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EGRAM EVENING Today's Weather ( Forecast T7 TTTPa PRICE: FIVE CENTS ROCKY MOUNT N. C SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29, 191. VOL. X. TUP fTDMAM i in. iiiiiviiinii HAS DISASTROUS RESULT FOR TWO OF TWENTY MACHINES ARE SHOT Fail Utterly to Reach Lon don and Do Practically No Damage NO REPoltTSOF NOTE FROM FRONT TODAY British Aircraft (Jet In Ef fective Blows Against Air dromes and the Submarine Base of the Germans at Zcebruggee. . fir!. I Marshall llaig .'is- o t . .-m-i c laconic i:i his d-spal-iil today from, tl:i; llrit isii front- iii',: f'r.-iii'.'f- ii ml Belgium i : . -.. .... ..... ...I . .1... ' llollllllg in ii'l : i , c j 1 x . . -1 1 1 ' " -" jl It til f I v act iv il v : on both, -sides. "' " ' ,, ji,.ssriii'c .('if it. Tlu' warnings ye; tordav fi'diu !!., i . . ix -i ;i : .. ! .'in r.t -spiunl-ruts nt the "Yi'out that ' ; nothing.- need In' exn.ire.i I n hi i .-for. t lie f inn; being,' H'.-i'.I. in th.is connOi t.ii'ii. I . n i 1 . -ii to create an nil of seirteuvov witli the possibility i'f lii' events.- impending. Military .wM eis not- on tliev.sp"t, however seenie.f as t,icr 11i.'-'.MbiJi-tie. .'The; i ii t v irt iiii (- Wcdin-s'lav lH l-i,. att.l. ! s, .;. to. I.e too.'sholt ' foe .. tin' 'Vaiiiirliifi- ; . another .. exteirde. I inn vi' mi 'nt ur (' i . a 'i.;i aii-i . t in'i lias lii'i'ii hn :m.i; t i-i.T s.i-iin of I'" lion ( a dYU .-' '.iV ;i in-- i.!..;j.; :' i"ii The .possibilities- oisis to,, that' r in-vvi.il- which' Im-. I'ri-ii -'.Ii a nil over, the rtiviji-M:!i''. tin. 'si,tiftir lni i- "i ' ly Intended: to cover up some .-ir.-w l position of 'tin1 entente l'urrrS,: until .. till' I'liaiir- . i- completed. '.'..- !.,.'"'. The yiuupiiiative .pint thai . 1 1 : i ' Vllill'd Oil till' i'l.'n. Is front, is :c"iitii . niufcT- Only the, artilleiy la? I af nil active chiefly in tin- ei i i.i i cgo-ii. . Kast of tlir Mimi-- ill this t :..ii. ! ever the gnu Ii r. reached :i : v u.li-nt pitch Inst "night", .Paris l-epoi i s today . . . ' Tin' latest Goniiuii rani " iingiaiid turned nut liaillv: fin- tin' i:aiili is. Xhoil nil- plain.1 fni mat inn .failed t.-. lya.-U London, although repeated , atta. ks were ina.l.. ii in I two ..f the twenty machine attacking wi'ir brought down ,v tlir British. Duly insignificant dam age was caused hy '..tin1 bnml.s drop ped over K .lit . Kss.v, Suffolk and there were mi (asiiaiatii' .. liritiisir aii.-raft. .mi. tin ..'tln'i- liainl aii- rr pin t'.il . tn liilvf wurki'il rxtriiiM' .litniaui' li- railils in 'I'.i'liiini paiti M-ularly at tin' Siil'inariin' 1ihiv at Iirui'i' aiul ninlrdiiii's in t In' iiil t'i"' . BRITISH CASUALTIES DITEING THE MONTH Uiiiilim, S.-pt. .:i. Hritisli -auall ins rrpnlti'il lilirilin (In. iniintli .if Snpti'lll Imt IHIiil.i ilivi.lisl as fnllnus: Mli vfi-iH k'H... I in- ili.-.l i.f Wniiii.K, ti-'i; rtn-H 1 s.r:o:s. llllii nrs wi.iunli..l .in-; inif. s it i n :, I.) I ; Mini h:;,."iii:i. CREENSBORO MAN FUEL ADMINISTRATOR Wasliiii-tini, S,.pt. 'J!i.- - Kin i'A.luiiiiis tiatnr liarti.'l.l iiiiiiiiiii'.ol last iiiylit tlint A. V. M.AIistif. nii.n.i'iiliiir.. Im i ln'i'ii appiiinti'.l fn.'l ailministratui Xnitii ( anitiiiaMr. MrAliitir luis fill' liet'll asKisI ) itf In asniiiinii rvi ;i In ((iiifni.Mci' witk'lli. liaitii-l'l next Tiicv, ,ii,v. It nmv ln'li.-v ml that the miin-rs nratni-s (if tin- Kniturky ami Ti-nnns. opi i-ciiil; iiiiiics will i.c .alili' to reach an ii -fcniiriit and that within a short time 7 i ,iial will In- i-onnii'; tiom these mines in Niifi'uieut (juantitii s tn .supply the needs of North t'anilina an. I other states de pendent upon the Tenni'sv,.,. nnnis lor coal. Should the men fail to .'t tnH. ther it is known that the "overimient plans to take over the mines ami operate them with novernnieiit lahur. DOKEY" CEREMONIAL AT ASHEVILLE Asheville, N. ('., Sept. !. Kully 'Jim inemliers of Suez temple.. No. of Charlotte, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassau, gat Ik red here yesterday aft ernooii and last nijjht for the annual ceremonial "f the temple held at the Rattery Park hotel. (They started the hall rolling at 7 o'clock with a torch light parade' several I. locks in length and led l.y a band of L'IMI "Dokoys"' were in the line of march, all of them in full uniform. The hand confined its 'Virs to playing one number, "There Ml a Hot Time in the Old Town To- i Placards carried hy the nov- 'ei the conclHsion drawn from 001 If! 1 RAID DA in AM iwiiu mi FLEET READY FOR "ANY EMERGENCY," SECRETARY DANIELS TOLD I I',' I : . - ' 57. ST ) m r ' StinfeVv , -. , -o tyorrvr-1 : " !FvYrOi ; . North Atlantic fleet, led by battleship MichiKan, at maneuvers; Vice Admiral Mayo clett); Captain Albert P. Niblack, commander of the Michigan. '-'In everv respect, tho shooting was (he best the navy ever dul.'" Thin sentence, taken from the report of Vice Adtnirar Muvo on the rex-ent target practice of the Atlantic fleet in Cuban waters and juxt made public by Secrefary Daniels; forms the substance of the report, accompanied as it is by the admiral's simultaneous declara tiOn that the fleal is "ready for any emergency." ASK EXPULSION . SEN. LAFDLLETTE (iovernor of Minnesota and State Commision Ask that Senator Be Expelled in the Senate. , ' Wasliilist'!".. Ni-p.t: . i u . 1 1 1 . i i'.'iVii.u froiii .!','.' ameinr of -M in m'M't a aa.i tin- State pal.'lu- sa f ..,; ,,. iiui;uis sum fi'.pn's! i lip t iie.-ex puKioii- from the S.nat.' ot 'Senator I.a Kollct t iy nf AVis i iinsiij pi esenteil in t lie. .senate today :liy Smnt or Kelli.y. of M Mincsota aild referee,! l y i. I'le-:.!. nt Mai shall to the Senate privilege ami. elee tines i-oni ant tee.; OTHER APPEALS ARE RECEIVED - Wa-liiiitnn, Sept. jo. Senator Kel In-'.r r.-i ei eiT t ie i ollliuilliieat ion w hieh ;, a.ionte.l I.c the state eoniiiisiisi.il as t he ri Milt of Senator l.a I-ol let t e ' -re-eellt speeell aJ St.' I'lilil: I ief ( He p rese II illy it to tlie senate lie' eon fere. i with Vie.. I'irM.lriit ,M..irsli:iil. Senator Mar tin, of V irginia, I leunjeratie l.-.ulei and Senator 'uiiieieiie' of ( Ihio. ehaii inan of t he i oin'l.'ttee to wlliell it V:is refel l ed. ,m fni t In r ai I on will first eouie front t lie eiiinniit'tee. Senator l.a l olli.tte was lint in (lie ellliinlier when tile eonilllll nil at ion -was pi i senteil, Imt lieie was no di.seiissi'orl oi .action.. - " . Koiu other comtnuiiica t ions onu from the Wnslil.ii! n I .ova I league of Wash. I.iini. Wis. miW .'ni'l three from indi viduals, deniaii.linu' thr iiiipeaehnu'iit ol Senator l.a l-'ollette, were rccived Ly Vice President Marshall and presented to the Senate in the usual way. NAME MEN FOR COM. COMMISSION Wasliinoton, cpt. J'.i. The follow ing w Trcnoininated today by l'resi dent Wilson tn thiee vacancies on the Inte-st:rte 'oinmei-ce commission, Rob ert W. Woolley ot ireinia, tor the term ending V.W. ;lyde Ii. Aitchison of Oregon, for the term emline; in l!l:Jl. (ieorxe W. Andersuii of os ton, Mhs.. for the. term Kndinjr in 1 ' . COTTON MARKET .Ncv S'ork. Sept. -l.The cotton mar ket w as irregular today with the trad in" sliowiuif nervousness while await, ing for a, better line oif'the efTects of the tropical storm. The market open ed today steady at an advance of 1 point to a decline of t" points general Iv lower for a liquidation for the week end and the approaching government report. The market closed barely steady, Oc tober it. -l; Pec-ember, 2:t.6.'t: January 2.1.4tj; March, .,:Ufi; May-2:;.ti;. . New Yorl Sept. 29 .-Cotton futctrcs opeued iitea.K toda. October 24.3.1; December Z.&t) to 2?0; January 23.41; March 2X57 j.v May 23.74. EMf.I AMD I AQTWlSflf LiiiULiniii uriui iiivw NO HENCE IN 'SLUSH' CASE Wrangle in the House Breaks Out Anew This Morning N A M E NO MEMBER Representative Pou Reads Letters From Secretary Lansing Saying the State Department Has No Proof to Offer. Wash hint on, Sept. "J!; -The' lc!'iunu 'slush " fund. v rankle i" okc out -an.'iin mi the llonr oi' the liiuise today with the presentat ion 'of a letter l.y liainuan I'oii of the rulcs'-imiiiiitteie I ruin See re? tary l.ancini; dec la i iui; t he . St at e IV partnieiit had no evidence iudicatine; niemlieiH of Coneress had any ioiiiiee ion with l 'limit on It.'i nstoi Ii "s ."in,'idi) fiiiui. HON. J. W. BAILEY TO SPEAKS HERE MONDAY Hon. ..f . W. Hailev, Pnited States Internal Ucveinio f.'ollectur, with head vpiar.ters at Raleigh, will be the -..speak it at the first meeting of t he 'Current Topics Club, at the . Y. M. C. A. cm Monday evening, at ti:l.) o'clock: Mr. Hailev is a . sneaker well know n tliroiighoiit North Carolina, and the city1 is very fortunate in securing him for this 'occasion.' Mr. P.ailey will lnake a. talk of-" Some financial Aspects of the War. " It is hoped that, there will be a large attendance Monday evcli in.r to .'reef Mr. Jiaih v. as ' his ad- Ujvx piomises to he most in forest ing. FOOTBALL SEASON Among Big - Cames to Be x Played Will Be U. N..C. and Furman and Davidson at Annapolis. " Atlanta, Ca.Scpt. ."..--Clashes be tween -Auburn and Marion Military Institute at Marion Ala.; Da.vidsou Col lege ami the Navv at Annapolis, and a double header here with (ieorgia Tech. facing Wake Forest of North Carolina and Fiinnan, S. (' will constitute ma jor card of the. opening of the football sea son for southern elevens todav. Tech will meet Furman probably first at Grant Field this afternoon. Ttye coach is planning it was said, to tjend bis strongest combination, into tho second iame with Wake Forest reputed to be the most- iwerful of tUe "Jactets two opponents, ' i . ' OPENS IN SOUTH ATTACKERS MITGHEL TO FIGHT FOR REHELEGTION Four Cornered Contest for Mayor of New York As sured When Mitchel De cides to Have It Out. .New .York Sept. 'J!I.-A four cornered contest for". tliii". niayiirvas assured to day . when it hecuiiie certain that Major .John I'urroy Mitchel would make a fight for r. election despite his defeat, by Wil limn Jl. P.eiinett. former state senator for the republican nomination.". . I.cadoi in the' tuition movement which was r. sponsible for t he mayor 's elect ion fou r years -ago began today to make ar raiig'enien'ts for the caiiipaign for hi reelect ion. l-'usiou leaders frankly admit that tin defeat of Mavor Mitchel in the publi and primary was due to bungling and that the nomination of Hennett cri-ated a situation in local polites. much to tin liking of Taiumhnv Hall. That theeitv is on the evc-of one of the most snecta cular may orally caiiipaign is admit ted by the leaileis i.f all factions in- tin pending campaign.. . GOOD WEATHER TOR THE FAIR Washington, Sept. 29. General ly fair weather with lower temper atures Sunday, followed by a re turn to normal conditions about Tuesday or Wednesday are fore cast for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States for the week be ginning tomorrow. FILES REPLY IN MAIL FORM Greensboro-. 'X.. C, Sept. 2!'. All of fsets of Mrs. Maude A. King, held by Gaston Means now in ail at Concord, charged with slaving Mrs. King haVo been turned over to Mrs. Mazie .Melvin. sister of the dead woman, it is claimed bv attomoys for Means in answer filed to day by mail to contempt proceedings .instituted against him before Federal Judge .lames K. Tioyd. It was charged by the prosecution in obtaining an order from Judge Boyd to eompell Means ot surrender the effects of Mrs. King that lie still retained irri",Olill belonging to tho King estate. Means was cited, by Judge Bov.l to appear in his court Tues dav to show why he should not be held in contempt of court. He was unable to come as he was detained at Concord, as he' was held at Concord on the slaying PACIFIC COAST METAL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE Seattle. Sept. -29. Twelve thousand metal workers employed in Seattle ship yards struck today to force de mands for higher wages and the use of eight hour lumber. -Three large steel ship yards and 9." smaller plants were closed as the result of the strike. NASH ill 10 DID NOT REPORT Below is a List of Nash Regt istrants Certified by the Adjutant for Immediate Service. Fol In ing is a list of iiieii from: Nash duntv who have failed to report tor the physical examination "nd who have been certilied back to the local board bv the Adjutant Ceiu'lal of North . Caro lina, for iinnieiliati' service in- the niili tary forces of the t'nited States, with instructions that they report to tho lo- I board' at Nashville. I;ailure to obey this order of the adjutant general .on the part of. any of these-. men is equiva lent 'to--desert inn ami thev will be sum- niarilv : dealt with. . ' ' Any friends of these men irtest of whom are colored there being only two w hite ini'ii in th. list who. .know of t heir' vvher('iliuiitji--wil-lir doiu( them whole lot (it goed bv notitving them to report to the board lit Nashville at oiu-e. If tl.cv don't, steps to bring them to justice, will be taken soon and it w ill be ir serious pro-position for them vvhei; tliev are caught. Thelist tollows: Colored James Wiggins, Whitakers, R. F. D No. 3. , . Joe Lord, Middlesex. Moses Davif, Rocky Mount. William Battle, Rocky Mount. Robert Dauglitry, Rocky Mount. -Cornelius Bullock, Battleboro. John Ray, Middlesex. Richard PoweU, Whitakers, R. F. D. 2 John Harris, Rocky Mount. Willis Battle, Rocky Mount. James O'Neal, Middlesex. Earl Byrd, Rocky Mount. OUie Richardson. Whitakers. Charlie Johnson, Middlesex. Geo. Ballentme, Battleboro. William Harris, Nashville. John King, Nashville. Jack Hines, Rocky Mount. John Parker, Rocky Mount. Ernest Wyche, Rocky Mount. Richard Hicks, Whitakers. Ernest Pittman, Rocky Mount. Miles Marshall, Spring Hope. White William J. Parham, Rocky Mount. Colored Willie Bobbitt, Spring Hope. -Thomas James, Middlesex. Ford Fisher, Spring Hope. George Harrison, Rocky Mount. Joe Terrell, Nashville. Ellis Walker, Bailey. Daniel Pitt, Rocky Mount. Willie L. Gray, Rocky Mount, R 1 Jesse Braswell, Spring Hope. Louis Joyner, S. Rocky Mount, Henry street. Henry Battle, Rocky Mount, Henry street. White William Lonnie Dixon, Rocky Mount 927 Hilliard street. Colored Percy Lewis, Battleboro. Thomas Boddie, Rocky Mount. Alexander Buffalo, Middlesex. Bud Devereaux, Whitakers. James Singletary, Rocky Mount, Ral etgh Road. Oscar Smith, Castalia. Jim Mangum, Battleboro. Jack Lancaster. Naahvillo. Neal B. Alford, Rocky Mount, 1112 Tillery street. Andrew Holmes, Rocky Mount. - Pntpr Wsjihlneton. Georgetown, S. C John McBrtde, Rocky Mount. William R-uffln Parker, Nashville, R F. D. No. 1. Sam Edwards, Nashville. Manly Cooper, Rocky Mount. Wm. McEashorn. Rocky Mount. wall. Ricks P.nrkv Mount. R. F. D No. 2. GENERAL STRIKE Tl Revolutionary Strike Start ed by Anarchist Workmen. J Socialist Workmen Refuse to Join Movement. Buenos Aires, Sept. 29. A general revolutionary, strike throughout Argen tina was declared bv the Anarchist workmen, the strike to include all unions belonging to their federation. The So cialist workmen's union have refused to join in the movement. STOCK MARKET Now York, Sept. '29. the feature of todav 's earlv trading on the stock ex change was the new high record of loii.:t(t for Libertv Bonds. - Price of stocks were little changed at the out set, hilt the list soon manifested a reac tionarv tendencv on the further' selling of lending industrials and rails. United States fteet common and preferred, Crucible Steel. General Motors and Mexican Petroleum, averaged recessions of a Kint. Delaware and Hudson was depressed 2 3-4 points. 1 ' IN ARGENTINA BELGIAN NOTE NON-EXISTENT Says Communication Re garding Belgium Not in Austrian Note WAS NOT OFFICAL Havas Dispatch Says Sup plementary Note Agree ing to Evacuate Belgium Was Not Presented by t Diplomatic Courier to Pope. Paris, Sept, 2!. -Tire diplomatic, cour ier who brought the Austrian reply to the Pope's pence note to Home did not bring the supposed supplementary Oor miin comiiuiiiicntiun concerning Ilelgiuin. "Thu comniunieat ion," adds a IJavas dispatch from Home, 'can then be con siilered as non existant. " A dispatch' from Heme given out by the Wireless Press in London oil Sc tcmber wvM (Mint ((Iiiiiaiiy has agrii'd to evacuate, Belgium on certain conditions. The proposal as said to have been made in a supplementary note to the Vatican.. It was in the form of a verbal message made by. Von Kautlinni to the Papal Nuncio at Munich. . Copenhagen, Sept. 21. The majority Socialists in the (.eiinaii reichsta have interpellated the government concerning oflieial support of the l'aii-tierinan agri tation and the Fatherland purty. The Socialist also made an interpellation on reported government, interference with the right of assembly- BELIEVED GUYNEMER NOW IS LOST Canadian Headquarters iu France, Sept. 2ft. A German, airman urougul down and taken prisoner last ingut, as sorted that Onvnemer, the famous French air liiihter. whoso fate has been uncertain since he disapjieared behind the Teuton lines, was killed in tiutui with a German airplane. Ouynemer was buried, the prisoner said, just be hind thu front line. TY COBB AND THE Record of the Leading Play ers Up to and Including (James of Wednesday ot This Week. Chicaeo. Sept. 2!!. The records of th,, loading plavcrs in the. Major base ball leagues up to-and including games of last Wednesday follow: Leading batters .National' League Kuuscli, Cincinnati, 343 American League, Cobb, :!"H. Leaders in runs scored, . National, Burns, New Jork: Kll! American, Bush, .Detroit, ldlr Leading homefun hitters. National, Cravath Philadelphia, 12; American Pipp Now York, It. Leading base steal ers, National Carey ruisourg, American, Koth Clevulandy 49. Lead inu Pitchers, -Natioiiali Alexander1 Phil adelphia, 4fl, lost 12; American Oootte Chicago, won 27 lost 12. tuicuinatr is loading the National league rn cfiit) hattini? with an average of 263 and Detroit leads the American with. 237. TODAY'S SESSION OF MUNICIPAL COURT Tho following cases were disposed of m this morning s session or muni cipal court, no distinction, between the rnci'S hoinir majle: Jesse Albert and Frauk Paniel were changed with an asr-ault with a dead ly weapon. Albert was find $10 and Daniel was found not guilty. This case was difunosod of vesterdav. Blake Sherrod was charged witji speediniz and was lined So T. L. Worselv was charged witn vio lating the traffic, ordinance and was fined $1. O. I. Pempsev was charged with passing a bogus check. Judgment was suspenden on the condition mat we fendant pav the amount of the check and also live dollars cost, M. Bobbins was charged with tres pa-ss and judgment was suspended on the pavmounr of $o cost R. T Bartholomew was charged with reckless driving and was fined $5 W. R. McBride was charged with tnmi.inor a luwd hilL " Judgment was j""'i r - - sus penihsV o" f the condition that TIGERS IN FRONT the board nia aia uo.aai me ue f,.?.-):;f ps r.ttti the ease. TROPICAL STORM IL Disturbance Decreasing in Intensity as it Moves Farther Inland MORE STORM SIGNALS Warnings Displayed Today on Atlantic Coast From' Fortress Monroe to Jack sonville and Also on the. Culf Coast. - Washington Sept. 23. The" tfopical listurbance this morning- is concentra ted over tho interior of Houthcrn Ala bnina, wi,tli decreased intensity. Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantis coast from Fort Monroe to Jacksonville and on the Gulf coast from Rockwell to Carrabelln, Fla. FrVB PERSONS ' ' . - ARE KILLED Montgomery Ala,. Hnpl. 29. Jioth- an, Alabama reports state five peopla were killed by tho storm and niga wind at a small place several milea west of IVnseoola- EVERYTHING READY EXCEPT THE WEATHER The citv is ranidly taking on a gala appearance at the . hands of the men representing the Washington Decorating Company, who arrived in the city a few days ago. The principal business houses arc being draped in the national colors and make a pleasing show. The decorations are somewhat droopy to dav, because-Jupiter I'luvius is sprink ling Mother Earth in this vicinity. It is hoped, however, that he will uiveat his system of all surplus moiirture by next Tuowlay, and allow Old Sol - to beam for tho next four days, so a to give the great Rocky Mount Fair a chance to livo irp to its reputation aa being one of the greatest and most suc cessful fairs ever held in Eastern, Caro , Una. . - v; . Everything is In readlnesa and only some good weather in needed to make things come out all right. The program for Tuesday will be pub-. Iished in Monday 's paper, -i In the meantime, don't let automobile owners forget that they arc to take part in thu grand parade Tuesday morning ac ton o'clock, whether their machines are decorated or not. Many floats of busi ness houses and oilier organizations will also take part. . - "Of Hrother if you want to spread' joy, pray for tLe raiu to stop for next wek. " -j LOUISBURG SELLS STREET BONDS Louisbure. N. C.T Hunt. 2H. The I35,- 00(1 of street improvement bonda-rw1' ccntly voted were iold last night .to -(V Mayo & Co., ot Cincinnati, at par. Quito a number of other firms made bids. Work on the slrcnta is progressing rapidlv. Concrete has been poured on. . tho streets throughout the business sec tion, and from railroad hill beyond th monument on college hill: The asphalt ' is now-tipwg placed in the business eec- tion. It is understood that the street will be completed to the fair grounds by the opening of the eounty fair here, Oc tober 15. The entire job is expeeted to be completed by the end of the pres ent rear. PROVIDE MEANS OF RELIEVING TROUBLE Washington, Sept. 29. A method 'of relieving hardships in cases where men who should have been exempted have been ordered to report for military aer. vice or have entered camps, has oeea prescribed by Provost Marshal General Crowder. . If a locjd or district board believes a man has been wrongly order ed to report for duty it may reopen the case on its own initiative anil re voke the former action. If the man ha already entered the" eeryice he may be discharged only by the order of the Ad. iutant General who will act on the rec- nmniendation of local or district boatdU BURLINGTON MAN 4 - KILLED BY TRAIN Burlington, Sept. 29. Xester Mar lette, a married man about 30 years old was found this morning lying oesine the railroad traek ott the Graham yard with both legs eut off, one entirety aevered from ha body, ana oiceam. profusely. He managed to call lor a drink of water and expired in a f-w moments, before, aid could oe sun moiled." His body w'ken to t: hormj a short -distance -"-the - dent. - - Hewas aa at ' trl ' :-" wU ' ' Alsu-.- Wid-.W V I OVER ALABAMA ! '
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