The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 29, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVI.
GRAND JURY
WILL HANDLE
At Least Consider the Matter
of The Bellamy
Injiiv/i iayc
ACCOUNT MADlf
BY EXPERTS
: Shows Shortage of Over $10,000.
Private Accountant
Finds item Reducing this
The Grand Jury of the County
i will, no doubt, take notice this week
of the reported shortage in the office
of the County Treasurer. The
present Treasurer went into the office
on July 1st and he receipted for
the funds that belonged to the
County that were on hand on that
date, about $62,000.00; and amounting
to this report of the firm of
Bourke and Campbell, ejcpert accountants,
employed by the Comptroller
General, this amonut for
which Mt. Barker receipted lacked
about $16,000.00 of being the amount
that should have been turned over
to him. The expert accountants
who made up this report after a
careful audit of all of tho books,
have officos in Georgetown and At
lanta, Georgia. Mr. O. P. Bourke of
the firm is a resident of Georgetown
and his firm is frequently employed
by State officials to investigate
books and make up accurate
statements of the finances. This
report mad*? by the experts covers
>ne year extending from July 1st,
1920 to June 30th, 1921, and it gives
he net shortage in the County's
unds as $10,850.25.
This amount includes tax penalies
of the year of 1918 amounting
o $3,528.98. By tax penalties we
nean the extra percentage added
10 the tax by reason of their not
!aving been paid on time. The law
rovides a graduated scale of inreasing
penalties, the longer the
ix payers put off their payments
Ve judge from this report that the
surer must have collected for
11 the penalties except the year
which is still against him as
i\V f the items of shortage. Just
hat action the Grand Jury will
ike cannot be known until they
\\v<> finished up their work for the
rrn and make their final presentlent.
The Bonding Company, who
responsible for this amount of
jjoney, urfless, of course, it should i
paid by Mr. Bellamy, took some
gtion lately by preparing to make
demand on Mr. Bellamy for the
jney, no doubt with the view of
zing the foundation for a lawsuit
ainst him in the matter.
' Mr. J. S. Vaught, the Agent of
2 Company, had a telegram from
> manager of the Company rerding
the matter. The Agent said
? Bonding Company would pay as
>n as they had time to thoroughly
'estigate and make certain that
f shortage as reported is correct,
in the meantime, as stated last
ek, the ex-treasurer is having the
>ks thoroughly audited by an Acftntant
employed by him. We are
!. authorized to publish the name
the expert but the expert has
?d that he has found an item of
>00.00 which will certainly reduce
amount found by the other
In and make the shortage that
Ich less, but when this news came
the audit had not been finally
gipleted.
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i A. TYLER
MAKES FAILURE
A. Tyler, a country merchant
he Allsbrook section made an asment
on September 14th, to G.
flu tier, as assignee for the bene,of
creditors. It was not defi.
y known here as to the amount
he indebtedness of Tyler, but
:? is one claim alone amounting
ver seven hundred dollars. There
a number of claims it appears,
e first meeting of creditors was
for Loris on Friday, September
Her was thought to he sound fiially
and certainly had a pretty
credit with the wholesale
>s of the country.
LL PURCHASE
PIPE ORGAN
Cff I. Lewis is the chairman of
irmt4-ee appointed some time ago
f 11?rlo n mr* cA n nino
IU5U luinw anu I'uitna^ u
for the Conway Methodist
h. Dr. Lewis has found time
ly to put in much time in talk- I
lis up and has already written
> manufacturers of several dif,
makes of instrument.
ns are in the making1 for the
h- of the necessary money and
jpo organ i . an assured fact,
instrument, which will be mod.
very reopoct, will b*> installed
new Methodist Church.
bribe W> the Herald only $2.00^
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SHELLY GUILTY
OF BASTARDY
Formerly Was Tried for Seduction
and Cleared
L.. I
uy jury
The case of bastardy against Burne
Shelley wan tried last Monday in the
| Court of General Sessions.
At a former term of the court the
J defendant was tried for seduction by
i the same prosecution and he was acquitted
of the charge.
After the acquittal of the defendant
on the charge of seduction, the
bastardy charge was commenced and
resulted in this trial, as the defendant
denied that he was the father
of the infant in question.
The State swore a young woman
who went on the stand and said that
the child she was holding on her lap
was the offspring of Burns Shelley,
the defendant. She was cross examined
at length by the attorney for the
defendant, but nothing seemed to be
effective in changing her oath as to
the parentage of the child.
The baby in court was an unusually
i fine looking female infant. It was
lusty and nad every appearance of
perfect health. It attracted the at;
tention of many, just as 'any other
good looking baby will do, and it had
the pity of many in the thought that
this poor little innocent, result of
somebody's sin, was here in court
without knowing the significahce of
its position in society.
The defendant was found guilty.
He was sentenced to make the bond
in the sum of $300, conditioned for
4-U^ i ? f li-or - ii. - it
mr: payinciiL 01 uu mt' moiner OI
the child for twelve consecutive years.
, This is what the law provides in such
cases. On failure to make the bond,
defendant would be imprisoned.
CONFEDERATE REUNION
Chattanoga, Tenn.?The Confederate
Reunion Committee, through its
committee on finance, has been making
a drive this week for the fund*
necessary to entertain the reunion to
he held here October 25 to 27 inclusive,
with the result that the sum
already pledged insures the financial
success of the enterprdise. More
than half the sum decided on as the
minimum amount was secured the
first day of the drive, which, -so far
as known here, sets a record for
collections for a Confederate Reunion.
Before the end of the week
all of the money needed to finance
the reunion committer v. ill have been
secured.
Interest throughout Confederate
Territory in the reunion has increased
wonderfully within the past
week. The indications now are that
i i . i I ...Ml l- 1 -
mo attendance win no lar^r irom
all of the Southern States and also
from some of the border states. Men
who have been watching reunion*
for several years forecast a crowd
of 35,000 to 40,000 while others
nlace the attendance in excess of
these figures.
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SHOWS IMG SNAKE
N. T. Collins was in Conway last
Thursday showing one of the largest
rattle snakes ever captured in tin's
section of South Carolina. This
snake was dead, of course. He was
brought in hanging to the back of Mr.
Collins* wagon.
This snake measured five feet in
length and about eight or nine inches
in circumference.
Quite a crowd of people gathered
round the wagon on Main Street to
look at this snake.
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COUNTY CONVENTION AT
AYNOR A SUCCESS
The County Sunday School convention
held at Aynor on Tuesday, September
27, was a great success in
every respect. Mr. Leon C. Palmer
from the state association was there
and gave several helpful talks dnrinf
the day. Dr. J. C. Atkinson of the
Conway Methodist Church ill so gave
a very good talk during the morning
session.
The convention opened at 10:30
o'clock and the following officers were
present: W. M. Goldfinch, president;
P. G. Holiday, secretary; Paul
Quattlebaum, treasurer; J. F. Harper
and P. M. Coleman, district presidents.
We had about seven preachers present,
representing the Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist churches in the
county.
Twenty-four Sunday schools were
represented, this being the most
r<AU/\/\1ci tlf a U 1?a nttAtl Imi/1 UAIMlAKArtf a/I
nvuui'io wu nave tvui iki\i i i;|mi;r?unicu
at a county convention before. Great
pood should come from this as no one
could attend one of these meetings
without being a better Sunday school
worker. .
During the afternoon session Mrs.
\. C. Thompson and Mrs. C. H. Sniler
gave very helpful talks on prinary
and junior work.
The county allotment was raised in
full at the convention. Horry was
'to first county to do this.
The people of Aynor gave the contention
a most hearty reception. The
huvch had been decorated with green
slants and other suitable flowers.
They ahio served a delightful dinner
n the church grounds. Special music
was al>o rendered by local tai nt,
rhe convention closed with ;j. st<> icling
or tharlcs to Aynor *V>r the splen- ;
did way in which they received uv.
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CONWAY, S. 0 , THURSDAY,
COURT PROCEEDS
WITH TRIALS
The Court of General Sessions convened
at Conway last Monday morning
with His Honor, Frank B. Gary
as the presiding judge.
At an early hour the usual court
week crowd began to gather in Conway.
Witnesses and jurors were apparently
here on time. The judge and
the solicitor and the court stenographer
all arrived in Conway on Sunday
night. The court v/as opened
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promptly at iv o ciock.
The first business attended to was
the swearing1 of witnesses for the
grand jury. This took up about one
hour of the time of the solicitor.
This was followed by the general,
charjre of the court covering the
crimes alleged in the various indictments
and then the grand jury retired
for the purpose of considering
these matters.
a great number of different
crimes changed, but there was
an absence of heinious crimes from
the docket, as compared to the number
of cases before the court. There
was no case of great interest set for
trial at this term. The great majority
of the cases involved charges of
assault and battery, petty larceny,
violation of liquor laws and the violation
of various other special statutes
of the ponal code.
The couit went ahead with the trial
of the cases pending and made rapid
progress. Solicitor L. M. Gasque took
hold of the business in hand with his
uvut'.l zeal and disposed of many longstanding
matters. He is a tireless
worker ail through the days of court
week. His record for keeping clean
/I ^ 10 wnfU U i ^ Inn
WUVi\^. I m wn 111^, MH.il liio vjh.ii
ing experience in the criminal courts
us state prosecuting officer.
The court, in its chary:? to the
p.rand jury, called attention to the
evident prevalence of crime in this
.-state and the taking of the law into
the hands of the perpetrators. He
said ii was time for the law abiding
people to organize for the punishment
and prevention of crime. He said we
nmst take hold or the time of anarchy
is nigh. He stated the causes as he
understood it for this tendency among
the reasons being the late war, the
low price of cotton and the making
of illicit whiskey.
The State vsl H. J. Prince, charged
with keeping a disorderly house, was
called in the absence of defendant,
who did not appear. No reason appeared
for the failure of defendant to
appear. The state went ahead to try
him iin his absence and a jury was
empanelled.
It soon appeared in the evidence
that this was the house where George
P. Prince was killed by Morgan Todd
sometime last year. Todd was tried
for the killing and is now serving a
term of three years on the public
works.
Testimony was given by a number
ot witnesses snowing tnat cursing
and fighting had gone on there; that
some of them were drunk; and that
the general reputation of the house
was had. N. M. Gause testified he
lived near the place and that he saw
l>oys and girls going to and from the
house. He said the reputation of the
house was had and that Morgan Todd
had caused H. J. Prince to be indicted.
Isaac Holmes told of seeing bad company
at the house, though he had not.
been to the house for two years before
George Prince was killed. Emma
Holmes testified to bad conduct
at the home of H. J. Prince; and the
state here closed the case, and the
jury retired to the room to consider
the finding of their verdict. At this
time the defendant, H. J. Prince arrived
in the courtroom and informed
the solicitor that he had been delayed
in coming to the court. The court
then called the jury back to their
seats and stated that as Prince had
come to court, the case would be tried
over so that the defendant should
have a fair trial. Prince had no lawyer,
but Jooked after his own case.
Prince got a chance to make a showing
in his own behalf and he succeeded
remarkably well for an unlearned
man; he showed that Morgan Todd
had been stilling liquor in partnership
with his son, George F. Prince, and
that he could not break this up until
after this killing took place and then J
conditions improved. It appeared that]
this prosecution grew out of about
the same trouble as that which caused
the killing of George F. Prince.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty and the aged defendant was
sentenced to serve three months in
the public works .
The State vs. Otto Guyton, charged
with perjury, was also called up and
was dismissed by the solicitor, it appearing
that satisfaction of several
matters had been made by parties
since the last term of the court.
The court then took up the State
vs. Burne Shelley, charged with seduction.
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DAWSEY AT REHOBOTH
Rev. Cyrus B. Dawsey, a returned
missionary from Brazil will lecture ,?t
"ehnboth Methodist Church on th-?
first ^undav in October at H oVloci
on the subject. "Our Missionary
Work In Brazil." They are expecting
a large audience, on that clay as
this is the church from which the
Rev. Mr. Dawsey went into the work
seven years ago.
At 3:30 Rev. Jamey Best will fi'I
the regular appointment a; Pisgah
church.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 1921
MYSTERY IN
A SHOOTING
Mystery partly surrounds the
shooting* of Alex. Bourn and another
younj? man by the name of Davis
last Sunday nisrht at about o'clock.
Bourne was strucq in the hand
with buckshot while Davis was shot
almost to death. Davis was taken to
the hospital, where he was expected
to die.
No reason has been ferretted out
for the affair. The boys were shot
by Charley Prescott, an elderly white
farmer, who lives on the Dog Blu-T
road. The sheriff went to Prescott's
house and was told by Mrs. Presscott
that her husband had left with his
gun and some shells. Later Prescott
was located but no warrants had been
sworn out.
According to the story told by Alex
Bourne he and Fulton Davis were
leaning against the Prescott fence
talking, when the shot was fired, and
according to him the shooting was
withoutSmy provacation.
Examination of the premises, it is
said, shows signs of blood inside of
the Prescott yard.
The father of young Davis is dead.
CASES TRIED
WITH RESULTS
Several Criminal Cases Disposed
of Quickly by
the Court
The court disposed of the jail
cases first this week. The work
was disposed of very rapidly.
George Bland, charged with the
breaking of the store of Sasser
Bros., at Myrtle B<ach was tried
on Monday afternoon. The defendant
is a negro boy of about 14
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end of the Annex of the Myrtle
Beach Hotel. The store carried
cigars, cigarettes, and other things.
Ernest Sasser, a member of the
firm testified he missed goods from
the store and found them at the
house of another defendant where
George Bland lived. There was no
< ther proof made and the state consented
to a directed verdict of not
guilty.
The next case called was against
the same defendant, George Bland,
oil a charge of stealing from the
depot at Myrtle Beach. He was defended
by G. Lloyd Ford by appointment
of the court. The defendant
was cleared by the jury.
Fred Alston pleaded guilty to
larceny and was sentenced to three
years, on the reformatory farm for
colored boys.
The state vs. John Edge was
called and tried. The defendant was
charged with the larceny of two
buggy wheels and a sack of fertilizer
of the value of $45.00 from A.
A. Graham, at Aynor.
Fred Alston pleaded guilty to
housebreaking and was sentenced to
c>n<> year.
John Edge, tried on a charge of
larceny, was found guilty of the
charge and was sentenced to two
years in the public works of Horry
County or a like period in the State
penitentiary.
The State vs. Eddy Williams ended
by a plea of guilty and defendant
was sentenced to the penitentiary.
The State vs. Thomas Gaddy,
charged with stealing from the store
of Solomon Scherr. Scherr's store
had been robbed when some one
raised the sash and took out a suit
of clothes. Gaddy was connected
with the crime by the testimony of
Ulins Johnson, who said he had seen
this man reaching a pole inside the
window of the Scherr store, and later
saw him coming out between two
shops with a dark suit of clothes on
his arm.
The State vs. Jimmie Jones was
tried on a charge of burglary arid
i _l ~ ii..l _ 1* i.
larceny unci resulted in a veruici ox
guilty, and be was sentenced to a
term in the reformatory.
Furman Hughes pleaded guilty to
the charge of miscegenation and was
sentenced to hard labor for twelve
months or pay a fine of $500.
Otto Guvton was tried on a charge
of purjerv in swearing at a former
term of the court that he had not
gotton from Frank W. Sessions a
check on the Conway National Hank
for the sum of $100. It happened
last spring, when Guy ton was being
tried on a charge of obtaining goods
by false pretenses and at which time
ho had denied getting such a check,
such statement being considered material
to the case then being tried. (
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OTHER CASES
The State vs. W. Clem Ray was 1
tried on Tuesday afternoon. The par- <
ticulars of this .affair appeared in the i
Herald some time ago at the time of
the occurrence. ]
Otto Guyton was convicted of ps-1- i
jury and was sentenced to pay a f.ne <
of SI00 and s vve n sentence it ha. d *
labor for a period of six months. <
??7?r 1
AsTTFTe coos on ar-J ous; ess ? .?crease
< in amount and kinds, the demand
for blank forms on which to
transact it increase; ivnd theVe is
really nothing in tlic world today that
can save so much time as these in
the transaction of businea.
mlit.
METHODISTS
WANT PLANT
Launch Movement to Raise
Hi r- _ ?
ivieuessary runas ror
S. S. Building
The Methodists in Conway are very
much interested just now in plans
for raising the funds to build their
church a modern Sunday School plant,
such as there is nothing like just now
in the state. The project was brought
up several months ago as the need for
i^ore room for the Sunday School
classes grew imperative. An architect
was employed to pv? pare plans
for adding to the oi l church building
making the old and the new into
o modern structure in keeping with
the style of the new church; also t->
look into the matter of adding a second
story to the old building and h<1
ding the needed class rooms on this
second floor.
A meeting of the trustees and
stewards of the church was h?ld at
the church last week to consider further.
The plans had beer received
from the architect and thes? were
spread upon the table fjv all to see.
Two contractors were present and
giv* their view:' of the con uuc.fr
both } Inns. T*?y?* was much discussion
of the best time to ask for
pledges. Before the meeting was
ended several pledges wore taken
from those present, but it was
decided to place this work in the
.*.and.s of the committee.
The plans made by the architect,
if carried out would give the Conway
church the most modern Sunday
School olant in the State of South
Carolina, possibly the only thin# n?
its kind, and costliness, in the South.
Plans show three floors, basement,
second and third floors the basement
fitted with kitchen and dining rooms,
clo ;ets and modern conveniences.
The meeting* held last week showed
that the Methodists are determined in
this matter and there will be more
to print about this improvement a
little later.
24,0(MTKILLED
WHILE AT WORK
3.000,000 Hurt in American
Industries in Year. Preventive
Movement On
Washington. ?Twenty-four thousand
American workmen were killed
by industrial accidents last year.
Throe million were injured. Of
these 3.000 were hurt so severely that
they never were able to go back tc
work.
This means that eighty men were
killed every working day last vear or
ten every hour in an eight-hour day.
Ten thousand were hurt every day,
ten of them permanently incapacitated.
These figures are estimates of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, United
States Department of Labor. Actual
figures cannot be had, for seven states
do not report accidents or fatalities
and others are slow about reporting.
But the skilled statisticians of the
labor department, who have been
studying industrial accidents for
years, can make a very close estimate,
just .is life insurance statisticians can
tell you when you are likely to die.
Here is a table of figures for last
year:
K;,led in accidents 24,000
Permanently disabled 3.000
Temporarily disabled 3,000,000
Disabled one to 14 days 2,000,000
Disabled two to four weeks.. 500,000
Disabled more than 4 weeks.. 000,000
Permanent partial disabilities
65,400
Loss of one eye 5,000
Loss of one hand or arm 2,000
Loss of one foot or leg 1,000
Loss of one finger or part 45,000
Loss of 2 or more fingers 7,500
All other injuries 3,000
Official figures of earlier years
show that steam railways cause more
industrial fatalities than any other
big industrial group and that fatalities
are least frequent in the ore
dressing industry .
The industrial hygiene section of
the United States Public Health Serv- ]
ice is doing its utmost to bring down
the appalling total of accidents and)
fatalities.
NOT AT <CON\VAY
"Fatty Arbuckle is known in
every corner of the world by botn
:>!d and young; and in every corner
^f the world both old and youn?
have read of his present plight
whereby he is now confined in a California
jail charged with murder.
In most places where his comedy
pictures were due to be shown, the
managers of the theatres cut them
>ut; but so far as we have found
Dut there were no "Fatty" pictures
lue in this section of South Carolina
since the alleged crime
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More Truth Than Poetry.
Mary had a little sl'irfc,
The latest style no doubt
And everytime she gets inside,
She's more than half way out.?
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NO. 24.
CONWAY HAS
OPPORTUNITIES
According to Those Who Ought
To Know That It
Has
NO KNOCKER
IS A BUILDER
Town and Section Grows Into
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greatness Dy Efforts of
the Faithful
There are evidently some business
men at Conway who have no faith in
the future of their town. They are
not many, and we are glad this is so.
In the opinion of those who have
lived here for years and have done
well, there is no better place in the
whole country; none with better prospects
for big business now in the
present time, and still bigger in the
time to come. Therefore, if those
who render this opinion, being in position
to know what they are talking
about, say that this is so, others who
have been here for only a shorter
time, should believe it, and shape
their actions accordingly.
There is opportunity at Conway for
just as much and as biff a business aa
a man in any line wants. The
trouble with many people is that they
<Jo not really want to serve the people
wholeheartedly and increase what
thov do for them from time to time,,
simply because it means more work
and more worry. Where we find a
man who is willing to go to any
trouble and any expense to accomodate
those who patronize him, we find
one who i* making rapid headyway
in the community.
The dead head is dead nod and will
remain dead. His plans of life and
service are not in keeping with progress
and never will be . His great
business is finding fault with his town
and his opportunities. He is a knocker
now, and he will be nothing except
a knocker in the time to come. He
has no faith in himself, none in the
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i/vwpiU) cum nunc in tiiiyiniu^*
The live men ave the ones who will
make Conway one of the biggest and
host towns through the coming: years.
Tl oso who will do it are the ones who
have faith in Conway and faith in this
section of the State. They are the
ones who have had visions of the future
and they are carrying those
visions in their minds now. They
have plenty of faith and this great
faith will abide with them.
Those who make it a business to
go about knocking have no place in
modern progress and the improvement
of any town or country. Those
who have the right view take a dif
T * *
ici cno course. i noy ^o ancail to use
the opportunities which are theirs and
with faith in the ultimate results of
what they will achieve, spent their efforts
and their money in the service
of others. They have succeeded and
leserved it, and they will continue to
succeed and will deserve it.
SUBMARINE
SINKS IN PACIFIC
Water Rushes Into Craft From
an Open Torpedo
Tube
San Pedro, Calif.?Three men are
now believed to have lost their lives
when the submarine U-C> sank in the
harbor here last ni^'ht as a result of
an unexplained accident, the submarine
base stated.
Los Angeles.?The submarine R-6
attached to the Pacific fleet sank In
(he harbor at San Pedro due, it is
believed, to water rushing* through an
open torpedo tube.
Two members of the crew are believed
to have been drowned when :he
craft sank within sixty seconds.
Two submarines began searching
for the bodies of the crew and a naval
investigation to determine the cause
of the disaster is to be launched immediately.
Lieutenant Chambers, who was in
command, is reported to have been the
last to make his escape from the submarine
II-(5 when it sank, and aided
other members of the crew unable to
swim to yet to thn lifo
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places of safety.
CORRECTION MADE
It was stated in a news item in
our last issue that a shot had been
fired at Myrtle Beach ami that it
mivr'nt have been Intended for Mr.
Krnest Sasser, who was in his room
at the Myrtle Beach Hotel, at the
time. This tuns out to be a mistake
as the shot was tired by some drunken
men in the hotel yards and wa*;
not intended for anybody. Investigation
showed that it was doubtless fired
by accident.
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J. C. Wilson, who is with Rev. S
C. Morris in the running of the busi:
ness college at Ay nor. S. ?>., as a
I separate department of the Horry Industrial
School, .<pe.4 :;onu (.Imo in
Conway last S.'.t,.;: *< . / ( !u:v>- on our ?
business mew. He i.< enUiitsiastic
about the school ;'nd expect; to help
make it ouite a s-jcness.
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