THE GLEANER.
| GRAHAM, N. €., APRIL 15, 1875.
Local, State and General.
W. T. JOHNSON, EDITOR.
Jlr. iaba C. Rabertm, «f Company
Shapa, is aathariscd ageat to rc
nir* •■keriplirai, nad receipt far the
■aw*. -~w_
We acknowledge the receipt of valu
able public documents, from our dis
tinguished Senator, the Hon. A. S.
Merrimon.
The proceedings of the Board'of Coun
ty Commissioners, at their hist meeting,
the first Monday in this mouth, will
appear in full in our next issue.
Messrs Ferrell and Ncal, the contrac
tors, are moving right along in build
ing (he bridge across Haw River at
Saxapahaw. . .
Married on Thursday, the Bth of this
month, at the residence, of John
Tapscott, Esq., in this county, by the
Rev. Mr. Webb, Dr. J, G. Pinnix and
Miss Adaliue Tapscott, daughter of
John Tapscott. May life's choicest
blessings always attend the happy pair.
We thank Hon. J. M. Leach for a
copy of his able speech, "on the Louis
iana question and. the general political
situation of allairs in the country," de
livered in the House of Representatives
of the U. S. Congress, on March Ist,
1875.
The official figures show that there is
no election for Governor in New Hamp
shire, while two Democratic Congress
men are elected—again of one member.
Tha result iu New Hampshire, as a Re
publican victory, does uotpan out well.
Ex.,
One night last week some hnugry and
evil disposed individual or individuals,
dug under the smoke-house of Mr.
Willis Sellars, uear Co'mpauy Shops,
and stole therefrom about sixty dollars
worth 9t bacon. Neither the thief, nor
the stolen bacon has been found.
During the past week Ma). S. M.
Lanier,Agent of this State for the "Life
Association of America" was in our
town. The Maj. is a clever inteligent
gentleman, wears his title by virtue of
rank in the Confederate Aimy, and
represents a Company, indorsed by our
leading business men in the State.
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We return thauks for an invitation to
be present on the 20th of May, at the
celebration of the Centennial of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen
dence. Whether we rre able to be there
in person or not, we shall, iu feeling
and sympathy, in the commemora
tion of an event that is the pride of
every North Carolinian, and should be
of every American.
John Q. Gant, of the firm of J. Q.
Gant &Co, of Company Shops, has jnst
returned from the Northern cities,
where he has been for the last twelve
or fifteen days, selecting and purcha
sing for his firm its Spring stock of
j£oods. In our next issue he will tell
the people what he has to sell, what he
wants to buy, aud the bargains he can
offer them.
Sid Scott, of the firm of Scott & Don*
nell, of this place, has gone North, and
is now in New York buying the Spring
stock for the firm. If he don't buy hia
goods as cheap as anybody it will not
be for want of his attention. He goes,
and looks and selects, and brings back
such goods as his long experience tells
him will suit his many customers. The
firm will let you know about it.
Our Living and Our Dead. —The
April number of this excellent, and
strictly North Carolina magazine has
been received. No family should be.
without it. Its worth as a periodical
pride in a State publication, and respect
for the memory of Confederate soldiers,
appeal to all to aid in sustaining it.
Send three dollars to Col. S. D. Pool
at Baleigh and get it for ayear. It is
worth the money and it is yourduty to
doit.
William Braxton, Sr., of Hadley's
township, Chatham county, committed
suicide, on Monday night, the 6th inst.
The circumstance, as detailed to us, are
•a follows: He went to the house of
Aaron Andrew, on Monday evening.
Nothing unusual in hia conduct or
health bad been disoovered. He re
mained at Mr. Andrew's for the night.
During the night be was reatless, going
out of the house several times. Noth
ing was thought of this. Just before
day he went out and did not return.
When Mr. Andrew went out and
found him hanging to the Joist of the
flaws, hia knees nearly touching the
floor, he was quite dead. He had pro
eursda rope from about the kitchen.
He was perhapa, fifty yean old, and
had always been a man of weak mind.
He leaves a grown son and daughter,
the only fiunily.
| INFANTICIDE. —A case of infanticide
has just come to a light near Hillsboro.
A young negro woman and her mother,
living on the premises of Major Geo.
Collins, the son-in-law of Mr. Paul
Cameron, were the guilty parlies. The
Sentinel of the 7th gives the Jbltowing
particulars of this crime:
"A young negro wpman was found
In her cabin, her neck tied with a rope
to the bed post, and the only words she
said were, Take me out quick, or mam
my will kill me." She died soon after
she was removed, but her death is
thought to have occured more from the
effects of childbirth than from strangu
lation. M&jor Collins immediately had
search made to fiud the child, the wo
man's mother declaring there had been
no child born, and there was no use in
looking for it. A barrel of ashes stood
at the door witbA hen's nest on top and
three eggs in tbihest, and as the party
approached it the old negro woman
sung out-, "eofne away from my heu's
nest, don't bother along with it 1" and
this excited their suspicion and they
searched in the ashes for the child, the
wuman all the time making a great to
do about it, but no child did they find,
until Major Collins resolved to empty
the barrel, and turning it over the dead
uegro baby rolled out from the bottom
and its aim and neck were found both
broken. The woman was carried to
HHlsboro, and is now in jail.
THE COLORED BRANCH INSANE AST
MMf. —The Board of Directors of the
Insane Asylum met in this city yester
day. in response to a speeial call, to con
sider the matter, of establishing 'the
branch colored Asylum at the Marine
Hospital, Wilmington, in accordance
with the recent act of the Legislature.
We learn that the board was unable to
accomplish anything, because of the
fact that the parties having control of
the Marine Hospital refuse to allow
tbem to have the use of the said build
ing. There is something behind this
that we do not understand, as the build
ing was tendered the Legislature
through Senator Cantwell, aud the act
was passed upon this ground. The
Board adjourned without any action,
being unable to carry out the provisions
of the bill. Raleigh News.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON'S LECTURE. — i
This lady delivered her celebrated lec- ]
tare ou the life, services and character
of Joan of Arc, to a large audience, at
Tncker Hall, in Raleigh, ou Thursday 
Stight, the Bth inst. The Raleigh News
Wtys of it: "We think we speak a com- i
fmoa sentiment, when we say that noth
ing ot the kind here has ever given tlie
lame degree ot pleasure to those who
■d the good fortune to be present.''
%'lic papers everywhere, and without
MKeption that we have seen, speak in
fn highest terms of praise of Miss Dick
inson. Her youthful beauty, her clear
well modulated voice, her graceful easy
manner, her lady-like deportment, her
powers of delineation, her eloquence,
ju-c the themes of universal commcnda
and praise wherever she goes.
Kbij. Wood, ot the Faxton House in
Bjjjjiville, was kind to a young man
North who bad no money. He i
cartiHpr him, liked him and made him
The Maj's. confidence was
He scut his new clerk out to
oqjfect bills that were due, and his
clerk abused the confidence repos-
PQ in him. He collected the bills, but
forgot to return to his benefactor, or
send in the money. This was presum-
I iug too far upon the Maj.'s kindness.
Xki telegraph caught the destitute
fjLg man. Never be kind to one who
moo money.
NKS'S MISHAPS.— A sort of March
seems to possess editors this
ye^^PA Virginia journalist has been
tfcKied. In New Jersey one has bad
of lead pat into his brain. A
Mississippi brother was killed in a duel
with an actor last week, ami at West
ftbLia the same State, two rival ed
itor* Mde targets of one another, until
one of them was perforated by four
bulleta. of all, the editor of the
Chicago IK has been sent to jail for
contempt And yet (here are j
fond parenttVho encourage their sons
to becomeSor*. Wil. Star.
The last iMK erer written by Gen
eral is in the po*.
session of Historical Socie
ty. It was addlKri to Gen. Lee under
date of May 2, reads as fol
lows: "General: The enemy has made
a stand at which is about
two miles from Cbancellorsville. I
hope as soon as ftfhetlcable to attack.
I trust that an ever-kind Providence
wiil blesa us with success.
We call attention to the Act, concern,
tag the indebtedness of the different
conn ties,and toin* of the State,
published on the outride of this paper-
It will be found to be of general impor
tance.
Joseph D. Elliot, who was serving a
term in the penitentiary for shooting
and killing Tbos. C. Neal, in States
ville, more than a year ago, has been
pardoned.*
. The Federal. Court is iu session at
Grcesboro, Judge Dick presiding. The
Patroit sayß the charge of the Judge
was elaborate, aud the Civil liights
Bill fully expounded. No opinion was
. expressed of its constitutionality. The
same construction , was given as by the
Judges in Ohio and else where' hofding
that the colored man had no new lights
that he did not posess under the old
statute law, with the exception ot trial
before the Federal Courts if ho so elect.
He held that the law applied only to
railroads, steainooats, hotels aud thea
tres, and did not necessarily place
whites and negroes, together in these,
only requiring the same accommodation
lor the negro, if he could afford it, as
was given the white man. Separate
apartmeuts and coaches could be desig
nated for each race, and neither could
infringe upon the rights of the other.
There arc one on the docket.9l criminal
and six civil cases.
The Raleigh News says:—Solomon
Pool, late Prcsidcnt(l) of the Universi
ty, has brought suit against the Trustees
for salary since .the institution broke
doAvn under his management up to the
time of the decision of the Supreme
Court determiitMig hi» existence. This
is as cool a piece of impiulence as can
wcl) be conceived of. He has, during
the yeare lor which he claimed his pay,
sat likg a nightmare upon the institution
until he stifled the very life out of it.
In the meantime "he was industriously
engaged in buying all the real estate
he could lav his haifds upon at the
depreciated prices, reduced to their low
rates by his very presence, watching
for this time when the revival of the In
stitution would make him a million
aire.
In this suit Solomon will go after
wool aud come homo shorn.
Some time in Man-h the depot a*
Barksdale, on the Richmond & Danville
railroad was robbed of a considerable
quantity of freights, belonging to differ
ent persons, consisting of a bag of cof
fee, a bag of clover seed, two bags gu
ano, and other articles. The matter was
kept secret, and detectives from Rich
mond were employed to ferret out the
rogues aud recover the goods. They
have made several arrest but have failed
in finding the stolen property. This we
learn from the Milton Chronicle.
Just as the train started out on the
Great Western railroad in Detroit,
the other day, a woman leaned forward
and called to her husband, who was
ten feet away. Say, Simon, did you wash
feet and change your socks?" "No, by
swam I—forgot all about it," he re
plied. "Well," said aha, as she leaned
back, "I feel it in my bones thatfhere's
going to be a smash-up afore we got to
London, and it you are killed I'll just
purtend I didn't know yel"
A TAX ON BACHELORS.—A bill has been
made a special order iu the State Sen
ate of Tennessee which contains the fol
lowing section: "That bachelorism is
hereby declared a privilege, and every
male inhabitant of this State over thirty
years of age, being of sqund mind and
enjoying good bodily health, remaining
unmarried after the first day of May,
1875, shall pay a fine ot ten dollars
aunually.
Says the Patroii: —Hod gin Fentress
a highly respected citizen of Randolph
county, living near Cedar Falls, aged
about 65 years acckieutlly shot himself
in the back of the Lead and died instant
ly on last Friday week, by carelessly
handling a pistol, lie was getting some
papers lrom a drawer, preparing to go
to Asbeboro, and let the pistol lall.
No one was in the room with him at
the time.
i■i F'T W ' 'I ■* "X
The Bureau'of Health, at Washington
City, announces the probable prevail
ance of Yellow fever, on the Atlantic
Coast, during the summer, and urges
the importance of preparing for it.
This fearful disease has already made
its appearance at Key West Florida,
and the news is that it is raging to an
I alarming extent in Havana. We trust
the scourge may be stayed. j
OK Drr.-—That the much* talked of
" Benbow House" will not be included
in the Drawing of the Greensboro Lot
tery. We hope this report is untrue, as
we have a friend who bought a few
tickets expressly to get that building.
We give only as report, not vouching
for its truth, but if true the public ought
to know it.— Chronicle.
A Montana editor says be can't see
any sense in all this noise about Beech
er. "Why," he says, "right out bete
is Bill Casey. Ha went iato a family
married one girl, spoiled another, and
has run away with the third; and yet
Here is no trial no statements, no noth
ing, only jnat the old man with a rifle
looking around after Bill."
The oonvoeadon of Raleigb(of the
Episcopal Church) will meet at St.
Mathews Church, HQlsboro, to morrow,
and hold its session morning and eve
ning lor three days. All are invited to
attend.
GOOD TEMPLARS HEADQUARTERS. —
The Good Templars of this city have
rented the old Standard Building, on
Fayetteville street, which will hereafter
be known Good Templar's Head
quarters, as it will be \tsed by the Grand
Lodge of the State. A public State
Temperance Library will be placed in
one of the front rooms on the lower
floor. Mr. S. J. Fall, G. W. Sec., will
reside in the bnilding and will have the
office of the Order on the lower floor.
Raleigh ISews.
Mr. Fab. 11. Busbee, delivered a lec
ture, on Satnrday evening, the 3d of
last month, in the Hall of the Masonic
Lodge in Hillsboro, before the young
ladies of the Misses Nash and MisaKel
lock's school and a large audience of
citizens. The subject was the immor
tality of force. The effort gave sat
isfaction. So says the Recorder.
Young man in Cabarrus county in
wretched health, Doctors couldn't agree
as to what was the matter—Nothing
did him any good—Old woman came
along—Gave him a teaspoonfulprhite
sand three times a day—Yptffig man
took it,—Got well in two weeks So
learns the Charlotte Observer.
"
In the Hillsboro Recorder we notice
a call of the democratic Executive com
mittee for the citizens of Orange to
assemble, in the Court nouse, on the
27th day of this month, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the Con-J
vection. Are voii not a early, j
and is not court a bad time?'
W ? J
To THE PRESS.— The third Annua'
Session ot the North Carolina Press
Association will assemble, in the oityof
Wilmington, on Tuesday the 11th day ot
May, 1875. Joseph A. Englchard, of
the Wilmington Journal, is President
of this association and B. T. Fulghum
of the Agricultural Journal is secretary.
They desire a fall attendance.
The court ot claims baa decided that
pardon and amnesty, granted to per
sons for all acts done in the late war,
does not enable those persons to reoov
er the proceeds of their property, which
had been oonfiscated and sold.
There is a painful rumor from Wash
ington that Colonel Grant, son of the
President, meaitg to resign from the
army. General Sherman, however, will
still remain in command.— N. T. Her
ald.
Walter McDonald, a son of John A.
McDonald of Chatham county leaves his
native State to take charge of a position
on Cheeks line of steamers, between
Memphis and Vicksbarg. ,i t
On the site of a burnt dwelling la
Charlotte, a bold spring of water has
gushed out ot the ground, in three-spots
as large as a man's arm. The water is
as cold as ice and tastes of sulphur.
George Price of Danville, aged seven,
ty eight years, recently married Miss
Florence Faulkner of that place aged
nineteen.
House of Col. F. M. Parker, (of 88th
N. C., Regiment) was burned near
Enfield.
A new Baptist Church, costing from
thirty to forty thousand dollars is to be
boiit in Raleigh.
_ I
Goldsboro is getting ready for the
municipal election. Col. Jesse J. Ba
ker is spoken of for Mayor.
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ADTICI T« T«VNfI fABXIBS.
Let oar young farmers ikrow their novels to
the dags, and All their beads with facta. Let
them get ap debating societies, agricultara
and things adapted to their locality,
and encourage their latent talent in the place
to show itself. There is ao reason why a farm
er should aot bo a well inform** man, and be
aMe to speak or write ta sack a manner aa to
demand attention. He has, or might haws,
more leiaure time thaa mea in any other pro
fnssirra. and Instead ot stttihg down and com
plaining that the Government la administered
or the benefit of the Idle at the expense of the
worker, sad that be does not gat bis share of
the offices, let him first At himself forthe per
formance of legislative duties.
An bUeOigeat fanner, who Is able to draw
his own conclusions, and form Us opinloaa,
and give hto teas on for them, ia a clear concise
and logieal manner, «fH bav« ssore influence
in any legtmltare ever assembled to the State,
than any lawyer, because it ft bo
,fievad to be the rwcuHar art of a lawyer to
make the worse appear the better eaaae.
We have been eye-witness to enongh, in less
tM i of i century, !• Afcwwiw thftft
lbs aM »ab Us ssasad bsaor, Is Ma dlasatp
Med thaa with bm finrt. How Is It? " Fat,',
who baa aever beea hoaored at aB, baa pota
toea to eat tbrea time# a day," aad a
dollar to boat la bay tiaae,* is aboot the most
ebeerfnl aad the riAestmaa after SB.
The secret of al uatsigilis, research aad
psieeisiswa. ls>sbilrrT*
tafiaiii ii He who labors to excel in any poeL
tjoa, meetly for the "name of the thing,"
sssks to gratify the mset esrUly part of bis
roes fv to prove that we are la reality, ga
worthy of much that a willfal smhtti™ ob
tains for as. .jftgayz&y
It la not oftea that thoss mofa uuiafitait
aad worthy.oecupy the highest positions, as
the world now goes; for they have aeaaeaad
soul enough, to shriak fiwaao greatarespon
sibuity. mm
We would not hint that genius if, or ought
to be, a rare tbing in this world; far from
it, .bat .we are led to believe that it exists in
qridntity and quality which might be likened
to' Jewelry. Bat such is the cunning of the
workman that even, the best judges often get
•' Bold," and the most guttering articles trove
to be nndesirablebrass , —what little genuine
is made now-a-dajs, is mostly for private indi
vidu&ln; so that the " true metal" exists
chiefly in the unpretending, old-fashioned
pieces, that few know at, save the posscsors.
This world is about half "bogus" anyway
Gold and glory are resident humbugs, that
most young men fall in love .with, and if they
do not get bittpff, it is more good luck than
management.
The spirit of a real mind Is plainly sensible,
inony work to which he dirqeta hit attention.
No labor is degrading to the true heart, for
there is no excellence without labor; and the
consciousness of a will to do, and the powsr
to succeed wherever fortune places us, is far
more satisfaction than all the world can say
about us.
The excellencies of agrioultnre are chiefly
found H the progressive farmer; almost the
only man who can be said to grow richer by
farming, and consequently the only good
fanapr. . Guided by judgment, we find him a
reading, thinking man, who understands true
ecouomy, and with sense enough, if hernias*
raise a smalt crop, not to go over a large field
to do it.
High farming consists in high manuring,
systematic labor and continued careful experi
ments, making discoveries, and gaining more
light. Pureeing this coarse the young farmer
can very soon fill hla pocket and become a ben
cfactor to iris race. |~ — t.~ "T"
The folly of the day is, that the yonug men
I of the present age have a dreadful ambition
for being " gen teed."
They keep up apfwaranccs too often at the
expense of honor; and though they may not
[ be rich, yet they must seem' to be
though la the meanest sense, — in mere vulgar
thou). They have not the courage to go- pa
tiently around in that eoodltlon of life, in
which it has pleased God to call them.
The) make a constant straggle and pressors
for front seats, la the social amphitheater.
What waste, what misery, what bankruptcy
comes from all this ambition, to dasale others
with the glare ot apparent worldly success,
we need not describe.
Often in their desperate dashes at fortune
failure comes, for which the pity is not so
■smell for thus* who fall, as for the hundreds
of innocent families who are so often involved
in their ruin,
M.
Howell Giange, Co, Shope, N. C.
April 12th. 1875.
To TB* AFFLICT*©.—NO matter under what
form of sickness vou labor, there is one great
truth yon should keep in mind: all disease
originate in an Impure cot ditlon of the blood.
Purify that, and the disease most depart; bnt
yon cannot purify the blood by the use of pois
onous drugs, and exhaustive stimulants. The
best JM ood l'uryfier cr#t discovered is Dr.
Wuxn's famous Vmseaa Birraas, com
pounded of simple. 4w
ADNEBTISEMENTB.
P. R. HARDEN,
• Graham, Jf. C..
, I F • MMR '
Dry-Goods Groceries,
tIARDWARK,
Drug*, MmHehm, PtdmU, OUi, Dy-atmfa
Clothing; Hata, Caps, Boot*, Shoes,
■■Mm. Clean, •»>*«. Toao,
KEROSENE OIL, CBOCKKKX,
Earthenware, GUuneare, Coffees, Bpieet
Grain, Floor, Farming Implement*.
feb 19-1 j '
Pomps! Pumps!!
—:o:
THOMAS 8. BOBEKTBON,
Company Shape, N. C n
Is manufacturing and aeUlngthe bet and
cuiPMT wvmrm
ever offered to the people of Ikli State- Tbeee
pomps are aa durable aa wooden pnmpe can be
made. They are eamr aa any one wanting
water could tbk. lticyaraaoid aa cheap aa
any one whopropoaea to bay could aak.
Pumps delivered anywhere on abort notice.
Each pump warranted. The manufacturer
refer* to e«ry pump of Ms hi use. IN one
baa ever failed.
febtt-ly
New Goods.
W. R. ALBRIGHT,
(at Baeon't old ttand,)
GRAHAM, N. C-,
■—law fas
MT4IMM. MAT 9
•mil, fIKMHIM
H4ID-WAKE, *«•
Having bought gooda on favorable terms I
willsellcheapforcashor barter. Polite and
attentivecients to watt oacaetomera aad show
goods to aIL
. «alik «al« art Basalt *»•««
will make money. Call sad examine if yon
do not buy. It can do no harm. Mn4m
F. JONES * 80BF8,
GRAHAM, N. C.,
Boggy and Carriage Makers,
and neatly done, at
also on hand Cor aaie
; msagki, aad CsttM. •' *
noUM. rt AU?indT?f n at nuiS et
P We are thankful for past patronage, and
ADVERTISEMENTS!
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New Drug Store.
DR. J. 8. MURPHY'
Respectfully notifies the public that bo hm
S?KOK ft t complete aud weU DWS
Company Shops, ~
where anything kept in • well ordered Dn%
Store mar be found, .v., ->.j
The physicians of the ronnty and U* puMfc - '
generally, are Invited to patronise ? tWs' new
lar graduate in pharmacy, is in charge, so that
physicians and Hie public may rtst assured 1
that all preadptkma and order* will be mat
feb 16-2 m - •. • - . *.
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King Alfonso
is giving the Carlists a lively time, nd
B. TATE A CO.,
at the old stand of Marray* Tate, InGrsfw,
are giving all who try to undersell them a lively
time. Uonno and Tate A Co.,are both boaqd
to succeed. Tate & Co. will hay at the highest
prices all von have to Sill, aud at the kmfft
prices sell yon all yon want to boy.
gCOTT * DONNELL.
GRAHAM, N. C.,
Bay rad sell ■/., ' w -'-" •*
COTTOIf, COUlf, VMVB, BiCM
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ALL PEBsoro
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Having claims against the County'of Ala
mance are to present them to the
Deeds before the first Monday in
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J JA- LONG.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law?
YAJfCKYVILLX, X. O.
*tyr- , 4 ip*\ '* *»>.-••$ • . * ' i) r p-ji
GRAHAM A GRAHAM,
Associate Counsel,
Q.RAHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
REV. D. A. LONG, K. M., Principal.
BBNJ. I. LOSG. A 8.,
REV. WM. W. OTALEY, A. 8.,
MBS. BALLDS BOTD. ***.
jsss. arMsw
♦♦.Bo per month.
E S. PARKER,
"—~-r'* - t. * r v togaa 7*"* * —*
Attorney at Law,
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GRAHAM, N. C.
RATIONAL HOTEL,
Delightfully sitaated, not to Capitol Sqnars
BAtIMB, W, C.
A REITfIOrSB,
Fine Booms, well Tarnished awl fitted «p
"c. Fiupitetes.
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T MURRAY'S
OLD STAJSTIX
Keep conitniitly on hand
kiium WAN. BMM. AR» f '
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All of which we will mO u km M cu bo
** Cash*or Baiter.
ABkMioCfniM wnM. Look ttaor
»ux k, compare with other* and buy if joa
"ID. we HAHDKN
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