The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 30, 1907, Image 2
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
?wiiiagk Qtmrnoif was dih
CUHMKD again.
Ftiui 84?tea Ills In. union of
Resolution st the Next
to IUmi?slder Act tons of
In Regard to 8m%ornf?\
City Council held a regular meeting
t t o'clock p. m. We Inesdsv.
Present?Mar" r w. B. ?O/U AI
H. D. Baruett J. Chen
r, P. P. Finn. R, F. Harnsworth,
C Haynas ort h. B. H. Rhame. K.
Wilder and r. L. Wright.
KJr. Chandler reported that the
ds repairing, and
has been made by cltl
ft>r a else walk on Council street
of Oak I sad s venu a, and these
w^e**"-* ware referred to the commlt
nsa ad pa ban works with power to act
. ?Chaadlsr being indisposed excus
snd left the meeting
?alas of the rth Instant were
and approved.
committee was grants 1
?a consider appointment
mi m spaesal policeman Or service In
the Optra House com
idsd payment of bill
mt tan HlestTtosI ?hop. Ill, for re
aad insswaai of tights in the
as the present lessor
la bad condition, but
the lessor be required to hasp the
tp good order hereafter at his
srsm expense. The recommendation
W*JB adopted.
Account of the Booth Urs Stock
Cs\ for 111 for a buggy for the oblef
as* pottos was ordered paid. Ar. Finn
aanjansttsg to go on record as opposed
t? Che pnymeat Mr. R. P. Hayna
waath explained that money had been
* artists from the sals of the horse
jonght by the city for the police, suf
fastaat to pay for the home and buggy
fang s^re now uetag; aad which hs un?
to be spent In the pur*
of another horse and baggy.
Mr. J. W. McKetver waa present to
pswasst against the license of III on
?And factories for 1MI. It
to Mr. McKelver that
flans weald aet he required of the sash
saht all ad factories next year, as they
hs allowed the Are years ex
granted to all manu fact dr?
ang establishments.
Mr. Wright renewed his request
pT mcycllst* l>e permitted to use
sidewalk on the north side of
Mid street and Mr. W. H. Seule was
mt to urgfi that the reuest be
mted. specially for the benet.: of
r batng oonsldered dangerous
them to ride In the street on sc
of the large number of vehicles
and going at all times. The
was granted.
Mr. Finn renewed his request that
the) statute relating to sewerage com
assaetonera be read, and also opinions
submitted by B. C. Haynsworth, Esq..
aa reference to contracts of J. L. Lud
taw and C. C. Wilson as engineers on
? sew. rage ? stem of Sumter. The
f .'ts and opinions were read In full
the clerk. Mr. Finn also Inquired
an hi sals Has being paid to employes
?f the commission, whlcf. Inquiries
fully answered. He thereupon
sorter that at ths nsxt meeting
would Introduce a resolution to re
ler the former action of council
offer a motion tor ths sale of
hands and letting the work to con?
tractors Hs asserted that all else la
being neglected for the sewerage
fit This he said was not Intended
a criticism of the commissioners.
Ms stated that Orangeburg had sold
rhlch will cost them 11.175 per
while It will tske ths Income of
rter five years to pay for s we rage
without a bond sals. Mr. R. F.
Mhyasworth mid It would be unwise
at this time to do paying work be
saoss It would have to be torn up to
rer pipes; but that the streets
SSsd sidewalks should be kept In good
-Ir. And that ths sewerage corn
Ion V*ad never asked, nor had the
melt ordered, any reduction of the
it force; nor was It Intended by
any bod) to neglect the streets, or sl?
ims say laterest of the city to suffer
Hs thought that the icommittee of
pnbllc works should see to it that he
streets are kept In repair. There was
general discussion of these matters In
which all members present participat?
ed. Mayor Boyle had left the meeting
at the beginning of the discussion to
take the t so train.
A sketch of the new High School
building presented by the rlerk wag
ordered to bo framed und hung In the
count ii chsmber.
The following claims were referred
to th?? finance committee:
Pumter Hallway A Mill SupMy Co.,
' ft.50.
W. s. Reynolds, $5.
Council then adjourned.
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this clever coffee Imitation Df
Sho tp'* Health CoffSS. Dr. Rhoop
eloselv mstched old Java ani M?>cha
coffee In flavor and taste, yet It has
not a single grsln of real coff. e In it.
Dr. Bhoop's Heslth Coffre Imitation
Is med? from pure toasted grains or
cereals, with malt, nuts, etc. Made
la a minute. No tedious long wait.
Ton will surely like It. Get a Urse
ipls at our atore. Levy A Moses.
NEGRO COLLEGE SITUATION.!
ONE MO HE EFFORT TO REACH
AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT.
Opposition to Location of Negro Col?
lege Near Hater Works Still Strong
?Negro Baptist leaders Exhibit No
Appreciation of Consideration
Jihown Them by White Citizens, But
One More Chance WUI be Offered
Them to Listen to Reason.
A meeting of the committee repre?
senting those citizens who are opposed
to the establishment of the Negro
Baptist College on the tract of land
adjacent to the city water works was
held in the City Council Chamber at 6
o'clock Wednesday afternoon with al?
most a full attendance. .
Mayor Boyle, who has acted as
chairman of previous meetings, save
when absent from the city, was pres?
ent and presided and Mr. C. M. Hurst
acted ae secretary*
When the meeting was called to or?
der Mr. R. D. Lee took the floor and
after reviewing che transactions of
the committee from Its Inception to
the present time offered a aeries of
resolutions, which embodied in con?
crete form his Ideas of what action
should be taken In the premises:
"Whereas, Dr. S. C. Baker, Dr.
James C. Spann, D. W. Cuttino and
Health Officer E. I. Reardon submit?
ted In writing their official and profes?
sional opinion that the establishment
of a negro college and negro settle?
ment oa the land Immediately adja?
cent to the City Water Works would
necessarily contaminate the source of
supply of water used by the citizens of
Sumter, and would Involve great dan?
ger to the lives and health of the citi?
zens of the City of Sumter; and rec?
ommended that proceedings be taken
to enjoin such negro settlement.
And. whereas, relying upon said
written opinion nearly five hundred
citizens of the City of Sumter signed
a pTQptest against the establishment of
said negro college and negro
settlement upon said adjacent tract of
land; la consequence of which this
eommlttee formulated a call for a
mass meeting of the citizens of Sum?
ter for the purpose of taking neces?
sary steps to carry out such protest;
And whereas on the morning of the
day of such proposed mass meeting It
was represented by Messrs. 8. H. Ed?
munds and R. F. Haynsworth and
perhaps others of said committee of
cltlsens ihat they had been approach?
ed by certain negroes witl the request
that said mass meeting be called oft
and that th? meeting In question
would be amicably adjusted to ihesat
ialacUon of the citizens of Sumieri
And whereas such assurances on the
part of said negroes have proven to be
deceptive, and on the contrary it ap?
pears from the Sumter Dally Item of
Saturday, Oct. 19th, 1907. that the ne?
groes In charge of said enterprise have
determined to disregard the opinion
of the Board of Health and the pro?
test of the cltlsens of Sumter, and pro?
pose to establish said negro college
end negro settlemeni on said parcel of
land and thereby endanger the lives
and health of the people of Sumter;
And whereas It further appears
from said publication that the action
fa! said negroes Is based largely upon a
communication alleged to have been
written by the Rev. Dr. Brown In
which he stated In substance, that
"There was some commotion among
the white peole. arising largely from
a misunderstanding on the part of
some and from a positive opposition
on the part of others, most of whom
live, in the section of the city nearest
to the proposed school," which said
statement of fact as shown by the
composition of this committee and
from the signers of said protest is un?
founded and misleading; now, there?
fore, be it resolved: .
1st In view of the protest In writ?
ing of nearly five hundred cltlsens of
the city of Sumter against the propos?
ed plan for establishing a negro col?
lege and negro settlement upon the
lands adjacent to the city water works
and the consequent contamination and
pollution of the city's water supply
the City Couneil of the city of Sum?
ter be and th v are hereby requested
?o emi ' legal counsel to sue o\A an
i Jon ?' other appropriate le?
gal re prewnt the consumma?
tion 9A th n oposed plan to erect
said prrd i e ar l negro settle
to* nt v.u.. us accompanying cess
pools, so-called dry wells and surface
prlveys upon said adjacent parcel of
land, whli h according to the written
opinion of the city Board of Health
will Involve great danger to the lives
gad health of the citizen* of this
plats,
Id, Thai the senator sad members
of the house of representatives front
Sumter county In the general assem
M] hr and they are hereby requested
to praeare ??t the neat meeting oi* the
legislature, all proper and pa pessary
Isglslatl giving to the eity ??r Sura*
ter the power In c< nd? in lands foi
the protec tion of the purity of Its wa?
tet gapf ly. and iuthorl/.im: onnd< mm
lieg proceeding! similar to those pos
<-<.-<?? d hy tallrond corporations f<
oondemntng rii?ht-? of nay; and that
the r.t> Couneil be requested to co
operate, with th?? legtslattve delcga
tlon In said matter and to urge th<
sd >pUea of th<- desired legislation.
3d. That the secretary of this
meeting, Mr. C. M. Hurst, be request?
ed to furnish copies of these resolu?
tions to the City Council and to each
of the members of the legislative del?
egation from Sumter county."
Mr. S. H. Edmunds, in behalf of
himself and the other gentlemen
whom some representative negroes
approached with reference to having
the proposed mass meeting postponed,
explained that these representatives
were not connected with the negro
college, but asked that the mass meet?
ing be postponed with the hope that
matters could be amicably adjusted
and thus avoid anything that might
engender race animosity. The paper,
requesting that the meeting be post?
poned, was circulated among the
members of the committee by the or?
der of the chairman.
Mr. R. I. Manning, who followed
discussed the situation at some
length, and advocated the idea that
one more earnest effort be made to
reach an amicable agreement with the
negro Baptists and Mr. Llgon, where?
by the location of the college near the
water works should be abandoned.
Mr. C. L. Cuttlno stated that he had
gone to Rev. C. C. Brown, who to
some extent, represents the negro
s
Baptists and who has more influence
with them than any other citlsen of
Sumter, and had discussed the college
question fully and freely with him.
From thla interview he gained the im?
pression that there Is still a possibili?
ty of a settlement, fair and satisfactory
to all, being reached. In view of this
possibility he would offer a resolution
that a committee of three, with Mr.
Manning as chairman, be appointed
to confer with Mr. Brown. Thla mo?
tion was seconded.
Mr. Nelll O'Donnell was of the
opinion that any effort to reach an
adjustment of the matter In dispute
by conference with Dr. Brown would
be without result and he favc red the
adoption of Mr. Lee's resolutions as
Introduced, and would therefore sec?
ond the motion to adopt them. After
a somewhat general discuss' jX\ it was
agreed to strike out the first section
of the resolutions offered by Mr. Lee
snd substitute the following offered
by Mr. Cuttlno and accepted by Mr.
Lee as an amendment:
"As a substitute - mendment for this
first resolution: Resoived, that a com?
mittee of three, with Mr. Manning to
be chairman, be appointed now by the
chairman of thla meeting to negotiate
through Dr. Brown to endeavor to
Strangs an amicable adjustment Of
the whole matter."
Chairman Boyle then announced
the appointment of the committee as
follows: K. I. Manning, C. L Cuttino
and P. Moses, Sr.
The meeting then adjourned.
WANTS MORE LIGHT.
The following article which appear?
ed in the Orangeburg Evening News
a short time ago will be of interest,
inasmuch as the Negro College ques?
tion is now receiving renewed and se?
rious consl drat ion:
"According to a communication
which haa been received in this city
from a gentleman In Sumter. It seems
that the city is about to consider the
advisability of having an educational
institute for colored youth located
there. The letter which was receiv?
ed, was one in which numerous ques?
tions were asked concerning the two
colored co" ges located In that city.
The Sumter people wished to know
whether or not it would be advisable
for them to consent to the location
of such an Institution In their midst.
"From what can be learn?
ed, it Is ufferstood that the
letter has already been 'ans?
wered, and although It would re?
quire a rather lengthy epistle to cover
all of the points in full, they have nev?
ertheless been answered as nearly as
possible. The reply will be read in
Sumter before a mass meeting of the
citizens of that place.
"The answer which was sent to
Sumter was to the effect that the two
colored colleges in this city wore an?
nually attended by about 1,200 stu?
dents, and aa a whofe, this large num?
ber of colored attendants were a
peacable body, and that few If any
disturbances were experienced. The
police department has had but few
occasions to make arrests, and these
were internal difficulties, and no se?
rious clash had ever been had be?
tween the two races hore. This large
number of negroes in the city are
more peacable, being as they are un?
der discipline than they would prob?
ably otherwise be if they were not
subject to any restraint. The letter
also stated that no fear of any trou?
ble wiis experienced so long as the two
Institutions continued under the pros
ent management
"This city has suffered many re?
buffs on account of the presence of
these two colleges befng located in
this place, but the reports that have
been senl out have generally been
false. The growth of the city has
been steady, snd will continue to be
puoh. Of course no suggestion could
bo offered ai In the advisability for
Sumter to have such an institution,
but it Is believed that auch an Institu?
tion handlsd in the right way would
not be so serious n menace, in the
long run as first observations might
?USJfSSV'
BUYING ON STREETS.
COTTON BUYER BREAKS AWAY
FROM OLD SYSTEM.
Mr. E. O. Ingram, the Representative
of the Cotton Exporting Firm of S.
' Marshall Bui Icy & Sons, of Liver?
pool and Savannah, Begins Buying
Cotton From the Wagon.
Mr. E. O. Ingram, the local repre?
sentative of the cotton exporting firm
of S. Marshall Bulley & Sons, of Liv?
erpool and Savannah, acting under
instructions from the Savannah office
today began buying cotton on the
open market from the wagons in com?
petition with the merchants who have
heretofore bought the greater part of
the cotton bought on the market.
Under the system heretofore in vogue
the merchants purchased the cotton
from the farmers and subsequently
sold It in round lots to the buyers for
export houses. There has been more
or less criticism of this custom for
several years, and those who have
been dissatisfied have asserted that it
operated to the detriment of the mar?
ket, inasmuch as cotton was not
bought strictly according to grade,
the merchants paying an approxi?
mately average price for cotton, and
when they came to sell out the sale
was made to the "export buyers on a
middling basis. It has been a dis?
puted point whether this custom has
been injurious or beneficial to the
farmers, for it has been an admitted
fact for years that Sumter is the best
market in the State tor the low and
medium grades of cotton, and the
claim, has been made that in the long
run the farmers have been the gain?
ers, even though they received a little
less for the fancy grades they sell,
Now, however, with the entry of
Mr. Ingram into the market as a
buyer from the wagons strictly on
grade the disputed point will be In a
fair way of settlement. , The experi?
ment will be watched with Interest
and if Mr. Ingram succeeds in main?
taining a foothold on the market and
gets the better grades of cotton,
which Is what he Is aftdr, It will
mean the revolution of the system of
cotton buying In Sumter. If he suc?
ceeds In meeting the competition of
the merchants who buy cotton and
gets the cotton, the other export buy?
ers will be forced to go on the streets
to protect their own interests.
It Is a good thing for the market,
If for no other reason than that It will
settle the question that has so long
been a matter of discussion?mer?
chant buyer vs. export buyer.
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Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create makes one
feel joyful. Price 25 cents. Sample
free at DeLorme's Pharmacy.
FINE YIELD OF CORN.
Mr. J. M.. Woodley Raises 112 1-2
Bushels to the Acre on His Dalzell
Farm.
Mr. J. M. Woodley, of Dalzell, had
some very fine corn on exhibit here
this morning. Fallowing the William?
son plan, he says ho raised 112 1-2
bushels on one acre. Thirty-two ears
weighed 34 pounds and sixty ears
shelled make a bushel.
This is a record-breaking yield for
this section and Mr. Woodley may
well feel proud of it. He is prepar?
ing to make an exhibit at the State
fair.
?Stomach troubles, heart and kid?
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diately brings Is entirely due to its
restorative action upon the control?
ling nerves of the stomach, etc. Sl
bert's Drug Store.
THE GINNERS? REPORT.
Official Figures Show a Decrease
From Last Year of Nearly 900,000
Bales.
The official United States census
glnners' report of cotton ginned up to
October 18 was issued today. The fig?
ures given are 4.0S9.000 bales, as
against 4,910,290 bales last year, on
the same date. This shows a decrease
this season of 821,290 bales.
Out of Sight.
"?Out of sight, out of mind," Is an
old saying which applies with special
force to a sore, burn or wound that's
been treated with Bucklen's Arnica
BalVS. It's out of sight, out of mind
tad out Ol existence. Piles, too, and
chilblains disappear under its healing
Influence. Guaranteed by Sibert's
Drug Store. 25c.
Mr. J. M. Hall, a prominent plant?
er, who lives near Camden, came to
town last week with IT bales of long
staple cotton which he sold for $1,
473. Mr. Hall recognlied thai Sumter
was one <>f the besl markets In the
State for long staple cotton and ac?
cordingly marketed his cotton hen-.
home is ; o pleasant, regardless
of the comforts thai money will buy.
when the entire family 4s in per?
fect helnth. A bottle of Orino Laxa?
tive fruit Syrup costs 50 cent'-. It Will
cure every member of the family of
constipation, itch headache or stom?
ach trouble. Sibert's Drug Store.
MARTIN'S NEW PLAN.
WOULD DIVORCE EXAMINATIONS
FROM POLITICS.
Wants Teachers' Examination Papers
Passed Upon by Member of State
Hoard at Columbia Instead of 1?
County Boards.
State Superintendent of Education
Martin wants to have the school law
so changed that the papers of teach?
ers' examinations shall be passed up?
on by some member of the State board
of education in Columbia Instead of by
the county boards. In this way he
hopes to eliminate politics from the
examinations. Mr. Martin, in an in?
terview, says:
"You will readily see that It Is prac?
tically impossible to keep these exam?
inations from politics," said Mr. Mar?
tin. "To keep this or that district
solid for him in the coming election
is a strong temptation to a county su?
perintendent to have himself and hU
board favor the daughter of the influ?
ential man of that district. We had
no end of just such trouble with our
scholarship examinations for the State
colleges until I had the law changed
In such a way as to have the papers
passed upon by the college faculties
by numbers. Every time there was
an examination this office would be
flooded with complaints of partiality
and favoritiam.
"In order to raise money with
which to pay a member of the county
board to pass upon these, papers, my
idea is to have each applicant for a
teacher's certificate charged a fee of
one dollar for the privilege of stand?
ing the examination. This would not
only obviate the necessity of making
extra appropriation, but would free
these examinations from a large num?
ber of negroes, who crowd upon ev?
ery examination for the purpose of
practicing and in the hope that they
might strike an easy examination
some time that will afford them the
opportunity they seek of getting a cer?
tificate.
"It is to fit in with just such plans
as this that I am so insistent 1 be
consulted when the governor makes
an appointment in the State board.
Do you suppose for one moment that
ex-Gov. J. C. Sheppard, w'nom Gov.
Ansel tried to get on the board re?
cently would be available for such
work as passing upon a tedious lot
of teachers' examination papers for a
per diem of $4? I say nothing to his
discredit when I say I doubt whether
he is competent to pass upon such
papers. It is not in his line to do It.
"On the other hand, he probably
would not hesitate to pass upon the
claims of Mr. Bailey's co-educatlonal
Institute over there in his territory to
be. placed on the list of accredited
colleges of the State whose graduites
are not required to stand teachers'
examinations. He would probably ar?
gue that it's in Edgefleld and has a
lot of fine buildings, and, of course,
it should go on the list. In a short
time the barrier would be broken
down entirely."
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Store.
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Railway.
?In most cases consumption results
from a neglected or improperly treat?
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the most obstinate coughs and pre?
vents serious results. It costs you no
more than the unknown prepara?
tions and you should Insist upon hav?
ing the genuine in the yellow package.
Albert's Drug Store.
There are about 700 convicts in the
State penitentiary.
<DeWitfs Carbollzed Witch Hazel
Salve is good for little burns and big
burns, small scratches or bruises and
big ones. It is healing and soothing
Good for piles, ^old by all druggists.
Three men were badly wounded In
Charleston by the explosion of a gas?
oline retort on a moving picture ma?
chine.
A Criminal Attack
? On an inoffensive citizen Is frequent?
ly made in that apparently useless lit?
tle tube called the "appendix." It's
generally the result of protracted con?
stipation, following liver torpor. Dr.
King's New Life Tills regelate the
liver, prevent appendicitis and estah
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at Sibert's Drug Store.
Some of you fellows may not favor
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A Card.
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Drug Store.
EXAMPLE AM) OPPORTUNITY.
The News and Courier Comments on
u MttWT Of Interest to Sumter
Citizens.
The following editorial from the
News and Courier is undoubtedly of
interest to Sumter people:
"For many years the County Court
House of Sumter County occupied a
space in the very heart of the business
district of the city of Sumter It was
not an ornament to the town. On the
contrary, it was an eyesore. Moreov?
er, it had long ceased to be adequate
for the purposes for which it was
erected, and no one could be found
who would dissent from the oft-made
statement that a change was needed,
that "something ought to be done."
"It remained, however, for one man
to find, suggest and put in working
shape a solution of the problem satis?
factory at once to all disinterested
parties. Mr. Richard B. Reiser, a
wide-awake young real estate man,
saw that tie lot occupied by the
unsightly old Court House was of a
commercial value far too great to
warrant Its continued use as a Court
House site In the absence of any
good reaser. to the contrary. He went
to the proper authorities with a prop?
osition to purchase the property
from the county for $60,000 cash?the
lot containing exactly one acre and
the price being 1300 a front foot.
Mr. Belser's offer was accepted.
The first znd necessary result was
the erection of the superb new Court
House which was dedicated Monday?
given up to be in all respects the
handsomest in South Carolina. But
this is not all. A number of credita?
ble stores are already occupying that
part of the old Court House square
which was formerly vacant, and the
old structure itself will shortly be
converted into a splendid bank build?
ing. More still. The figures paid by
Mr. Belser for this one lot, astound
In a city which at that time contain?
ed only about 8,000 Inhabitants and
which is dependent chiefly upon the
agricultural resources of its county
for support, lent tone and confidence
to real estate dealings in Sumter
which have been one of the most sub?
stantial benefit to many of the citi?
zens of that city, and which are still
In evidence.
Here we have a concrete example
of what one man can do?of the
forces, at lAast, that one man can set
in motion. Judge George W. Gage,
now holding court in this city, and
one of the keenest and most practi?
cal observers In South Carolina, says
that the credit for the wonderful en?
hancement of real estate values in
upper South Carolina is 'lue more
largely to the active, energetic work
of the hustling real estate men In that
part of the State than to any other
one cause. Most of us live more or
less circumscribed lives. We fail to
recognize the changes going on about
us. The right sort of real estate
man Is, as Judge Gage remarks, an
agitator. He sets people to thinking,
brings home to them the opportuni?
ties which lie all about them, but
which they have failed to recognize.
Nowhere in South Carolina is there
a more inviting field for real estate
operations than here in the city of
Charleston. Scores of families are
be'ng kept away from this city be?
cause desirable residences arc not to
be had. Whole blocks of residence
property here are bringing In only a
flfth of what their location warrants.
Tt Is hi?h time, surely, that something
were done.
The opportunity is here, but the
man to take satisfactory advantage
>f it must be a man of larg? Ideas
and must have iron In his blood."
The greatesc catastrophe the world
has ever known is in progress at this
present moment and the world recks
little or nothing of it, says Pearson's
Weekly. This Is the plague epidemic
in India, which has now been raging
for more than 11 years, and which, so
far from showing any tendency to die
ouc keeps Staadtty increasing in in?
tensity. Thus during the six weeks
ending May 11 last, 481.892 per,sons
perished from it. or at the rate of over
sa.000 deaths a week. Nothing ap
1 roaching the appalling horror rep?
resented by 11 tgures has ever
been recorded h? nearest to
It was In itr,"? >J during the last
week in March, he ?tdemlc was re?
sponsible for ? "02 ha
Charleston will have a real estate
exchange within a few days.
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