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GLEISOi'S KEW 8??LB?8G.
Darner Stone of Agricultural Half
Laid Yesterday.
Clemson College, Jan. 19.-This-was
& day that meant mach for Clemson and
for South Carolina, because it saw the
laying of the comer stone of the Hall
ot Agriculture, which, according to
Senator Tillman, represents an effort
I on the part of the trustees of the col?
lege to turn the trend of ?he times to?
wards agriculture. There was a large
crowd in attendance.
Dr. Mell presided in memorial hall
and introduced Pi of. Furman, the se?
nior member of the faculty, who ledi
in prayer. Senator Tillman made an
earnest address, giving the histoiy of
causes that led up to the founding of
She college and a history of the college
since. He showed how the college had
been turned from its intended course
jato a mechanical direction by force
of circumstances and the demand of
the people. He said it was a sad fact
that the young men were leaving the
State to und positions.
He hoped that the founding of this
building would lead to giving the sons
of farmers an education that would
help them make an honorable living
en the farm,
GoL J^wman followed in an elo?
quent speech, dealing with the Jong
struggle for such a building and ex?
pressing high hopes of what this, the
first agricultural hall in the south,
would do . for South Carolina, Ooh
Newman is a proud .man tonight be-j
cause the best days of his life have
been spent in working for the cause of
agricultural education.
CoL Norris followed, reading a list
of articles which he had prepared and
placed in the corner stone. Dr. Mell
rend a similar list
The band, followed by the Masons,'
|the faculty, cadets and citizens march?
ed io the new building and all being
arranged Ja rows on the first floor
Grand Master John R. Bellinger took
J charge of the exercises and superin?
tended the laying of the corner stone
according to the rites of the ancient
and honorable order of Masons. He
made an eloquent and impressive ad
rpgff.
Besides the Calhoun lodge many
prominent Masons from surrounding
towns were present.
Fesr-Cornered Fight for Statehood.
It waa the proud boast of the late
John J. Tugaila, before Kansas au?
diences, that he had voted, as a Uni?
ted States Senator, upon the admis?
sion to the American Union of nine
sovereign States. Tngalls was a Sena?
tor from the early seventies until the
first of the nineties. Most of the
States which he voted upon came in
with the big land boom in the West
the boom of the eighties. The rec?
ords of Congress do not show that
' there was much discussion among the
law-makers about the admission of
these States. They were at the time
thought to be Republican State, and
they entered the Union casually and
almost tritely, to offset the votes of
the solid. South in the Electoral Col?
lege and in the United States Senate.
The party in power admitted these
States with little thought of the far
reaching effect the new States might
have upon the destiny of thc Union,
and the people applauded at the bal?
lot-box when the party in power
pointed with pride in its platform at
what it had done. Public sentiment
in those days was in favor of *'gittin'
all the land jinin'," and the admission
of the new States was looked upon as
a good rea! estate deal.
If anything is needed to show the
marked progress public sentiment has
made in America toward sane discus?
sion .-of what may be called impersonal
problems, one may compare the earnest
consideration which the people are
giving to the subject of the admission
of the four Territories in the South?
west with the consideration given to
the admission of the States in the
eighties. The debate on the admis?
sion of the Territories of Oklahoma,
Indian Territory, New Mexico, and
Arizona, at the last regular session of
toe Congress, was one of the longest
sad most illuminating in the history
of the United States Senate. This
debate, like most modern discussions
io legislative halls, was rambling
and somewhat formless, yet it will be
read by future historians as a marvel
of erudition upon constitutional law
and tbs basic principles of govern?
ment-Collier's Weekly.
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One Minute Cough Cu e strengthens the
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TBE IMMIGRATION GOHVEHTIGH.
The Legislature Will be Asked to
Establish a State Bureau.
The State Immigration society met
last evening in the senate chamber
and decided upon a definite course of
action. It was finally agreed, after
interminable discussion and delay, to
appoint a committee to draft suitable
resolutions to send to the general as?
sembly. This sub-committee, however,
will meet with the executive commit?
tee at ll o'clock this morning and will
submit the resolutions for ratification
before they are banded to the legisla?
ture. .
The meeting was opened with Mr.
?. J. Matheson in the chair. It was
easily seen that the new movement
will soon gain ground, for it is hear?
tily commended, and is in the hands
of earnest, intelligent and patriotic
men.
At tile beginning of the meeting re?
ports were mads* by the representa?
tives of the various counties. In
Edge?eld-iiotbing has been done, ow?
ing to the absence from the county of
Mr. Bai nsf ord, the committeeman.
Sichland, too, bas been little tested.
Mr. Scott, of Newberry, was deeply
i interested in the subject of immigra?
tion. Ee had recently visited New
York and had seen many immigrants
who were anxious to come south, but
who were penniless. He had inter?
ested an Ohioan with a fortune of two
and a half millions so much that he
had purchased land near Newberry.
Unfortunately, said Mr. Scott, this
gentleman had been advised' to settle
in Mississippi rather than South Car?
olina, the advice being. given by a
paid officiel of South Carolina. Mr.
Scott did not disclose the name,'
though he is in possession of it.
Dr. J. H. David, of Marion, was
encouraged - by the outlook in his
county. He urged the appointment of
an additional worker in his county.
Mr. Knox Livingstone, speaking for
Marlboro, said that as the movement
had been boru there he was sure that
the necessary money would be quickly
supplied. In Marion there are now
125 farms uncultivated. Mr. Mathe?
son, supplementing Mr. Livingstone's
remarks, announced that Marlboro
, had $1,500 subscribed. $
Capt W. D. Moore, of York, an?
nounced that though little, had been
done in the way of subscriptions yet,
he felt that contributions would be
made. Be thought the present plan
of raising money, however, was too
slow.
Mr. Dabbs, of Sumter, had 'circu?
lated the news of the movement
through the Sumter papers, but un?
fortunately ho one had contributed.
Sentiment in his county was divided,
though ha was so th o rough ly eut husi -
astic that he wanted suggestions that
would help to convert the skeptics.
Mr. Wm. Goldsmith, Jr., thought
that Greenville would take up the
idea. At a recent meeting when Mr.
M. V. Bicharas, the land and indus?
trial agent of the Southern railway,
spoke the interest in immigration was
manifest.
In Greenville the need is to supply
the place of the native people who
have gone into the mills. Mr. E. W.
McCown spoke of the circulation of
the idea in Florence county through
the press.
Mr. Banks, of Orangeburg, regretted
that the idea had not been spread in
his county. The county population is
now about five negroes to one white,
the labor of the former being at a low
rate of pay.
Mr. Bigbam of Chester said that
the towns were depopulating the coun?
try, for the farmers are coming to the
milla The country is unoccupied,
waiting for immigrants and must be
kept up or the cities will die. Every
city mast have a cultivated country
round about Scotch already consti?
tute a large part of Chester and he
thinks that Scotch would be the right
sort of immigrants to encourage to
settle there.
Mr. H. S. Addison of Greenwood
would like to see a desirable class of
thrifty citizens come to the State and
thought that this was . the sentiment
of his county.
CoL D. A. Spivey of Horry felt the
necessity of immigration and thought
there would be no trouble in raising
the money. There is now a colony in
Horry brought from the north and the
west and which is doing .weil. Most of
them are truck farmers now. Mr.
Burroughs also bf Conway discussed
the colony more fully and described
its organization and present status.
Mr. Dabbs introduced a resolution,
first, asking the legislature to estab?
lish a bureau of immigration, which
should keep the proper statistics and,
second, to employ an agent who should
visit foreign countries to tell their
people of South Carolina's advantages.
Mr. E. J. Watson, secretary of the
local Chamber of Commerce, empha?
sized the need of a bureau. He want?
ed a bili framed to be sent to the leg?
islature.
Mr. Livingstone spoke along the
same line as Mr. Watson and proposed
that a committee of three be appoint?
ed to draft suitable resolutions to sub?
mit to the general assembly. This
motion was carried and Messrs. Liv?
ingstone, Watson and Dabbs will act
upon all resolutions, etc., and put
them in the proper shape.
A meeting of the sub-committee
will be held this morning at 1 o'clock
at the Chamber of Commerce and * the
full committee will meet at 3 o'clock
this afternoon in the senate chamber,
when the resolutions and draft of the
proposed bill will be submitted for
ratification.-The State. Jan. 20.
CASTOR IA
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
jftjaatuxe of
SENSATION OVER BOOK MATTER.
Atlanta Journal Has Information
That Political Row is Brewing
In Georgia as Result of School Book
Adoption.
The Atlanta Journal of Sunday
points out that there is mach doing in
regard to the book commission awards.
. That journal prints in full the Josiah
Carter (Chronicle's Atlanta corres?
pondent) article, and, in addition,
prints the following very sensational
article :
'A sensation is brewing in State pol?
itics by reason of discoveries made by
book men in the records of the book
commission, which recently adopted
the books for State schools for the next
five years, which discoveries, it is al?
leged, show the American Book com?
pany was allowed to make two bids sub?
sequent to the time allowed for filing
the bids had expired. So far as the
records go this company was the only
company to make subsequent bids after
the time fixed for all bids to be filed,
and it was the last bid of the company,
which was without date, that secured
the contract for the American Book
company for the third, fourth and fifth
of Lee's readers.
"While examining the records of the
commission Saturday a well-known
book agent, whose company partici?
pated in the recent bidding, found two
bids of the American Book company
which had come in after November 25,
the date set for receiving the bids.
He was greatly surprised at the action
j of the commission, it is said, and was
very indignant that his company
should have received such treatment.
When other book representatives heard
the news of the discovery they too were
greatly surprised. The master has
been largely discussed by those inter?
ested, and Saturday it was the sensa?
tion of the day in the State capitol.
What the effect of the discovery will
be remains to be seen, but that it will
stir things up in political circles seems
a certainty.
"The first bids on the readers which
i were awarded to the American Book
company were at a much higher price
than the bid which secured the con?
tract, and, furthermore, readers of
both Ginn & Co., and Maynard, Mer?
rill & Co., which were bid in Novem?
ber 25, at a lower price than those of
the American Book company, were
both classed higher by the sub-com?
mission than the American Book com?
pany readers. This is another point
which has caused no end of discussion
and which will perhaps bear explana?
tion.
SOMETHING ABOUT PRICES.
"When the bids Of the American
Book company were submitted on No?
vember 25, the date determined upon
for the final filing of all bids of the
companies participating in the contest,
they showed the following prices for
the Lee readers, third, fourth and fifth,
which were afterwards adopted by the
commission as the readers for five
years : Thirty-five cents, 45 cents and
50 cents for the third, fourth and
fifth, readers, respectively. The bids
submitted on November 30, five days
after the time for filing the bids had
expired, showed the following figures:
Thirty cents, 40 cents, 45 centa The
bid of the same company, which came
on later without any date, and upon
which the contract for the readers was
awarded, showed the following prices
for the third, fourth and fifth read?
ers : Thirty cents, 35 cents, 35 cents.
"On November 25th the Maynard
Merrill company, which also submit?
ted bids for the readers, and two of
the readers, thc first and second, be?
ing awarded to that company, put in
a bid which priced "Graded Litera?
ture' ! readers at 32 cents, 34 cents, 34
cents, respectively,, for the third,
fourth and fifth " readers. And, as
stated, the "Graded Literature" read?
ers were classed as the very highest
class by the sub-commission appointed
to examine all books and report upon
them, while the American Book com?
pany readers, at a much higher price
at first, and which were afterwards
reduced considerably, and which had
not been ranked very high by the sub
commission, were selected instead. It
is this fact that the politicians and
book men are discussing and are won?
dering what the result will be.
BOARD MEMBERS WON'T TALK.
"Governor Terrell and Secretary of
State Phil Cook, who are members of
the board which awarded the book
contracts, were seen last night, and
both of them declined to make any
statement about the discovery of the
subsequent* contracts. Attorney Gen?
eral John C. Hart, who is a member
of the State board also, was out of the
city, and no response could be had to
rings at the door bells at the resi?
dences of State School Commissioner
W. B. Merritt and Comptroller Gen?
eral W. A. Wright.
Sound Advice.
With cotton selling for 14 cents a
pound there is nc use arguing against
a tremendous acreage being planted
this spring : nor with a fair season is
there likelihood of the yield being less
than 12^000,000 baies. The South Caro?
lina farmer's wisest course is to plant
as early as is reasonably safe; to plant
the earliest maturing varieties of seed
obtainable and to use economy, mak?
ing the greatest quantity with the
least outlay. Whatever the size of
the crop, high prices will be command?
ed by the first half million bales of
the new crop that are put on the mar?
ket.-The State.
KUledT j
There is not an ache or pain that cati be
reached externally that cannot be ''killed" j
in a few minutes by the use of Elliott's I
Emulsified Oil Liniment. Rub it on the
affected part and the pain will soon disap- j
pear. Full ^ pint bottle 25c. AU dealers. '
Elk playing cards. For sale by H. j
60V. HEYWARD ON LYNCHING.
An Appeal to the General Assem?
bly for Special Legislation
? on this Subject.
Columbia, Jan. 20.-Governor Hey?
ward today sent a special message to
the Legislature in reference to lynch?
ing, in which he asks for additional
legislation on that question, or a
special appropriation by which he can
obtain evidence and do more than
possible now in suppressing mob out?
breaks. The message follows ;
In my annual message to your hon?
orable body reference was made to
lawlessness in our State, the frequent
occurrence of lynchings being dwelt
upon particularly. The necessity of
respect being paid to the law by civi?
lized communities was urged in this
Connection. You, the lawmakers, had
not been assembled here a week, when
another evidence of this lawless spirit
is given in the lynching at Reeyes
ville.
The Governor is popularly credited
with the power to prevent or punish
these outrages against the State. In
reality he is practically powerless.
When notified he may sometimes
frustrate the mob by the employment
of. troops, but when the crime has been
committed his hands are practically
tied. The meagre rewards he has
been empowered to offer* out of his
contingent fund have proven ineffec?
tual, and this is as far as he is per?
mitted to go. In the meantime the
spirit of lawlessness is unchecked. Any
band of lawless men may feel secure
in taking the life of a fellow being oa
almost any pretext. This deplorable
condition ought to be remedied. To
compel greater respect-the proper
jespect-for the majesty ef the law I
recommend the enactment of special
legislation in reference to lynching ;
that the great responsibility of o?
ci?ls directly charged with enforcing
the laws be brought home to them,
and that more effectual measures be
taken for the apprehension of persons
who take the law into their own
hands. * *
In lieu of some such legislation I
suggest that the Governor be provided
with an adequate fund for the pur?
pose of suppressing lynching ; a fund
that may be used in offering suitable
rewards or in obtaining evidence
against lynchers in such manner as
may be deemed best.
I sincerely regret the necessity for
I' thisV* and am not desirous of addi?
tional responsibilities, but I will not
shirk any .duty that the General
Assembly may see fit to impose for the
welfare and good name of South Caro?
lina. D. C. Heyward,
Governor..
PEAGE IN THE FAR EAST.
The Financial Pulse Indicates
Crisis is Over.
Tokio, January 21.-The growing
belief that a peaceful settlement of
existing international difficulties will
eventually be attained has served to
strengthen the financial markets and
stocks are advancing on the local ex?
change.
The Government, which has so far
not received any communication from
Russia, remains silent, awaiting a
formal^ response to its last note. The
mere acceptance of Japan's proposals
will not suffice. Japan will Unques?
tionably insist upon some definite plan
of action besides mere promises, in?
cluding a reduction of the Russian
fleet in Japanese waters.
The Government of Japan has ex?
pended a lerge amount of money in
preparation for war, and is ready to
fight, and is naturally unwilling to
disarm, unless absolutely convinced
that her rights will be safeguarded.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 21.-The worst
flood in the history of Western Penn?
sylvania since the establishment of
the weather bureau at this point is
expected here on Friday night.
Never before have the existing condi?
tions and the outlook been so serious
as now. Although Forecaster Frank
Ridgeway tonight would not state to
what height he expects the rivers to
rise he admits the situation is grave.
Experienced river men and people
who for years have watched river and
weather conditions tonight did not
hesitate to state that a stage of 35 feet
would be reached, which is 1.7 feet
higher than the flood of 1884.
Fewer gallons;; wears longer: Devoe.
--HSV'... -mSMWmm
When bilkras try a dose of Chamber?
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and real?
ize for once how quickly a first-class up
to-date medicine wiil correct the disorder.
For sale by China's Drug Store.
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 21.-Fire,
which broke out in the kitchen, about
5 o'clock this morning, destroyed the
main dormitory, the kitchen, dining
rooms and laundry and boiler build?
ings of the State Normal College for
Girls, at Greensboro. There were
about three hundred students in the
bumed dormitory and all escaped
without injury.
Cured After Suffering 10
Years.
B. F. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle ?fc Mfg.
Co., Middletown, 0., suffered for ten years
with dyspepsia. He speut hundreds of
dollars for medicine and with doctors
without receiving any permanent benefit.
He says, "One night while feeling excep?
tionally bad I was about to throw down
the evening paper when I saw an item in the
paper regarding the merits of Kodol Dys?
pepsia Care. I concluded to try it and
while I had no faith in it I felt better
after the second dose. After using two
bottles 1 am stronger and better than 1
have been in years, and I recommend Ko?
dol Dyspepsia Cure to my friends and
acquaintances suffering from stomach
?able."
TROST mi DECIDED.
Decision by Judge Gary on the
Demurrer.
First Step in Fight Against Fer?
tilizer Trust-Appeal to the Su?
preme Court Likely.
Columbia, Jan. 21.-Judge Gary has
rendered a decision in the state's case
against the Virginia-Carolina Chemi?
cal company and seven fertilizer con?
cerns of this state, charging them with
violating the anti-trust laws of the
state and entering into a conspiracy to
control the prices and products of the
product in South Carolina. The de?
cision is upon a demurrer entered by
the company to the charges and the
demurrer is overruled.
The complaint was first lodged
against the company under the acts of
1897, amended by the acts of 1898 in
regard to the combination of two or
more parties or corporations that may
lessen competition. The complaint al?
leged that in ?90O the V.-C. company
with a capital of $24,000,000 purchased
all other similar concerns in this state
except four small ones and also an in
interest in. the Southern Cotton Oil
company which produced a fertilizer
ingrediant.
The company demurred on the ground
that the act of 1897 was in violation
of the constitution of the United
States. This is overruled by Judge
Gary on the ground that the anti-trust
laws are within the police powers of
the state and that said powers are not
subject to the amendment referred to,
which is the Hth.
The second objection was that no
state had the right to pass laws that
impair the obligations of a contract.
This was overruled on the ground that
the corporation came into this state
kneeing the laws and found the other
co-defendants organized under the said
laws and subject thereto.
The third objection in regard to the
shipping of goods which comes under
the inter-state commerce law is sus?
tained, but the judge holds that the
other clauses of the' action constitute
a cause for action, the clauses being
separable.
In the fourth and fifth objections
that the complaint does not state
facts that the company has violated
the terms of.the_act, the judge recited
the complaint and concludes that
there is sufficient ground and over?
rules the d?marrer. This is practi?
cally the first step in the fight and it
is probable that this will be carried
to the supreme courfc.
DE?OLY ALUMNA CYCLONE.
Thirty-Seven People Killed at
Moundville, Ala.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 22.-Themost
sdisastrous cyclone that ever wept
over this section visited Moundville,
Ala., a town of 300 inhabitants, 15
miles sooth of Tuscaloosa, this morn?
ing at 1 o'clock and as a result 37 per?
sons were killed and more than 100
injured, and every business house
with the exception of a small drug
store completely destroyed.
The cyclone struck the city from
the southwest, dealing death and
destruction as it made its path, a
quarter of a mile wide, through the
town.
-??*-.
Holly Hill, Jan. 22.-John S. Wil?
son, a young man living at Sandridge,
well known and thought of through?
out this county, was killed yesterday.
He was in the woods where timber
was being cut. One large limb was
cut and fell, striking a second limb,
breaking it off, the latter striking
Mr. Wilson and killing him instantly.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 22.-The
coroner reported to the sheriff today
that he bad investigated the death
of Mrs. Eliza Dickerson, a white
woman who lived 18 miles from the
city, and that he had learned that the
death was due to a beating she had
received from her husband; Benjamin
Dickerson, who will probably be
arrested. The woman had her ribs
broken and was terribly bruised. She
said before she died that her husband
had beaten her and that she wanted
the coroner informed, as she knew
that she was going to die. The peo?
ple of the district have threatened
violence against the husband
A London physician, at the risk of
giving away the secrets of his pro?
fession, writes to a paper that in the
course of thirteen visits to a victim of
the grip he could do but two things of
positive value. The first was to open
a window and the second was to pull
off three of the six blankets under
which the patient was sweltering.
The moral is that sick people need
fresh air even more than well people
do.
Congratulations.
Mi. John H. Cullom, Editor of the Gar?
land Texas News, has written a letter of
congratulations to the manufacturers of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as follows:
"Sixteen years ago when our first child
was a baby he was subject to croupy spells
and we would be very uneasy about him.
We began using Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in 1887, and finding it such a re?
liable remedy for colds and croup, we have
never been without it in the house since
that time. We have have five children and
have given it to all of them with good re?
sults. One good feature of this remedy is
that it is not disagreeable to take and our
babies really like it. Another is that it is
not dangerous, and there is no risk from
giving an overdose. I congratulate you
upon the success of your remedy." For
sale by China's Drug Store.
Plenty of "Pitt" at Osteen's Book
DISPENSARY DIRECTORS' REPORT.
Total Sales $2,817,998.77
School Fund Gets $!26,.
266.00, Cities and Coun?
ties $512,216.35.
In its report to the governor yester?
day the State board of dispensary con?
trol gives the following statement of
the business for the fiscal year end?
ing Nov, 30th last ;
To His Excellency D. C. Hey ward,
Governor of South Carolina :
We have the honor to submit here?
with a statement of the business done
by the State and county dispensaries
during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30,
1903. By referring to the several
statements attached hereto you will
find that the total cost of liquors,
wines, beer, etc., for the year has
been $1,997,559.47, and that the total
sales (exclusive of fresh beer) have
been $2,817,998,77.
The net earnings for account of the
school fund for the fiscal year, which
have been placed to its credit amount
to $126,266.00. The net profits that
have accrued to, and equally divided
between the counties and towns
amount to $012,216.38. Giand total
of earnings for the year for school
fund and counties and towns $638,.
482.35. Increase over earnings of last
year $71,584.02.
Two years ago the school fund
amounted to 3611,354.38, and the act
of Feb. 26, 1902, requires ns to reduce ;
this sum to $400,000.00, and within a
few days we will have met this re?
quirement. As we said in our last
report $400,000.00 is an Insufficient
amount to conduct the business of the
dispensary on a cash basis?
Any man who can in est a cotton
picking machine that might pick sure
enough and patent it, will make a
great fortune speedily, says the Au?
gusta Chronicle. Mr. \D. B. Tomp?
kins, of Charlotte, who is an exnert in
machinery, belives that such an imple?
ment is possible, and that, it will be
invented and create as great a revolu?
tion as the discovery of the cotton
gin. The picking of the cotton crop,
he says, costs $100,000,000 annually
and a mule-driven machine would re
due that sum to $10,000,000. Such a
successful contrivance might increase
the crop to such an extent, especially
in the Southwest bottom lands, that
the price might be greatly reduced.
What would become of thc. massif ne?
groes, if they were supplanted by a
machine?
The dwelling occupied by Mr. J. J.
Bragdon on the place of Mr. J. D. Als
brook, together with the barn, its con?
tents and stables, were destroyed by
fire last Moifday night Mr. Bragdon
is a heavy loser as he only saved a lit-,
tie bed clothing and some wearing ap-,
parel. The buildings belonged to Mr.
J. D. Alsbrook and were not insured.
The fire started at the barn, and it is,
supposed to be the work of an incen?
diary. A warrant has been issued for
one Joe Green with who? Hr. Als?
brook had some trouble sometime back.
-Manning Times.
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We have but little doubt that Mr.
H. H. Evans is the proper man for
the chairmanship of the state board
of dispensary directors. There ??ema
to be reason to believe that his elec?
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its proper level ali the sooner.-York?
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As Many a Sumter Reader
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Nature tells j'ou all about it*
The urine is nature's calendar
Infrequent or too frequent action ;
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