The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 27, 1926, Image 1
^"Crisis'VPi
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VOU-IL?JNO. 46: * :
WHITE
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P A RESIDENT OF
-Sl'AR'I'ANBHItCi, S. .
Lawyer Southard Volunteers
? Services to Come North to
Defend Walter White. _
? rANOTHER
AFFIDAVIT MADE
^ 'ffribgry Charges Against N. A.
VA'^i1, 1* Invest igft-lnr" All
HluIT and Intimidation. "
(N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.)
New York, Nov! 10.--?Startling dc
vplnpnumt in?Mil1 exposure of eon
ditipns surrounding the recent lynch_
? ing. uf one'"colored woman and two .
men in Aiken, .South Carolina, in |
elude the following:
1. "A letter from L. G. Southard,'
white lawyer who defended the mob
victims, to Walter White, asserting
that the "bribery" charges against
the-N. A A .P-JawMUf^r^-ffnyrr'
" -"all bluff and intimidation," but that
Jtliey represented "?=sehenm ^tTgR"
you back there to do violence to ^ou."
?i North and appear before Governor'
, Smith of New York to prguc against;
extradition of Mr. Whi^e^henld ex_ ;
~ tradition Tie tk-inanded ~by_ Govwnor
! McLfeod. Mr. Southard writes to Mr. j
White: "You started the work pntl
* that i^"*whhtr.tbey do. 'not want and
they know that the world will know
.the -guiltft. -onosand that is another i
??thing that lliuy do "not wanfw^
2. A sworn aflidavit lias been sent
? to the- National Association for the
r Advancement? CP1 Golored people, at
60 Fifth Ave., sighed by j. Hftitray
-whim in;'i 11 ~wIro~w^y.in (courti
when Demon Lowman -was- aWffatfed
I and immediately afterward saw . 'Taw .
" eiifoicenieiu" officcrs'^ryuggling ..a*",,,.
** round the jail," clearing away auto.*:
mobiles. The affidavit in full reads \
as follows:
South Carolina, A ikon County.
Personally appeared before me -J,
MURRAY LANK, sworn says, That
1 on the afternoon ami ovenine- af .
I be i '/th, ITTlitJ, immediately after-De~T
mon Lownian had been declarod
at Aiken, I was ja and around Aiken
Court flouso,-" at Aijtejt^. fi. -C.,-TlUit-'
Policeman Jas. Woodward" came out
^ and ordered all cut tr. in civ I Cronr 1
around the Jail and Schoolhousp. I
saw. juggling around, the Jail by, the
officers, Nollie Robinson, A. D, Shnp.
pard, Pink Gaddv. Ed Andrews, and .
r 11[11^ i dfdPnot know,
[ AH of thcni' appeared very SORK and
MAD. This was between sundown
and dark, right after court adjourn
ed. - I went on home and did not
kriow^that the three Lowmans Had
been taken froi?<the Jail and-lynched
until the next morning, but I sure
was expecting to hear it, from what i
- l saw-tfte evening, before.? r?r i
The four numo^ mentioned in the *
*" affidavit are among thdstTscnt to Gin;.
McLeod by Mr. White.- . J
^ - tJ. ine i\ew i orK wuKbl), con
* tinuing its inquisition into the.lynch
ing, in itpaoial dispatches published
J conspicuously on its front page, is
arousing the press and "the entire
State of South Carolina.
In its Issue of today, The World !
prints telegrams from South Carolina
edlt'ors shoving that- -most of - the (
white dailips condemn the lynching
and are demanding punih ineivt df the
lyrtcTfefs. As a sample of the com
mohto telcgiaulied to Thft Worttf-hy^"
South Caiolina editors, are the foj "
lowing. *
Pierre II. Fike, Editor Spartanburg
Journal: . "The^ Aiken ."lynching is
oWe-tfFthe foulest"blots on the hunoi'"
of South Carolina. . . V Those who
K,participated in. the Aikpn lynching
J* now in their hearts that they- are
cowardly, brutal, murderers. . . The
punishment of the guilty parties
ought to be the business of every
South Carolinian."
_ unanea JLL- rxearon,?Jvpar
tanburg Herald: "Every man ?hfr;
respects law and order should de
that the mob members be pup
ished."
Continued en page eight*
ublishes S<
;ra W riters ^
? r i ah
J. v. LAY
PIEDMON
ATLANTA DAH.Y- 1
ASK^ QUESTION
"Whal'TsLlfUT Governor Going-io
? Do Abotit~th(rA;t1ren *
-? =?L^iiclilnu?"
NATION AWAITS ANSWER
The Law hAs been Crucified by!
White Wen, Whose Names
It is said are Known.
r. ' - " . 1C.
(From The Constitution, -Atlanta, Ga.,
Nov, 12, 192 GO '
CP TO GOVERNOR M'I.EOI).
hat is iho liovornor oi South ChT
ojina going to do about the recent
Xynching -of- three-Negroos. one of whom
was a woman, at Aiken
It is a pertinent question and the
entire nation is- awaiting ,.tliu answL'l'.
?Govt McLeod does * riot condone
lynching. No self respectng, latv a i
biding white man in South Carolina?-j
or in (he nation as for that matter-^]
can possibly condone lynching.?"- I
And yet, for some reason or an ,
other, this disgraceful act* of mob
V'1VJLx^.?L" . a ^ u"? I'li.ui'ti- ??rr
The law that was crucified by a
masked tranc?of?white---men, -whose "
.names it is 'said are known, -i?nd
whose afiiiliation with a secret ordtfi*
"has .been openly aborted and not* "do
nied, has not, reached out to bring to
the bar of justice those who defied
it?' . .
And- who, fn defying ItT" struck ~HT
?h*_.tmjwXuuit4a^m-n-yd?tTuw-ry^trrrrnf
^institutional authority-:? -?
The lynching- of the- three Negroes
at Aiken was ?he of . the most das
tardly erimes-evtn?CTTmmltted"in this
country. The more ropi-ohon-dlde ii_
was because of the undenicd charges
that several officers of the luw either
took an active partner looked passive
ly oti while the mob wroueht its von
-goance upon a ~lT$rr~of'. hclplesB, ter
rot ized human * llbings " whose guilt,
even,, of the chariro -of -murder-*-lmtr
had h(PTr tTl'CfeT*i cd achinsI them was
seriously in fluegtjonu One of the
victims,, indeed, had been diseharg
ed, after a fair and impartial trial,
011 account of the lack of any evi
deuce' of guilt, even circumstantial.
The qvocutrnn?of the lynching was
of the most brutal lypeT Kopes we re
rsatPTTod-tightly raoumi their bodies^
according 1?> reports, and they were
draggeiU-foy- lhb'rc-than a milu behind
rapidly moving automobiles. Then'
they w.etje riddled with hujlets to cnTT
their..agonizing criesw?- - ?'w?-?In
the .black days ,<1f inquisition
greater barbarity in human persecu
tion was not resorted4 to, An
official- of the National Asso,
ciation for the Advancement- of Col ....
ored People has made an exhaustive
investigation of the lynching, and has
furnished Governor , McLeod wit ft a
list of name's of neonle of fHe Ail/en.
cominUniCy~that he alleges were truil
tV of the ontragf ?them is
the nanio of the Sheriff, the one of
ficial who whs charged.-by~v-irtua of
office, with the sacred duty of en
forcing the law, and preserving the
integrity of the Judiciary system. ?
Whether those cited are guilty or
not is not the question for the public
to decide. That is the duty and .the .
function ,of ,the court.
The public, however, is concerned?
and virtually^?in the more important
TjtTe=rttcn^"bff^trTAvhetTier South Carolina
-will allow this _brutaL affair to -fade
into nistjory wnnout every icgm recourse'
open to law enforcement be
ing engaged vigorously t0 make, the
guilty pay "a just debt to society.
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f .-:i -1
>CQncl Arti<
ro Publish '
' . ,. ly'.^ .
ioi.^lbia, 8. cy, satu
t pamrr
^ \,ui\r c
Veek'?
'1 here was a .lynching' recently .in I
?Cour.t'V.?fieoi'lthl?lilt1 fltSt ;
... . r "
rrtirt only HTTP or the year. Judge
THirry Tftped that circuit cohvened
monts were, promptly - l>mtight( and
ihe accused as promptJy arrested and
jailed. Theii ttljtL 1^ set lor an early
dat.e?-L
South Carolina should'"-show an e
qual respeet for. the" law. f *'*
H. ~ .
TFronf "The*~State, Columbia, S. C.,
Nov. 15, 1D2G.)
SOl'TH CAROLINA'S SHAME.
? "South Carolina^ Shame" is the
caption of a'cohunn editorial in the
curent tenie ol- Thc.--Natipnr~ That
periuilieal'n?indi;ynatiun?is?aroused
a ml its conehisioji.<-t>a^wf-mrAl^e Mo?
lies prepared by * Walter White t)f
Ne^f--V^rrk -mitl-M?o-gtmr coVyp-Tpnn
dent of The World, both of whom vis
i'.ed Aiken County after the lynching
of 'till1 LbwtYlans.
It would!Tie easy to work one's, self
into 4 fine rage over The Nation's
editorial. It. i$ . sqathing and biting.
It does injustice to South-Carolinians
who, having denounced the barbarous :
critic in Aiken, trad, set theniselvcs to\
keep on hammering on it ih^lieir own
way until soihetliiim was1 at'liiPverl-Trrf
tiw nrrme nf the law. It doc.^injus T
MAV. . MU|UIA.*l.UWJIt . U1UL UtXaiOC I
t tTm^WFTTTi I'trHi' :i t II i g of drtims aiut""
blowing of bugUis.lbfi la\v',sanuichin j
was nut functioning. But such I
wrath would accomplish ncr good re !
suit. It would be accepted by many '
here who are incapable of appreciat i
in'g the. main issue, as in sotu6 way !
Till. anoh'I'V Fro- till. IrnMiinir jint n?
T7TTR?*nf>ersons who cannot think
straight have attempted to promul '
gait! tllO sOjvUlsli y t Iku -because ofthc :
crime charged against, the Lowmans
am) because of the machinery ?f the-.
law was "weak" and failed t0 bring
4-hom to?the electi ic chair, their
lynching was not so terrible.
Aji outstanding fact is that notfi ing
that can be said 'against the
lyUn'-b-mg- can ho* too severe, and that
those, iii this State who aeprehemP it
most vigorously must nevertheless j
?hare part ur the s44gma, unless and
iinrttr~thcy?see that the criminals are
brought to justice.
Another outstanding fact is that
:i small party ui men took the pris .
oners from a strong jail, without,
brckuing' a door, .when jailer and i.
sheriff were present and armed, and
not one lyncher suffered a pin princk. !
Whether the he is hny truth in t,hej
published reports, as repeated by Thej
Notlofl, ''oflicors of the iaw and :
relatives of high South Carolina of
fjeials were present at the lynching"
wcdo rTot inTow: But such" fWport has
spread ovei4 the United States, and
provides ground for Tho Nation's in
dictment: "Here is the real shame;
of the South. Not. that a hunch of
hoodlums diogutsed in ahcctg ami pll
low cases cyn carry off a defenseless f
Negro and kill him, hut that officers 1
of the law, sworn to uphold the law,
too -often actually aid-rhe murder .
xn s of lite- privonorr they have-sworn j
ftrotccl." .?J ?|
That Aiken lynching is "South'
C-apolina:s:?-Shomo,' ?We?cannot oh >i
mwtC ft 1 < a~T>Tow"to the common j
pood conduct m this regard, almost I
worked itself out of the black lynching
belt. Every Coynty must suffer, nowonly
for-having to bear-part trf the
-shame imt? materially. People pro
test to legsiators - against taxation,
yet' this Aiken Ivnebmg will east them
millions of dollars. ??
been "slandered," as. persons indijr I
n'ant nt the widespread censure al '
ContiaqflL 9B PMI light,
cle In Sum
FIRE!!" No
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RDAY, NOV, 27, 1926. ?
OULDD
1RENCE E
A SURVEY OF 1
MIS'IS'II'IM SCHOOLS!
One Mississippi County Spends/
$13.09 on White Ghild,
? $2.97 on Negro; ' .
????? "
GLARING DISCREPANCIES.
Tire "Crisis" Report There is no r
Provision for the Colored
Elind Children. ,.<7
: ' ; * - ? r
. Now York, Nov. 1S>.?The Christ
mas "Crisis" out this week, publish (
cs ..the second article, on Mississippi; ^
in the series of surveys undertaken j t
by Mr. W. E. B. .DpBoLtt on the W |
pro Common Schools in Southern j
States, pursuant to the, pi ft <*f S5 000 y
mnde^bS' the ,Garkind F-und 'for this ]
purpose, . Thelfirst article, -on -eduea,. t
ti.on in Georgia has already been pub -]
lishod. The article, published this I:]
inonjbh-,-- -phows- phtrinp discrepancies j
in the amounts spent on Negro and j
white schools in Mississippi, the ft I
pares piven for a nmber of typical
Counties being as follows: !
County White Colored 1
Amite $13.64 - $?.5ir 1
lBOILvxit 1 4y> >>; 1
Cmthajuaa.-. . 43 sn~?.- -3.34 - ^
.Noxubee--,?31 .bo - -y 8.00 -s
Washington 43.Op v2.(J7 v
_Tunica ^G.'idTT r 4.1b Warren"
^ .",03. '
In Mississippi^ according to The
Crisis; report, there is provision I
for the colored blind children and no '
school for colored feebleminded chil ' '
dren. In many Counties ' Negro 1
teachers receive loss th.-m one third '
^U^-Ute-nnlary paid In whites tlb) Negnf '
teachers' salaries in soijie Mississippi 0
Countieu hiim^. as - low?re^-SOO 1 hi'
month. --Although the whites have \1
voted themselves cor.oliilatril --ril
- schools; with up To dale buildings T
and.-equipment ynlue<K:at $3,-161.031 1
there is not one such school for Ne 0
groes in the State, The State has"
spent for white teachers?^ htrrrcos?*
$i 23,750.00 and not .one cent for Ne ^
-pro?te?ehersT -homearr- .Many Missis - v
sippi Counties are- reported to. run '
their Negro -schools- for -ordy - four '
months in the year, although in?thep
same Counties may be found consul -v
idQted rural schools fen?whites run - *
niifp-lm>e-m<mt}*s.?For - tbe- on 1 y e oi
orcfl college in the State,.,the legis . '
lature declint'd tbimake an apprbpYiu '
t ion ? inL^t' a" ^ j t
" .owiiutti, puiu i i VIII <i uviivyu.iciil \/i {
yanination, -although?thtrIcfirislntTrrc | "
i-etgjiUy .appropriated about -.$3,000, '
'O^O^'br tlur'-'white^ etillcirtx of thtf
?tate. 1
-The Crisis announce^ that the next ^
Wtiilt 4?4)HHWiW,- 0TT-Wegro: CtrnT j'
mon Schoois in North Carolina, will c
be published in the February Num
ber. In the Christmas Number, be '
sides the article on Schools in Mis 1
Sisyippi,n.thpxor'tn n detailed .ucniniM'1
of the funds received' by The Crisis v
from the Cm-land Fund?Other fen
Aurcs include: a first prifce poem by 1
??liontcmpj; I'Tliou^liis?lmr *
^gpo;'* the seeond prize poem?by- -I
CuiUitco CiiHen; n ii'iiuA ul "Nutgar-E
Heaven}" "The' ShambleS of South *
Carolina."| bv \Vnlter\Vhito- "Swnmp.1'
Moccasin, a pri/r story by .John F.
Cheyney and Edna Lou Walton. r
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RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING CH AP j
GAIN GEORGE A. SINGLE TON ,
FOR THE EDITORSHIP. OF-THE j
CHRISTIAN RECORDER IN 192tLU
?n
- j(
In this progressive nge publicity is ,]
of parnrriourit importance. Every so ' J
"cTal institution realizes the neces ij
of flipping Ltlt> attention of theft
>v Of Negr
w Ouarterl'
"*r~ ~ ^ ' '1 i ^i_.
eaibej
!* . , > , " ' , - '
trials
_m__r ?
FIRST ISSUE ?-1
NOVEMBER 22
fho Editors Include Some of.
The Brilliant Ynnnpr?Writenj Of
the Race.
SUCCESS IS ASSURED.
k y
ro be Issued from 314 West
138th Street New fYork
' --v'; .1" Cit&__
New York,'Nov. 10.?-The N. A. A.
j. P. is informed \that a group of
foung colored ,wrifers are: planning
o publish -a. quarterly magaziie to
>e called- "Fire!-!". Thev Board oT
Iditors includes-?I.nngrton?Hughes,-Sora
Nealc Thurstrtii, Aaron* Dougass,
Gwendolyn Bennett, John Davis,
.VaHmjxr^Fimviiiaii andTfTuvo Nugent. "
The new magazine is to issued from
114?West 138th Street. New York. .
rhe. first' number is announced for
mblication on.November 22. _
oading- public. "Tublic opinion is
he greatest force in,- a .democra <Vrj
l-'he newspaper is a most important
actor in ereat jng_a- state. of mind
md-an...altitude that wiH--ex}p-ee^Jl?_elf
_to_ward the JLLuniplkishme'nt~of
vorth.v . enterprise^. , _j. - *v ' P
-This, the-A. M." E, efttivch has hot 1
?cen slow to realize. The conng^tioii
therefore maintains several news
iapers and magazines. In the num
or is?the Christian Recorder. This
s a paper with a future. It is the
ending mouth piece of the connec.
i?>?. Itv p.xsihilif ii?c- nrn'prnnti tV?n
if'nl is broad:?In'1028 When the lien
raLConference meets in Indianapolis
r^vtlt select - ^worthy man to edit '
his journal. This man should be well
'vi'-wd; a rclydtu, a .'.tuduill bf .reli?*
rttuTs and . scoial questions, and of
>ro?d experience,. One who knows the""
hurch. T .
The qualifications mentioned - above
tre Un-bir^uhH'in Chaplain George
t. Singleton, Professor in Allen Uni
uirsityBachelor of Soared Theology
lorn Boston University School of
du^d^y; -Master of Arts from Bos-- :
on University Graduate School; has
d tufted at Ilarv?rtl; was awarded a
eholarship by the Class of Bishops
if l'.tOH and ir now --pursuing work
ending to the Ph. D. degree in the
University of Chicago. Aside* from
:is academic attainments, Chaplain
-jnglctnn?served with the United
tUu Army for three years- in- the
'hillippines, visiting Japan, and the
bfwnairr Islands; served on th<*
can Border, and during tlie World
Var, was First. Lieutenant, and Chap
rrin- orersenrr""!! <^hTi^rT)a:-?foFc(l "stfU
essfully in the First. Episcopal* Dis.
riot, and for the.past few years has
icon a member of the Piedmont Animal
Conference of South' Carolina.
eood. In the meantime he was Pro
e^Lsar.of- Social-jgeienee in Allen Ut'i
versify. He is known to the pen
10 mean ability. -
It ls_\yi"lli_priile that wer-thtf mem
>er;rof the Piedmont Anrraal ConfeF
nee, now in sessipp pn'l"r'">
u'artth C'TiapTain Singletnn 'for the Uditotvftip
of the Christian Recorder
mil ask our delegates, and the dele,
rates of the other conferences in the
-tata? ami foilfieetion to elect tfiisT
VitUlhy ...mid-able ^ChTtst&ft" getrHe-~-4
nan.
lic it therefore "resolved, that these
fos?kiton?j ex'pr.cSk the sentiments
md wishes of the Piedmont Annual
"onferenee.
A. X Martin, John C. McClellan,
tL W. WiLherspoon, \t. C, Crawford,
L_J3.?Smith,.Samuel Nance, D. H.
ijins, I). L. Withersnnnn, I ^"IV Dmt??
tlasa, Olin L. Smith. > ,
O Srhools
y- Magazine
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WALTER WHITE
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HISTORYCOLLECTS
FOR - ~
CHURCH ?6,122.73
Trnrmoni-, OoofT-will, Fellowship r
and 'Satisfaction in Cener.il :
Prevails.
mYXQLTE^miT EXISTS " ?
Calmly Hid Hish.op Hurst Pre
sitte. Bishop and Mrs. Hurst'
?- ? MuthLovcd.-c
' ' *
? T t 7"'
The" PietHfiontr.-'Anrufpl Conference ~ - *.
which came to a ch?^'AvIth* the read '
ing of the apf>6iritQierits last Sunday.,
afternoon w?s a veritable success'
from every point of Anew. Vor sixr
teen, years the sj^ritual heirs and ex.
porients of the fire that drove Allen *- !
from St. George and caused him to
build* for himself and his .posterity
a house of untrammelled Convictions "
have been laboring along with their
TTther brethren m this part of _ihc '
moral vineyard.. ,1,'pder, the most ad. yersc^circumstanegg..
and "against -the- - ?. ?
most stubborn of odds have the gallant
constituents of t-his?Piedmont- '
Conference- trudged lhoir vrtrrr?And?
the last session was the best ever
iield. In point of harmon^v^piod tvill " ~
fellowship, satisJiaetion in...'-general, x '
this' 'conference has had" few equals ' ?
and certainly no " superiors here"nor <
elsewhere. ~ ---?_
The intelligence of her aggregation '
of men" was' d^pT-Tved "hv th,> g^r "
mona preached.and the addresses da.-- . . livered.
Wednesday morning, Rev.
.,W. ^rdiev-prvachvd_gielTiniiiiaT ?
sermon from I Cor. 13:13; ' Charity,".
u,;,i.w.s ' i'p * ...
?> cuiivsuu> was inc occasion
for "missions. -The sermon for this
occasion was preached by Rev. J.. C.
McClellan. It was a masterpiece of
spiritual eloquence.. Dr. -McClellan
with Wcslevan enthusiasm r;i*rii.-il :
.Uio-evngrogutinn haelt -to the pioneer"""* ?
days ol' African Methodism wiien cv ' "
cry meeting wavlargely-a-meetfng~R>"'
save- souls. The fervpr of this .-set*-' - *
iftun .m-mlcd I he Api-uupp- ..i ?ti>. -uoor
of the church. This was cdn
ducted by- Dr. J. lb Rebinnun, T.uitui?:?
of. the A. M. D. Review. The result
was three accessions ?? ? > ?
Calmly did Bishop Ilurst preside. ....
No coercion; no storming. He suoke
to a man jis a brother, thus challenging
his manhood and pride, and
eori'sei|uenily.aiumg- thu-tfrerrve?H-g?e i-?
tb all the men and to tlie church
while at the same time; he did" not.
abuse the high oriice?t<v- which "the ?
church has elinsp.il him. The nipn
were eager to do fill in their power to
liiake the best report^- of their career.
1 Ilfii lUl'ill WUS ICUU^UU. LTS, 1\, >v
elected reporters to Die 'secular and* ' ??
church papers, respectively . ''
? i>r-?bims - spoke Thursday
iiipiu. lie?trrrs?more limn?himself. t
ihe addreSs he. delivered would have ~
ftrwed glory td ^th'C ilalis of XTymgress,
^ (young nian, iiitorined?yea edu.
ciited; tearless and ambitious. Dr.
David liehry Sims ' crovviheu with
grandeur the erect schoui iiiswhieh.^
jie-^^'csHienta Ituvi^ J. W. With.. ' "
erspoun, mT L. Ruins^, M.L G. \Vil_
L. Smith sang litung Selections and
cliocrcd ilishop llar>; and tin- 1'resi - ?- ..
dent. .More than ?uUU iyf
was?eontnbutod alter Hie .address.
Associated with Bishop Hurst was?
?tt. Rev. \V. T. 1 ernon tt^hnp of tho '
aih l^piscdpat Dutrwi. ^ 111*nop Yey- . . >.
noil was a^wuree-ot inspiration to all.'
.Vi * *' ,^ " TiZ A fV?t " "*
ca, lie was able to -speak to the (.'on - .
fere ace oT the Africa he has indeed
fcoowh nigfrt" dtiTThfi; the' ~ r^=~~
platform exercises the'-Btshpj^ took
us through- the jungles of thilt bfe_
inghled land. His remarks wenr~de_
livered with a degree u?_ pathos .that ~
invoked our deepest sympathies for
our heathen" hi others" and sisters. As "
he talked? of wumea -who taint for
titty,' seventy five ami an tiundred
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