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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894
GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902.
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THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE,
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
I<;v«nt» that Have Taken Place from One
K«U of the State to the Other Called from
Exchanges for Quick Reading by Scores
of Busy People.
Greenville is to have a carnival Oc
tober 20-25.
The Bank of Graniteville, capital
ized at $25,000, has applied to the
secretary of state for a charter.
Orangeburg is making extensive
preparations for the fall festival to be
held there on Nov. 12, IB and 14.
The Blackman gold mine in Ker
shaw county is to re open soon and
will be equipped with modern ma
chinery.
Herbert Steel, a fourteen-year-old
white boy, shot himself in Charleston
Wednesday while carelessly handling
a pistol, and may die.
The postmaster at Yorkville has
been notified that the postoffice at
Hamah, in York county, will be abol
ished on September 30.
Hon. C. A. Woods, of Marion, has
declined to accept the presidency of
the South Carolina College, which
was recently tendered him.
The governor Friday offered a re
ward of $50 for the capture and con
viction of Walter Lovett, who is
wanted for the killing of a man named
Hall in Barnwell county in 1892.
Joe Caughlin, a tramp, and John
Ccx and Ben Meecham, two Charles
ton!; boys, have been arrested and will
be prosecuted for having robbed an
- express car at Lanes a short time
ago.
A negro,supposed to be the one who
assaulted Miss Clark at Vaucluse
some time ago, has been arrested and
placed in the penitentiary for safe
keeping until court convenes in
Aiken, the county in which the crime
was committed.
Two accidents have happened re
cently at Belton cotton mill. A few
days ago J. T. Smart lost an arm
while working in the picker room and
later E. E. Chapman had his left foot
severely mashed while unloading some
heavy machinery.
Grace, the five-year-old 'child of
Mr. James R. Moseley of Laurens,
who was so frightfully burned Mon
day afternoon at the home of ber
uncle, Mr. A. P. Sullivan, died Thurs
day morning at 5 o’clock as a result
of the terrible accident.
Thursday morning the axle of an
engine attached to a passenger train on
the Coast Line broke near Congaree
while the train was running at full
speed, and a terrible accident was
only averted by the presence of
mind and cool nerve of the engineer
in charge.
At 10:30 o’clock Friday night fire
was discovered in the wholesale gro
cery store of H. Finch & Co., on Mag-
nolia street in Spartanburg. A pass
erby saw the flame inside, and Ser
geant Woodward gave the alarm. The
department responded with its usual
promptness and had the fire out in
a very short time.
James, the 8-year-old son of Mrs.
Blanche Duff of Rock Hill, fell over
the banisters around Mr. J. E. Par
ker’s piazza at the latter’s home at
that place Thursday. The distance
to the ground is about six feet. The
left leg was broken just below the
thigh. He was attended by Drs.
Lynn'and Fennell, who reset the
limb and left the little fellow very
comfortable.
The South Carolina Military acade
my In Charleston has made a request
of the war department for the detail
of an army officer as military instruc
tor. if the officer is secured Tactical
Officer Cautey will be assigued to
other duties. The requisition for an
army officer is approved by Capt.
Curtis of the Sullivan’s Island post,
who recently inspected the corps and
reported upon it to the war depart
ment. <
The excursion train from Wilming
ton, returning to Columbia Friday
night, was wrecked at the passenger
station in Florence and a number of
people, variously estimated from 20
to 60, were injured more or less. The
excursion was run in two sections.
One section sidetracked on to the
main line of a freight train and was
immediately struck by the freight.
The engine of the freight was thrown
into the ditch, but the excursion train
was not damaged.
In Winnsboro court last week Will
Lumpkin was found guilty of man
slaughter on the charge of the murder
of Jobo Camp a fewdajaagoat White
Oak, the killing resulting from a dis
pute over a mule which Camn worked
and which belonged to Lumpkin, the
former refusing to send it to the lat
ter on Sunday morning, when he sent
for it. He went for it, and carried
with him the ever ready pistol, which
he used. His sentence is two years
in the penitentiary.
A warehouse on the premises of Mr.
A. D. Holler, of Rock Hill, was prac
tically destroyed by fire Thursday
night. Its origin is unknown. When
discovered the flames were covering
a part of the building, and although
the department responded with most
commendable promptness to the
alarm, the building was nearly de
stroyed before a stream could be
thrown, so inflammable was the ma
terial of which it was constructed.
The building and contents were in
sured for $500.
Big suits against corporators are
piling up in Charleston for November
court. Eliza G. Coburn, of that city,
has filed through her attorneys a suit
for $30,000 against the Southern Rail
way and the Atlantic Coast Line on
account of the death of her husbandi|
who was an engineer on the Southern
railway and was killed in a collision
at the Five Mile junction last spring.
Jacob A. King has filed a suit against
the South Carolina and Georgia rail
road for $10,000 for injuries which he
received while acting as a flagman.
E. H. Caroon wants $10,000 damages
from the Atlantic Coast Line for the
refusal to forward certain baggage to
Savannah. Clara Mitchell is suing
the Consolidated Street railway for
$5,000 for injuries received in step
ping from a car.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
Cotton sold on the streets in Green
ville last Friday for 8:80.
W. W. Whelchel, formerly of
Campobello, has moved to Lawn in
this county.
John H. Lipscomb has opened a
meat market at his old stand on
Limestone street.
Dr. G. B. Moore, of Furman Uni
versity, will occupy the pulpit of the
First Baptist church next Sunday.
One of the milling concerns in the
city has contracted to deliver 1,000
bushels of corn meal per month to one
business house in the city.
The LimestoneOollege girls are arriv
ing. The fall session beginstomorrow
and before another week has passed,
the grand old halls of the college will
be radiant with the beauty and real
worth of the South.
The many friends of County Treas
urer T. H. Littlejohn are glad that
he has so far recovered from a recent
severe illness as to be in his office
again. Mr. Littlejohn is still quite
weak, but is recuperating fast.
Sam Powell, a white man who was
captured near this place some weeks
ago by Sheriff Thomas and a deputy
sheriff of Rutherford county, N. C.,
and carried back to Rutherford to be
tried for murder, was convicted last
week of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to twenty-one years in
the State penitentiary.
The Bite of a “Ulue-Uum Nigger.”
It is written and almost universally
accepted in the South that the bite
of a “blue-gum nigger” is as poison
ous as that of a rattlesnake. If that
be true John Robeson, a colored
lemonade vender of Wilmington, re
puted to have an Indigo background
for his ivories, may be held for a
much more serious crime than the
simple biting of a blind colored
woman with whom he had a difficulty
Friday, which led to his arrest and
detention at the police station for
trial. The woman’s name is Lizzie
Sellers, and led by a little colored
girl, she made her complaint at the
police station. She said that she had
been choked, bitten and otherwise
maltreated by the negro mao of the
blue gums.
Nature loves analogies, but not rep
etitions.
Purity.
Purity in flouer ought to be an Im
portant consideration in every family.
In making ‘‘Clifton” flour, every
grain of wheat is thoroughly cleaned
before grinding, and is converted into
flour in a hygienically clean, modern
mill. The flour is purified, cerated
and sifted through delicate silk cloths
before it is sacked. Absolute purity
is thus assured.
The best flour looks very much
like any other flour when It is in the
sack. The real test is in the baking.
That’s where “Clifton” flour excels
by every test—excels in purity and
perfection ; in the quality and richness
of the bread.
Pure flour really does not cost any
more than flour that is not strictly
pure. “Cliftou” flour is guaranteed
atrictly pure wheat flour, and is sold
at a reasonable price. ‘‘Clifton” has
do rival. There Is no better flour
sold at any price.
Bbanskoud Mills,
Owensboro, Ky.
THROUGHOUT THE
TAR HEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROL! A NEWS.
IntereHtAiig lU-nns Cuiict-rniug Our Neigh-
hors Beyond the l.tne Which IT it Provt
KuterUHiikng Reading for Hun< .eds of
Ledger Renders.
A saw mill belonging to H. C. Hun
ter, near Holman, Davie county, was
destroyed by fire one night last week.
About 10,000 feet of lumber was also
destroyed. The loss is about $900
with no insurance.
Rev. N. G. Watson, a sanctificEition
preacher, has just been put in jail
at Greensboro under a warrant from
Moore county charging bigamy. He
has, it is alleged, three wives. He
wears a large placard on which is
printed “Jesus only.”
Mr. Alex Dalton and family of Win
ston-Salem were made intensely sick
Thursday by eating ice cream. M .
Dalton’s condition was considered se
rious until 4 o’clock Saturday mort -
ing, when he began improving.
Three sons and one daughter of Mr.
C. L. Sharp were made sick by eating
some of the same cream.
Already the cotton receipts at Wil
mington since September 1st are one-
seventh of what they were for the en
tire season of 1901-02, and seven times
w hat they were from Sept. 1st to Sept.
20th, 1901. The exact figures are 49,-
896 bales against 6,038 last year.
This week’s receipts were 18,963 bales
against 4,781 same week in 1901.
The surviving members of Company
A, First North Carolina Regiment of
Volunteers, in the Spanish-American
war, will hold a reunion in Charlotte
on Thursday of fair week, October 2.
The company was made up princi
pally from Mecklenburg and Catawba
counties and was commanded by
Capt. T. P. Robertson, of Charlotte.
The Davidson college register now
shows an enrollment of over 200. This
breaks all past records and has caused
a considerable overflow from the dor
mitories into the town. It is believed
that work will soon he begun on the
handsome new dormitory which has
been voted by the board, and is now
recognized as the groat need of the
college.
Solomon Hornwood, superinten
dent of the Burglinton Cotton Mill at
Greensboro, and Miss Bertha An
thony, a popular society lady of Bur
lington, hail a runaway surprise mar
riage at the McAdoo hotel at eleven
o’clock Friday night. The same ho
tel register had the names of advance
agents of the shows. “A Runaway
Match” and “On the Quiet.”
Officers Crowell and Sykes, of
Charlotte, have in their possession
two pairs of women’s shoes that were
found in the Wilson woods near the
city. It is said that the shoes were
taken from a box car on the Southern
railway, though no report of the loss
has been lodged at police headquar
ters. Some one informed the police
Friday that a negro with 29 pairs of
shoes was seen in the Wilson woods
Sunday.
The republican county convention
was held at Graham Saturday. Dr.
D. A Long presided and J. M. Turner
and Dr. R. G. Foster acted as se ire-
taries. The court house was packed
and all the delegates were white men.
It was undoubtedly the largest repub
lican convention ever held in the
county. Among the large mill own
ers in attendance at the convention
were Col. Eugene Holt, James N.
Williamson and Col. James H. Holt.
The remains of Mr. Geo. H. White,
who died at his home in Chicago on
the night of the 17th inst., were
brought to Statesville for interment,
arriving at 11 o’clock Saturday morn
ing. They were accompanied by Mr.
F. A. Sherill, of Statesville, a nephew
by marriage of the deceased, who
being on a business trip in that sec
tion of the West and being advised of
Mr. White’s serious illness, went to
his bedside and was present at his
death.
A rather novel case is on the docket
for trial at the superior court in Troy
this week. -Dan Gould was convicted
of murder in Montgomery county in
1877 and was sentenced to be hanged.
Shortly after his trial he broke jail
and made his escape. Since then he
has been a fugitive and it is supposed
he has been in Florida. Last July a
man was captured In Florida and
taken back to Troy and delivered to
the jailer as Dan Gould. The prisoner
deuies that he is Dan Gould and on
the contrary avers that his name is
Parker and that he was never in
Montgomery county In his life. He
has sued out a writ of habeas corpus
aud the question will come up before
Judge Neal tbit week'.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
People YouJ Know an<t People You JDon’t
Know
S. R. Thackston, of Asbury, spent
Saturday in the city.
W. A. Jones, of Buffalo, was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Pearl Gaffney is tak ig a busi
ness course in Spartanburg.
Wm. Eaker, of Ezells, was a city
visitor Saturday.
Charles E, Smith, merchant and
former of Goucher, was in the city
yesterday.
G. C. Herndon, of Blacksburg,
came over to the city Friday on busi
ness.
John Vassey, of Maud, was in to
see us Saturday.
Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White
Plains, came to the city yesterday.
Audley Gold, a prominent young
business man of Blacksburg, made a
business visit to the city Friday.
Dr. H. Cabell Tabb, chief physi
ciun of The Virginia Life Insurance
Company, was in the city Saturday.
F. L. Rhyne, a worthy young man
of Blacksburg, paid The Ledger an
appreciated visit yesterday.
I G. Sarratt, Esq., went over Fri
day to visit his daughters, Mrs. Rip-
pey and Mrs. Fulton Moore, near Mt.
Paron.
I R. Stacy came in to see us Sat
urday.
L. I). Bonner, of Goucher, was in
the city yesterday.
E. A. Trescot, Esq., of Blacksburg,
came over to the city Friday on pro
fessional business.
Fred V. Turner left the city Friday
for Gainesville, Ga., where he goes to
buy cotton the coining winter.
T. M. Littlejohn, a prominent citi
zen and farmer of Star Farm, was a
Ledger visitor yesterday.
W. C. S. Wood, a prominent farmer
of Goforth, came in Friday to see us.
Don Lumpkin, of Blacksburg, was
in the city Saturday.
Our young friend J. E. Lioscomb,
of Asbury, left the city yesterday for
Furman University. He called to
see us and sub-eribed for The Ledger.
A. W. Smith, a progressive farmer
of Algood, was among his friends in
the city Friday.
C. T. Morrison, of Hickory, N. C.,
was in the city Saturday.
Mrs. Sidney Robertson, of Lando,
Chester county, who has been in the
city visiting her sister, Mrs. W. T.
Poag, on Smith street, went to her
home yesterday.
Willis Hames, a prominent citizen
of Trough, came to the city Friday on
business.
Kinyon Blanton was a city visitor
Saturday.
W. G. Fowler, a prominent citizen
and planter of the lower part of the
county, accompanied by his bright
little son, John Cary, was in the city
yesterday.
Sandow Northey, a Cherokee creek
farmer, came up to the city Friday.
W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury,
spent some time in the city Satur
day.
J. L. Butler, of Blacksburg, is in
the city visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Stuart Thackston. We are glad to
learn that he will soon move to Gaff
ney.
Rev. Arch C. Cree, pastor ot the
First Baptist church, has gone to Lit
tleton, N. C., to visit his parents.
He will occupy the pulpit in the
First Baptist church in Raleigh next
Sunday.
June Robbs, of Maud, was a Led
ger visitor Saturday.
E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, spent
some time in the city yesterday.
Clough Inman, an energetic Wil-
kinsville farmer, came up to the city
Saturday on business.
Robt. L. Peterson, of Cherokee
Falls, came in to see The Ledger yes
terday and subscribed.
Marcus Bridges, a Thickety Moun
tain farmer and one of Cherokee’s
best citizens, was in to see us Satur
day.
Mrs Petty and son Lawrence, of
Shelby, N. C., who were visiting in
the city last week, have returned to
their home.
Wm. Owensby. of Cherokee Falls,
came in to see The Ledger yesterday.
Miss Jessie Keer, of Shelby, N. C.,
is visiting friends in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd L. Ham^s and
Charley Hames made a visit to their
mother, Mrs. T. L. Hames, at Jones-
ville, Union county, Saturday.
Miss Lila Sarratt was visiting in
Shelby, N. C., last week.
A. 8. Smith, a prominent farmer of
Algood, paid The Ledger a visit Fri
day.
G. A. Collins, a sterling citizen and
farmer of Antioch, was in the city
Saturday.
G. S. Black, of Grassy Pond, came
down to the city Friday on business.
8. A. McCraw, of Jet^r, paid The
Ledger a visit Saturday.
Mrs. M. A. Allen, of Bowlinsville,
came in to see us Friday aud renewed.
J. B. Brown, of Ravenna, was in
the city early Saturday onorning.
L. C. Mabry, a stirring farmer of
Gowdeysville, came up to the city
Friday on business.
Lawrence Wood and Ed. McArthur
came home Friday night from Glem-
eon to spend Saturday and Sunday,
accompanied by their young friends,
Messrs. J. L. Caldwell, of Due West,
and I. C. Cross, of Chester.
R. T. Morris, a good citizen of Al
good, was an appreciated Ledger vis
itor Friday.
Lee Martin, of Ezells, came to the
city Saturday on business.
M. C. Lipscomb, a prominent
planter, of White Plains, came to the
city yesterday.
Judge Webster went to Spartan
burg the la^t of the week on business.
Mrs. S. L. Hopp-.'r and daughters,
Misses Effie and Mittie, returned to
the city Saturday from Waynesville,
N. C., where they have been spending
the summer. They were accompa
nied by their friend, Mies Anna Ans-
paoh, of Philadelphia, who will spend
some time with them at their Logan
street home. Their many friends in
the city are glad to have them home
and to gee. that Miss Effie is
entirely well again.
Col. J. G. Wardlaw was in Spartan
burg the last of the week.
John S. Harman, a prosperous
farmer of Wilkinsville, came up to
the city Saturday on business.
D. 1). Gaston, a leading citizen of
Blacksburg, spent Friday afternoon
in the city.
Jerry Gardner, of Macedonia, was a
city visitor Saturday.
Miss Mamie Poulnot, of Charleston,
after an extended trip to the moun
tains of North Carolina, is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. I). H. Hall, at 306
Jefferies street.
Lem Blanton came to the city Fri
day afternoon.
FIGHTINTHE COUNTRY.
Three Young Men Engage in a Difllculty
and One is Badly Hurt.
Ihere was an unfortunate occur
rence on Saturday morning between
0 and 7 o’clock at Humphries’ gin
nery, about one mile out of the city
on the Mills Gup road, in which three
young white men became engaged in
a rough and nimble fight, Wm.
Spencer and a brother oe n>ie side
and George Randolp.. uu the other.
Both sides were putting in their best
work when Randolph got hold of a
short piece of iron pipe and hit Wm.
Spencer across the head, which in
flicted a severe surface wound and
knocked him senseless. Dr. Jefferies
was summoned to the relief of the
injured man and gave him such relief
as was possible, but at this writing
(Monday afternoon;, Mr. Spencer is
In a precarious condition.
Sheriff Thomas and Deputy Sheriff
Lipscomb went to the scene at once
and took charge of Mr. Randolph,
who had made no attempt to escape.
He quietly submitted to arrest and
was brought to the city and placed in
jail where he awaits the result of
Spencer’s injuries. On account of all
the parties concerned, who are all
worthy young men, every one sin
cerely wishes for the recovery of Mr.
Spencer.
Mr. Randolph is a peaceable, hard
working young man and no one re
grets the occurrence more than him
self.
A Tragedy at Laurinburg.
Charles Lockemy, superintendent
of the Richmond cotton mills at
Laurinburg, was killed Friday by
Norris Saunders, father of a boy who
was employed in the mill. The boy
had been discharged for rebellious
conduct. On arriving home he report
ed his discharge to bis father, who
secured a pistol and proceeded to the
mill. He met Supt. Lockemy abd
after a few words shot the superin
tendent, inflictiug a wound which re
sulted io death a few hours later.
A Remarkable Showing.
The showing made by the Wilming
ton Savings and Trust Co., of Wil
mington, is remarkable. It has de
posits of $995,059 04, which is said to
be the largest of any bank in North
Carolina—national, State or savings.
The increase in deposits over Sep
tember lastyear is $145,000.
Premlunm Increaiie.
The premiums offered this year at
the State Fair have been greatly in
creased and competition will be sharp.
Cherokee farmers and manufacturers
should interest themselves in the fair
this year and secure premium lists at
once. __ _
A Gentle Hint.
In our stylo of climate, with its
sudden changes ot temperature—rain,
wind and sunshine often intermingled
in a single day—it is no wonder that
our children, friends and relatives are
so frequently taken from us by neg
lected colds, half the deaths resulting
directly from this cause. A bottle of
Boschee’s German Syrup kept about
your home for immediate use will pre
vent serious Hcknese, a large doctor’s
bill, and perhaps death, by the use of
three or four doses. For curing Con
sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia,
Severe Coughs, Croup, or any disease
of the Throat or Lungs, its success is
simply wonderful, as your druggist
will tell you. Get a sample bottle
free from Cherokee Drug Co. Regu
lar size, 75 cts. Get Green’s Special
Alt&auao. «
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN LOWER CHEROKEE
From Our Correspondent at
Etta Jane.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS
Cotton I’lckerH Hurd at Work and Mont of
Crop Gathered and Marketed -Corn Crop
Good—Sain Lee KaUlng ’Ponsums—Peo
ple Returning to the Faring from Cotton
M11U—Other IteniH.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, Sept. 20.—Miss Anna
Homes, of Home P. O., has furnished
Progress, of Union, with a roll of Co.
B, 18th S. C. V. She is the efficient
secretary of the John I l ames Chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
and asks all veterans whose names
are omitted to inform her at once.
This is a move in the right direction
and if other young ladies would take
the same interest in the work that
Miss Anna does we would soon have
complete rolls of all our Confederate
soldiers, both dead aud living. In
the list furnished by Miss Anna we
find the names of men who had long
since passed out of me.oory, but now
they are as fresh as ever.
The equinoctial gale came on
schedule time. The showers caught
u good deal of fodder down and cot
ton in the patch
The cotton pickers have been hard
at work and as a result a lot of the
staple has been marketed already.
We can assure the cotton dealer
that this kind of fun won’t last long
in this section, for most of the crop
is already open and a lot of it picked
out and marketed. The most experi
enced farmers put the crop down at
one half, some t v- •• fall below that,
while a few claim 60 per cent.
We notice that corn, especially old
corn, where it has been well worked,
is very good. Some of the poorest
land between here and Gaffney has
fine corn on it. We hardly think
there will be any great amount of
Western corn sol4 in Cherokee county
next year. For the first time in many
years we find good corn on both bot
tom and uplands. This is where both
were planted early and well worked.
In all our election news we haven’t
heard of a single killing in the State.
Seemingly times and people are both
getting better.
It’s right tunny to hear some people
tell what kind of neighbors they have.
A lady (No. 1) loaned one of her
neighbors (No. 2) a cup of coffee.
When No. 2 sent it home No. 1
thought it wasn’t all there and she
set it away in the cupboard. Not
long afterwards No. 2 sent to get an
other cup of coffee and No. 1 sent.her
the same one she had sent home.
When it was returned again No. 1 set
it away as before and No. 2 sent again
to borrow and so No. 1 kept loaning
the same cup until there was nothing
left to return.
The boys at their debate Thursday
night made a mistrial. The judges,
John Estes, Will Comer and Will
Blackwell, couldn't get their consent
to say which was right or which side
offered the best argument. The sub
ject was: ‘‘Is emigration an advant
age or a disadvantage to this coun
try?” The next subject is”! ‘‘Who
was the greatest general, Robert E.
Lee or Stonewall Jackson?”
Mr. Sam Lee has a whole family of
’possums in his possession and at last
account they were doing well.He pro
poses to keep and fatten them. ’Pos
sum eaters ought to make friends
with Sam at once.
Mr. John A. M. Estes has sent us
some of his fine homemade molasses.
It is from the Amber cane and
is specially fine, both in color and
taste.
Tonight the young people have a
sociable at the residence of Capt. and
Mrs. Jos. T. Moorebead. Mr. and
Mrs. Moorehead are friends of the
young people and are always glad to
see them and welcome them to their
home to enjoy themselves with Inno
cent pleasures.
Wo learn that some of our neigh
bors who moved off to the cotton mills
several years ago expect to return
and resume their labors on the farm
next year. We need more and better
tillers of the soil in order to keep up
farming operations ho as to meet the
exigencies of a growing, prosperous
and happy country. But it must be
borne in mind that the cultivation of
cotton to the exclusion of other crops
will never accomplish anything but
the financial ruin of its devotees.
We need gardeners, corn, wheat, oats,
pea, bay and sugar cane raisers, to
gether with bogs, cattle and other
stock which will find ready sale in the
market or supply the home demand.
i. L. 8.
Fear may influence action, but it
cannot change character.
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