The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 13, 1915, Image 3
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OfHo# County ( nuiml^loiins. Sunitcr
County, s. c.
To Him Honor, lodge i w Bowman
Presiding Judge Third Circuit.
Spring Tern, I * * IS:
The Hoard of County Commls
?ionera for sumter County *>eg leavs
to submit to your Honor the twelve
monthly reports <?t the County .Super?
visor and a recapitulation of all lbs
financial transaction* during the past
year, an their annual report foi the
Irseal year ending December list,
1*14. "The twche reports contain an
Itemised Mtntement of all the ROM)
spent through this office for the cur?
rent expense* of the county and also
the source from which the money was
derived:
During the year 1914 we spent up?
on roads and bridges the sum of 57 -
? 70.1 I
??n sccount of the stringency of tln>
money market, we were unable t<>
market, to advuntage. an issue of road
Improvement bonds and we deemed It
advisable to postpone the sale of the
bonds until a future date.
The amount spent upon roads and
budges has been used for the gen?
eral up-keep of this department. t'?e
purchase of terra cotia pipe and metal
idpe for the replacement of wooden
bridges, and small contracts for road
and bridge work Ol account of the
failure to successfully market the rOad
Sends, we have not pmchaaed as much
pipe for permanent improvement as
we desired, but have used the limited
amount on hai d for this department
as economically as possible. We still
maintain a'fioatlng gung composed of
lured labor, which In doing \uluable
work at ?mall cost. During the past
year we have done a great deal of
work on roads in Stateburg and Pri?
vateer townships and have also con?
structed a new road in Shiloh town?
ship about eight mile* h > n i;. which hai
held up well ami provea to be of grant
benefit |ej < Itisens In that part of our
county. Our plan tot the present year
Is to confine the road work, as much
as is practicable, to the main roads
In the vicinity of the city of Sumter.
as they sre subjected to heavy traffic
and their improvement will be of
benefit to all the cltixens of the coun?
ty. The roads at the present time are
not in as good condition as we would
like, as the heavy rains have damag?
ed them to some extent, but we hope
with the help of fair weather to make
good headway during the year 191'.
We respectfully call jrOSUT honor's at?
tention to the limited amount .used in
the road and bridge department and
we will, in another pluce In this re?
nnet, explain more fully the Inade?
quacy of the amount levied to mc?t
the demands of this department and
of the others of the county.
The chaingang has cost the county
during the past year the sum of $10,
M0.3S. We feel that this money has
been well spent, as we are getting
good results from this branch of the
work, which is under efficient mnn
agement. The chaingang has been
steadily employed in the betterment of
our old roads and the construction of
new road in Shiloh township, which
has already been referred to. At the
peasant time, we ha, about thirty
convicts on the gung. the number
changing from time to time as the
sentences expire, sometimes going as
high as fort\-the to titty. We are
now using twenty-one mules. The
money apent upon this department
haa been used for dieting prisoners,
purchasing stock, machinery, tools,
drugs, clothing, blankets, food for
stock, etc. The expense of the chain?
gang department has increased during
the past few yearn as the number of
convicts and mules has Increased and
also on account of the great Increase
In the cost of supplies The health of
the convicts has been good and th.-,:
cond let as s<?"d is < onld be expected
from people of this class. We insist
at all times upon extra attention to
these two features, a* w?- deem them
to be of \ Ital Importal
Upon the alms house we have spent
13.189 4* Tins rnones has '.n u
for dieting the inmate*, for nlni h a*l
pay 40c per do m per capita, ne-d
Ical attention dimts and Hsedtelncs
shoe*, clothing. bed* .i hedding, :?>
harm, burial ?'\p. n-e * ?4)) \'\\>- .pi,it -
tare are comfortable and the trim
are kindly treated by the matron. Ml*
I D. Mitchell, ayhe in nerving th
county efficiently In this eap.o u\ Th.
health of the Inmates has been
good. Many ot them come to the
Inatitution In miserable health, name
helpless and we frv In everv wav |e
make tiorn comfortable and give th. m
lh# l>ent inedu il attention The num?
ber of Inmates durum the yeui would
average about -'-? The number oM
hand at th* and af the yem was I
w hit***. Mnd I ?,.i i .'.|.
We ha\?> nnssM apnn ib.> jaii durlni
1 he t pant year the sum of 11,998.71,
resides the Meting or prisoners at
4"c per diem P?M eapita this . xp. i,
diture f airies lights, water rates, t? le?
phone sendee, dismieeiants blankets.
beds, tail hnnkn hmnrnnee and gem i -
al repairs to buildings and f. i . ?
The health of the prisoners has been
good. We are still lining the old
building and * e do all in our powei
to hoop it In sanitary ihn DO.
The rspeadUure undor the head of
salaries. amounting to $S1.473.79, cur?
ries in addition to tilt salaries of the
regular county officials, those of the
niperintendent and guards of the
Chlnaang. overseer floating gang, over
seoi of sera pot gang, county attorney,
eount) i>oarii of education) county
and township hoard! of assessors and
equalisation and janitor of court
house, Thai expense has gradually In
n ? ? 1 luring the hast few years as
the cost of living has increased.
The contingent expense ol the coun?
ty ?mounted lo I7.77l.tl la 1914, This
amount Includes the payments for
books, stationery, printing, publishing
aad all office supplies, including that
for magistrates. Transportation of
prison* n aad lunatics, proceedings in
lunacy, post mortem examinations,
etc.
The expense attached to public
huihlings, amounting to $2.'294.89, car?
ries lights, water rates, coal, disin?
fectants, repairs to buildings, tele
! phone service, insurance on court
house, work on court house grounds,
etc.
The court expense during the year
1914 amounted to $4,351.20. This
money has been used in payment of
jurors, witnesses, balhffs, etc.
In closing, we respectfully call your
honor's attention and the attention of
the winde citizenship of the county to
the fact that the revenue of the coun?
ty has not kept pace with the expen?
ditures in the last few years. Ws
realize fully the financial condition of
our people and we do not desire just
now to request from our delegation
an increase in the tax levy, but we de?
sire for the information of all, to
state in this report the condition which
Confronts as. In 1910 we received
the proceeds of a 6 mill levy for cur
tent expenses, but this levy was re?
duced in Itil to I 3-4 mills, the 1-4
null taken off to provide a sinking
fund to take care of road bonds and
court house bonds at their maturity,
this laitST levy was later Increased to
1*3 mill, thus reducing again the cur?
rent expense levy, until at the present
time we are receiving for county or?
dinary expenses the proceds of a 5 1-2
mill levy, The assessment of prop?
erty has Increased to some extent, but
not enough to overbalance the reduc
s
Uou of the levy and the great increase
in the necessary expenditures. This
increase has been caused by many
reasons, some of which are* as fol?
lows, the steady increase of salaries
of county officials, u chaingang of al?
most twice the sise of a few years ago.
the extra amount of overhead expense
caused by the larger gang, the great
increase In the cost of food supplies
and an increase in amount of court
expense that we are forced to pay. On
account of this state of affairs in our
county, we were forced to borrow, for
a short length of time, a small amount
of money in 1914 until taxes were
available, as foreign hostilities caus?
ed the taxpayers to be somewhat
backward in settlement. We do 'not
expect to be obliged to borrow anv
money in 1915, as we sold the opera
house property during the past year,
under authority of the legislature, and
the balance due on thts transaction
amounting to $4,000, we hope will
supply the shortage.
The bonded indebtedness of the
county amounts to $50,000, covering
$30,000 worth of new court house
bonds and $20.000 road improvement
bonds, both hearing interest at 4 1-12
per cent, annually.
Respectfully submitted,
? Signed! P. If, PITTS,
Supervisor and Chairman County
Board.
rinanctal statement Condition Sum?
ter County, S. C.?Ifld.
Ian. 1. 1914?To balance Co.
ordinary fund. $25.81 sah?
To balance C, H. S. Fund.. I,SI1.S4
To balance lt. I. S. Fund. .. 2.381.03
January?Amount ree'd .. 7,141.141
rsbiaaiy?Amount rse'd. . 744.76
March ? Amount ree'd . . . . 3.437.73
April?Amount rSC'd, . 358.97
May?Amount ree'd. 631.70
June?Amount ree'd. 1,575.08
? Iut\ Amounts ree'd.... 417.14
August?Amount reed.. . 8,399.79
September?Amount ree'd . j:;."..st
October? ?1 Amount ree'd, 4,7l'l\m'.?
November?Amount ree'd IS.f6S.49
i December - Amount ree'd .. I0,f49.fi4
$91,949.8 I
By Paid Warrants, get, of: ,
lb?ads and bridges.$ 7.s70.1:;
Salaries. 91.47S.79
Aims House. 3.199.49
<'hamming. lt.9ff.S9
Public Buildings . 1.994.9$
Jail. 1.9:52.72
Contingent. 7.77:'.. 99
COUH Kxpense. 4.S91.39
Interest Road Honda,, . . . 990.09
Horns ed Money. 900.09
Kxpense, Con, Pensions. . 1,710.00
Amount taxes abated by
Comptroller General . 99.7(1
I ?ec. :: i. i :> i 1 i lalanee t o.
Ordinary Fund. 11,939.35
Halene? c. n s Fund . . i hij.su
Ha la nee R, I s Fund . . 3,190.04
$91,94 M.f?4
To 18 year i l?9 Per cent.
Court Mouse bond.,.$30,000.00
To -f> year 4 1-2 per cent.
Road Imp. Honda .. .. 80,000.00
Money borrowed for current
expenses.
City National Bank . . . . . . 600.00
First National Bank . . . . 60b.88
Commercial A Having!
Hank. ?00.00
National Bank of B. C.. .. goo.Ou
People'! Bank. 600.00
$53,006.88
\umunt due from City Sum?
ter, balance mi sale Opera
house property.. .. ....$4,000.00
(Signed) I'. M. PITTS,
Attest: Supervisor.
II. L, M'DEul),
Clerk County Commissioners.
MANY PREPARATIONS MAKING.
At Least Two Speakers at Each "Fer?
tiliser and Economy" Meeting,
? Clemson College, Feh. 9.?There
will be at least two speakers at each
of the meetings to be held in the
court housei of the State on Satur?
day, February 13, which has been
designated "Fertilizer and Economy
Day." Moreover, reports coming to
Clemson College indicate that in
some counties it is proposed to have
more than two speakers for the oc?
casion. One part of the meeting will
be devoted to discussions of what
fertiliser! to use, when to use them
and how much of each kind to use.
The other part will deal with matters
of economy and there will be an at?
tempt to point out to people how
they may effect real savings on the
farm and in the farmhouse.
At Clemson College an outline has
been painstakingly prepared for use
on Fertilizer and Economy Day.
This outline treats of economy onlv
and discusses the true meaning ot
economy, points out what is bad
economy, and suggests ten important
Way! in which good economy may
be practised in South Carolina.
Each suggestion is enlarged upon
in the outline, but the topics treated,
stripped of their developing parts,
are as follows, only those under the
heading "Good Economy" being
quoted.
According to this outline, it is good
economy.
1. To cut out all luxuries, especial?
ly liquors, tobacco, new buggies and
automobiles.
2. To cut out some unnecessaries,
such as tea and coffee and meat three
times daily*.
3. To save on food for ourselves
by means of an all-the-year garden,
certain easily possible substitutions,
md a ration more carefully balanced
to preserve health and strength.
4. To save on food for our ani?
mals by means of balanced rations
as worked out by experiment sta?
tions, substitutions of cheaper feeds,
and permanent Bermuda grass-bur
clover pastures.
5. To save on food for our plants
by means of winter legumes, summer
legumes, and winter grain and le?
gumes.
6. To save on dress by dressing
a little less fashionably, a little more
simply.
To spend money on the house and
the wife for a water supply.
8. To spend on the orchard for
pruning and spraying.
9. To establish and maintain a log?
ical and practical system of farming
in accordance with Dr. S. A. Knapp's
Ten Commandments of Agriculture.
10. To cooperate with your neigh?
bors in organizations, in breeding
l etter live stock; in buying food sup?
plies, fertilizers and live stock; in
owning and using farm implements,
in beginning cream and egg routes,
in selling farm and garden produce,
in boosting your community and liv?
ing up to your talk about it, and in
a quiet cheerfulness that approaches
all task! with a faith undimmed and
a courage undismayed.
CONNECTS MIDDLE WEST.
Spartanburg. Feb. ?Steel met in
Sandy Midge tunnel of the Carolina.
Cllnchfleld and Ohio railroad, six
miles north of Dante, Virginia, today.
connecting the south end of the
"Cllnchfleld" with the north end, an
object that litis been striven for for
three yean and has been accomplish?
ed through the expenditure of live
million dollar! in the construction of
a low grade railroad through the most
difficult mountain country' in the east.
The thirty-odd miles of road contains
twenty tunnels, one of them, Sandy
Ridge tunnel, being 7,081 feet long,
one of the longest tunnels in the
United States. The road gives the
Southeastern states unothor connec?
tion with the Middle West through
connection with the Chespoake and
<?hio railroad at Klkhoru City, Ky.
The <'.. <'. and O. road from Dante,
Virginia, to Spartanburg, was opened
' October 1909, but was not until
June, 1018 that work was begun <??>
the Klkhorn extension.
Announcement as to the formal
opening of ti),. road has not been
made, but it Is expected not later than
\prll 1 Cars passed over the line
from Klkhortl Clt) to Dante today,
KM.Ss <'KEENVILLE HILL.
?ovcrnor Approves Trio of Locally
Important Measures.
Columbia, Feb. U>.?Gov. Manning
yesterday approved throe important
Greenville county bills. One meas?
ure prov ided for a supervisor to take
the place of the three county com?
missioners: another for an auditor to
audit all of the books of the county
and a third for the creation of a coun?
ty board of charities and corrections.
The bills were introduced by the
Greenville county delegation.
\ TWENTY-ONE DROWN.
Nanaimo, li. C? Feb. S.?Twenty
one men employed In the mine of the
Pacific Coast Coal Mines. Ltd., at
South Wellington, seven miles from
Nanaimo, were drowned by a rush of
water today.
Evidently one of the old Hooded
workings of the Alexander mine,
which has not been worked for years,
was broken into by the men In the
South Wellington, which adjoins It
on a lower level.
DACIA WILL SAIL TODAY.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 10.?The steam?
ship Dacia, the legality of whose
transfer from German to American
registry has been questioned by Great
Britain, will sail tomorrow for Rot?
terdam, according to announcement
tonight by Capt. McDonald, her mas?
ter.
Customs Collector Hamilton and
United States Shipping Commissioner
Bullock boarded the vessel today and
informed members of the crew of pos-i
sible dangers incident to the voyage.
It was stated the crew as a whole ex?
pressed a willingness to sail with the
Dacia, which carries ll.OfQ bales of
cotton for Germany.
PRESIDENT WILSON DETERMIN?
ED
Washington, Feb. 11.?That Presi?
dent Wilson will stand pat on the ship
purchase bill was announced at the
White House today. No compromise
will be acceptable. The Gore bill will
b? adhered to by the administration
until the end. If necessary the Presi?
dent "will go to the country on it"
If the measure is defeated at the pres?
ent session, an extra session will be
called to pas it.
WILL HAVE TO PLEAD
Washington, Feb. 9.?Violators of
the criminal law who get Into the
federal courts will not be able In the
future to evade the issue and de?
cline to plead guilty or not guilty to
an indictment if Attorney General
Gregory's decisions to the United
States district attorneys of the coun?
try are carried out.
In a circular letter just sent out
Mr. Gregory declared that the plea
of "nolle contendere" which had been
resorted to in several important cases
lately "is being misused in some dis?
tricts," and directs the district at?
torneys to refuse to consent to this
plea in any case where the statute
under which indictment is brought
requires "either imprisonment alone
or both fine and imprisonment."
"The plea," says the letter, "is
properly acceptable only in cases
punishable either by fines alone or
the alternative fine or imprisonment."
Multimillionaire Dead.
New York. Feb. 9.?Norman B.
Ream, aged 72, the noted linacier
and multimillionaire, died at the
Presbyterian hospital today.
Forest Notes.
It is estimated that the govern?
ment's Grand Canyon game refuge, in
Arizona, now contains about ten
thousand deer.
More than nine million young trees
and ten thousand pounds of seed
were planted on the national forest in
1914.
The government built more than
two thousand miles of telephone line
on the national forests in 191-1.
Success has followed forest planting
on the sandhills of Nebraska. Jack
pines planted there by the government
forest service ten years ago now
have a height of over IT* feet and a
diameter of i Inches.
At least 25 per cent, of the larch
timber over large areas in eastern
Oregon has been killed or weakened
by mistletoe, and the forest service
is taking steps to combat the pest.
Increasing ose of the national for?
ests by local farmers and settlers to
supply their needs for timber is shown
In the fact that small timber sales on
the forests numbered 8,898 In 1914,
against the previous year.
The beneficial effects of the persist?
ent Use of the Split log drags Oil the
sand-da) streets are becoming ap?
parent,
Irish potatoes planted now. If they
escape damage by it late frost, will
produce u bettor crop than those
planted huel'.
bank goes oi t of business.
Hank of South Carolina at Pinewood
Retires anil Hank of Pinewood
Takes its Place.
Pinewood, Feb. lu.?On last Friday
the Bank of South Carolina at this
place discontinued business.
The Bank of Pinewood has taken
over the business affairs of the late
hank and now there is only the one
hanking Institution here, th<> Hank of
Pinewood. with Ft. a. Rtdglll, cashier,
and K. James Aycock, bookkeeper.
TWO PIKES AT DARLINGTON. .
W. 1>. Coggeshall Suffers Loss of
More Than $10.000.
Darlington. Feh. X.? Two fires,
burning at the same time, have caus?
ed considerable excitement here to?
night. The larger blaze has destroy
ey property estimated to have been
Worth more than $10,000 and prac?
tically all of the loss falls on W. D.
Coggeshall. In addition to a ginnery
and buildings valued at about $6,
000 Mr. Coggeshall lost about 100
tons of cotton seed, between 100 and
150 bales of cotton and probably a
carload of hay. He carried insurance
on this property amounting to but
$2,500.
At midnight it was believed that the
Are was under control, although there
was still some fear that surrounding
buildings were still in danger, as the
fire occurred in the wholesale district,
and nearby are a number of tobacco
and other warehouses. This fire was
just one door from the tobacco ware?
house that was destroyed Friday
night. A high wind was blowing
sparks in every direction, and un?
less this is the means of other build?
ings catching, there is probably little
danger of a further spread of the
flames.
About 20 minutes after the alarm
for the Coggeshall was sent in, a sec?
ond alarm was rung in from the pub?
lic square. This proved to be a
building occupied by M. M. Foster, as
a furniture store, and owned by Mrs.
N. L. Harrell. It was practically de?
stroyed, hut the extent of the loss
j could not be ascertained tonight.
j This was the only wooden building on
1 the public square.
KINGS TO CONFER AGAIN.
Scandinavian Rulers Will Consider
. War Question.
Berlin, Feb. 10.?(By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.)?The Overseas News
Agency says that according to a Co?
penhagen dispatch received in Ber?
lin the ruler of the three Scandina?
vian kingdoms will confer again on
the question of floating mines, Ger?
man's declaration of a sea war zone
and the British admiralty's v'^ws as
to the use of neutral flags.
TO PROTECT CROSSINGS.
Railway Commissioner to Ask Senate
for Jurisdiction.
Columbia. Feb. 10.?A resolution,
adopted by the railroad commission,
requests the general assembly to pass
a measure placing all public highway
crossings of railways in this State un?
der the jurisdiction of the commission.
John g. Richards introduced the
resolution and it was indorsed by
Frank W. Shealy.
g. McDuffie Hampton refused to
vote on the resolution. He said that
the commission could not properly
attend to the new duties and that such
S measure would take away work that
should be left to county commis?
sioners.
LOOKING FOR OTHER BODY.
Se-nvhlng Party Hoik* to Find Re?
mains of 11. S. <.ardner.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 10.?The
body of Alonzo Gardner, found in the
dense palmetto swale near Welaka.
on the Ooklawaha river several days
ago, was shipped today to North
Adams, Mass., for interment, accom?
panied by Mrs. Gardner and her sis?
ter. Miss Waddell. H. H. Gardner, of
Washington, who was called to Flor?
ida by the disappearance of his two
brothers, will remain and lead a
searching party, which left today for
the point where Alonzo Gardner's
body was found, In hopes of Unding
some trace of H. S. Gardner's body.
No trace of the negro pilot has yet
been found.
STORM DAMAGE AT COLON.
Breakwater in Course of Construction
Destroyed?Schooner Lost.
Colon. Panama, Feb. 10.?A storm
here yesterday and today cause?! dam?
age estimated at nearly $1.000.000.
Over half of the eastern breakwater,
in course of construction, was destroy?
ed. The waves still are rolling over
the western breakwater but the storm,
the worst norther since the breakwa?
ter was built, is abating.
During the night the four masted
American schooner Blanche C, Pen
dleton, with a cargo of piles, became
water-logged and beached. The water
front is strewn with wreckage,
Six inches of rain fell in February
record*
KKSIDENCE BURNED LAST NIGHT
Home or .1. B. Kennedy and J. A'.
Blair Damaged by Fire.
The residence on the corner of
Bartletle street and Salem avenue
occupied by Messrs. John V. Band and
James E. Kennedy and their families
was badly damaged by fire last night,
the top story being practically burned
Off. The blaze occured about 7.30
o'clock and was handled in an excel?
lent manner by the fire department.
A second alarm of fire came in from'
the same place about 10 o'clock, at*
Iter the hose wagons had returned jtoi
their quarters.
Much of the furniture v;as saved,
the greatest loss being damage to the
I building.
GUARDING AGAINST PEST.
Taking Precautions to Keep Out Cot?
ton Pink Holl Worm.
Clemson College, Feb. 11.?The
United States department of agri?
culture has found that it will be
necessary to adopt regulations which
will prevent the introduction of the
pink boll worm of cotton into this
country, is its learned at Clemson Col?
lege. It is probable that the re?
strictions to be adopted will prac?
tically put .an end to the importation
of foreign lint cotton into cotton
States, except after the cotton has
been stored in Northern States for
a long period. The nrincipal restric?
tions will limit the entry of foreign
lint cotton to the northern States
and will regulate the movement of
such imported lint cotton from North?
ern to cotton-growing States.
The pink boll worm is a more de?
structive pest than the boll weevil.
It hibernates in cotton seed in the
larval stage and is often foupd in
baled Egyptian cotton, owing to
faulty ginning. Several times the
government has had to make emer?
gency tights to prevent the insect
from gaining a hold in the South,
where it would add enormously to
the present insect damage to cotton.
it is understood that the depart?
ment plans to require that before
imported cotton can be sent to South?
ern mills, if must be stored in North?
ern warehouses for 24 months, in
order to make certain of the perish?
ing of any insects in the seed. The
department is determined not to al?
low the introduction of this pest
through the lack of an "ounce of
prevention."
FIRES DURING JANUARY.
Losses by Flames Amounted to $174,
72? for Month.
Columbia, Feb. 10.?The 263 fires
reported to the State department of
insurance by the insurance companies
during the month of January caused
a loss of $174.720.59. In January of
1914 202 tires were reported, with a
loss of $186,685.76. * All of the fires
reported did not occur during Janu?
ary.
During the month of January $8,
500 have been collected in licenses,
more than was ever collected before
during the month of January.
Trie moving of the City Clerk's of?
fice into the front of the city hall
building will prove a great conven?
ience to visitors to the office. It will
also give the city clerk full accommo?
dations.
Anyone lending a rketrh and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether mi
invention is prob/ibly pmentable. Communica?
tions strictly conndeuUal. HANDBOOK on Patent?
bout free. < 'Idest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munu ft Co. receive
tpfrtul notice, wit boat Charge, la the
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Si. Ixiuis?1500 Central Natl. Bauk Bldg..
M. E. (iammon
Nnsbvtlle?161 8th Ave. \..'. M. Riddle, Jr.
Atlanta?Wesley Memorial Hlitu_I. B. Keough
Axhevllle, N. ('.?121 s Main si_O. H. Ucee
Philadelphia?1421 Arch 8k _A.O*Dsaiel
Richmond, Va.?Murphy Hotel...J. W. Lipon
DEATH toVER
RAT CORN
Best r.\{ :ind infeo exterminator made.
Rillsquickly and absolutely ?rithoutodor.
Mummifies?thus preventing deeompoal
u.mi. Bettei than all the traps In tbo
world. Isslston (lenulne hat CORN.
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paid.
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