
the plows to the body while it was
in the boat. He then started down the
river with the body. He stated that ^
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he did not reach the point in the river
> at which he intended sinking the
body, as he struck a rough place in
the water of the swollen stream and
I the boat turned over, throwing both
j himself and the body into the river.
- When his boat turned over, he swam
5 to shore, where he stood for a few
* minutes, after which he swam track
l and got his boat and went back to
> Carry lake and then home. When
> asked if he had any assistance, he
, stated that no one at all had helped
i him, and that he had done the job all
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- by himself.
Mr. White left his home on Fri>
day afternoon about three months ago
- to assist his brother in the erection 01
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a tombstone in a churchyard about
: one mile away from Mr. White's res- t
s idence. He could be seen walking
l down the road about one-half the distance
until he turned a sharp curve,
t He did not show up at the church and /
t was not heard of again until his body
I was found in the river nine weeks
later, th? body showing a bullet
wound. It had been weighted down
in the water by plows and other scrap
iron, fastened to the body by wires.
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Last week six arrests were made,.
all parties being white and neighbors
f of Mr. White. They were Tim Turner,
Archie Turner, Mack Turner,'Henry
Turner, Kinard Cannojt and the
v father of Kinard Cannon.
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DIES FAR FROM HOME.
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Married in Paris, France, One Year
Ago Saturday.
'Westminster, Aug. 6.?Mrs. Lucia
J Carmanetti Bearden, wife of Keith
1 Bearden, died at the home of 'Mr.
- Beardel's parents Tuesday afternoon.
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< She had been very ill for several
weeks and was given the very best
- medical attention, spending some
1 weeks in Asheville at a sanitarium
but nurses and doctors were of no
? avail. Her death is doubly sad for
I had she lived until Aug. 7 she would
1 have seen their first wedding anni>
* versary, having been married in
5 Paris, France, just before his return
to America. She was practically
among strangers, but her sweet and , .
1 amiable disposition soon won her way
among those she came in contact with.
t His people were her people and were
} very devoted to her, giving men
} and attention for her comfort during
^ her illness. ^
Besides her husband here she
" leaves a mother, father, two sisters
and two brothers in Paris to mourn
her death.
3 The remains were laid to rest in
Westminster Cemetery Wednesday
' morning. Funeral services were con3
ducted at the home.
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Cotton sheets at Rentz & Felder's.
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