The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 10, 1922, Image 1
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FORD CAR LEAD
EXCITING RUN
Men From North Carolina
Charged With Larceny
of Cattle
y HELD FOR REQUISITION
Car Searched For Whiskey but
Without Result in That
Respect, Men Held
Chief of Police E. E. Dusenbury,
* with Constable George Brown and
Farm Demonstration Agent, W. O.
Davis led two North Carolinians an
:i; -i n >- n - ?1
vAciung' cnase tnrougn tne principal
streets of Conway last Saturday
just after noon. The chase led all the
way from a point opposite the
Ward-Bate Company's plant across
the river, along the highway, over the
steel bridge that spans the river,
then across the old bridge that spans ,
Kingston Lake, around the corners i
at the ice plant, through third ave- \
nue by the business section and on?,
down the road in the direction of
Bucksville.
At the foot of this avenue some
shots from the pistols of the policemen
put a stop to the mad race
that a rickerty old Ford touring car
was putting up, urged on by twc
examples from the tar heel state.
It all started in North Carolina,
near Shallote, where it is alleged
that Rufus Stanley and Jim Edwards
stole two head of cattle. A warrant
was sworn out by the outraged owner
of the livestock, and a constable from
Brunswick County, in North Carolina,
went to arrest the two men on the
charge of larceny of livestock. These
men fled in a Ford car and came off
toward the South Carolina line, the
constable in hot pursuit.
A At Wampee, on Saturday morning,
. the constable stopped and telephoned
iKni C?4?1~ i T: ?
f uti c wuu ivuLun oiaiiic^) ciiiu uiin
Edwards had outdistanced him and
were on their way in the direction
of Conway, and asked that the men
be arrested. He described I hem as
being one a tall, slim man and the
other had i?ed hair and black eyes
and that the latter was wearing a
black hat; that the two were fleeing
in a ramshackle old Ford that would
just hold together but which was
.still going, and that the car carried
an old trunk on the back.
Chief E. E. Dusenbilry obtained the
* ~ help of Constable George Brown, and
waited for the men over on the road
near the Veneering plant. Deciding
to go on to the fork of the roads
where there is a turn leading toward '
"Warnpee, the two officers met W. O.
Davis. All got in the car with Mr.
Davis and were going toward the
place where the public road turns I
out toward Wampee, when the car i
of the enemy approached, coming at;
a rapid rate. Not knowing who they
were at first, the Davis car got to \
one side for the others to pass. See- ,
ing who they were, the policemen
ordered the car to halt. The order 1
was not obeyed and as soon as the .
Davis car could be turned around in .
the narrow road the chase began.
The men gave up down the new
'Toad at the end of third avenue, and '
were lodged in the Horry County
iail by the constable. The men refused
to return to North Carolina ,
to stand trial on the charge of ^
larceny, unless requisition were procured.
Under the circumstances, the !
officers could only detain them as |
escaped criminals until the requisi- j
tion can be obtained by application 1
at the office of the governor. (
The occurrence caused some excite- |
ment just ater the noon hour last
Saturday.
The Ford the men drove had a
dragging fender and various other
signs of hard and long usage, but
it was able to make a fast run.
When the policeman ordered this
car to stop, the driver of it stepped
on the gas, and the old Ford respond- ]
cd to the tune of about forty miles
an hour even though dangerous turns
bad to be made and some bad holes 1
taken on the jump. At last accounts
the old Ford was still on the job,
but simply waiting for the owner to 1
sav "let's go." Its license number is
1816. 1
There was a suspicion pf moon- ]
shine about the car. A search war- '
ljant was obtained by the officers and
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S DOUBLE BUYING % j
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* There? is one tobacco market
* where there are two sales tak- * <
J ing place at the same time. $ ]
$ Each of the leading tobacco $ <
It cuuipaiiicn nuvc two uuycrs on v
the market instead of one. The* t
>c tobacco cannot accumulate and* ,
j} remain unsold, because they sell $ ^
>: at two different warehouses at* |
the same time. J j
This is a good example for all ^ j
jc places where there is not* :
J | enough warehouse room and t j
|,{ other facilities to keep the to-* <
bacco cleaned up. There is a * j
\\\ way to grow and do more and X
sc there is a way to fall behind* \
I j J and do less. The less we do and*
I si the less we spend, the less busi- %
|?t ness we are sure to have. We*
US want to drive Conway ahead oft \
Efc all the rest. *
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FARMERS WATCH
TOBACCO SALES
Sales Continue From the
Opening Day of the
' Auction Plan
One of the most interpstim* thinirs
y- ? "O O"'
that is being thought about in this
section of the State, at this time, is
the cooperative marketing pi an for
tobacco.
There is a cooperative cotton marketing
association in this State, but
jt has but few members in Horry
County. The cotton growers of
,Horry did not need an association to
bind them to hold their cotton when
the price went down to nothing. They
read the papers and saw that the
thing to do was to hold their coton,
and they proceeded to do that very
thing. They held it until the price
went up. Many of them have not
sold yet.
The Tri-State Tobacco Marketing
Association is a different thine because
it has not been brought home.
Tobacco is really the main money
crop of the county, while cotton is
not and perhaps never will be.
. Whether or not the cooperative
plan will succeed this year is a
burning question just now in the
minds of hundreds of tobacco growers
ir this county. They are all watching
things.
The independant or auction warehouses
opened first this vear. Their
date was August 1st. The date of
the opening of the cooperative plan
houses was fixed away hack yonder
for iust one week later.
Although tlie cooperative warehouses
are all open now -?nd running
the business along the F'^es of their
plan, there is no one who can tel1
with certainty what the price will
he that the plan will finally bring to
the growers of the weed. The reason
is to be found in the fact that
the tobacco is placed in a< pool and
when a part of the crop is sold the
whole nool. or all of some particular
grade is disposed of. and all of the
weed of that grade brings the same
price.
When tho tobacco is brought in the
grades air? fixed by experienced graders
and each grade is placed where
it belongs. Instead of disposing of
the crop there and then on the floors,
as they do under the auction plan,
the tobacco is placed in the pool and
all tobaccos of the same trrades will
fare alike as to price. There is no
way to toil just when a deal will hf
made to dispose of the oooled tobacco
and unt'l that is done the crop is noi
disposed of. If the fair price thai
I he farmer should have for the crop
is not forthcoming at anv particular
time, there is a chance of holding tho
weed off tho market until the right
price can be had for it.
Here is the great a-dvantage which
the farmers will gain by the successful
management of the cooperative
marketing plan. By means of
the association he can keen from
glutting the market. Tt enables tho
farmers, thus associated together to
:>arrrain with tho companies who want
i:o use this raw material. IT'S product
is not placed on tho auction block
f ?'! knocked down to the buyer who
bids the most for it. Ho is not
obliged to sell until the market warrants
a sale, and ho can iret advances
on his crop if he is obliged to
ho have funds wh'le he is waiting.
A.s before stated all sides are
watching and waiting. If the mem>ers
stick to the fight and manage it
in the right way we cai* reason on
r?r? wnv r?n nnvtli \v/V?v thf?v ^bnnlrl lint
'ome out as a great success with
.he plan.
LORIS COUNCIL
WILL GET THEM
The Town of I,oris is petting ready
to go afler the delinquent town taxes
with a vim.
Formerly the town was not so large
and could run along on almost anything.
The fines collected as a result
of the use of white lightning,
and for other violations of the code,
was a sufficient fund to pay the expenses
of the city government when
placed with the license taxes that
have been collected each year.
But Loris has grown to a hamlet of
considerable size. There is a large
amount of business done there. The
:>ld wooden stores are replaced by
modern brick buildings, and of course
it is taking more and more money to
run the machine.
Citizens who formerly got along
without paying a regular levy now
have to pay a tax or their property
will be taken and sold on the block.
It was found necessary to levy a
;ax of one dollar and fifty cents on
Bach one hundred dollars worth of
property in the town. A big kick has
been registered judging by the fact
that a lot of taxes still remain unpaid
and the council in June last
passed a resolution in regard to the
l/UW II tMCttlUll C4I1U piUVIUill^ 1U! IHC lf>suing
of executions for all unpaid
taxes.
The resolution reads as follows, and
under it the executions are being
i thorough search made, but no
iquor was found in it. There is also
*ome doubt as to the ownership of
;he car that the men drove.
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CONWAY, S C., THURSDAY
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YE OLD 7
| The TOWN CRIER who w
H? crying the news, was the protes
^ inertia, communal 'stagnation an(
? The age-old yearning: for
* fellow mortals are doing in all ]
? pression in the TOWN CRIER, i
* would no longer do, he had td'n
% CAME IN HIS PLACE.
* The art of newspaper mak
j following the Civil War?with v
* newspaper reading spread, it w
T store, and big new ways of doing
% and grass should follow sun and
* We read the news colun
X must keeD in touch with events.
* because we are seeking to knov
* and saving.
% Is your ad in this issue of
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COMPLETE LIST
OF CANDIDATES
Those and Those Onlv Wh<
Filed Their Pledges by Last
Friday Noon
Time for filing pledges in the cam
paign for Horry County office
closed last Friday at noon.
No one could tell who would b
candidates until after the hour ha<
passed away so that a list coul<
be made up from the records kep
in the office of Hon. E. J. Sherwood
the county chairman.
The following is, therefore, th
official list of candidates, as all thesi
filed their pledges by noon las
Friday, and there are no more wh
can come in. These are the one
for whom the men and women voter
vote in the Democratic primary 01
Tuesday, August 29. Look at them
House of Representatives:
J. Robert Carter
G. Llovd Ford
T. B. Lewis
Cordie Page
W. A. Prince
Probate Judge:
C. Hinson Spivev
J. S. Vaught '
A M/I if/kV
J. A. Calhoun
J. W. Cook
Treasurer:
C. E. Barker
B. S. Butler
Sanford D. Cox
MAGISTRATE
No. 1 Conway Township;
W. H. Chestnut
W. S. Mc Cask ill
No. 2 Iiayboro Township:
F. B. Black
J. R. Strickland
No. 3 Bucks Township
S. M. Paul
No. 4 Dog Bluff Township
II. B. Nichols
No. 5 Dogwood Neck:
F. F. Vauffht
No. f? Socaslee Township:
No Candidate
No. 7 Little River. Township:
A. P. Thompson
J. I. Ward
No. 8 Gallivants Ferry
No Candidate
No. 9 Floyds Township
No Candidate
No. 10 Green Sea Township:
B. P. Harrelson
C. A. Lupo
No. 11 Simpsons Creek Township:
G. L. Bellamy
B. L. Carter
M. L. Gil more
j Win. Smith
No. 12 Town of Loris:
J. A. Bryant
o
rpu :ii > -
iiie in111 worKers striKe at Manchester,
N. H., has reached such
proportions that the American Legion
has thrown open its club house tc
them and has established soup
kitchens.
written up:
Minutes of meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Loris, Loris,
S C., held in the office of Rhodes &
Hard wick at Loris, S. C., June 29th,
1U22 with the following listed officers
present: G. L. Nye, Mayor Pro
Tempore: J. D. Thomas, G. D. McQueen,
and N. M. Rogers, Alderman.
G. L. Nye was elected Chairman
and J. P. Hickman clerk.
Upon motion of J. D. Thomas, properly
seconded, it was ordered by majority
of votes of Alderman lawfully
assembled that the Election to be held
June 30th, 1922 for the purpose of
electing a Mayor and Four Alderman
he postponed until Friday October
6th, 1922. It was further ordered
that the books for registration for the
electors of the Town of Loris will be
opened on June 30th, 1922 and closed
September 28th, 1922. It is further
ordered that an election be held Friday
October 0th, 1922 for the purpose
r\f a1n/>4-iixv n - - ' ' ' ' 1
?i vivvviiig m uiayui tllKl xour Al(16r"
man.
It is further ordered that all delinquent
taxes be paid by August 1st,
1022. If not paid by August 1st, 1022,
executions will be written with a penalty
of two per cent and a charge of
one dollar for the execution. Executions
will not be served until September
1st, 1922.
Moved and carried to adjourn.
Attest:
G. L. JtfYE, Chairman.
J. P. Hickman, Clerk.
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if, ' J GUST 10, 1922
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"OWN CRIER |
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rent about town ringing his bell, and ^
it of our forefathers against mental * '
i ignorance. J
' the NEWS?to know about what *
aarts of the earth, found a first ex- ^
ind when this modest public servant sje
lake way, and?THE NEWSPAPER *
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ing grew, slowly at first, but later? * t
vonderful strides. As the habit of ^
as as natural that advertising, the *
: things should come, as that flowers J
rain. * ?
ins ot THE HERALD because we * i
We read the advertising columns, ^ I
v more about the science of buying *
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the Herald? * (
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MUDDLE GROWS i
i ABOUT SCHOOL\
I
) Loris Patrons Insist on Their j
Selection of Two ;
Trustees i
1
The school muddle at Loris is as- i
, ' .
a suming proportions. Disagreements J
D over tho matter of new trustees who }
j are to manage the school when it bej
gins in the Fall in the new school ,
' building, seem to grow worse rather ,
I than to settle. \
There was a patrons meeting held ]
0 on Friday, July 28th, at which the >
patrons voted on the selection of >
^ trutees. There seems to ho a differ- \
0 ence as to the purpose for which the (
meeting was called. 1
Superintendent Allen was present ;
\ at this meeting. ;
When the patrons, at the meeting, t
decided to go into the selection of 1
trustees, he informed them that the ;
meeting had not been called for that 1
purpose of trying to settle the disa- i
1 . ?^ i -?
^ i uu-iiiL-ut.'s arising. il is said ; 11 MI \
thereupon members of the meeting1
stated that if the purpose was not to t
elect or sclect trustees, they did not 1
want or need any meeting. Then the <
meeting was called off. Nevertheless, *
after that, during the same day, a <
meeting was held and a vote taken for
two candidates for trustees: t
Dan W. Hardwick received fifty- A
nine votes, with two opposed. *
Dr. Muger Richardson received :
fifty-rfeven votes, with two opposed.
Still it would appear that neither *
of the ones voted for lvis the sanction (
of the county board, at least of Mr. K.
C. Allen, the county Superintendent of s
Education. (
During the day after the holding of ^
the election which it is claimed I here s
was no legal authority for, there was
much dissatisfaction among the poo- .N
ble, the patrons of the Loris school.
This dissatisfaction appears to con4
e
tmuo.
In the me,an time the new school
building which is being erected by
contractor H. P. Little, is getting ^
along rapidly toward completion. It a
is being built of brick and will be an j
honor to the town and school district.
The people cannot agree on the c
matter in controversy. One trustee s
is to be reelected, while another mem- v
her of the board, Mr. I). D. Harrel- n
son has resigned, hence the necessity j
for appointing two new trustees. t
CONWAY AS A I
LEAF MARKET 5
V
There is no reason why there can- J,
not be built at Conway one of the *
largest tobacco markets of the ?
i country. a
i But it needs and must have much f
' larger quarters and better accomoda- k
j_i _ 1 ? 1.1.1 / I J.! I*
1 Li oils i or taKing care 01 large quanti- ;
ties of the weed. 11
Located as the town is, in the .
midst of a larfte territory of fine 15
tobacco growing lands, there is noth- "
ing else to do except to invest our
money in larger warehouses and in P
the erection and equipment of plants J1,
for handling the immense quantity
of tobacco that can be produced, will .
be produced, and which is actually .
, being produced now in that territory. }
By giving the growers better r
chance^ and move conveniences at
Conway, this tobacco can be held in
the community and kept from going
elsewhere for holding nnd sale. Employment
for many people can be had
at Conway and their wages and
, salaries paid out here instead of Is
spent in other towns. v
We aIX) thinking now of both the ii
cooperative association and the auc- 2
tion plan. It will be a long time
before all the growers join the asso- e
ciation. There may be always an out- v
side crop that will have to be dis- a
posed of on the action plan. Whether v
the market remains, part of one way h
and part of the other, or goes under
one plan exclusively, the attitude we v
should take in regard to improvement n
of the market should be the same, ji
We want to build the tobacco mar- n
ket and help build Conway.
One plan of the whiskey stillers i<
just started this year is to move th^ h
outfit from one place to another, n
Running ofP a charge in one com- h
munity, as soon as it is finished the o
still is moved to some far distant p
neighborhood and there erected again si
and another charge ran off. u
ra I tl.
FARMING LOSSES
FROM THE RAIN
Conditions Are Very Bad in
Bayboro and Gurley
Sections
The rains this year are not general
is they usually are in all sections of
he county.
The rains have followed certain
i. : i i i-J i
ui icriuoij' unu created un>
nuch moistutfe for the crops, while
n other sections of the county there
las not been enough rain to injure
any of the crops to any appreciable
;xtent.
From the best information that
,he Herald has been able to gather,
,he sections of the county affected by
the too frequent rains this year are
about as follows:
Firfct. The worst damage of all
ias taken in the township of
Socastee where the rains have been
falling ever since the crops were
young and tender. The corn, tobacco,
sugar cane were all about killed or
scalded to death in the early part of
the season, and as the rains continued,
the plants could not recover j
and make anything. The Herald I
recently carried a complete list of
those who had been damaged the
most in that section.
Second. The section of the county
near Rayboro and Gurtey?the
section which lies between Gurlev,
:he railroad station and what is
known as Old Bayboro, the place
vhcre A. Hell runs a modern store,
supplying general merchandise to
he people of that section. Here the
lamage has been great. Farmers
uive lost their nionev crops with but
i few exceptions. Their grain crops
ire cut off as was stated in the let:ers
from several correspondents in
ast week's Herald. Revond Bayboro
ind toward the cross roads known as
jouisville, the crops are said to be
n fine condition and doing very
veil.
Third. The lower section of Bucks
ownship, where the damage from the
lains has been rather heavy, tobacco
irops being greatly reduced and the
:orn and other food crops being cut.
)(T from one-half to very mucV
no re, also the upper part of Bucks
;ownship where the rains have fallen,
,vith too great frequency after the
;obaceo started to mature and ripen,
ind where the grain crops have also
)een injured, and in some instances
lie tobacco leaves have rotted away
)n the stalks.
The lower part of Trucks and the
section ahout ' Hayboro are about!
>(|ual, as it appears, in the lossage i
hey have sustained from the over:
unnly of moisture in the soil. j
This brim's about a condition '
vliich is bad for those who live in.
hose sections of the county, and o* "|
ourse it effects the merchants and [
ithers who have invested in the crops j
r advanced supplies on the security:
f these crops. |
These people will be in bad condiion
until another crop season conies
round and they have better success
n their operations.
It. lias been suggested that in each
ounty of the State there should be
otne kind of organization which
pould insure the famers against loss
n account of hail, winds and floods,
t would be on the mutual plan so
hat those farmers who are sucessful
could contribute more or less
u1 of their ineome to help along the
nfortunate. Wo cannot remember
ny time in our past experience when '
lie neople of the whole county were
isited with misfortune of this kind.
I is confined to certain sections of
he county at all times. Such an
rganization could be planned out
nd worked up within the memberhip
some of the cooperative mareting
associations and it would
elieve the situation in many an
1 stance.
Tt is to be hoped that some organsed
effort will be made to aid the
nfortnnntp tbis v?*n?? Tl-iia tmu
een suggested by the Herald and reeated
from week to week as the
ews facts have become known to
ne people.
If there is any aid of any kind
lat can be had for them it should
e found out and applied.
rAKEN UPFOR
TRANSPORTING
W. T. Ricks, a farmer of Dogwood
Jock township, was Arrested in Confay
last week charged with transportur
liquor on the Saturday before July
Oth.
At first he appeared for trial and
ntered a plea of not guilty. He
yent off and returned after a time
nd submitted a plea of guilty and
/as fined in the sum of $75.00 which
e paid.
A policeman saw Ricks with the
,'hiskey. It was not bottled in bond,
or was it any kin to Scotch. It was
ust simply the monkey rum variety
lade out in the hays.
A tent colony, composed entirely of
ibless exservice men has sprung up
i the South Dakota wheat regions,
ear Aberdeen. The colony which
as been going some months is part
f the American Legion's plan to
rovide farms with labor and at the
ame time do away with veteran
nemployment.
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NO. 17
LORIS LISTENS
AT CANDIDATES
Candidates for House State
Their Platforms on
Taxation
UNDER SHADY TREES
Speakers Rested on Sundav
and Monday and Began
Again Tuesday
Hie campaign for countv offices
opened up, according to schedule,
at Lor is last Saturday. The court
house at. Conway looked as if it had
been deserted. Treasurer S. E.
Barker is a candidate for reelection
and was absent at Loris. The same
applies to Judge J. S. Vnught, also
running for reelection. The others
were more or less interested in the
campaign and most of them were at
Loris to hear what the others had
to say.
In another column of this issue
of the Hem Id will be found the cotnplote
list of the candidates for county
office*. This is thp official list
as furnished the Herald for publication
from the office of the chairman
of the county. These are the candidates
who attended at Loris last
Saturday, and made statements, of
more or less length, setting forth
their platforms and claims for the
suffrage of the people.
After this onening meeting at
Loris, the candidates will rest for
two days. They begin the canvass
again on Tuesdav, onening at Socastee.
Some of the hardest work of
the campaign will doubtless be put
iti this week. The schedule of meetings
appears in another column of
this issue. The last big meeting will
bo at Conway, as shown in the
schedule.
The neople have not shown more
than the ordinary interest in the
campaign. This interest may grow
more intense as the meetings continue
to run their course. Farmers
are extremely hard to awaken in a
local contest of this kind. They
show more zeal in the race for Stato
offices.
The greatest interest will ho feit
in the race for the House of Representatives.
The tax burden is a
burning subject of discussion anionj?
the people. There are some who
want to cut appropriations to the
hone. They favor the cutting down
of salaries?anything; to reduce the
amount of expenses of running* the
government of the State. Some do
not appear to care for the institutions
of learning. If by crippling
those burdens of taxation could be
reduced, there are some who would
be satisfied with that condition.
The speaking took place under the
shade trees where there was plentv
of room to expand the crowd. All
of the candidates were there and
made to feel welcome. They were
introduced bv percinct chairman, W.
H. Small.
The candidates for the House of
Representatives were the only ones
who stated any definite policy or discussed
issues, and even these did not
warm up very much to their subjects
but confined their talks to the
things they would advocate and the
matter of taxation and its relation
to our economic welfyare and the institutions
of the State.
W. A. Prince dwelt on his record.
He submitted this to his hearers for
their consideration. His position on
the matter of taxation is already well
known to the people. He is opposed
to having too many lawyers in the
Legislature of the kind that he
found there during his past experience.
T. B. Lewis stated that he was a
member of the county board of edu
cation. He could understand the
reed of the common schools. He believed
in making things so that the
teachers of these schools can get
their pay for their work and get it
promptly.
Con lie Page touched on nearly ail
the matters now claiming the interest
of the people as relating to the
passage of new laws and the control
of taxation and related matters.
He gave his position on these
different subjects, and he made good
use of the time allotted to him in.
(Continued on Editorial Page.)
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* TWO WAYS BEST *
* *
$ The Herald said back yonder *
jjl that it would be better for Con- ^
* way to have the two ways of *
* selling tobacco this year. It is *
^ now plain to everybody that ^
* we were right. No matter how *
^ great a -success the ooopera ??
* tive plan may be when it has *
^ been tried out and has gained ^
$ the confidence of all growers, $
* the people of Conway want to *
* make the town a great tobac *
* co center, no matter which way *
* the market may sell'. While any J
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