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VOL. 38—No. 50 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933_$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
DAMAGE SUIT BEING
TRIED DURING WEEK
All Civil Cases Continued A*
Court Takes Up Case
Against Jennings
Hearing of the case Carolina
Timber company vs. Jennings is un
der way in Transylvania Superior
court this week, with all other civil
cases on the docket having been
continued.
The case is outgrowth of the
flood of 1916 during which time
Lake Toxaway uam went out, the
plaintiff company alleging that
damage in the amount of $27,000
was done to property and holdings
adjoining the river by reason of the
flood waters.
Six lawyers and from 25 to forty
witnesses are here for the trial,
which will probably la^t through
Thursday or Friday, according to in
dications Wednesday at noon.
George M. Pritchard and J. Y.
Jordan Jr., of Asheville and Lewis
P. Hamlin of Erevaid, represent the
Carolina Timber company, with J.
S. Adams, of Asheville, W. E.
Breese and P. L. English of Bre
vard representing Jennings.
The case was called Monday, bal
ance of the day and part of Tuesday
being taken up by attorneys in the
cast before Judge Michtel Schenck,
presiding, jury being selected just
before adjourning at 1:30 cn Tues
day.
The following men were selected
as jurors; C. 0. Robinson, Gaston
Grogan, Paul Bowen, Ralph Osborne,
Will McKeivey, John Morris, Wal
lace Short, Melvin Gillespie, Eugene
Carter, II. E. Whitmire, M. P. Gil
lespie, Nelson Bowen.
. ROMENEWMASON
HEAD FOR BREVARD
Special Communication To Be
Held Friday Evening of
This Week
Jerry Jerome was elected as wor
shipful master of Dunn’s Rock Ma
sonic Lodge at the annual election
held in the lodge rooms Friday
night, A. G. Kyle was chosen senior
warden, T. G. Miller Junior warden,
A. N. Jenkins re-elected treasurer,
Henry Henderson re-elected secret
t&ry. Other offices will be appointed
by the Master. Installation will be
held on December 22nd.
Special communicatioon will be
held on Friday night of this week at
8 o’clock by the local Masonic lodge
for the purpose of conferring the
third degree.
A cordial invitation has been ex
tended to all visiting masons.
SEAL SALE WILL BE
HELD THROUGH 23RD
Annual Christmas seal sale, which
was started last week will continue
through Saturday of next week,
with daily sales in booths at the
post office and the bank. The sale
is sponsored this year entirely by
the Parent-Teacher association.
Report from the average daily
sales is to the effect that the cam
paign is quite 'successful , to the
present time, though it is urged by
those in charge that the public re
spond a little more generously by
buying these little penny Christ
mas seals, thereby aiding in stamp
ing out the disease of uberculosis
in Transylvania county and through
out the state and nation.
The fact that 75 per cent of the
proceeds, of sales of the seals
remains at home to carry on the
health work i n Brevard and Tran
sylvania county is pointed out as a
direct and worthy cause for all co
operating more heartily in making
the 1933 seal sale campaign the
most successful of all previous sales.
The P T. A. is being assisted by
all civic and church organizations in
the seal sale.
All P. T. A. organizations through
out the county are assisting in the
seal sale campaign this year, and
report increased interest in the sev
eral sections.
EXAMINATION TO BE
HELD FOR P.O. CLERK
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open coni
petitive examination for the posi
tion of Substitute Clerk Carrier, foi
filling vacancies in the post office a
Brevard.
Applications for this position mus
be on file with the manager, Fourtl
U. S. Civil Service District, Wash
ington, D. C., not later than Jan
uary 5, 1934.
The examination is being held fc
111 a vacancy in the post office ser
vice.
Competitors will be required to re
port for written examination, whicl
will be held approximately 15 day
after the date set for the close o
receipt of applications. Full informa
ticn and application blanks may b
obtained from the Brevard post of
fice.
MUCH INTEREST SEEN
IN OFFER BY COUNTY
Much interest is being shown in
the announcement made last week
by the board of county commission
ers that fifty cents on the dollar
would be accepted in retiring col
lateral notes held by the county.
Approximately $250,000 in paper
put up as deposit security by the
Brevard Bank prior to its elosing
1 during the latter part of 1930 is now
1 held by the county, and the fifty
cent offer is being made in order to
j facilitate clearing the matter up.
crop loansTo be
AVAILABLE IN 1934
Production Credit Corporation!
Will Sei Up 30 Banks
In North Carolina
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 13—Loans
for the production of general agri
cultural crops, livestock or poultry
breeding or raising will be available
to North Carolina farmers within
1 the next few weeks according to
President Ernest. Graham of the Pro
duction Credit Corporation of Col
umbia.
•Due to the hearty cooperation of
(Extension forcer., County Agents
[and County officials” said President
Graham, ‘‘we are making rapid
strides in the organization of local
production credit associations. Our
present olan calls for approximately
30 such associations to supply the
credit needs of North Carolina farm
ers for production purposes.”
Production credit associations will
take the place of the Regional Agri
cultural Credit Corporations and as
they will handle loans for produc
tion purposes, no feed or seed loans
will be available in 1934.
Local associations will be owned,
controlled and managed by bona fide
farmers all of whom must be bor
rowers in order to be eligible for
membership. Associations will be di
rected by a board of 5, 7 or 9 mem
bers chosen by the borrowers. Ex
ecutive officers, field representa
tives and a secretary-treasurer will
be elected by the board. The secre
tary-treasurer is the only person
connected with the organization who
dees not have to be a borrower.
The local association win pass on
members’ notes and endorse them for
discount with the Intermediate Cre
dit Bank of Columbia. At present
borrowers from local associations
will obtain their loans at an interest
rate of 6 per cent Loans will be
! made for'three to twelve months in
most instances; however, livestock
j loans may be run the maximum of
i three years. '
The Production Credit Corpora
tion of Columbia will act in a super
visory capacity to insure the .most
efficient operation of local units.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
WILL REACH 200 MARK
Jerry Jerome, county roll call j
chairman for the American Redi
t Cross, announced Tuesday night that
1 one hundred sixty-five memberships |
had already been reported to his of
,fiee and that there were several
groups still to be heard from.
Gcal set for Transylvania this year
i is 200 memberships, and officials
of the Transylvania chapter expect
! to reach or surpass this quota, near
I ly twice the last year number hav
ing already been subscribed. Request i
is made that all canvassers make
reports at once.
WORKSTARTSlN S.C.
ION BOHANEY ROAD
Residents of the Bohaney section
of Transylvania county are elated
over announcement that work has
.been started under the CWA in
! South Carolina on the road that
i connects with the Whitewater road
at the state line.
Reports from South Carolina are
to the effect that several crews are
j working on the road, one crew start
: ing at the state line, working in a
' general direction of Salem,
j Work has been started in Tran
»sylvania on part of this road, pro
ject having been made to begin
I at Highway 28. Several people of
| the upper end of the county, and
! seme in Brevard and other sections
j are advocating completion of the
i road to the state line, pointing out
; that this road will tap a vast area
of virgin timber and opfcn up a
{scenic route that is unparalleled sn
'the county.
Professor S. P. Veroer in a let
•1 ter to Chairman W. L. Aiken of the
board of commissioners, several
: weeks ago called attention of the
1 board to the vast possibilities at
: tendant to opening of a highway
i through this section, he having ac
. cempanied several parties of tour
.; ists to this section during the pasl
j lew years who were elated ovei
> the beautiful scenes to be found
there.
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Ijocal Pupils Are Superlatives
i; Miss Winnifred Nicholson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mvs. J. S. Nicholsor
: (was elected vice president of th;
-.Weaver College senate in ar
5 election held last werk, immediately
• ■following organization of the schoo
body senate.
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ROSMAN JUNIORS TO
GIVE PLAY ON 21ST
“Bound To Marry” Promiws
To Be Intereiting Affair
at Roaman High
ROSMAN, DEC. 13—The Jonioi
class of Rosman high school will
present their annual play on Wed
nesday night of next week, Dec.
20th, at 7:30 o’clock. There will al
so be a matinee performance at 2:30.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
This is a five-act pluy entitled
"Bound to Marry.” Miss Betty Jane
Dove returns from the University
with ideas that her man-hating
aunt considers sentimental and dis
gusting. The heroine thinl:3 that the
man she is in love with has destert
ed her when he learns how impossi
ble it is to win her, so she decides to
resort to a matrimonial bureau fot
a husband. Her lawyer intercepts the
letter and he and her aunt tries to
to disgust her. Billy, Betty Jane’s
substitute a man who would be paid
real lover, returns in disguise;
much fun is produced by She court
ship of Mandy and Mose, the color
id \ servants. Although there are
complications in the plot, they are
all cleared up cn the road to ro
mance.
Cast of characters includes: Betty
Jane Dove, madly in love, Altha Mc
Call; Augustus G. Baker, whoopee
msker, Martin Arrowood; Hilda M.
Slater, a born man-hater, Thelma
Galloway; Samuel Boyer, a resource
ful lawyer, Blanton Whitmire; June,
Roy, from old Broadway, Elia Mae'
Collins; Billie Ponder, the make
believe, Everett Whitmire, Evelyn
Grace, the girl in the case. Pauline,
Moore; Mose Lincoln Hall, black
snowball, Ted Harbin; Mandy Snook,
colored cook, J. R. Sawyer.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
HOLD DANCE THURSDAY
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Announcement is made by the
Hendersonville American Legion of
a square dance to bo held in the
Legion Club house on Thursday
night of this week, and especial in
vitation to square dancers of this
county is extended. Music will be
furnished by the Rector Trio of
Asheville.
The Henderson county legion num
bers among its member* several
Transylvania fellows who are boost
ing for the dance there tonight.
COUNTYSCHOOlS TO
CLOSE ON THURSDAY
All schools of the county will close
on Thursday afternoon of next
week, December 21, and resume
work on Monday after Christmas,
or January first, according to an or
der passed by the county board of
education at a recent meeting.
Seme pupils and several teachers
had expressed the hope that the
Christmas holidays would extend
from December 21, through January
7, but it is expected that the above
dates will be observed.
Due to the fact that the Christ,
mas holidays start the following
week, Professor G. C. Bush, county
superintendent, announced Tuesday
that no principals’ meeting would be
held this Saturday as originally
planned.
SIX COUNTY TEACHERS
TAKING SPECIAL WORK
Six Transylvania county teachers
are at Cullowhee this week taking a
special training course along with
a large group of other Western
Ntth Carolina teachers in adult
school work. Those going from this
countv include:
Rev. E. R. Pendleton, Mis- .Tunic
Gillespie, IAi»* Beatiriso Sisk, Miss
Ruth Burt, Miss Myrtle Barnett,
and Lloyd Allison.
Under' plans of the CWA these
teachers will organize and teach
classes of adults in various sections
of the county, teaching the rudi
ments of reading, writing and math,
i with possibly branching out into
; other lines.
PICKENS ROAD NOW
OPEN FOR TRAFFIC
ROSMAN, Dec. 13—The Pickens
highway is now open for travel, anc
is one of the best pieces of roads ir
the county, having an eighteen fool
j surface on straightways and wid(
l banked curves.
A small crew of workmen an
still engaged on the road, building
up shdulders and installing dran
boxes at regular intervals. Th<
route joins the already complete!
paved highway at the South Caro
lina line six miles south of her<
and gives an excellent road int<
South Carolina and other pointi
south. . .
The work is under supervision o:
the State Highway commission, witl
the R. B. Taylor Construction com
I pany in charge of construction!!. Ix>
j cal labor has been used in building
• end surfacing the road, the con
struction crew now in charge of tb
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GRAND JURY REPORT
PRAISES OFFICIALS
AH Office*, Jail ansi County
Home Reported In Fine
Shape, Well Kept
Business of the county is being
conducted in excellent manner, ac
cording to the grand jury report
made to Judge Michael Schenck by
that body last Thursday afternoon
upon completioon of its work for the
term.
Judge Schenck accepted the report,!
thanked the men for their coopera
tion, and stated that Transylvania
grand juries had alw.iya endeavor
ed to uphold the hands of the court
at such times as he had been privi
leged to be here.
Following is the report:
To Micltael Schenck,
Judge Presiding:
Wc, the grand jury, having finish
ed our labors, submit the following!
report:
We wish to thank you for your
able charge, and also to thank the!
solicitor and other court officials]
for their assistance.
We have taken .action on all bills]
submitted to us by the solicitor, and!
returnee! same into court.
We examined the County Home
by committee. We found the home
well kepi, in good condition, whole
premises well kept, and with ample
supply of stock, feed and usual
farm rations. We wish to commend
those in charge of the work. Inmates
well cared for, and contented.
Wc have examined the court house.
We find the building in good condi- j
tion, ard well kept We find the
Registers office apparently well
kept, all work up to date, and all
the records in good condition.
We find the tax collector’s office
well kept, records apparently well
kept and up to date.
Similar conditions we find in the
offices, of other officials.
We find the sheriff’s office well
kept, and apparently well and ef
ficiently administered.
The Clerk of the Superior Court
reported that all annua! reports of]
guardians had been filed.
We found the jail in excellent con
dition; prisoners well satisfied, and
a general clean and well kept ap
pearance throughout.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. HENRY,
Foreman Grand Jury
SHERIFF CAPTURES
OUTFIT IN CELLAR
Sheriff Toni Wood nipped an il
I licit manufacturing plant in the bud
I Sunday afternoon, when a steamer
outfit was destroyed three days be
fore it was destined to start the
trckle of stuff that has made North
I Carolina more or less famous during
[the past few years.
The large steamer outfit was lo
cated in the basement of the home
[of Sam Parker, just below Penrose
station, and was so rigged up that
the smoke from the furnace went
cut through the living room chim
ney, thus cutting down on chances
of detection from tell-tale smoke.
Four barrels of beer were found
in the basement, this having to be
carried out in buckets and dumped,
it being impossible to got the barrels
out the entrance way. Parker gave
bond for his appearance.
ROSMAN AGRI BOYS IN
MEETING LAST FRIDAY
! ROSMAN, Dec. 13—Junior Agri
culture boys of the Rosman chapter
held a very enthusiastic meeting on
i Friday morning, the following pro
gram being given:
I Debate—Resolved that external
1 parasites are more harmful than in
11,.rv Affirmative, Eugene Hinkle,
jM. O. McCall and :'/i Reid: nega
tive. Walter Green, J. R. Breedlove
iand Tom Glazener. Decision was
i rendered in favor of the affirmative.
(Jokes were told by Frank Chappell
I and music furnished by Auburn
■ Waldrop.
—J. R. Breedlove, Reporter
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B. B. WHITE RAISES
EXTRA FINE PORKER
What is believed to be the record
hog raised in Transylvania county
jin years if not for all time is re
| ported by Professor Randall Lyday
of Rosman High school, the largt
hog having been killed Tuesday b>
B. B. White. , „ ,
The fine Duroc-Spotted Poland
i China hog weighed^ 650 pounds
s dressed, at an age of 13 months and
1 two days. No cost record was kepi
• by Mr. White.
The pig was bought at the age ol
► six weeks from the (Easton Whitwi^i
i farm near Cherryfield, and fed s
balanced ration of corn, shorts ant
' tankage, and was not allowed t<
i range.
While several large hogs are re
■ ported in the county this year, it i<
; not believed that this weight will 1*
■j surpassed to a great extent in many
■ I instances end no instance consider
jing age.
CHRISTMAS TOYS WANTED
BY SUNDAY SCHOOL BOYS
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Request is made by R. F. Tharp
and his Sunday school class c!
young boys that used toys be sen!
them at once to be repaired and
given needy children who will not
otherwise be remembered at Christ
mas.
Any one having such toys to do
nate for this purpose is asked to
phone or communicate with Mr
Tharp at his plumbing shop or his
home. The toys will be called for it
desired, Mr. Tharp states.
NEW CURTAlFOT
UP AT L TOXAWAY
Parent • Teacher Association
Very Active—Other
School New*
Editor The Times:
In behalf of the patrons and
teachers of Lake Toxaway school I
want to thank the good people of
Rosman, Brevard, and Lake Toxa
way for their help in a very sub
stantial way which enabled the
school to get a beautiful curtain for
the stage. We hope the investment
th»y made in advertising will amply
pay them for the money spent; bat
ws feel that it was their interest ill
the welfare of our boys and girls,
more than the pay expected to get
from the advertising that caused
thorn to invest so liberally in our
behalf.
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>y e ait; plwatu ly awiv. »»««, *
v. : have an ative parent-teachers as
sociation, and that the parents are
loyally supporting the teachers in
their efforts to make the school a
success. It is much whole-hearted
sympathy and help that make the
school-room a pleasant place to work
ev il if wc do get only a mere pit
tance for our labor.
Following is our Honor Roll for
the month of November.
Honor Roll
First grade—Herbert Hall, Law
rence Parton .Freda Jean Hall, Mary
Lee Johnson, Wanda Lee Tompkins,
Fannie Wilson.
Second—Vaughn Fisher.
Third — Freda Tolley, Blanche
Owen. . _
Fourth—Ray Lee. Annie Banther,
Artense Chappell, Martha Lee Mc
Call, Bonnie Fisher.
Fifth—Lucy Hall, Velma Wilson
Sixth — Ruby Banther, Connie
Chappell, John Rogers.
Perfect Attendance
First grade—Ted McNeely, Harold
Owen, Leila Mae Breedlove, Louise
j Fisher. Freda Jean Hall, Betty
Rogers.
Second—Charles Arrowood, Ber
Fisher, Vaughn Fisher, Kyle Gallo
way. Leroy Lee Ruth Fisher. Doro
thy Rigsby.
Third—Owen Lee, Ben Breedlove
I Blanche Owen, Violet Jones, Clara
Rigsby.
Fourth—Rhoda Clark, Roy Lee,
Annie Banther, Ray McNeely, Ar
teuse Chappell, Martha Lee McCall,
Ray Fisher, Lucille Fisher, Ralph
Patterson.
Fifth—Julia Breedlove, Lucy Hall,
Laura Johnson, Mary Lee, Carrie
Teague, Cecil Fisher, A. L. Owen,
Ray Rigdon, Robert Rogers, Lane
Sanders.
Sixth—R u b y Banther, Connie
Chappell, Gloria Fisher, Verna Fish
er, Willabeth Reid, Medford Breed
love, Jack Clark, John Hall, Billy
| McNeely, Donald Miller, Arnold
IM Seventh — Willie Mae Teague,
[Herbert Fisher. „ . . ,
W. B. Henderson, Principal
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AU1U MfcUlANll 15
NEEDED BY THE U.S.
The United States Civil Servici
Commission announces open compe
titive examination for the position z*
Automotive. Mechanic.
Applications for this position mus'
be on file with the Manager, Fourtl
U. S. Civil Service District, Wash
jington, D. C., not later than Decern
Iber 21, 1933.
The examination is being held t<
fill vacancies in ttys Forest Service
Department of Agriculture, ini thi
Nantahala National Forest, Georg
Washington National Forest, Pis
guh National Forest, and Mononga
■ hela National Forest, and vacancie
j which may occur in positions requir
>ing similar qualifications at approx
imately the same rate of pay.
The entrance salary for thia posi
ticn is $1.10 per hour.
Competitors will not be require
to report for written examination
but will be rated on their experience
Full information may be obtaine
from the Secretary, Board of U. S
Civil Service Examiners, Post Of
fice, Brevard, N. C.
MISS ALLISON CHOSEN'
ON “SUPERLATIVE” LIS1
CULLOWHEE, Dec. 13 — Mis
Lena Allison, of Brevard, was elect
ed to a place on the college superls
tive'list at a meeting of the studen
body held" last week, being give
top place in "personality.” Wilso
.' Lyday of Penrose was selected a
PENROSE P. T. A. TO
MEET ON TUESDAY
Kp 3} Iffif: 3
I Lunches Being Served Under
I privileged Children By
I The Organisation
Penrose, Dec. 12—Penrose P. T.
; A. will hold the regular meeting on
'Tuesday night, December 10. A pro
gram of Christmas exercises wilt beQ
! on by school children and quartet* Hj
i by the community
[ The matter of preparing hot soups
, for underprivileged children will be
discussed. Some 12 or more children
(have been supplied with milk and
sandwiches for nearly two months.
Milk for about 30 had been nut in
the last two weeks by the Osborne
I dairy.
Penrose school had a radio pro
gram Tuesday of this week. An
j nouncement of the program was
j made Sunday and many parents
visited the school and ' heard the
program with the children.
An important part of Knot)
church activity Sunoay was the pur
chase of a new supply of hymn book*
, to be on hand in preparation of a
1 Christmas service. It is hoped that
‘ the song books will be in for use
this Sunday. Another item of church
business was the ordination of Mr.
' Coy Suirette, newly elected mom
Iber of the board of deacons. The
i church also observed Sunday a>
! thank offering day for the Baptist
orphanage at Thoimasvilie. A very
i good amount was reported in the
cash offering. The church is putting
on the every member canvas and it
is hoped to have some completed by
Christmas.
VETERANS TO MEET
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
I _
i Organization To Bo Perfected
| Which Will Look After
Veterans’ Interests
j Call is issued for oil evservici
i men to gather at the court house
next Monday night, Dec. 18 at 7:30
{for the purpose of perfecting an or
, ganization composed of veterans.
I A meeting was held at the court
! house the past Monday night at
I tended by approximately fifty
veterans, and plans laid for holding
the organization meeting here next
iweek. It is pointed out that the
1 county has no recognized veterans'
! group here in which all ex-service
men can have a voice, and it is to
remedy this situation that the meet
ing is being called.
All veterans, whether they served
overseas or at home, are urged to
be present,
WATER SUPPLY FOR
CAMP BEING FIXED
Work of providing watei supply
I for the state prison camp that is to
be located near Rosmar. wa‘ begun
this week, this being first construc
tion work on the proposed camp
It is not known here ju.-t when
I construction of the 75-mar cam1*
I will be gotten under way, probeh' '
not before January first. Uaoffic !
statement is to the effect that th
I camp water supply will be furmahe l
, by a deep well with an auxiliary or
[ supply tank to be erected.
NICE SHOW WINDOWS AT
SOUTHERN PUBLIC STORE
Santa Claus is showing mary
beautiful things in Brevard, one ov
the nicest displays being that of th
Southern Public Utilities. Thi- com
pany’s window was decorated am
dressed by Charies Moore wl d
lights in telling folk just hew much
pleasure can be derived frf' using
'•'electrical servants in the home’'
Another especially attract.'* win
dow is that of the City Market,
where Mrs. Lloyd Allison ha on
display a group of hamlpainted
Christmas cards. Other’ window- of
the business section are displaying
practical and serviceable anio-v.
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PARK POOL PLANS
! BEING WORKED WI
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I Work on the Brevard f./owning
' pool is going forward, with
Miller of Brevard, an espt-jwnce-1
' concrete and building man m barge.
. Mr. Miller taking the place <:f R.
MP. Kilpatrick, who is project tiper
' visor for the CWA.
Definite plans of the actual pool
I have nov been made out. and work
■Inow being done is prepare!',rj to
' starting excavation for the pool.
Much drainage and other "woiV is
necessary.
DAHLIA CLUB TO MEET
IN BREVARD TUESDAY
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■ Transylvania Dahlia club v/dt hold
• its regular monthly meeting n Pro
t fessor Julian Glszener’s elf" room
5 on Tuesday night of next week, Db
» cember 21, at 7:30 o’clock Btmmess
3 matters pertaining to the tint' ae
tivities will be taken up.
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