The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 19, 1910, Image 4
NEW WAY OUT
A Prisoner, Who Acted As His Own Lawyer,
Moved to Arrest Judge
WHO WAS HEARING CASE
Frank Pierce, Young White Man
Charged With Violating Prohihition
Law in Atlanta, Astounds
Judge Calhoun's Court Friday by
Heading Remarkable Motions.
The Atlanta Journal says Judge
Andrew Calhoun's court was paralyzed
wit.h astonishment Friday morning
by Frank Pierce, a young whits
man charged with violating the prohibition
law, when be snatched the
conduct of his case from l?he lawyer
appointed to defend him, and read
a long list of motion drawn up by
himself which contained, among others,
one to arrest judgment by having
Sheriff Mangum take the court in
custody,.
^ Attorney U. R. Shropshire, the
lawyer appointed, was busy striking
the jury, when Pierce arose and got
the attention of the court.
"If your honor please." said he,
"I don't like the way that lawyer
in handling my case. So I've drawn
up some motions and exceptions
w.hicli I want to read. 1 tried to get
my lawyer to do it, but he intimated
that. I was crazy."
Pel nig in his usual good humor,
Judge Calhoun permitted Pierce to
read his motions.
They were wonders. It is probable
they will go down in the annals of
the criminal court of Atlanta?t.his
being the full entitlement, of .Judge
Calhoun's division?without peer or
parallel. When the court room recovered
from its astonishment it sat
up and began to take notice. Then
it leaned back and laughed. Which
not in the least perturbed the prisoner
at the bar. He just kept on reading.
Under motion No. 1 he submitted 1
that his trial was unconstitutional
on the ground of former jeopardy I
"I was tried and convicted before j
Recorder Broyles?though not really
guilty of selling whiskey," he read, I
"and I served 3 0 days in the stock- I
ade. Therefore, under the constitu- <
tion of the United States 1 cannot ;
lawfully be tried again for the same i
alleged offense."
Motion No. 2 contained the asser- I
tinn Mint t.!ip n etert.i vea who arrested
Pierce had intimated that Judge Cal- I
houn had said he would give Pierce i
the limit, if the evidence waranted i
conviction. "Therefore, T submit,
your honor, Unit you are incompetent
to try my case," read Pierce, "same
as a juror would have no rl'gjit to I
serve if he had previously expressed
an opinion.'
Under motion No. 3 Pierce requested
the court to appoint another j
lawyer to defend him. "1 have tried j
to get Mr. Shropshire to conduct this ^
case as I think it should he," he t
read, "and he won't comply with my ^
wishes in the matter. Therefore, I .,
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want Lawyer Frank Haralson to do- s
fend me." I
Then followed what Pierce evi- (
dentally intended to he a hill of s
-executions. The wording of his concluding
paragraph bore a faint re- ^
semblance to the familiar phraseol- t
ogy of legal documents. He protested
against the judgment of the ,
court, and moved the arrest thereof j
by placing Judge Calhoun in custo- c
dy?in order to give him time "to }
institute habeas corpus proceedings s
in the United States court."
As Pierce finished his paper Lawyer
Shropshire rose to inform the v
court that if the defendant was go- ,
iug to handle his case ho would re- ,,
tire. To which the court readily j
agreed; and thereupon turned to a
Pierce. ,
"It is evident you have a smatter- t
lng knowledge of raw," said the j
court. "But your method of conducting
your case is somewhat mixed
no. For instance, you cannot arrest
judgment, because none has been i
ren '.ered yet. And >\.ur idea of takin,g
your case to the United States
supreme court is a sort of hop, skip
and jump. You can't leap that far
at one bound. If you don't want Mr. j
^Shropshire to represent you, but desire
Mr. Frank Haralson instead, it
is perfectly agreeable to me."
f*>o Mr. Haralson took charge of
the case. He asked for a little time
to "get together" with his client,
and they retired to the nearby prisoners'
cell. *
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CAT GKTS MAI).
Kills a Child and Ijaccrutes Face of I
the Mother.
\\t N^w York a big black house r
cat, rendered mad through the loss
of her kittens, which were drowned,
attacked the three-months-old baby
of Mrs, Henry Saner, pulled it from
the baby carriage and threw it to 1
the floor, fracturing the baby's scull, t
The cat chouched and snarled and then
leaped upon Mrs. Saner, nearly i
gourging out her eyes and tearing (
her face. The cat was subsequently i
hot by a policeman. j
ARE CUT OFF
MANY MINERS AUK ENTOMBED
IN AN ENGLISH MINE.
Terrible Explosion Shuts Up One
liuiiili-eil ujiu Thirty-Six in a Coal
Shaft at White Haven, England.
An explosion in the Wellington
coal mine at White Haven, England, '
during Wednesday night cut off the
exit from 136 miners, who were
working below the surface.
Rescue parties succeeded early on
Thursday in saving four men who
had he n working at the bottom of
the shafts, but were prevented by
the gas from penetrating to a point
where the other men are imprisoned.
Every indication was that inner
workings of th mine were afire. Distracted
crowds of relatives surrounded
t.ho pit head. The colliery is
owned by the Earl of Longsdale and
its workings extend four or five
miles beneath the sea.
' Th-e spot where the 85 hewers and
| some fifty-odd shiftmen still imprisoned
were working at the time of
t.he explosion is about three miles
from the shaft exit.
TRYING TO CHEAT JUSTICE.
Scheme Being Hatched to Keep Jones
Out of Prison.
Attorneys for W. T. Jones, convicted
for the murder of his wife and
sentenced to life imprisonment on
Thursday went before Judge T. S.
Sease and secured an order granting
a stay of the execution of the
sentence.
The remittitur from the State Supreme
Court, which had confirmed
t lie verdict and sentence of the Court
of General Sessions for Union County.
was received by Clerk of Court
Peak? Wednesday morning. That
officer proceeded to make a certified
copy of tlie verdict and sentence of
the Circuit Court, which would have 1
been sent to t.he Penitentiary author- '
ities Thursday, and nil oflicer would '
have been sent from the Penitentiary '
to convey Jones to that institution.
This is the regular and orderly pro- *
sedure in such cases.
The order of Judge Seas? stays J
this, however, until Saturday next,
it least, at whicdi time the attorneys [
will appear before the Judge for a 1
hearing. The affidavits upon which
the order is based have not been fil- *
?d, and their nature or by whom they 1
ire made is not known. The order
recites, however, that affidavits have .
been submitted to the effect that 1
there was misconduct on the part of
jurors who tried the case, and fur- "
ther, that claim is made that there 1
is after discovered evidence, which (
nay offset the merits of the case.
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GEORGIA STRUCK IJY STORM. S
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[lain, Wind and Hail Kiiin Crops 1
of That State.
A special to th? Augusta Chronicle
"roin Culverton, Ga., says a very '
leavy wind and hail storm there
rhursday afternoon was the worst
hat has ever visited that section.
,Vhile there were no lives lost, so far
is can be ascertained, there wore 'j
everal houses blown from their pilars
and the steeple of the Metho- *
list Church was blown down and \
everal houses were unroofed. 0
One of the K. K. L>. carriers, wno t
ins just come in. reports that cot- r
on and corn along his route are ^
onipletely ruined and that there is p
lot enough left to tell what wan
dan ted in the fields. The peach j]
rop from the section will bo a com- (j
ilete failure, as the main part of the j,
torin passed directly through the ^
ieac.li centre. f,
Several thousand dollars' damage e
vas done in Atlanta Thursday after- t
10011 by one of the worst hail and
ain storms in its history. The max- r
muni wind velocity was sixty miles j
in hour, rain of one-half inch was t
ecorded within t.hirtv minutes, and
lie ground was almost covered with
lail stones.
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lvI LI.Ill) mtOTHUH'S SLAYKK.
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)ne .Man WIio Had Killed Another
Is Sliot Dead. j
At Hirniingham, Ala., Abe Tdddon, <
proprietor of the Seminole hotel, who '
last week shot and killed Thomas 1
A f/\ 1 1 /?ur{ II rr a /I 11 a rrol SJlltl ? ^
f\K'A(lllut;i MMiun iii^ a v. , uu-i
lay nt^t his death at the hands of '
Ids victim's brother, Robert H. Alex- '
snder. Liddon was shot down by '
Alexander on a prominent street 1
corner, one bullet penetrating his 1
temple and another his left side, !
death resulting within one hour.
"You are the ? ? that klllou '
my brother," were the brief words 1
nf warn!nig which fell from the lips '
of Alexander, as he approached Liddon,
according to eye-witnesses. Sev"li
"t.i iii nntAlf aiKifiouiiimi fnl~
Ul (I I OllUl.l 111 ?{141V/I% PUVVVMV?\/ia ? V . I
lowed his words. Alexander is held l
without bail. * <
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Robbers Cuptured. I
The two bandits, wno .held up the <
Phoenix and Maricopa passenger (
rain Thursday night near Phoenix,
\riz., were captured Friday night by
i posse, headed by Sheriff Carl Haylen
and Immigration Inspector Cron- ?
n, in the desert beyond Casa Grande, r
Iriz. <3
DENOUNCE THE TARIFF
SPELLS RUIN FOlt THE UEPUBLICAN
PARTY AS IT IS.
Senator Dolliver and Cummins, Insurgent
Republicans, Berate the
IjAW and Those Who Made It.
Ringing denunciations of the tariff
bill and the men who passed it i
characterized the speeches made on
Wednesday night by Senator Jonathan
P. Doliver and Albert B. Cummins,
at Des Moines, in opening the
progressive campaign in Iowa. The
Collisenin wsa crowded by 10,0 00
progressives.
The meeting followed district conferences
throughout the day, at
whic.h steps were taken to reconstruct
the old Cummins organization
and to organize tho state by counties
and precincts.
Even President Taft did not escape
the aspersions of the Senators, wiiiie
Senator Aid rich was named as tho
leader of corporate greed and avarice.
Senator Dollivver referred to the
President as the "titular leader" of
the Republican party, which meant,
ho said, "a good man surrounded
by people who knew exactly what
they wanted."
Roth Senators declared that if t.he
Republican party continues the policy
advocated by tho "reactionary"
leaders it would spell ruin to the party.
Among these leaders Senator Aldrich
was frequently mentioned as
tlio man "allied wun me LriiggenheiniB
and the Ryane and Paul Morton
in a mammoth trust, incorporated
as a rubber company which is allowed
by the aricles of incorporation
to participate in any kind of business
anywhere on t.ho face of the
earth, and which is one of tho holding
companies in the Guggenheim
syndicate for the control of the 1
wealth of Alaska." '
These are the men who woro re- '
sponsible for the tariff during the (
extraordinary session," declared Son- (
ator Dolliver. "The bill is only a c
scheme to rob the people, and to 1
increase the holding of such gigantic r
syndicates as I have mentioned.
"The troubles in tho Republican c
>arty have come not because of what c
las been said, but of what has been I
'one. It has been said that the tar- 1
ff bill is a good law. In fact, we ;
lave on high authority, that it is 1
ho best tariff bill ever passed. But r
lot only do I denounce such tariff e
egislation, but I am not particular- r
y enamored of those who passed v
t."
The cotton manfacturers' schedule ^
Senator Dolliver stamped as one of 1
he most daring iniqultious features s
>f the new tariff, in which the rates 1
vere either advanced or unchanged H
?n or? iVIoc. of pnim u ill t i vp vnlnp nf 0
5600,000,000 touching (particularly a
otton clothes for women's and chil- a
iron's summer wear."
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MOKE QUAKES. {i
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riiousands of People Lc-uve Sail Jose
iu Alarm.
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Heavy earthquakes were felt at r
lan .lose, Costa Rica, Wednesday, d
'housands of persons are leaving the
itv in alarm. A series of severe
hocks was experienced Wednesday. 51
Vliile fear has seized a great part d
f the populace, the authorities con- c
inue resolutely to work among the 1
uins at Cartago. Many living per- a
one have been released from the de- 11
ris, and some of these will survive. ^
In most instances identification is
mpossble. It is reported that the
ead include two Americans. The
ted Cross organization, the police, "|
he military and members of the
oreign colonies are actively engagd
in the relief work. As faBt as
Ivy are discovered, the injured ones
re removed to this city, where thoy 8
eceive medical attention. The pub- t
ic schools have been converted into b
einporary hospitals. t
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TAKES FATAL LEAP. \
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auly Patient Jumps from Hoof of t
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Charlotte Sanitarium. c
Mrs. Virginia P. McDairmid, f>r> ?
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,-ears old, of L?umberto.i, N. C., Tues- J
lay afternoon cast herself from the t
toof of the Charlotte Sanitarium,
where she had been a patient for six
weeks, to the pavement sixty foot
>elow, meeting instant death. With
3ther patients and nurses Mrs. MoDairmid
was on the roof garden of
the hospital and, while Uie nurses'
attention was directed elsewhere,
she climbed a railing and threw her- i
self to the pavement below. She was 1
to have left Uve hospital the next (
morning for her home, her son being \
In Charlotte to accompany her. (
Fell Into laikc. (
More than thirty persons, two of t
Lhcm women, were precipitated into i
rireat Salt Lake Friday night, when t
he stairway leading to the Salt Air t
Hippodromo gave way. TJiey fell a l
iistance of twelve feet into live feet
)f briny water.
Five Killed. a
Five German sailors wore killed I
md two injured while laying mines g
enr Wilhelshnveu in a practice a
trill. , v
MEETS DEATH
In Sinking Steamer On the Mississippi
River on Last Thursday
THIRTEEN ARE DROWNED
The City of Saitillo Strikes Hidden
Itoek and Flounders Near Shore.
She Had on Hoard Twenty-Seven
Passengers and a Crew of Thirty
Men.
Eleven persons are missing and
two women passengers are drowned
as a result of the packet City of Saltillo
striking a rock and foundering
in reach of shore at Glen Park, on
the Mississippi River, 24 miles south
of St. Louis Thursday night.
The dead:
(Miss Anna Rhea, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Isaac T. Jthea, Nashville,
Tenn., (body recovered.)
Missing and believed dead:
S. C. Banker, first clerk of the
steamer.
Mrs. Joe Harris, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Archie Patterson, Chester,
111.
Archie, Patterson, Jr., two years
old.
W. J. Pickett, salesman, St. Louis.
Fowler Post, third clerk.
Miss Lena Wall, Nashville, Tenn.
Head porter, name unknown.
Cabin hoy, name unknown.
Two roustabouts, names unknown.
Captain Harry Crane, in command
of the boat, and one of the survivors
announced Thursday morning after
checking up the passenger list that
it was almost certain those reported
missing were dead.
T.he boat carried 2 7 passengers,
IIHJSL U1 WiiUlll n^ie vv 1/ ii 111 anu v^niilren,
and a crew of thirty. She left
at. Louis at 7 o'clock with a heavy
?argo including a number of catle
and livestock and the voyage was
;onsidered precarious because of the
imount of driftwood floating in the
iver due to the annual spring rise.
The known dead were the wife and
laughter of Isaac T. Rhea, president
>f the St. Louis and Tennessee river
>acket company, owners of the bo~c.
drs. Rhea was dragged from the
vater alive but died within an hour.
The body of Miss Anna Rhea was not
ecovered. 'Miss Louise Rhea, anothr
daughter escaped. They were enoute
to their home in Nashville after
isiting friends in St. Louis. i
Glen Park, the scene of the acci- I
lent is a river landing, the chief
uiildings of which are a general
fore, a boarding house and a cement
ilant. T.he place is almost inacces- '
ible to telegraph lines and the news
f the disaster came to St. Louis in
roundabout way f mm Kimmswick
nd Sulphur Springs.
Shortly before reaching Glen Park
ho Saltillo encountered a shoreward
raw, which was fougnt frantically
y the pilots. The engines were reersed,
but efforts to prevent the
ollision were unavailing. As the big
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espite the reversed engines and the
udder thrown hard over, she was
riven with increasing speed toward 1
uul and turned completely around. j
With the noise of rending timbers J
nd the shrieks of women and chil- *
?ren passengers, the cries of the [
rew and the bellowing of t he carle,
the vossel struck a hidden rock
nd sank almost in reach of land r
t a point where the water was thirty *
eet deep. r
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OITOSIXS Til 10 KING I'LAN.
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Imusnnds of Democrats in Tonnes- ?
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see Talk Out. j
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., ?
ays more than ten thousand signa- 1
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ures from iifty-fouv counties have .
ieen received at the headquarters of !
ho independent judicial candidates r
n behalf of the mass meeting on 1
Vednesday. Itefore the convention j
neets it Is likely that 15,000 signaures
will have been secured of rep- esentative
citizens from all over the ^
Hate. The meeting will he held to <
irotest against the action of the j
State Democratic executive commir- <
ee and Gov. Patterson in regard to <
he so-called blanket primary plan. <
A YOUNG FIKN1). <
\ Ten-Year-Old Negress Poisons Two <
Small Children. <
At Demo-polis, Ala., because her i
notner refused to allow her to go to i
Birmingham, a 10-year-old negress <
employed by Davis Collins, a wealthy 1
>lanter, as a nurse for his two small 1
children, gave dog poison to them. ,
rhe youngest, aged three months, .
lied in agony and her sister's condiion
is serious. The negress was ar?
and senilis unconcerned over
he matter. Indignation in the conn- *
y is intense and the negro child is (
>eing closely guarded. i
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llungcd in Georgia.
At Americus, Ga., Henry Patteron,
colored, admitting t-ho killing,
nit pleading justification, was hangd
Friday for the atrocious murder
, year ago of Capt W. F. McRae, a
irominent planter.
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IJODY PLACED ON TRACKS.
Engineer of Approaching Train Discovers
Murder.
A. C. Harrison, a prominent resltl<*
111 of Maplesville, near Selma, Ala., '
was murdered early Sunday morning ,
Ktr II Ir ti ?'?1 ndi'tioc Tn nil nonpar
luinuw .. u I'"* ~ ,
ances his skull had been crushed in |
from a heavy blow over the head |
and placed 011 the tracks of the
railway. The discovery of the crime
was made by the engineer and the
authorities were notified. f
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and rheumatism. Recently I have
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and take pleasure in recommendng
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ind could not raise my arm without
nueh pain. I was persuaded to try
Noah's Liniment, and in less than a
veek was entirely fre? fram pain. I
eel justified in speaking of it in tho
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rlass."
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J Columbia, S. C.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
For a short wb'lc we have decider: j
o save our future customers agents
expenses. This will save about twenty
,er cent, on Organs, and about tor
>er cent on Pianos.
Organs, from $75 up.
Pianos, from $225 up.
Less the discount as stated above
Vrite at once for catalogs and terim
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RHOEA & DY5CORDIAL
ARANTEEI). PIUOE OF EACH 127k;.
CLAS&IFIfcD COt UMN
For Sale.?5 00 bushels fine cottom
seed, Laten strain. $2.00 per bu.
f. o. b. R. E. Edward's. El lores,
S. C.
Wanted?To buy wool, beeswax, tallow.
Write for prices. Crawford
& Co., 508-510 Reynard St., Augusta,
Ga.
Our $1 Adding Machines save time
and worry. Guaranteed. Thousands
sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mfg.
Co., Rutherfordton, N. C.
lOden Watermelon Seed for Sale at
75c. per pound. The best ttavor?4
shipping watermelon grown. J.
M. Farrell, Blacksville, S. C.
For Sale?Milch cows Jersey's, gradt
Jerseys and Holstelns. All of th?
best breeding. Registered jerse)
male calves. M. H. Sams, Jonas
ville, S. C.
Touchers wanted for excellent positions
now vacant. Trustees suppile
1 with Teachers. Attractive
booklet, 'A Plan" free. Southern
Teachers' Agency, Columbia, S. C.
White Wyandotte Kggs, 1 Oc each.
Hip blocky l>i rrl s. snow white,
Fishe strain, trio buffs, trio white*,
pair Columbian's. S. A. Fernell,
R. 1, Columbia, S. C.
Insurance?One of the oldest annual
dividend life insurance companies
toffers special contract to part or
full time agents for Miifc county.
Drawer 70, Columbia, S. C.
Wanted?Names of those wanting
teachers: names of teachers desiring
positions. No charge to
school officials. Address with
stamp. Piedmont Teachers' Bureau,
Durham, N. C.
Agents Wanted.?$.'1 to $5 daily assured
selling our harness attachment
line holder. Lightning seller;
cheap; exclusive territory given.
Write today. National Specialty
Co., Dept. S., Lexington, Ky.
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Young Men Wanted for Railway Mail Jk
Clerks and other Government posltlons.
Salary $800 to $1,600.
Examinations soon. Common education
sufficient. Write for particulars.
American Institute, Dept.
28, Dayton, Ohio.
Wanted?Hardwoods, logs and lumber.
We are cash buyers of poplar,
cedar and walnut logs. Also
want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cypress
and oak lumber. Inspection
at your point. Easy cutting. Write
us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co., s
Augusta, Ga. m
Late Seed Potatoes for sale, "New
Dixie." Good keepers and croppers.
Practically bug and blight proof.
I made 9 70 bushels on 5 1-2 acres
planted July 14 and 15 last year.
Price 75c per bushel f. o. b. Claremont,
Va., if ordered on or before
May 15. J. M. Hughes, Claremont,
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Pedigreed English Setters, Puppie*,^ ^
and Pure Gordons, Setter Puppiee,
at prices that will please the lover
of bird dogs. Also Barred Plymouth
Rocks and Rose Comb
Rhode Island Red eerea from host
of pure stock. $1 and $1.50 for
15 eggs. Write B. H. Middle*
brooks, Yatesville, Ga.
UrgainH In Pure Bred Stock?rtcll
and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4^1
months old from regular stock at
$15 each. (One Bred Sow (China
Betsey No. 119177) Due to farrow
in April, at the small sum of
$75; has farrowed twice, first Utter
10 pigs, second 11. S. C. B
Leghorn IOggs?15 for $1; 30 to?
$.90; 100 for $5. In answerin*
this ad mention this paper. . .
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