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FRIDAY. APRIL 12. l'JIK
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AMERICAN TAtKl
Let every American patriot swat
the ppy. Report every suspicious act
and disloyal utterance to the police
or to the nearest United States Dis
trict Attorne;.-, or Fedora! oflicer. Ue
poit also those who violate the wc U
established laws and rules made fo;'
the cnntroling of the resources of the
nation and the winning of liii war.
The nation's one big job is to make
war ai'ainst the Huns, make war with
foice and determination. As Presi
dent Wilson savs, "force to the ut
most, force without stint or limit."
Kvery man and every woman and ev
ery little child should and must fight
against the enemies of America. We
!
must win or ;;o down, and every one
: t. home ini'st heip with every ounce j
of strength and every- resource and j
evi:y dollar they have.
i
Lac.i'js working at the surgical dres
sings woik r.iniii'i on Thursday made.
more than a thoiihand pieces of one i
ma!! kern greatiy needed in the med- j
c i1 .ep-rtmsnt. These few ladies I
worked long and earnestly on this
ijv to bring their average up to the I
( :;pectation. By reason of small in- j
ti rest, few workers, they fell behind i
on the March allotment and are worlc- I
vr now to catch up. The wounded j
are coming in to the hospitals in
France by the thousands, many of
trvy" wounded are our boys Ameri
can boys. How can American women
refuse to heed this call? When the
need is so great, when the demands
aie so urgent, when the women are
asked to furnish so much not f,or
themsolves, or some folks at home
1 at for the wounded and dying from
ihe battlefield why is it, how can
American women remain away and re
fuse to help? Just a little handful
lire working, ;,ou can almost count
Hum on the fingers of two hands.
The Red Cross has begged, the la
dies have consumed much energy and
lots of newspaper space urging ac
tion, begging help, and there is small
response, only the steady, ever at it
of the little band of loyal, faithful
ones, few new faces. The great ma
jority walk by on the other s'ide of
'he street and offer no aid to these
boys from the battle line.
Yes, the one big task of this na
tion is o win this war. Candidly, we
have not made the headway that we
hoped for. Candidly, the fight has
gone against us to some degree, and
candidly our own people are still care
less an d indifferent. They refuse
somehow to accustom themselves to
new conditions, to new relations of
life. We are wanting to go on in our
n -customed ways without being inter
fered with. We want to spend, to
waste and eat as we did all through
the years of peaceful waiting. Con
ditions are changed. To win this war
we 'must change seme of our habits
and save more and give more and
in every way help to win the fight.
Really, it makes one's heart sick to
see the utter indifference of so many
good American people.
t
Our one task is to win this war.
To begin witih, too many have not re
alized that we are at war, and have
refused to accept any of the respon
sibility of the lesult. Americans
need to take themselves by the nape
of the neck and give themselves a
tood shaking. Thev want to wake up.
The people of this, community along
with the rest of the world, we are
not coining our patriotism and good
intentions into actions. We mean
well, but we falter when it comes to
doing something. We boost the Lib
erty Bonds and th?n buy none, or too
few, we sho'it over the flag and do
not fol'.jw itn flag into the home line
trenches. It is time to act and coin
our professions into deeds, real live,
helpful deeds.
We want to locate, eliminate and
exterminate every pro-German in this
country. We want to locate and pun
ish every food profiteering dealer and
r.ianufnctu:er and arouse our people
to the lest thai is in them. It is
going to take our best, at least much
of our best, and too many have not
yet given as much as a real serious
thought to the whole great struggle
' and what it means.
Before we begin to dvnamite Ger
manv, ve rre goi-g to have to dyr.a-
nite our own people into action.
L Help now will go further than later
'on, so help now.
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Frost Warnings Sent Out.
r (By Associated Frees.)
Columbia, S. C, April 12 A warn
ing was issued by the local weither
, bureau today that there -would prob
ably be a heavy frost tonight in this
vicinity. The thermometer dropped
considerably this morning and dam
age to gardens is fearen.
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GREATEST FLYING ENE
I O lit I X ,W X
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'Ji Jvv iSU; VVV$ 1
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Captain Heudtaux, on the left, has
downed officiilly twenty-one German
airplanes, and is the second French
"ace." He ihas ready put down sixty
OF
TIONAL
Will Be Held IWith the First Con
gregational Church in Salisbury,
at the Parish House, April Six
teenth and Seventeenth.
The Carolina Conference of the
, Congregational churches of NortJ'.i
Carolina will be held (with the First
Congregational church in this city,
Rev. W. B. Duttera, pastor, Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 16th and 17th.
The sessions will take place in the
Parish House. The following is the
program :
Tuesday.
8 P. M. Opening sermon by the
Rev. Geo. G. Paddock, D. D., Char
leston, S. C.
Message of Greeting, Mayor
Woodson.
Response, Rev. F. E. Jenkins, D.
D., New Yoifo City.
Wednesday.
9 A. M. iDevotional Services, Rev.
N. M. Cooper, Greensboro, N. C.
Organization, enrollment of dele
gates acid other business.
9:45 A. M. Program for a progres
sive churdh today, or the new church
for the mi v world conditions, Rev.
W. H. Hopkins, Superintendent of
! M:ss:ons. Atlanta, Ga.
10 : lo A. M. General discussion,
particularly as to the work in tihe
Carolina?, led bv Rev. J. M. Brown,
Orangeburg, S. C.
11 A. M. The 1 i'.lurches coopention
in the work of 'general education. The
Rev. E. F. Green. Prinripal Carolina
! Institute. Star, N. C,
! General discussion, Dr. F. E. Jen
kins, President Piedmont College.
I 11:45 A. M. Noon Recess.
! 2 P. M. Handling the benevolences
j (grrointments, etc..) in the local
'church. IRev.J. K. Higginbotlham, Al
bemarle, N. C.
2:25 P. M. General discussion.
2:45 P. M. the effective church
(Sunday) school for todiy. Rev. .1. F.
Blackburn, Supt. S. S. Work, Atlan
ta. Ga.
I 3:10 P. M. General discussion.
3:30 P. M. CongTegvIonalism and
i World Wide Democracy, Rev. J. B.
Thrall, D. D., Asheville, N. C.
I 4 P. M. Five minute talks on gen
, eral welfare of the churches by the
' different delegates.
8 P. M. T-ie Kiiser. Rev. F. Bar
! rows Makepeace, Tryon, N. C.
I Making Democracy safe for the
world, Rev. D. Witherapoon Dodge,
! Anderson, S. C.
W S S
The Pittsburjr -Gazette-Times de
clares that al lstatea rights argu
ments against the National Prohibi
tion Amendment fall flat befor the
: 1 . 4-V . f nviViKif inn la an a
I fllUCIU (.110,1. (jiwuuinvii .a
class by itself as respec?U the tSiink
j icifr of the pubKc regarding polica
I policy.
CHURCHES
.HIES OF THE BOCHES.
-" ft 1 I 4ft i I
Boche machines, but those which
fell within the German lines were not
counted. Lieutenant Beuois has
seventeen enemy airplanes to his
credit.
RIG DIFFERENCES
Chairman Plunkett of the Convention
Announces That It is Believed
That a Foundation Has Been Laid
For Permanent and Substantial
Agreement on Irish Question.
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 12. -The Irish, con
vention has laid the foundation for
! an agreement on the Irish question
which is unprecedented in 'history,
said Sir Horace Plunkett, chairman
of the convention, in a letter explain
ing the report which that body
makes.
The convention did not find it im
possible to overcome the objections
of the Ulster . unionists, says Sir
Horace. A majority of the Nation
alists, all of the sourjhtern unionists
and five labor parties agreed upon
a scheme for Irish self government
which the government will be asked
to enact into law.
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STORES TO CLOSE FOR CHARLIE
Petition Being Circulated for Closing
of Mercantile Establishment at
7:30 Saturday Evening.
The mercantile establishments of
the city, especially, the dry goods and
notion houses, are to close at 7:30 to
morrow, Saturday, evening, in order
that the clerks may have an opportu
nity to see and hear Charlie Chaplin
' at the tabernacle. A petition is be
ing circulated to this effect this af
ternoon and is being freely signed.
The stores that do close will probably
rot ooen again during the evening.
' One merchant expressed the hope this
! morn;ng that such a plan would be
! rut in operation every Saturday and
that not only would the stores close
early through the other week days
but close at 7:30 every Saturday ev
ening. However, the majority of the
mercantile houses will shut up shop
When Charlie comes to town tomor
row. W S S
A WARNING IN POETRY.
1 Loafers Notified in Verse to Get 'a Job
or Go to Jail Well Known Lawyer
Credited With Same.
Some poetic genius has written, a
verse and placed it along side of Chief
Miller's warning to loafers posted in
the county court room, to go to work
or go to jail, and it reads as follows:
Now every slob
Will give a sob,
Anf go to jail
Or get a job.
It is rumored that a well known
member of the local bar is the au
thor and writer of this poetic warn-(ing.
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TOWN OF MERVILLE
The Invaders Press the British
Back Near Tloegskert the War
Office Announces.
BRITISH GAINED GROUND
BY CpUNTER ATTACKING
Germans Were Repulsed at Sev
eral Points on the British
battle Front.
fl!y Associated Press.)
Attn: I'-dng yes.erday. in the neigh-
I borhood of Tloegskert the German.0
pressed the British back in the vic-
I
nity of Neuvie Eglise, nccording to
an officiil announcement.
Atta.kirvr heavily last night the
British took Merville and heavy
lighting occurred n.'ur Me'rvie and
Reus Berquin. On t U? remainder of
the battle front little change has ta-
I ken rilace. North of Tloegskert the
British regained ground by a coun
ter attack. On the front between
I.oisne and the riuer 'La we the Ger
mans vere repulsed.
Paris Again Being Bombarded
Paris, April 12. ;The Germans re
newed this morning the bombardment
of Paris with the long range gun.
Desperate Attack Along Mettsines
Ridge.
London, April 12. German troops
made a determined attack along Mes
sines ridge this morning and succeed
ed in gaining some ground, says a
Reuter's dispatch from army head
quarters in France and Belgium, but
the British once again drove them out
by counter attacks. Three attacks
which the enemy launched yesterday
in the gieat wave near Ville Chapelle
were repulsed with immense loss to
the Germane. The ground whs strewn
with their corpses.
The Germans developed great ar
tillery activity in the southern area
the dispatch says. The Bray-Cordie
road is being fiercely shelled, hearald
ing, it is believed, further infantry at
tacks. In the brillian sunshine the
battle rages with intense fierceness
which has scarcely iagged since it be
gan. The Germans are throwing in
their reserves in the same profigal
manner as in the opening days of the
offensive.
Heavy Night Artillery Fighting.
Paris, April 12. Heavy artillery
fighting occurred last night in the vi
cinity of Hangard-en-Ssnterre, on
the front north of Montdidier, the
war office announces.
British Aviators Drop Many Bombs.
iLondon, April 12 -British aviators
today dropped rniore than ten tons
of bombs on the railway station at
Luxemburg. In report on the activ
ity on the battlefromt Wednesday's
official statement on aerial opera
tions says eight enemy airphnes
were accounted for and one British
machine (was missing.
The battle, however, is continuing
along the hoe front from La Bis
see carnal north to Holebeke, fhe
Germans hammering hard in a des
perate attemipt to win something
substantial out of this new ambitious
effort there. So far the only definite
result is the piling up of great cas
ualties on boUh sides, notably their
own.
On the Somme there has been no
resumption of infantry engagements
on a large scale. The British, how
ever, were subjected to strong local
attacks near Nieutville-Vitassee,
southeast of Arras, all of which were
repulsed. Artillery is reported in
creasingly active in the vicinity of
the Somme while Paris announces a
rather heavy bombardment along the
French line to the southeast of Ar
mentieres in the vicinity of Hangard.
Germans Make Some Gains in Their
Supreme Effort.
Swinging his heaviest legions and
mightiest guns far to the north of
the Picardy battlefield, Field Marshal
von Hindcnburg now is driving attack
after attack against British lines be
tween Arras and Yprea. Charging
across level country behind a tem
pest of high explosives and gas shells,
the Germans have succeeded by ter
rific fighting in penetrating the Brit
ish defense at points over a front of
nearly 30 miles to a depth of almost
six miles just to the south of Ypres.
The loss of Armentieres is admit
ted by the British, but this was ex
pected from the trend of events in
that sector during the last few days.
The enemy had driven in on both
sides of the town and holding out
longer by the British would have im
perilled the whole line. So far as
known, the withdrawal' of the British
forces from Armentieres was orderly
and was only for the purpose of
straightening out the line in the re
gion where the German pressure is the
heaviest.
Terrific Futile Attack oa Hollebeke,
The British have stood firm at vital
GERMANS TAKE I
jCase of New Orleans Cotton Ex
I change Against the Iouifiville &
Vashvilje Riilway Company
Nearly Fifty Roads Are Affected.
( Ity Associated Press.)
Washington, April Modifica
tion of cotton transportation rates
from Southern producing points to
Ohio and Mississippi river crossings,
gulf ports and South Atlantic ports
to Eastern cities was tiled in a sup
plement iry dp -ision by the inter
State commerce commission in the
case of the N v Orleans Cotton Ex
change vs. Louisville & Nashville
Railway CuinpanV. Nearly fifty
roads are affected ly the modification
which inciuJes both increases and de
re -se 5 in transportation carried.
The commission directs that prev
ious orders in the case be modified as
to rate on indirect lines and interme
diate fjints and interior competitive
po;nts; that changes in rates to eas
tern cities should be permitted to
correspond with changes in water
rates; that specific release be avoid
ed as to rates from certain 'points on
the Tennessee river and other navi
gable Btreams.
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ALEXANDER DRAFTED
(Bv Associated Press.)
St. Paul. Neb., April 12. Grover
Cleveland Alexander, pitcher of the
National base ball league, was today
selected by fie "draft board for How
arJ i ounty, to go to IHarrnp Funston
during the five days preceding April
2Cth.
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OREGON HEADS HONOR ROLL.
FirU State to Officially Report Over
subscription of Its Quota in Third
Liberty Loan.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 12. Oregon is
the first state to report officially an
over-subscription of its quota of the
Third Liberty Loan and consequently
stands at the head of the nntion's
honor roll by states.
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BIG MEXICAN GENERAL DEAD.
General Ignario Bravo, Commander
of Artillery in Campaign Resulting
in the Overthrow of Maximiallian.
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, Texas, April 12. General
Ipnacio Bravo, military commander
of Mexico City during the Huerta
regime, died here last night at t'he
ag of 81 years. He was comman
der of artillery in the campaipn that
ended in tfhe overthrow of Maxlmil
lian in 1863-67. With General Hu
erta he was arrested in El Paso by
United States . ..cers in 1915 but
was not held.
W S S
Our idea of an successful farmer
is one who eats mail order bread.
Galveston News.
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The Germans have been closer to
Paris before without getting there.
Detro't Fre" Press.
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If the Teutons started their third
drive in the hope of capturing Sec
retary IBaker. anoflher great objective
''.'as failed. Baltimore Amcricam.
points along the line. Wytschaete is
still held by Field Marshal Haig's
men. who also maintain their grip on
Messines ridge, Lestrem, Ploegst?ert
and Ploegsteert wood and Hollebeke,
against which furious assaults have
leen launched, only to bresk down or
b? nullified by British counter-attacks.
A terrific attack against Hollebeke
and Wvtachaete was completely re
pulsed with great loss to the Ger
mans. Th s reculiar part of the battle
line in the west has been the scene
of terrible fighting for nearly four
years. Armentieres marked the ftr
hest retirement in this region of the
French, British and Belgians in Au
gust and September, 1914. Just to
the north, near Ypres, the Germans
on ATtril 22,1915, first loosed on 'the
Canadian troons their poisonous gas,
and here on December 19, the same
year, they drove hard at the thin line
of Canadians in a desperate effort to
reach Calais. On both occasions the
Canadians beat back the enemy and
held their lines intact.
Nearby the British launched the'r
counter offensive in February, I9l,
and withstood furious attacks during
April and May, the same year.
I
ISH HANG ON AS
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Enemy Pushing His Wedge in
Deeper in British Lines North-
east and North of Bethune.
GERMANS VIEWING WHAT
j IS HEAVIEST PRESSURE
Great Caoualties Piling Up On
I Both Sides With the Heaviest i
Losses to the German Army.
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I (Hy Associated Press )
With the British hanging on the
I butt of Messines l idgo, their bulwui k
: in Flanders, the Germans to the south
are pushing the wedge in deeper in the
British lines northeast of uorth of
Bi thunie, one of the British advanc
ed bares. The point of this wedge was
idrivnf in last night further along the
j Lys canal to Murville, two miles west
or i.esirom wnicn me urmsn neui
up yesterday. The salient was ex
tended also slightly to tho north near
its tip, to the vicinity of Neus Ber
quin, two mill's northwest of Es
taires, another point where the Brit
ish have been making a stand.
The Germans today wore viewing
what appeared to be the heaviest pres
sure in this region and had made somo
progress when the noon official report
was issued in London. The southerly
side of the salient as it runs south
east toward Givenchy Is being strong
ly held by the British. They are
standing firm today at Loinse, three
miles northwest of Bethume and along
the line northwest to the Mercville
region. iFurthr .southeast likewise
they repelled a German attempt to ad
vance northwest of Givenchy, the high
ground about which protects the Brit
ish right flank. The British task here
is to prevent the Bides of this salient
being materially widened out as tha
tip cannot be pushed in much fur
ther without ,great danger to' tho
forces in a flanking attack unless they
succeed in broadening the, advance
front northwest j of Armentieres,
abandoned yesterday by which the
British line was straightened out by
withdrawing from Ploegsteert,
whence they fell back fighting to the
Messines ridge, which protect tho
new position. The British linot is
apparently being firmly maintained
along high ground in the Messines
Wyschaete region and to the north
toward Ypres. No material chunge in
the situation is reported here.
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LUTHERAN MINISTERS MEET
Rowan Association to Meet in Salis
bury Next Tuesday, April 16th at
10 O'clock.
The Rowan Lutheran Ministers as
sociation will meet in St. John's Lu
theran church in Salisbury next Tues
day, April 16th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The subject for discussion is the 17th
article of the Ausburg confession by
Rev. .1. B. Moose. Rev. Mr. Respaas
will also discuss the "Best Method of
Conserving the Result of the Quad
ricentennial Year of the Reforma
tion." W S S
Cotton Opening.
New York, April 12. The cotton
market opened today as follows:
May a2.no
July 32.25
October 30.50
December 30.15
January 30.00
Cotton Shows Rendwed Nerouness.
New York, April 12. The cotton
market showed renewed nervousness
early today. The opening was 5 to 22
points higher on Liverpool buying
of May and July and covering inspir
ed by steady rabies and a more op
timistic view of war news and re
ports that price fixing was unlikely.
But there was a renewal of the sell
ing movement (which was in progress
yesterday and iprices almost immedi
ately tuxnec. easier, July and Octo
ber selling off 19 to ?.l points net
lower.
Close of Cotton.
New York, April 12.-rCotton closed
as follows:
May : 3 1.79
July 31.10
October 29.60
December 29.2'J
January 29.18
LOCAL COTTON 35.00
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MAN AT ASHEYILLE JUMPS
FROM AUTO. BREAKING NECK
Asheville, April 11. H. H. Holli
field, a workman employed at Azalea
I hospital, jumped from the running
hoard of an auto this morning when
his hat blew off and struck head first
on the road, brekin his seek. He
1 died later at the Mission hospital.
Holl'field was on his way from
I Asheville to Aielea.
HUN
AWAY
CHARLES CALLS
CLEINEA
LIAR
Austrian Ruler Sends Emperor
of Germany a Telegram Dis
avowing Assertion by Him.
WE SHALL ENFORCE
HONORABLE PEACE."
Austrian Monarch Declares the
French Premier is Endeavor
ing to Free Himself of Net.
(By Associated Press,)
Vietiru, via Londan, April 12.
Complete soliditary exists between
Germany and Austria and "we shall
jo'Ttly enforce "honorable peace,"
nays Emperor Charles in a telegram
to Emneror Wiliam denyln? tho
truth of t: i) declaration nude early
in the we -k by Premier Clemeneeau
of France that the Austrian envceror
recognized France's claim to Alsace
Lorraine. He adds that the fact that
Aus'ro-Hunr?art.'in troops are fight
ing for Alsace-Lorraine on the west
demonstrates the emperor's faithful
ness to her ally. The message to
En loror William In part reads:
"The FreiKft Premier, driven into
a corner, is endeavoring to escape
from the net in which h (has en
tangled himself by piling up more
and mere untruths, and ho doea not
hesitate to make the completely false
statemeint that I recognized that
Franire had ft just claim to requisi
tion of Alsace-Lorraine. I disavow
this assertion i4tfh indignation.
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IS
Brief Filed U the United States Su
pretiie Court in. Connection With
Proceedings Appealed by Governor
of North Carolina.
( By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 12. The consti
tutionality of the child labor law is
attacked in a brief v filed in the su
preme court in connection with pro
ceedings appealed by the governor' of
North Carolina, where the ai:t was re
cently held to be invalid.
The statute which prohibits inter
state shipment of articles produced in
factories employing children under 14
yeur of age is declared 'to be "a per
version of the powers of congress,"
discriminatory and interference with
the police powers of a state.
Argument in the case will be heard
next week.
WSP
HOURS AT THE FREIGHT
STATION ARE CHANCED
Southern Agent, W. P. Jrew, has
received a letter of instructions in
,IMch the following paragraph is
found and .which is of interest to
those having dealeings with his of
fice: "Provided: That freight depota in
tATis of more than 5,f0 inhabitants,,
may from April 1st to September
30th. be oDened at 8 A. M. and closed ,
at 5 P. iM., and from October let to'
March 31st, may be opened at 8 A. :
M. and close at 4:30 P. M." "
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A LITTLE CHILD LED THEM.
It was a moment when every nerve
was tense. Captain David Fallon, a
returned British officer from France,
wounded fifteen times in battle, had
just finished his thrilling address and
pledges of $1,000 to the War Saving
Stamp campaign had been called for.
Littie Donald C. W'arlick, bright and
attractive, about live years ago, had
apparently heard ' every word the
speaker had said. He had just squar
ed himself on the top of the altar
railing a second or third time when
the request for $1,000 pledges was
greatly emphasized. His hand shot
up instantly. The audience was si
lent. At first it waa thought a mis
takethat the boy did not understand.
Before an explanation could be made,
his father, Mr. Jesse Warlick, of
Hickory, said: "Take hia name, 111
stand by him. Ill see that every cent
of it is r-ajd." After this pledges
were easily taken. Before the meet
ing closed $30,000 in pledges were
easily signed.
Meanwhile, an aged minister in the
audience arose and aid: "Brethren,
'And a little child shall hsad them n
War Savings News.
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Experknenta ere beinj carried on "
in France with potato from Dm
guay, which (perpetuate itself from
broken roots that ore left In aoiL,
AIMED