VUL. No, TOM
TERRIHC TORNADO
TAKES HEAVY TOIL
ESTIMATED 1,000 DEAD,
3,000 INJURED
Moot Devastating Storm Nation Has
"Bver Experienced Cuts Path Of
Dritnictioi Throuj-h Sfe States.
Chicago, March 20. ? The most de
-iistating storm this country has ex
perienced swept through portion* of
Vive Middle Western Stataa Wednes
tay evening, collected a dead and in
ured toll, estimated at upward of
4,000 and caused property damage of
many millions.
:So ptostrated were portions of 111
nois and Indiana through which the
ornado. travelled in a series of er
atic hops that, definite figure i on
?Oaa of. lite and property were ' im
passible early today, oh&ough avail
able reports trickling in from terri
ories where eommttnication virtually
?\,as cot of, lidded to an uncertain
stsualtv list. ' .. ,! ?? ?
1,000 Reported Dead
At' dawn, the reported death list
stood at nearly 1,000 while apnrox
rtrack at Annapolis, Mo., virtually
. Several towns in the path of the
wister, which apparently came out
"f the Ozark hills, duf to law baro
metric pressure in Arkansas and first
struck at Annapills, Mo., virtually
i-ere destroyed, while fire in many
"lace* added to havoc.
So? terrific was the force of the
-lorm that bodies were reported tar
icd a mile, while timbers from the
?vrecked town of Desoto, DlHnois,
vere found in Daquoin, fifteen miles
nwmy. . ' '
Illinois Hard Hit
The greatest loss of life, according
?3 available reports, occurred in
r.iU'thern Illinois, yrheit more than
100 were reported killed" a* the' tor
lado . tore northeastward throagh
Murphysboro, West frankfort. D-j
-oto and other larger towns of .the
?irea.
School Wrecked
At Desoto, 111., a school-house was
rfpe d and only three of the 250 oc
-ipants reported escaping without
n juries, while 88 bodies had been
a ken from the ruins last night.
?The main path of the tornado was
'ess than 200 miles in length, but
-livlaitfhs of the twister hopped off
n several directions. Starting from
Vnnapalis the storm moved north
-jafct and after striking two other
towns on the Missouri sjde of the
MiHsissippi River, jumped into Illi
nois, traversed tfutt state, divided
1 car the Indiana State line and spent
? its fnrri, in southern Indiana and
lorthem Kentucky.
Rushing Relief . 1
While details of the desqluatieh left
.ay the storm came in on" crippled
iines of communication, relief was
rushed into the stricken area from
many nearby towns.
, Relief workmen, doctors, nurses,
medicine ithd supplies were despat
ched immediately from St. Louis,
Chicago and other points.. Troops
were rushed into the dii&rict in Illi
nois on orders of Governor I. en
Small.. who also issued an appeal far
lid. . , . _J
132 BOTHES FOUND
Murphysbora, Ills., March 19. ? One
hundred and . fifty-two bodies have
already been recovered here, from
100 to 130 are believed to be in the
region and, 250 persons are in emer
gency hospitals suffering from ser
ious injuries, aaoerding to a provis
ional compilation ? rflfede ^Jjere Ihis
morning.
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120 BODIES RECOVERED
'^West Frankfort, III" , March 19 ?
(By The As*3ci?ti?i Press.) ? Barty
this morninjjt 102 bodies, had been ex
in .yesterday's lornado and more than
M> injured had 'l??> Uktn
. to hospitals, ?50 building* were lev
__cU?d and Sheriff Ports estimated the
Property taw at Vnoro than 42,000.000
iv.. . At. LBASBliRG SCHOOU .
On Thursday ni*ht! March 26th,
,,t VMM. miPle Hill m' Vygim mm?
utl. fi onn r.Wfk rlrf.mi .inin," .iriiian
at Admission 25 and _35
coif* uC?mc, .urtryMy.
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GOOU BYE SHAKEHAr.
-Hot many .years since there waa
a 'section hi this County known as
"Shakerag," and the community
composing it well and truly repre
| sented the name. The homes were
( small and scattering, and nowhere
: could anything be found resembling
.-j prosperity, in l'act about the' only bus
iness which thrived in, that section
wak down on the brfeAch, purposely
out of sight, no roads to speak jot,
, und 'churches and school houses few
' jind fa? between. But what a revel
ation today! Lost Sunday we drove
through that section and what an im
provement greeted us all along the
I way. The top soil road had been
completed to the (Granville ' county
line, and. it is one of the prettiiest
: roads we - iia'xj ever traveled over,
' new homes, the bungalow style, going
! up, new store buildings and of course
?J the filling stations. iJtist as you
' approach Suri, oncc known as the
Capitol ot iShakerag, we find -Ota
"friend Mr. VV JV. ,Eanes, has erected
a large well apportioned store house,
with a bungalow hard by which would
be a credit to oar little city, all neat
ly painted and everything giving
tone to prosperity. 3uSt beyond.
Home one has erected another bung
alow which ia equally as attractive
save for lack of paint, and so it ia
from there on, new bnngalows, large
! and convenient stables, cvej-ything
' denying the cry of hsrd times.
And wliat did it? Good roads. Now
let these good people get together and
build ' n high school building to take
cat* of the hoys and girls and there
will be no more prosperous section in
] the County than what was looked
1 down upon 9nly a few years since, .
> and considered the dark corner.
MILL 4 CREEK CHURCH
The Workers Council of Mill Cr^eW
Church met at .Mr. J. Larkin Gentry*-!
March 19, 1925. The service began
? with a sang. "Up from the grave He
arose,"L_a^Jl a prayer by Rev. N. J.I
Todd. Thpff- the business "eenion
was held during which several idioms
were discussed. We llien enjoyed
revera interesting remarks which
were brought out by Mr.' Todd,' of
which Were the following:
Mill Creek members must wake up
and be doing while it is day, for we
can not do today what we left undone
yesterday. But we can do today the
tark for today and it wiR make to
morrows task easy done.
Some people think that the finan
cial business is the, hardest task of
a church, but they have the -wrong
idea. We will make it the hardest
task if we consider it most important.
The financial business should be
come secondary matters in the
church, for you have to win the man
and then the money.
The chitf function ot a church in
_a_com inanity is to be a son! winning
institution. -% But. first rach rperwber
should be trained to do jthis work. .
How ? Through the Sunday School j
: and the B. V. P. U. But what does
the Sunday School need to train them ?
i It needs the churclt to get behind the
Sunday School and make it a live
and real school. The church should
provide sufficient equipment. , : ?
.The Bi.Y. P. U. must have _thej
church to help it on. So We Mill
I Creek members, let us attend tie
: Workers Council, Sunday School, B. i
Y, P. U-, preaching and prayer ser- 1
t vices and do our duty SO that we m?#'
hopc to do a great wdrk for our Lprd
Our services are uflfeded. There art
people today who do. not pay any at
tention whatever to the Lord's work
and are not Christians. Why? Be
cause church members have not car
ried th'e message to them and aided
then* in discovering themselves. Let
ut do our part and attend our cburch
?services and prepare or the work
that isfor today and tomorrow.
" ~ Mary- E. Gentry. So;.
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"THE SKA SON'S BEST" |
Frank Newman's "Fashion Mate
Revue" which cornea to the Palace j
Thfatw Thundny ? V?iilni' *?'i 1 ll y |
(day March 26?27? 28th, is a show,
' brim full of Specialtjfe. Mr. N?W-"j
man's show i#-' ifotefr for its benu- j
tlful wardrobe imd Scenery? This
-u? aftrr a week's
? ? ????in | ^ ? ii'WflSA I Vwa ? ? ,
i mi m ????? ???????( x * ? ~ ? ^ *"* j- 1
have sat New record for tke South- j
?rn Amusement Oof, and +i*S beca.tlU.
spected'^by (Se management of this
'I'I.iiiIii'. m fail ninHT^iil (hst *h?i
,i?haw will nifift' wiUi y.uii Win f hv i
J approval and stand Wt its three day,
j engagement. . .
ALL ABOARD A
SNAPPY COMEDY
AMERICAN LEGION TO GIVE
SNAPPY MUSICAL COMEDY
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One of the' Very Best of the' John
B. Koxecs l'rodorinir Compaiif.
Ddn't Niu It, Friday April
3rd.
Mm. W. S. Clary, Jr., Mrs. I. O.
Wilkeraon, Mr. -W. (L Miller ?ad Mr.
R. P. Barns are the members of the
'Committee in charge of the rehear
sing, tickets and Caste .of the Amer
ican Legions Annual Musical Comedy.
The Director, Mr. John W. Judd of
the John B. Rogers Producing Com
pany arrived in town last .%eek with
part books and music and rehear*
sals are being conducted in the Thea
ter every afternoon and at the school
building every night.
All Aboard is the name of the show
to be offered thia year. The entire
plot is laid, on the deck of the S. -S.
Florida on a trip to Bermuda and if
those who have already heard (^e
lines and witnessed the rehearsals
are to be relied upon to judge. "it in
the' funniest play that has ever been
attempted yin Roxboro.
The Committee have tried to get
All Aboard flefore, but it is sueK a
very popular comedy that the Pro
ducing-Company were unable to send
out a Director until this time.
An ung^dally clever C?3t has been"
chosen as follows: i
Johnny Thomas,... Wallace White
who is rn "love with
B??tTieo Sloan. , jMiaa Ethel White
who is en-board with her Mother
Mrs. Sloan, Mm. Carl Bradshcr
who makes things difficult for
Alexander C. Phone, .Wallace Woods
a humaturuck ? who arc'jes with
BiUy Brady, .
Dorothy Brady, Miss Helen Whittf
his sister, who are passengers with
C?pt. Kidd, llerrmimon Burns
of the S. S. Florida who has
Jenny,.- --i- Mies Irvin
a stewardess with" Swedish ideas, also
Barney Kehl, ----Chas. Harris
and
Bull Works, -i.-Jamcs Broadhead
two sailors under his command.
ALL Ahoard will be given afterncon
and evening of April 3 at the Palace
Theater. * \ -
SCHOOL NOTES.
In grading the examination papers,
giving the daily grade, teachers wit
please put the grades. on each paper
in figures, not numbers. It is im
possible to get two thirds of a gradej
A. "Also I would be glad for thet
teacher to grade ? the {examination I
paper. '
Thtse papers need the siipervison
of the teachers, and in doing So they
will please grade each paper. Make'
a distinction between daily grade and
examination grade. ?
The group commencements given
by the , colored schools have J?en
largely attended and , h?ve proven
quite- successful^ Miss Hoover, now
Mrs.- Pittmnn, is to be congratulated
on the splendid work done 'by her
in this county. She will be' tfith us
another year, and It is her ambition
to abolish every log school house in
the county^;; I bespeak for her th?
hearty co-operation of every one who
loves Person County and desires to
see her progress.
As the schools are closing, I want
the teachers to'see that full 120 days
have been taught, and all detail'
attended to before bringing vouchers.
? ~ . MRS. J. At BEAM.
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DEDICATION OF HURDLE
MILLS II. C. BUILDING
The new Hurdle Mills school build
ing has just been completed and the
dedication service will take place On
Friday, At-i. 3rd; The service will
begin with -an address deliviVed by
fln|j A T AHm, Dinnor will hft
served on the grounds at 2 ,P. M*.
Major L..P %fcLendon will spesk with
''Problems of Community Life" as
ills subject. Talks will be made by
ninnihorn .if thf.rir.Qi-d nt "Kducation.
Ote'. Canty Suparintandent... I>f. J. 1
Colantan "?"!
Graduating tKSfifsi* wilt be held
Snturdny at t> K M> atid oTi Sends y
?lit 18 A. Mi R?v t>. Ki gaahawH fr
-?fnlvsrv Methodist Church. Durham.
will deliver tha commancamant >er
mon. "? , -4 .
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idnesday Evening- Mard
tobacco cx>-ors
" :: sqo.v MOBILIZE
To nol< Mas* Meeting* At An Coun
ty Bnte Saturday April 4.
-Member* of th^ ToJ?cco Growers
Cooperative Association will take the
f?Wt steps in the electionf" of their
dipt tors for 1925 on Saturday, April
4/ Masa' meetings of the organized
tjbocco farmers will be held at the
C6urt Hourv-s of all important 'to
bacco growing counties in Virginia,
North Carolina and 'South Carolina
OD that day!
. At these meeting* members of the
Association will nominate the del
egates to vote in the electon of their
prectors for another year. Shortly
after these meetings, ballots con
taming the names of these electoral
nominees will be mailed to all mem
bers of the A-ssorta t ion who are auth
orized to 'select half of the names on
the ballots or to insert new names in
accordance with the desire of each
individual member "Oic fhud^ cast
ing of the bMlota Vill take place on
May 0th, -and- each notember is in
ktructod to. mail or bring his ballot
to the Court House of his county
seat, by noon of that day.
I ' A LETTER OF THANKS
Mr. Editor;
" Will you please give me space in
.jrfcr paper to ? say a few wvords in '
1 regard to* my treatment at the N. C,
Ortbopaidic Hospital at Gastonia. I
til Ink they are doing a great work
for cripple children. That is one
way this State is putting its money
to a great advantage to lielp hum- \
itnity. I went there Nov. 11th, 1924,!
_with a- club feet, and retimed -Ffcb.
4th, 1*25, with my foot straight, and
now it looks like any other persons
?foot. I was there only two months,!
three weeks and two days. It does I
not, seem possible in that length at
tune that so much could have keen '
"S^mpliBhed. ,
I wish to say to all parents who'
are thinkling of sgpding children
there to rest oaeured they will be
well taken care of, and all done for
them that can be done. The nurses
are very nice and kind to- children.
I wish to thank Mis. Smith and Miss
Bessie Daniel for all their etfqrts in
helping to get me in, and to all those
who remembered me with letters,
postal cards and presents. I certain
Jy thank every one for their thought
fulness and kindnesses. To Mt.
Zion Chorch and different organiz
ations which aided me in going I
wish to Bay "their help was highly ap
preciated. May God bless each and
every one. ? Iva J. Neathery. j
A MYSTERY.
The comedy, drama entitlud "Anne i
Rented by the senior class bf the]
Helena High School/ at JjetheT"-HtfF
High School on March 28r 1925, -Sat- !
"Siiiay, at 7:30' P. M. This play was
liven at Helena an March .UOth and
was considered by many as the best
play ever given there. Public cordi
ally invited. Admission 25 and 35
cents.
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HUBERTS MYSTERY' SHOWS
Coming! to .the Helena High School
five nights of Hubert's , Mystery
Shows, beginning with Tuesday night,
March - 31it ami ending Saturday*
night April 4th. . There will 'be an
entire change of program each night.
The / programs include moving pic
turf*, high grade vaudevile, slight
; off hand performances. Mr. Hubert
| o/ayed at the Bahama High School.
| d* well as at m&ny other local schools
(tnd he comfej to Helen* very -highly
'recommended. The programs will be
gin at 7:30 'and the admission" is 15
cants 'for children under 12 years of
age, and 25 cents for all above 12
yeirs. The public is cordially invited.
? . E. NOELL.
| DEATH OF MR. J. A. MCKFORD
j Mr' .T ft TlirWonl tlicl ''is homg
I m Lodfcviti, Pa., i.iWi FrUVj ?i.J
i kwu-Kid Sunddy. Mr. Bickford was
lZ father of Mr,. S. A. Lon*, who
was called* to hi? bedside about two.
weeks ago, and 3iy-. 3 A Long who
had been wjth
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j THE. FASHION' PLATfe REVUE
w thri^haautifurwardrobe
and scenery, playing at Pal^e. Jhoa
! ira, Thursday, r tin ay, Saturday .ililn
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i 25. 1925;
Little Miu Ernestine Wilkevon
celebrated her ninth birthday Satur
day afternoon from 3_to 3 o'clock at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Wilkerson, South Roxboro.
A number of her school mates were
present. Refreshments Were served in
the dining room which was decorated
a color scheme of ,J>ink and white.
The large birthday cake was adorned
with nine candles. Those present
included Einora Raiff, Nancy Bollock,
Ann Watkina, Chris tobel Gates, Eli
zabeth PtaUiam, Margie Stanf.eld,
Pattie Daniel, Lissett* Allgbod, Nora
O'Briant, Ida W instead, .Edwin Ham
lin and Jhmes Garrett.
MVi. Ed. Hill entertained The
Bridge Club' Wednesday (fternSon
and also in fionor of her house guests
Mrs. Becker and Mies Bosie Ann
Becker of Newark, N. J. The truest*
were welcomed by the hoatess and .
shown to the living room where three
tables wctc placed for bridge. Many ;
beautiful flowers were arranged In
bowls and baskets. The hostess
assisted by Mesdames W. R. Woody >
and E. V. Boatwrigbt served a deli
ciouS ice coune with coffee. Attrac- '
th'e baskets filled with green and
white randy cjtrrying out St. Patrick
ideas were given as favjrs.
The Review Ciub met with Mrs. !
II. 1- CroweH on Thursday after
nocn and Mesdtunes. A. R. Warren-1
and T. B. Wood led the discussions
for the afternoon. The first *i>aper
presented was "Francis Scott Key,";
and the second an "Alexander B.j
Meek and Edward Coote Plnkey."
After the lesson hour the hostess
served a delightful course of refresh- !
ments carrying out the Shamrock
idea in them, and gave to each one
present a tiny green basket filled
with white mints. j
Mrs. J. H. PasVWai hostess to the'
Mesdaines R' H. (Gates, J. A. Eeam !
find B. G. Clayton presented papers
at the Study Club on Thursday after
noon relative to the general subject 1
which was "Spirit of Humanity." ,
Several visitors in addition to the reg- '
ular members were present and a
salad course with accessories was
/.ergd,? ? ? ' ? 1
ROX^GBP TOWN ?ONDS * ' W i
BRING PREMIUM
S75.000.00 Worth of Bonds Rime A
? Premium of $4 1 2,00. j
Yesterday the bonds of Roxboro'
amounting to $75,000.00 for the pur- (
pose of building ft i^hoo> Buildijlg
was sold to MesS. 'Drake, Jones <t|
Co... of Gi\eenshoro. the issue bring- ?
ing $75,412.00, the prefrflum Iting
$412.00 for 5 per cent bonds* This,
is a remarkably good price and shows
"low well thought of Roxboro is by
the bond buyers. There were twen- '
ty three bids.
KCLU PENALTY GOBS* ON
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Fall penalty goes on the 1924 taxes
after ??his week. Please come for- !
ward and pay your tax and save this
penalty.
N. V. FLOORS. Sheriff, i
JOB H. CARVER? LOSES
(rVRAGE AND STABLE
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Fire starting about 11:80 o'clock"
? this nro*ning completely destroyed
the garage, stable and other out- j
buildings of Mr. Joe II. Carver, on .
Reams Ave. The fixe was supposed t
I to have started from a short ttr- j
' cult in Mi1, Carver's Chevrolet auto
mobile. as just before the^fl?me<
| werf first wen, the hoar^v&s heard j
cominually blowing, j^he machine
/ten* destroyed as were several other
, pieces of farm machinery. Owinf to4
j the direction of the wind,, neit>ver of
1 the adjacent residences were' duma
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' . MUjSIC RECITAL
The music .class taught by ? Mrs.
^-rrfrrny mnmiart at Oli?e lisli High
|~daj evening, March Star, nfc 'r :3?
: o'clock, in the.schopl auditorium. Mrs.-'
Winstead will be assiaud by Mi*-*
^ay?l Musette
j vited to attend the recital, '
No. M
EKTBRTAINMHNT AT
' - HCRDI4E MILLS B.& .
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On Wednesday, March 30, the par
Hurdle Mills school" buildin* vriBI
throw open its doors to the rnWic
for the first time when ^n rnjer*afa
meat will be given by Wallace tk*
Magician, for tile benefit of the
school. Every one hM heard of Wal
lace the Metrician, and he has fur
nished -airfuselltent and laughter far
thousands of .people all ' over Ut
United States. Since his last ?'"it
to our part of the country Wallace
has sddod m$My new and fascfant
tmr tricks to hia repertoire, and
Monday nijrht he .will appear at U?
best with a performance even m<Ye
pleasing than ever. ?> ^
Jn Wallace's last trick his Mp
ful of live birds .and ' rabbits and a.
beautiful all disappear in *e
t .ffhkhnir of an eye. The tables 3ff
on which they were placed are .tlitot
taken apart for examination, 'and
Dot a trace pf the pretty^ bird* baa
be seen. "" - ? a
Yoo will be mystified, tirMwf
thrilled, charmed and made hutay
Ju the hour and a half that Wi?t?
Us before you.
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NOTICE
There will be an all day service at
Concord next Sunday, Dinner on the
ground. Not n picnic. In the tffre
noon there is to be a pageant by Hie
Sr. E&worth League. In the Rfj^r
noon there are to be several >Mrt
speeches on phases of the S. S. sv?*fc
jlr. L. L. GoM>el of Durham, ;>nd
Rat. P. M. . Shamburger of E?slwr?
and others will speak during the day.
All serious rrriwck'd people invited- ?
giE PASTOR.
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HLRDLE MILLS
ft. S. BflUHMG
The other afternoon we rode oak
in the Hurdle Mills sect'-on and took
n lobk at tbi: nam m|wj| building
which is nearim? completion. Tki?
building U an honor to th:* progres
sive community and will mean much
in the future When the question of
n Kchool building was first agitated
there waS considerable opposition,
but the bond i$*jitf~was carried and
if not now, in a v&ry short whfls =?
every one will b6 proud of the fact
that the were voted. It mil
mean a little more tax, of course, bat
^irlieu compared ' with results the tax
will sink into insignificance. We
congratulate the progressive citizens.
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TAKE. .NOTICE TAX PAYER.
Ths is the last week ? your proper- .
ty will be advertised April l3t. The
County Commissioners say COLLECT
and I ftniat do . so, Hoping to give
you a receipt before this is done,
? ? ? ' " I-nni yonrs truly. . . ?
N V.BROOKS. ..
? s?riff.
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Frank Newman's ."FASHION
PLATE REVUE" with 12? People?
at Patrice' "Theatre, Thursday ? Fri
day Saturday- this week.
SPECIAL PROGRAM' IN
THE bAPTIST S. Sl
Next Sunday will be observed aa
Missionary Day in the Baptist Sun
(jKy School. A special program of" J
music and recitations by the cMM
ryi will be presented and the offer*
ing will be for Home and Foreign
Missions. The Sunday School is in
creasing rapidly in/\attendanc? and
interest Be euro t/r come next Son
day.
R. E. WHITE, Pastor.
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W \IH Nt EAIRNT EFHESCS
CLEMENT HEM)
The special 5th Sunday meeting
will be held at Ephesus church Mareh
29. A Very interesting program
arranged. Two services morning and
hftemoon, with dinner on the grounds.?
A large representation is expected.
Hip rrtf HlU?ls ? -f gptiriim want y?
to come* to fe?T?t home, tnrneel wllil
your neighbors, and friend* an<f en-:
Tjoy the day of fellowship. S halts
hands with some stranger.
t v rruuiXXX PnstT.
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Keith Tints) ( AfrnhVlic PyncersV --?:
with Frank Newman's "FASHION.
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