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f VOLUME 37?XO.Nj^) THE COUNTY RECORD, KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1922 v PRICE $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
EDUCATIONAL WEEK
IN WIUJA1HSBORC
CHAIRMAN WESTMORELAND I
STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAM
TO SOCIAL COMMITTEE. \
At the educational conference held !
in Columbia, November 11th and 12th j
under the auspices of the Citizens;
Educational Association, S. A. Gra- j
ham, chairman, Heinemann; County |
Superintendent M. F. Montgomery, I
t Kingstree; City Superintendent J. W.!
j-S wittenberg, Kingstree; Mrs. E. T.
Kelley, Kingstree, P. H. Stoll were
appointed members of the executive
committee, Williamsburg county, to .
supervise and celebrate Education
XXI/vaU TWiAm]%nv Q.Q Tf Jc inan^rativp
fivun, \j %/? av iu ,
that this committee yet in touch with
each other and hold a meeting at
the earliest passible moment, is pointed
out in a communication to The
County Record signed by Messrs J. R.
Westmoreland, chairman of the Cen.
tral Committee of Citizens Educational
association.
Mr. Westmoreland's letter further
? ?" suites that "The Central Committee,
Br which is a merger of the organization
B and information committees, appoint
ed a prominent business qr profess
ional man as county chairman. The
other four members consist of the
^ pn narinfon/liinf r\f Arln^gtinn
H VVUI1V V OUpVi IIIWIIV^VIIW V* VMMVMvivr.., I
the city or town superintendent, at
the county seat, an active club woman,
H and a representative of the American 1
Legi(#i. In the observance of Educa- '
tion Week you are authorized and
requested to enlist the assistance of
B every leading educator, business or
professional man, woman's club, the 1
f American Legion, the American Legion
auxiliaries, and various other 1
civic and patriotic organizations of
the county and state to come to your !
aid in making this the most effective
educational campaign ever conducted
in your county. While every phase of
educational work should be stressed,
it was the sense of the conference :
in Columbia to make the rural schools 1
the special objective. You should, 1
%therefore, magnify their importance
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and arouse tne rural population to
their undivided support.
"While the celebration of Education
Whek should terminate with one
grand educational mass meeting at
i the county seat on Saturday, December
9th, there should be held during
the week a series of rallies in the
various-districts in the county. As
a starter, it is suggested that every
minister of the gospel be asked to
preach upon the importance of education
on Sunday, December v 8rd. 1
The time, place and programs of the
district rallies, as well as those for
, the big mass meeting on Saturday,
will be arranged by your committee
and you are charged jointly and
severally with the success of the edu
eational campaign in your county.
"Your committee should see that
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resolutions containing me unquamieu
B financial support of the schools by
H the General Assembly are adopted at
B the Grand Rally on Saturday, and a
B certified copy of these sent to the
f members of your county delegation
^ urging them to make adequate approfc
priations to carry out all the school
laws now on the statute books."
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'Venerable Citizen Died Suddenly.
Trio, Nov. 21.?Mr. C. J. Thompson,!
B, who lived about four miles from Trio
died suddenly at his home last Thur-s
B day morning. He had been a sufferB
er for many years from high blood
pressure and hardening of the ar
teries.
W He was about seventy years old, a
| member of the Missionary Baptist
church at Taft, a faithful friend, and
a devoted husband and father. Besides
his widow, one son and four
^ daughters survive him.
In failing health for a long time,
'A he had often prayed that he might
die "with his shoes on," rather than
burden his family by a long illness.
He suddenly expired while walking
in the yard. He had been picking
peas, and becoming tired, had started
to the house to rest. The end came
before he could reach the house.
Congressman P. H. Stoll writes The
County Record that he has a limited
supply of vegetable and flower seed
for distribution among his constituents
and will be glad to forward packages
to anyone who will apply to him for
same. The supply is limited and Mr.
Stoll says he will not be able to make
general distribution. The seed will
be distributed early next spring.
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IMPORTANT MEETINGS
For Tobacco and Cotton Association
Members.
At a meeting of representative
m^nbers of the tobacco and cotton,
association in Kingstree on Tuesday
it was decided to organize local's in
several communities in the county. I
ir. ttwMw) nivvn ovorv mPmKpr tn I
Alt 19 uyvn v?vi j ,
attend the meeting that is closest to !
him.
Meetings will be held at the fol- j
lowing places:'
Suttons, Thursday, November 23, 7 {
p. m.
Cades, Friday, November 24, 7 p. m.
Nesmith, Monday, November 27, 8 j
p. m.
Indiantown, Tuesday, November 28,
8 p. m.
Cedar Swamp, Wednesday, November j
29, 8 p. m.
Spring Branch, Friday, December 1,
7 p. m.
Rock Branch, Saturday, December 2,
7 p. m.
Earles, Monday, December 4, 7 p. m.
COMPLAINT IS SERVED
In Suit Brought by Wite or f ormer i
Governor Blease.
The complaint in a suit for $100,000
brought by Mrs. Lillie S. Blease,
wife of former Governor Cole L.
Blease against the estate of the late
Benjamin L. Abriey, has been served
upon Stephen Elliott, of Columbia,
attorney in fact of John R. Abney, j
of New York, who, with his sister,
Mrs. Lula Hunter, of Atlanta, is the |
principal beneficiary of the estate, it j
was stated tonight by D. W. Robin- j
son, counsel f<r Mrs. Blease. I;
The late Bl* L. Abney, for years
[Jivision counsel for the Southern i
Railway, left an estate valued at
approximately $750,000 at his death, ;
which occured November 11, 1921, i
at the home of former Governor and <
Mrs. Blease. In her complaint Mrs.;
Blease alleges that he promised during
his life time to pay her and remember
her in his will for her care
?f him during his residence in her
home, which, it is stated, began while
Mr. Blease was governor and contin-, *
ued until Mr. Abney's death last year.'
Mrs. A. L. Carter Passes Suddenly.'
Mrs. Carrie Miller Carter, wife of|
A. L. Carter and daughter of Mr. and!
Mrs. H. A. Miller of Kingstree, died
suddenly at her home in the Saltersli
community from an attack of influenza
"Thursday night.
She had been ill only about 48 hours,
double pneumonia developing shortly
after she had taken to her bed. In
young womanhood Mrs. Carter had
learned telegraphy and only recently
was in charge of th^ office of the
Western Union Telegraph company
at this place. She was a very capable
woman and beloved by all who
knew her for her ^exemplary traits
of character.
She is survived by her husband and
four small children of her .own and
four adopted ones, also by her parents.
Interment was in the Williamsburg
cemetery here Friday afternoon,
funeral* services being conducted by
the Rev. F. C. Hawkins of the Baptist
church, of which the deceased
was a member. The floral offerings
that covered her grave were a meagre
attestation of the esteem in which
she was held. "> %
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RECENT DEATHS.
Mrs. A. L. Carter and L. D. Odom
Pass to Reward.
Mr. Lawrence D. Odom, aged 72,
died unexpectedly here Saturday
evening at 8:30 o'clock. The deceased
came to Kingstree from Bafhberg
six years ago and has since made
tills nis nome. several years agu nc
suffered a stroke of paralysis from
which he never fully recovered.A few
days prior to his death he fell in his
bath room and received an injury to
his hip which is believed to have
hastened the end. He is survived by
his widow, who before marirage was
Miss Lela Sandiford of Bamberg, also
two daughters, Mrs. L. S. Dennis and
Miss Myrtle Odom, both of this place.
Mr. Odom was a member of the
Methodist church and his funeral Vas
conducted ^t the residence Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clockj^^j^ffev. R^.
W. Speigner, assis^^^^^^Ap0^T
C. Hawki^g^^^^^^J^rchurch.
Interment wasmao^nth? Williamsburg
, cemetery. The floral offerings
| were numerous and beautiful and atj
tested the esteem in which this venerjable
citizen was held.
MASS MEETING j
HELD TUESDAY
"TOBACCO AND COTTON ASSOCIA- 1
TION MEMBERS DISCUSS ORGANIZATION
PLANS.
A mass meeting of influential cotton
and tobacco growers of Williams- ]
burg county was held at the court i
house Tuesday to take preliminary <
steps toward organizing local units I
throughout the county. The Cotton <
Growers' Cooperative Association and 11
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative As- ]
sociation together with the Extension p
Service of Clemson College are wo'rk 1
ing together to form these communi-j(
ty or school house organization. 1 i
I;rom these various local units a i
county organization will be formed 1 (
Tuesday, December 5th. t
Mr. T. M. Cathcart presided at the \
prelinfinai-y meeting. The Tobacco t
Growers' Association was represented t
by W. E. Lea, of the Field Service c
Division. E. C. Brown of the Cotton ;
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Growers Association was present and
made some valuable suggestions, it
The object in forming these local; a
and county units was explained by J
Messrs Lea and Cathcart. ' 't
Besides the social advantages and i c
promoting community interest, and 'c
studying community problems, it was f
pointed out that these local units
would be of wonderful advantage to 1
the membership in keeping them in r
close touch with the doings of the, I
associations; correcting false reports;!I
studying cost of production; improv- e
ed methods of production and grad-!
ing; developing community leaders; s
increasing the membership and doing a
good work with the extension service t
of the county. ''v
Places of meetings and dates were j s
arrhnged for the organization of lo-' f
cal units and will be found in another j
column in this newspaper. A
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Items From Indiantown. L
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Indiantown, Nov. 20.?Misses Lucy
Eaddy and Mary Pope of Hemingway, v
were the attractive week-end guests ^
of Miss Gertrude Stuckey.
Miss Mildred Wilson of Kingstree, jc
is spending a few days here with her If,
parents. jd
Mrs. C. C. Daniel has gone to ^
Greenwood to visit her daughters,
Margaret and Dorothy, students of 0
Lander College, who are sick with s
dengue fcver. a
Mr. Thomas of Lake City, was a j ^
visitor at lndiantown Sunday aicer- r
noon. . r
Messrs. John Snowden and Frank
Wilson went to Plantersville Friday. a
Mr. Henry Bartell of the University v
of South Carolina, spent the weekend
here with hi$ parents.
Messrs. W. J., and Clelmer Bartell,
M. M. Wilson attended the CarolinaFurman
football game at Florence
Friday afternoon. . \
Mr. G. H. Lovett had the misfortune f
of breaking his arm while cranking ?
his car at Plantersville Thursday
night, where he and his father had ?
gone on a fishing trip. v
Mr. W. A. Moss went to Florence *
Saturday on business, returning home 1:
Sunday afternoon. *
Mrs. James Munnerlyn of Choppee, c
spent Sunday here with her mother, v
The young folks of this community s
enjoyed an informal dance at the ?
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Rollins I
on Thursday night.
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County Teachers Meeting. v
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The Wililamsburg County Teachers' s
association held its first meeting for i
the present school year in Kingstree, s
on Saturday, November 18th. There t
were about fifty-five (55) teachers j
present from all part% of the county.
The following officers were elected: r
W. D. Halfacre, president; A. R. Reg
ister, vice-president; S. P. Stackl^, }
secretary-treasurer. These officers
will have charge of the association t
during the present school year.
Mr. D. L. Lewis, state supervisor i
of rural schools, addressed the teach- j
ers. His remarks were timely and
practical, and will be of great help t
to the teachers in their school room j
problems.^ c
it th^conclusion of the meeting
the Mother's Club of Kingstree sen- ?
ed lmj^i. >
decided that the next meeting
will be held on December 16th, i
at Kingstree. 1
The following teachers were ap- ]
pointed to get up the program for ]
the occasion: Miss Lilla Babb, Mrs.
M. F. Montgomery and Mr. S. P. 1
Stackley.
FARMERS OUTLINE
FIGHT ON WEEVIL
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PLAN TO GROW COTTON UNDER
PEST CONDITIONS.
Scientific farmers and farm experts
meeting in Columbia Saturday I
it the call of Governor Harvey, dislussed
the boll weevil situation in
South Carolina and as a result of the'
onference outlined a definite program j
:o be followed by all cotton growers i
profitably under weevil conditions, it
vas said, but a small acreage must
>e planted so that it can be given
lose attention. The need for erow- I
ng food crops sufficient to care for |
nan and beast was stressed and the :
>pinion was voiced that the day of
ibsentee ownership has passed. The
vhite brain is needed to raise coton
under weevil conditions, and the
>rdinaxy negro laborer is not able to
:ope with the pest unless under white j
guidance, it was said.
The following recommendations , to
he cotton growers of the state were
idoped unanimously:
"Destroy the weevil's winter quar-'
ers by plowing under cotton and j
orn stalks and by cleaning terraces, litch
banks and other trash on the.j
arm.
"Prepare land early and thorough-1
y. Plant best seed of approved va- j
ieties. Among the best varieties are j
lightning Express, Cleveland Big,
loll, Delta type and (on wilt-in-fest- j
d land) Dixie Triumph.
"Use fertilizers sufficient such as i
hould make an average bale per j
.ere in an average season, without
he presence of the weevil. This
aries on individual farms. Make;
ide applications of soda early be-1
ore first blooms appear.
"Plant as soon as ground is warm. J
ill cotton in a given community
hould be planted at about the same
ime (from the first to the middle of
LpriL) ,
"Practice frequent shallow cultiatipn
to keep up fruiting. Practice
hick spacing. *
"Practice early square picking if
heap labor'is available. This must
e done very thoroughly every five
lays if possible in order to be effecive.
"Definite recommendations on pois- j
ning are deferred, for future con- j
ideration by this conference, until |
iter the proposed conferences at
Vashington has been held to deter-1
nine upon the general policy to be;
ecommended for 1923.
"Develop a fertile soil as the best i
.sset for farming under boll wee- [
il conditions."
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News From Trio.
Trio, Nov.21.?Miss Mabel Jackson,
irincip^l of the Aimwell school, met
rith a painful accident last Wedneslay.
While on the way to school
he tripped over a piece of barbed i
rire which was lying: on the ground,'
ailing and cutting' her knee severe- i
y on a piece of glass. She was hur-1
iedlyl taken in an automobile to An-!
trews for treatment, where the wound 1
iras dressed by Dr. DuBose. Three
rtitdhes had to be taken. We are
to renart that the injured mem-!
*r is now healing nicely.
On Wednesday of last week the j
oof of Mrs. J. A. Salters' kitcheni
pas badly damaged by fire. Sparks;
rom the chimney fell on the dry I
hingles and the flames spread rapid- j
y. As soon as the alarm war given
everal men rushed to the spot with'
mckets of water, and the fire was j
?ut out before the main roof caught. |
Mayor W. T. Rowell spent last Wed-;
lesday in Charleston.
Mrs. M. A. Pate has returned to1
ler home in Walterboro.
Mrs. J. A. Salters is visiting relaives
in Lake City.
W. P. Moore, Jr., of Charleston,
s spending a few days with his i
larents here.
Mrs. J. Norwood Register and her
wo little children have returned from
Andrews, where they were the guests
>f Mrs. E. L. Powell.
Mr. Smith, a representative of the j
soutnern r rait v^o., was in x no ia?i i
veek on business. Mr.
R. E. Register of Lanes, tie
nspector of the A. C. L. railroad, has
>een visiting relatives here, accompanied
by his wife and little son,
Robert.
Mr. W. H. Harper went to George;own
Monday on a business trip.
C. J. Thompson Dies Suddenly.
WILLIAMSBURG SCHOOLS. ||
State Inspector Submits Report on I
Their Condition.
i Following is the report of State
Inspector of Rural schools D. L. Lewis G
made to State Superintendent of Education
on the condition of schools in '
Williamsburg county.
Columbia, ^5. C., Nov. 20, 1922. |
Hon. J. E. Swearingen, J ^
Dear Sir: I,give below leview of
school conditions in Williamsburg |.
county, as seen in the course of aj^
visit made during week ending N?"l^
vember 18.
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On November 14 the County Super-1 w
intendent and I visited the following ' ^
schools: !ej
Wayside,' a two-teacher school; j .
n i;^i? . a. i i
^arusie, a iwu-teuciier sciiuui, vohcs, ^
4 three-teacher school; Rough Branch, ^
a one-teacher school; and Indiantown, ^
a school of three teachers.
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On November 15 we visited Mouzon, jj
a one-teacher school; Bethel, a one- ?
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teacher school; Hebron, a school of
four teachers; Pergamos, a three- cj
teacher school; and Aimwell, a oneej
teacher school. ^
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November 16 we visited Cedar ?
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Swamp, a four-teacher school; Cen- ^
tral, a two-teacher school; Blooming- ^
vale, a school with two teachers;
Marion Branch, a one-teacher school; .
and Piny Forest, a two-teacher school.
November 17 we visited Gamble, w
a two-teacher school; Mulberry, a ^
school with two teachers; and Lanes,
a four-teacher School.
At Wayside we found an excellent ej
new building, recently erected. The ^
people of this progressive community cc
are to be commended. The people of
the Gamble section are likewise to ^
be congratulated on their neat two- ^
teacher building just completed. . j
We found the teaching corps, in ^
almost every .case,"a body of earnest,
hard-working people, getting good re- j
cults in tVioit- tMchinir In two schools
the discipline was hot good.* It fol- j(
lows that the work of the schools
was not good; there can be no good
work without discipline. Teachers w
should have good discipline, otherwise a
their work will go down as a failure. ^
In several schools the pupils were
not reading well. This was perhaps ^
due to two causes, possibly three. ^
The pqpils may have been promoted
without being prepared; they may
do little or no reading outside of the n
schoolroom; ot the teachers may no< ^
be teaching readiVg well. In case the m
pupils do not read well, the teacher
should concentrate on this subject, as ej
all other subjects are sealed books ^
unless the pupils can re^i and get n(
the thought from what they read.
Some history teaching was observ- ^
ed, where the teachers had prepared ^
their recitations, but were not get- ^
ting response from the pupils. The
trouble seemed to be that not enough ^
was expected or required of the pu- ^
pils, and the teachers were trying to .
do all the work for them. It is not
well \AJ tuv iiiuvu iwvw??n^ w
es in history in the intermediate and
high school grades; the pupils will ^
not pay attention, and nobody except
the teacher derives any benefit. .
The history lesson should be so prepared
by the teacher that questions
provoking"thought on the part of the ^
pupilsswill take the place of the lecture.
These questions should develop
logically every point in the lesson,
and the pupils should be expect- m
ed and requiredyto know the answers. R
The teacher- should do some parallel R
reading, so tfiat they can narrate a
interesting related facts to their his- m
tory classes, and thus make the sub- w
ject live ahd interesting to the class, m
Ceocrranhv should be taught in the T]
same manner, and history and* geog- sc
raphy should always be correlated, ta
maps and other geographical helps si
being used irt the history teaching, w
and stories from history being used
to make geography interesting. In
In some schools "pupils are not be- fa
ing given sufficient drill on the analy- sc
sis and parsing of sentences. With- ec
out such drill, the value of technical sc
English grammar is very doubtful,
whereas, when analysis and parsing cc
are thoroughly taught, it constitutes d<
the finest kind of mental training.
Furthermore, without a thorough 4
knowledge on the part of pupils of in
sentence contraction, they cannot acquire
the finer mechanics of compo- R
sition. as thev will have no standard ^
by which to determine whether the
sentences making up their composition
are grammatically correct. st
Too much of the time of the pupils
should not be taken in tests. If ec
the daily recitations are thorough,
tests or examinations two or three C
times during the term are sufficient.
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iROVER CROOKS
LEAVES PRISON
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OVERNOR CAN NOT REVOKE
PAROLE WHEN TIME
LIMIT IS UP. ' j
In an opinion handed down Monday,
le state supreme- court, in the case
f Grover Crooks, who was suing
>r habeas corpus held that a parole
sued* by the governor of South
arolina to convicts did not suspend
leir sentences bat that with the pa- t
>ie; or, in enect, mat me prisoner
as still in the custody of the state
it without his prison bounds under
cecutive sanction. The court in- ,
;ructed Col. A. K. Sanders, superitendent
of the state penitentiary,
? turn Crooks back to the sheriff
I Oconee county because the revo- 4
ition of Crook's parole by Governor
arvey on September 13, li)22, was
3t legal.
The opinion was written by Asso
ate Justice J. H. Marion and is an
chaustive treatise on the pardening
3wer of the governor. It was conirred
tn by the other members of
le court with the exception of Chief
astice Eugene B. Gary, who merely
ated that he dissented, without givg
his reasoning.
Under the weight of the decision#
hen a convict is.paroled, his senrnce
continues to hin, and, regandss
of the stipulations surrounding
s freedom, when this sentence has
cpired he is without the custody 01
le state. Until clarified by the
?uri, MIC ^cuciai kuiltcpnuu ui a
irole was that the prisoner could
i re-possessed by the state during
ie time of his natural life for viotion
of any of the stipulaltions of
e parole.
Since parole was grafted into the v
w in 1909 by statutory provision,
has been a favorite mode ' of
emency with South Carolina govnors;
for the reason that they supwed
the stipulations in the grant
Duld have to be lived up to, putting* ,.
deterrent in the path of a return
crime otherwise the convict would
ive to complete his interrupted sennee.
However, the supreme court
rough its decision holds this to be
false doctrine.
In some states in which the pale
system is in effect there is a
atutory provision, providing for
erely a suspended sentence when
parole is granted, and the prison1
can be re-incarcerated at any time
r just cause.* Although he had .
(thing to say for publication conraing
the opinion, it is probable
at Governor Harvey, when he drafts
s message to the General Assembly,
ill ask that statutory hedges be
it around paroles granted in the
iture. In the granting of a parole ' /
ere Is no return of citizenship, which
the case when a pardon is given;
id the majority of governors seem
rerse- to giving a full pardon, exrJ
when there is shown to be a
igrant miscarriage of justice.
The opinion of Justice Marion goes
to full history of the Crooks case
id he cites copious authorities on
hich the reasoning of the courts is
(ttomed.
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American debt funding comissoin
was advised today by the
umanian financial mission that
umania is liable at present to set
date when it may begin the payent
of interest on its $41,000,000
ar debt to this country.
he same thing may be said as to?
hool entertainments. These enterinments
are good things, but they
lould not be allowed to interfere
ith the school work.
It is hoped that the people of Wilamsburg
county will do away as
ir as they can with their one-teacher
hools. It will never be possible to
locate the country children in those
hools.
The people of the county are to be
ingratulated on the following evimces
of school progress:
Spring Gullyf 4 mills; Wee Nee,
mills; Marion Branch, 6 mills; Hem
gway, i mius.
Bond issues for new buildings: Oak
idge, Piny Forest, Marion Branch,
ree Nee.
New buildings: Two constructed.
New negro buildings: Three conructed.
New white schools to be construct1
at once: Three.
Consolidations: S^ndy Bay with
arlisle; Spring Branch with Hebron.
D. L. Lewis.
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