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CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, -THURSDAt'- JULY 22, 1915. cC
NO. 93.
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G1M1AN FORCES. PUSH
ON TOVARD WARSAW
ONLY MIRACLE CAN NOW DENY
THE TEUTONS THE CAPTURE V
OF THE POLISH CITY."
EKGLAIfl) LESS HOPEFUL
Teutonic r Forces i Hare Captured
Fortresses Near Warsaw Lit
tie Fighting is Being Done.
London,. July 26. From the shores-
of the 'Gulf; of, Riga in the north to
that part of southern Poland back
into which they drove the Russians
from" Galicia, . the ' Austro-German ar
mies are still' surging forward and if
Warsaw can be denied them it would
almost, be a miracle. ; -
This seems to be the concensus of
opinion,, even among- those , in Eng
land who heretofore have been hope
ful that, the Russians would turn and
deliver a counter blow, and news of
the , evacuation of the Polish capital,
followed by the triumphant entry of
the Germans amid such scenes -. as
were enacted at Przemy si and Lem
hergi would come as no surprise.
- ' The German official statement rec
ords tiie progress of I the German
troops -to within about" 50 miles of
Riga; then, following the ; great bat-
. tie are southward, chronicles further
'. .successes in the section northeast of
Warsaw,, culminating in the capture
of Ostrolenka, one of the fortresses
designed io shield; the capital."
The acute peril to Warsaw is ac
: ccntuated by. the Russian official com-
munication which says that German
: columns are within artillery range
of . the fortress of Nowd Georgievsk,
- -the key ; Ijo the capital from the
northwest and only about 20 miles
,from it. ,. . ' ;- v : " ::
- Immediately southwest of the city
r: jid less than 20 miles from it Be
Li:iki m.s fallen, while German cav
ahy are astride the important " rail
way from Radom to Ivangorod. The
Lubfin-Cholm -railway is 'still in the
hands off the Russians so. far as is
known, but the town of Lublin either
I ts been, captured or is in danger-of
. iz Jing,intQ,lhe griff, of ' the Austro
-Gima.iE, the Russiar"' commander-in-chief
having issued, through tha
ci' il governor, an order that in case
(f a retreat, the male population is
to attach itself to the- retreating
t tops. , - Y'f.
There has been a flash of British
activity 'in Flanders, without any ap
preciable change in the situation and
the British public is far more inter
ested in the South Wales coal strike,
which, by, virtue of - Davis Lloyd-
G orge's dying visit to Cardiff, ;seems
t" have been settled. --r' . " j
The Serbian armies are - being re
equipped and .reorganized according
t semi-official advices reaching Lon
don, and will : soon be in a position
t resume the offensive. -
Re-United Party Will Win.
Protectionist. -
At the urgent request of the Pro
tectionist Mr. Duncan gave his picture
and said that he knew no paper in
which he would more appreciate hav
ing a cut as it wilVgo into the homes
of the Republicans of North Carolina,
tie folks with Whom he had cast his
lot in life. -
Mr. Duncan appreciates . the offers
be has received 'from those "who de
sire to support him for governor, al
though he is not a candidate and he
believes that the ; choice i of the re
united party will win. V : 'X 2 - '
It is his idea that a little later the
representatives of all our people
should get together and Rafter, thor
ough consideration of all conditions
pick out the strongest man possible
p.nd with all standing f qr our choice
Ave can elect him; the get-together
feeling seems to be in the aif in the
nation and there is no doubt that our
State will see its duty and do t.
In a successful surgical operation
and the consequent return to former
1-ealth, Mii. Duncan has the congratu
latipns of all sections of our com
nonwealth. Program of Surday .'School Conven
tion for--No. l Tovnshio, to be k
Hfeld, at Reeky . Rid3e ,
. "Next Thursday.
The Sunday School Convention of
No-,1 township will meet at
.Pidge Thursday, July 29, devotional
exereises conducted by Mr. J p
-Alexander.
' Address," Mr. J.,,W. Van Hoy.
Round table discussion :0f Sunday
school -problems. . -
Intermission.
- Address, Dr. CP. McLaughlin.
' "Business meeting.
Music will :be furnished by
' choirs'
of the different Sunday schooU
TAX RETURNS SHOW
' $441,409 INCREASE
Number 4 Township Leads Much
Property in Ward One on ' -
Delinquent List. ,
County Assessor J. W. Van- Hoy
fcndr the tax listers have , completed
the work of "the regular quadrennial
ai sessment of real estate in Cahar-
:xs county, and for the information
cf Chronicle readers we are printing
Li 'ow a comparison of values in 1914
and 1915, compiled by Mr V&n Hoy,
'he total value of all-property (cor
porations not included) is $5,960,285.
The rt umber of r acres' of land is
218,967, valued at $2,344,606 an. av
erage value of $10.70 per acre. .
No. of town lots 2,816, .valued, at
$1,468,776 an average value of $521.
No. horses 3,135, at an average
value of $68.60. -
No. mules , 2,703, at an average
value ,of $72.44. ; :
8,067. cattle were listed at 'an aver
ge value of $14.60. - "
6,344 hogs at $5.32, 622 sheep at
$1.10, 278 goats at $1.07, 165 dogs at
$11.26 each.
biles $57,750, solvent credits $888,727
The township showing the highest
assessment is Mo. 11, with an aver
age per acre for whites of $17, while
the lowest assessment per acre is in
No. T, which is $6 per acre. -
It will be noted that sheep . are
listed at $1.10, while dogs are worth
$11.26 each.'
Money on hand is only $28,332,
while the value of automobiles is $57,-
750. "
Following is Mr. Van Hoy's report
in abbreviated form: : ., y
19 14--Total value acres outside
towns incorporated, $2,17913; 1915,
5227,346; net increase in real estate
outside" towns, $147,433. '-"'
1914, total value real and personal
property for the county $5,716,735;
1915, .:V $5,960,280. - ; . . . : f
JNet increase in real and personal
property, for the county, not including
corporations $244,145. ; -V-'-':yjC--;!;.
Real estate in 'Ward 1, delinquent
this year $S5,16(paattHrl increase in
; Total increase m county and includ
ing delinquents, $441,409. ; ;
. ? Note The average per acre in No.
11 township is high by reason of the
fact that the Franklin Mill (46 acres,
value $70,000) is not incorporated
and is included in the acreage. .
.;r Note The average- in '' No. 4 town
ship is high by reason of the fact that
545 acres in Kannapolis is owned by
Mr. J. W. Cannon, and is listed by
the acre and valued at $65,000.
Note There will be a further in
crease in the - aggregate of real and
personal- property on account of the
f'jct that a number of corporations
failed to make their returns this year
s' as to'include the excess placed, on
them by the Corporation Commissio i
last year. This loss will be made up
v. hen the commission fixes the cor
poration excess f os this year.
From the total value of real and
personal property inside Concord for
the years 1914 and 1915 there . will
appear a , decrease - of . $46,773 from
the returns for 1915. This less is more
ti an made up in Wards .1 and 2, which
vas returned last year but is delin-
q- tnt this year and is brought forward
o a separate list and not . included in
the above tables. Most of the decrease
appears in Ward 1, which has nearly
$50,000 worth of delinquent real es
frite thi3 year.
" It will be noted that most of the uh
crease obtained in the county this
yar is in the townships with a low
average per acre under the old as
sfcssment. The increase in No. 4 town
ship is a" natural one, due to-: the
growth of the town of Kannapolis.
There '"has not-been a . general' in
eiease in that township under - this
assessment. Part of the increase in
No. 10 township is due - to the in
crease in value due to the new rail
read in the southern art 61 the
township,! but there has been a gen
eral increase in that-town&hip be
cause it Was one of the lowest under
the old assessment. - . :, .-"
J. W. VAN HOY,
'--N-' , ' Cpunty Assessor..:.
Mr. E; F. White and sons, Farrell
and Ben, left for ; Montreat . this
morning. Messrs. farrell " and ,' Ben
will be members of a house party
there for ten day.
All the Winecoffs'in'this and - .adjoining.-
counties', are J invited to .meet
at the court house next Saturday at
8 o'clock in the afternoon for the pur
pose, of making arrangements : for
U. g the annual: re-union of the
4 '-v-vii. a
on Friday, August. 6th. :
STRIKERS REJECT .
THE ULTIMATUM
WILL NOT RETURN TO WORK
. ' ON, TERMS OF THE' 1 -.
COMPANY. '
WILL TAKE IT OVER.
One "Man Killed and. Several Injured
in Rioting Early in the Day.
Quiet Last Night. '
;: New .York, July 21. Quiet prevail
ed 'tonight at the' Bayonne plant 'of
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, where earlier in the day a riot
between police and strikers - resulted
in the death of one striker and the
injury of a police inspector, : four pa
trolmen and nearly 100 strikers. The
only excitement tonight was . the dis
covery of four, small fires within the
plant,v which broke out almost, simul
taneouslybut were easily controlled.
The strikers late today rejected an
ultimatum from the company ' that
their proposals would be . considered
providing they returned to work1 to
morrow.. Sheriff Eugene - Kinkead,
who succeededin pacifying the strik
ers, arranged a conference between a
strikers' committee and company, of
ficials f or tomorrow. Of the 11 spe-r
cial deputies, whose presence led to
the : disorder,- six were taken : to the
Hudson County jail in Jersey City.
Sheriff Kinkead . said tonight ha
would not permit any guards Outside
the ' Standard vOil plant. He said he
was able to handle the situation and
did not need State militia. Mayor
Pierre Garvan of , Bayonne, earlier in
the day . had asked the governor, of
New Jersey for troops. . - V
In the rioting' John Stovancik, aged
17, a laborer of Bayonne, ' received re
volver wounds, and died, on the way
to a hospital. None of the injured was
hurt seriously. Inspector Daniel Cady
was., struck by flying' missiles.." - The
four patrolmenV were struck by clubs,
bricks and stones. . '. , . - .. ' 1 '
li The trouble stirted when 11 Blfecia'
deputy i sheriff ? Crowfe
erartundred1 strSersf f orii 'the Sta
ard plant.1 - Menaced by the strikers,
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the deputies started to run and were
pursued. ...... . .
War Alone Keeps Us Busy. '
The iron and steel plants of the
country are rapidly approaching 100
per -cent capacity, and the managers
of ; some of . the establishments are
seriously considering additions to the
present capacities.
' The occupation of -Belgium and
northern France by the Germans has
'cut off Russia, France, Italy and all
other "countries of Europe, save Ger
many and its allies, from the coal
fields, the zinc mines, the great iron
and steel producing plants, the im
mense machine shops of northern
France and Belgium, and both France
and Russia, and now Italy, find their
transportation systems, always un
equal . to demands of a war of such
magnitude, must be reconstructed, re
equipped, renewed ; in every way,
he nce railway orders, which will be
followed by others for cars, for rails,
for everything that railways require.
The above forms but a fraction of
the transactions of a single week. v'
; Each day adds to the volume and
the force of the great business tide.
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LINCOLN ' SAID: ,
: ''1 do not : knowmuch about t
; the- tariff, but I 'do .know that
if you buy a ton?of , iteel rails
abroad you ' have , the? rails and
; the - foreigner- ."has the,: mdney; ;
if you make a ton . of rails here,
you have both the rails and the.
money. ' ; i, i
McKINLEY , SAID:
"The foreign producer has no
right or ' claim to.,1 equality with -our
own. V.Te . put. - a burden
upon his productions, we ;; dis
criminate '"aa-'inst his merchan
dise, because he is alien to us
- and . our interests. We- do it to
protect our oti, preserve -our
own, who are - always with us in
.. adversity and prosperity, in
' sympathy and purpose and, if
necessary, ia '. sacrifice." . :;
' It issai J that vhen Bryan, retired
from Abe cabinet meeting he : looked
back jo see who would resign and fol
low lvi. VTien he saw jDaniels hold
ir0, to both arms of the navy chair: he
ikclaimed-i'-'O, ingratitude h how
liarpef tljan a serpent's tooth it is to
LLC r
ist:
A PART:X)F vtHURCH STREET
WILL BE PAVED WITH BRICK
Work Will, Begin ;as Soon as : Legal
Requirements; Are Complie4 With.
At an' adjourned meeting of, the
Board of,. Aldermen Tuesday evening
it was .definitely: "decided " to I pave
Church street from- Corbin street to
Depot street with vitrified brick. The
county , wilt" pay 'one-half 'the ex
pense and - the -' abutting property
owners the other half. Work will be
gin just as soon as 'the legal require
ments : can be complied with and the
contract Met.- Most . of the- property
owners, on the east side of the street
express a willingness to contribute
five" feet toward increasing the street,
and itlis very probable sthat 'the
change wul" be made." "
Acting upon the1 advice of City At
torney - J,H1 Caldwell, the board
decided net; to"1 become a party to the
injunction, proceedings in regard to
closing- the alley between Browns-
Cannon Co. and Dove & Bost. From
the; records ;it was found that Miss
Nan Cannon was assessed with the
cost -of paving Union street facing
this alley last year, and the city at
torney did not : think - that property
which l the city, by its action last year
acknowledged to be the property of
Miss Cannon, could be justly claimed
by the city this year'.
".'A National Creed. "
The Chicago, Herald . suggests the
following ; as. a National Creed by
which the "men ; .women and children
rf America may affirm their Americanism:'.-
I : believe in 4he United States on j
and indivisible; in her, mission as the
champion of), humanity-as the friend
of. ithe vwak. and distressed; in the
singleness dignity, and 'inviolability
cf American citizenship; in the valid
ity of out j national V. traditions ; in
rtace with ihonor; in friendship I with
all nations that - respect " our ' rights,
in reasonable" preparations for 'na
tional defense by sea and land ; in
shirking lioi sacrifice, needed to . hand
down to ?.tHe future the .." priceless
treasurt?s bequeathed to us by the
past; fn. th .necessity of keeping thi
free men for self-government; in tho
leve of home and country; and in the
unflinching- resolution that govern
ment of the people, for the people,
ty the people shall not perish from
the earth. , -
- ' "CO. L."
Another year has so quickly flown
. away v . - .
i in the sil .ip : wir.gs of .time,
And again Camp Glenn is awaiting us
To join that first Regimental line.
Again Capt.. Brown -wi7.l tJt::o his post
In front of dear old Co. L,
And off we'll go to Camp Glenn
For ten' days there to dwell. .
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Oh. what a time we will have .
Down by that beautiful raging sea,
Oh. it's great to be a Soldier
Of the N. C. N. G.
And when you see us marching
In those new uniforms of brown,
And you hear the, Sergeant counting
the step
You'll know we'er leaving town.
And when, we meet the other boys, ;
And' hsmd after hand we've wrung,
Well-tcss our hats up and shout
"Three cheers for our General
Young. ' ' "
Now when you see us marching, .
-YouH wish you were a Soldier, too,
To go with us to old Camp Glehtf -
Berieaththe red, white and blue.
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And when old glory waves on high,
We'll stand in that Military man-
' . ner, - . . j
Each heart will beat loud and fast
. "v when; ' " - -. .: . ' " :-: ,
' 1 The band's plays, - "The Star Span
t gled Banner.".
And when we come marching home
again - '. ' -
Well, have a story to" tell, - :
Just about, what Capt. Brown pulled
--off - "
With the boys. of -Co. L.
. JAMES W. ELLIOTT.
July 13th, 1915v ,
The following Sunday school . con.
v.i tions have been anneunced: No. 11
township at ' West' Concord Baptist
Church, Sunday, July 25; No.: 1 town
ship at .Hickory Eidgre, : Tliursday,
Jufy 23; ifps.. 6 and'7,.Thursdayi Au
gusV7, atfKuner. : Mr. J. M. Van Hoy
will make-addresses at "each of these
cqnventions.'y - -
GERMAN. ARMY NEAR ; ,
" ' POLISH CAPITAL
DESPITE, DESPERATE FIGHTING
- THEY PRESS ON TO EAST
- ERN OBJECTIVE.
VILL SOON REACH LUBIN
Most Severe Fighting ; Going
; 'lhere and Pel ween the ViS'
;". , tula and the Bug.
on
-The Austro-German forces continue
to draw closer to Warsaw while the
Germans in the far,;- Northwest are
making steady' progress toward their
objective the port of Riga
In the Baltic region tfye . Russians
are withdrawing before the advancing
Germans. The last entrenchments., of
the Russians to the west of Shavli,
in the province of .Koyno, have been
captured, in the Kovno district a
number of Russian positions, lying
one behind the other, have- been taken.
. Further - south, along the Narew,
near Novo.orod and at Rozan, the
German attacks have been , success
ful and the Teutons have captured
positions, - men and guns. There was,
however, a desperate Russian coun-
mi -r j t j V.
ter-attack on the Bridgehead position
of .; Rozah-Pultuska-Novo GeOrgieysk
to the north of , Warsaw, but .this, ac
cOrding to Berlin, failed with heavy
casualties and a loss of a thousand
prisoners,
Just to the west of the Polish cap
ital, the Germans heavily reinf orcedn
have 1 driven the . Russians further
eastward toward Warsaw from the
Blonie-Grojec line; southeast of the
capital, the army of General von
Woyrsch has advanced to . the bridge
head positions south .of the great
portres of Ivangoroa and captured a
Russian port near Wladislawo.- Bat
tles .are in progress for the adjoining
positions
i Probably . the most severe fighting
anywhere around the Eastern line isJ
between the Vistula and Bug rivers
and in the Lublin region. The Hus
siansitweenkthec Vistula and- th
BuMainiaVe;; thrown; ! down " the
Makeixiefi'Cierm'y',;' wliil&virrtheiXluh
Un v district Austro-Bungarlati ' 'tredps
under ' Archduke - Joseph Ferdinand
are meeting with strong opposition.
Very heavy fighting is in progress
o n the Austro-Italian frontier the
center of. the struggle beging around
Gorizia. The Austrian War Office tells
of the capture of Monie San Michele
by the Italians but adds that the
Austrian reserves were brought up
and they regained the heights.
There have been heavy losses on
both sides, and the full forces of Aus
trian" resistance has evidently been
brought-into play. . . :
NTIMATES THAT SHE
WILL CONFISCATE
COTTON.
The Ruling Made Yesterday Points
in This Direc-. .
ticn.
London, July 20. A large part of
the shipments of Amecan cfotton
held up by England probably will be
condemned, by the prize court. This
was indicated by a ruling made by
the government. -
The ruling vas announced by the
heard of tradej which holds, that the
ownership of cotton shipped 'under
the agreement with American expor
ter passes from the American ship
ier to .n enemy of . Great Britain it
vill noi bexpurchased by the British
government under the terms of the
agreement. - ( "
- Premier: Asquith touched on -the
cotton question during the debate "in
the House of Commons today on the
new vote of credit!
"The "government - is not withor.t
hope," he said, "that we shall obtain
w.hout much delay a more satisfac
to; y and - more adequate solution oz
be various difficulties surrounding
the cotton question than has yet, been
possible. We have to be very careful
in the exercise of our belligerent
rights not unduly to infringe on the
trading - interests " and - legitimate
susceptibilities - of neutral powers
-Aith which we are on terms of per
leet amity and with which we do not
desire to provoke anything in the
nature; of ian ; unnecessarily gratui
tous quarrel." ,
.The premier added that no subject
vyas receiving "more watchful and
cnxiGus" attention from the govern
ment but it was a delicate and diffi
cult matter. - - . "
If , there is . anything in footwear
that y'ou need it will pay you; to read
Ivey's ad. in today's Chronicle. ' J
COMPANY L LEFT FOR. 5 ...
. MOREHEAD CITY MONDAY,
The , Members Have Devoted T Much '
- Time to Drill Wont During ,
the Past Two Months.
Captain L. A. - Brown left with
Company L Monday afternoon to" at
tend the annual encampment at More-
lead City. Company i enjoys the "
reputation of being one ' of the best
drilled companies; in the state, ; and
judging from the frequent' drills the
boys have taken for . the past two
months, they, are , going ,. to Morehead ;
City with the determination ? to sus
tain that reputation. . " ,
Following is a list of the officers :
and privates of the' company k ; ?
Captain, L. A. Brown. - " '
First lieutenant, E. 'C. Barnhardt.
Second lieutenant, R.' C. - Thompson. "
. First sergeant, Z. B. Thornburg. ,
Quartermaster, "J. Benfield. -Sergeants,
J. M. Rowe, 'W. L. El-
liott, W. M. Dorton C. N. Alston; V .
Corporals, Lr W. Stallings, J: .W. ;
Elliott, J. F. Dry, G. L." Barnhardt,
W. S. Sanders, M. H. Caldwell, Jr. '
Musicians, R. F. - Brinkley, E. D.
Caldwell. '.'
Cooks, C. E. Clark, D. H. Hath-;
cock. , - - ' '
Artificer, J. F. Barnhardt. - . '
; Clerk, F. R. Bost. '
Privates: M.. - LL Barrier, R. S.
Barnhardt, C -R. Earnhardt,- E. G.
Benfield, E. M. Brinkley,' A. J. Black-
welder, W. D. Blackwelder, B. .L. -
Caldwell, F. B. Cook, P. P. Cook, W. '
T. Clark, E. V. Dry, J. H.. Dillard,
Gowan Dusenbery, Jr., . L. B. Eagle, '
E. D. Fink, J.' R. Freeze, W. C. Gar
ver, Cleveland Gray, C. B. Green, -A.
W. Gibson, P. M, Hartsell, . C. R.
Honeycutt, L. A. Johnson, R. & Ken
erly, J. L. .Kirk, A. T." Miller, H. F.'
Moore, "W. C. Morris, C. D. Mims, E.
V. Parrish, J. E.-Parnell, H.' C. Over
cash, J. -B. Raiford, G. A. Ritchie, J.
S. Ritchie R: V. Saf rit, J. ; E. Sea-1
horn, H. ' M. Sheppard, H. B. ; Stall- .
ings, P. X, Stiller, M." J. Small, J.
T. Small," F. K. Smith, Lester. Strick-,
er, O. D. Talbert, L. L.-Wallace, C.
H. Wadsworth, M. Wishon, J. - K. .
Young. , ' - j
Prcgrrm.pr Nc: ni-wnship Sunday ,
School Con
Prayer.
, t ip by. cfi-:-ir. " "
. Rr' call of Sunday's .iooIs. : j-
Reports -f ruin Sur.day .-schools.' 1 - .
' ft ii? by ci'oir. -
Discussion -of reports . General v
song service, "speeches from represen
tatives of ,S?Klay schools limited- to
five mr.ti'.'!. ' ;
,12:00 'Intermission. Dinner : at
.1 rSO-Congregaiona V song service. V
- -.2:00 Sunday school, ad Besses and
f-mcr'g lv Sunday sr-JDol -'irs.
' .30 fhort . basines session. -4
i -.J - dj " iimen' . ..
DEATH OF ' -
MR. J.' CALVIN . ISENHOUR
Died 'Sunday.' Night from Typhoid
. 4 x Fever. ' - - '
Mr. J. "Calvin Isenhour,rof No. 1
township-, died Sunday night'' after
several weeks' illness from typhoid 1
fever. Mr. Isenhour.was forty years
old and had spent all of his life in No. .
7 township. He was a spUndiO citi
zen and "was admired arid respected '
b;- a large number ,of friends.
He leaves a wife and four th;'dren. -
The funeral ,- services -were held
Monday at ' St. Stephens church, of
which he was an active member.' - -
NOW DON'T YOU?
Schcol!, Convention, , W est Concord.; s , fv
. lOfo'tf TS&r bygregati '
"AH cr-.ii TAn.A-' a Tn-,.---Tni '.!,:7m.-,'54..j..:
' Inasmuch as I don't quit selling ice .
when 'the profits stop - short, but go
right ahead delivering it to you'- in
winter and other off seasons at a
dead loss; and, ' ' ; .
Inasmuch" as I make -every effort ' im
possible to get to you, in rain as well : :
as shine, over bad roads as well as -f
good, and very often when the deliv- '
ery costs U3 four or : five times as
much as I receive from you; and, : -
Inasmuch as I am your reliance"
when other wagons fail and often
step intothe breach and - serve you .
as cheerfully and as promptly as ; -though
- you were a regular patron; :
and finally, -
Inasmuch" as I. am Dependable every '
day in every season and. Responsible 'v '
in all senses-" ; , .
Don't you thing . I ought to have"'
ALL of your trade ALL of the time? M
I am ' sure your fair-mindedness -will
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