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For a Poor Itart Bat
a Good Endin*)
^in uW ia?S
taint?~ - lax
middle of the year moving again
on a definite apwaJl' trend.
Faming conditional will be better,
on the whcfe, ^th pflrices improving
and the fanner gettinBf * bigber pro
portion of what the
There will Se fewepV,
Q the early part hi ^rihe year, but as
no grams of pubhr wor^^l begin to go
to effect unempioymentf^ ^ dimin"
"? be > in ?he
-. ^^ ^P^cjpa*^5^i^ictions
, prciJSSktmiH^phets, f?r the
/ear. They come from the men
j work with facts and figures,
A\ out in what direction things are
/> Zing and at what speed, and then
J J where we will arrive?if nothing
'/ Apena.
They aha prophets in the same
Jise that you are a prophet when
?^y^n get on a train and say, "I will
be in Chicago at 9 o'clock in the
morning." Nine times out of ten
your prediction will come true. The
" tenth- time the train runs off the
track.
First smong business prophets is
Col. Leonard W. Ayers, vice-presi
dent of the Cleveland Trust Company.
Every year he tells the business
men of America how business is go
ing to be for a year ahead He is
right so often that it seems uncanny.)
This is what Col. Ayres says about
1930:
The year promises a poor start
and a good finish. Automobile pro-j
duction will be at least a million
fewer cars than in 1929, but not a
million less. Building costs will be
slightly lower but new construction
will not be more than five per cent
iron and steel will be low. Average
wholesale prices of non-agrfeultural
commodities will be only slightly
lower than in 1929. Net profits of
industrial corporations will be dis
!?ss than in 1929.
Mrs. more unemployment
guest of\P^fct of 1930 than in the
we^k^v- ^fciod of 1929, but
* A^-*Vove 33 the year
z ^ ^V*ull be no appreci
mmaon? Davi<
the
sort m ?nmed his du
memq^a^ter
leaders ^
business and .eil:
by the mainte.. ? l "T^T and
policy of not laying tuJWisen except
when abedd^JLjTTiecassary, thus
maintaining tb^^rerage worker's
buying power ^Sl.fegn trade contin
uing good. #^i 1/ plentiful *. and
cheap for net j dry purposes only.
Business will improve in textiles, in
lumber, in machinery manufactures,
in household electrical appliances, in
chemicals. Industry will move cau
tiously but steadily.
For tbe fanner, the outlook seems
better than lot toe cosiness man.
Following are canclusiona drawn
from the latest summary of the ag
riculture situation by the United
States Department of Agriculture:
The world's wheat crop of 1929
was ldwter than the previous year
by over 800,000,009 bushels. More of
the American crop was rushed to
market early, depressing prices. The
growers with wheat in storage will
get bettor prices for it. Feed grain
. stocks on hand are low, prices strong,
outlook good for eontfamed good pri
ces. Fnrft and vegetable crops were
below normal for 1929, with outlook
for better prices for 1980. Potatoes
in storage below normal, prices tend
ing to rise.
B$sf cattle prices show no sign, of
improvement Butter and eggs are
fet&g At effect of the general bus
iness decline, but probably will in*
^mrnmmmmammmm
D. E. Ogiesby, of The Bank
Of Farmvllle Elected Vice
President Organization.
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The Pitt County Insurance Ex
change haahwir organised by insur
ant*! -gff the county, it became
kr\ Cl The concern is headed i
byNv I ^Jjee of Greenville, as pres
ident; D. E. Oglesby, Farmville, vice
president, and W. H. Bradsher, Green
ville, secretary and treasurer. I
Another meeting of the organiza
tion will be held at the office of the
Merchants Association January 10,
at which time definite plans looking
tojfuture operation will be formula
ted. " ~
The exchange will be affiliated
with the state and national organiza
tion it was said, and its purpose "will
be to create a better spirit between
the insurance dealer and the"fiurored.
It was said by officers that the or
ganization would attempt to bring to
the county only the largest and stron
gest insurance companies of the
world, guaranteeing more complete
protection than ever to the several
thousand buyers of insurance in this
county.
MISS SMITH HOSTESS
Among the most enjoyable affairs
of the week was that of Tuesday af
ternoon, when Miss Louise Smith
was charming hostess at bridge.
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Three tables were piacea in me liv
ing rooftt where holly, mistletoe, and
poinsettias formed a lovely setting.
Table prizes of hand embroidered
handkerchiefs were won by Misses
Mae Joyner, Elizabeth Fields and
Elizabeth Davis.
A delightful salad course was
served. Miss Smith's guests were:
Misses Elizabeth, Janie and Marga
ret Davis, Mae Joyuer, Evelyn Hor
Ton, Elizabeth Fields, Sue Barrett, >
Edna Foust Harris, Edith McGrana
han, A1 Fountain and Mary Alice
Seaman.
Uncle Si Tinklepugh says he used to
read a city paper but it made too
much noise around the house. The
headlines were so big he had tojfcoller
to
* KkCpardwo
Prisoner Who Takes French
. Leave Returns of His Own
? Q?roMtion and Is Set Free
Jr eight years the spectre of Sri
* ^hished prison term in North Car
1 <ka hung over Guy Metcalfe, con
ned of a prohibition law offense
Juncombe county in 1921 and sen
- <hbed to serve two years.
' kffetcalfe escaped after serving only
^few months and fled to the wild
est, where he made good. Last sum
' oer the thing that haunted him be
same unbearable and he came hack
to Buncombe and gave himself up,
and redonned stripes.
Yesterday a parole went out from
the office of the executive counsel
bearing the signature of Governor
Gardner. The case had been inves
tigated and passed upon prior to the
resignation of Judge Townsend, and
l/A4?olJrt WrtJ Kna? fftU Via
xrjcuus M iuckvauc uou uwm W??
would be pardoned on New Year's
day.
And so last night the papers were
pat in the mail so as to reach the
authorities on New Yean eve.
Metcalfe's case differs from tint
of the other "Jean Valjean" of North
Carolina which has been thie subject
of much publicity this year?that of
John Cameron, who escaped while
serving a 30-year sentence for mur
der, went to Alabama ami' not only
made good bat became his commun
ity's leading citizen. x
Cameron, unlike Metcalfe, did not
return voluntarily, but was retaken
last spring on information supplied
by a former Tar Heel who recognized
him and mistakenly thought he might
get a reward by turning him,up. The
other difference in the case is that
while Cameron's offense was one of
the most serious on the statue books,
Metcalfe's was relatively minor.
A petition for the parole of Cam
eron was made to Governor Gardner
last summer, but it is still pending
. in the "no action" file o? the pardon
r office.
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Another reason why so many mar
, riagea are failures is because the
. tuples seem to think marriages are
failures is became instead of being
i Sunday afternoon skybois, they arei
endurance flight* ]
v ot. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife, the former Anne Mor&K, rest
ing on their journey over the Arizona cliffs to Lindbergh Cave,
exploring the remains of the homes of the ancient cliff-dweUeia. hfots
iW robe aver Un.hr'. W* fflrgf ?ngf, flUffa
I | ? Dndy anJAnne on an Ex^Trip.
SHED NOUGHT ON
SENATORIAL RACE
Speculation About Simmons
Finds Plenty Experts On
Both Sides
Washington, Dec. 30?Considerable
interest has been aroused here by the
numerous speculations about prob
able opposition to Senator Simmons.
Visitors from the state are button
holed for inside-information, but they
have none, the supposed political
experts are as much in the dark as
the humblest voter.
They are in the position of the
Union County farmer, who was
asked his opinion on the outcome of
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a great law suit "It's hard to tell,"
the farmer replied, "there's money on
both sides."
Expert politicians can be quoted to
show that Simmons hasn't a ghost
of a chancevto be nominated as the
Democratic candidate and that ir he
was, couldnt be elected; and equally
as many say he would walk away
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The wide divergence in political
prognostications is largely due to
the abdication of Senator Simmons as
the titular head of the Democratic
organization in North Carolina last
year. He achieved a negative victory
in the election, Which is nothing to
brag about in view of the Hoover ,
panic jand -W- *
deirt" drys as Senator Borah that the j
Hoover administration has fallen
down in prohibition enforcement,
The November election returns can
be used to prove either side of the
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contention, wnicn recaus cncsvuut j
that there are three kinds of liars, (
plain liars, damn liars and staticiang. ,
Sen. Simmons is at his home at ,
New Bern, but his 'secretary, Frank j
Hampton, is back at his post He {
visited the home folks during the ;
holidays and returned to the Capitol j
with exactly the same amount of in- ]
formation as to the political outlook
that he had before going to North >
Carotins. j
Senator Overman makes daily vis- i
its to his office, but his business is <
routine. Only Senator Borah is ac
tive. Congress may adjourn, but he: '
never does, J
H01ST0N OIL CO.
CHAGES MANAG'T:
On the last page of this issue wiU '
be seen a full page advertisement of '
the Holston Oil Company of Farm
viHe, announcing the change in own* '
ership. ~
? Messrs W. C. "Wave" Holston and :
Earl Modlin are now the owners and '
are leaving no stone unturned in
their efforts to give the motoring :
public the very best service possiBle. )
Both of these gentlemen have befcn ;
associated with the company at var- s
ious times and their partnership as
sures you of prompt, courteous sex
vice. They are handling Shell gasolipte
and oils, believed by many to be the.
best oDtainawe.
If you have never tried Shell, drive
around and fill up your tank, and it?s .
a safe bet ycull become a regular
customer at the Shell pumps.
The North Carolina Crop Improve
ment Association is now a member
of the International Association ami
thus has the assurance of a iwider
market for the, certified seeds pro
duced under the guarantee of the
local association.
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After following a program of di
versified farming this year, H. H.
Bullock of Columbus County settled
with his time merchant recently and
found himself wife a eredit of $76 at
."til#. Ir;. V
COUNTING UNtuT
This Is the YeairWhen the
Census Man WB Make
His Rounds I
Uncle Sain will begth tjj count his
nephews and nieces on tie first of
April, 1930, and this y^ar |e Is going
to find out a lot more about them
than be has known beforti
Some time during tb? month of
April an enumerator <*t|he United
States Census Bureau wiloball at ev
ery ^welling in the and ask
the head of the fanuy wenty-rour
questions. Some a??M|Bktight be
considered impertinent If Weed by a
stranger, or even by Vi&Hpbor, but
the Census enumeraton^H^ under
oath not to disclose any f?s learned
by them except in tiw^j^PBkial re
ports. And those nsp<J| are not
open anywhere to:]M^Hkgpection.
Like the fifcunea of M^BEbme-tax
return, they are offidaSpBte which
prying gossips haa^^^EftoMS to.
ages and hot at all with individual.
But a clear picture of the people o?
the United States as a whole can be
obtained only by getting the facts
about each individual inhabitant, to
start with. ?St- ;
For example, one of the the items
which it is important to know, be
fides ~tbe-n&wber of persons in tin
United States, is tEe"averdg&-^gc.<^4I]
our people. It is higher or lower '
than it was- when the last census
was taken ten years ago, and how
much? This average age has been
Increasing steadily. But if the oensus
yf 1930 should show ft decline in the
average age, it woulfl be a danger
signal, a warning to speed up public
health measures, a call to investi
gate the cause and apply all of the
resources of sanitary science toward
improving and guarding the general
healtp.
So don't think it is impertinence
when the census taker asks your age.
Uncle Sam wahts to know, not your
individual ago but the average age
af all of the people.
Another question the enumerators
will ask is "Who is the head of the
family?" That doesnt mean what it
sounds like. Uncle Sam isn't interes
ted as to whether the wife wears
the breeches or not, but does want
to know how many men are depen
dent upon the earnings of their chil
dren, how many women are self-sup
porting, The head of the family,
from the census point of view, is the
one who earns the money.
Whether you live on a farm or in
a town, whether you are white, black,
red or yellow, male or female, mar
ried' or unmarried, able to read and
write, where you were born and
where your parents were born* when
you came to America if you are an
immigrant, what your native lan
guage was and whether you can
speak English are questions the rea
sons for which are dear enough. On
4>Ua(mv , aW. .
IUC tVWW wviupucu JLiVIU VUWV ?H"
Bwers depends, among other things,
the number of person# from your
native country who can be admitted
to the United States in thle next ten
years.
Everybody who is employed will
be asked to give his trade or occu
pation and the particular industry
in which he or she works, nr if work
ing on his own account or as an em
ployer, to say so. But a question
on that line will be this year: "Are
yon employed now?" That is of the
first of April. There w^l be for the
first time an accurate record <rf un
employment, figures on which here
tofore have been largely estimates.
Another new question will alBo be.
whether you own your ? home. In a
general way the proportion of home
owners has baen estimated in the
past, but nohody has eifer had exact
figures. The figures have a decided
hearing on the important subject of
;??dyfarUse .^W\
Aypear ago, the aeronautics branch
of the U. S. department of commerce
revealed its plans for the completion
by 1982 of a national network of ra
dio beacon stations for aviation. To
day it amplifies this program with
the announcement that 24 such sta
tions ate already in operation, 15
are being built, and' some 40 more
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are being planned for completion in
the near future.
As a result of this nation-wide ef
fort to make flying safe in ail weatE"
ei, Captain F. C. Hingsburg, chief
engineer of the Airways Division,
reports that not a square mile of U.
S. territory will be left unprotected
by this radio service. V
: The protection for pilots will in
clude not only government radio
weather stations at convenient points,
but radio range be aeons and receivers
on planes, teletype and telegraph
weather reporting between land sta
tions and even watch houses for the
airways keepers of the lofty snow
bound Rockies.
Furthermore, the department isn't
fully satisfied with its present meth
od of aural reception of radio range
signals, in use now on the Chicago
New Vork route, and is installing a
visual receiving system over the New
York-Atlantic route for experimental
purposes.
As though dissatisfied even with
the Federal Government's inclusive
radio aid methods fdr aviation, some
of the large passenger and mail car
riers have begun installing their own
radio systems by which their pilots
may talk directly to land station at
tendants or to other pilots along the
lino SiioV, a avefcoYn. in nriHif-irm "?n
the federal radio range system, is
against accident in-any kind of
{weather.
Pilots along the Boeing System,
from Chicago to San Francisco, for
example, will be using the company's
private communication methods by
the first of the year, and for the
present between Omaha and Chicago
the radio range beacons will be ex
tended along their line to the coast,
and these pilots will have double as
surance of safety,
MR& BYNUM HQNOBED
Mrs. J. Y. Monk charmingly enter
tained a number of friends at an
iTL^i^Jjridge party on Monday,
honoring M^ttr^S-JBynum of Char
lotte, a former resideht, who is vis-,
iting here. The home of the hostess
was beautifully decorated'in plants
and greens suggestive of the YuletuTe
season, and tallies and .'table ap
pointments carried the same note
of color.
A novel door stop was awarded as
top scorte prize to the honor guest
and an exquisite handkerchief as
second prize went to Mrs. R. 0. Lang.
A Spanish jello salad was both at
tractive ahd delectable.
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Most people never think seriously
about anything until they're married,
or broke, or some other misfortune
befalls them, ~ ,
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DAI I Hi I AMU lint
PRICES ANNOUNCED
Geo. Holston, local distributor of
Goodyear Tires and Willard Batteries
has a message of interest to all car
owners, appearing on page two of this
issue.
It's foolish, after comparing the
prices quoted by George, with those
of mail order concerns, to mail your
order away from home.
When you buy from ' George you
are assured of "Sudden Service," not
only when you are equiping your car
with tires and battery, but at any
and all times when you need service
along those lines. Drive around and
let George show you what you really
need for safe and comfortable driving.
MARCONI?
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Thirty years ago a young man
with an inquiring mind succeeding
in sending a signal across the At
lantic without wires. That was the
beginning of radio. Everyone knows
some of the things that radio has
accomplished since that time and
there i?: more to come. :
Marconi -looks, for the transmission
of pofrver by radio before very long.
Television?seeing ?fr a distance-* j
just around the corner, already here
in the laboratory. A photograph
?ent across the ocean s>y raaio en
ibled the London police to catch an
American crook the otter day. Short
radio waves iraise the body tempera
nre so that we may yet keep warm
In whiter byjgfa* ^tto^mldals
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ttaieign, uec. ax?une man jumped
in the river and drowned and two
others were captured about 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, when county of
ficers raided a still about a mile and
a half above Baucom's bridge on the
Neuse River.
Allan Pope, 22 year old man of
near Clayton, fled from the officers
along with his two companions when
Deputies Whitaker, Stell, Partin and
Wffliams and two Johnston county
officers found them just beginning to
make a "run" of liquor with a 50
gallon outfit Pope, who was said to
have a club foot, jumped into a spot
in the river which was from eight
to ten feet deep and the current very
swift, according to the officers.
Deputy Williams, who ran Pope
and Williams to the river bank, said
he yelled to Pope not to jump in the
water. Pope was said to have yelled
for help after he was in the water
but the officers were unable to aid
him owing to the swift current. Both
William Pannel and Deputy Williams
stated that they sjfw the man drown.
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Pannell also jumped in, but turned
immediately and came out of the cold
muddy stream, Norman Pannell, the
third member of the party ran in a
different direction and^was caught
by officers. Both of the Fannell
brothers, young men in their early
twenties were placed in Wake county
jp1
Sheriff Turner and his deputies,
together with Coroner L. M. Waring,
worked for several hours yesterday
afternoon and last night grappling
about the swift water for the body.
It was not recovered, however, and
the officers will return and continue
the search.
The coroner stated that Pope's
drowning (was probably due to the
heavy clothing he wore and the swift
ness of the current. Pannell clad in
overalls, stated that lhad a strug
gle in getttBgoot of trie ?titj0k ^
Johnston eonntjr. Qjfftsits stated M
night, that the spot of the distillery
was not a great distance from the
Wake-Johnston line, and that the
'shiners' are beginning to ease over
into the edge of Wake county to
dcdge officers from the adjoining
county.
HOUSE WETS JOIN
IN DRY LAW ROW
Cochran For Modification
As Farm Relief Measure;
Borah Writes Hoover
Washington, D.C. 30.?House wets
took their first part in the capitals
prohibition melee today with a pro
posal for light wines and beer as a
break came*in the series of warring
statements by Senate drys over the
Hoover administration enforcement
methods. .
Representative Cochran, democrat
of Missouri, issued a statement a<t
vocating a dignified effort by the
iirnf Mr*, nf mrnrrtM tar modification
of the Volstead Act to permit the
manufacture and sale of light wines
and beer, not intoxicating in fact
With word from che White House
that President Hoover was not going
to be drawn into the public discus
sion of 'the 10-year-old prohibition
law, it was- said at the same place
that the President today received a
letter from Senator Borah of Idaho,
who has so severely attacked tKe
present enforcement methods.
The letter is understood to follow
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up the public condemnation made on
Saturday by the Idaho dry champion
with suggestions for remedies. Neith
er the White House nor the office of
Senator Borah would make pubDc
the letter.
After the week-end bombardment j
.of the administration enforcement
program by Senator Borah, his letter
tonight threatened to provide fuel for
another outburst in the way-fare be
tween the other .Republican prohibi
tion leader in the Senate rod the
outspoken .Bor^h. ? s
Senator Jones, of Washington, V-a
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I republican dry i ino nas
appealed for united support of the
Hoover administration by the drys,
called on, the law enforcement com
mission, and sfter a two-hour visit,
announced he would havfe something
to say later ih< th* week.
The next outbreak in the prohibi
tion discussion may await the prom
ised report of the President's Law
Enforcement Commission, however.
That report will be . made as soon as
s^d?#i Hew-iyiii m
Mishaps over the Week
end.
l Charlotte, Dec. 30?North Carolina
today counted a vfeek-end toll cf six
dead and seven others injured in
traffic asddents.
The dead:
James Allman, 11, Salisbury. ;
Dr. A. C. Whitaker, of Julian.
James Marshall, 17, of Greensboro.
.ferry uooirey, 1.4, 01 ^nariotie.
Miss Rosie Campbell, of Maiden.
Foster B. Pettie, negro attorney of
Savannah,Ga., killed in an ^accident
near Goldsboro.
The injured:
David Allman, 20, and Bruce All
man, 8, of Salisbury, brothers of
James Allman, who was killed when
a car-in which the three boys were
riding collided with another machine
on North Main Street, Salisbury.
The condition of Bruce was termed
serious. David, was not believed to oe
badly hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Godfrey, of
Charlotte; Mrs. Godfrey sustained
fractured bones in the wrist and pel
vis when a car her husband was
driving collided with a bus Saturday
night near Charlotte. Perry Godfrey,
a brother of T. C. Godfrey was to
tally injured. T. C. Godfrey was not
seriously hurt
Mrs. Carrie Winder Hughes, of
New Bern, and her daughter, Mrs.
TVhmm? M*a Unnrhaa flllffAPO/)
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a fractured pelvis bone and a lacer
ated scalp yesterday 'when the ear in
which she and her daughter were ,
riding collided with a truck near New
Bern. Mrs. Dunn was rather badly
cut on the face. "
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A daughter of Foster B. Pettie, ne
gro. was slightly injured pesterday
in the accident near Goldsboro In
which her father was killed. Office
said the Pettie automobile was side
swiped by ao?*her car which tried to
pass it. An investigation was star
Lng to get across a street intersec
tion before the traffic light changed,
crashed into Dr. Whittakeris coupe.
Crushed by Automobile
The Miller youth at Greensboro
was fatally injured yesterday when
crushed beneath an automobile after
it had collided with another machine
He was said to have been riding on
the runningboerd at the time of the
accident
Miss Campbell died at Hickory yes
terday from injuries she received in
an automobile collision two weeks
ago. Her skull was fractured in the
accident and she never regained con
sciousness. Robert L. Hilton, of New
Hickory, was put under a heavy bond
in connection with the collision.
HENS PROPEDLY HOUSED
PAY BEST PROFITS
Housing the hens in a comfortable
and healthy place may not seem to
be of so much importance but it of
ten means the difference between av
erage returns and excellent retmrps.
"Those who have not remodeled
the old poultry house or built a new
one, may, secure plans for a poultry
house free of charge from the poultry
department at State College," says
W. F. Armstrong, associate poultry- -
man. "Many growers who write to
us for ^formation seem to think that
houaf ig means merely a protection
fro rain or snow and has little ef
fec apon results. Few things in the
pot ry business are of more impor
tance or have a greater influence up
on the production of eggs."'
At first, says Mr. Armstrong, one
must give consideratio i to the loca
tion. A southern slope that Is well
drained will provide a uniform tem
perature throughout the year, keep
ing the house warmer in winter and
cooler in summer. The frost of the
house, or open part, should also face
southward, thus providing additional -
protection from cold winds in winter.
A house not having this advantage
interferes with the production and
health of the birds, especially the
more sensitive breeds such aa the
teghorns. ft is also best to have add
ed protection in a curtain to close or
partially dose the opening depend
ing on weather conditions.
The K.*>nd principle is to make the '
walls tight and free from cricks. A
house 20 feet deep will hold its heat
much better than one of leas depth.
Housing with thin walls or cracks in
the walls is a good way for birds to
contract , colds. Birds living in a cold
house and having their combe frosted
may have the fertility their ogga^V
bo drop 60 per cod, to ay nothing p
be supplied from both front and bade.
Poorly ven^UtedJ^ are agood