The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 31, 1922, Image 1
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'VOLUME XXXVII
DANCE BRINGS
UP A PROTEST
Boys Arranged to Have One
at The City Hall Night of
August 25
MOTHERS A~RE~AGAINST IT
Talk of Conditions Said to
Have Existed Last Winter
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The matter of a ball that was arranged
to take place at the town hall
<Vn the night of August 25th created
somewhat of a stir among the older
people when news of it got about.
The dance was planned by a number
of the young men of Conway and
they had caused invitations to he
printed and mailed out early last
week. According to a no'.ice posted
up at the drug stores of the town the
entertainment wys to be on from 9
o'clock to 2 o'clock.
They had seen L. D. Magrath, the
mayor of CJonwav and obtained con
sent to use the hall. It is oxpbuned
here that the mayor of the town appears
t?> have the right to let ou: the
use. of the town hall without first getting
the consent of the town council.
This same hall is u?ed by the
Conway chamber of commerce and
this is by consent of the municipal
government.
In asking for .and obtaining the
consent of the mayor to u-e the I.all
for the purpose of the ball, the vovmg
men were not doing anything different
from what they repeatedly did
last Fall and Winter.
On Thursday of last week just after
the occassion had been pretty well ad
vertised, members of the churches and
' deacons decided to have the entertainment
called off. They went to the
mayor and protested against the use
of the public hall for the purposes of
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inc aance. i iu*y hiitiuu us u i>m i wl
the reason for their protest, that when
the dance took place last season, the
occasions were followed by much gos-*
sip concerning1 the conduct of some of
those who took part in the dances;
that drunkenness had been reported
( and perhaps some other disgraceful
J conduct; that the town hall was without
any people living- in-it who could
I ^ control the establishemnt and see that
no unseemly conduct was carried on;
that the city hall was public property
and should not be used in this manner
etc. The mayor answered by saying
that he understood that the party
would be in the hands of reliable
chaperones and a sufficient number,
and that these should see to it that
the dance would be carried on in as
i decent a manner as a dance would be
in any of the homes; that the hall had
been let out before for this same purpose;"
that the young men were the
sons of the most respectable families
and he could not well refuse their request
to be allowed the use of this
public hall etc.
There was argument pro and con
on the subject and finally ended in an
understanding that more signers
would be obtained to the petition
which was then in circulation to stoji
the dance, and that this would be presented
to the town council, as a
whole, at a meeting of that body to
^ be called on Friday morning of last
week, the morning of the day on
which the dance was to take place.
In the meantime there was much
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younger sot regarding the position
taken on the question by some of the
people. They stood about the streets
in groups oq Thursday evening until
after the movies were over on
Thursday night discussing the situation.
A number of them called on a
leading citizen who h,ud been active in
trying to suppress the dance that day.
Arguments took place here but did not
lead to any satisfactory solution of the
matter.
It appears that some took sides
with the boys while others took sides
with the opponents of the entertainment.
Some people would not sign
J WERE I A NEGKO J
It would be my highest am- %
J bition to live in Africa where
5 m.V forebears once lived and *m
J died. ?
I would stay in this coun- S
J try long enough to learn all ?
- that I could from the white
If man and his ways, not to I"
J take too much of my time out ?
of life, and then get back to J
J the land of the blacks where I
L would make the biggest sue- %
lwP cesa that lay within my power. I"
3j My ambition would not lie ?
I "C in this country. I would noc S
/t/ hr.ve a chance except to learn. WJ
J My hope of succets in life Jfi
5 would be realized when I wa-i ,
J SJ able to cast my lot in Africa. ?
! % I hope that I would have J
I 3" sense enough to be industri- JJ
! % us and polite. I would be HI
j % afraid to act otherwise. The !
I > .more humble I could be for %
I i the brief time that I would Jfi
I ^ ?tay here the more I would be JJ
F % able to learn and all the more J
| Jfi wisdom and knowledge I
I > cwould be able to take away {
I 4 with me. " Jfi
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MYRTLE SEASON
CLOSES MONDAY
Will End the Most Successful
Season in History of
Beach
The Myrtle Beach Hotel will close
the season of 1922 on Labor Day.
September 4th. One of the most
successful sea-sons the beach has
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hum win v;i^u on tiiui. nay.
The cottages on the seaside will
no doubt be vacated about the same
time, and the windows and doors
of the summer dwellings will doubtless
be boarded up to remain closed
until another hot season comes
aJong in due course of time.
The end of the present season has
seen many improvements at the
beach. Among these are the enlarged
space at the dance pavilion,
giving more room for those who
wanted to rest and look on at the
dunces; numbers of comfortable
rocking chairs were purchased and
placed in the space tor the use ol
the people. Another great thing, was
the completion of the board walk.
The work on this wiy> started early
m season and by the he'ght of
the busy time the walk had been
completed in front of all of the cottages
on the northward side in fron'
4>f the new club house, also in the
opposite direction to take in the cottages
on the southward side of the
hotel. The building of the Myrtle
Beach Yacht Club added more to
the attractions of the beach tha;.
any other one thing has done. This
building, three stories high, is own
rd by the members of the club. Tlu*
members are made up of the leading
business men and professional men
from Darlington, Hartxville, Florence
and our own Conway. The club is
modern in all of its appointments. It
is a- beautiful building and has all
of the conveniences that a visitor
would wish in a seaside resort. Another
great improvement was the addition
of more clay and hard top
soil on the driveways. Machines
went all over the place this time
and this was enjoyed by great numbers
of visitors. There was a good
band playing "for the dances at the
Myrtle Beach Hotel and also at the
Yacht Club. There has been no
complaint about the service at the
two places this year; good meals
have been served at both places and
a service has been rendered that
has pleased the travelling public.
The place had many more visitors
than ever before. It was said that
by about the middle of the season
of 1922, there had been as many
registered at the Myrtle Beach Hotel
as had been registered during the
whole season of 1921. The period
of deflation did not seem to have
nny effect on the success o four pop
u'ar summer resort.
The place got some valuable
advertising during the season of
4022. In June 1922, the South Carolina
Press Association held its annual
meeting at the Myrtle Beach
Hotel. All of the newspaper men
were highly pleased with their outing,
and especially were they grati
lied by the treatment accorded them
by the Chamber of Commerce of
Conway and by the business men
during their stay at the beach. They
went back home and filled their
newspapers with accounts of their
stay at the place, and they fully
covered Conway and Horry
County. This advertising will have
its effect on the future success of
Myrtle Beach and on the future
success of Conway and the county at
large . * 1
Other meetings were brought to
the beach this year and caused the
place to grow in popularity as a
meeting place for organizations.
Next season is bound to see the com
ivwr r?f miinv now nrir;in i 7,at i on S for
the purpose of having pleasure and
business combined.
the petition to have the dance suppressed.
Among, the arguments used against
this form of amusement was a statement
to the effect that the dances at
Myrt'e Beach and the Yacht Club,
his Summer, had nrt bean wholly
within the bounds of decency and pood
?iviAitA f Unn W\fl itloc
DI'lllM'j l/Ilcll IIIIM f tr I Kill Wllvv.
had to be asked to come off the floor;
that, as a whole, the season had been
rather demoralizing, or words to that
effect; that the same thing had happened
here last Winter when the
dances had been of frequent occurence
at the same city hall and at other
public places in the town; that the
older people should take steps, while
they might prevent a repetition of
these conditions and preserve the
town as a place of high standard of
morality and make it better for the
young boys and girls now growing up.
On the other hand were arguments to
the effect that there is no harm in the
dance; that young people must have
some form of entertainment and
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amUSdniUIlL ill ill UlclL It
to suppress every form of these tilings
without incurring the danger of being:
considered too strict. Thus matters
stood when the council met on last
Friday morning to consider whether
they would call off the thing or else
decide to let it proceed according to
the program.
In the meantime the boys who had
planned for the danre began to moke
preparations to hold it somewhere else
in case the council shou'd go against
them rn the matter on ^^ount of the
protest and petition. They seemed to
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* HOMES OF 1
S Dwelling houses in this secti
c supply of timber is being dep
% plentiful than it is today, and v
cost much less than it does now,
4 perhaps not as good as they are
5 not valued as they are now gettii
J In years gone by the nature
a farm were not considered as th<
Ij l?ke these will be in the time to
B build with bricks or stone or cen
J because lumber was cheap and it
J The time is coming when mi
_ Kiiilt r*f hi'iVlr? nnd (<nnpvn1o T1
S that can be used to build so rru
i roof, will some time be the chief
" heads. In that time Portland cem
? be much more in demand than.it
C While the wooden homes of
? ftO much, they have not b^eu verj
or yellow pine in years gone by
% better than those erecte*??' of c
? ouicker to decay. When homes
% ciete the structures will cost mo
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WILL lil#LEY IS
UNDER A BOND
Will Come up For Trial For
Assault at September
Term
OTHER DEFENDANTS PLEAD
Result of an Affair in Floyds
Township?Took Place on
Public Road
The court of Magistrate W. H.
Chestnut was busy the week before
the election with the hearinir of a
number of criminal?cases pending in
his court, among them the case of
the State against Will Bailey, for
carrying concealed weapons and assault
with a deadly weapon; als~>
the State against Austin Horn and
Will Bailey, charging drunken and
disorderly conduct on a public highr
way.
In the case of Will Bailey alone
for carrying the concealed deadly
weapon, the defendant was held for
pointing a pistol at another and his
bond was taken for 'his appearance
at the court of general sessions the
later part of September. In the
other cjise the defendants pleaded
guilty to the charge of being drunk
and disorderly and they were sentenced
to serve thirty days each on
the public works, or each pay a fine
:)f thirty dollars. The fines were
paid.
In the drunk and disorderly case it
was alleged in the warrant, to which
I he defendants pleaded guilty thai
>n Saturday, July 8th, 1922, in
Floyds township, the defendants were
Irunk on one of the public highway?
of the county; that they cursed and
used obscene language; that they
otherwise conducted themselves in a
disorderly manner. The warrant was
sworn out by C. B. Causey, on inf
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In the other case against Will
Bailey, alone, it was alleged that on
July 8th, 1922, Bailey carried a pistol
or revolver; that he did assault,
Abuse and threaten to kill one F. M.
Causey, pointing the pistol at Causey
as he made this threat with intent to
shoot at and kill the said F. M.
Causey. This warrant was taken out
on the oath of C. B. Causey.
Will Bailey stood his preliminary in
the last mentioned case. The main
witness was C. B. Causey, who said
that on that day ne was at home with
his wife and child; that Horn and
Bailey were in front of his house and
there was cursing out there; that
'later they came to his house drunk;
Will Bailey called him out and wanted
him to have his brother come out.
there; that Will Bailey drew his pistol
on witness' brother and said that,
if my brother hit Austin Horn, he
would kill him. This was about the
substance of the proof matte.
Albert Floyd and F. M. Causey
were also sworn and there was sufficient
testimony heard, in the opinion
of the magistrate to hold Will
Bailey for the court of Genera
Sessions as above stated.
be in earnest over the matter to the
extent that they did not mean to be
defeated, and if they were not permitted
to have a dance in the public
they would hold it at some private
place, or some other public hall.
The Town Council mot on bipl
Friday morning at the offico of the
Town Clerk. There was present the
Mayor, L. D. Magrath, and members
of the Council, D. M. Burroughs, S
P. Hawes, J. T. Mi.shoe and W. H
Winbourn.
The purpose of the meeting1 was to
consider the number of petition*
against the use of tho Hall, one
signed by the Mothers of Con
way, and another signed by the
Sunday School Superintendents of the
three Sunday 'Schools, and endorsee
by a number of citizens, as will more
fully appear later on in this article
where these petitions are published ir
full, together with the names of the
signers. t ,
The matter was presented to the
Council first by Mr. A. Goldfinch
Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday
School. He did this by means ol
a short but well founded address ir
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on are growing in value as the %
leted. When timber was more J
then the labor used in cutting it \
there were no better houses and N
today, but the best of them were %
ng to be. V
and condition of the dwelling on JJ
>y are even now, and certainly not %
come. It has always cost more to ^
lent blocks than it did with wood, %
dicta not cost much to produce it. S
iny^Bomes in the country will be
iere>Twill not be any timber here %
any fcouses. Tile, the^ everlasting
depwulonce for the roofs over our "J
ent, Which is now very useful will
is today.
tod^v and yesterday did not cost %
r durable. Homes built of cypress
nave'Stood me test oi tune much %
?tlier woods that are softer ami "
are constructed of bricks and con- "
re, but will last longer.
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LORIS COUNCIL
STOPS LICENSE
Church People Circulated Petition
Against Pool Room
There
PROPRIETOR WILL FIGHT
Building' Under Lease UntiNext
January?First
License Was Paid
By the effects usually put forth
by the preachers and church members
of our * owns and cities, much
sin and wrongdoing is prevented.
Often it is that some innocent pasttime
is turned into great harm;
then the better class of the men and
women of the community will turn
in with a will and take steps to suppress
it.
Rumors have gone about regarding
the opening of a pool room in
the town of Loris. A building was
rented there and a pool room equipment
established. This was done by
licenze of the Town of Loris undev
uie provisions or tJie ordinance that
is passed each year to help in the
raising of revenue.
It is stated that the license of
Mr. Spivey runs until next January
1st.
It was reported last week that
the preachers and others in that
town had turned against the running
of such a business in their
town and that a petition to the
town council was being circulated
and being numerously signed, asking
that the license of the place
be revoked.
In the meantime the council met
and voted on the question of revoking
the license and a resolution
was passed revoking the
license.
It was then reported that Spivey
said he had rented this building
until January 1st, 192M, and that
as lie had lawful possession of the
place he proposed to stand a suif
before he would be turned out of
the premises.
It was not learned up to a late
hour what had been the result of
the efforts to get the playing of
pool and billiards in Loris stopped,
It appears that in order to make
the keeping of a pool and billiard
room a nuisance under the laws of
this State, there must be something
more conducted with it than the
mere playing of pool and billiards
There is no harm in playing pool
we should say, unless there is
something of a different kind done
under the iruiso of running a poo
and billiarej parlor.
As stated at the beginning ol
' this article it. is sometimes the ease
, that some innocent game is turner
into one that is sinful and demoralizing
to the young people of the community.
The Herald does not undertake
to say that this has been done
. in the Loris matter, for it know?
, nothing of the facts except as given
in the foregoing statements, ll
does maintain that there is no hanr
- in innocent pastimes. Perhaps th:
question of harm always depends
' upon the intention and aim of those
1 having such a thing in charge .
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? which he explained the position of tin
members of tlie C'uireh and of the
^ Sunday School m l of t'ie Mo* tiers ol
? Conway, who had gladly signeel these
? petitions. bf,w ex,)1 e^.e I himself av
; much interested in th^ well-heing o!
the youth of our town.
He was followed by lie v. M. W
Gordon, pastor of the Conway Baptist
) Church. In aelelition to an effective
5 address he read elections from a boofc
* -entitled: "Present ?)ay Life and fteli
gion" written by A. Vj? J)i?on. The
5 quotationsB from this book would indi
| cate the decieled stand taken by all re
> ligious bodies of people in relation te
' the modern dances.
i The Rev. J. C. Atkinson, pastor ol
1 the Conway Methodist Church, ther
> commented on the petitions signed bj
the Sunday School Superintendents
s and others, and stated that this nriat,
ter had been brought up in the fchurcV
conference a few days before and h<
? stated that while the members of thf
church did not undertake to prohibil
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raid.
BAD STATEMENT <
IS CIRCULATED
False Impression Attempted to (
be Given Out by an
Affidavit
Last week there was a circular |
Cft of f k UAI I rwk V > rmni-* n
pcuu uivavittvot tuiuu^u tills
of the State aimed at bringing re }
proach and damage to the Tri-State
Cooperative Marketing: Association.
The circular, as it appeared, was
printed in misfitting type, with partly
wrong fonts, and purported to bo
a letter written by one Mike Rhodes
to the association under the date of c
August 11, and was alleged as being c
written at Mullins, S. C. At the hot- t
torn of this supposed letter was a t
few lines purporting to he an oath of
Mike Rhodes to the effect that the (
facts stated in the letter were true i
There was nothing about the cir c
ular to indicate by whom it was sent i
out, hut there was a big quantity of ;
the circulars sent out by somebody
judging by the number found abou I
',he streets and some of them posted I
,ip on trees and fences. i
A thing like this sem <<ut b !
somebody who was evidently afraid
o be known in it, and making <
' "-rs- jn h"dv of th* I
printed matter, cannot be believed
nv Hutu i)i oiiic>11 a.'
being the truth or even hinting at
the truth. The things mentioned in
this circular simply could not have
happened.
The slander was interesting from
the mere fact of its audacity and
there is not a question whatever hut
what the circulator of the hand bill
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can oc severely pumsneci 11 ne is
ever found.
The circular reads as follows:
"Affidavit of Mike Rhodes
A Copy
Mullins, S, C., August 11th, 1922
The Tobacco Growers Co-Operative
Marketing Association.
Dear Co-Operators:
1 joined your Association in good
faith, believing it would be a help
to the farmers. I carried you the
, first 222 pounds of my tobacco,
thinking you would be true to your
word. 1 found out it was a fake,
therefore, I cannot work my wife
and little childivjn to death for a
;et of smart slick tor.#ued dressed
-.ports who came from Kentucky telling
me slick tales. So therefore,
gentlemen, 1 being a poor man and
having a wife and several little
children striving to make an honest
living, trying to feed and clothe
them, also trying to pay up the house*
rent which had gotten behind, it
was all I could do, and then giving
to a bunch of unknown men my wife
and little childtxm's daily support,
I cannot begin to do it. I sold more
tobacco of the same kind with you
which I only got $9.33. I sold with
the Independents 20 pounds less and
got $83.76, so gentlemen you 'see
where 1 stand. I am an honest man
and will do what is right, but you
wont get any more of my tobacco.
Yours Truly,
Signed MIKE RHODES
1\ S. The promise you made me to
get my tobacco was (10 per cont and
' you only gave me less than 12 per
cent.
State of South Carolina
County of Marion
[ Personally appeared before me
. Mike Rhodes, and made oath that i
(he above facts are true.
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' of August, 1922.
1 Signed A. CARMICHAEL
Notary Public
Signed MIKE RHODES
! dancing, this being a matter left to
> the individual's conscience, yet they
I did protest, and protest strongly
against the use of a public building,
f such as the city Hall for such pur,
poses. As to the practice of having
I dances in the homes or elsewhere
. there wa* nothing in these petitions
. about that and nothing to be said,
. but when it was proposed to use a
> public hall, in which every citizen had
an interest, it was the right of the
. people to protest and they were making
the protest by means of these
i petitions.
Mr. Goldfinch then called on Rev.
VV. L. Parker to make a statement, as
> he had signed one of these petitions,
and Mr. Parker made a very effective
address before the Council. He is the
" pastor in charge of til? Conway Cir,
cuit and resides in Conway at the
, Parsonage provided by the Circuit.
- His talk was very interesting and the
; Council paid strict attention to what
he said.
Rev. J. C. Atkinson, of the Methodist
Church, again took the floor before
the meeting was over, and sug'
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|jvoti.u mat inu i??ii vuuili.il J* ?U i
Ordinance whereby it vvould be pro'
vided that the Town Hall cannot be
leased for the purpose of dancing unless
a petition is presented to the
Council signed by a majority of the
citizens of the Town.
After hearing these addresses and
consideration of the petition, the Mayor,
who presided at the Yneeting, put
the question before the Council as to
whether they would allow the dance to
take place, after having agreed to
let the Hall for that purpose for the
evening.
At this point the matter was open
for discussion by members of the
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,oumyf uanaiaates Addresi
Crowd on Saturday,
Last
3RINGS HEAVY RAINFALL
IV. R. Barringer, Candidate
for Congress, Delivers Address
End of Meeting
The county campaign came to a
'.lose heixi last Saturday when the
candidates addressed the people at
he Horry County Court house, at
.he last appointment in the schedule.
One of the largest crowds that
iver gathered in Conway for such
in occasion was present at the
court room when the candidates were
ntroduced by J. O. Norton, representing
the county chairman.
The morning was hot and sultry.
It promised rain from the early
[tours. This rain came and came in
torrents, accompanied by one of the
severest thunder storms of many
weeks. TheTain began about 11
o'clock and lasted until about 15
o'clock. The candidates spoke while
the fain poured.
T. 13. Lewis, candidate for the
House, was the first on the program.
He made a good speech during which
he criticised the record of the delegation
now in office. He s a member
of tho poiint.v Iwwnl nf
tion and has studied the needs of
the common schools while occupying
that position, and lie gave the people
a good account of the situation
in regard to these schools. He spike
of the delay in paying the teachcK
for their work. He covered about
the same ground as that of hi5?
speeches made over the count during
the campaign. He got the attention
of the large audience and his
remarks made a good impression.
Cordie Page was next introduced
He felt as competent for the position
he sought as any man in the
race. He wanted Horry to rise from
the condition of illiteracy now
charged against the county. He
wanted to see the school houses
properly equipped and teachers better
paid so that there would be bet
ter teachers. He favored better
roads which all wanted. Some sections
had been favored while others
had not. Good roads could not all
be built at one time. He favored
the extension of the time for payment
of taxes this year so they
could be paid when the tobacco wa>being
sold. In 1921 we had paid
over fifteen thousand dollars into
the State treasury, and for every
dollar of that we had drawn three
dollars back in the interest of the
schools. He did not ask the office
on the demerits of others. Spoke of
the questions sent out by the civic
league and said that he could not
answer all those questions in the
affirmative.
lie could not promise to vote
for any bill that did not meet with
his ideas of tlie best thing for Horry
County. He did not promise any
definite thing if elected, but woull
do the best that he could . but would
use his best judgment. Advised the
people to vote for the man who will ^
give the best service. .jl
W. A. Prince was introduced nexr, ^
He thanked the people for the sup- ' ^H8B
port he received two years ago. He
had not been there 10 legislate for i
any class, but for the masses of the
people. He had been variously
charged on the campaign like the
boy who ran for office and found
that he was charged wiiii many Jjjj
things. He would be tried by the Ji
people on Tuesday. It had been
charged that lie would go back and
'pass a law to make the farmer.!
join the co-operative plan, or would
force the open warehouses out of
business. He promised not to do any
thing of the kind. His opponent
had charged that the delegation
voted to put a lawyer on the bench
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DO BEASTS THINK? i
I What is the real difference %
J in man and the beasts if it S
I* be not the difference in their
reasoning powers of mind? \
% There can be no other. A man
Ij[ is an animal. A beast 'is the S
" same. Their difference lies in %
the power of mind.
J The ways of the beast which UJj
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a crude brain are credited to %
stinct, and instinct can be IV
U nothing unless it is the prod %
^ uct of some kind of memory S
^ actiiig upon the physical powJ5
ers of the living being. \
Jj Of these things we know but 5?
% little. While we may often act y
J like mules or monkeys, yet %
we have never had the power ^
\ to change into the other form %
of animal life at will, or at 5
% least We have not been per- 2
mitted to bring back any Jb
knowledge of such an exper- J
% ience whether it happened re- %
cently or far back in some 3?
5j other generation. J
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