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Stnrard B^rd, SO-yesr-old citl-
MH of Roaring Rirer oom-
aiimlty, ended his own life by
firing a shotgun into his chest,
Wilkes Coroner il. M. Myers said
following an InTeetigatlon of the
tragedy Tuesday afternoon at
the Byrd home.
Coroner Myers termed the
death suicide and dispensed with
a formal inquest According to
the information gained by the
coroner from members of Byrd’s
family, Byrd fired a 12-guage
shotgun into his own left chest
while standing on the porch of
the home.
Previously he had asked his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Charlie Jor
dan, who wa? with his sick wife,
to remain there untii he did
something which he had on his
mind. She told him that she must
go to the home of a neighbor
nearby on an errand and he re*
fused to let her leave the house.
Following this discussion he
laughed, walked to the porch
and killed himself.
According to information gain
ed by Coroner Myers, Mr. Byrd
had no 111 feeling toward any
member of his family and only
a few minutes before ending his
life he had told his mother-in-
law that he thought a lot of her.
Only cause advanced for his
tragic action was that he had
not been in normal health since
an injury some time ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hazel Jordan Byrd, and four chil
dren.
Funeral was held today, two
p. m., at White Plains church
with Rev. Lloyd Pardue in charge
of the service.
Annual Camporee
Of Scouts Planned'
* Saturday, Sunday
[Mrs. Nancy Wood
I Claimed By Death
Scouts Will Gather Satur
day Morning at Finley
Park for 2-Day Event
Annual camporee of the Wilkes
Boy Scout district will be held
Saturday and Sunday, May 18
and 19, at Finley Park in this
city.
The event was postponed from
May 4 and 5 because of weather
conditions.
Scouts from the troops In the
county will assemble for regis
tration and drawing for camp
sites from 8:00 to 8:30 a. m.,
which will be followed by the
first Inspection and camp set up.
Varied events are scheduled for
the afternoon and evening.
The Sunday program begins
with breakfast at 7:30 a. m. and
continue until 3:30, at
' y jipqnqpeement will
thade of camporee pennants
earned. A church service will be
conducted at two o’clock.
With the enlarged program of
Scouting in Wilkes, a most suc
cessful camporee is anticipated.
Funeral service was held' to
day, two p. m., at Harmony Bap
tist church for Mrs. Nancy Wood,
age 58, who died Wednesday at
her home near here. Rev. Bd
Hayes and Rev. A. B. Hayes con
ducted the last rites.
Mrs. Wood w,-® the wife of the
late Newt Wood. Surviving are
the following sons and daugh
ters: Elza Wood, Mrs. Dewey Ad
ams, Mrs. Walter Shumate, Mrs.
Ivory Harrold, Miss Mamie Wood
and Mrs. Johnny Crum. Also sur
viving are three brothers.
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Schedule of Five
Playing Dates In
Softball
^Unusual Froak Egg
Mr. and Mra. Sryaii Osboma,
of Boomer, exhibited a most qb-
uaBBl hen egg here Wedneaday..
The egg was In two parU, oon-
neeted with a tube about one
Inch in length. Baoh -part of
the egg was slightly less than the
average sized ben egg and it was
Boftshelled througllout. The egg
Was )ound in a nest on the Os-
Mrne farm Sunday.
Wilkes Connty
Welfare Board
In May Meeting
League
Games In the churches softball
league Tuesday were rained out
but there are plenty of good
games to come.
The Wilkes County Welfare
Board met in regular session in
the welfare office on Monday,
May G, at 7:00 p. m. All three
members of the Board composed
of P. J. Brame. chairman, C. C.
Bidden, and F. C. Johnson, were
present. The minutes of the prev
ious meeting were approved.
Charles C. McNeill, Secretary
to the Board, discussed with
them the expenditures of the De
partment for the past month.
The Board was advised that we
exceeded both our Old Age As
sistance and Aid to Dependent
Children allotment for the month
of April and that it had not been
possible to send In any of the
cases for payment that were
passed on at the previous meet
ing. They were also advised that
the cases that would be passed
on at this time could not be sent
In to the State Office for pay-
'ment for the same reason.
The total expenditures for the
month of April amounted to f 13,-
624.7c. A breakdown of these
figures I'eveals that 654 persons
received Old Age Assistance in
the amount of $7,974 which
makes an average monthly pay
ment of $12.19; 152 families re
ceived Aid to Dependent Children
In the amount of $4,142 which
makes an average monthly pay
ment of $27.25 per family; 35
persons received Aid to the Blind
In the amount of $635, giving an
average monthly payment of $13
BeObnehmlOn
Saturday, 25th
Legion Au^wrjr Making
Plans For Record Sale
of Memorial Flowers
Coqiifelor Will
Be Here 21
Term of Federal
Court Will Open
Monday, May 20
May term of federal court will
convene in Wllkesboro Monday,
May 20, with Judge Johnson J.
Hayes, of Wilkesboro, preeldlng.
Awaiting trial are many cases
on the criminal docket, involving
mainly alleged violations of the
liquor tax laws.
Wilkes Jurors to serve during
the term are as follows: W. L.
Draugbn, Benham; Carl Minton,
W*ikesboro; Watson Durham,
Traphlll; Elborn Brown, Hays;
Arthur Salee, Mulberry; Freeland
Johnson, North Wllkesboro; J.
A. Sebastian, North Wilkesboro;
Glenn Cox, North Wllkesboro; O.
K. Whittington, Wllkesboro: E.
M. Huffman. Congo: Albert Trip
lett, Purlear; Wade Houck,
North Wllkesboro; A. R. Miller,
Vannoy; William Tevepaugh, Gll-
reath; Jimmie Scroggs, Moravian
Falls: Thomas Harless, Wilbar;
Dewey Owens, North Wllkesboro
route one; C. R. Hule, North
Wllkesboro: T. L. Byrd, Ronda;
Bverett Huffman, Purlear; P. B.
Dancy, Vannoy; Houston Elliot,
Cricket; Jake Woodie, Wilbar;
,Paul Ct urch. North Wllkesboro.
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Can Yon Offer This
War Veteran a Job?
Sex, Male; Age 22; married;
Sigh School graduate, spedaliz-
ng in typing, simciallzed science
md reUll selling; 8 moa. course
n Radio and Telephone Swltch-
loard Installation at Western
Dlec^lc, San Diego, California;
rounded In service In left wrist
ind right leg. Cannot stand heavy
fork, but has good use of hands,
n army was Mall and Distrlbu-
lon Inapector and Administrative
Ipeciallst Had charge of 13 mail
rucks, sorting and distributing
,«»n Made morning reports. Will
xjeept clerical or sales clerk po-
Itlon In this area at $100 month,
kmtact Bmployment office.
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XAtrrenoe MMon, Rt. 6, States-
11s, vss instrumental in the or-
of $hs new Indell
Duty Dairy Hard Inpnrrsment
laoeUtlon which now has SiO
m on test
the Idague, has announced the
following schedule for the league,
extending through May 30. The
schedule gives names of teams,
place of game, and umpires:
May 16, N. W. Methodlst-Wll-
kesboro Methodist, Wllkesboro,
R. E. Caldwell and Zeb Dickson;
Baptist No. l-Baptlst No. 2, Fair
ground, Dick Bason and G. T.
Bare; Presbyterian-Wllkesboro
Baptist, Smoot Park, R. K.
Church and Boh Kite.
May 21-J7. W. Methodist-WU-
keehoro Baptist, Fairground, An
dy Shook and Bryan Gllreath;
Presbyterlan-N. W. Baptist No.
1, Wllkesboro, Claud Key and
Bob Kite; Wllkesboro Methodist-
N. W. Baptist No. 2, Smoot Park,
Rufus Church and R. E. Cald
well.
May 23—N. W. Methodlst-N.
W. Baptist No. 2, Smoot Park,
Cyrus McNeil and Dick Bason;
Presbyterlan-Wllkesboro Metho
dist, Wllkesboro, H. H. Triplett,
R. E. Caldwell; N. W. Baptist
No. 1-Wllkesboro Baptist, Fair
ground, Claud Key and Bryan
Gllreath.
May 28—Wllkesboro Baptlst-
boarding home care, and general
relief, amounted to $873.70.
Miss Mary K. Ferrell, who was
accepted for employment as a
case worker with the Department
at the last meeting of the Board,
was present at the Board meet
ing for the first time. She enter
ed upon her duties with the Wel
fare Department on May 6. The
remainder of the meeting was
devoted to hearing reports from
the case workers, Mre. Kate Ab-
sher, Mrs. Vera Casey, and Mrs.
Inez Bowlee, who presented a
number of cases for acceptance,
revision, and termination.
Charles C. McNeill, Superinten
dent of the Wilkes County Wel
fare Department, announced to
day that Miss Mary Kathleen
Ferrell of Winston-Salem, N. C.,
who was employed as case work
er at tho meeting of the Welfare
Board the first of April, began
work Monday, May 6.
Mr. McNeill stated that Miss
Ferrell comes to the Welfare De
partment with a good back
ground of training and exper-
jence. She is a graduate of Lynch
burg College, Lynchburg, Va.,
Poppy Day will be observed In
North Wllkesboro and through
out the United States on Satur
day, May 26, Mrs. Gordon Finley,
Poppy Day chairman of Wilkes
Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary, has announced.
Memorial popples to be worn
in honor of the dead of both
world wars will be distributed on
the streets throughout the day
by volunteer workers from the
American Legion Auxiliary. Con
tributions received in exchange
for the flowers will be used in
relief and rehabilitation work for
disabled Veterans, their families
and the families of the dead.
The Poppies are crepe paper
replicas of the European wild
poppy which bloomed on the bat
tlefields of France and Belgium
In both wars and which has be
come a world-wide symbol of re
membrance of America’s battle
dead.
Amid the desolation of the bat-
tlefront in the first world war,
the poppies were the one touch
of nature’s beauty that survived.
The little red flowers grew along
the trenches and shell holes, and
over the raw earth of the battle
graves. In the minds of the men
fighting there, tho popples be
came associated with their "dead
comrades.
“Expression was given to this
sentiment by Colonel John Mc-
Crae, Canadian medical officer,
in his Immortal poem, with its
lines;
“ ‘In Fluanders fields the popples
blow,
Between the crosses row on
row—’
“Replicas of the Flanders
fields poppy were first worn In
America in honor of the war dead
in 1918, and the wearing of these
flowers On the Saturday before
Memorial Day sooii became a oa-
A.' W> Baker, senior rduibllitac
tloa’^eounielor of the Nor^ Caif-
olina Department of Public In-
BtnetlQn, will be in the office of
Charlat, C. McNeill, welfare of
ficer, on Tueeday, May 21, for
the pnrpoee of Interriev^g tboser
in need of vocational rehahlUta-
tloQ training.
Commenting on his visit, Mr.
Baker said:
“Any person having ^ physical
handicap which hinders them
from gainful employment or pre
vents them from securing: em
ployment Is eligible on a non
needs basis for vocational train
ing. On a needs basis they may
be eligible for hospitalization to
correct these disabilities wher
ever possible; or artificial appli
ances, which includes artificial
arms, legs, braces, hearing aids,
glasses: and for maintenance
while training. Any person hav
ing physical handicaps will he
given an interview and plans
will be discussed if they will call
the Welfare Department on this
date, or if they cannot get In at
this time, If they will write to
the address given below they will
be contacted by me.’’
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Reunion of Ellers .
Sunday> June 23rd
Annual reunion of' Uie Eller
family, one of the largest and
best known family clans in ,thls
part of the state, will be held on
June 23 at Bolling Springs Bap
tist church near Purlear. Pro
gram for the occasion will be an
nounced later.
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Baccalaureate
Sermon Sunday
For School Here
VeteraMrorep
Wai^PoitiUkiRg
Action In Capital
Resolution Here Forwarded
To Senatmra Bailey and
Hoey This Week
Graduation Exercises Will
Be Held on Friday Night
of Next Week Here
Girls Will Begin
Softball Practice
Friday, Six P.M.
North Wllkesboro will have a
girls softball team this year.
Already much interest has
been expressed In the plans to
begin practice and with material
available those Interested are
confident that a winning team
can be assembled.
The first practice will be car
ried out on the Smoot Park field
Friday afternoon, six o’clock, and
all girls who will play softball
are urgently requested to be
there at that time.
If present plans materialize,
eoftbaU games between local
tsamg In other
Annual Baccalaureate service
for North Wllkesboro school
commencement will be held Sun
day, May 19, eight p. m„ in the
First Methodist church.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor,
will deliver the commencement
sermon. The program will In
clude numbers by the choir,
scripture reading and prayer by
Watt M. Cooper, First Presbyter
ian pastor, and a solo by Miss
Dorothy Gabriel.
Pinal program of the com
mencement will bo held on Fri
day, May 24, eight p. m.. In the
school auditorium. Dr. CI}de A.
Erwin, state superintendent of
public instruction, wtU be the
speaker.
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Improvements Are
Asked By Citizens
Mi
In response to a strong mess
age from Commander J. H. Mc-
NeUl, the Blue Ridge Mountain
post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
following, the meeting Tuesday
night forwarded resolutions to
Senator Josiah W. Bailey and
Senator Clyde R. Hoey asking
congressional action to curb tho
epidemic of strikes crippling In
dustry and the whole country.
A committee composed of J.
F. Jordan, J. M. Allen, J. A.
Johnson and T. L. Caudill 'wrota
the following resolution which
has been sent to the senators.
“We, a committee appointed
by the Blue Ridge Mountain
Poet No. 1142 of Veterans For
eign Wars, to write you express
ing the sentiment of the Post to
you as being against strikes and
tlelng up the industries of our
nation.
“The Industrial unrest wUoK
afflicts the public from the re
sults pf strikes at this time Is the
inevitable result of forces which
have been operating in this na
tion for some time.
“We think the government
should extend equal rights to all
men, but grant special privileges
to none. This wise principle haa
been flouted by men in execntlve,
legislative and Judicial iMsltlons
In the nation. Government has
either expressly or impliedly
granted special privileges to or
ganized minorities at the expense
of the American people. This is
Wllkesboro Methodist, Wilkes- and has completed a nine months
boro, Rufus Church and G. T.
Bare; N. W. Baptist No. 1-N. W.
Methodist, Smoot Park, Dick Ba
son and Andy Shook: Preshyter-
lan-N. W. Baptist No. 2, Fair
ground, Cyrus McNeil and Claud
Key.'
May 30—N. W. Baptist No. 2-
Wilkesboro Baptist, Wllkesboro,
R. R. Church and T. R. Bryan:
N. W. Baptist No. 1-WIlkesboro
Methodist, Smoot Park, Dick Ba
son and Bob Kite; N. W. Metho
dist - Preebyterlan, Falrgjpound,
Cyrns McNeil and Bryan Gll
reath.
Players and fans are well
pleased with the progress of the
league to date. The six
are well balanced '?rlth the top
teams never sure of winning,
even from the tailenders.
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Law Office$ Here
Will Close Each
Saturday at Hoon
By agreement among local at-
troneys, law offices In North
Wllkesboro will close each Sat
urday at noon.
The half holiday for the law
offices ^11 continue In effect
through the summer months.
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Rayon prloes, which may drop
to around 22 cents per ponnd
within the year, are vlrtnaUy cer
tain to force a oomparahle reduc
tion In cotton prtoca.
post-graduate course in social
work at the University of North
Carolina. For the past two years
she has been employed as case
worker with tho Forsyth County
Welfare Department, Winston-
Salem, N. C. Prior to coming to
Winston-Salem, Mies Ferrell
taught school and also did so
cial work in Virginia. She Is the
daughter of Mrs. L. E. Ferrell of
Lynchburg, Va.
Miss Ferrell fills the vacancy
created by the resignation of Miss
Doris Tulburt who left the De
partment several months ago.
Tho department now has a full
staff of personnel for the first
time in several months. Miss
Ferrell was present at the meet
ing of the Welfare Board on May
6 at which time she expressed
enthusiasm over her work here
In Wilkes County. She indicated
that she preferred work In a
rural connty and that was the
main reason why she had accept
ed work here.
Britain and 12 worn thron^oat
the British Empire on Armistice
Day.
“When the second world war
began claiming American lives,
the poppy, quite naturally, be
came the symbol of these added
sacrifices for the nation. The
largest part of the World War
HI battle deaths also occurred in
northern Europe where the poppy
grows, but no matter where
Americans died, the poppy pays
tribute to them.
"Disabled veterans of both
wars now make the poppy to be
worn In memory of the dead of
both wars. Poppy-Day contribu
tions aid the disabled of both
wars, their families, and the fam
ilies of the dead. Millions of
Americans will wear the veteran-
made popples of the American
Legion Auxiliary this year in si
lent tribute to those who He be
neath the crosses In Flanders
fields and In the American war
cemeteries throughout the
world.”
Spray House At
Highway Garage
Here Is Burned
mw mostiis.
Senate Group Votes
11-5 to Extend Life
Of OPA For a Year
OPIi. L. B. DIILA, JB.
HAS RETURNED wmna
Cpl. L. B. (Junior) Dnla, who
has been serving for many months
In the Marine Corps in the Sontli
Pacific and Central Poclflc the
atres of the war, returned home
last week. CpL Dnla •was In the
midst of the fighting on Iwo Jlma
and was wounded during this bat
tle. Before retnrning home, Opl.
Dnla earvsd for aometfane In Ja
pan. Junior, as h« Ik bunlllarly
known hsre, volnnteersd for ma
rine servloa when only seventeen
yesiis old.
Fire of undetermined origin
completely destroyed the- paint
spray house located In the center
of the Eighth Division highway
garage area near this city Wed
nesday morning.
When the flames were discov
ered the small frame building
was burning rapidly. The North
Wllkesboro fire department pro
tected other ibnlldlnga from the
fire.
No estimate of the damage was
available here today.
Juniors Ladies
Night Tuesday
Annual Ladles Night banquet
of the North Wllkesboro council
of ^e Junior Order will be held
Tn^ay night. May 21, seven o*-
^ock. In the Junior lodge hall.
An Interesting program la be
ing prepsrsd and a banqust din
ner wlU be served by the Ladles
Missionary Society ^ the First
Baptist ehnreh.
All msmbers are asked to at
tend and those which have not
returned their cards Indicating
number of idktes desired are
asked to return them inimedl-
ateljr.
Washington. — The Senate
Banking Committee voted, 11 to
6 yesterday for a year’s extension
of OPA, then took a four-day re
cess to enable members to pre
pare amendments to the exten
sion bill.
Chairman Wagner (D-NY) ex
pressed hope that all the amend
ments will be presented by Mon
day, the next meeting day, so
they can he voted uimn Tuesday.
He hopes to get final committee
action hy the. following Friday
and call the bill up in the Senate
May 27.
Not all members are convinced
that Wagner’s schedule can he
met, in view of the wide differ
ences of opinion on vital elements
of the le^slation.
Law Elzptrea June 80
The present price control law
expires June 30. The House vot
ed for an extension of only nine
months, until March 31, 1947,
and amended the hill In such a
way that Economic Stabilizer
•Chester Bowles called it hardly
more than a chart for “a Joyride
toward economic disaster.’’ Price
Administrator Paul Porter de
clared It “amounts to repeal of
price oontrol.”
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Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
Wilkes County Baptist Pastors’
conference will meet Monday,
May 20, at the Relns-Sturdlvant
chapel In North Wllkesboro.
Tho program -will begin at 10
a. m. with a message by Rev.
John Wells, Jr. Rev. J. C. Poole
will discuss “Sermon Outline.’’
The guest speaker for the morn
ing and afternoon sessions 'wUl
be Rev. Zeb -iu Caudle, pastor.
Lower Creek Baptist church, Le
noir.' At It 16 the afternoon ses
sion'will open with a worship
period lead by Rev. W. N. Brook
shire.
SIAMESE TWINS
DIE IN HOSPITAL
Portland, Ore.—The fllewese
tiHn gltli, horn hare « week ico
to-'10r..«]fa Un.- Mward HnrM,
Btror..,^Weeh., died ta a
tedar.
City CoancH In May Meet
ing Transacts Number
Items of Interest
North Wllkesboro city council
in May meeting heard a request
from citizens of the -Finley Park
addition to the city for a nnmber
of improvements.
The delegation, led by W. H.
McEIwee, asked that a water
main and hydrants be construct
ed sufficient to provide adequate
fire protection, and that a hard
surfaced street be constructed
from the intersection of Hlnshaw
and Elizabeth streets to the top
of the hill In Finley Park.
The matter was taken under
consideration by the board.
J. T. Kenerly, fire chief, asked
that the city pay expenses for
four firemen to a four-day fire
man’s school In Charlotte, which
request was granted. He also re
minded the board of tho fire de
partment’s former request for the
purchase of a new fire truck
and equipment.
Police Chief J. B. Walker was
given authority to hire an addi
tional policeman. Robert Wood-
row (Sharkey) Pardue was add
ed to the police staff .by Chief
Walker.
Contract for cleaning, painting
and making minor repairs on the
city’s water tanks was awarded
to B. K. Conrad, of Winston-
Salem.
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“Is this the principle of gov
ernment that we fought for In
the great world war and won a
victory on, or a government of
liberty and freedom and of tho
people, by the people and for
the people, so that all people
conid enjoy liberty and freedom
alike?
"We the commltee ask that
legislation be passed that will
curb these strikes so that the
wheels of Industry can go to
turning again and every citizen
of the nation be furnished em
ployment."
Local All Star$
Take Two Games
GLENN DANOy, JB.,
HAS RETURNED HOME
Glenn Dancy, Jr., storekeeper,
third class, In the navy, received
his discharge last week in Cali
fornia and returned home after
two years service He la a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dancy and
husband of the former Miss
Frances Finley. They have one
BOD, Gienn Dancy III.-
North Wllkesboro’s team in
the Mountain Softball league
j took two games here Wednesday
; afternoon from Plney Creek,
which has replaced Independence,
Va., in the league.
In the first game North Wll
kesboro slugged out a 19 to 1
victory. Scoring 10 runs in the
first frame, the outcome was
never in doubt and Roy Forehand
held the visitors to two hits with
his fast -ball and control. Man-
ship and Forehand hit homers In
succession and Hudson hit four
times In as many times up.
The second game, with many
second string players In the lo
cal line-up, was a close one with
the locals 'winning three to two
behind the effective pitching of
Crews.
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North Carolina’s 2,176 horna
demonstration clubs which ob
served National Home Demon
stration Week May 6-12, are In-
flnenolng the Uvea of 29040S
Tar Heel families.
PICTORIAL ROTOGRAVURE EDITION
NEAR COMPLETION; APPEAR SOON
Work of compiling the plctoir-
lal rotogravure' edition of The
Journal-Patriot la now nearing
completion.
Th^e only work, remaining to
be done on preparation of mater
ial for the edition la making of
quantity o t photographs.
Weather eondlftoiu, and the
photographic being mudi
greater than ortglaaUy expectod,
have canaed aome delay In nuk
ing the vast nuntoer of plctnm
vhkh ahan ha luprodnaad In
beaattfnl rotofxaTwa.
K. (teirtoiE Beowan, ifho (or
many yeora haa moat aneoaaatoUy
hiiiilad 'ratognmu* aOMoBa
iSntooiSoaMha eointir «>A ffto
Is handling the edition for The
Journal - Patriot, stated today
that the local edition will be
one of the heat hdltione of roto
gravure that he has evSr eoma
In contact with during hla long
career, both from the standpoint
of .quantity and completehdaa.'df
material. Every phase of aetlvtty
In the Wlikaaboroa and Fnikea
county wm be repreawted In the
edition.'
'-As soon at tto
work la oonplatsd.
Witt go tnto tha haola 
tat gnd. prttttara. (or
and Witt ha ready tor 
In «ha um 'Hm
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