The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 25, 1919, Image 5
I mmnm ?t the PootoAe* ? ?unter, &
?U *? Second CbM? Mauer.
PERSONAL.
- Mrs. H. J. Harby and her grand
sons, Henry and Robert Shelor, have
gone to Pawley's Island for the sum
mer.
Mr. Harold Moise is at home from
Atlanta where he has been attending
the School of Technology.
Mrs. G. E. Smith, of Houston, Texas.
is ?n a visit to her sister. Mrs. L. I.
Parrott.
Mr. Ralph Flowers, of Georgia Tech.
arrived in the city this morning lo
spend the summer months.
Maj. Bernard Manning arrived in
the city today after nearly a year's ser
vice in France "and with the Army of
Occupation.
; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Huger left Tues
day for their summer home in Hen
dersonville. N. C. They were ac
companied by Mrs.- Sewell. .
First Lieut.. George D. Levy of the
81st Division spent yesterday in the
city. He will receive his discharge
at Camp Jackson next week and will
return 'home to resume the practice
of law.
- .First Lieut. J. Pringle Brunson of
the 81st Division was in the city to
day. He arrived at Camp Jackson
from overseas several days ago and
is at home on a fifteen day furlough
before being discharged.
Franz Teicher, of the 81st Division
has received his discharge and return
ed home last night.
Cap*. W. L. ^McCutchen has receiv
ed his discharge and is at home
again. /
?Mr.. H. C. Bland left Sunday on a
business trip to Detroit where he ex
pect* to spend several" days. Mr.
Bland states that he is taking the
trip with the object of trying to hurry
shfpments on cars that he has ord* rs
for and has not been able to till.
Mrs. Robert C,. Gujley, of Brook
haven, m Miss... who has been visiting
Mrsi Hey ward Crowson on Salem
Avenue, left last evening . for Johns
town, Pa."
Lieut. J. D. Pendleton, of the Avia
tion Corps, is in the city for a few
days.
Lieut. George .D. Levy and Sergt.
Waverly Levy, of the 81st Division, j
have received their discharges and
are at home again.
Lieut. S. Y. Dinkins. who has been
stationed, in Texas for several months,
i? at home for a few days stay before
proceeding overseas.
Married.
? Mr. R. F. Haynsworth and Missj
Elizabeth Brown were married at the i
home of Mrs. O. -L. Yates Saturday i
afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. J. P.
Marion performing the ceremony.
Only the immediate family and a few
friends were present
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Baseball This ? Summer.
--
. Everything looks good for the pros
pects .of a good baseball team in Sum
ter^-this summer. Practice has already
been started with sixteen men out for
the. team. The team will be captain
ed by Bob Hornsby an exTSouth Atlan
tic' League man. Tdie first game has
already been schedured with Florence
on the Fourth of July. The game will
be called, in the morning at 11 o'clock
on. ajecount of .the auto races in the
? afternoon. Games are being arranged
with Charleston. Georgetown. Dar
lington, Columbia and other teams, j
Anybody that is interested in the team
canv see them in action every after
noon at the ball park at six o'clock.
Entertains for Mrs. Stuckey.
(Washington- Post. June 19.)
Mrs. Kincheloe. wife of Represent
ative David H. Kincheloe. entertained
yesterday at luncheon in honor of
her ihouse guest, Mrs. Henry Morti
mer Stuckey, of Sumter. S. C. Other
?tfests at the luncheon were Mrs. A.
B. Rouse, Mrs. J. Campbell Cantrill.
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Mrs. Charles
J^Sell, Mr. Albert Barkley and Mrs.
C. C. Givens. of. Madisonville. Ky.
Last evening was made a gala occa
sion by a delightful niitslcale Mrs.
Stuckey. who is an accomplished
pianist, was quite-the center of inter
est in two groups of MacDowell ^>i
ano numbers. Earl Carba uh was
heard in several songs. Miss Helen
Gerrer and Chester La Follette both
contributed violin numbers, with Miss
Margaret Ripy accompanying and
last, but not least, the hostess ga.ye
Several whistling improvisations. Dr.
and Mrs. Stuckey will leave tomor
row for their Southern borne.
IJjjj Auto ltacc*n .July 4 (fa.
', For the *>ast few weeks- the Summer
Race Track Association has had. a
large number of men at work on the
race track getting it in shape for the
big races to be held here on July 4th
( and they now report that everything
. ts about in readiness. Since the as
| sociation took over the track this
?
spring something like *.">.UO0 has l een
spent on improvements to the track
and grounds and they believe that
when the present work is finished
Sumter will have without question i
% the best mile track for automobil'* j
. racing in the southeast. Recently a
large crew of men under tin- super
vision of an engineer have rebuilt and
graded the track with banked curves
which will allow an unlimited amount
of speed impossible on the jjat track.
The new grand stand is now complet
ed and the entire mounds have been
enclosed with a high board fence. The
races to be held on July fourth will
include a fifty mile race which will
' no doubt prove more thrilling and
furnish more excitement than any
race ever witnessed in this section. If
the weather is favorable the largest
crowd that has ever attended races
here is looked for.
Superintendent S. H. Edmunds left
for Winthrop. College Monday to
deliver a series of five lectures, lie
had fully intended to be at Winthrop
for six weeks; but President Johnson
consented to reduce the time from six
weeks to one week. ?
The Price Of Gasoline
Comparison of Prices in South
Carolina Towns
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j Editor Daily item:
! Some days ago! started out.on an
j inquiry into the price of gasoline at
j various points. It has taken some lit
tie time to get in the replies, and sev
eral points have not responded at all.
? The price then in Sumter was 30c a
j gallon: Friday one dealer hen- cut his
j price to 28 i-2c, and at this writing,
j noon Saturday, it looks as if there will
; be further cutting by the various deal
ers, or that there will be a restora
tion to the 30c point.
1 am giving the list below, and the
' gasoline users can draw their own
conclusions, and take action if
they care to. and if they can. I am
only pointing out that the SCfc towus
are a little group in this immediate
vicinity. The prices as given me are: J
Aiken. 29c. ,
Anderson 29c.
.Bishopville 30c.
Cam den 30 c. i
Charleston 27c.
Cheraw 28 and 30c.
Chester 28c.
Columbia 2Sc.
Darlington. 28, 29 and 30c.
Florence 28c.
?Greenwood 29c. ^
Manning 28c.
Orangeburg 28c.
Pinewood 30c.
Rock Hill 28 and 2S l-2c.
Spartanburg 27 l-2c.
Yours.
H. A. Moses,
' Secretary Sumter Auto Association.
MR. LEVER HANDS OFF.
Has No Voice in Selection of Post
master.
To the Editor:
Since the resignation of Dr. Dick as
postmaster at Sumter. I am receiving
a great many lettei's in the interest of
persons who desire the appointment
to this place.
T take this opportunity of saying
this vacancy will be filled through
the civil service examiantion, and
that I have absolutely nothing what
ever to do with the appointment. The
only thing the postoffiCe department
calls upon me to make any statement
about whatever, is with reference toj
the character and bona fide residence
of those who have become eligible fori
appointment through the examination.
I cannot make this statement too em
phatic. If I had the responsibility of
appointment. I would exercise it, but
there is absolutely nothing that I can
do in behalf of any of the various ap
plicants for the postmastership at the
various places in the district where
there are vacanices except, I repeat, to
testify as to their character and res
idence. A. F. Lever.
Washington, D. C. June 20, 3 919.
Executivje Order.
Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
in the position of postmaster of any
office of the first, second or third
class as the result of death, resigna
tion, removal, or. on the recommen
dation of the First Assistant Postmas
er General, approved by the Postmas
ter General, to the effect that the ef
ficiency or needs of the service re
quires that a change shall be made,
the Postmaster General shall certify
the- fact to the Commission which
shall forthwith hold an open compe
titive examination to test the fitness of
applicants to fill usuch vacancy, and
when such examination has been held
and the papers in connection there
with have been rated .the said Com
mission shall certify the result thereof
to the Postmaster General who shall
submit to the President the name of
the highest qualified eligible for ap
pointment to filt such vacancy unless
it is established that the character or
residence of such applicant disquali
fies him for appointment. No person
who has passed his sixty-fifth birthday
shall be given the examination herein
provided for.
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson.
Dated March 31, 1-917. {
Cotton Afeirket
LOCAL.
P. G- BOWMAN. Cotton Bb/er.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 31.75.
Strict Middling 31.23.
Middling 30.75.
Strict Low Middling 2?:.50:
N!?W YORK COTTON MARRFT.
Yes'td'y?
Open High Low .Close Ch}*?
July . . 32.50 32J<7 32.25 32.7.0 32.25
Oct . . zzao n-i.u? :;2.t2 za.o:;
Dec . . 32.-J8 32.70 3.1.9,5 32.33 .32.00.
Walking On Hot Stones
Papeete, Island of Tahiti. May 13.
(By Mail)?Walking over stones heat
???; white hot is..the recent-experieyce
of an English newspaper correspond
ent who makes his home here. He
emerged without injury or the slight-1
est trace of fire, on shoes br ciothes
and said he felt no discomfort what
ever. He participated in the cere
mony of ''passing through fire." or
j "I'miti" as it is called by the Tahiti
I an*.
Whatever trick there may b<- in
I performing this ceremonial is a. sec
i ret religiously h?dd by a small clan of
natives on the island of Raiatca.
A large pit is dug in which arc
? placed huge, dry logs of wood oven
laid with a thick layer of large river
j stones. The fire then is kindled and
j made to burn fiercely until the stones
become white hot. Native priests, or
I wizards descend into the pit. urn with
I standing the faet that the intense
[heat radiating from it keeps the on
lookers at a distance, and walk bare
footed over the heated stones invi
Iting those who have tie- courag" to
1 follow them.
Many theories have been advanced
as to why the naked feet of tin- na
tives are not scorched but no satis
factory explanation of the, phenom
enon yet has been advanced. The
Englishman wore shoes.
Returns from Texas
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Dr. John A. Rice Lectured in
Dallas Preachers' Assembly
Dr. John A. Rice has returned froi i
Dallas. Texas. when- ho gave a
I course of fourteen lectures to a com
bined Preachers' Assembly and S:r.?
day School Training School, at the
Southern Methodist University. There
were a hundred and seventy-five
j preachers from thirteen Annual Con
j ferences as far west as California
land a hundred and fifty Sunday School
j \vorkers in attendance. Jt was the
greatest assembly of the kind that
,'ever met in the church. A hundred
j and fifty certificates of graduation in
? as many courses were awarded.
! The doetor tuet a good many old
friends and had a great trip. He was
given a tentative invitation to go to
the Pacific coast next year for simi'ar
work. He is. announced to preach-at
l the University of Chicago August 10th.
jXext Sunday lie is to address an aud
j ience expected to number ten thou
! sand at the great Centenary in Co
lumbus, Ohio. He has done more
of this kind of work than any other
pastor in the South for twenty years.
While he never neglects his pastoral
duties, he somehow finds or makes
time to help the great outside. He is
a prodigious worker, neyer idle, never
trifiingly employed.
Lee County Court.
Bishopville, June 19.?-Promptly at
10 o'clock Clerk of Court Singleta.ry
called court last. Monday, but as Judge
Wilson did not get here until 11
o'clock, he adjourned the court till 11
o'clock. The train was on time and
by 11.15 court had convened and So
licitor McLeod made no delay in
handing 10 to 12 new bills to the clerk
teethe grand jury to act on.
The jury then retired and by . h
o'clock Monday afternoon had acred
on all. cases handed- them, and rather
remarkable, a true bill was found in
every case. They also handed in their
court report and Judge Wilson com- j
plimcnted them for the prompt dk-?-:
patch of business^
- The first case called was that of J.
W. Arrants against John Truesdalej
and his brother for assault and battery :
with intent to kill. The whole, of:
Monday and until 1 o'clock Tuesday
was taken up in the trial of this cas<- j
and hearing arguments. It was hotly j
contested by both sides. Mr. J. II. [
Clifton of Sumter assisted the solici-!
tor in the prosecution, while, the de- i
fense was ably represented by McLeod j
and Dennis and B. Frank'Kelly, Esq.
Just before recess for dinner, the;
judge concluded his charge ? to the j
jury and they went in the room. The j
jury could not agree and made a mis- j
trial. It is the only case tried, but
several cases have been disposed.
State vs. Jessie Benjamin, use of j
mule withoutyconsent of owner. Plead !
guilty, two month?.
Two or three minor cases of mis- !
demeanor are on docket for trial.
Jessie 'Benjamin,/ grand larcieny. j
Plead guilty. One year to begin at !
expiration of first sentence. |
. Mansel Perkins, assault and battery!
of high and aggravated nature. Plead
guilty. $75 or ?> months.
George Wesley. Malicious mischief.
Plead guilty. 6 months at hard la- j
bor.
The case of the State agaiiv;t j
Beattie Wilson for murder is on trial j
for killing a colored man, 1 Charlie!
Groom, his brother-in-law. Tatum. I
Jennings & Dusenbury, and L. D. j
Jennings of Sumter assisted the So- j
licitor. and McLeod & Dennis and B-j
F. Kelley represented defendant. t
Another murder- case is set for j
Thursday. Isabel Navey, colored. f<?. j
killing a negro man.
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Presentment of Grand Jury.
To the Honorable John S. Wilson, j
Presiding Judge
The Grand Jury beg leave respect
fully to report:
That we have passed upon all bills |
handed to us by the Socilitor and re : |
turned the same to the court with our i
finding endorsed thereon.
Our committees on Court House, j
Jail, Good Roads, etc., will make j
their report at the next term of court.
It has been reported to us that some J
of tb?* magistrates are not complying
with the law in filing with the clerk i
; of court their criminal papers thus
idelaying the court and grand jury.
W<* recommend that the Court
House sewerage be connected with the
I town sewerage.
We thank your Honor for the clealr
aud full explanation of the law. etel
We also thank your Honor and other
j court-officials for courtesies extended
I to us.
Respectfully submitted, ?
^ J. D. Hill.
June 10. i!ii;?.v Foreman:
Wealthy New Yorker, Who
Owns an Orange Grove at
Palmetto, Fia., Declares
Dreco the Best Medi
cine He Ever Took
j "1 have suffered for i 7> years from
I kidney trouble, lazy' liver, dyspepsia,
nervousness and rheumatism." staled
; Mr. T. Root of Now York and Pal
j tnetto. I*'la. "I thought the Florida
[climate would do me good so invested
in an orange grove, and now spend
the winter months here.
? When I cane- down this season i
I heard every one talking about the new
'medicine. Dreco, and the wonders it
was doing. I bought a l>ottlo and il u
I the greatest medicine I ever encma
Itered. It went right after my trou
bles, and I .am feeling heiter than I
I'have iu a long time. I am going n
1 ?kv some Dreco back to New Vork
w'r.h me for fear I cannot get it :he>-e"
j Dreco acts upon ilw vital organs
>nd restores them to healthy action.
It is soon noticed that the food digests
better without the gas forming. The
liver gets active, the kidneys become
regular and the bowels normal. Sleep
becomes full and. refreshing and the
whole system feels rejuvenated.
Dreco is highly recommended in
Sumter by Sibcrt's Drug Store.?Advt.
I Unpopular in Germany
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American Officers Who Are Dis
liked By the Civilians
j Coblenz, May .7, (Correspondence
j of The Associa ted Press.)?The two
I most unpopular American officers
j among the Germans in Coblenz are
|-Major George Cockreii, assistant pro
[vost marshal, and Captain ThexiOre
?i F. Kieker, in charge of the billeting
office which must furnish acc?iho
Idations for something like " eleven
j hundred officers and thousands of
j soldiers.
? Major Cockreil, whose home is in
St. Paul, is in command of more than
twelve hundred military police and
five to twenty or more Germans pass
through his office every day on their
j way to jail. So among the civilians
who buy stolen American food and
who try 'to sell cognac, to American
[soldiers and commit other acts con
trary to army regulations Major
Cockreil is a most unpopular man.
j Sometimes he receives threatening
notes and also letters in German with
skull and cross bones at the bottom
of the page but they do not frighten*
him in the least. It's all a part of the
(job. the major says.
Captain Fieker. who lived in Chi
cago before he went to war. has been
going about Coblenz for five months
selecting coice billet^ for generals ajid
others and for soldiers too. And so
most all the civilians in Coblenz have
had a glimpse of Captain. Fieger from
time to time and they do not like hirn
one- bit. Many of them tell him so. in
a nice way of course, each time he
comes around. .
I Every house in the city has been
listqd in Captein Fieker's office, and
he knows j?.,st how many members
there are* in each family and when
there is a spare bedroom or two handy
j he takes it over for a general, a col
! onel. a major, a captain or a lieuten
! ant. according to the furnishings and
I the location of the home. Being un- j
j popular-is-incidental, to the duties of j
! the billeting officer. But the work ap- j
pears to agree with him. .Since he!
came to Germany with the Army of j
Occupation Captain 'Fieker has gained
ten pounds. . .
I Bicycle Races.
Bo you remember the bicycle
racing in the good old days. The
bicycle and bicycle racing is coming
back with all the thrill and excite
ment they used to furnish. . If you
don't believe it be on hand Wednes
day afternoon at 4.30 at the ''Green,''
! corner Liberty and Washington
rtreets.
The names of those wishing to en
ter any of the races should be left at
Mikel. Sneeden. Phares Co.. Tisdale &
Sumter or the Y. M. C A.
The first tobacco was sold at Lynch
burg on Friday, the 20th. two loads
being sold by Puddin Swamp farmers.
UXn'E^RSlTV OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Entrance Examinations.
Entrance examinations to the
University of South Carolina will be
hold Joy the County Superintendent
of I Education at the County Court
Bouse. Vvk\n.y. July 11. 1919 at 9 a. in.
Entrance examinations will also be
held at the University. September 17
and. 18, 1919.
The University offers varied courses
of study in science, literature, history,
law and business. The expenses ape
moderate ami many opportunities for
self support are offered. A large
number of scholarships are available. }
Military training compulsory for j
Yreshmen and sophomores.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
For full particulars write to
PBESIDENT W. S. CURREL.L.
University of South Carolina, Co
lumbia, S. C.
HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty of Them in Sumter. and Good
Reason for It.
Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering. \
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Days, of misery, night? of unrest, j
The distress of urinary troubles, |
When she finds freedom,
j Many readers will profit by the fol
j lowing.
Mrs. A. Hancock, 103 Blinding St.,
J Sumter. says: "Last year I had a.!
slight attack of kidney troubie and
there was a bad pain through the
j small of my back. My bead 'ached.
my nerves were all unstrung and dizr
I zy 3pells bothered me. Black specks
I floated before my eyes most of the
time and blurred my sight. My kid
jaeys acted irregularly ami I knew lj
! would have to do sonietliriijEr. Filial-I
i lv 1 bought a box of Doan's Ivrdney
j . ^ f . . v,..,
Pills and used them. Dean's acted
like magic and after I find finished
{the box, the trouble disappeared. 1.1
j haven't been bothered ?in?-e and d j
; gives me great pleasure to recom- J
mend Doan's."
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for n kidney remedy ^<-t j
i Doau's Kidnev Pills?the same that]
- Xa. :? ?
Mrs. Hancock had. Eoster-Milburn
; ? ; "' "? "" I
Co.. iMfffrs.. Buffalo, N. v.?Advt. Si j
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j BEEHIVES AND SUPPLIES?I have!
lately received a few Georgia made I
I hives and frames?8 and 10 frame]
size. Also on hand sections and \
foundation for comb honey. X. G. :
Ostcen, '''-'0 W. Hampton Ave.
[BEESWAX WANTED-Any quantity
j large' or small Am paying ben'
i cash price. See .me if you have
"J cy Hour Kodak Finishing
All rolls developed IOC: pricks
12<?c up: prints 2 l-2c-4c-5c: enlarging
: 35c up. Specialists?we do Ho thins
but kodak finishing. All work guar
anteed to please. Eastman Kodaks,
j Films, Supplies.
Columbia Photo Finishing Co.,
lilt Taylor Street, Columbia, S. C.
Storks and Omens
Superstitious Dutch Interpret
Action of Amorengen Storks
nonappea'rance of the mal? - stork
after the winter-abseht? with the'i&s^
appearance of the ersfcr?uJe /Emperor .' '
f rom Germany after'the ,war. , The>
fnst wooers of the widowejjl female %
stork are likened to the various par
_ {lies which tried to fill the place 'Of.,'.-;v
Amerongen. Mm- if. < Core~pondence |tIie former imperial ruder and were re- ;
, . , . - - , i jected.--The persevering male-stork,, is
Associated Eress.-- -The people., ag thp emblem of the German-.
ol AmcronSem *,M! fashioned in the*-| ~ple determined to become their . ;
own rulers. The last fight of the1; '
male storks is said to represent the
struggle of the German nation to
shake off BolshevikL The ejection of; $
the eggs from the nest is assumed to ? .
Imcan the casting out of;.alixthat
of Th.
of Am
ideas, have been givvm recently what
they regard as a token <?f the future
of German.-.
Two storks every year make (heir
riest on a tower of Amerongen Castle,
where the former ; German Emperor
is staying. This year the fem?le storlcj, t0 the old imperial system of ,
^returned alone and built her ncs;. - , ^ the happy outcome of con- \
[ Soon came three male storks but all .j ^ Ufe & the nest is look.
were beaten off with violent peeking*.1 on as u Qf the happy fo..? ?
two days later a lone male stork ar- L . ? _ ? '<$>
... .... . . ture of Germany.
rived and he too was accorded a hos- . ..: , ;?
tile reception. However, he .hovered j '?; . " '.. ; 1
about perseveringly and fought off a j " r
... O r.- - .- .; ?:?
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fourth. The combat was watched with fVPoyfioT T fixxr
intens- interest by the occu-j l*idriidl MdV
pants of the castle, among them the j
two Hohenzollems. Next day the male '_
s
stork shared the nest with the fe- j Copenhagen. June -20.^M?r^S^
male on the nest, from which the eggs I . .:*v> t?&%
had been ejected. The two birds ap- j mus been Proclaimed in the entire zone
peared quite happy. ' I of Hamburg harbor as the^ result. of
Superstitious villagers compare the I increased raids on fopd.depots r\.j-"g^
Who Sell 'Green Flag' Motor Oil in This County
They're right tfup-to-the-mmate" in everything they
do, and tbatV why they're agents for "GREEN
FLAG" MOTOR OIL. I have been using "GREEN
FLAG" MOTOR OIL for more than a year, and
nothing ?Ise, and more than that, Hi
drive ten mile* out or my way if itY
necessary, to get it. I found their ad*
vertasing honest.
Now Vm doing ?omo "honest advert^in*" for "GREEN FLAG" ,
myself, by telling yon boys where yo-j ein "g*t it"?
i Claremont Filling Station
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O If you can use any for shipment after July 1st it will ?
O be to your interest to see us. Many farmers used Ni- ;^
O tr?te last year as late as the end of July and they found
? that it paid them. Q;
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Capital._._ 3209.000.?O
Surplus and Profits. 207,000.00
The amount or surplus set aside Xor
U?o pnotectlon of iPcppsltoic? estab
lishes this institution, as he strongest
bank In this section of this State.
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Cashier
A Satisfied Customer
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Is the best nss^t that any Me^"-; ']
cautile or Banking Institution oa^
Im^scks. If your Banking arransqj,.
mentH u?'** not pcrf?:ctly "satisfactory J
come hi anil
Tell Us Tour Trouble*
And if we caii help you, be assured
I bat it will be our pleasure to do ?0.
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